Two Australian artists The John Steel Singers and Cloud Control have joined forces for a harmonious twelve date tour. Jet pack prepared, The John Steel Singers and Cloud Control will be launching their dualheadline Flying High Tour across five states throughout May.
Wed 7 May - Newcastle Uni (lunchtime), Newcastle NSW (The John Steel Singers only)
Thurs 8 May - Transit Bar, Canberra ACT
Fri 9 May - Trisellies, Blue Mountains NSW
Sat 10 May - Spectrum, Darlinghurst NSW
Sun 11 May- Beach Road Hotel, Bondi NSW
Thurs 15 May - National Hotel, Geelong VIC (w/ The John Steel Singers & 78 Saab only)
Fri 16 May - Pony Bar, Melbourne VIC
Sat 17 May - ED Castle, Adelaide SA
Thurs 22 May - The Coffs Hotel, Coffs Harbour NSW (The John Steel Singers only)
Sat 24 May - Street Kid Club- Upstairs @ The Clock Hotel, Surfers Paradise QLD (The John Steel Singers only)
Thurs 29 May - The Rails, Byron Bay NSW (The John Steel Singers only)
Fri 30 May - Bon Amici Café, Toowoomba NSW
Sat 31 May - The Zoo, Brisbane QLD
Their story began as most others does. They came from the same Swedish town, met through mutual friends, had similar interests and musical preferences, made a web-based Christmas calendar, dabbled with electro-pop. And so on, your ususal fodder.
Now ready to hit Australia with their unique blast of sound, WB is happy to announce that The Sound of Arrows are coming to a town near you!
Tues 6 May - The Toff In The Town, Melbourne, VIC
Thurs 8 May - Health Club @ Flinders Hotel, Sydney NSW
Sat 10 May - Spring Hill Pool, Brisbane QLD
Eric Pulido, guitarist of the critically lauded band Midlake, has launched his own brand of coffee. Cappulido Coffee was born in the Spring 2008, and features six different blends of fair traded coffee. With each purchase of Cappulido Coffee, you are giving aid directly back to farmers in developing countries, lending them the financial support necessary to continue developing an excellent product and compete in the world market.
Cappulido's distributor visits small estate farmers in several developing countries to achieve a firsthand understanding of the devastating impact of falling coffee prices and the resulting growing plight of farming families in developing countries.
So why not support small estate coffee farmers and independent music and get caffeinated with Cappulido? There's even a nifty monthly subscription option, where you can have a bag of beans drop on your doorstop at the top of every month.
One festival everyone at WB has been itching to find the line-up of! Finally! Splendour details have hit our desk!
SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS will return to warm up your winter this Sat 2 August and Sun 3 August. Australia’s much loved festival event will take place at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay and will feature a veritable feast of musical treasures from around the globe.
In keeping with SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS tradition, each year event organisers handpick a
local community organisation to be the beneficiary of funds raised through a $2.00 (per ticket)
contribution from every event ticket sold. This year the Splendour crew will split proceeds of
these contributions between the Byron Bay Hospital and WIRES Northern Rivers. The Byron Bay
Hospital will use their share of funds raised to purchase some much needed medical
equipment, while WIRES (Wildlife Information and Rescue Service) will use their contribution to
fund an awareness program designed to ensure the preservation of the native Wildlife.
Watch this space for further line-up details in coming weeks!
SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2008
DEVO
WOLFMOTHER
SIGUR ROS
THE LIVING END
THE PRESETS
TRICKY
VAMPIRE WEEKEND
BEN LEE
COLD WAR KIDS
THE FRATELLIS
THE WOMBATS
PNAU
LAURA MARLING
THE VINES
THE GRATES
OPERATOR PLEASE
BAND OF HORSES
VAN SHE
THE PANICS
GYROSCOPE
MSTRKRFT
LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION
THE BROWN BIRDS FROM WINDY HILL
SCRIBE
THE MUSIC
THE GIN CLUB
AND MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED
SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2008 TICKET PRICES
Event ticket $199 (inc gst) + bf
Green Event Ticket $206 (inc gst) + bf
Camping ticket $132 (inc gst) + bf
TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY 22ND MAY AT 9AM
Internet sales only – www.qjump.com.au
Bristol’s festival of musical overlap returns for a fifth year of celebratory musical mix ‘n’ match from Thurs 5 June to Sun 8 June.
Following last year’s triumphant edition featuring key sets from Faust, A Hawk and A Hacksaw, Luke Vibert and Zun Zun Egui - Venn 08 retains much the same format, but expands to incorporate a joyful safari through a host of unlikely new venues and contexts. Events will unfold in planetariums, scout huts, skate parks and other mischievously appropriated spots around the city, as Venn maintains its resolve to find fun new ways to flip the urban festival format.
Highlights amongst this year’s line-up, which features nearly 70 acts of all manner of musical stripes, include:
Matmos
Why?
The Heads
Sunburned Hand Of The Man
Fuck Buttons
Murcof
Errorsmith
Flying Lotus
Skeletons and The Kings of All Cities
Snorkel
The Fungus Moth
John Wall
Wildbirds and Peacedrums
MoHa!
Hauschka
Chris Cundy
One More Grain
Some nice news for The Magnetic Fields fans in London! Their romp through the UK includes a London stop with shows on the evenings of Wed 9 July and Thurs 10 July at Cadogan Hall, home of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
The 2008 Capitol Hill Block Party takes over Seattle’s South Capitol Hill neighborhood Fri 25 July and Sat 26 July with it’s best lineup yet. The Capitol Hill Block Party is an annual music festival that draws upon and showcases the best indie and underground rock in the US, with a special focus on its Northwest artists. Launched 11 years ago, the Block Party has evolved into one of Seattle’s most anticipated outdoor music festivals. With over 50 bands on 4 stages, great food, and plenty of cheap beer, this is one of the best parties of the summer.
Partial proceeds from The Block Party benefit two excellent non-profits: Home Alive, which encourages violence prevention, and The Vera Project, a youth run all ages venue and recording studio in Seattle.
Tickets for The Block Party go on sale Fri 18 April at 10:00am. The Block Party continues to be one of the least expensive festivals in the country, with tickets only $18 in advance and a 2 day pass for only $34.
Fri 25 July and Sat 26 Jul- South Captiol Hill, Seattle WA
Fri 25 July
Vampire Weekend
Les Savy Fav
Girl Talk
USE
The Dodos
Jay Reatard
Akimbo
Pwrfl Power
Past Lives
Black Eyes And Neckties
Champagne Champagne
Plus many more!!!
Sat 26 July
Surprise Guest!!
The Hold Steady
Chromeo
Kimya Dawson
Darker My Love
The builders & The Butchers
The Hands
Valella Valella
The Physics
Man Plus
Little Party And Bad Business
Plus many more!!!
On Sat 21 June, Apple Corps Ltd/Cirque du Soleil will release the feature-length documentary All Together Now on DVD. The film details the story behind the unique partnership between The Beatles and Cirque du Soleil that resulted in the creation and launch of Love, the stage production still wowing audiences at The Mirage in Las Vegas, and the double Grammy-winning album of the same name.
All Together Now faithfully recounts how the Love project came into being, borne from the personal friendship between George Harrison and Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte. Harrison saw how the twin talents of Cirque’s artistry and The Beatles’ music could be fused into something new and totally original.
The director, Adrian Wills, records early meetings between the Cirque & Apple Corps Ltd. creative teams, as well as contributions from Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison discussing how The Beatles’ music can be used in a different way. These early stages of the project were all filmed, as were the first rehearsals at the Mirage Hotel theatre in Las Vegas, which was completely rebuilt with a one-of-a-kind sound system and complex round staging to house the Love show. George and Giles Martin, the show’s Musical Directors, were involved every step of the way with the remarkable Cirque du Soleil creative team, performers and backroom staff.
The All Together Now documentary and bonus features provide a fascinating insight into the creative skills and passion that went into making this project a groundbreaking critical and commercial success.
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ALSO - pick up a copy of Bjork’s 'Wanderlust' Special Collectors Package – with all sorts of wonderful goodies including:
- An audio cd in Surround Sound of all the 'Wanderlust' remixes
- Two Heavyweight vinyl 12” discs of the remixes
- A DVD of the 2D and 3D versions of the 'Wanderlust' video plus special stickers from the video!
Off the back of their Summer festival appearances, Hot Chip return to the UK for their biggest headline tour to date!
Thurs 23 October - Guildhall, Southhampton ENG
Fri 24 October - University, Cardiff ENG
Sat 25 October - Carling Academy, Liverpool ENG
Sun 26 October - Carling Academy, Leeds ENG
Tues 28 October - Carling Academy, Sheffield ENG
Wed 29 October - Carling Academy, Birmingham ENG
Thurs 30 October - Cambridge Corn Exchange ENG
Sat 1 November - Apollo, Manchester ENG
Sun 2 November - Carling Academy, Glasgow SCO
Mon 3 November - University, Leicester ENG
Wed 5 November - Dome, Brighton ENG
Thurs 6 November - Brixton Carling Academy, London ENG
Fri 7 November - Brixton Carling Academy, London (Late 9pm-3am) ENG
Great news for one of Wireless Bollinger's favourites!
Little Red are thrilled to announce they have teamed up with Shock Records to release their much anticipated debut long player. The album, out in July on the band’s own imprint Hooch Hound Records, was recorded at Melbourne’s Sound Park and Martin St studios with producer and engineer Steven Schram (Annika Trost, Devastations, Custom Kings).
The album caps off an incredible 12 months for the band, which saw them touring with Spoon, Shout Out Louds, The Pipettes, Operator Please, Art Of Fighting, The Vasco Era and The Temper Trap and appearing on some of the biggest bills in the country including St Jerome’s Laneway Festivals, V Fest, Push Over, Big Day Out, The Falls Festivals, Meredith, and Queenscliff Music Festival. Through relentless gigging the band have rapidly built up a great live reputation, winning hearts and minds everywhere they play.
Next up for this fab five is the launch of the first single, 'Witchdoctor', from their forthcoming album at the Corner Hotel in their home town of Melbourne on Thurs 24 April. They’ll be releasing their EP on Sat 26 April (through Shock), then taking off for a national tour supporting The Panics followed by a slot on the Come Together festival bill in June before releasing their debut album on Sat 5 July. Phew!
New York dream pop sophisticates Asobi Seksu have just inked a deal with Polyvinyl Record Co. Following the 2006 release of its second album, Citrus, the band happily found itself trotting the globe for nearly two years.
Preparing to head back to the studio in June to record Asobi’s third proper album, guitarist and songwriter James Hanna is excited about the band’s next chapter. “I couldn't be happier to be working with Polyvinyl. They are such a well-respected label and have a great sense of post-punk, diy ethics. Yuki and I are both huge record junkies so the fact that they are super into high quality vinyl releases with such creative packaging is exciting.”
Details on the release of the new album will be announced once recording is finished. In July the band will return to Europe for some festivals and other soon to be announced gigs.
