Dead Meadow sideshows announced

Psych rockers Dead Meadow have announced three sideshows alongside their performances at the inaugural Australian ATP Festival. Joining them for these indie extravaganzas will be UK electro duo Fuck Buttons and Japan's Afrirampo.

Combining a love of 70s rock and boogie with a strong 60s psychedelic and eastern influence has earned US band Dead Meadow a cult following the world over, more so with their latest album Old Growth and which is arguably their best and most accessible to date. On the album, chocolate thick overdubs of tamburas, Mellotrons and Hammonds flesh out barnyard stomp skeletons. Dead Meadow are renowned for their fierce live shows and will force you to go forward with them, to climb that mountain, leave your earthly problems behind and most importantly grow up.

Fri 9-Sat 10 Jan – Mt Buller, ATP Festival
Wed 14 Jan – Melbourne, Corner Hotel
Thu 15 Jan – Sydney, Oxford Arts Factory
Fri 16 Jan – Brisbane, Powerhouse Theatre

What Needs Must Be


myspace.com/deadmeadow

Fuck Buttons live from Juan's Basement

“We play on the floor; everybody is a part of Fuck Buttons that way. Just like everybody is a part of the Earth”

Fuck Buttons recently brought their face-melting, noise-purist carnage to Pitchfork.tv. More video links after the vid:

Sweet Love For Planet Earth


More from Juan's Basement:
Okay, Let's Talk About Magic
Interview: Traditional Instrument
Interview On: The End Of The World

The Bristol duo will be bringing their tribal beats and contorting Technicolor drone-scapes to Australia mid-January 2009 as part of the inaugural Australian ATP Festivals in Melbourne and Sydney. Click for more details.

myspace.com/fuckbuttons

Fuck Buttons to play All Tomorrow's Parties

Bristol's Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power aka Fuck Buttons (that's RC 'fuck' band #3) have been announced to play the inaugural Australian ATP Festival. Curated by Nick Cave, the festival proper will be held over two days at Victoria's Mt Buller, with one day events being held in Sydney and Brisbane*. Also playing will be The Saints, Spiritualized, The Necks and Robert Forster.

ATP Festival Dates
Fri 9-Sat 10 Jan – Mt Buller
Sat 17 Jan – Sydney, Cockatoo Island
Sun 18 Jan – Sydney, Cockatoo Island
*Fuck Buttons not playing in Brisbane

Fuck Buttons are renowned for their electric live performances where they seamlessly weave tribal beats and subtle melodies amongst contorting Technicolor drone-scapes while preaching distorted-vocals scream for dear hope herself.

Their debut album, Street Horrrsing, was recorded by John Cummings of Mogwai and mastered by Bob Weston of Shellac and was released earlier this year.

Colours Move (radio edit) [mp3]


Okay, Let's Talk About Magic (live at SXSW)


myspace.com/fuckbuttons