The Blackwater Fever

THE BLACKWATER FEVER – ON TOUR

theblackwaterfever — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:51:37 +0000

The Blackwater Fever hit the road again starting this Friday with dates across
February and March. Joining forces on most of the dates is the equally seething dark
and moody blues sultress Kira Puru & The Bruise.

These shows come at the tail end of recording sessions for TBWF.
Constructing their third full length album tentatively titled… The Depths.

Catch the band on the following dates with new material in tow.

Fri 17th Feb – Spotted Cow, Toowoomba
w/ Rattlehand
www.spottedcow.com.au

Sun 26th Feb – Move Mountain Festival, Toowoomba
www.movemountainsfestival.com

Fri 9th March – The Beetle Bar, Brisbane
w/ Kira Piru & The Bruise, Silent Feature Era
www.beetlebar.com.au

Sat 10th March – The Loft, Gold Coast
w/ Kira Piru & The Bruise, Jackson Dunn
www.facebook.com/TheLoftChevronIsland

Fri 23rd March – Good God ‘Small Club’, Sydney
w/ Kira Piru & The Bruise, The Preachers
www.goodgodgoodgod.com

Fri 30th March – The Tote, Melbourne
w/ Kira Piru & The Bruise, TBA
www.thetotehotel.com

Fri 30th March – The Pony, Melbourne
(Late 2am slot)
www.pony.net.au

LIVE VIDEO: LOVESICK

theblackwaterfever — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:31:20 +0000

LIVE VIDEO: BURN BABY BURN

theblackwaterfever — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:30:15 +0000

LIVE VIDEO: TAKING ITS TOLL

theblackwaterfever — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:28:22 +0000

THE BLACKWATER FEVER PLAY BIG DAY OUT 2012

theblackwaterfever — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:42:30 +0000

We super pumped to announce that The Blackwater Fever are playing the 2012 Gold Coast Big Day Out!

Full lineup here >
Time table here >

‘All Night Long’ featured on ABC’s Body Of Proof

theblackwaterfever — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:57:14 +0000

The Blackwater Fever’s track ‘All Night Long’ was featured on ABC’s Body of Proof season 2 episode 10 in the US last night.

THE BLACKWATER FEVER – LIQUID [HIP] REVIEW

theblackwaterfever — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:55:25 +0000

At first listen, The Blackwater Fever evokes a swampy, dirty sound that conjures up the dark, mysterious American South; dense and heavy forested places you don’t want to happen upon alone. Their full sound quickly creates the illusion that every band member – four, maybe five— operate on high octane.

So imagine my surprise. The Blackwater Fever is Australian, not American. Band members? They’re a power duo.

LIVE & ACOUSTIC ON 98.9FM

theblackwaterfever — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:16:38 +0000

Listen & download acoustic versions of ‘Taking Its Toll’ & ‘Sweet Misery’ performed by Jed and Shane at 98.9FM from our BandCamp. Get it for free or pay want you want.

IN STEREO – ZOO MAG REVIEW

theblackwaterfever — Thu, 26 May 2011 05:02:00 +0000

From the packaging to the tunes, this slab of swampy blues from Brissie duo The Blackwater Fever is old-school garage rock the way it should be. When they plug in and pump the gas, no-one does full throttle, pedal-to-the-metal rock better then these dudes. But when they ease off and veer into moody, whiskey-soaked tales of despair like Sophia’s Waltz and No Harm, they give heartfelt storytellers like Nick Cave and Tom Waits a run for their money. Shane Hicks’ gnarled vocal cords and grunty guitar tones, plus Andrew Walter’s beefy drumming, crank out a sound that would be huge for a four piece, let alone a duo. If you only buy one Aussie album this year, make sure it’s In Stereo – 5stars

AAA BACKSTAGE – IN STEREO ALBUM REVIEW

theblackwaterfever — Mon, 16 May 2011 02:19:53 +0000

The Blackwater Fever’s In Stereo is their second full-length album and if it were a young boy, at a guess, there would be Nirvana posters on his walls, his father’s John Lee Hooker tapes in his cassette deck and some of The Kills’ or BRMC’s CDs lying around the floor of his room. Perhaps lyrics by Tom Waits or Nick Cave would be scrawled into his notebooks, and his father’s whiskey would surely be stashed under his bed. He would tell a decent joke as well as a decent lie, and would be feared and loathed by the fathers of many teenage girls. That said he’d be good fun.

Hicks and Walter will no doubt, again, find themselves compared to the big names in the sexy blues-rock pack like The Black Keys and The White Stripes (which is in itself a credit and a beautiful thing), but it won’t take more than one spin of In Stereo to see that The Blackwater Fever have a big point of difference in their approach, what they do isn’t a homage to a trend or a pursuit of sonic perfection, it’s as bona fide as it gets.

The title track ‘In Stereo’ instrumentally alone commands attention, ‘Love Gone Astray’ is reminiscent in attitude and vocal styling of Kurt Cobain, while the guitars that chime in midway literally resonate with the soul of two coloured girls. ‘Sophia’s Waltz’ is a tragic tale that gives a garage nod to Jeff Buckley’s version ‘Hallelujah’ before taking one last gasp with somber harmonies and pleasantly surprising synth. As if to sympathize with their listener’s drunken arses ‘Hot Resin’ is a timely instrumental with drums that suspend time and dueling guitars that grind like teeth.

There’s a great deal of melancholy content lyrically on In Stereo but not in the Gen Y sense of the word, there will be no jumping off bridges to this record. In Stereo is full of tracks that march and stagger their way into your head and hips (they certainly didn’t neglect a woman’s desire to dance) and it’s addictive. With the album’s reckless attitude I’ve got a strong feeling their live show will be a force to be reckoned with, definitely going onto my ‘things to do’ list.

4 stars

Madeline Stewart AAA Backstage