Videos - Wolf & Cub Live at One Movement

Wolf & Cub's Hearts tour wraps up this week. If you didn't get down to see any of the shows in your city, check out some videos of the boys ripping it up at the One Movement Festival in Perth.





more vids on their You Tube page.

Science And Sorcery is out now through Dot Dash.

News - Ned Collette And Wirewalker instore + album release

This Friday sees the release of Ned Collette And Wirewalker's album, Over The Stones, Under The Stars.

Since the release of his second album Future Suture, Ned has travelled the world, in and out of late night bars and dark venues, sometimes accompanied by his extraordinary band, sometimes alone – always with his solitary vision.

Over The Stones, Under The Stars is an album purposefully stripped of the orchestration that marked previous releases, conveying more of the fiery live experience of this unique band, forged from the last two years of performing around the world.

Don't forget to make your way down to Polyester Records (288 Flinders St Melbourne) tomorrow afternoon where you can experience Ned Collette And Wirewalker live as they drop in for a special performance. Everything kicks off at 6pm!

News: Ned Collette and Wirewalker film screening Melbourne

Melbourne folk, you are invited to a very special screeing at Glitch Bar & Cinema in North Fitzroy tomorrow night.

This time a year ago Ned Collette and Wirewalker embarked on a Europen tour with friend and filmmaker Natalie van den Dungen in tow.

The result was two film clips and a 12 minute documentary/live film/Rocky IV type montage.
Done in a simple fairly guerilla style fashion, the results faithfully capture Ned Collette and Wirewalker's first European tour experience.
The screening is your chance to see the doccumentary on a big screen, with great sound in the laid back environment of Glitch Bar & Cinema.

Everything kicks off at 7pm, at Glitch Bar & Cinema 318 St Georges Rd, Nth Fitzroy, just near the corner of Holden St.
Do not miss!

New MP3 and tour news - Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire

“One of Adelaide’s leading musical lights.” dB

“Caitlin Duff has the kind of voice that will make guys start dribbling

on their perfectly worn-in cons.” Drum Media Sydney

“Phenomenal” Rave

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! have spent the past couple of years being Adelaide’s best kept secret, playing enthusiastic and passionate shows supporting some of the best international and national touring acts around, including the Rapture's Matt B. Safer, Spank Rock, Sia, Midnight Juggernauts, Muscles, Young and Restless, Sarah Blasko, Red Riders, Something For Kate, Dappled Cities, and Snowman.

They have also done their fair share of the the festival circuit, playing at the Big Day Out, Parklife and Homebake.

The band’s debut album will be released late summer 2010 and will include their singles to date, War Coward and Animal Spirit Guide, plus this new gem, Witch House.

Witch House [mp3]

In true Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! style, Witch House is an eclectic track with a stoner-rock swagger, matched with Caitlin Duff’s animated and infectious vocals.

The band recently played with The Bumblebeez, Bertie Blackman, and Sugar Army, and are shortlisted as one of the ten finalists for the 2009 Qantas Spirit Of Youth Award.

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! are:
David - Guitar, Vox Sam - Drums Josh - Bass Art - Synth Nate - Guitar Caitlin - Vox, Synth

Touring with ‘I Heart Hiroshima’
Fri 23 Oct - Geelong, National Hotel
Sat 24 Oct - Melbourne, Northcote Social Club
Sun 25 Oct - Adelaide, Enigma Bar
Fri 30 Oct - Port Macquarie, Laurieton Hotel
Sun 1 Nov - Sydney, Annandale Hotel
Sat 7 Nov - Meningie SA, LILKAFEST 2009

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! on myspace
Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! website

The band’s debut album will be released late summer 2010 through Dot Dash/ Remote Control.

Ned Collette + Wirewalker video Come Clean + AOL Spinner mp3 of the day

Ned Collette + Wirewalker are already being picked up on the international radar with their track Come Clean chosen by AOL Spinner as mp3 of the day!

Here is the brand new film clip for the track, directed by Natalie van den Dungen

You will be able to find Come Clean on Ned Collette + Wirewalker's new album 'Over The Stones, Under The Stars' out Oct 23 through Dot Dash.

Touring November:
Fri 13 Nov - Adelaide, Metro* (tickets on sale here)
Fri 20 Nov - Bateman's Bay, North St Bar
Sat 21 Nov - Sydney, Raval (tickets on sale here)
Fri 27 Nov - Melbourne, Northcote Social Club (tickets on sale here)
Sat 28 Nov - Hobart, Alley Cat
[All shows will be with Teeth & Tongue except * with Laura Jean]

nedcollette.com
myspace.com/nedcollette

Wolf & Cub announce 'HEARTS' tour

MySpace, The Vine & Monster Children
Present
ʻHEARTSʼ tour
with special guests
The Vasco Era & DZ

WOLF AND CUBʼs album SCIENCE AND SORCERY featuring radio singles Seven Sevens, What Are They Running and Loosest Of Gooses has been receiving rave reviews nationally.
On the back on their latest album release, Wolf & Cub toured the country throughout June
and July, playing sold out shows and once again receiving amazing reviews where ever they
hit the stage.

Praise for Science and Sorcery

“A mesmerising melding of rock and techno-trickery” **** The Age

“An exhilarating push and pull” Music Guide Australia

“With this eclectic and experimental record Wolf & Cub prove they are one of this countryʼs
most exciting and versatile acts” - Album Of The Week - Rip It Up

Album Of The Week - Beat

Album Of The Week - Canberra Times

“Science and Sorceryʼs got all youʼd expect from Wolf and Cub, big riffs, thumping rhythms
and driving bass” The Vine


Joining Wolf & Cub on all dates will be The Vasco Era. As you would have heard, their
current track For No One is getting a hammering on triple j radio. Also joining the tour for all
dates is Brisbane party thrash band DZ.
The tour starts in Wollongong, and makes its way around the country, playing all capital cities.
Wolf & Cub are also playing as part of the One Movement Festival in Perth WA.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT www.wolfandcub.com/tickets

Thursday 1st October
Wollongong Uni, Wollongong NSW
www.posse.com
www.bigtix.com.au
Unishop: 02 4221 8050
Redback Music: 02 4229 6169

Friday 2nd October
Brewery Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW
FREE GIG

Saturday 3rd October
Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW
www.posse.com
Moshtix 1300 GET TIX (438 849) www.moshtix.com.au

Friday 9th October
Northcote Social, Melbourne, VIC
www.posse.com
Venue: (03) 94861677 www.northcotesocialclub.com

Saturday 10th October
Northcote Social, Melbourne, VIC
www.posse.com
Venue: (03) 94861677 www.northcotesocialclub.com

Saturday 17th October
One Movement Festival, Perth WA
www.posse.com
www.onemovementmusic.com

Friday 30th October
The Zoo, Brisbane, QLD
www.posse.com
www.thezoo.com.au
Oztix: 1300 762 545 www.oztix.com.au

Saturday 31st October
Coolangatta Hotel, Coolangatta, QLD
www.posse.com
Oztix 1300 762 545 www.oztix.com.au

Wolf & Cub Get Comical on JTV

Be sure to tune into JTV next week TONIGHT as Joel and Tom from Wolf & Cub let their inner comic book geeks run wild in a comic book store.

They discuss their fave comics as well as 'Lone Wolf & Cub', the Japanese comic that inspired the band's name.

The interview will be airing on ABC 2 on Monday the 17th of August at 9pm.
You can watch the segment in the video above, or watch it at home on your box ABC 1 on Friday the 21st of August at 11pm.

Wolf & Cub's latest album Science And Sorcery is out now through Dot Dash.

Young And Restless No More - Final Show This Friday

Dot Dash are sad to announce that Young And Restless have decided to call it a day. The band blogged on their Myspace overnight “through relocating interstate, lineup changes, touring and recording we have all had our share of amazing times, but in the last few weeks it has become clear that this is the end of the road for our band.”

Originally forming in Canberra in 2005, their raucous noise and riotous shows saw them rise from obscurity to notoriety in no time, winning Triple J Unearthed 2006, and playing Homebake that year. 2007 was a huge year for the band - their debut self-titled debut was released through Dot Dash, they won Triple J Unearthed and the Unearthed J award as well as the SOYA award. Last year the band toured to singer Karina Utomo and brother/ drummer Nugie Utomo’s home country of Indonesia, to play packed out shows complete with massive billboards of the band and military security!

The band played countless headline shows around Australia as well as touring with the likes of Midnight Juggernauts, Shihad, Erase Errata, Cansei Der Sexy and Love Is All.

Make sure you don’t miss your last chance to see the band tear it up!

Young & Restless play their final show at The Arthouse this Friday August 21.

For the full band statement click here.

Snowman play La Route Du Rock Festival, France this weekend

Snowman have been invited to play La Route Du Rock Festival in Saint Malo (France) this Friday. The band will be replacing The Horrors who had to pull out due to illness, and will be sharing the bill with the likes of My Bloody Valentine, Tortoise, Deerhunter and Crystal Stilts. Snowman hit stage at 2.30 am right after A Place to Bury Strangers.

After this show we will play a London show at the Legion (348 Old Street, Hackney) Sunday 16/08/09. We will be on stage around 10pm.

The band have been sinking their teeth into life in the UK. They have been busy writing new songs for their next record - word is they have stepped into the light after their post-apocalyptic sounding record The Horse, The Rat and The Swan of 2008. And they all headed to Iceland last month for the wedding of drummer Ross to bass player Olga! Awww...

We can't wait to hear the new sounds! Maybe the lucky French buggers will get to hear some of the new tunes this weekend.

You can follow their overseas movements by joining their group on Facebook.

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! - Animal Spirit Guide mp3

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! summon their inner animal for their latest single Animal Spirit Guide.

Inspired by the Native American belief that each individual can call on their own individual animal to give them strenth it times of solitude, F!SR,F! have produced what they can best describe as "a barnstorming country inspired jam".

The result is an explosion of noise and colour, raw sounding guitars combined with programmed arpeggios and male-female harmonies.

Whatever their inspiration, these kids from Adelaide somehow always manage to create a remarkable mish-mash of textures and sounds.
Animal Spirit Guide is no exception.

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! [mp3]

Sydney: Ned Collette & Wirewalker in your town tomorrow night!

Hello friends,

We're about to go where none of us has ever gone before - on a Tiger Airways flight. To Sydney. We've been there before although it does seem a while since we flew - usually it's the world's worst coffee and pies in Holbrook for us, then turn left at the Hopetoun.....

But this weekend - tomorrow night to be exact we're playing our first Sydney show since last September, and we're doing it at The Factory Theatre, which by all accounts is enourmous, so if you're a Sydneysider on this list or know any, please come on down, so to speak.

Also on the bill are the excellent Wifey, and in the middle spot Sui Zhen. Doors are at 7.30 for an 8.30 start and we'll be on just after 10pm. We'll be previewing a whole bunch of stuff off the new album as well as playing some ear-poppingly re-arranged versions of old news.

You can buy tickets now online or by calling the box office on (02) 9550 3666. They are $15+bf. Or $18 on the door, unless it sells out, which it wont.

NED COLLETTE & WIREWALKER

SUI ZHEN

WIFEY

FRIDAY JULY 17

THE FACTORY THEATRE

105 VICTORIA ST, MARRICKVILLE

SYDNEEEEEEY!!!!

Stay tuned for news about a mega-benefit at the Tote July 26, the latest on the album (yes it is finally finished, and almost christened), and more for the rest of the year.

Cheerio,

NC&W

www.nedcollette.com

Wolf & Cub free Adelaide gig this Thursday

This Thursday 16th July sure is turning into THE free gig night.

A quick reminder that Wolf & Cub wrap up their mammoth national album tour for Vessels with a free Triple J presented show at the Gov.

Triple J present:
WOLF & CUB
The Scare & Calling All Cars
Thu 16th July @ Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Adelaide
Doors open 6.30pm
First band on 8.00pm

A whole bunch of live footage from their Brisbane show was recently uploaded on You Tube:





You can check out more on their YouTube Channel

St Helens free all ages live instore at Polyester Records Melbourne city this Thursday

St. Helens Play Live Instore @ Polyester Records
6pm this Thur 16th July @ City Store (288 Flinders Lane)

St. Helens will be playing live at Polyester Records city store at 6pm this Thursday. The album has been receiving amazing reviews all around town and already touted by many that it will feature in end of year favourite album lists.

All Polyester Records instore shows are free and all ages are welcome!

“one of the best local debuts in recent times” The Age ****

“a timeless world” Sydney Morning Herald ****

“razor sharp guitar interplay and bitter-sweet, intertwining vocals” Triple J

“Heavy Profession is a rock record proper, romantic and drunk on poetic absolutes like all good bleeding heart music should be.” Threethousand

Heavy Profession is out now through Dot Dash.

Wolf & Cub play free hometown Adelaide show for JJJ next week

Wolf & Cub are playing a free show for Triple J next Thursday 16th July at the Governor Hindmarsh in Adelaide.

Details from the Triple J site:

Lee Memorial in Parts and Pieces

Melbourne readers, stop by the Marquis of Lorne Sunday afternoons in July to catch Karl Smith of Lee Memorial (and ex-Sodastream) playing solo.

Joining him through the month will be the great Matt Bailey (Paradise Motel), fellow Lee Memorial buddies, Tom Lyngcoln (Nation Blue) and Laura MacFarlane (99) as well as new friends, Otouto (Hazel Brown).

The Lives Of Lee Memorial is out now through Dot Dash.

Ned Collette & Wirewalker in Sydney Fri July 17

NED COLLETTE & WIREWALKER
FRIDAY JULY 17
FACTORY THEATRE
w. Sui Zhen & Wifey

The last year has seen Melbourne's Ned Collette and his newly christened Wirewalker forging a devoted underground following around the globe. Since last playing in Sydney the band have toured Europe twice while Collette based himself in Glasgow to write album number three; played the exceedingly exclusive Camp A Low Hum festival in NZ; supported Augie March on various Australian shows, and played both the Summer and Castle Tones festivals on the Mistletone calendar. They have just returned from mixing the new album in New York, and now they play an increasingly rare Sydney performance at The Factory Theatre on July 17. New songs will be unveiled in what is ostensibly an album preview show, but fans can expect a smattering of the old as well - reworked into the the trio format, which veers from minute, sparse evocations of Collette's lyrics to wild free squalls of instrumental abandon. Very special guests on the night will be Sydney's own Sui Zhen and Wifey.



Tickets available now from www.factorytheatre.com.au or on (02) 9550 3666

New Wolf & Cub video T-Rex cover

Wolf & Cub appeared on JTV/ Triple J's Like A Version earlier this week.

If you missed it you can catch it here. Click on the image to play:


The band continue their tour around the country so be sure to catch them live in your neck of the woods:

WOLF & CUB
Science and Sorcery album tour, supported at all shows by The Scare

Wed 24 Jun - Warnambool, The Loft
Thurs 25 June -Geelong, Barwon Club
Fri 26 Jun - Melbourne, Corner Hotel,
Sat 27 June - Ballarat, Karova Lounge,
Weds 1 Jul - Woolgoolga NSW, Seaview Tavern
Thurs 2 Jul -Currumbin OLD, Sound Lounge
Fri 3 July - Brisbane, The Zoo
Sat 4 Jul -Noosa, Woombye Hotel
Sun 5 Jul - Byron Bay, Great Northern Hotel
Thurs 9 Jul - Margaret River WA, Settlers Tavern
Fri 10 Jul - Bunbury, Prince of Wales
Sat 11 Jul - Perth, Rosemount Hotel
Sun 12 Jul - Fremantle, Mojo's

Science & Sorcery is out now through Dot Dash.

St Helens live at RRR performance space Wednesday & in Sydney Friday

St Helens perform in both Melbourne and Sydney this week.

The band are performing a live broadcast in the RRR performance space (at their studios in cnr Nicholson St and Blyth St, Brunswick East) this Wednesday 24th June, 6.30pm.

We have some double passes to give away to this exclusive performance so if you'd like to come email us at rsvp@remotecontrolrecords.com.au by 5pm tomorrow Tuesday 23rd June and we'll confirm if you got one!

And if you're in Sydney make sure to pop along to their Sydney launch this Friday:



St Helens 'Heavy Profession' is out now through Dot Dash.

SCIENCE AND SORCERY TOUR KICKS OFF

Wolf & Cub's 20 date national tour kicked off last Thursday in Tassie and will see the boys play all over the continent until mid July.

Get your tickets here if you haven't already.


The band also dropped into Triple J Studios to record a rare acoustic set including a cover of T-Rex's Mambo Sun. Check it out here.

Wolf & Cub's latest album Science And Sorcery is out now through Dot Dash.

WOLF & CUB AFTERPARTY AND FBI FUNDRAISER AT PURPLE SNEAKERS

Put it in your diaries:

REMOTE CONTROL/PURPLE SNEAKERS MONTHLY PRESENTS

WOLF & CUB OFFICIAL AFTERPARTY & FBI FUNDRAISER
FRIDAY 19TH JUNE 2009




live performances by
PAPA vs PRETTY
DEEP SEA ARCADE

DJ sets from
WOLF & CUB
FBI DJs
PURPLE SNEAKERS DJs

*Purple Sneakers and Remote Control will be donation $2 from every payer that comes through the door to help keep FBI 94.5 alive

FRIDAY 19TH JUNE 2009 7PM – LAAATEEEEE $11 @ THE ABERCROMBIE HOTEL
Crn broadway and abercrombie st


It’s that time of the month again when Purple Sneakers and Remote Control jump into bed for another Party Extravaganza! This time we are teaming up to help FBI raise some much needed funds.

I am sure you have all heard about the problems FBI 94.5 are facing at the moment. FBI is Australia’s largest community broadcaster and because of this they have the highest running costs of any community broadcaster. They need $1,000,000 to continue working and thankfully tonnes of people have gotten behind them to raise the much needed funds.

All of us here at Purple Sneakers and Remote Control understand the importance of keeping the station running so we have decided to run a fundraising event of our own. So on Friday 19th June we are putting on a huge event starting with live performances by PAPA vs PRETTY and DEEP SEA ARCADE. Then later in the evening we have DJ sets form WOLF & CUB, FBI DJs and the PURPLE SNEAKERS DJs

We are stoked to be launching the hot new album from Wolf & Cub – ‘Science & Sorcery’ - the night will also host Wolf & Cub’s official after party. Check the website – www.boundarysounds.com to be in the running to win a signed copy of the new album!

Don’t Forget Purple Sneakers Happy hour is from 7pm – 9pm every Friday! $10 Jugs of Coopers Lager and $3 glasses of Champagne.

Before hitting the afterparty check out Wolf & Cub performing live at the Oxford Arts Factory Friday 19th June

SNOWMAN CALLING

Our favourite expats Snowman have been keeping very busy over in the UK playing shows with LA's HEALTH, supporting the Drones and winning fans far and wide including The Bad Seeds/Grinderman's Jim Scalvunous.
Joe McKee recently dropped us a line to let us know what's going on in the world of Snowman.

Hello all,

It's been a while between words, we know, and for this we are sorry.

We have been rather occupied of late...furiously writing for the next Snowman record. It is sounding like 'somewhere else' again. We have a title that seems to be sticking...we may reveal that in the near future....It seems to be guiding the sound of the songs.

We have played a few shows of late...most recently with our dear compadres The Drones...it was a pleasure to play with some friends again, rather than a bunch of strangers. Good ol' Jim Scalvunous of the Bad Seeds was there to witness our cacophony.

We played a show with LA noisemakers HEALTH about a month back...we thought we may have killed an audience member at one point...he just wouldn't wake up...but then he did. I don't think anybody has fallen asleep to our music before that guy.

We also played a night entitled POST-APOCALYPSE. We played a non-electrical reinterpretation of our songs...this meant lots of chanting and percussion....I recorded it on a cassette tape somewhere...maybe I will rummage around and transfer it to something more audible.

So, what does the future hold then? A UK jaunt with the Drones, our very own tour of France in June and then Ross and Olgas wedding in Iceland in July. Yum-Yum.

Much love to you all x

As aforementioned Snowman will continue supporting the Drones across the UK.

Here are the dates :

10 Jun - Hare and Hounds, Birmingham
11 Jun - Bodega Social Club, Nottingham
12 Jun - Manchester, The Roadhouse
13 Jun - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
14 Jun - Captains Rest, Glasgow

The Horse, The Rat and The Swan is out now through Dot Dash Recordings.

St Helens album launch in Melbourne this weekend

“one of the best local debuts in recent times” The Age ****

“a timeless world” Sydney Morning Herald ****

“razor sharp guitar interplay and bitter-sweet, intertwining vocals” Triple J – Next Crop

“Heavy Profession is a rock record proper, romantic and drunk on poetic absolutes like all good bleeding heart music should be.” Threethousand

A reminder to all Melbournians that St Helens will launch their brilliant debut album Heavy Profession this Saturday the 30th of May at Northcote Social Club supported by Panel Of Judges, Circle Pit and DJ Ann Ominous.

Since the release of the album these guys have been pretty hard to miss. Heavy Profession has received glowing reviews, was RRR album of the week and last week the band graced the cover of Inpress.

Check it out!

Something else worth checking out is Hannah and Jarrod's appearance tonight on Dancing About Architecture at 9:30 on Channel 31.

Hosted by creator Clem Bastow and her co-panellists Tim Finney and Mia Timpano, Dancing About Architecture covers all things music. Whether it be the latest or the greatest, from CDs to DVDs and MP3s, music blogs to boutique 7" labels.

On tonight's episode Hannah and Jarrod take up One Mic Challenge, previously taken up by Jessica Says and Lee Memorial.

If you don't live in Melbourne, or just can't watch Channel 31 without a snowstorm of static, the lovely people from Dancing About Architecture post up episodes weekly here.

Heavy Profession is out now through Dot Dash.

St Helens Melboune launch Sat May 30

Lee Memorial launch album in Melbourne this Saturday

'just as rewarding musically as lyrically, and every note seems to be hung exactly in the right place' - Inpress

'a compelling record' - Beat

'Smith is clearly a man with the Midas Touch... one of the best local releases of 2009' **** TimeOff

'a touching journey of extreme social, political and daily relevance, delivered through beautifully realised metaphor and honest personal recount... a striking debut' - The Vine

Lee Memorial are launching their album this Saturday in Melbourne at the Northcote Social Club, supported by Witch Hats and Matt Bailey (ex Paradise Motel).

Lee Memorial started out as a ramshackle solo project of Karl Smith from Sodastream, but after enlisting the help of a brigade of unlikely cohorts from Ninety-Nine, The Nation Blue and Gaslight Radio, the project soon took on a life of its own. They tumbled in and out of luck through 2008; recording and playing sporadic live shows, all-the-while battling illness, relationship breakdowns, death and uncooperative computers. But now they’ve dusted themselves off, combed their hair and are now ready to share their debut album – the lives of lee memorial – with anyone who’ll listen.

LEE MEMORIAL (album launch) with Witch Hats and Matt Bailey
Northcote Social Club
Sat 9 May (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $12 at the door only


The Lives Of Lee Memorial is out now through Dot Dash.

Heinz Reigler, Karl Smith + Tom Lyngcoln Melbourne gig tomorrow

Heinz Reigler, who once fronted Nightstick (and Not From There), is in Melbourne this weekend, performing a solo show tomorrow afternoon with Karl Smith (Lee Memorial, Sodastream) and Tom Lyngcoln (Nation Blue, Lee Memorial).

Nightstick's self titled ep was our very first release on Dot Dash.

Catch Heinz, Karl and Tom tomorrow Sat 2nd May at The Old Bar, 74-76 Johnston St, Fitzroy from 2pm.

And don't forget Lee Memorial's Melbourne album launch Sat 9th May at Northcote Social Club.

The Lives Of Lee Memorial is out now through Dot Dash.

Wolf & Cub announce album tour

triple j, triple j TV, FasterLouder & YEN magazine
present
WOLF & CUB
Science And Sorcery Tour

With Special Guests The Scare

Wolf & Cub’s new album “Science And Sorcery” featuring “Seven Sevens” and “One To The Other” is now in stores and online so it’s time for the band to hit the road with their most extensive headline tour of Australia yet.

Known for their wall of sound live shows, Wolf & Cub have a batch of new songs and sounds to play with this time around. Giving a sneak peek of the new material when they recently toured with TV On The Radio, Primal Scream and V Festival, this headlining tour will allow Wolf & Cub to take their live show to a new level.

Joining Wolf & Cub on all dates will be The Scare. Their debut album “oozevoodoo” is out in the coming months featuring the track “No Money”

The Tour starts in Hobart, Tasmania and makes it way around to every nook and cranny of the country, playing all capital cities and numerous regional areas before finishing up in Fremantle WA.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT www.wolfandcub.com/tickets

Thursday 11th June - Republic Bar, Hobart TAS
Venue: (03) 6234 6954 | Moshtix: 1300 GET TIX (438 849) www.moshtix.com.au

Friday 12th June - Fowlers Live, Adelaide, SA ALL AGES
Moshtix: 1300 GET TIX (438 849) www.moshtix.com.au

Wednesday 17TH June - Mona Vale Hotel, Mona Vale, NSW
Moshtix: 1300 GET TIX (438 849) www.moshtix.com.au

Thursday 18TH June - Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Moshtix: 1300 GET TIX (438 849) www.moshtix.com.au

Friday 19th June - Oxford Arts Factory, Sydney, NSW
Moshtix: 1300 GET TIX (438 849) www.moshtix.com.au

Saturday 20th June - Oxford Tavern, Wollongong, NSW
Moshtix: 1300 GET TIX (438 849) www.moshtix.com.au

Sunday 21st June - ANU Bar, Canberra, ACT
Ticketek: 132 849 www.moshtix.com.au

Wednesday 24th June - The Loft, Warnambool, VIC
Capricorn Records: 03 5562 2803

Thursday 25th June - Barwon Club, Geelong, VIC
Venue: 03 5221 4584

Friday 26th June - Corner Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Venue: (03) 9427 9198 www.cornerhotel.com

Saturday 27th June - Karova Lounge, Ballarat, VIC
Venue: (03) 5332 9122 | New Generation: (03) 5333 2444 |Oztix: 1300 762 545
www.oztix.com.au

Wednesday 1st July - Seaview Tavern, Woolgoolga, NSW
www.offbeatoperations.com.au

Thursday 2nd July - Sound Lounge, Currumbin, QLD
Venue: www.thesoundlounge.com.au

Friday 3rd July - The Zoo, Brisbane, QLD
Oztix: 1300 762 545 www.oztix.com.au

Saturday 4th July - Woombye Hotel, Noosa, QLD
Oztix: 1300 762 545 www.oztix.com.au

Sunday 5th July - Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay, NSW
Oztix: 1300 762 545 www.oztix.com.au

Thursday 9th July - Settlers Tavern, Margaret River, WA
Moshtix: 1300 GET TIX (438 849) www.moshtix.com.au

Friday 10th July - Prince of Wales, Bunbury. WA
Heatseeker: www.heatseeker.com.au

Saturday 11th July - Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA
Heatseeker: www.heatseeker.com.au

Sunday 12th July - Mojo's, Fremantle, WA
Moshtix: 1300 GET TIX (438 849) www.moshtix.com.au

The album ‘Science and Sorcery’ out now through Dot Dash.

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www.myspace.com/wolfandcub

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www.yenmag.net
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Wolf & Cub - Science & Sorcery in stores NOW

Wolf & Cub’s new album ‘Science & Sorcery’ is in stores NOW.
Fresh from national tours with TV On The Radio, Primal Scream and the recent V Festival, the band’s follow up to debut album Vessels features radio favourites One To The Other and Seven Sevens.

Produced by Chris Colonna (Bumblebeez) Science and Sorcery was recorded in Colonna’s studio in his hometown of Braidwood in the Southern tablelands of NSW. At what seemed like an unlikely fit at first with Chris’ hip hop cut & paste production style, there was some concern that this collaboration could go tragically wrong which would result in the band emerging as a 80’s derived synth pop outfit.

What originally scared the band has actually inspired them, taking them right out of their comfort zone, giving them the creative challenge they had been yearning for after spending so many months on the road.

The result is a musical departure that will surprise and thrill you.

Science & Sorcery is out now through Dot Dash.

Snowman nominated for WAMI

You can take Snowman out of Perth, but you can't take away Perth's love of their beloved Snowman.

The WAMI 2009 nomination list has been released and Perth expats Snowman, who have relocated to the UK, are up for Most Popular Album.

Winner is decided by Public Vote so get clicking!

2009 Public WAMi Award voting is now open at


www.perthnow.com.au
Voting closes 5:00pm AWST
Thursday 30 April

St Helens in your record store, on your radio and on a stage near you!

St Helens' debut album Heavy Profession is released today and if you're in Melbourne you'll be hard pressed to escape it.

Heavy Profession is album of the week at Triple R, with Jarrod and Hannah heading in for a chat and a couple of acoustic songs on Richard Moffat's 'Incoming' show on Wed 15th April at 5.30pm.

You can catch them playing a live set for PBS' The Easey Street Sessions between 3pm and 5pm on Easter Monday 13th April.

Then you can switch over to hear them on SYNFM's 'The Hoist' (who also made Heavy Profession their feature album) for a chat at 7.20pm.

And of course, you can now head to your local record store and buy it for yourself!

ALBUM LAUNCHES:
Sat 30 May - Melbourne, Northcote Social Club *ALBUM LAUNCH
Fri 26 Jun - Sydney, Spectrum *ALBUM LAUNCH
with other states to follow

Heavy Profession is out today through Dot Dash.

Lee Memorial take up the One Mic Challenge on TV tonight

Lee Memorial are bravely stepping up to the One Mic Challenge, live on Channel 31's Dancing About Architecture tonight.

If you're in Melbourne, tune in at 10pm to see how Karl, Laura and Maddie fair. Otherwise you can check it online later.

The Lives Of Lee Memorial is out now.

Lee Memorial - instore performance at Polyester this Friday

Lee Memorial's debut album The Lives Of Lee Memorial is released this week. To celebrate, the band will be appearing at Polyester Records, 288 Flinders Lane Melbourne at 6pm for an instore performance.

Free entry and all ages!

The Lives Of Lee Memorial is out now through Dot Dash.

Lee Memorial - new mp3, album out this Saturday

Lee Memorial's debut album 'The Lives Of Lee Memorial' hits the cd racks this Saturday.

FBi Album Of The Week
RTR Album Of The Week

The band played a gorgeous set at their Melbourne single launch of Berlin a fortnight ago. The new songs went down a treat with many a head nodding and foot tapping. A few wry smiles were also spotting in the audience as they watched accomplished musicians from numerous well known local outfits, come together in an all together different outfit - ex Sodastream Karl Smith fronting a ROCK band hollering Private Joseph Skelling, and guitarist Tom Lyngcoln (usually of Nation Blue) trying his best to restrain his usual onstage thrashing while still unleashing his subdued-by-comparison melodic pop hooks, and Laura McFarlane providing vocals from behind the drum kit.

Enjoy another mp3 from the album.
Long Days In Bed [mp3]

WARNING: this song will be stuck in your head for days on end

The Lives Of Lee Memorial is out now through Dot Dash

Wolf & Cub - the new album Science & Sorcery out April 18!

On the 18th of April Wolf & Cub will release their second album Science and Sorcery.

It’s more than two years since Wolf & Cub broke cover with their debut album Vessels. Those two years seemed to take on a momentum of their own. The album was released around the globe and the band found themselves playing in Japan, Europe, the UK and the USA and touring Australia with TV On The Radio, The Killers, Queens of the Stone Age, Wolfmother and Primal Scream.

At some point the brakes had to be applied, battered road cases stored away and thoughts focused on future sounds. Given the restlessness at the core of Wolf & Cub’s creativity there was never any chance things would be done the same way a second time. New influences, new gear, new ideas necessitate a new approach.

Produced by Chris Colonna (Bumblebeez) Science and Sorcery was recorded in Colonna’s studio in his hometown of Braidwood in the Southern tablelands of NSW. At what seemed like an unlikely fit at first with Chris’ hip hop cut & paste production style, there was some concern that this collaboration could go tragically wrong which would result in the band emerging as a 80’s derived synth pop outfit.

What scared the band now inspired them, taking them right out of comfort zones and creatively giving them the challenge they had been yearning for after spending so many months on the road.

Existing demos were built on, disassembled, reconstructed, sidelined, rediscovered and reassembled. New material was built from the ground up. During the early stages nothing was considered stable, everything had the possibility to change, evolve, disappear and be reborn. Through this process the body of work that constitutes Science & Sorcery eventually took form.

Joel captures the whole experience when he says; “We never attempted to alter the outcome, ‘our sound’ or the songs that make up the album, but there was a conscience effort to change the procedure that created the outcome. I’ll leave it up to others to decide if the sound has gone anywhere else, because I don’t know where it was before. It’s still Wolf & Cub, just another piece of the puzzle.”

Science And Sorcery

TRACKLISTING
1. Seven Sevens
2. What Are They Running
3. One To The Other
4. Master
5. Spider’s Web
6. Restless Sons
7. Hearts
8. The Loosest Of Gooses (Go On Your Own)
9. Blood
10. Burden

Science & Sorcery is out 18th April 2009 through Dot Dash.

Wolf & Cub - Seven Sevens (Brother From Another Mother Remix)

Finally, over the weekend the planets aligned and the sacred codes were passed down and the new Wolf & Cub album was totally finished. It’s called Science & Sorcery, (although some of us here keep thinking it’s called Sword & Sorcery, but we will get it right by the time its out mid-April). Seven Sevens is on the album but the band just slipped us a remix that cranks up the darkly danceable side of their sound, so we thought you might like to take a listen.

Seven Sevens (Brother From Another Mother Remix) [mp3]


Science & Sorcery album now.
Buy from iTunes for an exclusive track. [iTunes]

Ned Collette and Wirewalker

with
MICK TURNER (Dirty Three/Tren Brothers)
RAND & HOLLAND (Syd)
CUBA IS JAPAN

FRIDAY MARCH 27, THE THORNBURY THEATRE, Melbourne
859 High St Thornbury, Vic
www.thethornburytheatre.com
presented by Triple R

Ned Collette and the newly christened Wirewalker return to Melbourne to play a very special one off show at the magnificent Thornbury Theatre on Friday March 27th. The show marks their return from two tours of Europe and a sojourn in New Zealand, and will encompass extensively road tested new material along with a smattering of the old. The ravages of exile have done nothing to weary the strength of the band - in fact the opposite - while Collette's lyrical fancy now turns to themes of the divine, the oppressed, and the eternal migration of the collective human soul. A new track, "Another Goddamned Amusement Park" - a musing on the probability that much of the internet is turning into the same dreary stultifier of thought that television has long become - is currently being featured exclusively by Triple R in anticipation of the show. Work on album number three continues, so this will be their only appearance until its completion mid year. Joining them on the night will be Mick Turner - the inimitable guitarist of the Dirty Three, dark and eloquent Sydney folk favourites Rand & Holland in an all too rare trip south, and conceptual newcomers Cuba Is Japan.

Presale tickets are now avalable now from www.thethornburytheatre.com

Doors 7pm, music starts at 7.50pm. Main act onstage 10.30pm.

www.nedcollette.com
www.myspace.com/nedcollette

Snowman strip down and get tribal

A message from Snowman:

On the 5th of April 2009 SNOWMAN will be performing a set of non-electrified/tribal interpretations of their songs.

Also performing on the night will be Deradoorian (of New York band The Dirty Projectors) and Londons very brilliant Haunted Fucking.

Sunday April 5th
POST-APOCALYPSE
Cross Kings Basement
261 York Way, Kings Cross,
London.

to find out more, go here:
www.myspace.com/postapocalypsenight

That is all,
Snowman x

Here is Snowman getting tribal in Swimming With Sharks


www.thesnowmanempire.com
www.myspace.com/thesnowmanempire
www.last.fm/music/snowman

Lee Memorial bring Berlin to The Tote this Fri 13th

Lee Memorial started out as a ramshackle solo project of Karl Smith from Sodastream, but after enlisting the help of a brigade of unlikely cohorts from Ninety-Nine, The Nation Blue and Gaslight Radio, the project began to take on a life all its own.

Lee Memorial tumbled in and out of luck through 2008. They played sporadic live shows and chipped away at their album, all-the-while battling illness, relationship breakdowns, death, unhappy computers and the devastating effects of cheap shampoo. So now, after having shaken off last year’s blues, Lee Memorial return to the Tote on March 13 with their new record – the lives of lee memorial - tucked under their spindly little arms and a whole lot of nervous energy to burn.

Friday the 13th seemed a fitting date for this unlucky and accident-prone bunch to launch their new single, Belin. To celebrate making it this far, they’re giving away a free single to the first forty haircuts through the door; the rest get to buy themselves a beer.

Supports on the night will be Dot Dash labelmates St Helens, and Lakes.

Berlin single launch at The Tote, Melbourne
Lee Memorial 11.30- 12.30am
St Helens 10.15- 11pm
Lakes 9- 9.45pm

Berlin [mp3]

The Lives Of Lee Memorial is out through Dot Dash on March 28.

St Helens announce new album title and head North

With Melbourne audiences buzzing about St Helens' recent live shows, Sydney and Brisbane now get their turn to see and hear for themselves why St Helens have already developed a cult following. They'll be previewing tracks from their debut album due in April. And we can now announce it will be entitled Heavy Profession.

Next month, Friday March 13 at The Tote, they'll be playing with fellow Dot Dash label mates Lee Memorial at their Berlin single launch in Melbourne.

TOUR DATES

Thu 26 Feb – Sydney, Hopetoun w/ Songs and The Ancients
Sat 28 Feb – Brisbane, Rics Bar w/ The Ancients
Fri 13 Mar – Melbourne, The Tote w/ Lee Memorial

How To Choose Your Guru Part 2 [mp3]

Introducing Lee Memorial

Lee Memorial is Karl Smith’s new band.

Lee Memorial is also the latest signing to Remote Control’s Dot Dash label, home of Wolf & Cub, New Buffalo, Snowman, St Helens and Ned Collette. Their debut album The Lives Of Lee Memorial will be released late March 2009.

Karl was one half of Sodastream, who were based first in Perth and then in Melbourne. Between 1999 and 2006 Sodastream:
- Released 4 albums, 5 EPs and a live recording
- Signed with Rough Trade US and Tugboat Records (part of Rough Trade UK)
- Toured Europe 7 times, as well as the USA and Japan
“Quite wonderful” said John Peel, “A blindingly beautiful beam of light” said the Sydney Morning Herald

Lee Memorial is named after a guesthouse in Kolkatta, India where Karl’s family used to stay when he was a child. (Karl lived in Bangladesh and India until he was thirteen).

With Lee Memorial Karl wanted to try something a bit different to Sodastream, to present his new songs with a full band.

Joining Karl in Lee Memorial for the debut album are:

- Laura MacFarlane, one time drummer with Sleater-Kinney and founder of Melbourne outfit Ninety Nine
- Tom Lyngcoln from Nation Blue plays lead guitar, a perversely appealing notion given the somewhat diametrically opposite sounds of the two bands
- Madeline Spawton who has no ragged pedigree, which in many ways is a good thing, but plays clarinet and cello which is exactly what Karl was looking for
- Matt Bailey (ex-Paradise Motel) plays bass (Matt has now departure to pursue his solo project, and Steve Thomas from Zond has taken over bass duties)

Lee Memorial is a band - and a band with genuine chemistry, more than evident by the fact that they recorded eleven of the album’s songs in four days.

The debut album The Lives of Lee Memorial will be released late March 2009 through Dot Dash.

Berlin is a hint of the treat in store [mp3]

They will be launching the single at Melbourne's The Tote on Friday 13th March, supported by St Helens and Lakes.

myspace.com/leememorial

Wolf & Cub and Jenny Lewis announced for V Festival

Having just finished off tours with TV On The Radio and Primal Scream, Wolf & Cub have been announced to play this year's V Festivals. They are currently putting on the very final touches to their sophomore album Science and Sorcery which is due out late March and was produced by Bumblebeez' Chris Colonna. Stay tuned for details of a national album tour.
myspace.com/wolfandcub

Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis will also be playing at the festival, making her Australian debut. Late last year she released her second solo album Acid Tongue that featured many of her steadfast collaborators including Zooey Deschanel, M Ward and Elvis Costello, who has been quoted as saying that Jenny is “Flat out great and no mistake. Jenny is up there with the best singer-songwriters..."

myspace.com/jennylewismusic


V FESTIVAL DATES

Saturday 28 March,
Centennial Park, Sydney

Sunday 29 March
Avica Resort, Gold Coast

Saturday 4 April
Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne

Sunday 5 April
Claremont Showgrounds, Perth

Snowman: The Balcony of Our Uprising

Currently calling snowy London home, Perth's Snowman have had an article published in the UK's main Australian newspaper, Australian Times:

Dear Public,

Music is a virus. It can only be contained for so long before it begins to evolve and to breed. The golden strain has now developed. There is no cure. It is airborne, floating in the ether. To attempt to capture it would be like chasing ghosts.

While the global economy crumbles before our very eyes and the fall of the American empire seems imminent, there is a sense that something artistically significant is afoot. As the recession spirals into the next great depression and the major record labels begin to drop like flies, the perfect breeding ground for music is born. From our darkest hours come our finest moments.

You can read the rest of the article here.

In other Snowman news, they'll be playing their first show in Paris on March 4th at La Mecanique Ondulatoire.
They'll also be supporting America's Crystal Antlers at White Heat in London on March 10th.

More details at their myspace.

Wolf & Cub & Lions & Monkeys

Throughout February Melbourne Zoo will be hosting Roar Sounds, a series of live music events set in the open spaces of the zoo's green and lush open air arena. Adelaide's Wolf and Cub are amongst the varied acts who will be taking to the stage and will be playing tracks from their upcoming new album, due out early March.

Wolf and Cub will play Roar Sounds on Thursday Feb 12 along side Sydneysiders Van She. The band are currently playing sold out shows supporting TV On The Radio, Wolf & Cub will be touring nationally with Primal Scream after their nine year absence.

Roar Sounds is your chance take a break from the dark, dingy sticky carpeted venues and see your favourite bands in the amazing surrounds of the zoo. The event is all ages and you can get in early at 5:30pm to check out the zoo’s inhabitants till 7pm. BYO food and drink (no glass besides wine bottles, please!) or buy it there. For tickets, more info and a full line up hit up Melbourne Zoo's website.

TOUR DATES
Thu 29 Jan – Melbourne, Hi Fi Bar w/ TV On The Radio SOLD OUT
Wed 4 Feb – Sydney, The Forum Theatre w/ Primal Scream
Thu 5 Feb – Brisbane, The Tivoli w/ Primal Scream
Sun 8 Feb – Melbourne, Billboard w/ Primal Scream
Tue 10 Feb – Adelaide, HQ w/ Primal Scream
Thu 12 Feb – Melbourne, Melbourne Zoo for ‘Roar Sounds’

St Helens - new single and tour dates

With their debut album set for release later this year, Melbourne’s St Helens give us a taste of what’s to come with new single How To Choose Your Guru Part 2. A testament to Jarrod Quarrell’s songwriting skills, the jagged guitars on ‘How To Choose…’ intertwine with a fervent cowbell beat to create an intensely pulsing track.

In the lead up to the release of their album, St Helens will be playing shows along the East Coast starting with a show at Melbourne’s East Brunswick Club on February 6th supporting Devastations on their only Australian show. St Helens’ music is as fervent on the stage as in the studio with word of mouth about their live performances landing St Helens the opening slot for Blonde Redhead after only 4 gigs back in 2007.

TOUR DATES

Fri 6 Feb – Melbourne, East Brunswick Club, supporting Devastations
Thu 26 Feb – Sydney, Hopetoun w/ Songs and The Ancients
Sat 28 Feb – Brisbane, Rics Bar w/ The Ancients

How To Choose Your Guru Part 2 [mp3]

myspace.com/sthelens

Wolf & Cub get Primal

After just finishing off a bunch of festivals over the new year's eve period, playing Falls in Tasmania and Victoria as well as the Southbound Festival in WA, Wolf & Cub have been announced as the support for the national Primal Scream tour. (Wolf & Cub not playing WA)

Primal Scream return to Australia after a nine year absence to headline the 2009 Playground Weekender Festival and complete a national tour in support of their latest album 'Beautiful Future' and have asked Wolf & Cub to join the tour.

With the mastering session booked for Wolf & Cub's new album due for release Feb/March, the band will be playing a load of new tracks including the current track at radio Seven Sevens. Before the shows with Primal Scream, Wolf & Cub will play the TV On The Radio sides shows as a part of their Big Day Out tour.

Primal Scream Tour

SYDNEY - Wed 4th February - The Forum
Cnr Bent St & Errol Flynn Blvd, Moore Park
Tickets $65 + BF From moshtix.com.au or Moshtix Outlets

BRISBANE - Thurs 5th February - The Tivoli
52 Costin St, Fortitude Valley
Tickets $65 + BF From ticketek.com.au
or Ticketek Outlets and primalscream.net

MELBOURNE - Sun 8th February - Billboard
170 Russell St, Melbourne
Tickets $65 + BF From moshtix.com.au and Moshtix Outlets
or billboardthevenue.com.au and primalscream.net

ADELAIDE - Tues 10th February - HQ
1 North Terrace, Adelaide
Tickets $65 + BF From venuetix.com.au or 08 8225 8888
or oztix.com.au primalscream.net

myspace.com/wolfandcub

Snowman honoured by Pitchfork

Snowman have capped off a busy year by getting an honourable mention for their sophomore album The Horse, The Rat and The Swan in Pitchfork's Albums of the Year list. Here's a bit of what they said about the album:

"The record is a proud enigma, technologically advanced and primal, referential but utterly unique, a terrifying vision of our Stone Age future."

Snowman released the album in May and following a national tour relocated to London. If you've been wondering what they've been up to, here's a message from Joe:

To those of you who give a damn,

We are sorry for the long silence, our communication methods were disabled. We have been busy building new lives in London. Slowly the empire is growing. We have found a home of some description, in Walthamstow, E17 (where the group East 17 once hailed from, though I doubt we will be channeling any of their magic). Our home is above an Italian cafe on a high street. On our doorstep there are markets. Most mornings I am woken by the sound of a cockney shouting "two for a pound" or "money back guarantee". I fall asleep at night to the sound of a domestic disturbance or a stabbing. There are seven of us living in the flat. We have one toilet. I am sleeping under a stairwell...in a passage way. Today I am locked inside the house as I have not been allocated a key yet. In time these minor issues will be resolved.

We all appear to have jobs now. None of which are worth mentioning other than Ross'. He is a garbage man.

We have played a few shows here in the UK. We played Leeds, Bristol and London with fellow Australian noisemakers PIVOT. They are fine gentlemen and a wonderful band. Dear chum and label sibling Ned Collette played a show with us the other night too.

We are working on some new things. Bits and pieces. Something will rear it's ugly head at some stage.

We hope you are safe and warm.

Love always,

The SNOWMAN Empire

Snowman will be playing at Madame JoJo's (White Heat) in Soho on January 6th with HTRK.

Snowman's First German Interview

German music blog Auf Touren has featured an interview with Snowman frontman Joe McKee. Joe talks about touring, musical influences and the band's songwriting process, particularly on their latest release The Horse, The Rat And The Swan...

AufTouren: Your brilliant last record, “The Horse, The Rat And The Swan”, takes a lot of time. Once you think you discovered it, you really really love it. I would say, it has got no real singles or instant hits and only works as a whole. How does it feel to release something that takes that much time in terms where people like to listen to silly ringtones?

Joe: Well, it took a long time to write. We spent hundreds of hours dedicated to the writing process and focused on creating a piece of art. It is, at times, a challenging piece of art, but all of my favourite art is this way. I think for art and music to truly move someone, it needs to be challenging and engaging at the same time.

For the full interview check out the Auf Touren blog.

Earlier this year Snowman relocated to London playing throughout England including several shows with fellow Aussie band Pivot and Ned Collette. The band are look on embarking tours throughout the rest of Europe and the US in 2009.

Ned Collette adds more international tour dates

Throughout December and January Ned Collette Band will be continuing their three month tour across Europe having already played dates in France, Switzerland, Poland, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria and the UK. Late January will see the band touring New Zealand before returning to Australia for the Melbourne Summer Tones Festival happening in late February.

Tour Dates:
2008

UK:
Thurs 17th Dec - Captain’s Rest - Glasgow, Scotland

2009

Europe:
Wed 7th Jan - Ecurie de L’Ilot 13 - Geneva, Switzerland
Sat 10th Jan - Lego Cafe - Cesena, Italy
Thurs 15th Jan - Schokoladen - Berlin, Germany
Fri 16th Jan - Pimo Bar - Leipzig, Germany
Sat 17th Jan - Beatpol - Dresden, Germany
Sun 18th Jan - Valentin Stueberl - Berlin, Germany
Tues 20th Jan - Cafe Glocksee - Hannover, Germany
Wed 21st Jan - Groningen, Netherlands venue TBC
Thurs 22nd Jan - Biz’Art Bar - Paris, France

New Zealand:
Fri 30th Jan - Whammy Bar - w. Actor/Model & Trees Climbing Trees, Auckland
Sat 31st Jan - Charlie Farleys - w. Actor/Model & Trees Climbing Trees, Waiheke Island
Thurs 5th Feb - Good Luck Bar - w. Actor/Model & Pikelet, Wellington
Fri 6th Feb - Camp A Low Hum - Homedale
Sat 7th Feb - Camp A Low Hum - Homedale

Australia:
Sat 28 Feb - SUMMER TONES @ The Espy - w. Dan Deacon, Lawrence Arabia, High Places, Ruby Suns & more... Melbourne

Ned's latest album Future Suture is available through Dot Dash.
Ned Collette band have a new album due out early 2009.

A SMAC for Cloud Control

Congratulations to Cloud Control who took the award for 'Best Newcomer' at the inaugural Sydney Music Arts & Culture [SMAC] Awards. The prize tops off a perfect year for the band, who have recently released the Death Cloud EP through Remote Control and via iTunes.

The band – originally formed in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales – have been announced as the national support for Josh Pyke's 'Chimney's Afire' tour, which kicks off in February 2009 and sees the band perform in cities and regional centres around the country.

Cloud Control have promised that before they head out on the road with Mr Pyke, they will be spending some time holed up in a dark studio to record their debut album, due for release in the first half of 2009.

TOUR DATES
* Supporting Josh Pyke
Tue 30 Dec – Peates Ridge, Peates Ridge Festival
Fri 13 Feb – Fremantle, Fly By Night *
Fri 20 Feb – Coolangatta, Coolangatta Hotel *
Sat 21 Feb – Brisbane, The Tivoli *
Thu 26 Feb – Newcastle, Newcastle Uni *
Fri 27 Feb – Wollongong, Wollongong Uni *
Sat 28 Feb – Canberra, ANU Bar *
Thu 5 Mar – Adelaide, Governor Hindmarsh *
Fri 6 Mar – Melbourne, Hi Fi Bar *
Sat 7 Mar – Melbourne, Hi Fi Bar *
Fri 13 Mar – Sydney, Metro *
Sat 14 Mar – Sydney, Metro *

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! and Fabulous Diamonds added to Laneway Festival

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! and Fabulous Diamonds have been added to the Laneway Festival lineups in Adelaide and Melbourne respectively.

Having won triple j's unearthed competition, F!SR,F! recently wowed Sydney's Homebake crowd with their unique angular pop. They've also been busy completing their new album, the first single from which is War Coward. The digital EP also features a remix by electro-mashup outfit and fellow Adelaide Laneway guests The Waterslides.
War Coward (Waterslides Remix) [mp3]


Melbourne audiences should be no strangers to the hypnotic and enthralling sounds produced by Jarrod Zlatic and Nisa Venerosa of Fabulous Diamonds. The duo will play the Melbourne Laneway having completed a 30 date tour with Times New Viking and Psychedelic Horseshit earlier in the year. During that time they also released their debut album 7 songs in the US through Siltbreeze, receiving a 7.4 rating from Pitchfork who described their songs as "smooth enough to run your fingers over".
Track 7 [mp3]


Laneway Festival 2009 Dates
Sat 31 Jan - Brisbane, Laneway Festival (Jay Reatard and Stereolab)
Sun 1 Feb - Melbourne, Laneway Festival (Jay Reatard, Stereolab and Fabulous Diamonds)
Fri 6 Feb - Perth, Laneway Festival (Jay Reatard and Stereolab)
Sat 7 Feb - Adelaide, Laneway Festival (Jay Reatard, Stereolab and Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!)
Sun 8 Feb - Sydney, Laneway Festival (Jay Reatard and Stereolab)

Cloud Control to support Josh Pyke on National Tour

Alt folk blue mountains band, Cloud Control will join troubadour Josh Pyke for his national tour through out February/March 2009.

It's been a big year for Cloud Control, picking up nominations for the SOYA and SMAC awards and touring across the country with the likes of Supergrass, John Steel Singers and Youth Group all in the lead up to their debut record due out Autumn next year.

Their latest single Death Cloud features 2 other tracks including a remix of Into The Line by Sulo (producer for Sydney Hip Hop outfit The Herd). [mp3]



Josh Pyke Chimney’s Afire Tour Dates

Fri 13 Feb – Fly By Night, Fremantle, WA (w/ Steve Parkin)
www.heatseeker.com.au, Star Surf Perth, Planet Mt Lawley & Mills Fremantle

Fri 20 Feb – Coolangatta Hotel, QLD
www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545

Sat 21 Feb – The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD
www.ticketek.com.au

Thurs 26 Feb – Newcastle Uni, NSW
www.bigtix.com.au + Newcastle University + The Rockshop + Billy Hyde

Fri 27 Feb – Wollongong Uni, NSW
www.bigtix.com.au + Venue + Redback Music

Sat 28 Feb – ANU Bar, Canberra, ACT
www.ticketek.com.au

Thurs 5 Mar – Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide, SA
The Gov Phone Sales (08 8340 0744) + www.moshtix.com.au or 1300 GET TIX + www.venuetix.com.au or 08 8232 8363

Fri 6 Mar – Hi Fi Bar, Melbourne, VIC
www.thehifi.com.au + Missing Link + Polyester + Greville Records

Sat 7 Mar – Hi Fi Bar, Melbourne, VIC
www.thehifi.com.au + Missing Link + Polyester + Greville Records

Fri 13 Mar – Metro, Sydney, NSW
www.ticketek.com.au, The Metro www.metrotheatre.com or 02 9550 3666

Sat 14 Mar – Metro, Sydney, NSW
www.ticketek.com.au, The Metro www.metrotheatre.com or 02 9550 3666

myspace.com/cloudcontrol

Wolf & Cub - Seven Sevens

So many things happen in 49 days…

Wolf & Cub return with Seven Sevens - the new single from their forthcoming album, which will be released in February 2009.

Recorded with Bumblebeez genius Chris Colonna in his hometown of Braidwood, the song is awash with the psyched out vocals and intergalactic guitar of front man Joel Byrne, combined with the driving bass playing of Thomas Mayhew and the highly combustible percussion courtesy of Joel Carey and newcomer Marvin Hammond.

Taking the raw elements of the early demos and coupling them with the studio wizardry of Colonna, Wolf & Cub have created a memorable cocktail, one part lysergic… one part darkly danceable.

Between now and the release of the new album Wolf & Cub will be performing at the Falls and Southbound Festivals and will support New Yorkers TV On The Radio on their Australian side shows in January.

Seven Sevens [mp3]

TOUR DATES

Friday December 12
Festival of the Sun
Port Macquarie, NSW

Tuesday Dec 30
Falls Festival
Marion Bay, TAS

Wed Dec 31
Falls Festival
Lorne, VIC

Thurs Jan 1
Shores on A New Year's Day
Adelaide, SA

Fri Jan 2
Southbound Festival
Perth, WA

Sat Jan 24
The Metro, w/ TV On The Radio
Sydney NSW

Thurs Jan 29
The Hi Fi Bar, w/ TV On The Radio
Melbourne, VIC

myspace.com/wolfandcub

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! 'War Coward' remix

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! have spent the past 2 years being the city of churches’ best kept secret, playing enthusiastic and passionate shows supporting some of the best international and national touring acts around.

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!’s brand of monolithic, angular rock evokes former glories of bands such as Pretty Girls Make Graves and Q & Not U, as well as current luminaries My Disco and Minus the Bear. F!SR,F! also contains a pop-sensibility often relegated in today’s vapid culture to mobile ringtones and one-hit wonders.

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!’s introduction to the Dot Dash/Remote Control Records stable, is the War Coward single/EP- 3 minutes of pitch-shifted, post-millennial tension, led by new singer/chanteuse Caitlin Duff.

Released as a digital EP through iTunes in December 2008, War Coward EP also contains 3 previously unreleased songs I’m Here, Where Are You?, Crisis B and Merchant Ships, as well as a remix of War Coward, by Electro-mashup outfit The Waterslides.

War Coward (Waterslides Remix) [mp3]


Upcoming Shows
Fri 28 Nov - Adelaide, ABRACADABRA Modular Party @ Rocket Bar
Sat 29 Nov - Adelaide, Metro Hotel
Sat 6 Dec - Sydney, Homebake Festival
Sun 8 Feb - Sydney, Playground Weekender

myspace.com/firesantarosafire

St Helens Get Up

Melbourne's St Helens are the inevitable outcome of too many late nights out.

The members of St Helen can trace one degree of separation from Spider Vomit, Bird Blobs, Minimum Chips, Alpha Males and Kes, with occassional contributions from Love Of Diagrams and Panel Of Judges.

Originally formed to give voice to Jarrod Quarrell’s (The New Season, Lost Animal) world weary but ultimately victorious songs, it wasn't long before word spread of the band’s razor sharp guitar interplay, Jarrod and Hannah's bitter-sweet, intertwining vocals and the broken glass danger of their intense live performances. After only four gigs, St Helens were opening for one of New York’s hottest bands, Blonde Redhead.

St Helens have finished recording a new album for release in 2009, the first single from which is Get Up [mp3]

myspace.com/sthelens

Wolf & Cub and Magic Dirt nominated for AIR awards

The nominees for the annual Australian Independent Record Awards have been announced. Adelaide's Wolf & Cub are up for best single/EP for psych-rock release One To The Other (produced by Bumbleez Christopher Colonna) while Magic Dirt are nominated for best hard rock/punk album for Girl. Winners will be announced November 24th at Melbourne's Corner Hotel.

Wolf & Cub have just started their national tour supporting The Vines. Dates and info here.

Wolf & Cub - One To The Other (Bumblebeez Remix) [mp3]


3 months of touring and Magic Dirt still haven't finished, with dates still be be played in SA, Tasmania and regional Victoria. Go here for dates and info. The band have put together a special tour EP that they'll be selling at the shows featuring a cover of the Hard Ons classic 'Suck n Swallow' and a duet with Adalita and Gareth Liddiard (The Drones) called 'Love Is The Armour'.

Magic Dirt - Romy

Ned Collete Band European Tour blog

Midway through their one month tour of Europe, Ned Collette Band have managed to find some ever elusive wi-fi, starting up a tour diary and uploading some pics.

"...every day is another frantic journey into the European abyss - driving, changing tyres, tolls, leaving amps behind in Germany, eating rubber disguised as mashed potatoes, almost getting married off to provincial 'junge frau' in deepest darkest backwoods German pubs, perfecting our 'blue steels' for band photos in front of old stuff, seeing good old pals and of course playing the rock musiques de Australie, oui? They love that shit here."

More over at their myspace.

Ned Collette Band's final Australian shows for '08

This Friday 26th, Ned Collette Band will perform their final Melbourne show of '08 at The Tote. Supporting them on the night are Melbourne's St Helens whose members have one degree of separation from Spider Vomit, Bird Blobs, Minimum Chips, Alpha Males and Kes, with occasional contributions from Love Of Diagrams and Panel Of Judges.

The Tote gig will be filmed and recorded by Nat van den Dungen, beginning an audiovisual document which will also span the band's forthcoming European trip. Come and get your face on...

They will also be playing at Sydney's Hopetoun on Saturday October 4th.

After that they'll be heading off on their European tour which takes in the UK, France, Germany and more, as well as playing at places you'd be hard pressed to pronounce (try saying "Jadlodajnia Filozoficzna" 10 times fast). For the full list of dates go to their website.

Ned will be performing live on Melbourne radio station Triple R at 5:30 this afternoon, performing a cover of Guy Blackman. You'll be able to listen here.

Ned's latest album Future Suture is out now on Dot Dash.

Earlier this year Ned Collette Band performed the single The Country With A Smile from the album on ABC's Sunday Arts program with special guests on flute, trumpet and trombone:




myspace.com/nedcollette