So yet another month has ticked on by and here we are fast approaching another Sandwich Club night at Candy's Apartment. And boy oh boy what a splendourous (that word has embedded itself in my head for good) night it is shaping up to be. Featuring two headliners! The Dardanelles who are making their first trip up to Sydney previewing their first official release and The Paper Scissors who, in my opinion, are one of the best live acts Sydney has to offer. Back that up with Rodger Explosion and our DJ's, Kids in Colour - featuring one of SClubs favourite friends, K-Baby, and you have a damn good sandwich in your hands. So catch them all for a bargain $10 this Thursday at Candy's.

Also, to get you in the mood this Thursday, I've posted a little blog interview with Jai from TPS and a couple of tracks from their recently released debut EP - the music speaks for itself really.

What makes The Paper Scissors so unique?
The Paper Scissors are unique because of the sounds we make and the songs we write, we are coming at things from our own angle in terms of music, live and on record, our artwork, and being ourselves, the way the band came together and the various influences of the guys; we are good friends and we love each other and we make music and we live our lives, we play music with other people. We aren't your average band I suppose in that respect.
Also, I'm not gonna start slagging people off, but as a whole I'm not completely happy with how Sydney music is at the moment, I think it's great that there are heaps of bands and venues coming up, but I just think alot of bands are putting fashion first in terms of the sound and look of their bands. I think where TPS differ is that we are really focused on writing really good songs, ones that will hopefully last and be remembered not for being cool and danceable, but just for having good melodies and lyrics and grooves.

You've only be playing together for 2 years. What were you doing before The Paper Scissors and where would you like to be in 5 years?
Well, me, I was living in Byron Bay (my Family lives there) and I was making music, making coffee and going to art school in Lismore just after finishing High School. I moved to Sydney and played around on the acoustic singer songwriter sort of scene for a while, that got really boring. I put TPS together when Sony got hold of my demos and gave me some cash to do some more demos. I wanted it to be a project and a band not just a solo thing. And I got really fucking lucky with the band that I found and assembled, because they are fucking great people and musicians. Tom Hespe (sax/guitar) was working and finishing his Australian History degree and had been having a bit of time off bands, cooking and playing country music by the beach, writing his own tunes and just living. Bryce Stacker (drums) was playing in a band that played world/funk sort of stuff, as well as a handful or other musical projects etc. plumbing and skateboarding. Xavier Naughton (bass) was living in Byron, he is a family friend of mine. He was learning bass to motown songs and enjoying the sun, going vegetarian, we played in a band called The Shivers for a while, me on guitar, Xav on bass and Chris Colonna on vox/ drums, that was fun, all these hippys used to see us play really loud rock at my dads studio up there.


You've made every new bands dream by playing at a festival (The Great Escape), was it everything you imagined?
Yeah we had fun. Even though we played at 1030 in the morning, it was great. A few people have actually said they saw us there and liked it, so thanks for being awake. It was quite a proud moment to be in the company of bands like Sigur Ros and The Black Keys, but serious heavyweights like Juan De Marco & Co

Has there ever been any cringe worthy moments onstage?
Yes many. I suppose this is the beauty of TPS though because we put ourskinny white asses on the line. I'm sure some of my dance moves have made people cringe

Your group is fast becoming one of Sydney's top acts. Has your recent bout of fame led to any run-ins with crazy groupie/stalkers?

Someone collected, scanned in and posted one of our set lists on our myspace. That's as close as we've come to being stalked. And someone told me they really enjoyed our set when I was wiping their table at work. So that was nice. Hardly fame.

Who are you listening to at the moment?
I'm listening to Hot Chip, Broken Social Scene (fuck these guys are soooo good), Abbey Road - a lot. Arcade Fire, Jolie Holland, Tom Yorkes solo one, Tom Vek, Johnny Cash, Wu Tangs 36 chambers, Bowie.

If you could handpick your ideal supergroup who would they be and why?
Drums- John Bonham

Guitars - Nick Zinner/ John Frusciante

Bass- Larry Graham

Samples and noise - Aphex Twin

Vocals - John Lennon, David Byrne, Win Butler and Regine Chassagne

Backing Vocals - Leslie Feist

Saxophone - Maceo Parker

Keys - Bernie Worrell

Ok this is getting silly, but imagine how it would sound!?

You probably get this all the time, but Scissors, Paper or Rock?
I will avoid that question with a quote:
"Poor predictable bart, always takes rock"
"Good old rock, nothing beats that"

Favourite sandwich?
Does avocado on toast classify as a sandwich? Ah, chicken ones can be good. Maybe we can learn more form your blog regarding sandwiches.

Buy their debut EP here (you know you want to)