Erica Dunn – known to many as the magnetic guitarist and vocalist for bands such as MOD CON and Tropical Fuck Storm – has unplugged and mellowed for her solo guise Palm Springs. Palm Springs & Friends is Erica’s new album, out officially today through Tender Collection. The record is an incredible collection of outsider folk, plumbing the depths of Erica’s mind and offering eight tracks that are startling in their immediacy and lingering in their impact. It’s our pleasure to premiere the album in full, as well as to talk to Erica about the record’s formation and creative intent.
As part of Drive Live 2018, Melbourne’s PBS 106.7FM recruited Mod Con to perform a live-to-air rendition of ‘Do It Right, Margo’. Those that missed out are fortunate, as we’ve been given the honour of premiering the footage of the incendiary performance. Continue reading View: MOD CON – ‘DO IT RIGHT, MARGO’ LIVE AT PBS 106.7FM→
Melbourne’s MOD CON follows up its killer debut single ‘Do It Right Margo’ with a pointed and ferocious follow-up in ‘Neighbourhood’. The trio examines contemporary attitudes towards Australia’s Indigenous history, spotlighting and skewering the mainstream’s indifference to the plight of the First Peoples.
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