cows explode if we don’t milk them

we have a show this month and your attendance would be appreciated, acknowledged, treasured. you would be listened to. you wouldn’t leave cynical and bitter. you would feel peaceful and/or g-d. maybe you’ll smile to yourself as you walk to the train station.~

here’s deets for somethin neat:

animal-rights-section-of-the-library fundraiser *

there aren’t enough books about animal lib in the jura library. obviously, it will be ballin’ as after this fundraiser.

// friday 10th july

// with earthlings and more!!

// jura library (440 parramatta rd, petersham)

// $8 – $12 donation

// may involve undulating otter dance moves

xstefffffff

~ wow… sometimes i even weird myself out

* yep, cos we’re so eloquent we get bored of elegant forms and go out of our way to construct clunky bad shit

coming at you with the big stick, and the quicksand, the spinning circle, and the pouring of the shame

don’t ask why beheaded monozygotic twin men have been chosen as visual accompaniment to the information.

that’s it, the stray kittens are calling me,

x

PLEASE NOTE:

this is not actually a farewell for paint it black. go and buy some cds from them, otherwise there may be a farewell show sometime in the not too distant future. there’s an economic crisis and all, y’know!

art is us!

big ups to dancers at friday night’s show.

also, thanks to luka for this drawing:

we shall play some more shows soon. end of june i believe. check the page for deets!

what? a show?

that’s right – the hiatus is officially over and we’re exposing our new musical selves to the world! come down to the fabulous red rattler theatre for some guaranteed good times.

we are also resurrecting the mailing list, so if you’d like a little note from us every month or so, drop us a line at: thethawthethaw (at) gmail (dot) com and we’ll put you on the list.

increase da peace in da middle east!

thaws are bringing it back old skool style! watch out y’all, cos we have many new “riffs”, “blobs” and figures 1.1 through 1.5., all of which are increasingly exciting and shall result in ever widening grins on our faces.

prepare the interpretive dances. you have been warned!

translation:

we are making rad tunes in preparation for public broadcast.

end of an era!

yes folks, it’s official – the hiatus is over! thaws have begun jamming again!

we’re busy making new songs to torture ear drums and eating yummy noodles in smithfield. when we’ve got something worth bothering y’all with, you’ll know.

in the meantime you can holler at us: thethawthethaw@gmail.com

or see steph playing in merferalz (6pm thurs 26th march @ jura bookshop, petersham)

wah wah wah!

get out your hankies cos the thaw is on an indefinite hiatus. steph is off in vietnam gorging herself on pho, kath is traipsing around cambodia being fed by rellos, and trini is stuck in steamy sydney where everyday is more boring than the next.

there’ll be more thaw action when we’re all back in the same city.

in the meantime you can quell your musical desires in a couple of ways:

1. othawna – we’ll soon have our LIVE split with ohana out. keep those eyes peeled.
2. mo money hustlers (featuring steph thaw on bass) – gorgeous 3″ cd is out. you can pick it up from reputable retailers like tenzenman.
3. anna vo / magnoliaceae (aka trini thaw) – matching 3″ cd package out now. only $10, $5 of which goes to the kinaiyahan unahon collective in davao city, philippines.
4. bare arms (feat trini thaw on drums) – screaming their way around sydney this summer.

thanks xxx

it’s always time for friendship time

these are our last two show until february 2009-ish. the sydney music scene just won’t be the same without our special brand of shit puns, too-small amps, crappy banter, rockin the escher-esque visual illusion no pants look, non-intentional lifeform wannabe unwittingly beastie boys charm. hahah. we’re sorry to anyone who caught worms off us, we’re not sorry that you get to eat imitation chocolate medicine.

this is not Part of TINA aka tinpotina

saturday 4th october

the thaw, crux and others in newcastle

inappropriate tough guy behaviour

sunday 5th october

itgb / the thaw / blackie / maus / scotty

@ louie’s (murray st, marrickville)

+ i will be playing bass with ITGB on tuesday 7th october at serial space!

(33 wellington st, chippendale, off regent st, near central station)

twin bass attack!!!

let’s get g-d up and fly kick assholes!

x steph

jamaican me s’wet

this week we have two shows!!

fourteen nights at sea

fourteen nights at sea, truth from fact, hira hira and the thaw

friday 26th september

@ dirty shirlows (shirlow st, marrickville)

bang town

sunday september 28th

ARVO SHOW: 1pm – 5pm.

with melaleuca, stono, cripple gypse, we kill and eat people and the thaw.

@ hackett house aka bankstown youth development space (right near bankstown station)

sick,

steph

splitting atoms

heya

very soon we’ll be playing with two of our favourite musical acts from nsw – alps and ohana!!! the show will be recorded and put on a split release with us and ohana. i hope alps plays his song about the blue whale. we have new stuff to play. it will be a night full of twobble, drone, noise, harmonies and tri vocal crescendos. hurrah!

here’s deets, that may change, but prob not:

OTHAWNA LIVE SPLIT SHOW+RECORDING!!

friday 19th Sept, 8pm

@ MGTVLE (40 fitzroy st, marrickville. AA)

with: alps of NSW / ohana / the thaw

recorded by lachie

$6 donation

we love ohana and are amped to be doing this with them and lachie

x steph

ps: this post has nothing to do with splitting atoms, but i couldn’t think of any puns for split releases that haven’t already been done *feels inadequate* *raps*

split releases

spit, unleash this

musical piece de resistance

beautiful, beastly catharsis

lured and captured, trapped in an instance

*runs*