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The Razor Cartel

LES YEUX NOIRS

About Me



Charging from the bass knives to the treble, a dangerous romance that conspires to make damaged pop music with homemade guitars, chipped teeth & cracked cymbals...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/25/2005
Band Members:

Ben - Guitar / Vocals

Mick - Drums

Bren - Bass



Influences:
The Clash
The Replacements
The Smiths
The Jam
Ryan Adams
Springsteen
Dead Kennedys
Sounds Like:
’The Shakedown’ is a reminder that it’s often simplicity in music that can elicit the biggest things’
- Forte Magazine, 2007

BUY OUR DEBUT EP NOW AVAILIBLE ON iTUNES ...

Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

EUROPEAN TOUR

BEN IS OFF DOING A QUICK RUN OF SOLO SHOWS IN GERMANY AND THE THE UK DURING APRIL AND MAY!  THINGS ARE UNFOLDING VERY QUICKLY SO KEEP POSTED FOR MORE DETAILS.  BEST...
Posted by The Razor Cartel on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:57:00 PST

ROCKSELLOUT FEATURE

The good people at sterling music blog rocksellout.com have found time to feature us: http://rocksellout.com/2008/02/28/introducing-the-razor-cart el/  ...
Posted by The Razor Cartel on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:04:00 PST

WHERE TO BUY OUR EP

OUR LIMITED EDITION EP IS AVILIBLE FROM THE FOLLOWING INDEPENDENT RECORDS STORES:   MELBOURNE:   Missing Link Records Located in the basement of 405 Bourke Street Melbourne, between Elizab...
Posted by The Razor Cartel on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:00:00 PST

Adventures in Video

Hello! We have a posted new videoclip for the song ’The Shakedown’. The video features footage from performances in dingy clubs around Melbourne. The Video was produced by our magician fri...
Posted by The Razor Cartel on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:41:00 PST

The Razor Cartel now on iTunes!

"The rooms, they smell like diesel, and you take on the dreams of the ones that have slept there"  Tom Waits Hello friends, strangers, pariahs and lost lovers, apologies for the absence of...
Posted by The Razor Cartel on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:33:00 PST

EP REVIEWS....

FROM FORTE MAGAZINE, APRIL 2007 WRITTEN BY WYLIE CAIRD There is a nostalgic feel that comes with three-piece rockers The Razor Cartel's self-titled release. Second track, 'My Poison Heart (Rock N Ro...
Posted by The Razor Cartel on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:02:00 PST

EP LAUNCH

Many Many thanks to all involved in making our EP launch at the Northcote Social Club a great night! Thanks to all our friends new and old for packing out the room! There are some photos here: http:/...
Posted by The Razor Cartel on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:02:00 PST

INTERVIEW @ THEDWARF.COM.AU

Ben recently rambeled on to the good people at the online music forum The Dwarf,  Check the article out...   http://www.thedwarf.com.au/nd/interviews/the_razor_cartel_au stralia...
Posted by The Razor Cartel on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:56:00 PST

RRR

Thanks to those at RRR for playing 'The Shakedown', our radio debut!  Melbourne's best indie radio station by far! For more visit www.rrr.org.au/    ...
Posted by The Razor Cartel on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:51:00 PST

NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB SHOW!

We are proud to announce our EP launch at the Northcote Social Club on Australia day January 26th 2007. We are playing with the brilliant Armen Firman. Come down for an blistering rock n roll sho...
Posted by The Razor Cartel on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:22:00 PST