R.I.P Society

You may know of Nic Warnock if you’ve happened to catch Onani, Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys, Circle Pit, or Family Jewels over the last few years. We’ve also wrote him up a bit in our last issue (”Little Labels, Big Sounds”). On top of being in 9345987234 bands Nic runs R.I.P SOCIETY, a record label which specialises in “Australian music of the NON Fitzroy cafe, late 20’s dinner party, chin-scratchin’-thick-rimmed-glasses-gimme-arts-funding and Nick Cave/Lou Reed worship variety.”

Keep an eye out for the following new releases from R.I.P SOCIETY coming out February 25th:

RIP006: Royal Headache 7″
Four tracks a heap of you are probably already familiar with: Splash, Surprise, Eloise & Girls. Embraced by young punks sceptical of all things garage, as well as those annoying old dudes that spend all their money on rare Easybeats records. Royal Headache’s music will warm the heart of even the crustiest old scrooge.

RIP007: Kitchen’s Floor – Regrets 7″
Three new tracks: Orbit, Regrets & Still Night. The third track Still Night is a real winner and one of the most down of their downer hits. This EP won’t disappoint those into Kitchen’s Floor’s album “Loneliness Is A Dirty Mattress” from last year. A bit of a different sound, more raw and tattered which suits the hopeless atmosphere of these songs.

RIP008: Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys – Worst Band In Sydney / Best Band In Sydney 7″
Think indie rock before indie rock meant you were a sweater wearing nerd (aka Replacements, Meat Puppets) with a heavy dose of suburban punk, overdriven guitars and a rowdy Australian quality about it. Not the most hip or liked band around probably because they get way too drunk and talk too much shit in between songs. Anyway this 7″ delivers and it shows that they can actually write good tunes.