SOUNDINGS # 1 – Folk as fuck!

Sunday 26th of September welcomes the official launch of SOUNDINGS – an independent music series that features some of the shining stars of Melbourne’s musical underground and some very special guests from abroad. Programing each event by distinctive theme, SOUNDINGS #1 promises to be Folk as Fuck! showcasing a swagger of artists and ensembles exploring the tones and tropes of the genre known for better or worse as ‘Folk’

Ranging from experimental to traditional interpretations of this underlying theme, this first instalment of SOUNDINGS for 2010 is one not to be missed!

Event is to feature 11 artists/acts over 2 two stages and is to take place at:

LOOP Screen Gallery / Bar / Venue

23 Meyers Lane, City

Sunday 26th Sept (Day after Grand Final Day)
Doors 5pm / $10

Featuring:

~ Tailor Made For A Small Room (Japan)
~ Kieran Ryan (Kid Sam)
~ Bianca Poitevin
~ Winternationale
~ Timothy & Wilderness
~ Genevieve & Jezebel
~ Transcription of Organ Music (Hobart)
~ Lyra Will
~ Laneway (Brisbane / Natural Bridge)
~ Khancoban
~ Owl + Moth

Hope to see you!

khancoban - This Block from khancoban on Vimeo.

This Block, our new two track single, is available in a home made CD package or on download here

Half folk-half noise, Khancoban's music has been described by the Sydney Morning Herald as spacious interior music, big on emotion but small on drama. After two releases on the renowned Half A Cow label, Khancoban return with their latest single ‘This Block’, giving audiences a taste of the album they are currently creating with producer Nick Huggins. Like a fox after a rabbit in early morning, ‘This Block’ pulsates with a breathlessness that suggests to the listener the feeling of keeping up with and capturing a good idea after it occurs and leaps away. This Block is being released through Melbourne label Departed Sounds.

Update on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 6:11PM by khancoban

A nice review of the single can be read here on the

Only An Earthling blog

Some press from Brisbane's Time Off:

"It’s a very subtle tune resting on a piano bounce, with the melange of instruments building gradually over the mostly two chord material. The vocals are vulnerable, but not too weepy, and the layers and diversity of instrumentation keep it very interesting without becoming unnecessarily wanky. It’s backed with I Wish I Was On A Plane Somewhere which is much less produced, but no less charming with nothing more than a single elegant guitar line and scratchy, yearning vocals, leaving heaps of blank space and some room for your imagination."

WHEN: Friday June 11
TIME: 6.30pm
COST: Free entry

Help Harvest Magazine celebrate the launch of issue no. 5 on Friday June 11 from 6.30pm.

There will be short poetry readings from Josephine Rowe, Nathan Curnow, Maxine Clarke and Ruby Murray, and music from indie outfit Khancoban. Plus eats and treats for those who come first!

AT: 1000 £ BEND - 361 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET, MELBOURNE (NEAR ELIZABETH)

khancoban are heading west to play at this year's WAMI Festival.

We are playing two shows:

Saturday May 22

@ The Mustang Bar Stage 3.30 pm

46 Lake Street, Northbridge

Sunday May 23

@ The Indi Bar 7 pm

23 Hastings Street, Scarborough

We have been busy recording again with producer Nick Huggins at the 'Pocket Full of Stones' studio. He is an amazing engineer/producer/musician and part of the Two Bright Lakes crowd, who do many great things.

We have updated the studio diary with some news and photos from the sessions.

Big news is that we'll be releasing a new single in July of this year. Very excited about this one. It is being released through our friends at Departed Sounds . Check them out, they are a new label, and new home to ourselves, Gaslight Radio, Lindsay Phillips, Andrew Keese and the Associates, Amaya Laucirica, Tobias Cummings.

We're also off to the WAMI festival in Perth in a few weeks so please send word to anyone you might know over there. After that there will be some separate international adventuring before the single release.

Here is a photo of our rehearsal space, where we had a most lovely show recently.