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Joe Mckee
Burning Boy
Thursday, Jun 21|by Shaun Prescott
This record is the work of a guy who used to front a popular Australian rock group. Don’t worry though, because Burning Boy isn’t Joe Mckee getting intimate with an acoustic guitar, and none of the press material suggests he went anywhere exotic to record it. Likewise, be assured that Burning Boy wo…
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Track By Track: Joe McKee ‘Burning Boy’
Thursday, May 24 2012|by Darren Levin
Songs about bushfires, pink sunsets and an emu named Tya – JOE MCKEE leads us through his debut solo album, ‘Burning Boy’, his first post-Snowman release. ‘Lunar Sea’ I was sitting in my flat in London when that opening passage of music appeared out of nowhere. I think I’d been humming it in the shower and it must’ve gradually materialised over a few weeks. That shifting scale is pretty unsettling and from tha…
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New Noise: Dave Graney, Joe McKee, Dune Rats, Darren Cross
Thursday, May 10 2012|by Darren Levin
A somewhat blokey edition of New Noise, featuring Dave Graney, ex-Snowman member Joe McKee, Brisbane slackers Dune Rats and the folky alter-egos of Gerling’s Darren Cross. – King of pop or king of puns? Dave Graney returns with a new single called ‘Flash in the Pantz’, a “big beat song” about being a man with muscular riffs and a title inspired by a malapropism on the wireless. “I heard a woman caller on sports ra…
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Forthcoming: Joe McKee
Thursday, March 29 2012 at 01:00 AM
What: Burning Boy by Joe McKee. When: May through Dot Dash. Key notes: First solo album for Joe McKee, founding member of Snowman, who released two albums – 2006's self-titled debut and 2009's Critics Poll-topping The Horse, The Rat & The Swan – before disbanding following the release of s…
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Ex-Snowman Members Plan Solo Debuts
Wednesday, January 25 2012 at 03:00 AM
Following Snowman’s premature but not entirely unexpected departure, members Joe McKee and Andy Citawarman have been putting the final touches on their respective solo debuts. McKee, who has been based in London for the past couple years, recorded the album with long-time collaborator Dave Parkin a…
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New Snowman Clip: The Best/Worst Of The Year?
Saturday, May 14 2011 at 06:00 AM
If your idea of a great film clip is a bunch of balding pop-rock wash-ups doing “tricks” on a treadmill, we suggest you refrain from clicking on the link below. Directed by Liam St Pierre, the clip for Snowman’s ‘White Walls’ features little more than a woman brushing her teeth against a tiled wall.…
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