Stonefield (band)
{{Short description|Australian rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Stonefield
| image = Stonefield_chez_Divan_Orange_(alt).jpg
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| alt = A shot of four women on stage in mid-performance. The first woman at right is cradling her guitar without playing it, she stands looking to her left: towards the second woman. She wears over shoulder-length red-brown hair, a white t-shirt with grey and black paisley-styled long pants and black shoes. The second woman is seated at her drum kit with her arms at her lap behind a drum. A microphone in a stand is above her. She wears slightly shorter hair, which is blonde-light brown, her shirt has a white background with a brown and grey design, and jeans. The third woman is partly obscured, she is playing her bass guitar and is turned to her left. She wears longer dark brown hair, a dark red-brown shirt with three-quarter sleeves over dark pants. The fourth woman is behind her keyboard and a microphone on a stand. The keyboard has writing: "nord electro 4". She stands turned to her right, facing the second woman. He arms are crossed with hands clasped at her waist. He legs are almost crossed, too. Her hair is shorter than the previous woman but has a similar colour. Her t-shirt is dark blue with jeans and dark shoes. Surrounding the women is stage equipment including speakers, instruments, electrical cords and a pair of stage lights (in the centre above the second woman).
| caption = L to R: Hannah, Amy, Holly, Sarah Findlay
Divan Orange, Montreal, June 2016
| alias = Iotah
| origin = Darraweit Guim, Victoria, Australia
| genre = {{flatlist|
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| years_active = {{start date|2006}}–present
| label = {{flatlist|
- Shock
- Wunderkind/Universal
- Illusive/Universal
- Flightless
}}
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|stonefieldband.com/}}
| current_members = * Amy Cavanagh (née Findlay)
- Hannah Findlay
- Holly Findlay
- Sarah Findlay
| past_members =
}}
Stonefield are an Australian rock band comprising the four Findlay sisters: Amy, Hannah, Sarah, and Holly. They were formed in 2006 as Iotah in Darraweit Guim, a small town in rural Victoria. They changed their name in 2010 and have released four studio albums, Stonefield (October 2013), As Above, So Below (July 2016) — which peaked at No. 19 on the ARIA Albums Chart — Far from Earth (April 2018), and Bent (June 2019).
History
Stonefield were formed in late 2006 as Iotah in Darraweit Guim, a hamlet in Victoria's Macedon Ranges, by Amy Lee Findlay (born {{circa|1990}}) on drums and lead vocals, and her three younger sisters, Hannah (born {{circa|1993}}) on lead guitar and vocals, Sarah (born {{circa|1994}}) on keyboards and vocals, and Holly (born {{circa|1998}}) on bass guitar.{{cite news | last = Topsfield | first = Jewel | date = 30 October 2010 | title = Hannah and Her Sisters Rock Their Field of Dreams | work = The Age | publisher = Fairfax Media | url = http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/hannah-and-her-sisters-rock-their-field-of-dreams-20101029-177ge.html | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }}{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120406053644/http://www.entertainoz.com.au/Bands-Musicians/Rock-Bands/Iotah | url = http://www.entertainoz.com.au/Bands-Musicians/Rock-Bands/Iotah | title = Iotah :: Rock Bands | work = EntertanOz | archive-date = 6 April 2012 }} The sisters rehearsed in their parents' farm shed "with a '70s-inspired soulful rock sound."
They won the Triple J Unearthed High contest, held for secondary school artists, in June 2010 with their song "Foreign Lover", which was then placed in high rotation on the national radio network.{{cite news | date = 8 September 2010 | title = Real Readers | work = Dolly }}{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100717074743/http://www.nmit.edu.au/news/media_release_-_triple_j_unearths_nmit_talent | first = James | last = Gardener | title = NMIT Media Release: Triple J Unearths NMIT Talent | url = http://www.nmit.edu.au/news/media_release_-_triple_j_unearths_nmit_talent | publisher = Northern Melbourne Institute of Technology (NMIT) | archive-date = 17 July 2010 | date = 10 June 2010 | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }} After the win, the band changed their name to Stonefield due to "discovering there was a cabaret performer called iOTA." They released a five-track extended play, Through the Clover (November 2010), with Greg Wales producing via Shock Records.{{cite web | url = https://www.allmusic.com/artist/stonefield-mn0000452077/biography | title = Stonefield | Biography & History | last = Deming | first = Mark | publisher = AllMusic | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }}{{cite news | date = 29 June 2010 | title = It's a sound win | work = Sunbury/Macedon Ranges Leader }} Stonefield were an Unearthed J Award nominee in that year.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jawards/10/unearthed/stonefield.htm |title = Stonefield. Unearthed Nomination |year=2010 |publisher= ABC |accessdate=1 December 2010}} Amy completed her Bachelor of Australian Popular Music degree in 2010 at Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT),{{cite web | title = Success Stories – Amy Findlay | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120311180208/http://www.nmit.edu.au/course_info/local_students/more_information/success_stories/amy_findlay/ | url = http://www.nmit.edu.au/course_info/local_students/more_information/success_stories/amy_findlay/ | publisher = Northern Melbourne Institute of Technology (NMIT) | archive-date = 11 March 2012 | date = 25 August 2011 | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }} which was later renamed as Melbourne Polytechnic.
After the band played at the One Movement Festival in Perth in October 2010, they were approached by a scout for the Glastonbury Festival and were invited to appear at the next year's festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s3035036.htm | title = Stonefield Invited to Glastonbury 2011 | website = Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date= 11 Nov 2010 |accessdate=30 June 2011}} They played the second slot on the John Peel Stage on 26 June 2011.{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110702025057/http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/line-up-poster/ | url = http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/line-up-poster/#John_Peel | title = Glastonbury Festivals – 2011 Line-up Times | publisher = Glastonbury Festival | archive-date = 2 July 2011 | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }} The Age{{'}}s Elizabeth Colman felt "[they] more than held their own at one of the world's biggest music events", adding that "the talented foursome's raw vocal power and polished playing, which climaxed with an inspired cover of Led Zeppelin's 'Whole Lotta Love', got the punters rocking."{{cite news | url = https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/sisters-star-at-glasto-20110626-1glkv.html | title = Sisters Star at 'Glasto' | last = Colman | first = Elizabeth | work = The Age | publisher = Fairfax Media | date = 27 June 2011 | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }} Hannah told Colman, "It was a bit overwhelming", while Amy admitted, "I almost cried when I got on stage."
Earlier in June 2011, Stonefield had performed at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, providing pre-match entertainment at an Australian Football League match (Geelong vs. Hawthorn), celebrating "Women's Round".{{cite web |url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/115642/default.aspx |title=Stonefield to perform live at the 'G |date=6 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009180510/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/115642/default.aspx|archive-date=9 October 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=24 June 2017}} The group provided a cover version of Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride" for Triple J's Like a Version radio segment, which was compiled on the various-artists album Triple J's Like a Version 7 (November 2011). In the following month, Amy appeared on TV celebrity quiz show RocKwiz, performing "Through the Clover", backed by the RocKwiz OrKestra, and then singing a duet with Nick Barker on a cover version of Small Faces' "Itchycoo Park".{{cite web | work = RocKwiz | url = http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/2176544439/RocKwiz-Amy-Findlay-and-Nick-Barker | title = Episode 125: Amy Findlay and Nick Barker | publisher = SBS ondemand | accessdate = 19 August 2012 }}
Stonefield's second EP, Bad Reality, appeared in May 2012; it reached the top 100 on the ARIA Albums Chart.{{cite journal | date = 28 May 2012 | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120615140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20120616-0000/Issue1161.pdf | title = Week Commencing ~ 28 May 2012 ~ Issue #1161 | last = Wallace | first = Ian | journal = The ARIA Report | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | issue = 1161 | pages = 2, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue1161.pdf | archive-date = 15 June 2012 | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Alex Rappel of FasterLouder observed, "[they] certainly know how to rock out in the style of old, and Richie Blackmore and Co would no doubt be impressed by Stonefield's offerings... [they] do not try to offer social commentary or sage wisdom in their latest EP Bad Reality, but rather a rock record that will melt your face off!"{{cite news | url = http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/stonefield-bad-reality/829077 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180528134449/http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/stonefield-bad-reality/829077 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 28 May 2018 | title = Stonefield – Bad Reality | last = Rappel | first = Alex | work = FasterLouder | publisher = Junkee Media | date = 2 August 2012 | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }}
The group released their debut self-titled album on 11 October 2013. It peaked at No. 21.ARIA Album Chart 19 October 2013 - page 3, [http://www.aria.com.au/documents/ARIAChartsmediarelease19Oct2013.pdf], ARIA, accessed 3 October 2015. It was recorded at Sing Sing Studios, Richmond, where it was produced and engineered by Ian Davenport for Illusive Sounds.{{cite web | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/stonefield-mw0002587417/credits | title = Stonefield – Stonefield | Credits | publisher = AllMusic | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }} Beat Magazine{{'}}s Krissi Weiss opined, "[the group] has definitely progressed. It's more nuanced[;] they've evolved beyond being simply riff-based and their harmonic depth is almost transcendental... you can tell none of that was planned. As the listener you can't help but go searching for the familiar[,] but the band are at all times just being [themselves]."{{cite news | url = http://www.beat.com.au/music/stonefield-2 | title = Stonefield | last = Weiss | first = Krissi | work = Beat Magazine | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }} They supported its release with a tour of Victoria and parts of New South Wales.{{cite news | url = http://entertainment.beautyandlace.net/stonefield-announce-lester-the-fierce-as-support-act | title = Stonefield announce Lester The Fierce as Support Act | last = Michelle | work = Beauty and Lace | date = 26 October 2013 | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }}
Stonefield released the album's second single, "Love You Deserve", in October 2013, which Tobias Handke of Indie Shuffle described as "Classic guitar riffs and pounding percussion merge with the sisters' evocative harmonies, making [it] an easy highlight from [the album]. Oh yeah, how good is The Doors-esque organ?"{{cite news | url = https://www.indieshuffle.com/stonefield-love-you-deserve/ | title = Stonefield – 'Love You Deserve' | last = Handke | first = Tobias | work = Indie Shuffle | date = 22 October 2013 | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }} It won the Rock Work of the Year category at the APRA Music Awards of 2015.{{cite web | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/awards/2015-awards/apra-music-awards/rock-work-of-the-year/ | title = Rock Work of the Year | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | year = 2015 | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }} The band mostly write their own original material but also do occasional cover versions. These include "Whole Lotta Love"Ministry of Sound Uncovered Volume 4, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20150710181103/http://www.ministryofsound.com.au/music/release/2012/uncovered-vol/#TaD81mWjM738hI5C.97]", Ministry of Sound Australia, accessed 10 July 2015. and "Magic Carpet Ride".Like a Version Volume 7, "{{cite web |url=http://www.abcmusic.com.au/discography/triple-js-version-vol-7 |title=Triple j's Like a Version Vol 7 | ABC Music |access-date=2014-12-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411144012/http://www.abcmusic.com.au/discography/triple-js-version-vol-7 |archive-date=11 April 2015 |df=dmy-all }}", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 10 July 2015. In 2015, they covered Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" on Katie Noonan's album Songs That Made Me. In 2016, they toured in support of Fleetwood Mac in Australia for three shows.
The group's second album, As Above, So Below, appeared in July 2016 and peaked at No. 19, their highest-charting release to date. Jaymz Clements of Rolling Stone (Australia) rated it at four out of five stars.{{cite web| last = Clements | first = Jaymz | title = Stonefield As Above, So Below | url = http://rollingstoneaus.com/reviews/post/stonefield-as-above-so-below/4388 | work = Rolling Stone | date = 20 July 2016 | accessdate = 29 August 2016 }} TheMusic.com.au{{'}}s Bryget Chrisfield gave it 3.5 stars and explained, "[it] surpasses all preconceived notions of the sonic terrain these rockin' sisters can effortlessly traverse. Don't freak out, though. The band's killer riffs and headbanging opps prevail."{{cite news | url = http://themusic.com.au/music/albumreviews/2016/07/12/stonefield-as-above-so-below-bryget-chrisfield/ | title = Stonefield – As Above, So Below | last = Chrisfield | first = Bryget | work = theMusic.com.au | date = 12 July 2016 | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }}
On 11 December 2017, the band signed with the Flightless record label and debuted their new song, "Delusion", on Triple J. In 2018, they toured nationally with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.{{cite web | url=https://instagram.com/p/BgM1zuEnvck/ | title=Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on Instagram: "Melbourne! BRMC has just added a SECOND show on March 25th at @CornerHotel! Tickets go on sale this Wednesday the 14th at 10 AM local time." }} The quartet's third album, Far from Earth, was issued in April 2018 and reached the top 100. Libby Webster of The Austin Chronicle rated it 2.5 stars and explained, "[the group] trudges along haltingly, a chaos of genre. Hammering prog ('Far from Earth') and blistering doom metal ('Through the Storm'), their momentum wanes with milder moments of psychedelia."{{cite news | url = https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2018-04-27/stonefield-far-from-earth/ | title = Levitation 2018 – Review: Stonefield | last = Webster | first = Libby | work = The Austin Chronicle | date = 27 April 2018 | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }} [https://happymag.tv/ Happy Mag] placed the album at no.16 on their list of "The 25 best psychedelic rock albums of the 2010s" in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://happymag.tv/the-25-best-psychedelic-rock-albums-of-the-2010s/|title=The 25 best psychedelic rock albums of the 2010s|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-16}}
L.A. Record{{'}}s Madison Desler, who caught their gig at Los Angeles' The Bootleg club in that same month, opined that "they bashed through cuts off their new album, Far from Earth. 'Delusion', a mix of distorted psych and stormy desert rock[,] had drummer and lead singer Amy Findlay showing off her impressive vocals, while the dark, dance beat of 'Visions' got the packed crowd to shimmy and slide."{{cite news | url = http://larecord.com/photos/2018/04/24/stonefield-warbly-jets-kate-clover-hoover-iii-the-bootleg | title = Stonefield + Warbly Jets + Kate Clover + Hoover III @ The Bootleg | last = Desler | first = Madison | work = L.A. Record | date = 24 April 2018 | accessdate = 28 May 2018 }}
In 2019, the Australian band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/chicago/music/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-orb-stonefield|title=King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard + Orb + Stonefield|work=Time Out Chicago |date=24 July 2019 |last1=Long |first1=Zach }} brought along Stonefield and the band Orb as support acts. Stonefield also appears in King Gizzard's concert film Chunky Shrapnel in 2020, playing the song "A Brief History of Planet Earth".
Amy Cavanagh, Stonefield's drummer, is married to Michael Cavanagh, the drummer for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.
Members
File:John Harvey Pegg with Stonefield.jpg
- Amy Cavanagh (née Findlay){{Cite web |title=Amy Cavanagh (@amy_cavs) |url=https://www.instagram.com/amy_cavs/ |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=www.instagram.com}} – vocals, drums (2006–present)
- Hannah Findlay – guitar (2006–present)
- Holly Findlay – bass guitar (2006–present)
- Sarah Findlay – keyboards, vocals (2006–present)
Discography
= Studio albums =
= Extended plays =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS |
| 2010
! scope="row"| Through the Clover |
| — |
| 2012
! scope="row"| Bad Reality |
| 71 |
= Singles =
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
!Title !Album |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"|2011
|"Black Water Rising" | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Bad Reality |
| style="text-align:center;"|2012
|"Bad Reality" |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2013
|"Put Your Curse on Me" | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Stonefield |
| "Love You Deserve" |
| style="text-align:center;"|2015
|"Golden Dream" | {{N/A}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|2016
|"Stranger" | style="text-align:center;"|As Above, So Below |
| rowspan="2" |2018
|"Delusion" | rowspan="2" | Far From Earth |
| "Far From Earth" |
Notes
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Awards
=AIR Awards=
The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.
{{awards table}}
|-
| 2011{{cite web|url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/independent-music-awards-nominees-announced/|title=Independent Music Awards Nominees Announced|website=tonedeaf|date=13 September 2011|accessdate=19 August 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.air.org.au/awards/history|title=History Wins|website=Australian Independent Record Labels Association|accessdate=18 August 2020}}
| Through the Clover
| Best Independent Single/EP
| {{nom}}
|-
{{end}}
=APRA Awards=
The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982.{{cite web|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx |title=APRA History |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) |access-date=25 April 2022 }}
{{awards table}}
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2013
| "Bad Reality" (Amy, Hannah, Sarah and Holly Findlay)
| Song of the Year
| {{shortlisted}}
|-
{{end}}
=J Award=
The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.
{{awards table}}
|-
| 2010
|themselves
| Unearthed Artist of the Year
| {{nom}}
{{end}}
=Music Victoria Awards=
The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.
{{awards table}}
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2014
| Stonefield
| Best Regional Act
| {{nom}}
|rowspan="4"| {{Cite web|url= https://musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards/previous-nominees|title= Previous Nominess| website=Music Victoria|accessdate=13 August 2020}}{{cite web|url= https://musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards/previous-winners|title=Previous Winners| website=Music Victoria|accessdate=13 August 2020}}
|-
| 2018
| Stonefield
| Best Regional Act/Outer Suburban Act
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2019
| Stonefield
| Best Regional Act/Outer Suburban Act
| {{nom}}
|-
| Bent
| Best Rock/Punk Album
| {{nom}}
|-
{{end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://stonefieldband.com/}}
- [http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Stonefield Stonefield] on Triple J Unearthed
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