Greetings for the Razor

8.30pm for the next two Sunday nights sees Blackchords getting a song from the debut album on Channel nines Underbelly Razor. The series details real events that occurred in Sydney between 1927 and 1936. We've watched a few episodes and are pretty impressed with one of the better sides of Australian Television, and are excited to be incorporated into a great television series. The band at the minute are locked away working on all the creative ideas from the past 12/18 months to culminate into the next album. But alas these are just words and before too long your ears will hear our efforts

Luv Dim

What in the World?

We have been busy in Blackchords land. The writing process is ongoing. We've been away in the countryside again for another writing session, there are some good sounds coming out of our collective brains at the moment, and are excited and inspired to know that we working well together and that somehow we are on the exact same page. Last week we spent a few days at 'The Shed' out in the hills recording some new songs. which we are hoping to finish any moment now. They are coming along and are a definite evolution from the last time we recorded. If we could we would be spending a lot more time with these recording sessions, but as we know there is always a time where you must stop. Its a nerve racking moment where you say "there you go we have finished" then its time to move on to the next project. Our aim is to get these songs to your ears sooner rather than later and then we can get back on the road and come visit ya'll again. This we can't wait to do!

We do sincerely thank everyone for your continued support, and patience.

On another note. We were very privileged to have our song 'Pretty Little Thing' remixed by The Daydream club in the UK, as part of their fantastic Night Remix EP. The song is already getting play on the Radio in the U.K and wish the Daydream Club the best of luck.You can listen and download the song for free by clicking here; and if you haven't heard it, the original can be downloaded for free on our Facebook page.

Alrighty take care all!

N.C

Born out of a country house

So a few weeks ago we left the cold grey city to delve into the cold green country for four days focused on writing music. We set up in a small house, with the music gear in a bedroom smaller than most Melbourne sharehouse bedrooms, and what flowed out far exceeded our preconceptions and expectations. Waking up to chickens and horses at our doorstep was a good way to greet the creative process each morning, and after a full days playing and a hearty dinner at sundown, the creative process led to consuming copious amounts of Aldi $5 bottles of wine and double scotches.. coming full circle with us returning to the musicroom in the small hours for drunken/stoned jams.

What came out of those 4 days is a new direction in approaching songs for the band.. and a sound I believe we have been in search of for a while. There are still creases to iron out as the songs are so new, but the coming months will reveal some pretty amazing musical moments for us as we set these ideas into concrete.

We will be road testing these new songs in the gigs coming up over melbourne this winter.. so come along and tell us your thoughts on them. Next Saturday nights show at the Cornish Arms will certainly be a highlight.

On A Perch Waiting...

I think that maybe the time in between blogs is too long… Maybe it is? But hey, thats the way it is….

We are constantly thinking of whats next. Trying to create. Trying to inspire… Trying to live like we wished we might.

Thats what we've always wanted. What we have always believed in.

The difference now is that we (Blackchords) have created something and you guys have payed attention. You have shown great support So now it is time for us to create once again and we hope to inspire once again. This time though we know its not just for us, its for you too!

This time we will be sharing something with the lot of you, and we do really, really hope it will connect and ring true. I've found my self at times going round in circles and at times coming up against walls that I don't think I will ever pass but recently I've realised that there is an art to it. The art is to know what is real and what is not. To keep going when you feel you've had enough and to engulf yourself with the inspiring world around and not to simply switch off and give in to the sea of distractions that can leave you adrift.

At the same time I know that it is well and good to 'know' something but it is something very different to actually do it….

Well I'll let you know how we are going next week sometime when we are locked away in the middle of nowhere with some guitars, microphones, pens, paper and of course a bottle of scotch!!

Oh another thing is that we think it is about time to do some shows, try some new songs and share in a drink. So if you are in Melbourne please come and share an evening with us during this bitterly cold Melbourne winter!

Happy new year to you all. We hope that everyone has had a lovely time over the festive period and been able to spend time with those that you love.

We have had a short break and are now gearing up to get back into the studio and continue work on our new material along with our first show of the the year coming up on the 30th of Jan.
We've been invited to play on the day of the Men's Final at the 2011 Australian Open. We will be on the Grand Slam Arena stage, playing with The Melodics and Amy Merideth.
Entry will be via a ground pass, which gives you access to music and other entertainment, as well as being able to watch the match on the big screen. Show starts at 3pm, we are on stage at 4:30.

If you haven’t booked your Aus Open tickets you’d better get on to it or you can WIN tickets through us!!!

HERE IS HOW TO WIN YOUR TICKETS!

To be in with a chance to win tickets to see us play at The Australian Open all we want you to do is mention Blackchords in a post on your Facebook wall.

You can say what you like but obviously we’ll be giving the tickets to the most creative posts so let your imagination run wild. (Photos, videos, drawings, poems?!)

We obviously need to be able to see what you have written to award prizes, so make sure you tag us in the update. If you’ve never done that before just write an @symbol then type Blackchords.

NB. These tickets are Ground Passes (these do not get you into the centre court unfortunately)

Good luck & Thank you for helping to spread the Blackchords word.

John Lennon - 'Working Class Hero' Cover Version

Anyone that has seen us play live in the last couple of years will know we often play a cover of 'Working Class Hero' by John Lennon.

To mark what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday, we have decided to upload our version of this song for this weekend only. This version was recorded live at our album launch show at The Espy in April 2009.

You can listen to the track on our Sounds page, or over at our Myspace or Facebook page. We hope you enjoy it.

We are currently in Perth playing at The One Movement Festival. In addition to our two showcases Damian has been commissioned to paint this mural of John Lennon.

As Night Falls - Film Clip

Hi all,

After a slight delay we are excited to finally be able to share the film clip for our new single 'As Night Falls' with you all.

We wrote 'As Night Falls' specifically for new Australian suspense drama 'BLAME' directed by Michael Henry. BLAME was launched at The Melbourne International Film Festival, and will also be shown at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival. BLAME also features our track 'These Light' which you can hear at the start of the trailer.

Watch the film trailer here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdvrZP3mJBQ

You can download 'As Night Falls' from iTunes now. We hope you enjoy it!