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About Me

Alphastate has finally settled into a stable 4 piece lineup and are sounding better than ever.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/30/2006
Band Members: Mike McLeod Rob Falconer Stephen Stedman Dan Wysockyi
Influences: Sparklehorse, David Kilgour, The Clean, David Mitchell's various projects (3Ds, Ghost Club, Evil), The Bats, Jay Clarkson, Bailterspace, The Gordon's, The Verlaines, HDU, Snapper, Operation Rolling Thunder, Straightjacket Fits, Andrew Brough, Look Blue Go Purple, Tom Waits, Jeff Buckley, Anji Sami, Nick Drake, PJ Harvey, Batrider, Nick Cave, Elliot Smith, My Bloody Valentine, Sebadoh, Lou Barlow, Sonic Youth, Lambchop, Wilco, Calexico, Howe Gelb, Neil Young, Dinosaur Jr, Nirvarna, Ed Castelow, Robbie Yeats, Ed Cake, Nina Simone, The Velvet Underground, The Beatles (individually and collectively), Arvo Part.
Sounds Like: Depends on the position of the moon.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

australia

hi. i am heading to australia to play some shows and have a holiday catching up with old pals. will be fun. am looking for gigs from 28th nov to 12th dec in either melbourne or sydney... the new e...
Posted by The Alpha State on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 02:29:00 PST

Hello

Hello world. We are recording a new EP at the moment. Have been chipping away at the old block for a couple of Sunday's now. The lord's day of rest... Well fuck him! No rest for the wicked. We p...
Posted by The Alpha State on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:00:00 PST

Slack as an obese woman's panties.

Hi. We aren't releasing our single this weekend anymore because I am disorganised, disfunctional, disillusioned, and lazy. But we are playing on Sunday with one of my guitar legends David Mitchell (...
Posted by The Alpha State on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:12:00 PST

Life

So I had a fucking great night last night playing with the band. After a month or so of minor disputes and usual proplems arising from a relationship with other people that is most natural within a b...
Posted by The Alpha State on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:44:00 PST

Gig Review

Hey you can check out a review from our show at the Gazebo Lounge the other weekend at the following link.Gig ReviewTwas a fun gig with myself and a string trio accompanying. Will be playing some mor...
Posted by The Alpha State on Sat, 12 May 2007 07:38:00 PST

Album release!

So, we are releasing our album on June 22nd. We will celebrate with a release gig at the Backstage on that very day (a Friday). Let's have a fucking party! Incidentally I have both attended, and ho...
Posted by The Alpha State on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:56:00 PST

Hmmm

Hello. Is anyone listening? Unlikely. I have been really productive of late. EP only a few weeks away if I get my shit together. So maybe you should give it a couple of months... I'm kinda disor...
Posted by The Alpha State on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:26:00 PST