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by admin on March 31, 2011




“THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO

CONTEMPORARY KIDS’ MUSIC IN YONKS.”

– TimeOut Sydney

A BLOG post from our very special drummer PJ. ps you WILL laugh at this one!

March 23, 2012

I wonder how many drummers have had a gig as strange as the one I did this weekend…? Allow me to set the scene…the mighty Electric Lunchbox, the rockinest kids band in Oz (and I mean ‘band’ – there is not a backing track or a lip-sync or sweaty animal suit in sight) was booked [...]

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Adelaide Fringe Festival tour and review

March 17, 2012

What do you get when you cram ten band members and a baby into a two bedroom semi? Electric Lunchbox on tour in Adelaide… It’s the biggest Fringe Festival in Australia, and we had a hoot! We performed in the Gluttony tent, and by the end of our three day season, the show evolved so [...]

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Lost children, rain, and Peats Ridge Festival

January 10, 2012

Wow… What a start to the new year… a fantastic day performing at Peats Ridge Festival… It all started with a bit of rain and a one hour drive north of Sydney. We decided not to camp for the three days but to do a day trip and soak up the vibe. It was quite [...]

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New guitars, new gigs and The Bends…

September 18, 2011

Well, it’s been a while since our last post… we could blame our children, lack of time and the cold weather… and well, yes, we do blame those things, but here we are ready to go… Steve got a new guitar, a Fender Strat, it’s red (important to me, not so important to him) and [...]

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TimeOut Sydney review by Angus Fontaine

June 12, 2011

Well for those of you who haven’t picked up a copy of TimeOut Sydney, we thought we’d post the review on our blog. We were just a teeny bit excited when we first read it, we keep reading it over and giving ourselves a little pinch and nudge. We are absolutely chuffed! Lines like “the [...]

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Shorties review + first gig announced

May 17, 2011

We discovered a fab review today on the Shorties Blog page. Shorties is a very cool kids clothes shop on King Street, Newtown (Sydney) . They were the first shop to stock our CD (they have very good taste hee hee) this is why we love them, along with the fact that they sell the [...]

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Prawn Crackers makes it to Kindiecast Podcast Episode 4

April 19, 2011

Today, we listened to the Kindiecast Podcast Episode 4… and yes, Prawn Crackers was on it… waahoo!!! Just a little bit of background about what Kindiecast is… well, it’s a carefully selected podcast of kids songs from all over the world by Producer Tor Hyams. In case you don’t know who he is, he is [...]

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Sydney’s Child review

March 12, 2011

Yay, we got a review in Sydney’s Child. You might need your glasses to read it – it’s small – but hopefully it will reach the masses. In other exciting news, we started rehearsals for our gigs. The fabulous Frank on bass, the very funky PJ on drums, and ‘Dancin’ Johnny Carr on guitar, and [...]

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coolest mum and dad in marrickville?

March 2, 2011

Here is another article,this time from the current Inner City Weekender… Ok, so there’s a couple of typo’s (Gary Newman ??) a few “misquotes”, and according to this article Steve is now Bond and not Shanahan ( Jayde thinks that this works quite nicely)… but it is a good article nonetheless, I mean who could [...]

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Latest article in Inner West Courier

February 12, 2011

Here is our article in the Inner West Courier from last Thursday, not sure of the face Steve was pulling? maybe a reaction to the brilliant playing by Hunter and her Euphonium??? In other news, if you live in the Inner West you can now purchase our CD from Shorties on King Street, so excited [...]

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