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PLAYBUTTON

The PLAYBUTTON is a badge filled with music – a wearable button that has the entire new Regurgitator album on it. A newly developed format to engage with music in an on-the-run world. You plug in headphones and the album starts to play. You can adjust various EQ presets and skip tracks etc. Comes with a USB cable to recharge.

http://www.playbutton.co/

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08/07/11

REGURGITATOR crusing GUESTS and VIDEO COMP!

06/07/11

SLB Label Parties at the Crown Hotel

SLB is partnering with new venue The Crown Hotel for a series of labels showcase night throughout August and September.

Now featuring more than 20 labels, the SLB group aims to support and promote the city's indie labels and the numerous artists they release. And these showcase nights will demonstrate the diversity of the city's independent music scene in a much-needed suburban venue.

The first will be hosted by local label Starving Kids on August 6 with sets from Bixby Canyon, Transvaal Diamond Syndicate, and Fushia. Other confirmed showcases are:

SUGARRUSH+LoFly - August 13
Plus One Records - August 20
Turkeyneck - September 3
MereNoise - September 10

More details announced soon.

03/07/11

Turkeyneck Records signs Brisbane thug garage punks Shrewms

Debut full lengther from Brisbane's punk rocknroll thugs ShrewmS
These fine bastards have been kicking around the pubs clubs and other shitholes in Brisbane for the last seven or eight years.

Playing their heavy handed gutter punk, led by a drummer who sings, they wield two kick arse guitarist's and a bass player who looks like he just stepped out of 70's english doom band.

Taking reference points from The Powder Monkeys, Bored, New Christs with the menace of X and The Dead Boys. This new album "Brisbane Doghouse" will pound you in the head. The album will be launched late September.

More details at http://www.turkeyneck.com.au

03/07/11

Screamin Stevies third album for Turkeyneck

Screamin' Stevie's Australia is back with a new album "She Just Wants to Dance"

Within a year of his last outing the man in the Cape is back. With the same band and one Brian Mann leading the production. They have nailed what they were heading for on the last album.

The sound is thick and unique and very australian ala Sunnyboys. This outing opens with Evil which starts out with indianesque chant then kicks into a stomping frenzy then into sixties pop garage stomp all covered with his trademark organ and harp. It's almost finished so it should be due out early September.

More details at http://www.turkeyneck.com.au

23/06/11

REGURGITATOR - ONE DAY ...to the next!

REGURGITATOR...

ONE DAY... to the next.

So last year's feeling was to cruise ahead recording and releasing tracks as they bobbed to the surface and disseminate as pleased via the many layers seemingly offered on the web... and in doing so possibly echo the way music is potentially engaged with more and more through the decentralised broadchaos of the net.

All kicked off with a selection of tracks surfacing in this manner and then things got distracted as they tend to do... and out of the great wide blue the guys have now dropped an album's worth of material all forthcoming over the next month or so on digital, vinyl, cassette, CD and even Playbutton. Shacked up in their Melbourne dwellings and put together in the midst of a enforced creative blizzard... it seems the concept of the album was not without value still as it afforded the more focused structure and disciplined approach they seem to require. Ahhh... the frenzy of an an artistic tempest whipped up by the wild seas of a self-enforced deadline - all comes now pieced together under the title SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMEFRIENDS.

First track ONE DAY leaves the dock now... and the rest of the material will emerge in time to be available under, over and beyond the extended August tour.

Also of note... Regurgitator's "UNIT" was recently voted #13 on the industry voted Triple J TOP 100 Australian albums... most decently grouped with Brisbane's other top contenders in this list: THE GO-BETWEENS at #11 with "16 Lovers Lane"; and THE SAINTS at #12 with "I'm Stranded". Unit also topped the personal lists of Muscles and Art vs Science.

ONE DAY available at radio now and online now.
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14/06/11

REGURGITATOR's Annual Sail tour 2011

31/05/11

Rattlehand head to Melbourne

Alt-country rockers are Melbourne-bound!

QLD’s alt-country rockers RATTLEHAND are packing up their gi-tars and gleefully heading for Victoria once again. After five stellar shows at the Apollo Bay Festival and sell out crowds with Luke Legs in Melbourne back in February there are likely to be a number of excited Melbourne-ites keen to get another taste of Rattle-flavoured, alt-country goodness. Rattlehand’s rock-driven composition and superior lyricism have been recognised nationally with a nomination in the recent APRA awards. Their unique sound is steeped in Americana, bringing rock to the bayou and serving up bluegrass feels and country twang on a platter of guitars for your aural pleasure. Self-branded ‘Outlaw Country Revivalists’, Rattlehand front man Josh Shelton says their music “…proudly deviates from the dominant paradigm in Australian Country Music”. With tunes to get you humming along and tapping your toes, Rave magazine are correct when they say “lovers of alt country really need to keep an eye out for these guys”. Keep your ears peeled for singles from their Debut EP on RRR, PBS, JJJ’s Roots n All and catch Rattlehand headlining at The Old Bar on June 10th from 8pm with The Orphanage, The Merri Creek Pickers and The Quarry Mountain Dead Rats ($10) and The Labour In Vain on June 12th from 3pm with Mustered Courage (free entry).

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=165534636840627

10/05/11

Footstomp Records signs Busby Marou

Footstomp Records are incredibly proud to announce the first signing as part of the label deal with Warner Music Australia. It's Rockhampton's very own BUSBY MAROU.

BUSBY MAROU will release their self-titled, debut album on Friday June 24th, 2011 with the first single “Biding My Time,” available digitally from Friday May 27.

Sometimes things just make sense. The quality of the songs, the live show and the human beings involved in BUSBY MAROU made it impossible for Footstomp Records to not pursue them as their first signing.

Most of the Australian music community were first introduced to BUSBY MAROU with their inclusion on the incredibly successful Finn Tribute album "He Will Have His Way." Their version of "Better Be Home Soon" did a great job of garnering interest within the music industry, while their classic song-writing and live show had them making friends wherever they played.

BUSBY MAROU also took out the 2009 Deadly Award for ‘Most Promising New Talent in Music’ and a Q Song award for their song “Paint My Cup.”

Jeremy Marou, a proud Torres Strait Islander has a unique and rare musical talent. He excels on just about every instrument he touches including ukulele, bass, drums and piano, however, it is his natural ability on the guitar that makes you stop and listen. His experience with traditional Murray Island song and dance as a child shines though his melodies. This combined with Thomas Busby’s distinctly Australian way of sharing stories has developed into a unique Australian song writing flavour with cracking harmonies, breathtaking musicianship and a natural feel for each others guitars.

An incredibly busy touring schedule is coming together that will see them gracing the far four corners of this land over the next 12 months with their unique take and presentation of their songs.

More details at http://www.footstompmusic.com

06/05/11

The Blackwater Fever announce new album and tour

Plus One Records is excited to announce that The Blackwater Fever have just played the Blues Fest this year for the first time, and have album #2 in the boot and ready for a road trip.

QLD, NSW & VIC shows in May

Friday May 6 Woodland with guests Bang Bang Boss Kelly, Dead Shades
Thursday May 12th The National Hotel Geelong with Jackson Firebird
Friday May 13th Barwon Club Sth Geelong with Jackson Firebird
Saturday May 14th @ Pony with Jackson Firebird
Thursday May 19th @ Wickham Park Club Newcastle
Friday May 20th @ The Lansdowne Hotel with The Preachers, Frank Sultana
Saturday May 21st @ The Junkyard Maitland

The Blackwater Fever have a new album coming out! In Stereo is set to release May 12th 2011.

In Stereo is the 2nd full length from Australian two piece The Blackwater Fever. Recorded at Brisbane’s newly established Borough Studios with producer/artist Skritch (Mary Trembles, Beast Of Bourbon, Tex Perkins’ Dark Horses) and is a blend of rock n’ roll, blues and soul. Written with honesty, performed with intensity and vigor. Ignoring all cool kid trends and hipster sounds.

With the Band already cementing themselves as a force to be reckoned with, The Blackwater Fever guarantee to take the audience on a rhythm stomping journey through the musical senses, a feast for the ears as they deliver unrelenting and atmospheric blues heavy sounds.

More details at http://www.plusonerecords.com.au

06/05/11

New record for The Grates

Having spent the better part of two years immersing themselves in Brooklyn culture and taking a bite of the Big Apple, it’s fitting that The Grates new album “Secret Rituals” should take on a few traits of the city that never sleeps.

Tough in its intent and infectious in its delivery, their third album holds the promise of drawing an army of new fans to their beck and call. The Grates will have those fans marching to see them in June 2011 when they kick off a series of intimate gigs to show off their new wares.

The Grates’ live performances are now the stuff of legend. Patience’s dance moves are oft-copied, but never perfected. Patience’s gambolling antics take on another level with this rugged new material that she has described as her most lyrically open and challenging yet. A full live band joins John and Patience on stage to round out the sound and capture the full extent of the studio recording.

The band are looking forward to returning to the road, having missed the rolling Australian landscape as they traversed North America with the likes of Passion Pit and Those Darlings. They’ve learnt a few new tricks.

The tour kicks off in Perth on the day of the album release on June 17th and takes in all capital cities including Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and ends in their home-town of Brisbane.

The Grates new album “Secret Rituals” is due out on June 17th, 2011, through Dew Process. Buy a tour ticket and get the option of pre-ordering "Secret Rituals" for a special price.

Find out more at http://www.dew-process.com

06/05/11

Queensland Music Awards now open

After five years and close to 8000 entries Queensland’s annual Q Song Awards are stepping up a gear, today being officially relaunched as the Queensland Music Awards.

In that time Q Song has played a major role in shining the spotlight on the State’s finest songwriters and, by growing to become the Queensland Music Awards, the new program will broaden that focus with a host of new categories and public involvement.

For the first time, music fans will have the chance to vote in three new categories – Most Popular Female Artist, Most Popular Male Artist and Most Popular Band – while a panel of respected national music industry identities will select the Queensland’s Album of the Year.

Q Music Executive Officer Denise Foley – whose organisation is behind the Awards – explains the time is right to expand the scope of the annual awards.

“The Q Song Awards helped highlight the depth of songwriting talent across the State and demonstrate that songs are the heart of our industry,” Ms Foley says. “But through this new identity, the Queensland Music Awards will further recognise the broad talent and dedication it takes to be an exceptional performer or make a world class album.”

The awards will continue to retain a focus on songwriting and will now be open to both published and unpublished artists able to submit their songs to a refined number of genre categories including: Pop, Rock, Heavy, Blues/Roots, Country, Electronic/Dance, Urban, Jazz, Schools (Years 6 – 12), Folk/Singer-Songwriter, and World.

A specially selected panel of judges will select the winners in those genres alongside the additional categories Indigenous and Regional.

All genre finalists will then go into the running to collect the coveted Song of The Year Award – previous winners have included Hungry Kids of Hungary, Kate Miller-Heidke and Tim Steward.

Category winners will be supported through a major national promotional campaign delivered online through Q Music and with support from media partners including The Courier-Mail, 612 ABC Brisbane and ABC Local Radio.

Entries are now being taken online at http://www.queenslandmusicawards.com.au .

The Awards ceremony will also incorporate the announcement of Arts Queensland’s $10,000 Billy Thorpe Scholarship which opens today for applications. The annual Billy Thorpe Scholarship provides a structured range of support for an emerging musician to establish their professional career through career planning and the opportunity to record with a local producer.

Winners of all categories will be announced at the Queensland Music Awards night, to be held at new venue The Old Museum on August 16.
Ms Foley says the Awards will be officially launched tonight with a special event featuring performances from former Q Song winners Emma Louise and Andrew Redford.

“It is the discovery of that kind of talent that will continue to promoted and celebrated through the Queensland Music Awards,” she says.

04/05/11

When too much 'Loader is never enough

Sometimes known as the best live rock band in the country, and at other times the drunkest, Front End Loader are back with a new slab of rockin' tunes engineered perfectly for modern day living.

The aptly titled, (and you may want to google this one) ‘Ritardando’ will be released on May 6. Front End Loader’s anthemic approach with this album has provided songs that wouldn’t sound out of place either at a football Grand Final or a Goulburn Gaol Riot, yet they still manage to maintain the melodic sensibilities that will have the cast from Glee drooling into their Cherry Colas. ‘Ritardando’ was recorded and mixed by their socially backward friend and uber-nerd JonBoyRock.

To coincide with their new offering and due to overwhelming public demand Front End Loader are also releasing pretty much their entire legendary back catalogue online through Brisbane digital indie label SUGARRUSH .
Records include the albums: Front End Loader (1993), Let’s Ride (1995), Last of the V8 Interceptors (1997), How Can We Fail When We’re So Sincere (2002), and the 2008 live opus that is Laughing With Knives – complete with additional B-sides and rarities. Plus mini album Ape Got Fire (2003) and the EP Adolescent Fantasy World (1994), all soon available online through all the major e-tailers in May.

Keeping the expats on side we will also give ‘Ritardando’ to the rest of the globe following a worldwide release...of sorts.

Make sure you catch Front End Loader when they hit the road touring nationally through May and June. Get your tickets now so you don’t miss out!

Full tour details at www.facebook.com/frontendloader or www.frontendloaderband.com

03/05/11

Turkey Tiki-Time Sampler Compilation

The tracklist for the long overdue Turkeyneck sampler is finally confirmed, containing a bunch of old and new material.

It will be cheap as chips and will be launched all over Australia by various bands from different regions on the comp.

Track List

1. Leadfinger - Price You Pay 3:32
Unreleased Studio version from this Wooloongong 4 piece
2. The Busymen - Get ready to get Ready 3:28
From the Turkeyneck album Distort all Levels
3. Colour Machine - Game of Love 2:30
Ex Hekawis garage psych independant 7"
4. Blowhard - Tonight 2:17
From the turkeyneck album Five Minute Ride Through Hell
5. Boondall Boys - Get Slotted 5:06
From the turkeyneck/swashbuckling hobo album Hard Rubbish
6. Imperial Blacks - Movie Star 2:41
Unreleased Brisbane punk band pre Lobster Prophet/Ironside/Vaginabillies
7. Screamin' Stevie Australia - Twisted twist 2:24
From the turkeyneck album Just want to Be friends
8. Bertie Page Clinic - Miss Atomic 4:02
From the turkeyneck album RNR in A Gstring
9. Gravel Samwidge - Take My Time 1:51
From the turkeyneck album Intolerance
10. Crackwhore - Porcelain Doll 3:08
From the turkeyneck album Crackwhore
11. Hell Crab City - Toecutters 2:50
From the turkeyneck album Full Bore
12. Ich Bin Ein Esel - Man Punches Shark 2:21
Courtesy of Swashbuckling Hobo awesome gutter punk
13. The Pretty Boys - Eat your Heart out 3:01
From the independent ep Just Another Statistic
14. Kamikaze - My Baby 2:44
From the turkeyneck album Crash Burn and Bleed
15. The Jim Rockfords - Tail Lights 2:32
From the turkeyneck album Moving at the Speed of Sound
16. The Prehistorics - Zombie Generation 3:44
From the turkeyneck album Petrified
17. Starsludge - Levity 3:54
Unreleased Brisbane psychpunk ex Alien Virus
18. The Stinkbugs - Dead Bug 2:33
Pre Colour machine psych pop from their Independent selftitled LP
19.Lobster Prophet - Brand New Design 4:20
From the turkeyneck album Tropical Alien
20. Generation Jones - Gone Away 3:24
Excellent Brisbane garage pop from their independent CDEP Sample
21. The Vaginabillies - Dachau Baby 3:30
Unreleased track from these Brisbane trouble makers
22. The Wayne Keys Show - Goodna 1:41
Unreleased Disables Cover from the one man band himself

http://www.turkeyneck.com.au

29/03/11

100 Songs project launched

The Queensland University of Technology's Independent Music Project (IMP) is calling for applications for the 100 Songs project. In conjunction with Sounds Like Brisbane, Triple J, 4ZZZ, MGM, EMI Music Australia, QMusic and Arts QLD, the IMP is looking for around 50 of Brisbane's best independent bands and songwriters to attempt a world first: recording 100 songs in 100 hours.

The Sounds Like Brisbane (SLB) label collective and QUT will select one or more of their artists to be involved in the event and will also select new and emerging artists to be showcased and mentored. A further pool of talent will be identified from QUT's Music programme, allowing talented students a unique opportunity to take part in a large scale event and gain exposure to the music industry and public.

The project will focus local, national, and international attention on Brisbane's best independent music and help identify new talent.

The event will be broadcast nationally on Triple J and locally on 4ZZZ and a compilation CD of the best songs will be released internationally by MGM.

Applications:

To apply visit: https://www.qmusic.com.au/dsp_applications.cfm?opportunityID=24

Applications Open: 29th March 2011
 Applications Close: 22nd April 2011 

All applicants will be notified of the outcome no later than 1st May 2011.

 Recording week: Sunday 15 May to Friday 20 May (9am to 1am)

If you have any questions please contact info@implabs.net

Eligibility:

    •   Entry is open to all independent artists regardless of genre and make-up (band, solo artist etc)
   •   Songs must be original
   •   Songs must be previously unreleased
   •   Artists must be independent (i.e. not signed to a major label)
   •   Artists must agree to Terms and Conditions
   •   Artists must be available during recording week
   •   Artists must take part in a short survey conducted by QUT staff
 
Notes:

    •   Songs submitted for application will not be judged on the basis of recording quality, only songwriting/performance quality.
   •   Artists will be assessed on the basis of one song only but may have the opportunity to record more than one song for the project.
 
Background:

The Independent Music Project (IMP), an initiative of QUT's Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation, was established to bring together industry professionals and emerging talent with researchers from Music, Creative Industries, Business, Law, Information Technology, and Education to understand and respond to the changes, challenges, and opportunities facing the music industry. The project is centred around the development and creation of new music, and includes research into copyright, business models of the future, new technologies, and new audiences. One of the major goals of the IMP, through its A&R (artist & repertoire) Lab, is to identify, foster and develop new talent.

The 100 Songs project will be billed as The World's First Broadcast Festival of New Music and is a media event designed to:

    •   focus local, national, and international attention on Brisbane's best independent music;
   •   promote local talent and engage with the local music industry;
   •   create new connections between enthusiastic audiences and new acts; and
   •   rapidly generate and test new ideas about audience building, music commercialisation, and cross-promotion on a scale rarely attempted.

17/03/11

The Good Ship announce "Good Ship/Bad Ship" double single national tour

GoodShip/BadShip - Double Single Tour

‘Bury Me’ and ‘I Can Make Her Laugh’

Since releasing heir debut album Avast! Wretched Sea mid 2010, Brisbane’s sea shanty folk rock monstrosity The Good Ship have seen a huge response including Triple J airplay, sold out shows around the country, spots at Woodford and Illawarra Folk Festivals, and a deal with Vitamin Records. Their rousing live shows and “nautical but nice” attitude, combining sweet, singalong tunes with highly inappropriate lyrical content, have cemented their place as one of the most entertaining and intriguing bands in the country.

Critics from streetpress to the blogosphere have been impressed by the band’s duality and unpredictability, and fans have simply lapped up the good times:

“Sometimes, something original comes along that stands out of the pack of the endless stream of music. The Good Ship stand out like a lighthouse in the dark.” Death To Your Speakers

“a dark and amusingly frank take on the nature of living with our transgressions. Think hoedowns in the back-room of a cliff-side brothel, on a dark and stormy night… frontier storytellers; pirates afloat in mainstream jangle-folk, but with a weighty darkness that drags at you, much like the fabled pull of a sinking ship.” Time Off

What better way to show off the bipolar nature of the band than by releasing a double single, two vastly different songs that represent the two extremes of The Good Ship.

Side A’s ‘Bury Me’, penned by Canada-based band member Brett Harris is a mournful and heartfelt, but ultimately joyous paean, a conversation between a man recently deceased and his living loved ones. As it gathers layers and charges forward, the dead man repeatedly celebrates his demise, almost excitedly anticipating what awaits him. The song’s roots are in Gospel and Delta Blues, with more 'modern' influences from the likes of Dylan and Guthrie (Arlo). Locomotive rhythm, banjo, fiddle and a Dixie trumpet all add to the warmth and nostalgia of the song.

Side B’s ‘I Can Make Her Laugh’ is the exact opposite, a filthy, debauched pop shanty about carnal matters that frankly no one should probably ever listen to. The song's deceptively pretty tune and melody barely conceal the raunchy, sexual nature of the lyrics in which the protagonist reflects on his inability to please his voracious woman.

And to celebrate this double release the band have put together a video for each song, an animated clip for ‘Bury Me’ lovingly hand crafted by songwriter Brett Harris, and a hilarious and raunchy live action clip filmed by London-based film maker Nick Smith, featuring a cast of latex and leather clad bondage mistresses.

March-May sees the band head off for their most ambitious tour yet, 14 dates across 5 statess, taking in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Hobart, plus a swag of towns in between. As a special treat, Brett Harris is returning from Canada for this tour.

For more info go to www.thegoodship.com.au

15/03/11

My Fiction head to LA for MUSEXPO

SUGARRUSH outfit My Fiction have hit the ground running in 2011 announcing they have been selected to play the massive MUSEXPO music industry event in Los Angeles this May, while also releasing details of their next Brisbane headline show at The Zoo next month.

The news comes just weeks after wrapping up a northern Queensland tour with The Butterfly Effect and turning in a stellar performance at the Good Vibrations festival.

And it is not just the bands live shows that have chins wagging. Their lead single ‘Every June’ has been selected from over 15,000 entries to make the finals of the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) in the categories of both ‘Rock’ and ‘Unsigned’. This puts the band in a strong Australian contingent including Gyroscope, Children Collide, Dappled Cities and The Chemist.

So there will be plenty of cause to celebrate when My Fiction take to the stage at The Zoo, on Thursday April 21, (Easter long weekend) and just one week before jetting off to the USA.

Also joining in on the fun will be epic electro rock outfit Re:enactment, psychedelic pop band The Baby Seal Club, and newcomers Moon Jog. Tickets are just $10+BF pre sale or $15 at the door. Tickets at
www.oztix.com.au.

Follow the band now at www.facebook.com/myfiction.

15/03/11

Undead Apes announce more shows

They have quickly become one of Brisbane's most talked-about bands, and now Undead Apes (Mere Noise ) have announced a run of new shows including...

Saturday March 26 at Rosie's with the Quickening and more.
Saturday April 2 - To The North LP Launch and boat cruise - details TBC
Sunday April 3 at Tym Guitars from 2.00PM for an all-ages in-store.
Friday April 8 at X+Y with Seaplane.

Find out more now at http://undeadapes.blogspot.com

15/03/11

Halfway tour with Knievel, Silent Feature Era and Jackie Marshall

Plus One Records' HALFWAY are proud to announce they are back on the bus and are ready for more special performances for 2011. The band are pleased to be on the road with Australia’s purveyors of fine indie rock KNIEVEL for the month of April plus Jackie Marshall is jumping on the bus for the ride as well (if she can find a seat).

KNIEVEL have around since before the turn of the century. The band formed in 1994, when Wayne Connolly (formerly of the Welcome Mat) teamed up with Tracy Ellis (ex Oliver) and Nick Kennedy (playing at the time with Big Heavy Stuff). Fourth member Tim Kevin (Hoolahan, La Huva) joined in 2000.The band released their first album 'We Fear Change' on the Murmur label and had ample amounts of radio play on Triple J with their first single Might As Well Be Gone.

In recent years they have been having some quiet time to themselves after their frenzied touring. They recently reconvened to play a gig on the rooftop of the Alberts Music building. They are nearing completion of their new album entitled "THROUGH THE RAINBOW DARK" which is scheduled for release in early 2011. A new single "They Listen Out" has been released and will be available on i tunes imminently.

HALFWAY’S latest album “AN OUTPOST OF PROMISE” has received critical acclaim across Australia and the world and is available through Plus One Records. Fresh from shows at Gympie Muster and Big Day Out (not many bands could attest to playing those 2 bi polar festivals in one year!!) and a bag of new songs under their belt, HALFWAY are ready to take on the poms in May and any assistance in getting there would be great, so that means getting out and supporting them and If you think HALFWAY is a studio country roots band, we suggest you check them out now before everybody realizes what they have been missing out on.

SILENT FEATURE ERA will also be joining Knievel, Halfway and Jackie Marshall at Notes on April 9, they are currenlty Album Of The week in Rave and Courier Mail this week with "This Old Leather Heart".

Full tour dates taking in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and more online now at http://www.plusonerecords.com.au

23/02/11

New single from Ektoise

Ektoise have issued their new single Remember Well as a free download in advance of a very limited vinyl release. The single features remixes by Danny Hyde, formerly of Coil and responsible for no less than six Nine Inch Nails remixes including the version of Closer that found its way onto the opening credits of David Fincher's Se7en. Tetra has also contributed a stark drone interpretation to round out the record.

Remember Well is available for free in mp3 and 24bit FLAC from the groups BandCamp page .

23/02/11

Tetra issue Live at Gallery of Modern Art

Tetra have just released Live at Gallery of Modern Art, a half-hour EP exploring the duo's more abstract ambient and drone experiments. The EP is culled from improvisations the duo did whilst performing a live soundtrack to a German Expressionist film at the prestigious institution back in 2008 and stands as a fascinating document of the one-off event.

Download editions are free and there is also a limited edition of seven signed and numbered CDr copies, all available on the Tetra BandCamp page .

19/02/11

Plus One's Silent Feature Era launch debut

In a quiet, quiet street, there was a quiet, quiet house. And in that quiet, quiet house there was a quiet, quiet den. And in that quiet, quiet den lived the Silent Feature Era.

A sepia-hued behemoth built of bones and Bakelite-era radio phonic apparatus, the Silent Feature Era recorded songs in the den. For an age it bunkered down and made sound of all that it imagined of the great, vivid world. Bush Noir odes to promise and deceit amid gums and grey mares, vaudevillian pugilists swinging amid a boozy kaleidoscope of mariachi horns, sine wave synthesizers and crooked, cooked guitars – the shrill, righteous damnation of a fiddle and the half-arsed redemption of an asthmatic harmonium, these were singularly unique reckonings of song.

Now, in a fashion wholly consistent with their antiquated sensibility, the Silent Feature Era offer their debut recording in album format – an immovable, unshuffleable, preselected collection of songs.

A folky rock version of VAST mixed with a bit of The Bad Seeds maybe, what began as a couple of friends writing songs and playing them to each other in the dark, has slowly evolved into an extremely bold and confident debut and a growing reputation as a tight live ensemble.

A Bakelite bastard born to a restless iWorld, This Old Leather Heart is available through Shock Records as a physical (yes they still exist) and digital release in March 2011.  

Silent Feature Era’s debut album This Old Leather Heart will be launched at Woodland, on Friday March 4th, with special guests McKisko. Ticket includes a copy of “This Old Leather Heart”.

More details now at http://www.plusonerecords.com.au

19/02/11

A Band Goes Bald

My Fiction, Halfway, Danny Widdicombe and Gina Horwsood will be hitting the stage at Brisbane's The Zoo on February 25.

Not just a great show, the event will raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation as part of their annual World's Greatest Shave events.

Full ticketing details online now at www.thezoo.com.au.

19/02/11

Nova Scotia's 'secret' launch

Lofly's Nova Scotia are a Brisbane five-piece whose glorious live shows and two sold out EPs have earned them a huge local following, festival slots and supports for the likes of Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Built to Spill and the Vivian Girls.

And they will launch their debut self-titled album with a secret show on February 26.

Nova Scotia’s 90s revival sound references the slacker stylings and ragged melancholy of American greats like Pavement, Guided by Voices and Sonic Youth, but with a more euphoric and psychedelic ebullience. The band’s trademark three-guitar attack uses weaving melodies to fashion irrepressible hooks both beautiful and fierce.

Nova Scotia’s heavily anticipated debut record is nearly complete and will be released in February 2011. Mixed by Andrew White (restream, Mr. Maps), the album is a superb collection that should see Nova Scotia treasured by an even wider audience.

For a full rundown on this special launch event, head to http://www.lofly.com.

20/01/11

Mr Maps album launch goes ahead...at last

Mr. Maps were all set to launch their debut album Wire Empire in style, when our poor city got filled with water.

Now as the garages get mopped and loved ones and friends return to their homes, Lofly is gearing up for a new date to toast to this instrumental math-rock monstrosity of an album.

The party has been rescheduled for February 12, and Lofly are extremely lucky to have secured the same stellar line-up of supports, namely Skinny Jean, Doom Doom, and Grids/Units/Planes, and the same fantastic venue, The Alley in Brisbane’s CBD.

The label will be donating a portion of the bar takings to the flood relief fund.

For more details, head to http://www.lofly.com

20/01/11

I Heart Hiroshima return

After nearly a year off, Brisbane’s I Heart Hiroshima are gearing up for a run of Australian shows.

You can catch the band at:

January 29 – Woodland, Brisbane
February 4 – The Gaelic Club, Sydney
February 5 – NSC, Melbourne

Get all the details, and more, at http://www.valverecords.com.au

19/01/11

Turkeyneck Records presents Turkey-Tiki Time

One of Brisbane's newest venue The Beetle Bar will be hosting TURKEY-TIKI TIME on the first Saturday of the month showcasing Turkeyneck Records artists and friends.

The first one kicks off Saturday February 5 and features the legendary Brisbane cowpunk band The Fred Band… featuring Rocky Outcrop and his delightfully whorish sister Coral Outcrop.

Along for the ride is those perennial psychedelic garage layabouts the Stinkbugs and surf guitar exotica from The Surfari Krishnas.

The night will be just $5 entry and doors open at 8pm.

More details at http://www.turkeyneck.com.au

17/01/11

We All Want To head south, really south

Plus One’s We All Want To are kicking off 2011 with a run of shows in Adelaide. Dates include:

Thursday, January 27 – Exeter Hotel
Friday, January 28 – Edinburgh Castle Hotel
Saturday, January 29 – The Metro

For more details, head to http://www.plusonerecords.com.au

16/01/11

New album from Steve Grady out now

Steve Grady's much anticipated second album, Youth Skin, is now available through Starving Kids.

Recorded in early 2010 with Shne Nicholson, Youth Skin is a collection of personal stories and troubadour tales. Shane's wife, ARIA Award winner, Kasey Chambers, lends her unique vocals to the track Concrete Garden.

The album has been critically acclaimed by Triple J's Dom Alessio and the track Legacy was featured on Unearthed. If you like the music of Neil Young, Ryan Adams, Ray Lamontagne and Fionn Regan you are in for a treat with this offering from Steve Grady.

For more, head to http://www.starvingkids.org.au

14/10/10

SLB takes over the heart of the city

MEDIA RELEASE

Music fans will have a unique chance to discover some of Brisbane’s finest artists when local independent record label collective soundslikebrisbane (SLB) presents a series of free, all-ages shows in the Queen Street Mall.

Believed to be a world first, SLB is bringing together the city’s indie labels under the one banner - already 16 local independent labels are represented with more to join the fold soon. Covering every genre from hip-hop and jazz, to garage rock, country and pop – the SLB labels define the creative melting pot that Brisbane has become. Together these labels work with dozens of artists, promoting close to 100 releases each year.

The focal point of the new project is the www.soundslikebrisbane.com website which features label and artist profiles and has become a one stop shop for people looking to discovered the finest new music coming out of Brisbane.

The artists selected to perform in the Queen St Mall will showcase the diversity of this world-class music city. Not only will the artists be drawn from the SLB labels rosters’, they will also include some of the city’s finest emerging bands – handpicked by the SLB team.

QSM Live: presented by soundslikebrisbane’ is part of a Brisbane Marketing initiative that will see music industry insiders put their spin on the line-up of artists performing in the Queen Street Mall throughout the weekend.

Brisbane Marketing Director of Major Events and CBD Retail, Julie Turpie said QSM Live has been supporting Brisbane’s local music artists since 2008.

“The guest programming weekends will add a new dimension to QSM Live and the support the program provides to our local music industry,” Ms Turpie said. “We’re thrilled to have soundslikebrisbane kick off the first guest programming weekend with a diverse lineup highlighting the exciting talent we have here in Brisbane.”

Guest programming weekends will take place on the last weekend of each month. Friday evening shows will start from 4.30pm, while Saturdays and Sundays will see artists perform from 11.30am.

Artists confirmed to date include:

October

Friday, October 29 – Steve Grady and The Honey Month (pictured)
Saturday, October 30 – Marialy Pacheco Trio and Tara Simmons
Sunday, October 31 – McKisko and Charlie Mayfair

November

Friday, November 26 – Joel Edmonston and Re:Enactment
Saturday, November 27 – We All Want To
Sunday, November 28 – Kristy Apps and Carry Nation

For more details on venues, times and artists head to www.soundslikebrisbane.com and www.queenstreetmall.com

29/09/10

AXXONN releases debut album on UAR October 16

The launch of AXXONN's ‘Let’s Get It Straight’ will be at Brisbane venue, The Club House on Saturday October 16th with the album available nationwide soon after followed by a national tour in November.

AXXONN’s recent offerings have been described as ‘Big sludgy synth drone with sprinkles’ by Steph Hughes at Triple J while Rave magazine said it was ‘Like a wizard sending down bolts of lightning to earth below.’
The show at The Club House on October 16th is $5 entry or FREE (if you pre-purchase the album at www.axxonnband.com) ‘Let’s Get It Straight’ out on Useless Art Records.

If you pre-purchase the album, not only do you get free entry into the show but a limited copy remix CD of various AXXONN tracks from Tape/Off, The Sea Shall Not Have Them, Toy Balloon, Ambrose Chape, APSCI, Jonathan Boulet, Restream, Little Scout and more.

Axxonn will be supported by Hunz, Lion Island, Tape/Off, John Steel Singers DJs and Parades DJs.

Find out more at http://uselessartrecords.com

29/09/10

Mere Noise to release France's Dimi Dero Inc

Mere Noise are proud to release Dimi Dero Inc.’s third long player Cremation Day in the Court of Miracles on Oct 1st.

“My favourite European band since Einstürzende Neubauten.” – Gareth Liddiard (The Drones)

“ France’s Dimi Dero Inc. have made best Australian rock records of recent years” – Drum Media

“It’s getting on for 2am by the time they leave the stage and the room is still packed which goes to show that a Melbourne crowd can tell a good band when they see one. The Inc should spend more time here” – Inpress

October 2010 is time to celebrate the return of French provocateurs of rock and roll Dimi Dero Inc. when they set foot again on Australian soil to delight audiences with a taste of their latest studio recording Cremation Day In The Court Of Miracles.

Dimi Dero Inc’s latest album was produced and mixed by Australian music legend Rob Younger.

The band is set to hit the road in Australia this October with full tour dates and release details at http://www.merenoise.net.

27/08/10

REGURGITATOR phuture strategies

REGURGITATOR
phutured strategies

In a world subjected to the drifting weight of environmental, media and cultural strata... collisional boundaries, techtronic faults and contorted streams arise as the topography is reshaped by the seemly natural forces of human engagement with technology and globalised online network/media systems... better to bend with these gusts of cultural drift, adapting as inspired.

With consideration of the changing music and mediascape Regurgitator have made the decision to reappraise their own approach to releasing the music they record... or whatever creative disciplines they immerse themselves in.

Quan..."it's been a reaction to a multitude of radical changes (from our perspective) in the industry over the last few years. Technological transitions are notorious for bewildering a whole cultural set who have grown up with a certain industry methodology for most of their former careers. We definitely fall into that category and are beginning to accept that the new paradigm is in a state of flux and can only be respected and adapted to. This is why we are beginning to naturally shed some of the old habits of a 'band'. Album production was initially geared to provide marketing impetus for the sale of vinyl records. More and more young people are not listening to music this way. They download music for free and they pick and choose tracks and create playlists or rely on blogs to automatic generate such playlists. This actually suits a home recording/producing musician more because it is more natural to focus and create one track at a time, release it then move on to the next one. To be truly independent of the record industry you should forget the old release mentality and match the current listener mentality.
This is what we will be doing in the future."

With Quan & Ben's relocation to Melbourne earlier this year, setting up studios in their newly acquired dwellings they started work amid various distractions on new recordings planning to eschew the stock-standard album release/record label scenario for a "take it as it comes" approach more in synch with current trends of the listener. To coincide with a Sept Australia tour they release the first batch of recordings under the title Distractions. From that point on where possible, Regurgitator are going to try and release new material they record on a regular monthly basis and really try to open up how they engage with their audience. It will exist in various forms from free via Regurgitator's online scenario's to retail digital and packaged hard versions (CD/USB/vinyl etc) to figure in with tours and various retail release outlets including the online store. Regurgitator are taking a revived attitude to their creativity and the notion of industry to both challenge themselves, consider new ways to engage with the heightened ubiquity in the world around them, and potentially provide a dynamic and candid exploration of the ebbs and flows of the creative process... and see how it all plays on this future horizon.

New recordings are all go... and now here to listen to. They were done across the home studios, Head Gap in Melbourne working with Casey Rice on the mix, and Cameron Potts (Baseball) playing drums.
http://soundcloud.com/regurgitrax

1 - Make No Sense
2 - Distractions
3 - Miranda July
4 - Midday Sun

Regurgitator are also finally revamping the website after so many years existing in the Quan designed MacOS parody... planning to be a more action orientated blog style with links to all their current social platforms... myspace, facebook, youtube, twitter, etc (see list below). This also includes the now extensive Regurgitator You Tube channel up and running after we managed to get Warner to unblock the music videos so all the previously released video material is always accessible.

Regurgitator will also continue their quest for challenging projects like last year's contemporary dance collaboration Rock Show, the 2004 multimedia project Band in a Bubble... as well as their recent live soundtrack performance of Japanese anime film AKIRA. The band far surpassed their own expectations and it has given them a burst of creative energy greater than any nuclear surge. The event was also met with a fantastic audience response from the 1400+ crowd at the Sydney Opera House... and some great critical feedback:

"The band were met with a thunderous applause as they settled into the pit. [...] What a great film! What a great band! What a great collaboration!" thiswayin.com.au

"Akira has rarely made as much sense as it does today - and Regurgitator have rarely sounded as vital." 3D World

Regurgitator has also just been announced on the Port Macquarie FESTIVAL OF THE SUN on DEC 10 - www.fotsun.com

Distractions recordings available very soon.
Touring Australia in SEPT... with guests Rat vs Possum & Laneous & the Family Yah... plus special Brisbane co-headliner from Japan DJ KRUSH. See dates and info below.

PLEASE EMAIL consume1@ozemail.com.au FOR NEW IMAGES, DISTRACTION COVER ART OR FUTHER INFO

REGURGITATOR
WEBSITUATION: www.regurgitator.net
RECORDING BOG: http://consume.com.au/regurgitator
MYSPACED: www.myspace.com/regurgitators
YOUTUBE regurgitator's MUSIC BOX: www.youtube.com/user/Regurgitators
FACEBOOKINGS: www.facebook.com/pages/Regurgitator
DEFACEDBOOK: www.facebook.com/pages/regurgitatorontour
TWITS: http://twitter.com/regurgitators
SOUNDCLODDING: http://soundcloud.com/regurgitrax
LEASTFM: http://www.last.fm/music/Regurgitator
ILIKING: http://www.ilike.com/artist/Regurgitator

Faster Louder presents
REGURGITATOR
plus RAT VS POSSUM (expect WA shows)
and LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH (except TAS & WA shows)
with co-headliner DJ KRUSH from Japan (Brisbane show only)

WED 15 SEPT Hobart REPUBLIC BAR
plus RAT VS POSSUM
Tickets from Ruffcut Records - 6234 8600, Moshtix and The Republic Bar - 6234 6954, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

THUR 16 SEPT Adelaide THE GOV
plus RAT VS POSSUM and LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH
Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au (ph 1300 438 849) & Moshtix outlets, www.venuetix.com.au (ph 08 8225 8888) & Venue*Tix outlets & at the venue 11am-9pm Mon-Sat, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

FRI 17 SEPT Melbourne THE HI-FI
plus RAT VS POSSUM and LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH
Tickets online from www.thehifi.com.au Phone Tix 1300THEHIFI (1300 843 4434) & Polyester Records - Fitzroy & City, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

SAT 18 SEPT Brisbane THE TIVOLI
with DJ KRUSH (from Japan) plus LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH and RAT VS POSSUM
Tickets from Ticketek 132 849, www.ticketek.com.au, Rocking Horse Records (07) 3229 5360 and regurgitator.oztix.com.au Doors at 7.00pm

SUN 19 SEPT Byron GREAT NORTHERN
plus RAT VS POSSUM and LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH
Tickets from venue, www.oztix.com.au (ph 1300 762 545), oztix outlets, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

WED 22 SEPT Katoomba HOTEL GEARIN
plus RAT VS POSSUM
Tickets from www.oztix.com.au (ph 1300 762 545), www.moshtix.com.au (ph 1300 438 849), the venue, all Oztix & Moshtix outlets, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

THUR 23 SEPT Canberra THE MARAM
plus RAT VS POSSUM and LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH
Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au (ph 1300 438 849), Moshtix outlets, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

FRI 24 SEPT Wgong UNI BAR
plus RAT VS POSSUM and LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH
Tickets from Redback Music, the venue, Oztix, www.bigtix.com.au, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

SAT 25 SEPT Sydney MANNING BAR
plus RAT VS POSSUM and LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH
Tickets: www.manningbar.com (ph 1300 762 545), www.moshtix.com.au (ph 1300 438 849), the venue, all Oztix & Moshtix outlets, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au
An official selection of Sydney Fringe 2010

SUN 26 SEPT Karratha WA WALKINGTON THEATRE
Ph: (08) 9159 6859 for ticketing.

MON 27 SEPT Perth AMPLIFIER BAR
plus BOYS BOYS BOYS! and NAIK
Tickets from Bocs, Moshtix, 78’s, Mills, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

FRI 10 DEC Port Macquarie FESTIVAL OF THE SUN
See www.fotsun.com for further info
Tickets from www.oztix.com.au, ph 1300762545 and all oztix outlets.

24/08/10

Fushia release clip and hit the road

Starving Kids ' outfit Fushia are set to hit the road for a run of dates through New South Wales and Victoria over the coming month.

The full list of dates is online now at http://www.myspace.com/wearefushia and take in Byron Bay, Port Macquarie, Sydney and Melbourne with new shows also announced for hometown Brisbane.

The announcement comes as the band release a new clip for the track Eraser. Check it out...

Fushia - "Eraser" Filmclip from Fushia on Vimeo.

08/08/10

Plus One Records showcase...

Plus One Records are proud to be presenting another showcase of Fine Brisbane Talent that the label has released in the past, for the future and possibly beyond.

The label had so much fun doing it last year with all our international friends in Brisbane for the BIGSOUND Conference, that they thought (again) they would start the party a day earlier.

The music starts at 8.30, doors are at 8.00 and we hope to see you there.

BANDS PLAYING ON THE NIGHT ARE

THE HONEY MONTH
Their collaboration dates back to seven years ago, when two eleven year old boys with a keyboard, a tape recorder and an affection for punk recorded their first song over the top of a dusty Tom Petty cassette. After acquiring a set of drums and an electric guitar, a three piece band was formed, playing together until early 2008, when a strange transition fuelled by a mutual love of eclectic music occurred. This is where THE HONEY MONTH begun.

THE GIN CLUB
Over the past five years, THE GIN CLUB have established themselves as one of Australia’s most exciting bands, both through their studio albums as well as their inimitable live performances. Continually evolving from the traditional folk/country of their self-titled debut, The Gin Club’s seven person song writing roster has developed a unique and distinctive style. Whilst they defy easy categorisation, their music contains elements of acoustic folk, wide screen rock’n’roll, psychedelia, country, pop and more – all delivered with a distinctly antipodean flavour. They have been compared to artists such as The Triffids, The Go Betweens and The Band.

WE ALL WANT TO
A band of five people from very different musical backgrounds; indie rock, folk, drone and noisy pop – WE ALL WANT TO present tracks off their debut self titled album. A broad range of sounds, song writing styles and voices feature on this eclectic release. Tim Steward’s (Screamfeeder) latest project spent 6 months not deciding on a band name, then named the band after someone misheard something someone else said in a noisy restaurant one night then spent over a year recording their debut album.

HALFWAY
Halfway was formed by John Busby, Chris Dale and Elwin Hawtin who originally hail from Rockhampton, Central Queensland. Based on a mutual love of Dylan, Springsteen, Big Star and The Replacements, they left Rockhampton and headed south to put together a band with the finishing touches to the line up being added in Brisbane to round the HALFWAY line up off as an 8 piece. In 2008 HALFWAY song writing duo, John Busby and Chris Dale won Queensland’s most prestigious song writing award – The Grant McLennan Fellowship. The selection panel included members of the Go-Betweens, the McLennan family and Queensland Arts. The fellowship allowed John and Chris to travel to London in November 2008.

ROZ PAPPALARDO AND THE WAYWARD GENTLEMEN
Take a soaring and committed slide guitar, smooth upright bass, rocking drums, mad keyboard, a vintage Fender guitar (‘temporarily’ stolen from her Dad), and a sassy front woman who rocks even when she sings a ballad. This is ROZ PAPPALARDO AND THE WAYWARD GENTLEMEN. Roz’s testosterone fuelled alt – country side project to her folky festival favourite counterpart, Women In Docs. Drawing on influences ranging from Lucinda Williams to Ryan Adams, Roz as a solo act melds her effusive stage presence and endearing song writing with some good honest country–style secret herbs and spices. And a cheeky little dash of the T-hormone.

EVENT DETAILS

Plus One Records Showcase 2010
The Troubadour, Tuesday September 7 2010 :: 8pm – late
$20.00 presales (limited), free with a Big Sound pass
Brunswick St Mall, Fortitude Valley

http://www.plusonerecords.com.au

25/07/10

REGURGITATOR back on the fries... movin' recordin' tourin'

After dipping toes in the bubbling grease of contemporary dance for Rockshow in Nov 2009 Regurgitator dropped the strainer in the chip fryer, frittered away on some new years festival appearances along with a few shows in the past few months.

Back in their classic 3 piece mode, after approaching Rockshow in this guise, and with Seja embarking on her own solo career they recently played some stand out performances (including Seja's last keyboard stand with them) at the Brisbane Powerhouse 10th birthday... and sold out shows in Sydney and Melbourne. Back on the fries... they saturate the wrapper with new recordings, new tourings and a new soundtrack to cult classic Akira.

With Quan and Ben relocating to new home town Melbourne early this year they activated some fresh studio spaces in their recently acquired dwellings and started work on their first new material since the Love and Paranoia sessions in Rio de Janeiro in 2007. Quan has set up a recording blog here and see them use it... the tracks are currently being mixed by Casey Rice after some additional recording at Head Gap.. and will be released through digital outlets and physical forms in September.

On August 8 as part of the Graphic animation conference at the Sydney Opera House Regurgitator have been commissioned to produce a live score to the ground breaking Japanese anime film AKIRA.

Comic books, illustration, animation, music, multimedia and other new ways of telling stories have not only changed the face of our popular culture, they now define it. Graphic novels and comic art are now a leading source of inspiration for films, television, clothing, designers, musicians and artists the world over. GRAPHIC celebrates this brave new world in a weekend of specially commissioned productions – with musical responses to graphic art & stories, workshops, panels, a film program, a games exhibition and an animation competition. Highlight events include the Anime classic Akira with a live rescore by Regurgitator; Shaun Tan’s The Arrival live scored by Ben Walsh and the Orkestra of the Underground; and the big one – Neil Gaiman in the Concert Hall reading a new unpublished work, with specially commissioned live score by FourPlay and projected illustrations by legendary graphic artist Eddie Campbell.

Akira with live score by Regurgitator Akira is the benchmark film by which all other anime are judged, spawning countless imitators and defining many of the themes, concerns and style of the genre. Set in 2019 in post-World War Three Neo-Tokyo, this animated classic introduced the western world to adult-oriented Japanese animation and has been lauded worldwide as the movie that “started it all”. Akira started life as Katsuhiro Otomo’s epic 2,000+ page manga (Japanese comic book), before being adapted into an animated film in 1988. The film will be shown in the original Japanese language version with English subtitles and rescored live by Regurgitator. As Australia’s most renowned and successful experimental art-rockers, Regurgitator have achieved triple-platinum status – an astonishing feat for such an uncompromising band – who never shy away from the unusual, the untried, or indeed any genre that attracts their creative sensibility.
Tickets available from the Sydney Opera House.

And now following this... Regurgitator embark on the most intensive headline tour since the 6 week long 2007 Amor e Paranoia tour with New Pants from China and I Heart Hiroshima... or the 2008 tour with guiding lights DEVO. For this latest slush in hot fat Regurgitator has invited new sensations from Melbourne RAT VS POSSUM and Brisbane's bursting with joy LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH along for the fries. Plus for a special one-off show... DJ KRUSH from Japan will be joining Regurgitator for a double headliner in Brisbane on SEPT 18 at The Tivoli

Tickets on sale now.

Faster Louder presents

REGURGITATOR
plus RAT VS POSSUM (expect WA shows)
and LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH (except TAS & WA shows)
with co-headliner DJ KRUSH from Japan (Brisbane show only)

WED 15 SEPT Hobart REPUBLIC BAR
plus RAT VS POSSUM
Tickets from Ruffcut Records - 6234 8600, Moshtix and The Republic Bar - 6234 6954, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

THUR 16 SEPT Adelaide THE GOV
plus RAT VS POSSUM and LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH
Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au (ph 1300 438 849) & Moshtix outlets, www.venuetix.com.au (ph 08 8225 8888) & Venue*Tix outlets & at the venue 11am-9pm Mon-Sat, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

FRI 17 SEPT Melbourne THE HI-FI
plus RAT VS POSSUM and LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH
Tickets online from www.thehifi.com.au Phone Tix 1300THEHIFI (1300 843 4434) & Polyester Records - Fitzroy & City, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

SAT 18 SEPT Brisbane THE TIVOLI
with DJ KRUSH (from Japan) plus LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH and RAT VS POSSUM
Tickets from Ticketek 132 849, www.ticketek.com.au, Rocking Horse Records (07) 3229 5360 and regurgitator.oztix.com.au Doors at 7.00pm

SUN 19 SEPT Byron GREAT NORTHERN
plus RAT VS POSSUM and LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH
Tickets from venue, www.oztix.com.au (ph 1300 762 545), oztix outlets, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

WED 22 SEPT Katoomba HOTEL GEARIN
plus RAT VS POSSUM
Tickets from www.oztix.com.au (ph 1300 762 545), www.moshtix.com.au (ph 1300 438 849), the venue, all Oztix & Moshtix outlets, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

THUR 23 SEPT Canberra THE MARAM
plus RAT VS POSSUM and LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH
Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au (ph 1300 438 849), Moshtix outlets, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

FRI 24 SEPT W'gong UNI BAR
plus RAT VS POSSUM and LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH
Tickets from Redback Music, the venue, Oztix, www.bigtix.com.au, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

SAT 25 SEPT Sydney MANNING BAR
plus RAT VS POSSUM and LANEOUS & THE FAMILY YAH
Tickets: www.manningbar.com (ph 1300 762 545), www.moshtix.com.au (ph 1300 438 849), the venue, all Oztix & Moshtix outlets, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au
An official selection of Sydney Fringe 2010

SUN 26 SEPT Karratha WA WALKINGTON THEATRE
Ph: (08) 9159 6859 for ticketing.

MON 27 SEPT Perth AMPLIFIER BAR
plus BOYS BOYS BOYS!
Tickets from Bocs, Moshtix, 78’s, Mills, and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

www.regurgitator.net
www.myspace.com/regurgitators
http://consume.com.au/regurgitator

07/07/10

The Optimen's 'Out of Brisbane Experience' tour

Following on from the shining release of their sophomore album The Out Of Money Experience (Red Tape ) in April, Brisbane’s The Optimen are hitting the road this July/August and taking their tunes to the nation on the official album launch.

A five-year sojourn that culminated in one of Australia’s finest-hip hop releases this year, The Out Of Money Experience has been robustly received. Triple J’s Hip Hop Show made it their ‘Album Of The Week’ as did 3d World (Sydney), Zebra (Mel) and Zebra (Bris) saying:

“The Brisbane group’s long-awaited sophomore record is the kind of meticulously crafted listening experience which could only be sculpted with a significant allotment of time and dedication. It’s also a remarkably consistent and enjoyable Australian hip hop album. In short – it’s amazing. You should get it.”
‘Album Of The Week’ – Matt O’Neill, Zebra Brisbane / Zebra Melbourne and 3D World

With the album debuting at #37 in the Australian ARIA Urban charts – the response across the board was emphatic:

“this is quality start to end.”
Shane Scott, Onion Magazine

“In a move that goes against the guns, bitches and bling attitude often found in modern hip hop, The OPees show they really are more about mic checks than paycheques.”
Nils Hay, Rave Magazine

“Aussie Hip Hop, and a good exponent of it. Obviously lyrically driven, with great understanding and a perfect mix. Samples and beats drive the many and varied stories the boys tell. A new addition to the mix to get bodies grooving.”
ZEDblog

“The Boomtown boys are finally back ... if you were a fan of their upbeat bass lines and rowdy rhymes The Out Of Money Experience still delivers.”
Beat Magazine

“Despite the occasionally sober lyrical content – and don't mistake that for criticism, as I'd much rather hear hip-hop that discusses real issues, as opposed to self-aggrandising hyperbole – The Optimen's overarching optimistic attitude is the biggest take-away from The Out Of Money.”
Andrew McMillan, The Vine

The Optimen are getting ready to blast off on the long awaited Album Launch Tour. Taking in the East-Coast and Adelaide The Optimen are taking to the road, bringing brand new tunes from The Out Of Money Experience, plus old favourites from their earlier releases.

‘The Out Of Brisbane Experience’ Tour

Friday July 16 – FBi Stolen Records Gala Ball, Gaelic Theatre, Sydney
with Koolism, Thundamentals, Ozi Batla, Daisy Meds, Phatchance feat. Coptic Soldier, Loose Change and Katalyst (DJ SET)
$12 supporters / $17 non supporters / $22 on the door.
All proceeds go to FBi Radio.

Saturday July 17 – Transit Bar, Canberra
With D’Opus and Roshambo
$10 Entry | 8pm

Friday July 30 – Beach Road Hotel, Sydney
With Undertow, Gabreil Clouston and Edseven
FREE | 8pm

Friday August 20 – The Espy, Melbourne
W’ MPhaze

Saturday August 21 – The Rocket Bar, Adelaide
Details TBA

06/07/10

Mr Maps launch new single in Sydney

LoFly's Mr. Maps journey south to show off their new double-a-side single, “Nice Fights”.

In Sydney, they will be supported by good friends Underlapper, stalwart postrockers of the Sydney scene, and The Understudy, a feisty songstress of great talent.

Mr. Maps formed in early 2008, and make a unique brand of instrumental rock. They use soaring live instrumentation punctuated by electronic glitches and cuts, bridging the gap between the folktronica of Four Tet and the grand post-rock sounds of Mogwai. The compositions are experimental and meticulous, with an air of optimism and beauty. Live reviews have been littered with such words as “precise”, “energetic” and “breathtaking”. Sonic comparisons have been made with bands such as Battles, Tortoise, toe, Pinback, and 65daysofstatic.

Pick up a copy of the single release at the show, which includes the tracks “Nice Fights” and “Fly, You Monumental Mistake”. These tracks and more like them will also be available on the forthcoming album “Wire Empire” due for release August/September.

Where/When: Thursday July 8 at the Excelsior Hotel, 64 Foveaux St, Surry Hills Sydney.

Find out more at http://www.lofly.com

05/07/10

Hits...now on vinyl!

Mere Noise is proud to announce the release of the brutally brilliant Hits album Living With You Is Killing Me on vinyl.

This, from the desk of Andrew Stafford:

"HITS, Mere Noise Records and myself are very proud to announce the release of Living With You Is Killing Me in a limited, stupidly collectable pressing of 300 copies on beautiful VINYL! So loud is it, that when you put it on your turntable, you will be lulled into believing that HITS are smashing their instruments over your head in your own living room while singer Richie jams his mike up your arse."

Find out more at http://www.merenoise.net

03/07/10

Halfway announce album launch tour

Halfway are proud to announce the release of their third studio album, the Robert Forster produced An Outpost of Promise - out now through Plus One.

“An Outpost of Promise is a band coming into its own. Ten classic songs, played straight up with tension and drama” Robert Forster - The Go-Betweens.

Halfway was formed by John Busby, Chris Dale and Elwin Hawtin who originally hail from Rockhampton, Central Queensland. Based on a mutual love of Dylan, Springsteen, Big Star and The Replacements, they left Rockhampton and headed south to put together a band with the finishing touches to the line up being added in Brisbane to round the Halfway line up off as an 8 piece.

In 2008 Halfway song writing duo, John Busby and Chris Dale won Queensland’s most prestigious song writing award - The Grant McLennan Fellowship. The selection panel included members of the Go-Betweens, the McLennan family and Queensland Arts. The fellowship allowed John and Chris to travel to London in November 2008. Whilst in London, they rehearsed, played acoustic shows, wrote and began to put together the initial framework for this their third album An Outpost of Promise

First single off the album Stevie is a song written for an old friend of the band: Steve Sutherland. John Busby from Halfway started a band with him when they were 17 or 18 and living in Rockhampton QLD. John was on the out of work and helping Stevie fail year 12. It's about the promises they made and the plans to get out. Some they stuck to and some others John thinks they probably broke.

Much of the album An Outpost of Promise explores similar themes to this:friendship, last drinks, 3AM promises, the hope for something better and a change of luck. It's about the small decisions we make and the great effect they can have on the way things eventually turn out.

For better or worse.

Join Halfway as they launch An Outpost of Promise in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in July with very special guest Dan Brodie joining them for the ride.

Friday 9th July - The Troubadour, Brisbane + Dan Brodie & The Honey Month
Friday 23rd July - Excelsior Hotel, Sydney + Dan Brodie, College Fall and Glenn Thompson
Friday 30th July - Northcote Social Club, Melbourne + Dan Brodie, Nick Barker & College Fall

Find out more at http://www.plusonerecords.com.au

02/07/10

My Fiction reveal album tour dates

With their new single ‘Every June’ already making an impact at radio, Brisbane four piece My Fiction are set to hit the road to launch their debut album FIREROMANCEFIRE along the east coast.

The tour announcement comes as ‘Every June’ continues to win fans thanks to rotation on Triple J - with the band also unveiling a powerful new clip for the track that will be featured as Rage ‘Indie of the Week’ this coming weekend.

Watch the clip now at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKoVnZYIlJE

Meanwhile, ‘Every June’ has be named a finalist in two major categories of Queensland’s biggest songwriting awards – Q Song. The band is now in the running to pick up the ‘Courier-Mail Peoples’ Choice Award’ and the ‘Alternative’ award. Find out more at www.qsong.com.au

Out in July through SUGARRUSH Records, the album will be officially launched in their hometown on Friday, July 16 before shows around Queensland, Sydney and Melbourne throughout July and August.

My Fiction’s take on danceable indie rock has been wonderfully realised on the record. Produced by ARIA winning Magoo, FIREROMANCEFIRE packs a serious punch and builds on the strength of the band’s previous releases – the “Your Tokyo” EP and double a-side “Tonight Tonight/The Loop”.

Their sound? It’s indie rock without the baggage. My Fiction know what makes people move, and how to connect. The big guitars, bigger melodies and powerful bottom end all combine to make something immediate, but with depth.

Live, My Fiction is just something else with the band fast earning a ‘don’t miss’ reputation with anyone that’s caught a gig.

The floor is packed with bouncing bodies as My Fiction hit song after song with such dexterity and perfection that I’m finding it hard to believe that these guys aren’t where Faker is in the Australian music world… It’s an astonishing performance, even bettered when ‘Grey City’ brings the house down during the encore… the night of musical wonder isn’t just good, it’s ten times good.” Rave Magazine
 
MY FICTION TOUR DATES

FRI JULY 16 - QLD - BRISBANE, THE ZOO w/ Numbers Radio, The Belligerent & The Judy Dolls
SAT JULY 17 - QLD - TOOWOOMBA - BON AMICI
THUR JULY 22 - QLD - SUNSHINE COAST, CLUB ENVY
FRI JULY 23 - NSW - BYRON BAY, HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN w/ Numbers Radio, & Polaroid Fame
SAT JULY 31 - VIC - MELBOURNE, PONY w/ Radio Star, & The Ravenous
THUR AUG 5 - NSW - SYDNEY, THE LANSDOWNE w/ The Moments, The Written Crusade and The Company.

Find more details online at http://www.myspace.com/myfictionband

01/07/10

New Hell Crab City album 'Full Bore' in stores now

Just out on Turkeyneck this month, Hell Crab City's new album is "miles ahead" of their debut with the ferocity of Zeke and the Dwarves and the antipodean humour of Cosmic Psychos and Powder Monkeys

A Brief Hell Crab History

Based in Sydney, HELL CRAB CITY were formed in 2003 with former JIM COBAIN frontman and all-round rock guy Scott Barker taking on the vocalist/guitarist/ songwriter duties.

Ex DEL-EMMAS skinswoman Dani Danger provided her well-known pounding rhythms with former Melbournite, and formidable ex S-BAHN bassist, Rob Buttery completing the seminal 3 piece line-up. they then recruited Al Creed on second guitar, probably better known for his role as axeman with seminal Sydney group the NEW CHRISTS

With the line-up locked in, the band quickly banged down a brutal version of “Pub” for Norwegian label Dull City Records’ series of 7” Cosmic Psychos tributes, at the same time hitting the pubs to baptise the rock’n’roll loving public. f you want to hang your hat on some of their more influential mentors then you wouldn’t have to look too much further than crucial

Australian acts such as the COSMIC PSYCHOS, BORED or Melbourne’s inflammatory POWDERMONKEYS and overseas acts such as ZEKE, TURBONEGRO et al. After releasing their debut album, "Nicotine Blues", Danger moved on to sunnier climes and was eventually replaced by ex- WWXXIV, Rule 303 drummer Marc Lucas.

More details at http://www.turkeyneck.com.au

07/06/10

SLB June 18 launch event - playing times online now...

SLB is proud to announce Last Dinosaurs and Wiley Reed have been added to the line-up for the very special launch event in Brisbane on June 18 in Brisbane's CBD.

Presented by Brisbane City Council’s Inhabit Fiesta, more than 10 local acts from the SLB labels rosters will hit two stages housed in CBD laneways Burnett Lane and Island Crt (off Elizabeth St) for this free all-ages event running from 5.30-10.00pm.

The line-up will showcase the diversity of Brisbane labels and feature sets from: Last Dinosaurs, Blowhard, Texas Tea, Carry Nation, Fushia, Halfway, My Fiction, Nova Scotia, The Rational Academy, and The Optimen.

PLAYING TIMES...

Burnett Lane Stage

Blowhard: 9.15pm
The Optimen: 8.15pm
Last Dinosaurs: 7.30pm
Butcher Birds: 6.45pm
My Fiction: 6.10pm
Novia Scotia: 5.30pm

Island Court Stage

Halfway: 9.15pm
The Rational Academy: 8.15pm
Texas Tea: 7.30pm
Fushia: 6.45pm
Wiley Reed: 6.00pm
Carry Nation: 5.30pm

Find more details on Inhabit Fiesta and links to the stage locations online now at www.ourbrisbane.com/inhabit

18/05/10

soundslikebrisbane goes live...

May 18, 2010

MEDIA RELEASE: Brisbane’s indie record labels join forces to celebrate the sound of the city

Brisbane’s proud DIY music scene is being supported and celebrated through a unique initiative that promotes the city’s booming independent record labels – soundslikebrisbane.

Believed to be a world first, soundslikebrisbane (SLB) is bringing together the city’s indie labels under the one banner - already 13 local independent labels are represented with more to join the fold soon.

That first batch includes prominent local labels: Plus One Records, Mere Noise, Dew Process, Turkeyneck, Room 40, Someone Good, Pinnacles Music, SUGARRUSH, Lofly, El Nino El Nino, Red Tape Entertainment, Starving Kids, and Valve Records.

Covering every genre from hip-hop and jazz, to garage rock, country and pop – the labels define the creative melting pot that Brisbane has become. Together these labels work with dozens of artists, promoting close to 100 releases each year.

Among them are some of the country’s most exciting new artists including Last Dinosaurs, The Gin Club, The Optimen, The Medics and Jackie Marshall; alongside veritable music legends like Blowhard and Regurgitator.

Project coordinator Craig Spann said Brisbane’s indie labels were also opening up global networks by representing Brisbane artists overseas, and releasing some of the world’s most exciting new music in Australia.

“There’s no doubting that right now Brisbane’s indie labels are the engine room of the local music scene and the contribution they make should be celebrated and supported,” he explains. “Despite the fact these labels are often a one or two-person operation, they are ensuring the Brisbane builds on its reputation as one of the world’s most exciting music cities.”

More than a collective marketing initiative, the long term initiative will develop and deliver a range of projects aimed at not just supporting current indie labels, but ensuring a new wave of labels emerges to continue supporting the city’s music scene and artists.

The focal point of the new project is the soundslikebrisbane.com website which features label and artist profiles and a range of exclusive content to be rolled out over the coming months. The site will be promoted to music fans and the music industry – both in Australia and abroad – as a one-stop location for those looking for Brisbane’s most exciting artists and labels.

Launch Event

The launch of SLB will be celebrated with a very special free all-ages event to be staged in Brisbane’s CBD on Friday June 18. Presented by Brisbane City Council’s Inhabit Fiesta, more than 10 local acts from the SLB labels rosters will hit two stages housed in CBD laneways Burnett Lane and Island Crt (off Elizabeth St).

The line-up will showcase the diversity of Brisbane labels and feature sets from: Blowhard, Texas Tea, Carry Nation, Fushia, Halfway, My Fiction, Nova Scotia, The Rational Academy, and The Optimen – with more still to be announced.

More details online now at www.ourbrisbane.com/inhabit

SLB is a not-for-profit project being developed with the support of partners Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and state peak music body Q Music.

Professors Julian Knowles and Phil Graham, Co-Leaders of QUT’s Independent Music Project, have been working with the SLB team.

Prof Graham says: “Brisbane has for decades supplied top level talent to Australia’s music industry, and we’ve done it with very little local support. The net result has been a long-term drain of top quality talent. The SLB initiative provides a focused support and infrastructure network for local artists that can be developed over time into a significant industry force.   “Our independent labels are as good as they get. They have gotten that way with very little other than sheer talent and dedication. Commercial music is a massive earner for our economy. But most of the money goes overseas to the parent companies of majors. QUT is determined to be a part of the practical and intellectual movement dedicated to growing the local creative economy and the talent that underwrites that future.”

Q Music Executive Officer Denise Foley added the SLB project was further of the DIY ethos that has driven the Brisbane music scene for decades.

“This project and the labels it supports is just another example of how people in Brisbane just get in and do it,” she says. “It has also been built on the strong sense of community in the city and an understanding that working collectively is crucial to helping grow this cottage industry and the artists it supports.”

Celebrating Brisbane’s Music Heritage

The SLB project also aims to celebrate Brisbane’s proud indie music history with some of the city’s finest writers looking back at why the city has emerged as such an indie music stronghold.

The site goes live this week with a special contribution from Brisbane music historian and Pig City author Andrew Stafford who looks back at the independent path blazed by iconic local artists The Saints and The Go-Betweens. He writes:

“The making of (I’m) Stranded was seminal to the development of music in Brisbane for a number of reasons other than its sheer magnificence. (Playing it right now, the 7” single still roars from the speakers in a way the LP cut doesn’t quite.) It was the fact that it existed AT ALL, and that the band had made it themselves. They owed no one. This, combined with the bone simplicity of punk, represented a democratisation of music-making that horrified the majority of radio programmers and record labels but emboldened anyone with sufficient drive to emulate the Saints’ move. As the Go-Betweens’ Robert Forster told me, “I think we all felt brushed by the Saints’ wings.” Read more...

17/05/10

Regurgitator: What up...

What up... always.

Quan relocates to Melbourne after 5 years in Hong Kong.
Ben also shifts to Melbourne after spending time in Turkey and Berlin.
Same city, same time... what the hell is going on?

They set up some studios in rooms somewhere in the central city precinct and start work on album seven.

All in the spirit of creativity. After a brief collision with contemporary dance exponent Gavin Webber for the late 2009 live music/dance project Rockshow amid various solo explosions they find the time and space arise to invent some new tracks for 2010. The only thing that drives their continued persistence... the thrill of composition and performance.

The classic 3 piece with Quan, Ben and Peter now back on the live trail... follow the crumbs:

SAT 3 JULY - Sydney ANNANDALE HOTEL 10th birthday (tickets on sale now and already selling fast) Plus special guests OUCH MY FACE and STEP PANTHER

SUN 4 JULY - Melbourne EAST BRUNSWICK HOTEL (tickets on sale usual outlets) Plus special guests OUCH MY FACE and WORLD'S END PRESS

New album out sometime late 2010.

http://www.regurgitator.net

16/05/10

Trans Am release "Thing" on VALVE

Most bands are too afraid to step up to the bat. They are scared that life is going to throw them different kinds of curve balls. But for more than fifteen years, Trans Am has fearlessly stepped up, taken their swings and thrown a few curve balls of their own.

Few bands can say they’ve toured the Canadian mountains with TOOL, and fewer still can they played their first tour opening for Tortoise. Trans Am a-la 2010 is a band of veterans unafraid to contradict themselves, confident in their identity even as confounding as that identity has been for their fans over the years.

Thing is a wreckage of sorts. The project was originally commissioned as a sci-fi, horror adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. When funding for that project fell apart, Trans Am forged on with their own album.

To capture the feeling of exhaustion and paranoia demanded by Thing, Trans Am remained at their recording studio until the early morning, occasionally exiting to run up and down the hills of San Francisco. All vocals were recorded during recovery from these sessions. Thing features songs written entirely by the individual band members, as well as more collaborative efforts. Tracks were composed and/or recorded in Pescara, Italy; Portland, Oregon; Leon, France; San Francisco, California; Somewhere over the Pacific Ocean; London, England; Death Valley, California. The three members of the band currently reside in Portland, San Francisco and Washington, DC. For half of the tracks on Thing, Trans Am utilized a recording/composition strategy known as “Zombification.” Once a song was recorded, each of the band members (as well as anybody else in the studio at the time) would record multiple additional tracks without any reference to the previous ones. The song then forgot itself - and was almost unlistenable. After cellaring the un-dead music for up to a year, Trans Am would begin to peel back the layers of the song, usually arriving at something completely different.Thing was recorded between May 2008 and November of 2009, but the ongoing economic crisis did not affect the album’s lavish production budget.

Thing represents a further attempt by the band to further remove themselves not just from various indie-rock labels, but music itself. One of Thing’s requirements was that each track contain a completely non-musical element, preferably something with a sonic signature that was not even necessarily a sound.

With such history behind them, eight albums and last year’s live double LP and DVD What Day is it Tonight?, Trans Am’s record speaks for itself. This new album does not attempt to redefine the band’s image or return to any previous form, but simply to speak for itself, a single palpable, particular... Thing...

Out now through Valve

11/05/10

The Gin Club presents Deathwish

Plus One Records in association with Street Press Australia is proud to present to you: DEATHWISH by The Gin Club. The band’s new piece of work is out May 29 and the band is taking DEATHWISH on the road from mid-June.

Over the past six years, The Gin Club have established themselves as one of Australia’s most exciting bands, both through their studio albums as well as their inimitable live performances. Continually evolving from the traditional folk/country of their self-titled debut,

The Gin Club’s seven person songwriting roster has developed a unique and distinctive style.Whilst they defy easy categorisation, their music contains elements of acoustic folk, wide screen rock’n’roll, psychedelia, country, pop and more - all delivered with a distinctly Antipodean flavour. They have been compared to artists such as The Triffids, The Go Betweens and The Band.

Their live performances have become legendary, with all seven members singing lead, swapping instruments and harmonies, and performing everything from intimate acoustic ballads to wall-of-sound onslaughts.

The Gin Club’s fourth album DEATHWISH is due out 29th May 2010 through Shock Records, and features the single “Rain”, as well as stand-out tracks “Pennies”, “Say You Will”, “Choppin’ Wood” and “Shake Hands”.

Join them as they launch DEATHWISH in Sydney and Melbourne in June and at three very special shows at the Troubadour, Brisbane in early July. Each night will feature a different set list, including songs requested by fans, and a different line-up of outstanding support acts.

Full tour details here .

26/04/10

Vegas Kings take on Europe...again

Volcanos permitting, Mere Noise stalwarts Vegas Kings are heading back to Europe for a run of shows this month.

DATES:

THE NETHERLANDS
May 5th – Middelburg – Kaffee T Hof
May 6th – Groningen – Club Vera

GERMANY
May 7th – Berlin – White Trash Fast Food
May 8th – Chemnitz – Subway to Peter
May 9th – Sollingen – Walldmeister

BELGIUM
May 11th – Kortrijk – The Pits

NETHERLANDS
May 12th – Utrecht – Dbs
May 13th – Amsterdam – Pacific Parc

FRANCE
May 14th – Rennes – Le Sambre
May 15th – Paris – Les Combustibles

More details online now at http://www.merenoise.net

24/04/10

Jeff Tain Watts - new record out now on Pinnacles

New York Drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts latest release titled "WATTS" is now available down under exclusively through Brisbane label Pinnacles Music .

"WATTS" is Jeff’s fifth release as bandleader features a quartet of prodigious contemporary jazz talent - Branford Marsalis (sax), Terence Blanchard (trumpet), Christian McBride (bass) and Jeff on drums.

Not only one of the most in demand jazz and influential drummers in the world today, Jeff is also renowned for his unique compositions.

“WATTS” shares 10 tracks of his creative works flavoured with spectacular improvisations, swing, sarcasm, politics, irony and percussive finesse

Visit Pinnacles online for more details.

23/04/10

Sarah Blasko announces Spring tour

Dew Process artist Sarah Blasko is a performer of untouchable talent.

Currently touring in Europe where the pan-European release of her phenomenal third album, “As Day Follows Night” has been welcomed with open arms and to serious acclaim, Sarah returns home in October for a five week tour across the nation – from Albury to Townsville and everywhere in between – including major performances at theatre venues in all capital cities.  

 Promising a retrospective program revisiting her whole repertoire, Blasko’s live shows always deliver more. Her previous tours have seen fellow musicians Robert Forster of the Go-Betweens, Glenn Richards of Augie March and Tim Rogers join her on stage. And who could forget the startling costumes of last year’s national tour?    Her inimitable music, glowing reviews from Stockholm to Paris to London and her beguiling charm and humility have also secured Sarah releases in the USA, Canada and South Africa later this year.

"A monumental release and one that offers something new with every listen ... imagine a whole world compacted into twelve songs and you're some part of the way there."  **** MAVERICK, UK (March 2010)  

 "Wry, understated tales of redemption and disorientation ... lovely and thoughtful"  **** Q MAGAZINE, UK John Aizlewood (May 2010)   

“'As Day Follows Night' …is a delight for connoisseurs of assertive pop. Majestic.”  **** LE METRO, France (April 2010)

Following a tour in the UK through April and May with The Temper Trap, Sarah will head to the USA in June and back to Europe for the festival season through July and August and then back to the USA for headline shows in September, before returning to Australian shores.    

“As Day Follows Night” is out now through Dew Process/UMA. Sarah Blasko is the winner of the J Award, The Rolling Stone Award for Best Female and the ARIA for Best Female. All three of her albums have far surpassed platinum sales.

Full tour details at http://www.dew-process.com

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Turkey Tiki-Time Sampler Compilation

100 Songs project launched

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My Fiction head to LA for MUSEXPO

Undead Apes announce more shows

Halfway tour with Knievel, Silent Feature Era and Jackie Marshall

New single from Ektoise

Tetra issue Live at Gallery of Modern Art

Plus One's Silent Feature Era launch debut

A Band Goes Bald

Nova Scotia's 'secret' launch

Mr Maps album launch goes ahead...at last

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We All Want To head south, really south

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Mr Maps launch new single in Sydney

Hits...now on vinyl!

Halfway announce album launch tour

My Fiction reveal album tour dates

New Hell Crab City album 'Full Bore' in stores now

SLB June 18 launch event - playing times online now...

soundslikebrisbane goes live...

Regurgitator: What up...

Trans Am release "Thing" on VALVE

The Gin Club presents Deathwish

Vegas Kings take on Europe...again

Jeff Tain Watts - new record out now on Pinnacles

Sarah Blasko announces Spring tour

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08/07/11 REGURGITATOR crusing GUESTS and VIDEO COMP!

06/07/11 SLB Label Parties at the Crown Hotel

03/07/11 Turkeyneck Records signs Brisbane thug garage punks Shrewms

03/07/11 Screamin Stevies third album for Turkeyneck

18/03/11 Rock Auction for flood relief

17/03/11 New clip from Last Dinosaurs

20/01/11 SLB goes global

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