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Ben Birchall & The Corrections

About Me

Walking the line between remorse and joy, Ben Birchall and the Corrections take cues from Elvis Costello, Dylan and the Kinks and make some beautiful, miserable pop tunes.The Corrections kind of happened by accident. After the collapse of Birchall’s previous band Klinger, he tried to go solo, but was followed by former Klinger rhythm section Darren Vlah (drums) and Glenn Arnup (bass). They formed the core of the backing band on Birchall’s 2004 debut, Year of the Monkey, alongside Hovercrafts guitarist Dave McGann. After the recording was over, the guys stuck around, and were joined by Hammond player and all round good guy, Matt Vehl in late 2004.Their debut album ’Last Ditch Brigade’ landed mid 2007 to enthusiastic reviews and rapturous crowds.Fostered by Cavalier Records (The Rumours, The Hovercrafts, Crayon Fields etc), if anything they’re getting looser and bluesier in their old age. It’s an ok trip.I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

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Member Since: 01/02/2006
Band Website: www.benbirchall.com.au
Band Members: Ben Birchall (vocals, guitar) Dave McGann (guitar, vocals) Adam Hengstberger (bass, vocals) Matthew Vehl (hammond, piano) Darren Dean Vlah (drums) ..
Influences: Elvis Costello, Dylan, Billy Bragg, The Clash, Elliott Smith, The Strokes, The Church, The Beatles, Springsteen, The Stones, Sloan, Tom Petty, Oasis, The Kinks, Wilco, Spoon, Ryan Adams, Badly Drawn Boy, Supergrass, The Posies, Beck, Pulp, Kweller, Creedence, Libertines, Jack White, Squeeze, Ed Harcourt, The Wilburys, You Am I, Glide, Belle and Sebastian, Jason Falkner, Jon Brion, Kings of Leon...
Sounds Like: As above. With good hair.
Record Label: Cavalier Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Take your money

Hey everyone. Welcome to 2009. To ease you into it, I've just posted a cover of MIA's 'Paper Planes' which I recorded late in '08 for 'Transference' on Triple R FM. It got played once, and then sat on...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:02:00 GMT

On the radio.

Hey all,In preparation for our performance at Apollo Bay next weekend, I'm having a chat and playing a song on Triple R this weekend, on Jonny Von Goes' show. Apparently I'm filling in Dan Warner's re...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:20:00 GMT

Wide Wide World

So i’ve posted the first new song in a while. It’s a home recording of a song that’s been kicking around my solo set for a coupla months. It was an ok enough country song in its orig...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:54:00 GMT

Pile of Dirt

'There's a pile of dirt, we dig until it hurts with a picture of Elvis in the pocket of our shirt.'So after taking a thousand years to make 'Last Ditch Brigade', the Corrections are taking the first t...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:09:00 GMT

Have a very Correct Christmas...

So it's been a long and particularly eventful year, and we've got plenty of people to thank and buy beers for. Christmas shows are good for that. we've got one on Dec 19 at the Northcote Social Club, ...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:09:00 GMT

Nice words

Hey all,Just thought I'd post a link to my chat with Richard Kingsmill on Triple J a few weeks ago. For those of you who don't know, Richard is a broadcaster and the music director at Triple J, the na...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:51:00 GMT

mind photos

It's been far too long between posts, but we're back. First of all, I'd like to point you towards the website, benbirchall.com.au, which has been relaunched this week! It's still under construction, s...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:03:00 GMT

Work the bag.

Wow. Like, the record is out. I feel like it's snuck out behind my back, but it's on the shelves and I'm totally unprepared. Particularly unprepared for lukewarm reviews. You gotta steel yourself for...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:11:00 GMT

DONE DONE DONE. Seriously this time.

So the album is DONE. I know I've been saying it for months now, but it's DONE DONE. Like the artwork is in front of me, done. It goes to the pressing plant tomorrow and there's no turning back.Firstl...
Posted by on Wed, 02 May 2007 20:12:00 GMT

Satisfaction/Terror

So it's finished. Did i post this already? it's mixed. it's mastered. it's cooked. i played my first show on April 18, 1996. It's only taken 11 years to finish an album. at this rate, my sophomore eff...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:24:00 GMT