katie_sane 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2006 Eskimo Joe is an Aussie rock band that everyone is going nuts for over here. They've been around for about ten years but have changed their musical direction recently and their new album 'Black Fingernails, Red Wine' is good stuff. Video for Sarah Video for Black Fingernails, Red Wine 'London Bombs' is also another good song from the album. Eskimo Joe's Myspace They are headlining Big Day Out 2007 with The Killers, Muse, Jet and The Sleepy Jackson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jenny 2 Report post Posted October 10, 2006 I like, I like!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Joe 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2006 Great name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Earth-Angel 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2006 Really good recommendation! Thanks Katie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c_s_1987 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2006 (edited) How DARE you not mention that they are from Fremantle, about 8 kilometres from where I live. They formed in 1997, to be exact. "From The Sea" is still pretty popular on our side of the country, and it is my favourite song of theirs. Edited October 13, 2006 by Guest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katie_sane 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2006 It was a test to make sure the people from Western Oz were paying attention! 'From The Sea' is good too, still like this latest offering better though. They've been nominated for like 6 or 7 ARIAS too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katie_sane 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2009 **BUMP** Eskimo Joe have a new album out, 'Inshalla'. First single from it is Foreign Land. Definitely worth a listen! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Levis 6 Report post Posted June 17, 2009 I like it - I was listening to it with some people but they weren't such fans of the new sound. I think it's catchy as Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katie_sane 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2009 Hehe, were they Eskimo Joe 'purists'? I like it a lot too...you're right Radhi, catchy as hell. I heard somewhere that this song was in part inspired by Heath Ledger, who hails from the same state as Eskimo Joe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Levis 6 Report post Posted June 17, 2009 They were! They said they couldn't believe this was the same band who put out 'Wake Up' Funny you say that - I just wiki-ed the song to see if they named the instrument that forms the hook (which to my mind is a shehnai, you hear it at Indian weddings and snake charmers use it) - as it said: "The lyrics were borne from a poignant day in New York when an emotionally drained Temperley stepped out for a walk. It had just started snowing. It was a magical moment. That night we had to do this Australia gig, and when we got to it we found out that Heath Ledger had died. He'd died two blocks from where I was walking and at the time I was walking and it started snowing. He was from Perth and we were in New York, this big foreign city, and I felt this immense loneliness of this kid from my hometown dying by himself there." I didn't know that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c_s_1987 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2009 I should really get Inshalla. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
