Damn Arms
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Damn Arms Are Dead
Tuesday, July 7 2009 at 01:00 AM
Melbourne electro-punks-turned-yacht-house-pioneers Damn Arms are dead - in case you cared or noticed. The band, who have been so close to inactive over the last year that the question of their demise was something of a fait accompli, finally confirmed the end on Friday. A Myspace blog titled ‘Yama’…
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Damn Arms
The Live Artex
Friday, Nov 9|by Carl Dixon
On ‘The Not So Progressive Punks’, the second track of The Live Artex, Damn Arms indulge in a little scenester baiting. Over a discordant mess of guitar and synth, Tim Sullivan howls derisively that “individuality isn’t what’s right for the kids’, and yet the vitriol may well be pure aesthetic. Othe…
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Damn Arms Album And Tour
Monday, October 29 2007 at 12:00 AM
Having just supported The Klaxons and with Cut Copy dates happening early next month, Melbourne art-punks Damn Arms have now confirmed the release of their debut album and a national headlining tour. The Nick Littlemore-produced The Live Artex, the follow-up to several well-received singles and EPs,…
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Extra Damn Arms Dates
Tuesday, May 1 2007 at 12:00 PM
Having just finished their co-headline tour with Teenager, Melbourne’s Damn Arms will squeeze in three more gigs next week before heading back overseas. Their debut album, The Live Artex, is currently being mixed in the United States by expatriate studio hand Kevin “Caveman” Shirley, whose eclectic …
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Damn Arms
Home Wrecker
Friday, Apr 20|by Craig Mathieson
If Joy Division were the initial nexus point for the post-punk/no-wave revivalists, then it’s both logical and fitting that New Order should be the new reference. Their original journey, made across the 80s, was a steady progression towards optimism and the freedom delivered by dancefloor rhythms, a…
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Damn Arms Are Home Wreckers
Wednesday, April 4 2007 at 12:00 PM
Blistering Melbourne’s electro-new wave quartet Damn Arms offer up their first taste of new material in the form of a new EP, ‘Home Wrecker’. Released on Saturday April 21 through Timberyard, the four cuts – the title track, the previously unreleased ‘Now That’s A Reaction’ and remixes of ‘I Sink, T…
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