STOMP TOURING ANNOUNCES POISON THE WELL OCTOBER '09 TOUR!!!

Stomp Touring, Blunt Magazine & Bombshellzine Present:

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.

Fresh off the back of this stunning new album, and following on from mind blowing performances at this year’s Soundwave Festival, Poison the Well return to Australia this October for their very first headline tour.

Audiences will experience a full set of fan favourites from Poison the Well’s ground-breaking back catalogue as well as new tracks from The Tropic Rot:

“If you’re looking for a record that breaks all the rules and dares to go where no other heavy records dare to go, then pick this puppy up and enjoy the ride” – Xpress Magazine

“…this could very well be the album that reclaims the attention of past listeners as well as impressing an army of new ones” – Blunt Magazine

Supports announced in the coming weeks.

BUY TICKETS HERE THROUGH PLAY4ME

--Dates--

Tuesday 20th October – Amplifier Bar, Perth (18+)
383-393 Murray St Perth. Doors @ 7:30pm.
Tickets on sale Monday 24th August from www.stomp.com.au, Moshtix Outlets, www.moshtix.com.au or 1300 438 849

Wednesday 21st October – The Gov, Adelaide (Lic AA)
59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh. Doors @ 7:30pm.
Tickets on sale Monday 24th August from www.stomp.com.au, Venuetix Outlets, www.venuetix.com.au or (08) 8225 8888 & Moshtix Outlets, www.moshtix.com.au or 1300 438 849 

Thursday 22nd October – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne  (Afternoon – Under 18s, Night – 18+)
57 Swan St, Richmond. U18s Doors @ 4:00pm, 18+ Doors @ 8:30pm.
Tickets on sale Monday 24th August from www.stomp.com.au, The Corner Box Office (03) 9427 9198, www.cornerhotel.com & Missing Link (03) 9670 8208

Friday 23rd October – Manning Bar, Sydney (Lic AA)
Level 2 Manning House, University of Sydney. Doors @ 7:00pm.
Tickets on sale Monday 24th August from www.stomp.com.au, Moshtix Outlets, www.moshtix.com.au or 1300 438 849, Oztix Outlets, www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545 & Manning Bar, www.manningbar.com or 1300 762 545

Saturday 24th October – The Hi Fi, Brisbane (18+)
125 Boundary St, West End. Doors @ 8:00pm.
Tickets on sale Monday 24th August from www.stomp.com.au, www.thehifi.com.au, 1300-THEHIFI (1300-8434434) & Oztix Outlets (Rocking Horse Records, Kill the Music, Butter Beats, Gooble Warming, Moshpit Music Maroochydore, Sunflower Music Pacific Fair)

Posted: Tuesday, 25 August 2009

POLAR BEAR CLUB SIGNS ON WITH BRIDGE NINE & RELEASE NEW ALBUM ' CHASING HAMBURG'

After much rumour-spreading and speculation (that turned out to be true), Bridge Nine Records/Stomp Entertainment and Polar Bear Club are proud to announce that the upstate New York band has officially joined Bridge Nine's ever-growing roster. With their Bridge Nine debut, Chasing Hamburg, named one of the Most Anticipated Releases of 2009 by Alternative Press, Polar Bear Club is already off to an incredible start.

Formed in 2005, Polar Bear Club initially had no expectations of ever becoming a full-time band. Spread out amongst states and time-zones, the band released the EP The Redder The Better before they hit the studio to record 2008's critically acclaimed Sometimes Things Just Disappear on Red Leader Records, which was also named one of AP's Top 10 Most Essential releases of '08. As the interest in the band grew, they dropped jobs, took leaves of absence from school and hit the road with Gaslight Anthem, Crime In Stereo, Broadway Calls, American Steel, A Wilhelm Scream and many more.

Polar Bear Club’s hugely anticipated album Chasing Hamburg is out 4th September through Bridge Nine Records/Stomp Entertainment.

Buy the album here OR Listen to Living Saints on Radio Stomp Here

Posted: Tuesday, 25 August 2009

STEREOSONIC RETURNS THIS SUMMER - DEADMAU5 HEADLINING & BACK WITH A NEW ALBUM

The first event of Summer returns..

Stereosonic, Australia's fastest growing festival, returns in 2009 with an all-star stellar lineup to tour the country at the start of summer.  With exams over, work winding down and the summer beckoning, 2009 sees the addition of a Stereosonic Sydney show in the festival format with the main stage and satellites in Moore Park, the Hordern Pavilion, Royal Hall of Industries and surrounds.  After 4 sell-out Satellite shows in 2008 in Sydney across 4 venues, it had to finally happen... welcome 20,000 of Stereosonic’s newest fans!

Whilst Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne stay in current venues and continue to increase crowds at rapid rates, Brisbane gets a facelift and moves to the prestigious Eagle Farm Racecourse.  After years of attempts, Stereosonic has finally secured this venue for what is an exciting and absolutely stunning addition to the Stereosonic venue list.  Easily accessible with a train stop out front, its a welcome new venue to the Brisbane festival circuit.  Co-presented by Family, Sunset Events, Electric Circus and Limelite, the Steresonic family is truly a national one, taking the best in local and overseas talent, venues and crowds to make the Stereosonic experience unforgettable.

STEREOSONIC09 DATES:

Saturday 28th Nov – SYDNEY - Moore Park, Hordern, RHI & Surrounds    12pm-10pm
Sunday 29th Nov – PERTH - Claremont Showground    12pm-10pm
Saturday 5th Dec – ADELAIDE - Bonython Park    12pm-10pm
Saturday 5th Dec – MELBOURNE - Royal Melbourne Showgrounds    12pm-10pm
Sunday 6th Dec – BRISBANE - Eagle Farm Racecourse    12pm-10pm

LINE UP:

Deadmau5, Axwell, Fedde Le Grand, John Dahlback, The Crookers, The Bloody Beetroots feat MC Justin Pearson, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, Marco Carola, Chicane, Cut Copy DJs, Renaissance Man, Alter Ego, Zombie Nation, Hudson Mohawke, Tim Sweeney (DFA), Grafton Primary, Canyons, Bag Raiders, and more to be announced

Visit stereosonic.com.au for more info.

Posted: Tuesday, 25 August 2009

BLACK CROWES RELEASE NEW ALBUM 'BEFORE THE FROST' & GIVEAWAY ANOTHER ALBUM FOR DOWNLOAD

THE BLACK CROWES will release their new studio CD, Before the Frost... via the band's own Silver Arrow label and Megaforce Records/Stomp Entertainment on September 4th 2009. A second album, titled ...Until the Freeze, will be given away for free exclusively through a unique download code included in Before the Frost... CD as a thank you to their fans for two decades of support.

Before the Frost... features 11 new unreleased Black Crowes' studio songs. The free album ...Until the Freeze has 8 new original Black Crowes' studio songs plus a cover version of the Stephen Stills classic "So Many Times."

Before the Frost..., and its corresponding free album ...Until the Freeze, were recorded over a series of five nights at Levon Helm Studios. Although both are studio albums, all the new material was performed and recorded in front of an intimate audience of the band s fans.

Chris Robinson conceived the innovative concept of Before the Frost...Until the Freeze: "I think we fulfilled a musical commitment to continue on the golden road of artistic independence. Approaching 20 years into our careers, we still are ambitious enough to push ourselves to create something unique that we have never done before."

As The Black Crowes approach the upcoming 20th anniversary of their release of one of rock’s most influential records, Shake Your Money Maker, which produced such hits as Jealous Again, She Talks to Angels and Hard to Handle, they are time and again hailed as one of Rock and Roll s best live acts.

Check out the first single ‘I Ain’t Hiding’ on Stomp radio now.

Pre-order the album here

Posted: Tuesday, 18 August 2009

WUNDERKIND WAVVES RELEASES 'WAVVVES' IN OCTOBER THROUGH STOMP

Wavvves is the second album by the charmingly careless Nathan Williams, better know as San Diego based one man band Wavves.

Wavvves (note: v x 3) is the much blogged about follow up to Nathan's 2008 self titled release Wavves (note: v x 2) and features the US and UK released singles 'So Bored' and 'No Hope Kids'. 

A few musings -

A simple stunner that lets you get back in touch with the teenager you wished you were" - Pitchfork (8/10)
 
"Wavvves is packed with willfully noisy, upbeat pop that's playfully morbid (demons and Goths feature prominently in the lyrics) and totally juvenile - and an utter joy. Only available on import at the moment (will someone please release this locally?), Wavvves is a glorious slab of noise as sunny as it is creepy. Highly recommended." - ThreeThousand

Watch the video for No Hope Kids on Stomp TV Here

Wavvves is out through Stomp on the 2nd of October.

Posted: Tuesday, 18 August 2009

WHY? BACK WITH ALBUM & RUMOURS OF A TOUR

A year and a half after releasing the acclaimed Alopecia LP, WHY? returns with their fourth album, Eskimo Snow. The two records are each other’s perfect foil: While last year’s release found Yoni Wolf and the gang delivering a tight set of intricate rhymes, live loops, slurred hooks and acerbic wit, Eskimo Snow offers a sung, sobering take on mortality that unfurls in lush waves of Americana and pop-infused psych-folk. Pre-mixed in Nashville by Lambchop’s Mark Nevers (Silver Jews, Bonnie Prince Billy, Calexico) and worked over by Alopecia engineer Eli Crews, this album is WHY?’s most live-sounding yet – a shadowy and sprawling piece as intimate in subject matter as it is handsome in timbre.
 
WHY? actually recorded Eskimo Snow at the same time as Alopecia, at Minneapolis’ Third Ear studio, with Fog’s Andrew Broder and Mark Erickson rounding out a live quintet. The vision for two separate albums emerged on a snowed-in night after a hot toddy or two. If Alopecia, however inexplicably, maintains a summery tone, then Eskimo Snow captures the bite and resignation associated with the Midwestern winters that these Cincinnati boys grew up with.

There are also rumours on the mill that Why? may just be heading our way this Summer. Check back in the next few week's for more developments. To whet your appetite, check out a live performance of Eskimo Snow by Yoni Wolf on Stomp TV Here.

Posted: Tuesday, 18 August 2009

GUS GUS JOIN KOMPAKT & RELEASE NEW ALBUM THIS SEPTEMBER

Following a whirlwind history spanning more than a decade, Gus Gus, one of dance music's most notorious acts has joined forces with Kompakt following an illustrious run of releases on 4AD, Pineapple and Great Stuff - selling over 5 million records worldwide. '24/7' is a remarkable emotional and matured journey for this legendary Icelandic trio. 6 songs spanning over 50 minutes showcasing their wealth of musical knowledge in creating some of the most turbulent, engrossing pop-techno-house tunes in dance music history.

'Thin Ice' breaks through with it's throbbing bass line - Daniel Agust makes returns to the act since the 4AD years with his triumphant vocal chorus 'I Feel Like Dancing!' that sets the tone for the rest of the album. Their northern souls shine with 'Hateful' - a submerged sounding roller coaster that brings forth their remarkable tact for balancing unnerving frequencies with the bliss of modern pop songwriting. GusGus cover the classic Jimi Tenor tune 'Take Me Baby' and go the extra mile by enlisting Tenor to sing his own song! The result is a modern techno/house floor smasher. The first single 'Add This Song' finishes off '24/7' and is one of the album's true shining moments - the emotional persuasiveness of Daniel Agust's voice will caress anyone through this blissful electro-fied opus.

Check back in the coming weeks for release info. In the meantime, check out 'Thin Ice' live taken at NITSA in Barcelona.

Posted: Tuesday, 18 August 2009

PISSED JEANS RELEASE 'KING OF JEANS' - OUT NOW

The title of Pissed Jeans’ third album conjures their essence perfectly - masters of the mundane, beasts of the banal, high priests of the humdrum. These four male high school graduates from Pennsylvania hardly look further than their own appendages for artistic inspiration, content to execute their own brand of brash and heavy punk music in the Joe Carducci-approved standard rock formation of guitar, bass, drums and vocals. From simple minds and simple fabrics comes this King of Jeans, perhaps also a slight nod to the variety of Pissed Jeans-inspired groups that have crawled up since 2007’s Hope for Men. After all, there can be only one.

If 2005’s Shallow was Pissed Jeans coping with moving out of their parents’ homes, and 2007’s Hope for Men their initial reaction to the mechanical lifestyle of a wage-earner, King of Jeans is their formal and uneasy acceptance of adulthood. The age gap between the members of Pissed Jeans and high school girls is no longer something to be overlooked—-they hoped for men, and sometimes you get what you wish for. Backs get sore easier and stay sore longer, record collections have reached their breaking point or have been sold entirely, and procreating is becoming a more pressing issue. Working with renowned producer Alex Newport (who has worked with such luminaries as At the Drive-In, The Locust and Sepultura), Pissed Jeans has pushed further into the raw, minimal core of heavy rock music with King of Jeans.

KING OF JEANS IS OUT ON THE 21ST OF AUGUST

Posted: Tuesday, 18 August 2009

GLOBAL UNDERGROUND PROUDLY PRESENTS THE FUTURE OF ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC WITH NUBREED MIXED BY SULTAN

The legendary GU Nubreed DJ mix series that began in 2000 launching the careers of some of modern dance music’s greatest DJ’s such as Sander Kleinenberg, Danny Howells and Steve Lawler to name just a few, continues its worldwide journey of discovery by bringing you Nubreed 8, mixed exclusively by the supremely talented Montreal based DJ and producer Sultan.

Sultan has consistently proven to be one of the leading producers in today's electronic music scene, remixing artists such as Dirty Vegas, BT, Nadia Ali, Cedric Gervais, Second Sun and most recently Sander Kleinenberg while launching his own imprint, Harem Records.

Nominated for Best Progressive Artist of 2009 at the Beatport Music Awards, Sultan has also co-produced and co-written Nadia Ali’s Number 1 BILLBOARD single, “Love Story”.

With many dates across the globe, touring in world renowned clubs like Ministry of Sound, Pacha, Space, Stereo and Crobar, he has proven to be one of the most exciting and technically sound performers in the DJ scene today.

With Sultan originating from the Middle East but now residing in Montreal, Canada for many years, this smooth, eclectic and at times mystical journey builds effortlessly from the blissed out opening mantra set by LuLu Rouge feat Trentmoller into a magic carpet ride of cutting edge and upfront electronic, groove laden delights!

This intelligent and well thought out DJ mix has been expertly programmed by a serious name to watch out for on the global dance music scene and features no less than 14 exclusive tracks and mixes, including several crackers from Sultan himself via his own Harem Records label, (highlights being the collaboration with Dirty Vegas) plus upfront tracks from the likes of Behrouz, Jean Claude-Ades and brand new remixes of underground classics Tone Depth's 'Rumblefish' (Bedrock) and Dark Globe's Break My World' which is remixed by Sultan himself exclusively for this Nu breed album.

Enjoy the ride…..

CD 01
1. Lu Lu Rouge feat. Trentmoller - Ninna Nanna - Music for Dreams
2. Soulphiction - Changes (Ike Remix) - Sonar Kollektiv 
3. Luis Junior -  Colache - Abysoma  - Exclusive
4. Toby Tabias - Schoon (Dave Ellesmere Rmx) - Rekids
5. Pascal Vert - Bios (Mark Wessen Rmx) - Jetlag Digital
6. Sascha Funk - Mango - Bpitch Control
7. Behrouz - Where R U Now - Forensic 
8. Tone Depth - Rumblefish (2009 Rmx) - Bedrock - Exclusive
9. Behrouz – I’m Coming Home  - Exclusive
10. Luciano Esse and Toni D. - Los Penal - Atcha 
11. Sultan & Ned Shepard - Roads Under Ramallah - GU Exclusive
12. Norman Zube - Swing - Parquet
13. Dominik Eulberg - Sansula (Jonas Kopp's Dubfreak Mix) - Traum – Exclusive  / Soultan & Tone Depth - Moments (Guitarapella) - Black Hole
14. Namito - Train to Tehran - Kling Klong 
15. Sultan & Ned Shepard feat. Dirty Vegas - Crimson Sun - Harem - Exclusive
16. Sultan & Ned Shepard - Verona - Exclusive

CD2
1. Pascal Vert - When Time Stands Still
2. Bertie Blackman - Town of Sorrow (Mic Newman Rmx) - EQ 
3. Florian Meindl - La Nuit - Traum
4. Jean Claude Ades - Show Me (Gorge Remix) – Swings - Exclusive / Luomo - Tessio (Accapella) - Great Stuff
5. Maher Daniel - Buzzin - Harem - Exclusive
6. Florian Meindl - Here Today Gone Tomorrow – Flash !
7. Joris Voorn - Empty Trash – Rejected
8. DBN Feat. Medita - Asteroidz (Sultan & Ned Shepard Rmx) - Yoshitoshi
9. Stephan Luke - Invisible Man (Ned Shepard Instrumental Rmx) - Harem - Exclusive
10. Joe T Vannelli - Private House (Siwell Dub) - Dream Beat
11. Chordian - Closed Eyes (Paul Kalkbrenner Rmx -Ned Shepard Nubreed Edit) - Soniculture - Exclusive
12. Matan Caspi & Eddy Good - Neverland - Harem - Exclusive
13. Ned Shepard - Chromatic - Harem – Exclusive / BM Linx - 123 Cat (Accapella)
14. Dark Globe - Break My World (Sultan Nubreed Rework) - Exclusive

CD OUT 28TH OF AUGUST

Posted: Tuesday, 18 August 2009

OM RECORDS TURNS 15!!

There is not much info on how Dj FLuid (Chris Smith) started an label that's now over 250 releases strong and 15 years old. 
 
The founder and head honcho of San Francisco based Om Records, DJ Fluid is a busy man. When not busy running the Om Records, Fluid is constantly touring, bringing his deep, funky and chunky sounds to the people.

“I try to offer a unique sound to the dance floor, incorporating all the styles of music I find inspiring.” Fluid’s sound is diverse indeed. His landmark DJ sets combine everything from Chicago House, Electo House, Minimal Funk and Broken Beats. No stranger to the studio, DJ Fluid has been producing electronic music for 19 years. His productions include dozens of 12” singles and remixes, four mix CD’s and two full length artist albums recorded with his group Afro-Mystik.

Fluid formed Afro-Mystik in 1999 as a fusion of electronic music, live percussion and global rhythms. “I wanted to get together a band that could encompass all of my interests in music, including house, jazz, world music and live instrumentation.” With Fluid at the helm, the six piece band has received critical acclaim for its electrifying live show and inspiring releases. Known internationally as the United Nations of Future Music, Om celebrates its 15th Anniversary in 2009. The label is respected worldwide for its diverse roster of electronic music, soulful house and hip hop. Whether it's the jacking sounds of Mark Farina or the groove infected House from Kaskade, Om Records have soul. Responsible for some of the most infectious music in the scene, Om's influence has spread far and wide and is now known as not just a fine label for House music, but a fine purveyor of quality music that takes in Downbeat, Nu-jazz, Lounge and Hip-Hop.

'Om:15' features all new original and exclusive material from a plethora of names within and beyond the immediate Om family to recruit a new entourage of talent that are crafting some of the most exciting music in the underground. Old and new Om fans will be pleased, this release is a nod to the past while looking toward the future.

“Since its inception in 1995, San Francisco based Om has assumed a stellar reputation for soliciting new and exciting dance music without boundaries. Om has helped redefine the sound of dance music.” – BILLBOARD MAGAZINE

Posted: Wednesday, 5 August 2009

TINY VIPERS HEAD OUR WAY THIS SEPTEMBER

Tiny Vipers is touring Australia in September/October 2009, in support of new record Life on Earth out now through Sub Pop / Stomp. 

Tiny Vipers, aka Jesy Fortino, a musician living in Seattle, is bringing her sparse and haunting songs to Australia for the first time. Tiny Vipers has just released Life on Earth, her second album on Sub Pop/Stomp. Tiny Vipers' complex yet minimal sound  of her bouyantly deep voice, accompanied by sparse yet deft acoustic guitar, offers mysterious windows into a fragile human soul with a beautiful and hollow vision of experiences beyond. Fortino simultaneously conveys the sadness of trauma and a tremendous natural beauty of untamed wilderness of the human heart and soul.

Transcending the mere folk tag (“She’s not telling stories; she’s after incantation and trance”- New York Times), Tiny Vipers leaves behind her contemporaries. Often compared to Joanna Newsom, Cat Power, the music has been deconstructed into an aether that floats beside the poignant lyrics. Drawing from disparate inspirational sources, from the avant-garde or from country musician Townes Van Zandt, Tiny Vipers' playing is no imitation. Fortino stands on her 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.

Since her last and first album, 2007’s Hands Across the Void, Tiny Vipers has been back and forth across Europe, on tours into and through the United States, transfixing audiences into a solemn hush. For those of us not yet lucky enough to see her live, Tiny Vipers' captivating performance on the Burn to Shine 5: Seattle DVD has allowed a glimpse of what to expect from a show. Fortino braves a world at times not ready to contemplate its own doing, she brings honesty to her live performances.

TINY VIPERS AUSTRALIA TOUR DATES
MELBOURNE - Friday Sept 25 - Bella Union Bar/Trades Hall w special guests
MELBOURNE - Saturday Sept 26 - Spring Tones at Roxanne Parlour (tickets mistletone.net)
SYDNEY - Thursday Oct 1 - The Hopetoun w special guests
NEWCASTLE - Friday Oct 2 - Sound Summit Festival at Renew Newcastle Church space (all ages)
BRISBANE - Saturday Oct 3 - The Troubadour w special guests
HOBART - Thursday Oct 8 - The Venue w Transcription of Organ Music and special guests

Posted: Wednesday, 5 August 2009

LOOK OUT FOR THE NEW BLITZEN TRAPPER EP 'BLACK RIVER KILLER' THAT'S OUT LATER THIS MONTH

As it's title would lead one to believe, Blitzen Trapper's 'Black River Killer EP' contains the disturbing and great song “Black River Killer” taken from the bands excellent September 2008 full-length album Furr. What is perhaps less evident from the title is that it also contains 6 more songs that have been, up to now, only available as a CDR that Blitzen Trapper has been selling at their live performances for the past year or so.
 
Blitzen Trapper is a group of native Northwesterners, most of whom grew up in Salem, Oregon. They have lived and played together in Portland since 2000. Critics and fans have compared their music to just about everything; there have been calls to coin a new genre. Thanks to the strong media support surrounding Furr and their debut album Wild Mountain Nation in June of 2007, the group have built a strong Australian fan base and will venture to our shores in November this year.

Black River Killer is out on the 28th of August 2009.

Don't forget about the tour! Details below.

WEDNESDAY 11TH November // THE HI FI, MELBOURNE - http://www.thehifi.com.au/, tel 1300843434, Polyester, Missing Link & Greville Records

THURSDAY 12TH November // METRO, SYDNEY - http://www.metrotheatre.com.au/, ticketek

FRIDAY 13TH November // THE HI FI, BRISBANE - http://www.thehifi.com.au/, tel 13008434434, Rocking Horse Records, Butter Beats, Sunflower

Posted: Wednesday, 5 August 2009

THE SPOILS RETURN WITH THEIR 3RD LP 'THE CROOK, THE CLOAKS & THE MAIDEN' THIS MONTH.

Dark romantics, The Spoils return with their third full length album, , a collection of enchanting fairytales of pursuit, regret and frustration.

The quintet reside in Melbourne but have been busy making pilgrimages to Europe throughout the past two years where they have garnered quite a following, especially in France. Within Australia, their popularity has lead them to share the stage with the likes of Bonnie Prince Billy, Catpower and Richard Buckner.
 
Recorded by ex-'Shower Scene from Psycho' vocalist and recording guru Simon Grounds, The Crook, The Cloak & The Maiden is a departure from the gypsy-pin-stripe suited Goodnight Victoria, which was released at the end of 2005. The introduction of instruments such as the Indian drone box, musical saw and vibraphone compliment the sweeping strings and bravado horns, whilst the narrative at times nods towards dark fairy tale rather than film noir.
 
The Spoils launch the album in their one and only Australian show this spring at The Toff In Town, Melbourne – Saturday 5th of September before they return to Europe in mid September. The band will return to Australia in early November 2009 for a National tour.

Click Here to listen to tracks off the album

The Crook, The Cloak & The Maiden is out through Stomp on the 21st of August, 2009

Posted: Wednesday, 5 August 2009

JAMES LAVELLE MIXES THE LATEST GLOBAL UNDERGROUND ALBUM - BANGKOK

James Lavelle is not scared of fear. Of being scared. Of stepping outside of the safety zone and going where he’s never been before. This is his most radical Global Underground mix to date. But instead of choosing a city and a crowd that knew him and his sound to premier it, Lavelle went for a club he’d never played in before in a city he barely knew: 808, in Bangkok. “I didn’t know what I was getting into. I felt like I was stepping into the unknown,” he said. But he took that step. And in the sweltering Bangkok night, the crowd went with him.

It’s been a long five years since UNKLE’s James Lavelle released his second mix album for Global Underground from Romania.  It followed his series debut from Barcelona, which was hailed as one of the finest and most timeless albums to come out of Global Underground.

James of course has been busy touring the world with his 9-piece band UNKLE and releasing UNKLE albums to critical acclaim.  The worldwide UNKLE Live tour included sold out Brixton Academy and Somerset House shows as well as an end of tour finale headlining Creamfields Buenos Aires.  All this while continuing to tour the world as an international DJ.
 
Lavelle DJs using CDs, but for this Bangkok mix he wanted to push the technology available as far as he could and spent months working on it. In Sri-Lanka on holiday, he couldn’t leave it alone and found something much more melodic and optimistic than his previous dark room Global Underground mixes emerging. In Ibiza, supposedly writing for the new UNKLE album, he was back on the mix again. It was finished in London. But the combination of two balmy climes have given his Bangkok set a tropical warmth. “It has a sunset, sunrise field, and somewhere like Bangkok fits that. I wanted a spiritual feeling, something euphoric, something that would hopefully make you smile. Watching the sun come down, you put your CD on, you have your madness, then the sun comes up and you have your beauty.”
 
"I’ve not done an official mix for 5 years so a lot has changed with the music I play and I wanted the mix to show people where I’m currently at.   Its a lot more uplifting and not so after hours so I wanted it to be a record you could listen to as the sun goes down and the night begins going on to then watch the sun come up again; a more personal experience! It contains new, exclusive, recent and old records, tracks that have been defining my sets over the past few years."

"Its a lot more technology influenced as that has become part of what is exciting about DJ’ing these days, it was constructed over the last 6 weeks in Sri-Lanka, London, Ibiza and Bangkok."

"I’m really excited to get this out."
 
Tracklisting:
CD1
1. Intro - Look Inside Yourself (Intro)
2. UNKLE - Trouble In Paradise (Edit)
3. Doves - Jetstream
4. Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes             
5. Nathan Fake - You Are Here (Four Tet Mix) 
6. James Holden - 10101
7.  Radiohead - Reckoner  (James Holden Mix)
8.  Layo & Bushwacka! - Life2Live (UNKLE Surrender Sounds Session #1)
9. The Big Pink - Too Young To Love (UNKLE Surrender Sounds Session #14)
10. UNKLE - Heavy Drug (Surrender Sounds Mix)
11.  Evil Nine - Icicles (UNKLE Surrender Sounds Session #12)
12. Silicone Soul - The Call Of The Wild  (Mi Animo Goes Disco Mix)
13. Jesse Somfay - Lying In A Bed Of Myst
14.  Mutant Clan - A Perfect Place
15.  Henrik Shwarz, Ame, Dixon f. Derrick Carter - Where We At - Part 2
16.  School Of Seven Bells -    Sempiternal/Amaranth
 
CD2
1. UNKLE - Heaven (King Unique Acapella)
2. UNKLE - Trouble In Paradise (Variation On A Theme) (C2 Version 1)
3. UNKLE - Trouble In Paradise (Variation On A Theme) (UNKLE Surrender Sounds Session #11)
4. System 7 - Space Bird (Dubfire Deep Space Remix)
5. Radio Slave - Grindhouse (Dubfire Terror Planet Remix)
6. X-Press 2 - Now I’m On It
7. Mark Broom - Twenty Nine (Broom’s 09 Mix)
8. Fergie - Break In
9. King Unique - Dirty (Fergie Mix)
10. Chelonis R. Jones - Deer In The Headlights (Radio Slave Remix)
11. Gavin Herlihy - Machine Ate My Homework
12. James Holden - The Wheel
13. Caribou - Niobe
14. Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down  (Reconstructed by Duke Dumont)

Posted: Wednesday, 5 August 2009

AUGUST BURNS RED RELEASE 'CONSTELLATIONS' & ANNOUNCE A TOUR WITH PARKWAY DRIVE

August Burns Red have kept their heads down, conquering fans at Warped Tour, on the Take Action tour and at destinations from Dubai to Dallas, and increased their profile through placement of their beloved take on "Carol of the Bells" on the movie trailer for "The Spirit."

The band returned to the studio to record its hotly anticipated follow-up to 2007’s “Messengers” with lauded producer Jason Suecof (Sevendust, All That Remains, Trivium). The result, "Constellations," a crushing metal tour de force, the album pushes ABR's trademark aural blitz into directions previously unexplored by the band.

One of the year's most anticipated metal albums, "Constellations" makes good on the promise of the past two years, and serves as proof-positive that August Burns Red's success is no mere solar flare-up. This supernova's here to stay. "Constellations" is available now.

August Burns Red are touring Australia with Parkway Drive throughout August!!  Dates below.

AUSTRALIAN TOUR W/ PARKWAY DRIVE
Wednesday, 12 August 2009 / Riverstage, Brisbane Lic / AA
Thursday, 13 August 2009 / High School, Byron Bay AA
Friday, 14 August 2009 / Panthers, Newcastle Lic / AA
Saturday, 15 August 2009 / Luna Park, Sydney Lic / AA
Sunday, 16 August 2009 / Southern Cross Woden Basketball, Canberra AA
Wednesday, 19 August 2009 / Capitol, Perth 18+
Thursday, 20 August 2009 / Thebarton, Adelaide Lic / AA
Friday, 21 August 2009 / Palace Theatre, Melbourne 18+
Saturday, 22 August 2009 / Kingston City Hall, Moorabbin AA

Posted: Tuesday, 4 August 2009

SIGHTS & SOUNDS UNLEASH THE DEBUT LONG PLAYER 'MONOLITH' THIS MONTH

Hailing from Canada, Sights & Sounds are vocalist/guitarist Andrew Neufeld, drummer Joel Neufeld, bassist Matt Howes, and guitarist Adrian Mottram. Featuring members of notable bands such as Comeback Kid, Sick City and Figure Four, the band is comprised of a unique and talented group of musicians with a collective knack for creating music that is refreshing and interesting. Their acute dedication and musical capability is evident both in their live show and on their debut album "Monolith", and these qualities are bringing Sights & Sounds to the attention of audiences worldwide.

Citing bands such as Mew, The Police, Sigur Ros and Lifetime as influences, Sights & Sounds is able to create something that is as much music as it an incendiary celebration of life and friendship.

Produced by Devin Townsend (Darkest Hour, Misery Signals, Bleeding Through), Monolith is a collection of intricate songs that straddles the line between sonically massive and a beautiful experiment in textured sounds. The result is an exceptional album full of post-hardcore and punk influences, placed seamlessly over hints of far-eastern melodies - creating songs that are as aggressive as they are imaginative.

Check out the track ‘Shudder, St Kilda’ on Stomp Radio HERE

Posted: Tuesday, 4 August 2009