OUR FAVOURITE FLORIDA NATIVES 'POISON THE WELL' GET ALL ROTTEN

Poison the Well. Think for a second about just what those three words imply, and you’ll have a good idea of how these South Florida-based post-hardcore titans have approached music since their 1998 debut. With their fifth studio album, The Tropic Rot, Poison the Well reach the apex of the idea behind their name, rolling out a wide-angle take on heavy music that’s so fully realized in its boundary-pushing, it makes it impossible to imagine the genre in any other way.

Like 2007’s Versions and the 2008 7” vinyl EP series I/III, II/III and III/III that sprang from that album’s sessions, The Tropic Rot is more post-hardcore than hardcore proper. Recorded in California with legendary producer Steve Evetts (Every Time I Die, Dillinger Escape Plan, The Cure, Story of the Year), the album finds PTW working with non-traditional instrumentation, cinematic influences, and bigger-than-ever guitar and vocal melodies.

The Tropic Rot also marks the first time since in year's that the band has stayed so close to home to work on a record. (Both Versions and 2003’s lone major-label release You Come before You were cut in Sweden.) This experience had a profound impact on The Tropic Rot’s outcome.  Since 1999’s The Opposite of December (widely considered one of the greatest hardcore albums of the past decade), Poison the Well have cut a deep path outside of their home base, selling over 300,000 albums in the U.S. while refining a massively influential sound that’s as heavy sonically as it is emotionally. Extensive international touring – with a cast of tour partners ranging from Deftones, Hatebreed and Shadows Fall to Thursday, Glassjaw and the (International) Noise Conspiracy – has kept the band in front of progressively bigger audiences as much as it has expanded PTW’s influence into worlds both in and outside of heavy music’s usual boundaries.

With a solid lineup locked and relentless touring planned for The Tropic Rot’s wake, Poison the Well are ready to keep moving forward in other ways as well. But no matter where the journey takes them, Primack says, the spirit that’s always driven these five guys to get out there and make some noise remains the same.

Listen to ‘Cinema’ taken from The Tropic Rot on Stomp Radio

Posted: Friday, 19 June 2009

HANDSOME FURS COMING TO AUSTRALIA THIS AUGUST!

Handsome Furs, the husband and wife duo from Montreal, ain't no Partridge family – its the dynamic side project for Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade with his partner poet Alexi Perry.Together they deliver a seductive mix of ramshackled synths, dissonant guitar and achy passionate vocals that leave you feeling hopeless, passionate, angry, lustful and utterly human.

Rising from the culturally heady broth of Montreal the Handsome Furs began in 2006 between Dan’s other projects Wolf Parade and Atlas Strategic. In 2008 they begun work on their second album Face Control, released on seminal label Sub Pop home of Fleet Foxes, Band Of Horses, CSS and The Shins. Face Control followed the pair’s trip to Russia and that Soviet milieu injected itself into the album’s often bleak appraisal of the modern condition as the Handsome Furs launch into stirring protests songs of the heart - the rousing cry of the scorned and heartbroken.

Casting off the orchestration of Wolf Parade has allowed Boeckner to create an intimate live experience with audiences from US to Serbia. By stripping back the sound he hasn’t removed any of its fervour; if anything it has strengthened its passion. Drawing on Boeckner’s own cathartic purge, Handsome Furs create a conversation with the audience as these two lone figures chant the chorus of deconstruction. These are the songs that couldn’t wait for another Wolf Parade album, they are the stories he had to tell now. Themes of lust, love and mournful heartbreak paint the picture of the common man at the bottom of the 21st century, part desperate romantic, part enemy of the state, far from a hero.

The Handsome Furs bring their energizing performances to Australia in August with shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, this is Australia’s chance to see the what the rest of the world has been salivating over.

Face Control and Plague Park out now. 

Debut Australian Tour August 2009 Dates

MELBOURNE – Thursday 27th
The Corner Hotel proudly supported by Beat

SYDNEY - Saturday 28th
Oxford Art Factory proudly supported by FBI

PERTH - Sunday 30th
Amplifier

Tickets on sale Friday June 19th from Civilsociety.com.au, Corner Hotel, and Moshtix.com.au

Posted: Friday, 19 June 2009

EMERY RELEASE THEIR 4TH ALBUM VIA LONG TIME PARTNERS TOOTH & NAIL AND STOMP

Emery, the ever-evolving rock quintet originally from South Carolina that has been making its mark since 2000, have just released its fourth full-length album, “…In Shallow Seas We Sail”, via longtime home Tooth & Nail Records/Stomp Entertainment.

“…In Shallow Seas We Sail” picks up right where Emery’s last release, the EP “While Broken Hearts Prevail” (2008) left off, both thematically and stylistically. This fourth album continues the tradition of Emery’s dual front-man format, with Toby Morell and Devin Shelton once again sharing lead vocal and bass guitar duties. Emery’s fourth album combines the band’s trademark screams and breakdowns, and balances these heavy sounds with catchy hooks and melodies. “…In Shallow Seas We Sail” was recorded on and off between September 2008 and February 2009, and was co-produced by guitarist Matt Carter and Aaron Sprinkle, who also helmed the boards for Emery’s 2005 album “The Question.”

“I think this record is the best representation of Emery,” said Morrell. “If you like Emery, this will be the record you love the most. This is our most complete album. You can listen to each individually and not get burnt out. At the same time, you will love the overall story of the record and the journey it takes you on.” Since forming in 2000, Emery has embarked upon at least three national tours per year, sharing the stage with such artists as Chiodos, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Silverstein, Alexisonfire and Hawthorne Heights. Originally formed near Greenville, S.C., Emery is now spread throughout the U.S., with members in South Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, and Washington.

Recently toured as part of Soundwave 2009!!

Check out the track ‘Piggy Bank Lies’ on Stomp Radio here

Posted: Friday, 19 June 2009

SUBPOP LABEL MATE TINY VIPERS IS BACK WITH NEW ALBUM 'LIFE ON EARTH'.

Tiny Vipers is Jesy Fortino, a musician living in Seattle. Since her last and first album, 2007’s Hands Across the Void, she has been back and forth across Europe, on tours into and through the United States, transfixing audiences into a solemn hush.
 
Transcending the mere folk tag (“She’s not telling stories; she’s after incantation and trance”—New York Times), Fortino leaves behind her contemporaries. Life On Earth has been deconstructed into an aether that floats beside the poignant lyrics. Drawing from disparate inspirational sources, from the avant-garde or country musician Townes Van Zandt, Fortino’s playing is no imitation. It stands as its own, giving a musical life to those themes that inhabit her lyricisms: love found and lost, places come and gone. The persona of this album stands like a mountain watching the world go by, changing so fast. The future annihilates the past, consuming it like a fire.
 
Yet this is no bleak dirge. There are triumphs hidden behind the sorrows. A shining hope permeates the threat of doom here. Desperation fades and leaves you free in the end.

Life on Earth is out Now.

Posted: Friday, 19 June 2009

DJ GREGORY & JULIEN JABRE COMPILE THE NEXT INSTALLMENT IN THE 'HOUSE MASTERS' SERIES

House music as we know it has been unarguably shaped by the French contingent, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the percussive diversity of DJ Gregory and the sublime sounds of Julien Jabre. Long term friends and creative partners, between them they have produced some of the most evocative and timeless records that dancefloors around the world have had the pleasure of absorbing.

From Gregory’s ‘Elle’ to Julien’s ‘Swimming Places’, it’s hard to imagine a House culture with out their influence. Here is 20 of their productions, unmixed, across 2 CD's. A feast for the ears and for the soul.

House Masters drops on the 3rd of July. Pre-order now.

Posted: Friday, 19 June 2009

NEW ALEKS & THE RAMPS VIDEO FOR 'ANTIQUE LIMB' ONLINE NOW

Aleks And The Ramps have gone and made themselves a music video for 'Antique Limb'!

WATCH IT HERE

Daggy dad dancing, bad lip synching, exploding sharks, rocket boots, animal heads attached to naked bodies, cats with laser beam eyes - it's all here and created entirely by Aleks himself.

Don't forget that the mess+noise presented Midnight Believer tour is happening now!

Posted: Friday, 19 June 2009

THE WAIT IS OVER FOR METAL FANS AS THE DARKEST HOUR RELEASE 'THE ETERNAL RETURN'

This is the DARKEST HOUR record that metal fans have been waiting for; the record that they have had bottled up inside them since they started 14 years ago.  Let’s face it; this band damn near defined the entire New Wave of American Metal sound. The very style blended the raw, hardcore punk of the 80s with the Scandinavian death metal of the 90s and forged a sound that is now the model for modern metal. To close off the decade in style, DARKEST HOUR has crafted a record that will make heads spin and inspire metal fans world-wide. Faster, heavier, and deeper than anything they have ever recorded, The Eternal Return is the defining record of this proud American metal institution. 

The Eternal Return is epic and furious metal written by metal-heads for metal-heads. Quite simply, this is a record created by musicians who have dedicated half their lives to aggressive and unrelenting music. The Eternal Return is the reinvention of the finest elements of DARKEST HOUR’S celebrated history, making it the absolute modern thrash metal masterpiece that may very well be the next all blueprint for bands to follow.

Check out the first single ’No God’ on Radio Stomp

And studio updates from Darkest Hour on Stomp TV 

The Eternal Return is out now.

Posted: Friday, 19 June 2009

CICADA RELEASE 'ROULETTE' NEXT WEEK

Cicada came to exist originally as the remix and production duo of Alex and Aaron, and in no time released a series of acclaimed remixes of artists as diverse as Depeche Mode, New Order, Chelonis Jones, Electric Six, 13 Senses and even lad-rock heroes The Enemy. They soon started working on their own material and after a series of singles released their debut album through Payne’s own indie label Critical Mass. Mixmag declared it ‘a gorgeous selection of songs’, while DJ mag gave it the seal of approval, stating that the record,  ‘excels with its retro vs modern feel’.

The follow up to their self-titled debut album of 2006, ‘Roulette’ effortlessly ranges in styles; from the best moments of vintage electro-pop on the euphoric lead single ‘Metropolis’ (already receiving support from BBC Radio 1), to the darkest recesses of electronic-indie on ‘Executive’, featuring Tom Smith of Editors on vocals.

Dance fans will hear echoes of William Orbit’s finest moments and Daft Punk’s seminal debut on the gloriously percussive ‘P-Star’.  Indie fans will latch onto Technique-era New Order. Pop fans will simply hear great melodies and concise song-writing reminiscent of Blondie at their peak. Throughout, ‘Roulette’ is underpinned by consistently big and intelligent beats, washes of glorious synths, and the haunting, hugely melodic vocals of Icelandic siren Heidrun Bjornsdottir.

"All in all it's just great. Bringing the good parts of Daft Punk, New Order and modern indie styled dance, Cicada have struck gold. 'Metropolis' and 'Psycho Thrills' stands head and shoulders above the rest but that is due to their sheer brilliance. The rest of the tracks will have you mesmerised throughout. An instant classic."
-Allgigs.co.uk

“We played this fantastic festival called Good Vibes in Australia. We thought we’d be stuffed in a tent in the corner but the promoters said, ‘We absolutely adore the album, do you mind going on the main stage before The Beastie Boys and Snoop Dogg’.” - Alex Payne(Cicada)

Watch the video here

Roulette is out on the 26th of June. Order the album now

Posted: Friday, 19 June 2009

ALEKS & THE RAMPS GET SET FOR THE 'MIDNIGHT BELIEVER' NATIONAL TOUR.

From the desk of aleks & the ramps: 

After a whirlwind micro-tour supporting our single Antique Limb, we've put the final layer of shininess to the tour plans for our new album Midnight Believer which is out through Stomp and now we're ready to let ya'll know when and where we'll be kicking out these jams in the flesh.

TOUR DATES
Thursday 18th June - Newcastle - The Lass O'Gowrie
Saturday 20th June - Sydney - The Hopetoun Hotel
Saturday 27th June - Brisbane - Top Floor
Friday 3rd July - Hobart - The Brisbane Hotel
Sunday 5th July - Belgrave - Ruby's Lounge
Thursday 9th July - Adelaide - The Jade Monkey
Friday 10th July - Melbourne - Roxanne Parlour
All shows will be supported by MIXYLODIAN (Montreal)
     
Hopefully at least one of these shows is near you (sorry Perth!) and you've got nothing else on that you really need to attend to. Should you choose to stay at home, we've provided many options for the web-savvy stalker: (our blog, twitter, myspace, flickr)

This tour is extra exciting for us, as the support act we're bringing along with us is our buddy Mike, fresh off the plane from his hometown, Montreal. The band he fronts, Mixylodian, is an electro/indie project consisting of himself and a revolving cast of humans, gameboys, samplers and backing tracks. On this particular tour, he'll be playing some songs solo, and some with a backing band, which is us!. We're just learning his songs now, très excitement!

The album has been receiving some nice press, and maybe you've heard bits of it on the radio or the information superhighway, but you don't really get the full experience without being the same room as extreme wheeze's glimmering cod-piece.

Do come!

Posted: Tuesday, 9 June 2009

NEW MAYLENE & THE SONS OF DISASTER TRACK ONLINE NOW.

 In addition to the news of the new album and constant touring schedule, Maylene and The Sons of Disaster has leaked the first song from the band's upcoming album. You can listen to the song, "Just A Shock" streaming now on Stomp Radio here!

Birmingham, Alabama's Maylene and The Sons of Disaster are a wild bunch. The band plays a swampy form of hugely humongous chaotic rock, almost certainly influenced by the likes of ZZ Top, Guns N' Roses, or AC/DC (or more recently, Every Time I Die or Underoath), and have quite possibly just finished recording their breakout record.

Entitled III, the band will release the new album on JUNE 19th courtesy of Ferret Music/Stomp Entertainment. To kick off the festivities they've just embarked on a full US tour with friends and monstrous rockers Clutch (as well as more tour dates keeping the band on the road through the end of Summer).

LISTEN HERE

Posted: Tuesday, 9 June 2009

MICHAEL GIRA RECKONS 'FIRE ON FIRE' SOUND LIKE A CRAZED VENGEFUL GOSPEL BAND! NEW ALBUM - OUT 26 JUNE.

Fire On Fire used to be the art-punk-prog-chaos collective Cerberus Shoal, but they ditched their electric instruments, went into hiding for a while, and now play acoustic—stand-up bass, mandolin, banjo, harmonium, accordion, acoustic guitar, dobro, etc.—and all sing and harmonize on the songs. Live, they do it “old school” and just use two mics placed in front of them on the stage, like a bluegrass band. They all live in the same house up in Maine, across from rusting green oil tanks, apparently.

The Orchard is out on the 26th of June.

They sound like a backwoods, fierce, psychedelic Mamas and the Papas or a crazed and joyously vengeful gospel string band. They feed off each and propel other as musicians with a powerful and joyous energy. It’s all acoustic, but it’s not in the least folky. More old-timey incantations—American music with excellent words, performed with the honed violence of intent that truly great music requires.
—Michael Gira (Swans, Angels Of Light) / Young God Records

Click here to listen to the first single 'Sirocco'

Posted: Tuesday, 9 June 2009

'SONG OF SHAME' BY WOODS COMES OUT THIS JULY

The fourth full-length by Woods, Songs of Shame, veers away from the lo-fi guerrillas-in-the-mist sound of their previous long-player, At Rear House, and presents both 90-second and ten-minute forays into skeletal psychedelia. The idiosyncratic songwriting style and vocalizing of Jeremy Earl is still present in spades on the album.

Woods have toured incessantly as a trio over the last 12 months, and the songs on Shame have had their mettle tested. Check out the straight-ahead pop of “To Clean” or the “Neil Jung” push/pull of “Rain On.” Elsewhere, an expansive side of the band hinted at on their Woods Family Creeps LP finds full flight on the subtle ten-minute stretch “September With Pete” (that features Peter Nolan of Magik Markers guesting).

Woods are currently touring the US with label mates Crystal Stilts and Blank Dogs.

“Songs of Shame has that almost subliminal ability to make one want to move in to listen more closely. And once you've been drawn in for a good listen, it becomes difficult not to want to come back for many more.”  Pitchfork – 8.5 (http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12837-songs-of-shame/)

Posted: Tuesday, 9 June 2009

HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR TO RELEASE MIX ALBUM 'SIDETRACKED' THROUGH RENAISSANCE/STOMP - OUT 13 JULY

Hercules, aka Andy Butler, self-titled album on DFA wowed critics and music fans across the board in 2008 with tracks such as ‘Blind’ and ‘You Belong’. Their soulful blend of disco-inspired songs provided the perfect soundtrack to summer. A year on, ‘Sidetracked’ arrives just in time for those demanding a similar musical fix.

Andy honed his craft DJing at various underground parties in New York, so returning to the decks was a very natural step for him. He’s used the comp to showcase a broad sweep of classic house and disco, plus a brand new Hercules’ exclusive. Says Andy, “I am excited by this compilation to realize two ends: it’s a slamming mix with tracks that have historically made me freak out in the club, along with new productions - including my Hercules & Love Affair exclusive.”

"Sidetracked has been developed to show the other side of bands from the electronic genre who can, and do, DJ,” says Renaissance Geoff Oakes, ”It's an opportunity to offer a diverse, unique series, which makes Hercules & Love Affair the more than perfect choice to kick-start matters."

Click here to listen to the promo

The compilation will come as a 2-disc set: mixed and specially re-mastered unmixed format

Tracklisting

CD ONE – MIXED
1. WestBam - And Party
2. Sax – No Pares (Don’t Stop)
3. Hercules & Love Affair – I Can’t Wait
4. In Flagranti – I Never Screwed Around Before
5. Dubwise – Hold me Real Tight
6. Fax Yourself – Sunshine
7. Todd Terry Project – Weekend
8. Daniel Wang – Zola Has Landed
9. Rhythm Masters – Oh Oh Why
10. Los Kings Del Mambo – Studio X
11. Dr. Buzzards Original Savannah Band – I’ll Play The Fool
12. Ray Martinez Jnr – Lady of the Night
13. Gino Soccio – Dream On
14. Rainbow Team – Dreaming

CD TWO – UNMIXED & RE-MASTERED
1. Westbam – And Party
2. In Flagranti – I Never Screwed Around Before
3. Dubwise – Hold me Real Tight
4. Fax Yourself – Sunshine
5. Todd Terry Project – Weekend
6. Daniel Wang – Zola Has Landed
7. Los Kings Del Mambo – Studio X
8. Dr. Buzzards Original Savannah Band – I’ll Play The Fool
9. Ray Martinez Jnr – Lady of the Night
10. Gino Soccio – Dream On
11. Rainbow Team – Dreaming

Posted: Tuesday, 9 June 2009

EARTH CRISIS TOUR KICKS OFF NEXT WEEK! LOCAL SUPPORTS ANNOUNCED.

One of the most anticipated and talked about reunions of 2008 was without a doubt the reformation of Syracuse NY-based quintet EARTH CRISIS. The pioneers of the hardcore, straight edge movement have now officially made the decision to carry on with the band fulltime and are proud to announce a new worldwide deal with Century Media Records. The band’s most devastating offering to date, “To The Death”, is going to serve as a much needed wake up call to the masses!

EARTH CRISIS’ chugging riffs and barked declarations served as the mouthpiece of America's militant vegan, straight-edge movement throughout the '90s, detailing the ideas of animal and human liberation, drug-free living, and personal empowerment through hardcore song.

Now, for the first time in Australia, new and old fans alike can witness the reformation of a legend – EARTH CRISIS live, this June.

Joining EARTH CRISIS is Australia’s own hardcore legends, DAY OF CONTEMPT. The first band to bring hardcore to the masses in this country, DAY OF CONTEMPT disbanded in 2005, leaving hoards of fans in their wake. Rumours of a reunion tour have abounded since then, and the calls from fans have finally been answered – DAY OF CONTEMPT reuniting in June for 5 shows only! And to complete this amazing line up, the cream of the New Zealand crop – ANTAGONIST A.D.

BUY TICKETS HERE

Wednesday 17th June  - Princess Theatre, Brisbane (All Ages)
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS xTHE WARx
8 Annerley Rd, Woolloongabba. Doors @ 6:00pm.
Tickets on sale now @ http://www.stomp.com.au/, Oztix Outlets (Rocking Horse Records, Kill the Music, Butter Beats, Gooble Warming, Moshpit Music Maroochydore, Sunflower MusicPacific Fair, Disasterpiece Southport) http://www.oztix.com.au/ or 1300 762 545

Thursday 18th June – The Hi Fi, Brisbane (18+)
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS AGAINST
125 Boundary St, West End. Doors @ 8:00pm.
Tickets on sale now @ http://www.stomp.com.au/, http://www.thehifi.com.au/, 1300-THEHIFI (1300-8434434) & Oztix Outlets (Rocking Horse Records, Kill the Music, Butter Beats, Gooble Warming, Moshpit Music Maroochydore, Sunflower MusicPacific Fair, Disasterpiece Southport)

Friday 19th June – Manning Bar, Sydney (Licensed All Ages)
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS RELENTLESS
Level 2 Manning House: Manning Rd, Sydney University. Doors @ 7:00pm.
Tickets on sale now @ http://www.stomp.com.au/, Moshtix Outlets, http://www.moshtix.com.au/, 1300 438 849, Manning Bar http://www.manningbar.com/ or 1300 762 545 & Oztix Outlets, http://www.oztix.com.au/ 1300 762 545

Saturday 20th June – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne (18+)
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS IRON MIND
57 Swan St, Richmond. Doors @ 8:30pm.
Tickets on sale now @ http://www.stomp.com.au/, the Corner Box Office (03) 9427 9198, http://www.cornerhotel.com/ & Missing Link (03) 9670 8208

Sunday 21st June – The Gov, Adelaide (Licensed All Ages)
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS CRY MURDER
59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh. Doors @ 7:00pm.
Tickets on sale now @ http://www.stomp.com.au/, Moshtix Outlets, http://www.moshtix.com.au/, 1300 438 849 & Venuetix Outlets, http://www.venuetix.com.au/ or (08) 8225 8888

Posted: Tuesday, 9 June 2009

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA HIT #11 ON THE US BILLBOARD CHARTS

The Devil Wears Prada’s  new album “With Roots Above And Branches Below” has debuted at #11 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart!

The band scanned over 30,883 (31,152 RTD) albums within a week in the U.S. with initial reports that they sold over 15,000 copies the first day.  This flurry of sales also landed the band as #1 on the Indie Rock Chart, #1 on the Hard Music Chart and #1 on the Christian chart.

Speaking on the first week’s results Ferret Music/Channel ZERO’s Carl Severson said “Ferret Music and Channel ZERO endeavour to develop artists – be it via our label, management, touring or other companies.  The music industry is far from dead and we’re excited to have talented, passionate, hardworking bands like The Devil Wears Prada working with us to prove  Our thanks to everyone at The Independent Label Group, Artery, The Agency Group and everyone that hustles for music! Look forward to more big things from Ferret and CZ!

The Devil Wears Prada recently wrapped up their national headlining tour entitled “The Sweet Brag Tour.”  Most of the 43 dates were sold out and the band is now readying for a summer on the main stage of Warped Tour. 

Check out ‘Big Wiggly Style’ taken from ‘With Roots Above and Branches Below’ HERE

Posted: Monday, 25 May 2009

MINITEL ROSE? THE NEWEST FRENCH SENSATION SINCE JUSTICE.

Minitel Rose has been tearing up the French electro pop scene for the last 12 months. With a mindset somewhere between 'Blue Monday' (1983) and 'Flashdance' (1984) and contemporary bands such as Justice and Daft Punk, Minitel Rose's first record is a real dance music treasure for fans of modern pop music. Full of synthetic hooks and catchy vocals, ‘The French Machine’ captures an album full of youthful vibrancy and plenty of pure pop pleasures.

Since their buzz on myspace in 2008 which saw their first track ‘Be With You’ receive 100,000 plays in its first day, Minitel Rose (Quentin Gauvin (keyboards/vox), Raphael d’Hervez (vox), Romain Leme (keyboards)) have become a huge band in France and are now poised to conquer the world. With recent remixes for the likes of Gonzales, Of Montreal, Fischerspooner and tour slots with Sebastien Tellier and Yelle ‘The French Machine’ will see them explode globally in 2009. “When I Was A Punk” gets New Order and Metallica inspired synth riffs, twisting around a real leitmotiv.

"It was Saturday night, and I was drunk" and more than half of the album's tracks are real hits, that swing between the golden period of Depeche Mode to the new sounds of pop coming through the airwaves of Europe. The opening “Elevator” twists tough electro-house beats over scything synth hooks as Quentin and Raphael fight over the microphone, “Magic Powder” uses a catchy whistle to evoke the memory of early 80s electro hooks whilst the band add their own pop pastiche over the top and new single “Continue” sounds like Daft Punk doing battle with Klaxons.

Feeling nostalgic for a time they didn't even know, Minitel Rose's musicians have been influenced by TV show soundtracks like Knight Rider and The A•Team and in a sense ‘The French Machine’ is a love letter for the bygone time that became pop music’s golden era. Minitel Rose are fighting to bring it back to its former glory and ‘The French Machine’ could very well be the key.

"Minitel Rose share Klaxons’ melodic sensibility, Boy Crisis’ lissom sophistication and, at their best (whistle-tastic single ‘Magic Powder’, a potential indie-electro ‘Young Folks’), Lykke Li’s spare sound palette." - NME
 
Tracklisting
Elevator
Business Woman
Be With You
Magic Powder
Continue
When I Was Punk
Better Days (Part. 2)

Watch Minitel Rose's video for Magic Powder here

Posted: Monday, 25 May 2009

CURSIVE RELEASE THE FOLLOW UP TO 'HAPPY HOLLOW' TITLED 'MAMA I'M SWOLLEN' ON THE 19TH OF JUNE

Ever since Cursive burst onto the music scene with their 1997 debut album, the band has consistently and continually churned out heady albums heralded by critics and fans alike. Wrestling with life’s miseries and mysteries, Mama, I’m Swollen is an album brimming with the universal, questioning the human condition, social morality, and the “Peter Pan Syndrome” of grown men.

After the underground success of their third album, Cursive’s Domestica, in 2000, the band followed up with what would prove to be their breakthrough album, The Ugly Organ, in 2003. A self-aware conceptual record about artistic constraints (or lack thereof), relationships, sex, and the intersection of all three, it landed them on the Arts section cover of The New York Times and accolades from Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, Blender, Magnet, Esquire, and Spin – as well as a place on many year-end best lists. Cursive spent the next year and a half touring the album relentlessly, playing Coachella and being handpicked by The Cure for their Curiosa tour in late 2004.

Exhausted and admittedly daunted by the task of following up a hit record, Cursive went on hiatus before re-emerging with the adventurous Happy Hollow in 2006. Lauded as a triumphant comeback by publications such as Alternative Press, Spin, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and Blender, the album examined small-town angst, American dreams, and religion. Midway through touring in early 2007, original drummer Clint Schnase amicably departed the band. Cornbread Compton (formerly of Engine Down) officially signed on as drummer by this time and what musically unfolded from this newly realized foursome was indeed…Cursive.

Kasher is a storyteller, a weaver of songs that can read more like short stories or fables than the standard verse-chorus-verse. Mama, I’m Swollen finds him at his literate, lyrical best, where references to both Poe (“Going To Hell”) and Pinocchio (“Donkeys”) are intertwined seamlessly within his own tales of characters grappling with the moral quandary of being human, adult, and playing a role in ‘civilized’ society. Musically, Cursive is as smart and sophisticated as ever, the songs’ rousing, cerebral content complemented by moments alternately hushed and exhilarating (the cathartic first single “From The Hips,” the noisily melodic romp “I Couldn’t Love You”), eerily moody and jaunty (the almost prayer-like “Let Me Up,” “Mama, I’m Swollen”) – moments that often occur within the very same song. From the charging bass lines of album opener “In The Now” to the quiet first chords of confessional closer “What Have I Done?”, Mama, I’m Swollen is a natural progression that remains distinctively Cursive: a fluid amalgamation of the band’s sound past, present, and future – a band that both your punk kid sister and English lit grad student best friend can call their own.

Whew. Mama, I’m Swollen is also one very simple thing: an amazing Cursive record, proving yet again why – after all these years – the quartet remains one of the most exciting and inventive rock bands today.

Click here to listen to the first single 'From The Hips'

Album out 19th June through Saddle Creek/Stomp.

Posted: Monday, 25 May 2009

EAT SKULL NIXES THE 'LO-FI' TAG WITH NEW ALBUM 'WILD & INSIDE' OUT THIS JUNE

Eat Skull’s Sick to Death received worldwide accolades for its frantic pacing, unimpeachable lyric quality, and nugget after nugget of pop hooks buried under a gob of lo-fi muzz. On this follow-up, Wild & Inside, fans and critics will find a cleaner, more inimitable Eat Skull at work. Front man Rob Enbom has outdone himself with both lyrics and structure on Wild and Inside, and the band as a whole rises to the challenge of nixing the lo-fi tag for a sound that’s less... antecedent.

Gone is the wall of crud that prevents discerning listeners from identifying the instrumental play-by-play; in its stead, a set of crafted songs recall the paisley punk of The Last and the rural-delica of Great Plains, as well as nodding to the sanguine pop of early Flying Nun bands such as The Double Happys. Wild and Inside is a grower for the ages. It breathes deep and exhales perfectly.

Eat Skull performed to packed crowds at this year’s SXSW and will be trekking the world over throughout 2009.

“On their first album Sick to Death, the Portland, Ore., band Eat Skull mashes together almost everything that’s great about trashy art-punk, weirdo fuzz-garage, skuzzy punk-pop, Kiwi garage-rock and off-kilter bedroom-strum. ...once your ears adjust, you realize that it’s all killer, no filler.” — Pitchfork (8.3 rating)

Sneak Peek of the album here

Posted: Monday, 25 May 2009

THE RED SHORE 'LOST VERSES' CHARTS AT #3 ON THE ARIA HEATSEEKER CHART.

The Red Shore hit the charts last week in a big way with the release of Lost Verses!!

CHART RESULTS

#3 - Aria Hitseeker Chart
#4 - Jagermeister AIR 100% Indie Albums Chart - MOVER OF THE WEEK!!
#11 - Jagermeister AIR Indie Label Albums Chart
#85 - ARIA Top 100 Physical Albums
#91- ARIA Top 100 Albums

Listen to the track ‘Pulling Teeth’ from Lost Verses HERE

Check out the video for ‘Vehemence the Phoenix’, taken from ‘Unconsecrated’ HERE

Posted: Monday, 25 May 2009

HEAD ON DOWN TO THE BLUE ATLAS WINTER BALL.

Please join Charles Jenkins and The Zhivagos for an epic night of entertainment as we welcome our special guests Clare Bowditch, Anna Burley, Abby Dobson, Spencer P Jones, Davey Lane, Tim Rogers, Kerri Simpson, Cal and Van Walker along with the Blue Atlas Strings performing songs from the Charles Jenkins and the Zhivagos magnum opus Blue Atlas.

Saturday 4 July
The Corner Hotel Richmond
With more guests to be announced, the Blue Atlas
Winter Ball promises to be a night not to be missed!
Tix $20 plus booking fee
from the Corner Box Office 11am-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com

Posted: Monday, 18 May 2009

TEAM B (KELLY PRATT OF BEIRUT/ARCADE FIRE) RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM THIS JUNE

The previous two years have been extremely busy for Kelly Pratt. Between touring with The Arcade Fire and Beirut and recording with Coldplay, Nina Persson, Final Fantasy, The Macabees, Bishop Allen, Herman Dune, and many others, there shouldn’t be time to breathe, much less write songs. This busy sideman lifestyle is the driving force behind Pratt’s new project Team B.

While on tour in 2007 and 2008 with Arcade Fire and Beirut, he realized that down time should be spent doing something more productive than keg stands. Armed with his laptop and the myriad instruments present on stage, he snuck off by himself to work on a series of new songs that reflect his wide tastes in music. Written in hotel rooms in the middle of the night, crammed backstage dressing rooms, and noisy airports, these songs are the Team B debut album.

In his weeks off tour, the songs were tweaked, partially re-recorded, and perfected in his apartment and various studios around Brooklyn. Drummer Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem), bassist Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), and Jon Natchez and Perrin Cloutier (Beirut) all provide invaluable contributions to the album. However, the lion’s share of the music (vocals, guitars, horns, keyboards) is performed by the multi-instrumentalist leader. The strength of Team B’s debut lies primarily in Pratt’s diverse songwriting. The lounge-pop opener ‘On My Mind’ features a roaring, distorted trumpet solo and Mahoney’s impressive drumming. The driving guitars and organ of ‘No Purchase Necessary’ evoke Weezer and Ween more than Arcade Fire, and the Zappa-esque doo-wop closer ‘Salad Days’ is an ironic salute to people feeling nostalgic for the free-for-all Reagan days. The quieter moments of the album include the meditative piano-driven ‘Empty Hallways’ and the minimal electronica of ‘Misma.’

Realising the importance of a great live show, Pratt’s impressive band consists of members of Beirut, Jealous Girlfriends, and Stars Like Fleas. Their first-ever show sold out, due in no small part to mentions on Pitchfork, BrooklynVegan, Stereogum, and other respected music blogs. The reviews were positive, and there are plans for both US and European tours for 2009.

While Team B may have begun as a side-project in the strictest sense of the term, the songwriting and musicianship of the debut and the talent of the live band prove that they are definitely one to watch in 2009.

Click here to listen to the first single 'On My Mind' and keep checking stomp.com.au for more info on this release in the coming weeks.

Posted: Monday, 18 May 2009

DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR BACK WITH NEW ALBUM ‘BETTER WAYS TO DIE’ THIS JULY

DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR’S NEW ALBUM, ‘BETTER WAYS TO DIE’ sET TO HIT STORES ON JULY 24TH, 2009

In the four years since they originally joined the Bridge Nine roster, Death Before Dishonor has released two full-length albums, two 7”’s, and played almost 1,000 shows around the globe.  Now, Death Before Dishonor is gearing up to release their third and most accomplished studio album to date - Better Ways to Die.  This album solidifies Death Before Dishonor’s unflinching ability and desire to establish themselves outside of clichés and the pre-defined constructs of what it is to be “hardcore.”

Recorded by Jim Siegel, Better Ways To Die showcases Death Before Dishonor reaching outside of the safe hardcore formulas both in songs and content while still retaining their roots in the South Boston
upbringing. Better Ways To Die lies somewhere between the harder punk edge of Rancid, the working class anthems of fellow Bostonians Dropkick Murphys, the hardcore attack of Hatebreed and the precision and riffage of Slayer – this is the sound of a true Boston Hardcore band.

Lyrically, Better Ways To Die is an undeniable view into the world that is Death Before Dishonor; the blue collar, overlooked, undervalued segments of society and how we all survive in the face of
adversity.  However, this album pushes beyond just anger and rage as songs like “Remember” and “Our Glory Days” remind us of the hope and salvation that can be found in punk and hardcore music.  And the band takes on relatable and familiar ground, but turn it inside out with a personal outlook and perspective not often found.  You have “Boys In Blue”, which takes the often heard punk mantra “fuck the police” but rather than be an anti-state punk song we’ve heard before-it’s inspired by and about the wrongful arrest and police abuse of Harris’ brother he watched first hand. 

“Coffin Nail” is an anti-drug song but far from a straight edge anthem-it’s a first-hand account of watching people dissipate to drug use in the face of pain and hard luck.  The title track is a unique view on war-it’s not a political or anti-war song- the song is about realizing war’s effects in a poorer neighborhood and is perhaps one of the best Death Before Dishonor songs to date.  Death Before Dishonor is not only writing vitriolic and venomous songs, but Harris gives you a view into their world in the process so you know where they’re coming from and WHY he’s so angry.

Better Ways To Die is the sound of defiance when all one is surrounded with is defeat and marginalization. “If it weren’t for this band, I would be sitting in Massachusetts,” Harris stated.  “In the last two years I’ve been to Australia, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, all across Europe, the US and Canada and I’ve seen all four oceans.  We have no reason to stop now- people are now starting to pay attention.”  Better Ways To Die will be in stores July 24th from Bridge Nine Records/Stomp Entertainment.

 Check back in the coming weeks for more info on this release.

Posted: Monday, 18 May 2009

THE LIKES OF YOU BRING YOU HERNAN CATTANEO & LOCO DICE

The Likes Of You with Hernan Cattaneo, Loco Dice & King Roc.

The month of May was named after the Greek goddess Maia, the goddess of fertility. May now has a new meaning  - The Likes Of You. Legs in stirrups, pumped full of epidural, bursting, ready to drop triplets of the finest DJs that roam the globe. The month of May will represent something different to you after this! Who’s coming to the Mikvah?

It's on this Friday May 15, with support from Mike Callander, Gavin Keitel, Dave Pham, Rollin Connection, Luke McD, Virginia Le, Dean Benson, Andy Hart, Myles Mac, Pat Tassone, Tom Evans, Dwayne T, Nick Jones, Dave Juric, Malakai, Matt Kovic, Safari and Ben Pittard. Get down to Brown Alley for all the festivities.

Posted: Tuesday, 12 May 2009

KANYE WEST & YUSEF MALIK PRESENT G.O.O.D MORNING, G.O.O.D NIGHT - OUT THIS JUNE

Kanye West is one of the most innovative and influential artists walking the earth today. Within the past five years, the Chicago icon has released three full-length albums, moved over 13 million units worldwide and won ten Grammy Awards. That is simply astonishing, and he's just getting started. Now he is on the verge of releasing the FIRST and ONLY independent album from his 'G.O.O.D. Music' label as he and Malik Yusef present G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night. Malik Yusef, an accomplished Emmy, Grammy and Peabody award-winning poet, received acclaim within the music industry when he released his debut album The Greatest Chicago Fire – Cold Day In Hell back in 2003.
 
G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night is two-disc collection consisting of 30 emotional tracks with each song representing a distinctive 48-minute time period of the day. “We talk about the circular aspect of life and how things are 360. The morning and night represents one full day cycle,” Yusef explains. “G.O.O.D. Morning shows the more light aspect and G.O.O.D. Night represents the more sullen aspect of life.”
 
With the release of G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night, Yusef is now only inches away from achieving his primary goal. “I just want to sneak my way into the soul of people and [I want] people to allow me to be apart of their lives,” he says. “I’m just asking permission into their existence, and [I’m using] the music as that vehicle.”
 
'Magic Man' featuring Common, John Legend and Kanye West will serve as the first single, with the rest of the album featuring collaborations with the Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Cassidy, Carl Thomas, Michelle Williams (Destiny's Child), Jadakiss, Jennifer Hudson, KRS-One, Paul Wall, Twista and many more.
 
DAWN TRACKLISTING
1.  G.O.O.D. Morning Luv - Featuring Opal Staples and Amanda Porshe
2.  My People - Featuring KRS-1 and Mreld
3.  Leader (The Jesus Peace) - Featuring Maxamillion, J.V. and Cheryl Lynn Toblin
4.  V.E.R.S.E. (Very Entertaining Recitals Spit Effortlessly) - Featuring Big Sean & Anna Maria Cardinalli
5.  By Your Side - Featuring Michelle Williams & Brando
6.  U-N-I Verses Mine - Featuring Twista and Chip Znuff
7.  Promised Land (extended version) - Featuring Kanye West  and Adam Levine of Maroon 5
8.  Not Love - Featuring J.V. and Mica
9.  Thug Angel - Featuring Christopher Denson and Uneq’ka
10.G.E.M. (G.O.O.D. Enuff Me) - Featuring Tony Williams and Phenom
11.Freshcooldopefly - Featuring Shorty-K and Tassho Pearce Written by M.Jones
12.Just Like Forever - Featuring Erika Shevon
13.Elevated (So High) - Featuring J.V., Benda
14.Breathe Taking - Featuring Uneq’ka
15.Sexuality - Featuring Fast Eddie and Lidell Townsend

DUSK TRACKLISTING
1.  Too Knight (The Underworld) - Featuring Zzaje and Jennifer Hudson
2.  Chicago - Featuring Maxamillion, J.V, Really Doe and GLC
3.  Hit It Again - Featuring Siren
4.  Know God? - Featuring J. Ivy, Red Storm and Fatin Dantzler of Kindred & Family Soul
5.  Magic Man - Featuring Kanye West, Common, John Legend
6.  YUGO - Featuring Brando, Big Nastee and K-Love
7.  My My - Featuring Paul Wall and J.V. 8.  Waited Featuring Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr., J.V. and Nia
9.  The Return (Here She Comes Again) - Featuring Yaw and Mr. Hudson
10.Da Slumz - Featuring Raheem DeVaughn, Kumasi and Bun B
11.Mean to Say - Featuring Vaughn Anthony
12.Addicted - Featuring J.V.
13.Warpath - Featuring Trixie Fender and Queen YoNasDa
14.So Pop U Layer - Featuring Violet Nine
15.Stop - Featuring Spike Rebel, J.V., Slique and Brando Gordon

CHECK BACK IN THE NEXT WEEK FOR MORE INFO

Posted: Friday, 8 May 2009

EMMANUAL JAL IS COMING TO OZ FOR THE SYDNEY WRITERS FESTIVAL 18-24 MAY

Emmanuel Jal will be coming out to Australia to promote his new book War Child: A Boy Soldier's Story as part of the Sydney Writer's Festival which runs from the 18th to the 24th of May.

Emmanuel Jal has won worldwide acclaim for his unique style of hip hop with its message of peace and reconciliation born out of his experiences as a child soldier in Sudan. His music can be heard alongside Coldplay, Gorillaz, and Radiohead on the fundraising ‘Warchild - Help a Day in the Life’ album, as well as in three ER episodes, the National Geographic documentary God Grew Tired of Us, and more recently in the feature film Blood Diamond starring Leonardo DiCaprio. He also featured on John Lennons ‘Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur’ amongst the likes of U2, REM and Lenny Kravitz.

"I strongly recommend this piece of work" - The Independant
".incredibly inspring life story." -  Music Australia Guide
"....no expense is spared with the production." - Drum Media

Posted: Friday, 8 May 2009

DEEZ NUTS MAIN MAN JJ PETERS TEAMS UP WITH NEW ZEALAND HIP HOP ARTIST LOUIE KNUXX TO BRING YOU...GRIPS & TONIC.

Deez Nuts fans will know Louie Knuxx as the smooth stylin MC that graced the tracks "Tonight We're Gonna Party" and "Move Back" from Deez Nuts` debut album Stay True and also as a special guest on the Deez Nuts national Stay True tour. 
 
New Zealand's Louie Knuxx (real name Todd Williams) has long been a figure head of the local hop hop scene with two successful releases already under his belt, 2005's "Wasted Youth" and last years "Drinkin, Druggin, Fightin, Fukkin' EP which features JJ Peters on the track "DTD Party"
 
JJ & Louie may have come from different musical backgrounds but their deserved credibility and desire to succeed has brought them together - not to mention they're dislike for authority figures and penchant for partying until the wheels fall off.
 
Through the chaos that has been their lives they have found a way to express their thoughts, answer to no-one and raise a ruckas where ever they go.  Its this attitude that has been captured throughout 10 tracks of lyrical mayhem highlighting the seedy underbelly and beliefs of the hardcore & hip-hop scenes through the lyrics of two guys who truly walk it like they talk it.
 
The debut album 'Want Some Get Some' will be released in June on STOMP ENTERTAINMENT.
 
JJ & LK had this to say: 'G&T is what it is, not bound by genre or expectations, we believe in good music and doing things our way, this is the result'
 
Check out 'Pigs Is Pigs' from the forthcoming album 'Want Some Get Some' due June 2009

Listen to 'Pigs Is Pigs' from the forthcoming album 'Want Some Get Some'. CLICK HERE

Pre-Order the Album Here

Posted: Friday, 1 May 2009

THE PAPER CHASE RELEASE 'SOMEDAY COULD ALL BE YOURS' IN JUNE THROUGH KILL ROCK STARS & STOMP

With each track representing a different natural disaster, The Paper Chase leader John Congleton (Grammy nominated producer/engineer/mixer who has worked with Modest Mouse, The Thermals, Smog, Explosions in the Sky, Antony and the Johnsons, St. Vincent, and many more) crafts his most startling account of humanity, exploring the existential crisis inherent within a universe seemingly fated to exterminate its population. Wringing the most sinister and destructive elements out of the natural world, Congleton creates characters frantically trying to survive elements far beyond their control. While the narrative voices obsess over the batteries in their smoke alarms, the dams along the river and their desperate prayers for health and prosperity, these songs expose the utter frailty of the human condition.
 
Utilizing a newfound dynamic command with drummer Jason Garner making his recorded debut with the group, these songs are able to breathe--subtly building feelings of anticipation, yet erupting into violence and chaos as crisis becomes inevitable. The Paper Chase has matured but hasn't lightened up, leaving open spaces and allowing melodies to fully develop, the group presents its most powerful work to date. On Someday.., The Paper Chase sound even more unlike any other band in modern music.
 
"Evocative and delivered with a total, delectable lack of restraint.” - Pitchfork

Watch this space for my info in the coming weeks. In the interim, listen to "What Should We Do With Your Body" here.

Posted: Friday, 1 May 2009

DON'T MISS 'THE DRUNK AND DISORDERLY TOUR 2009' FEAT. DEEZ NUTS AND THE AMITY AFFLICTION

The Amity Affliction and Deez Nuts team up once again for The Drunk and Disorderly 2009 tour, bringing along Break Even, Ligeia (USA) and Louie Knuxx for the ride.

The Drunk and Disorderly tour first happened in 2007, as The Amity Affliction and Deez Nuts teamed up for one of the craziest tours of the year – a cross country party tour that unified close friends and good times for three weeks of alcohol induced punk rock goodness.  Since then, both bands have carved out a much bigger name for themselves – both releasing their debut albums to hoards of praise, and establishing themselves as road warriors.  The Amity Affliction released their debut album “Severed Ties” in October 2008, debuting at #26 on the ARIA Charts, and recently toured Australia with Misery Signals – they will also be main support for The Getaway Plan on their last tour in June.  Deez Nuts, have become an international success story in their own right. Not only has their debut album “Stay True” (also released in October) been a massive hit in Australia, but they've managed to tour the UK and Europe with Bring Me the Horizon (UK) and will be returning from their US tour just days prior to kicking off the Drunk and Disorderly tour.  Along for the ride will be Perth Hardcore band Break Even, US mosh maniacs Ligeia and local rapper Louie Knuxx. The tour will be reach all major East Coast cities, with Western Australian dates to be announced at a later date.The Drunk and Disorderly tour will kick off in Queensland late June, running through till July. Tickets on sale April 24th at 9am.

THE DRUNK AND DISORDERLY TOUR 2009 FEAT. DEEZ NUTS AND THE AMITY AFFLICTION WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BREAK EVEN, LIGEIA (US) and LOUIE KNUXX

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

FRIDAY 26 JUNE – PRINCESS THEATRE, BRISBANE (ALL AGES)
Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au, www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545, Rocking Horse Records, Butter Beat, Sunflower Pacific Fair, Disasterpiece Mosh Pit Music Kill The Music, Gooble Warming Rockaway Records

SATURDAY 27 JUNE – QUT GUILD BAR, BRISBANE (18+)
Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au, www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545, Rocking Horse Records, Butter Beat, Sunflower Pacific Fair, Disasterpiece Mosh Pit Music Kill The Music, Gooble Warming Rockaway Records

SUNDAY 28 JUNE – YAC, BYRON BAY (ALL AGES)
Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au, www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545

WEDNESDAY 1 JULY – TAREE SKATE CENTRE, TAREE (ALL AGES)
Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au, www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545

THURSDAY 2 JULY – PENRITH PCYC, PENRITH (ALL AGES)
Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au, www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545, Leading Edge Penrith, and Castle Hill Records

FRIDAY 3 JULY – WESTERN CREEK, CANBERRA (ALL AGES)
Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au, www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545, Landspeed Records and The Music Shop.

SATURDAY 4 JULY – MANNING BAR, SYDNEY (LIC/AA)
Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au, Red Eye Records, Utopia Records, and Resist Records

SUNDAY 5 JULY – OASIS YOUTH CENTRE, WYONG (ALL AGES)
Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au, www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545, Leading Edge Gosford and The Grand Hotel.

WEDNESDAY 8 JULY – 21 ARMS, BALLARAT (ALL AGES)
Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au  www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545

THURSDAY 9 JULY – ST PATRICKS HALL, WANGARATTA (ALL AGES)

FRIDAY 10 JULY – THE GOV, ADELAIDE (LIC / AA)
Tickets from Venue Tix and www.moshtix.com.au

SATURDAY 11 JULY – THE CORNER HOTEL (18+)**
Tickets from Corner Box Office 11am-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com or from www.moshtix.com.au ** Break Even not appearing

SUNDAY 12 JULY – THE CORNER HOTEL (U18)
Tickets from Corner Box Office 11am-8pm Mon-Sat, 9427 9198 or www.cornerhotel.com or from www.moshtix.com.au

Posted: Friday, 1 May 2009

MODERAT = MODESELEKTOR & APPARAT! EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREVIEW HERE

Modeselektor’s sophomore album in 2007, Happy Birthday!, set a milestone in German music history including musicians such as Puppetmastaz, Maximo Park and  Thom Yorke. Amongst a slew of remixes for the likes of Thom Yorke and Björk, Modeslektor also went on to tour with Radiohead across Japan in 2008. 

Apparat released the critically acclaimed Walls in 2007, taking a musical path that was more band-oriented that kept him on tour for several years  running. 

In recording Moderat’s self-titled album, the three men began by renting studio space at the legendary Berlin Hansa Studios (where Bowie recorded Heroes) in order to record the album in analog with the help of the studio’s vintage tube technology and an old EMI console from 1972, restored especially for Moderat. American software designer, Joshua Kit Clayton, was hired to program a superb reverb algorithm specifically for the recording process of this album.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE EXCLUSIVE LISTENING POST

Tracklisting
01. "A New Error"
02. "Rusty Nails"
03. "Seamonkey"
04. "Slow Match" (feat. Paul St. Hilaire)
05. "3 Minutes Of"
06. "Nasty Silence"
07. "Sick With It" (feat. Dellé aka Eased from Seeed)
08. "Porc # 1"
09. "Porc # 2"
10. "No. 22"
11. "Out Of Sight"

Posted: Friday, 1 May 2009

THE GUTTER TWINS ANNOUNCED FOR SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS!

Comprised of what Pitchforkmedia.com proclaims are “two of alt-rock’s greatest front-men", The Gutter Twins will deliver their first Australian performance at this years' Splendour In The Grass festival!

The Gutter Twins is a collaboration forged in late 2003 by Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens Of The Stone Age) and maverick singer-songwriter Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers), their debut album Saturnalia was released through Sub Pop / Stomp in 2008. Saturnalia finds the pair going deeper into the shadows than they ever have before with their past projects. The albums eerie modal swirls trap the listener in each song’s atmosphere; simultaneously evoking everything from Indian sitars to Appalachian folk and Delta grit, the drones inadvertently create narcotic hooks.

Guitarist/singer Dave Rosser will perform with the duo during the upcoming show, his indispensible talent was a key ingredient to the success of all of the previous shows. The three artists share a rare camaraderie on stage together. “It was such an exciting and intimate experience playing our songs this way that we jumped at the chance to run it back,” commented Dulli, “It's a pleasure to be asked to reprise the show".

Posted: Friday, 24 April 2009