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BLACK PONY EXPRESS

Love in A Cold Place"- LP Vinyl & CD out now

About Me

Our debut album 'LOVE IN A COLD PLACE' is out now on limited edition vinyl and CD through European label BANG! Records www.bang-records.net

Distributed in Australia by Fuse music http://www.fusemusic.com.au distribution.
You can get copies in Melbourne, Australia from Greville Records, Polyester, Missing Link, PurePop Records and some JB HI FI stores. Also available at all good record stores around the country (Bigstar and the like).
CD and limited edition vinyl are always available at shows.

For those of you who live outside Australia, the album is available to purchase online from Munster Records. http://www munster-records.com
We are busy playing shows and working on the next album. About us? We wear cheap suits and try to play songs that move us.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/12/2006
Band Members: Justin Cusack - vocals,guitar plus other random things ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- Greg "the terror from Odessa" Bukshteyn - guitar,organ and other random instruments ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------- Lilith Lane - piano and vocals ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ Cliffy Davis - bass ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- Alan "the Mallet" Murphy - drums and percussion ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Kate Conner - violin
Influences: Will Oldham, Sparklehorse, Dirty 3, Low, Mr. Johnny Cash, Pink Floyd (pre '75), Tom Waits, the music of the Ukraine, Died Pretty, Dylan, The Bad Seeds, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Roy Orbison,The Pixies, Radiohead, Leonard Cohen, The Beatles, Mick Turner, Sigur Ros, Augie March, The Pogues, did i mention Dylan? Serge G., Smog, there's a Randy Newman record i quite like. The sound of the circus...um..and so on...
Sounds Like: Black Pony Express
Record Label: BANG! Records www.bang-records.net
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

the stars above the sky below - news from the front

Greetings all,I have not posted a blog for ages & the autumn mists are rolling in...well whats up?Our tour of Spain & France was quite a success and we humbly thank everyone who came out and danced an...
Posted by BLACK PONY EXPRESS on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:12:00 PST

PBS q&a

Black Pony Express Q&A Your name:Justin Cusack.The name of your band/act etc: Black Pony Express.Where are you from (city/country)? Melbourne, Australia.Your sound can be described as?This is a tricky...
Posted by BLACK PONY EXPRESS on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:13:00 PST

Beat Review - Love In A Cold Place

  Black Pony Express "Love In A Cold Place" (Bang! Records)   Nancy Mitford's novel Love In A Cold Climate (in concert with its companions The Pursuit Of Love and Don't Tell Albert) is a cla...
Posted by BLACK PONY EXPRESS on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:27:00 PST

ANOTHER Review

BLACK PONY EXPRESSLove in a Cold Place(Bang!)8.5/10Swinging with the dusty lilt of a saloon door, Melbourne's Black Pony Express play an Australian strand of carnivalesque, countrified blues that occa...
Posted by BLACK PONY EXPRESS on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:20:00 PST

DUTCH REVIEW - Love In A Cold Place

Black Pony Express - Love In A Cold Place(Bang! / Sonic)black_pony_express-love_in_a_cold_place.jpgNoorwegen 2004, de aangekondigde camping aan de hoofdweg bleek na vijftien kilometer fietsen "just a ...
Posted by BLACK PONY EXPRESS on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:09:00 PST

INPRESS review - Love In A Cold Place

Melbourne six-piece Black Pony Express are another one of those local acts that seem to be more popular overseas than they are in their home country.  Their debut album, Love In A Cold Place, rel...
Posted by BLACK PONY EXPRESS on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:42:00 PST

Spanish review of "Love In a Cold Place"

"De muy difícil digestión inicial pero placentera siesta" sería un buen antetítulo en la descripción ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />del disco de debut qu...
Posted by BLACK PONY EXPRESS on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:09:00 PST

MESS + NOISE REVIEW - 'Love In A Cold Place'

BLACK PONY EXPRESS - Love In A Cold Place (BANG!)Troy D. ColvinMuch has been made recently of the 'Australian Sound' that many of our musical acts posses. Whatever its foundation, it is certainly link...
Posted by BLACK PONY EXPRESS on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:06:00 PST

BPX on BANG!

well finally some blog worthy news - our album 'Love In A Cold Place' will be released worldwide by BANG! Records in oct/nov. Their myspace is just down there in our friends list.BANG! is home to much...
Posted by BLACK PONY EXPRESS on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:33:00 PST

German review - VISIONS MAGAZINE

Black Pony ExpressLove In A Cold PlaceBang!/CargoDrei Jahre setzten sich fünf Australier zu sandigen Windhosen und Stacheldraht an die Grenze USA/Mexiko. Dann stand dieser herrliche Trauerkloß im Folk...
Posted by BLACK PONY EXPRESS on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:22:00 PST