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shiver like timber

About Me

shiver like timber is the musical moniker of betony dircks. she has played shows in brisbane, melbourne and sydney with pikelet, rand and holland, derwent river star, sly hats, batrider, quebec, say cheese and die, grand salvo, holly throsby, look!pond, the night crash, and many more. she has also supported international acts such as beirut, camera obscura, bill callahan, patrick wolf, the last town chorus and japanther. shiver like timber will be embarking on a european adventure from may 2008- may 2009. she is hoping to travel to many countries and cities and fields and forests and play many shows. if you live ANYWHERE in europe and would like to help her with venues/shows please message! the release of the shiver like timber debut album has been postponed untill her return to australia. untill then, new demos will be posted here on myspace. her first self-titiled E.P is all sold out, sorry!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/23/2006
Band Members: betony and her trusty danelectro
Influences: people that write, live, create with FEVER and WONDER: henry miller, macromantics, life without buildings, genichiro takahashi, patti smith, anais nin, joan miro, egon schiele, arthur rimbaud, kandinsky, jean paul sartre, charles bukowski, electrelane, dylan thomas, neu!, julie verhoeven................................................... .. 'the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centrelight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!' -jack kerouac 'on the road'
Sounds Like: ICED VOVOS
'the great escape of houdini and me'accidental icicles houdini and me whirlwind afternoon stagnant numbers fat feather blankets ducks lost of pond monumental owl face sky rolls over us that lucky skyshortened of breath quickened of thought neck stretched to listen hopscotch crash makes skin bleed concrete cracks snakes pour out like weeds this one will last forever empty that cardboard box laughter when a fox follows greyest emptyest window salty taste when we swam business shirt man across the bench he used to skateboardtv under tablecloth go outside they say shoulders shrug okay and now we crash heads amd collide ideas to satiate those scoundrelled mimes thirsty thirsty mouths black shirt gets hot electric shock wrath in the bath dainty punches inky bubbles or else a book thrown under table houdini and me made escape under table houdini and me
Record Label: hand clappin records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

ARTICLE in the brag

Shiver Like Timber The freak folk from up north by Max Lavergne There's something undeniably Australian about Shiver Like Timber. Even though, on first listen, the quaver in Betony Dircks' voice conj...
Posted by shiver like timber on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:02:00 PST

PRESS RELEASE

"The sense of dynamics is marvelously realized. It's homemade; the very particular places she evokes beg exploration. Her penchant for imagery is idiosyncratic and her desire for expression is no less...
Posted by shiver like timber on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:26:00 PST

PAST SHOWS 2

  07 Feb 2007, E.P. LAUNCH at the Troubadour, Brisbane Shiver Like Timber EP LAUNCH with Ichabod's Crane & Alrey Batol  08 Feb 2007, The Afterdark, Melbourne Sly Hats Shiver Like Timb...
Posted by shiver like timber on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:22:00 PST

mess & noise ep review

http://www.messandnoise.com/reviews/534921  
Posted by shiver like timber on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:31:00 PST

PAST SHOWS

15 Apr 2006,   houseshow- wooloongabba SHIVER LIKE TIMBER, SCALPS (nsw) MSHING + EMESIS UNIQUE OIL FREE AIR SCISSOR MINX   19 Apr 2006 The Alley Bar   shiver like ...
Posted by shiver like timber on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:37:00 PST