Having played shows with The Mountain Goats, Regina Spektor, Daniel Johnston and Calvin Johnson and writing much of the soundrack to Juno- Kimya Dawson is finally readying herself for her first Australian tour this winter, bringing along special guest Angelo Spencer.
Remember That I Love You is out now on Popfrenzy Records.
Kimya Dawson Australian Tour June 2008
Tues 17 June- Northcote Uniting Church Hall, Melbourne VIC
Tickets available through Moshtix www.moshtix.com.au
Friday 20 June- Manning Bar, Sydney NSW
Tickets available through Moshtix www.moshtix.com.au
Saturday 21 June- Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane QLD
Tickets available from the venue www.brisbanepowerhouse.org
All shows are all ages
Tickets on sale Tues 1 April
Universal Music has just announced that they have added Melbourne rock trio Children Collide to their Australian roster.
Johnny Mackay on vocals and guitar, and Heath Crawley on bass, formed Children Collide in Melbourne in 2004, and after a few lineups the final lineup was confirmed in January 2007 with the recruitment of Ryan Caesar on drums.
“We've been holding out for what feels like a long time to find the right team of people to help us put this first album out. We’re so happy we now have a label behind us who are as excited about and focused on what we're doing as we are.” Said Johnny Mackay about signing with Universal Music.
Atlantic's indie giants Death Cab for Cutie has unveiled initial details of their hugely anticipated new album, Narrow Stairs, which follows 2005’s Grammy Award-nominated Plans. Produced by the band’s own Chris Walla, Narrow Stairs will be preceded by the single, 'I Will Possess Your Heart'. Bassist Nick Harmer says: “I hope this album is a bit of a surprise for those out there that think they have us all figured out. We can’t wait to share these songs with the world”.
Narrow Stairs will be released worldwide 17th May.
Narrow Stairs Track listing:
1. Bixby Canyon Bridge
2. I Will Possess Your Heart
3. No Sunlight
4. Cath…
5. Talking Bird
6. You Can Do Better Than Me
7. Grapevine Fires
8. Your New Twin Sized Bed
9. Long Division
10. Pity and Fear
11. The Ice Is Getting Thinner
Brooklyn art-punks Les Savy Fav are releasing a live album, After The Balls Drop, which is a fifteen-track document of the band's performance at Bowery Ballroom, New York City, NY in January 2008.
In addition to staple songs like ‘Sweat Descends’ and ‘What Would Wolves Do’, the album features the band renditions of Creedence Clearwater Revival's ‘Hey Tonight’, Nirvana's ‘Sliver’, Misfits' ‘Astro Zombies’ and Pixies' ‘Debaser’.
Check out ‘Sweat Descends’ for free here: http:/dev.theorchard.com/jaclyn/mp3/lessavyfav_sweatdescends.mp3
After The Balls Drop Tracklist
1. Equestrian
2. Patty Lee
3. What Would Wolves Do?
4. Sweat Descends
5.Yawn Yawn Yawn
6. We'll Make A Lover Of You
7. The Year Before The Year 2000
8. The Lowest Bitter
9. Who Rocks The Party
10. Tim Speech
11. Hey Tonight
12. Debaser
13. Astro Zombies
14. Sliver
15. Everybody's Gotta Live
The band will be playing a handful of dates around the US with The Dodos, including Coachella:
Fri 4 April - The Black Cat, Washington DC
Sat 5 April - TLA, Philadelphi PA
Fri 25 April - Coachella, Indio CA
Sun 27 April - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco CA
In a year of much loving from press and fans alike, Joan Wasser, better known as Joan As Policewoman will release the follow up to 2006's Real Life.
The album, to be called To Survive, was written in the shadows of her mother's battle with terminal cancer last year. Everything except her voice and piano playing have been stripped back: "I've become obsessed with taking stuff out, leaving only the most potent elements in place", says Wasser.
The album will land 10th July via Cheap Lullaby, the same folks who brought us Real Life. The first single to be taken from the album 'To Be Loved' is currently streaming on her myspace.
Wasser is playing two shows over the next couple of months, the first London show sold out in one night.
Dates:
Thurs 17 April - Roundhouse, London ENG
Thurs 15 May - Mercury Lounge, New York NY
Tracklisting:
1. Honor Wishes
2. Holiday
3. To Be Loved
4. To Be Lonely
5. Magpies
6. Start Of My Heart
7. Hard White Wall
8. Furious
9. To Survive
10. To America (featuring Rufus Wainwright)
Dates:
Thurs 8 May - Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay NSW
Fri 9 May - The Zoo, Brisbane QLD
Sat 10 May - Hoey Moey, Coff's Harbour NSW
Tues 13 May - ANU Bar, Canberra ACT
Thurs 15 May - Clarendon House, Katoomba NSW
Fri 16 May - Annandale Hotel, Sydney NSW
Sat 17 May - Northern Star, Newcastle NSW
Wed 21 May - Karova Lounge, Ballarat VIC
Thurs 22 May - Golden Vine, Bendigo VIC
Fri 23 May - Jive, Adelaide SA
Wed 28 May - The Loft, Warnambool VIC
Thurs 29 May - The Corner Hotel, Melbourne VIC
Fri 30 May - Peninsula Lounge, Moorooduc VIC
Sat 31 May - Republic Bar, Hobart
The Mountain Goats planned tour of Australia next month has unfortunately been cancelled. Main goat-man John Darnielle writes "for personal medical reasons the Mountain Goats are unable to do the Australian tour as scheduled. The band wants Australia to know how much we regret this: coming to Oz is a big highlight of the year for us and we were really looking forward to playing these shows. We will make it up to you all!"
There is hope that the dates can be rescheduled for later in 2008, but until the medical situation is resolved there is no clear indication of when the band will be back. All tickets will be refunded from point of purchase.
www.mountain-goats.com
Rocket Science, a band renowned for their organ-driven rock’n’roll sound and stupendous live shows, with three Modular albums under their belt are ready for a new season of independence. The band have self-produced their new album and have signed to Fuse Music (local releases of Sharon Jones & Martha Tilston). The ensuing album Different Like You will be released in July.
The first single from the album 'Psychic Man' is doing the rounds of local radio stations and will hit the shelves on 3rd May in three formats: a very limited edition 48gm 7” Vinyl, limited edition 4 track CDEP and download.
The band have announced a string of dates around Australia in May.
Dates:
Thurs 1 May - The Zoo, Brisbane QLD
Fri 2 May - The Cambridge, Newcastle NSW
Sat 3 May - The Annandale, Sydney NSW
Fri 9 May - Jive, Adelaide SA
Sat 10 May - East Brunswick Club, Melbourne, VIC
Get out your diaries - because one of Australia's premier festivals Splendour in the Grass has confirmed when and where it will be held in 2008. After a bitter feud with the local council to get the festival held at their proposed new site, the festival returns to the wonderful Belongil Fields in Byron Bay.
Portishead announce the release of Third their hugely anticipated new album, their fourth album in total and first since 1998’s Roseland NYC live.
Third is to be released on Mercury/Island on April 29th 2008 and the band are scheduled to appear on the main stage at Coachella on Saturday April 26, 2008
Tracklisting
1. Silence
2. Hunter
3. Nylon Smile
4. The Rip
5. Plastic
6. We Carry On
7. Deep Water
8. Machine Gun
9. Small
10. Magic Doors
11. Threads
Renowned Brooklyn-based funk and soul band Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings are planning nine days and nine nights in the UK and Ireland in April. After the release of 2007's 100 Days, 100 Nights, the tour promises to be some of the best shows that the UK has seen for a while.
Tour Dates:
Thurs 10 April - Button Factory, Dublin IRE
Fri 11 April - Mint Lounge, Manchester ENG
Sat 12 April - Concorde 2, Brighton ENG
Sun 13 April - Yardbird, Birmingham ENG
Wed 16 April - Jazz Café, London ENG
Thurs 17 April - Jazz Café, London ENG
Fri 18 April - Jazz Café, London ENG
Sat 19 April - The Sage, Gateshead ENG
