Youth Group
Sydney, Australia's Youth Group originally formed around vocalist/guitarist Toby Martin and drummer Danny Allen. While the two had hooked on with various other players here and there, by the band's second full-length they'd gelled with guitarist Cameron Emerson-Elliott and bassist Patrick Matthews. Released in Australia (Ivy League) in 2004 and America (via Epitaph) in spring 2005, Skeleton Jar capitalized on the expressive vocals and nimble instrumentation that brought Youth Group comparisons to the Sarah Records roster heyday, {$Death Cab for Cutie...[more]
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Youth Group are at the forefront of an exciting new era in Australian alternative music. Skeleton Jar is the band's second album and the first to be released in the US. Left field, yet highly emotive lyrics navigate their way across varied landscapes of pop, folk, and indie rock terrain. The beauty of this album is that every note is well-placed, every strum thought through, economic in the precision of the pop-coated anger. If the darkened cover and alienated artwork don't tip you early, this is a d [ read more ]
CD $13.99
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Casino Twilight Dogs showcases Youth Group's growing songwriting ambition on tracks like "Sorry", with its intricate Smiths-like guitar interplay, while "Catch And Kill" finds the band exploring their Velvets/Stooges side.Casino Twilight Dogs, already gold in Australia, is the album that'll solidify Youth Group's growing status in the US.
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From their new record The Night Is Ours Youth Group undertook a unique recording process. Over a couple of months late last year, the band holed up in a near derelict 1920s mess hall on Sydney's harbour to create their fourth album. They decided against traditional studio procedures and truend a vacated building into a studio, bringing in all of their own gear to create an inimitable recording environment which allowed them to work at their own pace. The old dining room morphed into their "band room" [ read more ]
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Youth Group - the widely-heralded Sydney-based rock outfit. This single is a follow up to last year's critically acclaimed Skeleton Jar, and comes at a particularly exciting time for Youth Group who were nominated for five ARIA awards, and won for Breakthrough Artist of the Year.
MP3 $4.20
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Youth Group are at the forefront of an exciting new era in Australian alternative music. They have the pop of The Posies, the articulate desire of The Red House Painters and Death Cab For Cutie, the rock of The Pixies, and the angst of Bright Eyes.
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Casino Twilight Dogs showcases Youth Group's growing songwriting ambition on tracks like 'Sorry', with its intricate Smiths-like guitar interplay, while 'Catch And Kill' finds the band exploring their Velvets/Stooges side.Casino Twilight Dogs, already gold in Australia, is the album that'll solidify Youth Group's growing status in the US.
MP3 $8.99
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Youth Group are at the forefront of an exciting new era in Australian alternative music. Skeleton Jar is the band's second album and the first to be released in the US. Left field, yet highly emotive lyrics navigate their way across varied landscapes of pop, folk, and indie rock terrain. The beauty of this album is that every note is well-placed, every strum thought through, economic in the precision of the pop-coated anger. If the darkened cover and alienated artwork don't tip you early, this is a d [ read more ]
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