Port Macquarie, Australia
I've been sitting on my arse all day trying to work out what fluorochromes go with what interference filters to use on the confocal (the Baron's talking jibberish - holy shit, he's a scientist). Molecular immunoligist to be exact. Yes I'm a nerd. So my abnormally large brain needed a break this afternoon. On a tip, I decided to check out the Triple J Unearthed website (shh - don't tell FBi) and found many a lovely tune (I'm still going through them but I'll post a best of the best later). Anyway, I ran into Sickboy's unearthed site... they're sick.

Hailing from Atlanta US (not homegrown) and moving to Port Mac (homegrown) this three piece rock it harder than a semi-trailor to the head (it's Tuesday afternoon - metaphorical speech struggle). Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that these guys are sick. Ever wondered where grunge went? Well it's living and breathing in these guys, albeit at a more modern sound. Lots and lots of guitars - they thrash, they shred, they even sing! (don't expect to understand it though - it took me 5 years to learn their secret language). Here are a couple of goodies from them. And remember, if you like, vote for them on the Unearthed website.

Sickboy - Flying.mp3
Sickboy - It's Ok I'm Scared Too.mp3
Sickboy Myspace
Sickboy Unearthed Site

Sickboy are playing at SOL bar tomorrow (details here). This is their last gig until December where they'll be playing to the masses at the Festival of The Sun in Port Macquarie. Speaking of FOTS... got this in my inbox this morning. Some of you budding film makers/musicians may be interested:

"In its second year, SunScreen is Australia's first and only Independent music video competition.
The aim of Sunscreen is to give independent artists a chance to showcase their music videos without the competition of big budget videos from the majors. We accept all genres of music.

Please note: Since we are looking for videos, artists who submit must have a Supersonic EPK with a video uploaded. Also note that the competition is only open to Australian artists and videos with a budget of less than $15,000 AUD.

Selected artists will be entered into an audience interactive competition, which will run approx 2-3 months prior to the event. 2 Australian 'Independent' artists will be showcased per week at www.sunscreen.net.au from October 1st through to December 1st. 2 of the 4 videos from each week will be considered the winners based on the amount of votes they receive. This means that 16 videos will be considered finalists. Finalist videos will be showcased at the Festival Of the Sun (www.fotsun.com) on December 15 & 16, 2006. The winner, who will be selected at the Festival of the Sun will get $10,000 worth of Industry prizes towards your next video. Last year’s winners were Broken yellow who spent their 2005 winnings on shooting The Herds 'I was only 19', which has since been downloaded by thousands.

SunScreen provides the opportunity for directors to gain credibility as well as artists to gain huge exposure. All Sonicbids members that enter before October 1st will be considered for an allocated, guaranteed spot to play live on the Festival of The Sun Stage."

More details here