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The Necks

The Necks are an Australian avant-garde jazz trio formed in 1987 by founding mainstays Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums, percussion and electric guitar, and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass. They play improvisational pieces of up to an hour in length that explore the development and demise of repeating musical figures. Their double LP studio album Unfold was named by Rolling Stone as "one of the top 20 avant albums of 2017."In 2020, the Necks were listed at number 49 in Rolling Stone Australia's "50 Greatest Australian Artists of All Time" issue.

Albums

1989 Sex
1990 Next
1994 Aquatic
1996 Silent Night
1999 Hanging Gardens
2001 Aether
2003 Drive By
2004 Mosquito / See Through
2006 Chemist
2009 Silverwater
2011 Mindset
2013 Open
2015 Vertigo
2017 Unfold
2018 Body
2020 Three
2023 Travel
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Latest Articles

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Necks
"Cave kisses a fanboi in the front row, bang smack on the lips. We cheer. "You're too fuckin' easy," Cave teases."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Necks
"The forms that these songs conjure are like apparitions; post-corporeal presences made of memory."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Necks
"To affect an audience in such a way is no easy task, yet The Necks manage to make it happen time and again."
News / Music
The Necks Release Final Dates For Tour
Stretching their legs.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Necks - Vertigo
"Vertigo's hypnotic movement and textural detail demand high-volume, attentive listening."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Necks
Brisbane immersed themselves in The Necks.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Necks
The group’s discography is largely brilliant, but the group are first and foremost a live act, and one they anyone with even a passing interest in non-traditional music needs to see.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Chris Abrahams, Tony Buck
As the music rises and falls like waves, or a series of near misses in heavy traffic, the elements of the piece – melodic and dissonant – come together in a deeply satisfying finale.
Features / Music
On The Fly
"I’d go so far as to say that one of the major tasks that we perform on stage is sounding out the room in an artful sense."
News / Music
The Necks' Bassist Pulls Out Of Upcoming Shows
Lloyd Swanton won't play during the first half of their tour
News / Music
The Necks Announce 2014 Dates
Another national run of shows for the veterans
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Necks - Open
Open is a living masterwork for those with open ears.
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