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Davey Dreamnation
Davey Dreamnation (not pictured) was conceived during the playing of a Genesis L.P. in April 2001. A legend in his own signature drawstring jarmies, a colossus of lo-fidelity, a harbinger of jitches and drum fills and ‘the Skylab of his generation’, Davey describes himself as an Australasian pirate who lives in the third person, and that’s good enough for us. Davey is apparently fluent in Esperanto and enjoys ice hockey and Joy Division. Read posts from the last five or ten years, then consider for a moment a world without Davey. Sad, isn’t it?
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Davey Dreamnation lashes out at critics
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On a day characterised by freak weather accidents and unexplained shortages of light bulbs, Davey Dreamnation has lashed out at critics of his music, his audacious tour of the top end and – most paradoxically – himself, in an extraordinary series of outbursts at Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport. Virtually no single pop star in the world…
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In a week fast becoming known for its unexpected news stories, Stung, New Zealand’s answer to Sting, has announced Davey Dreamnation as number one support act for his upcoming tour of Australasia. Under the moniker of Stung’s “Nothing Like the Stung” Tour, Davey will play a variety of outdoor venues around Australia, in a set…
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Davey Dreamnation announces new band name, line-up
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Hot on the heels of what has been described as “a very strange piece of music”, Davey Dreamnation’s interpreter announced at lunch time today that Davey will be joined on stage for his tour of the top end by manic flugel horn combo, The Abbatoir. Clearly speaking from a payphone in an airport departure lounge,…
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In what some music hacks described as “bizarre circumstances, officer”, Davey Dreamnation launched his debut single today, only minutes after completing a verbal assassination of the man who would be him, O.N. Da Levelle. In the lush surrounds of a bitumen paved tennis court, Davey’s interpreter this morning led journalists through an impromptu a capella…
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Citing “masses of evidence” and “hours of 4-track tapes”, a man claiming to be the ex-manager of The Spirit Levels last night aired some extraordinary claims in relation to said band’s demise, the fallout from which will quite possibly render the earth uninhabitable for several years. The man, who would only identify himself as O.N.…
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Davey Dreamnation announces top end tour dates
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Following the rise and fall this week of one of Melbourne’s most sensational pop trios, Davey Dreamnation, enigmatic pop ironist and rumoured scientologist, announced today (again through an interpreter) details of his forthcoming tour of the Northern Territory. Despite the fact that he is no longer a member of The Spirit Levels, Davey has assembled…
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The Spirit Levels
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New teen sensations The Spirit Levels have arrived back in Australia after an exhausting eight hour tour of Tasmania, where they recorded what they hope will become both sides of a double a-sided single, prospectively entitled “wood chip monks/ girder”. “Yeah,” opines lead flautist and bush-bass player Bailey, “we needed to get out there, get…