Christ what a weekend. Patto had his Wicked City album launch on Friday, then Saturday night brought an unexpected turn of events: a band had to pull out of Jen Cloher's album launch at The Corner so I filled in for them- T&T stripped back to one woman and a drum machine.
Sunday was High Vibes festival, we ended up playing two shows, one at Kick Gallery which was really fun, the stage specially built for the purpose. Then a last minute addition to the lineup at the NSC, which was so packed it was almost impossible to get in.

Thanks to everyone who was there for the shows- and the tireless organisers. I'm glad I didn't have to clean up...

Now very tired, and Anzac biscuits are the only thing that will fix this.

Check out Chris's recordings of the August 16th 'You Don't Love Me Yet' show at the Toff, as part of Swedish artist Johanna Billing's ACCA exhibition. See is blog below, and download tracks from Beaches, Fabulous Diamonds and more...

http://seancemascara.blogspot(dot)com/2009/08/you-dont-love-me-yet-toff-2009-08
-16.html

cut and paste and put in the dot!

http://www.messandnoise.com/articles/3703818

'Got any Es?' A Teeth & Tongue Tour Diary : Mess+Noise

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Diary of recent tour with Jack Ladder

Last night on Tristan's RRR show I played my top five most influential tracks. Or something like that. I basically played the tracks I listened to in my loungeroom before I was old enough to leave home. The whole premise of The Golden Age Of Piracy (the show) is that Tristan traces artists back to their roots, musically speaking. Well I don't know that I quite managed this but here were my five:

Superette- Sasketchewan
Bull In The Heather- Sonic Youth
I Shall Be Released- Nina Simone (via Bob Dylan)
Pink Frost- The Chills
Detachable Penis- King Missile

Thanks Tristan.
x

Rolling Stone March 2009
Teeth & Tongue
Monobasic

Melbourne song-writer Jess Cornelius-a.k.a Teeth & Tongue- works within a classical-rock grid, calling on sounds from the past to flesh out a varied set of songs.
Monobasic, her first outing as Teeth & tongue after a stint as front woman of Moscow Schoolboy, is both playful and serious, a statement of intent and a humble beginning. There are names often invoked for an artist in this line- Patti Smith, Kate Bush, PJ Harvey- and Cornelius manages to be a beguiling combination of all three. There's Patti Smith's swagger ("Come From Nowhere"), PJ Harvey's blend of devastating honesty (This Is Now), Kate Bush's fondness for trembling falsetto ("Sea Ice, There Is A Lightness To My Bones"). There's also a lack of coherence to the set, an oscillation between art-punk impulses and swamp-blues slink that doesn't quite nail the Boss Hog take on the same.("Dirty Rag"). There's also a sense of songs written over a stretch of time with different groups of musicians =. For all that, plain old rock & roll seems at the heart of Monobasic, so it would be interesting to hear Cornelius attempt a record in an even less adorned- and darker- vein. After all, Patti Smith had some of her best moments witt Springsteen- rock & roll's blue singlet man.
Ben Gook
31/2 stars.

Monobasic
Teeth & Tongue

Curious stage name aside, this is one
of the more interesting local releases of late-2008. Teeth & Tongue
is Jess Cornelius, a New Zealander who studied vocals and guitar at
university before moving to Melbourne to pursue a music career. She
played in the band Moscow Schoolboy for a time, but left in 2007 to go
solo. We're glad she did. Produced by Casey Rice (Dirty Three) and
recorded with musicians from City City City, Bird Blobs and
Actor/Model, her brilliant debut album 'Monobasic' is a rough-cut gem.
Much like PJ Harvey, Cornelius is a
gutsy vocalist, her songs ranging from spare, moody and light to
underground and ballsy. She sings to piano, strings and church bells in
the haunting yet beautiful Greenland Song, while the stirring But Still
He Stood His Ground builds with Arcade Fire-like keys and vocals
delivered with Patti Smith attitude. She's a lot of things, Cornelius-
straight up, delicate, raw, floaty, punkish and a damned good vocalist
and songwriter. We like her.

Tessie Vanderwert
Jan 23

you can get a free mp3 of 'Lightness to my bones' from the Triple J homepage if you wanna.
this is the link:
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/

Teeth & Tongue
Monobasic

Just for a moment, let's not talk about the voice.

This, the first album from former Moscow Schoolboy singer Jess Cornelius under the Teeth & Tongue moniker, is one of most damn listenable records released this year. And the reason is this: she writes songs that are always shifting emphasis, never extending you the opportunity to second guess where she's heading.

Opener 'There is a Lightness to My Bones' is the perfect example. It starts with a simple late-night slink delivered in a half whisper, moves into a declaratory chorus and then begins a subtle movement into, well, a bit of funk. Almost. And this is all before two-and-a-half minutes have elapsed.

It's a compelling musical pattern that recurs throughout the record. And its assisted no end by the fact that Cornelius is a voluble, enthusiastic narrator of proceedings. She indulges theatrics in moments of seeming despair, and her operatic flourishes bring fresh colour to the simple guitar and voice lament of a song like 'Dirty Rag'.

Ironically though, it's her much-laded voice that's the main limitation on Monobasic. In sharp contrast to her lyrics and her arrangements, at times Cornelius sounds too much in thrall to some notable vocal forebears, particularly on 'This Is Now', which recalls PJ Harvey, that "West Country girl with a big fat cat". 'Sea Ice' immediately redresses the error, subsuming Kate Bush flourishes under churning swathes of guitar. The order of these two tracks illustrates the point perfectly. When her urgent, demonstrative vocal is just another instrument in the song, the real inventiveness of this record truly shines.

Throughout Monobasic, Cornelius is ably supported by a cast of Melbourne music notables (Joe Talia, Ian Wadley) but you never doubt they're merely supporting players.

The vision is Cornelius' alone.

by JP Hammond

so, if you want to hear more if it on your radio ring them up! Ph 1300
0555 36 or http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/requests/make_a_request.htm
thanks