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The Basics New Album
September 20, 2010
The Basics announce the release of their self-titled album called The Basics. The d...
 
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The Basics Northcote Residency
May 2, 2010
The Basics have a new EP coming out, Wait For You, and they're launch...
 
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The Basics announce album launch tour
September 8, 2009
2009 has been nothing short of epic for The Basics. Melbourne's hardest workin...
 
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The Basics on tour
May 26, 2009
In April, The Basics did what they do best and hit the open road for the launch o...
 
THE BASICS WITH THIS SHIP CANBERRA
The Basics sail into Canberra...
April 8, 2009
The Basics have started 2009 with a bang. Their breathtaking single, With This Sh...
 
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The Basics sail into Melbourne...
April 8, 2009
The Basics have started 2009 with a bang. Their breathtaking single, With This Ship has her...
 
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The Basics announce shows, new release
February 27, 2009
The Basics will be travelling the land previewing material from their forthcoming album,...
 
The Basics announce national high school tour
October 2, 2008
As part of the Contemporary Music Touring Program, The Basics will be taking their harmo...
 
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The Basics announce remastered album and new shows
July 23, 2008
Melbourne band The Basics have thus-far made a living out of revisiting the music of yes...
 
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The Shambles Present...!
February 13, 2008
Comedic trio The Shambles are grabbing the world by the funny gland; you may not know th...
 
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The Basics: Boys of Summer!
January 23, 2008
Melbourne's finest sons The Basics aren't keen to rest on their laurels. They&...
 
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The Basics Film Theft
September 18, 2007
Melbourne outfit The Basics have unknowingly caught a thief in action while filming the...
 
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The Basics announce June shows
June 5, 2007
Accompanied by live strings, horns and keyboard players, Melbourne's burgeoning hipster...
 
The Basics Don't Look Back In 2007
January 12, 2007
The Basics may be about to release the new single "Lookin' Over My Shoulder&qu...
 
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The Basics: Pop and Evolution
December 2, 2008
I had a chat with the boys from The Basics, and, over beer and sarcasm, found out they are anything but (that is the last time I use that pun, I promise!) Tim: I’d just like to say it’s...
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The Basics - Waltz Down Memory Lane
April 9, 2008
The Basics are undeniably the world’s most ironically named band. Formed in Melbourne in 2002 by Kris Schroeder (bass/vocals) and Wally de Backer (drums/vocals), and subsequently joined by...
The Basics: Rattling chains
November 19, 2007
I love The Basics. I recall seeing them 3 times in just under 2 weeks during the madness of their pre-Eurotrip tour. How can you not love them? Their bouncy, nostalgic pop/rock is catchy b...
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The Basics - Old standards and setting new ones
June 8, 2007
Whether you like a band or not, you have to give them credit for amazing feats of promotion. Here's an example, for four weeks a band does a residency. Not unusual. But how about three dif...
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The Basics - Basics, The
October 4, 2010
The Basics polarise music lovers. Some call them brilliant and overlooked while others see them as being a bit too 60's cute. Eith...
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The Basics - Basics, The
September 21, 2010
Music that can help you to escape yourself is godsent. By that, I mean if you're like I am today - fluey, pretty much annoyed at everyth...
The Basics - Wait For You
Wait For You - Basics, The
June 18, 2010
Tim, Wally and Kris never lost their form – they just changed it up when they released Keep Your Friends Close last year. I can safely say...
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Keep Your Friends Close - Basics, The
September 18, 2009
In 2004, a little three-piece from Melbourne released their first long player, Get Back. You only had to look at the cover of that album t...
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The No.1 Cause Of Death Amongst Youth Today - Basics, The
September 6, 2009
At first glance a song title like The No.1 Cause Of Death Amongst Youth Today seems to conjure up references to Nirvana, as they made the...
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Like A Brother - Basics, The
July 6, 2009
The Basics seem hell-bent on shaking up their image. First fans began to notice changes in their music at live shows and then images of th...
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With This Ship - Basics, The
April 8, 2009
When I saw The Basics some months ago, I was struck immediately by both how good a live act they were and how derivative their sound was....
The Basics - Stand Out Fit In
Stand Out / Fit In - Basics, The
May 8, 2007
Add >strong>The Basics to the “what’s hot” list. Out of nowhere, one of the hardest working and underrated rock acts in the country has...
Lookin' Over My Shoulder - Basics, The
February 5, 2007
Those of you familiar with this grey-suit-wearing trio will know they play a 50’s and 60’s inspired rock n’ roll, with notoriously brilliant th...