Augie March
Augie March formed in 1996 in Melbourne, Australia, where guitarist/singer/songwriter Glenn Richards, guitarist Adam Donovan, and drummer David Williams were attending college. The three grew up together in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, but it wasn't until they reunited as friends during their college days that Richards, an English major, began writing songs and invited the other two to accompany him. Both Donovan and Williams were studying music and the two sought out bassist Edmond Ammendola, with whom they'd worked in the music school, to complete the lineup. The quartet quickly began arranging the music and settled on a name borrowed from the 1954 novel The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow, whose poetic, complex prose complemented Richards' own imaginative and descriptive lyrical style.
Before long, Augie March attracted the ears of Ra Records, and in early 1998 the label released the EP Thanks for the Memes. Soon thereafter, they released another EP, Waltz, and on the strength of the single "Asleep in Perfection," word about the band rapidly spread and BMG Australia courted them with a recording contract. Augie March accepted and began work on their first full-length, in the meantime expanding to a quintet with the addition of keyboardist Rob Dawson. Sunset Studies was released in mid-2000 to excellent reviews and public support, hovering in the Australian music charts into 2001 while the band performed constantly in support.
Sadly, Dawson was killed in an automobile accident on January 2, 2001, just a year after his joining the group. The remaining members took some time to regroup from the tragedy, holed up together in an abandoned telephone company building, and began writing new material for the follow-up to Sunset Studies. They recruited keyboardist Kiernan Box and headed into the studio to put their new batch of songs to tape, which resulted in the majestic Strange Bird, released in Australia in 2002 and stateside on SpinArt in 2004. The band toured frequently before returning home to work on their third full-length, Moo, You Bloody Choir, but when its slated 2005 release was pushed back indefinitely, Richards took some time to cobble together a handful of lo-fi recordings, which he self-released under the moniker G.A. Richards & the Satanic Mills Bros. The EP was titled Closed Off, Cold & Bitter: Life as a Can of Beer. Moo, You Bloody Choir was finally released in Australia in 2006 and Augie March resumed touring to support its release. Jive/Zomba released it stateside in the summer of 2007.
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Bloodsport & Porn
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Augie March am 14.01.2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Thanks For The Memes
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Sony Music Entertainment am 01.01.1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Here Comes The Night
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Sony Music Entertainment am 18.06.2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Moo, You Bloody Choir (Deluxe Edition)
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Sony Music Entertainment am 19.05.2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Moo, You Bloody Choir
Pop/Rock - Erschienen bei Sony Music Entertainment am 13.02.2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Havens Dumb (Deluxe)
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Augie March am 03.10.2014
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Watch Me Disappear
Pop/Rock - Erschienen bei Sony Music Entertainment am 05.03.2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
On The Quiet: Live (Deluxe: Songs & Stories)
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Augie March am 10.02.2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
One Crowded Hour
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Sony Music Entertainment am 01.04.2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bootikins
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Augie March am 23.02.2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pennywhistle
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Sony Music Entertainment am 27.09.2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Vineyard
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Sony Music Entertainment am 16.09.2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Farmer's Son
Pop/Rock - Erschienen bei Sony Music Entertainment am 23.04.2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
On The Quiet: Live (Live)
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Augie March am 10.02.2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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When I Am Old
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Augie March am 02.02.2018
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Hole in Your Roof
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Sony Music Entertainment am 17.07.2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Little Wonder - EP
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Sony Music Entertainment am 19.05.2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Clay
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Augie March am 16.12.2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo