Daniele Marando - Vocals, Gut-String guitar.
Daniel Babekuhl - Electric Guitar, Gang Vocals.
Micheal Sullings - Bass, Gang Vocals.
Josh Harvey - Drums, Percussion, Gang Vocals.
Influences
Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Don Walker, Hank Williams, Paul Kelly, The Triffids, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Johnny Cash, Dr Nina Simone, Patsy Cline, The Drones, Dan Kelly, Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, The Louvin Brothers, Karen Dalton, The Black Eyed Susans, Elvis, Dirty Three, Leadbelly, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, X (Australia), Dean Martin, Louis Prima, The White Stripes, Jamie Hutchings, Bluebottle Kiss, Suicide, The Supremes, Django Reinhardt, Bo Diddley, Amy Winehouse, Patti Smith, Professor Ratbaggy, Gillian Welch, Edith Piaf, King Curly, Chuck Berry, Nirvana, The Gadflys, The Stanley Brothers, Jonathan Richman, Louis Armstrong, Roy Orbisson, The Ronettes, The Birthday Party....
Sounds Like
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"The Maladies wrap up the evening with a very cool set of toe tapping satanic blues. The unasuming fromt man on acoustic swings violently between sweet angelic tones and blood curdling howls as the band bursts into chaos. The lyrics are inturn uplifting, mournful and harrowing but always with a dark edge. Imagine Nick Cave and Tex Perkins ding a duet of "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" And You'd nearly be there.
- The Brag. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Next up The Maladies battled through problems with a temperamental PA to produce a fine performance, showcasing their weird and wonderful amalgamation of sounds. The Sydney quartet had an odd, unique style incorporating easy-going rock drowned in a kind of dark, twisted blues. Deliberate discords muddled and diversified otherwise simplistic arrangements, with masterful distorted guitar work by Daniel Babekuhl. Upon this backdrop, singer Dan Marando wailed and hollered through the set, adding to the strangely accessible cacophony. ‘This Wood & This Wire’ epitomised the band’s sound (or should that be noise?), a trippy, crashing folk-metal hybrid for the 21st century, while ‘I Feel So Fine’ sounded like some sort of acid-fuelled White Stripes ensemble from the 70s, Marando’s flitting falsetto growing into a raucous psychedelic yodel.
- The Lumiere Reader
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THE WITH: Kasim Cliff & old friend Floyd Zac will like to thank you. . . We be an up and coming Xperimental band from The West, hopefully you can feel insightful and open-minded as The W/.
Enjoyed the gig on Friday night. Enjoyed watching Daniel fill up his soft drink with copious amounts of Vodka from under the table even more! Come back to Melbourne soon for more beverages and gospel sing-a-longs.
Love to. Things got a bit buzy so had to put it on the burneer. I will see you on thursday night though. Hope you guys feel ready for it. I wouldn't worry to much. Best music I've heard in this town for years.
will be there for shore! the week after my quartet is playing at Kudu lounge, new jazz night in the Cross, hope you can make that one buddy! See you next week :)
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