Archive for March, 2009

IN THE MIDST OF IT…

Monday, March 16th, 2009
IN THE MIDST OF IT…
I HEART HIROSHIMA are about to announce a bunch of tour dates in Europe with The Rakes, in the UK and following in the US… that has all finally come together around their invitation by UK music press entity ARTROCKER to play the 2009 Great Escape in Brighton. They will departing end of April and return sometime later in the year. While away they will also be getting the recently tracked second album mixed in prep for a release in Australia once they return. 
As a departing gesture I Heart Hiroshima and Valve will be releasing a great cover version of The Chills Pink Frost they recorded at the end of their month of tracking the new songs they have been writing since late 2008… Pink Frost was mixed and mastered over the past week so stay tuned for release and radio news… and look for it on their myspace player in the coming week.
On another note I HEART HIROSHIMA will be playing a month of Fridays at RICS in the Fortitude Valley… they will be pouring out their great new collection of songs so there are plenty of repeat listens before they get they get in the midst of it…. and all of them free entry!
FRI 10 APRIL – RICS, Fortitude Valley  (midnight on Good Friday IHH only)
FRI 17 APRIL - RICS, Fortitude Valley (plus guests)
FRI 24 APRIL - RICS, Fortitude Valley (plus guests)

Light the fuse…
Tuff Teef… out now… and PINK FROST new single available very soon!!
www.ihearthiroshima.com
www.myspace.com/ihearthiroshima

I HEART HIROSHIMA – TUFF TEEF by DAVE 
Released: 2008-10-13 on Valve/Weatherbox ARTROCKER RATING: 4/5 
If you’re missing Help She Can’t Swim and Elle Milano, then check out I heart Hiroshima. Their debut album – Tuff Teef – is stuffed with the same kind of brash art pop, cutting some sharp angles but not shying away from a killer tune or two. Some of the interchanges between singers reminds of the mellower moments of The Kills too, especially on ‘Stop That’. It’s a real grower. Tuff Teef has an instant appeal, but really gets inside your head after a few spins. Excellent stuff. In these days of i-pod shuffling and picking and choosing individual tracks, it’s nice to find a record that works really nicely as an entire album. Check out the single ‘Punks’, but make sure you get the whole rekkid and don’t suffer any interruptions when listening from start to finish. (ARTROCKER http://www.artrocker.com/reviews/albums/i-heart-hiroshima)

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RATATAT TOUR3

Monday, March 16th, 2009
RATATAT

Back to tour free… 

After three albums – 2004’s RATATAT (with Seventeen Years), 2006’s CLASSICS (with Wildcat), and 2008’s more recent LP3 (with Mirando and Shempi)… and completion nearing on LP4.

And remixes for Bjork, The Knife… their reknowned bootleg hiphop remix series to remixes of their own material by Animal Collective, Yacht…

From supporting Daft Punk at the LA Sports Arena in June 2007, to tours with Björk, Daft Punk, Mouse on
Mars, Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, CSS, The Faint, Super Furry Animals, Clinic, Panther and The Killers… and Mogwai in Japan… along with their own outstanding headline tours including the 2005 Australia/NZ debut tour, and the Essential Festival and dates with Regurgitator in 2007.

“the coolest unconventional musicians of 2008 – there’s no doubt this is genius at work” (Rip It Up)

“The hallmark of Ratatat’s genius is their willingness to process the absolute hell out of their guitar sounds, warping them almost beyond recognition to create a blueprint for the progression of music for decades to come” (Time Out Sydney)

Evan and Mike navigate their unique sonic hover crafting a free flowing chromatic wave of guitars, keyboards, beats, smoke and mirrors back to add another overwhelming layer of atmosphere with TOUR3.
This tour will also include for the first time shows in China, Hong Kong… and more if the wind allows it.

Consume presents…
RATATAT 
AUSTRALASIA TOUR3

MAY 2 – TOWNSVILLE Groovin the Moo, Lou Litster Park
with Architecture in Helsinki, De La Soul, The Drones, The Grates, Living End, Okkervil River and more…
Tickets from: www.groovinthemoo.com, Moshtix – www.moshtix.com.au or 1300 438 849 (GET TIX), Ticketek – www.ticketek.com.au or 132849 and selected outlets around town.

MAY 3 – BYRON BAY The Great Northern
plus special guests
Tickets from: the venue, www.thenorthern.com.au and consume.oztix.com.au

MAY 4 – BRISBANE  The HiFi
plus special guests
Tickets from: www.thehifi.com.au, tel 1300‐THEHIFI (8434434), Rocking Horse Records, Butter Beats , Sunflower Pacific Fair, Disaster piece, Mosh Pit Music, Kill The Music, Gooble Warming, Rockaway Records and consume.oztix.com.au

MAY 6 – GOLD COAST The Coolangatta Hotel
plus special guests
Tickets from: the venue, www.thecoolyhotel.com.au, Disaster Piece Southport, Sunflower Pacific Fair, Rockaway records Springwood, Rocking Horse Records, Butter Beats , Mosh Pit Music, Kill The Music, Gooble Warming and consume.oztix.com.au

MAY 7 – WGONG Waves – Libertine Ranch & My Sydney Riot present A Night with the Phantom
plus Tame Impala, Young & Restless, Fait Accompli and more
Tickets onsale Apr 1 from: www.moshtix.com.au (132 438 849)

MAY 8 – SYDNEY Manning Bar
plus special guests
Tickets from: the venue, www.moshtix.com.au (132 438 849) and consume.oztix.com.au

MAY 9 – MAITLAND Groovin the Moo, Maitland Showground
with Architecture in Helsinki, De La Soul, The Drones, The Grates, Living End, Okkervil River and more…
Tickets from:: www.groovinthemoo.com, Moshtix – www.moshtix.com.au or 1300 438 849 (GET TIX), Ticketek – www.ticketek.com.au or 132849 and selected outlets around town

MAY 10 – CANBERRA Anu Bar
plus special guests
Tickets from: the venue, Ticketek outlets and consume.oztix.com.au

MAY 13 – NZ AUCKLAND Transmission Room
in conjunction with Universally True
plus special guests
Tickets from: www.undertheradar.co.nz and Real Groovy auckland and wellington

MAY 14 – NZ WELLINGTON Bar Bodega
in conjunction with Universally True
plus special guests
Tickets from: www.undertheradar.co.nz and Real Groovy auckland and wellington

MAY 15 – MELBOURNE The Corner
plus special guests
Tickets from: the Corner Box Office (57 Swan St Richmond 12-8 Mon-Sat), phone bookings on 9427 9198, online bookings www.cornerhotel.com and consume.oztix.com.au

MAY 16 – BENDIGO Groovin the Moo, Prince of Wales Showgrounds
with Architecture in Helsinki, De La Soul, The Drones, The Grates, Living End, Okkervil River and more…
Tickets from: www.groovinthemoo.com, Moshtix – www.moshtix.com.au or 1300 438 849 (GET TIX), Ticketek – www.ticketek.com.au or 132849 and selected outlets around town

MAY 17 – PERTH Amplifier
plus special guests
Tickets onsale Mar 5 from: Moshtix, Bocs, Oztix, 78 records, Mills records, Planet Video and consume.oztix.com.au

MAY 20 – China BEIJING Mao Live house
MAY 21 – China SHANGHAI Zhi Jiang Dream Factory
in conjunction with Modern Sky
Tickets from usual outlets

MAY 23 – HONG KONG Grappas Cellar
in conjunction with The Peoples Party
Tickets from usual outlets and www.thepeoplesparty.tv

LP3 is out now on XL/Remote Control.
LP4 is on the way.
www.ratatatmusic.com

For further info contact Consume Mgmt – consume1@ozemail.com.au

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QUAN’s new video for THE ONE

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Here is Quan’s new video for THE ONE… 

New Music Video for Quan Yeomans’ solo Album – The Amateur…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcfAOQGWmQY

and…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOAnDVhNXtk

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AN HORSE & THE LETTERMAN

Monday, March 16th, 2009
AN HORSE
An invitation to play THE LATE SHOW!!!

As AN HORSE make their way around the US and CANADA including performances at SXSW and CMW… they have to drop some of their Canadian dates and high tail it to New York to appear on the David Letterman LATE SHOW this WED 11 MARCH. This will air on Australian TV on the night of THUR 12 MARCH.
http://lateshow.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/live/index/php/980486.phtml?play=1
AN HORSE ON THE LETTERMAN
They also now have a USA tour with Appleseed Cast following the dates at SXW and with Wintersleep.
Stay tuned!
Debut full-length ‘Rearrange Beds’ out now in Australia on Valve Records; and March in the US on Mom & Pop Records. The album was recorded my Magoo (Regurgitator, Midnight Oil) and mixed by Howard Redekopp (The New Pornographers, Tegan and Sara).

ROLLING STONE USA - 
An Horse – Rearrange Beds (3.5/5)
When singer-guitarist Kate Cooper — one half of Aussie indie-pop duo An Horse — tells her ex-love she’s going to “play it back in reverse,” she’s not kidding. With drummer Damon Cox, Cooper turns the band’s debut into relationship post-mortem, rehashing a split over fuzzed-out riffs, hummable hooks and snarling beats. “Postcards” is a romantic nostalgia trip; “Rearrange Beds” pushes raggedy riffs against “aches that sail like ships.” The agonized detail recalls the best of Nineties alt-rock; as Cooper says, “Like that good Hole album, I can live through this.” NICOLE FREHSEE (Feb 5, 2009)

DEBUT US TV PERFORMANCE & INTERVIEW on SHOWCASE Minneapolis
TOUR DATES

SAT 7 MAR – THE GREEN ROOM, Montreal Canada
MON 9 MAR – THE MONTREAL HOUSE, Peterborough Canada
TUES 10 MAR – THE CASBAH LOUNGE, Hamilton Canada
WED 11 MAR – LONDON MUSIC CLUB, London Canada
THUR 12 MAR – THE VINYL, Guelph Canada
FRI 13 MAR – CMW Toronto Canada
WED 18 MAR – SXSW Austin, Texas USA
THUR 19 MAR - SXSW Austin, Texas USA
FRI 20 MAR - SXSW Austin, Texas USA
SAT 21 MAR - SXSW Austin, Texas USA
WED 25 MAR – HOTEL UTAH San Francisco, California USA with Wintersleep
THUR 26 MAR – LOLA’S Portland, Oregon USA with Wintersleep
FRI 27 MAR – THE VERA PROJECT, Seattle, Washington USA with Wintersleep
THUR 9 APR – THE END, Nashville, Tennessee USA with Appleseed Cast
FRI 10 APR – MASQUERADE, Atlanta, Georgia USA with Appleseed Cast
SAT 11 APR – BACK BOOTH Orlando, Florida USA with Appleseed Cast
SUN 12 APR – JACK RABBITS Jacksonville, Florida USA with Appleseed Cast
MON 13 APR – LOCAL 506 Chapel Hill, Nth Carolina USA with Appleseed Cast
TUES 14 APR – DC9 Washington DC USA with Appleseed Cast
FRI 17 APR – THE SPACE Hamden, Conneticut USA with Appleseed Cast
SAT 18 APR (7pm show) – THE MERCURY LOUNGE New York, New York USA with Appleseed Cast
SAT 18 APR (10pm show) – THE MERCURY LOUNGE New York, New York USA with Appleseed Cast
SUN 19 APR – THE POLISH CLUB Poughkeepsie, New York USA with Appleseed Cast
MON 20 APR – MIDDLE EAST Boston, Massachusetts USA with Appleseed Cast
WED 22 APR – RUBBLES Mt Pleasant, Michigan USA with Appleseed Cast
FRI 24 APR – MOJOS Columbia Missouri USA with Appleseed Cast
SAT 25 APR – RECORD BAR Kansas City, Missouri USA with Appleseed Cast

Debut album REARRANGE BEDS out now on Valve/MGM 
features CAMP OUT, POSTCARDS and more…

For press stuff you feel an urge for then we dearly welcome your thoughts and questions to Paul Curtis consume1@ozemail.com.au 

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I HEART HORIZONS

Monday, March 16th, 2009
I HEART HIROSHIMA…
I hear new horizons… after stand out performances on Sunset Sounds Brisbane Riverstage with Santogold, The Grates & Franz Ferdinand; then the Big Day Out in Sydney and the Gold Coast, a special theatrical indulgence at the Roundhouse for the launch of the 2009 La Boite season; and a offer to play with The Street last week at Tivoli… Susie, Matt & Cameron squeeze into a local house studio for the next month to lay down a bunch of tracks for their second album outing… subject to an overseas mixing once tracked and ready (more on that later). They have also been invited by Artrocker to play The Great Escape in Brighton on the back of all the recent UK interest on radio, in the media, from record labels, and tour promoters… and along with a minor London relocation on the cards will be a stopover to play some Italian dates at the request of an Italian promoter who is a fan of the band’s first album… but before this series of episodes IHH will make a quick stop here and there to build up the coffers for all this sweet sweet travelin…
FRI MAR 6 – WOOMBYE PUB, Sunshine Coast 
3 Blackall St Woombye (opposite Woombye Train Station) Doors 8pm
With specials friends JOE LALLY (from the incredible Fugazi) and local up and comers DZ.
Joe Lally (Fugazi) returns to Australia for the first time since Fugazi’s indefinite hiatus from recording and performing in 2003. Since that time Lally has continued to write and perform solo material, accompanied by various musicians and friends. As a founding member of Fugazi, Lally’s bass playing was instrumental in creating the bands unique driving rhythms synonymous with their recorded material whilst laying the foundations for the band’s explosive live shows. Lally’s solo work continues in this tradition, weaving bass heavy songs against guitars and drums as much in the tradition of jazz as they are in rock. On his two solo records “There to Here” (Dischord records, 2006) and “Nothing Is Underrated” (Dischord records, 2007) Joe enlisted the likes of Ian Mackaye (The Evens, Fugazi), Amy Farina (The Evens), Guy Picciotto (Fugazi) and Jason Kourkounis (Hot Snakes) to collaborate using his bass-lines as an anchor. On his first solo Australian tour Lally will be backed by Sydney sibling two-piece Gallucci. www.myspace.com/josephlally

SAT MAR 7 – THE ZOO, Brisbane
Tickets from Rocking Horse, www.thezoo.com.au and usual Oztix outlets. Doors 8pm
With specials friends local up and comers DZ and GOOD GOD.

THIS WILL BE A SWEET BAG OF FUN…

TUFF TEEF – I Heart Hiroshima
If this emerging Brisbane three piece sounded any more like garage rock the CD would come with scratch ‘n’ sniff exhaust fumes. But after the initial feeling that they cannot be serious the whole enterprise does begin to grow on you. The two guitars, one drummer no bass player and vocals shared between all three of them concept does actually come up with something different. Single Punks is a good way in but it’s best to view it as a whole – or at least reach Throw That Metal. (BLACKPOOL GAZETTE)

TUFF TEEF – I Heart Hiroshima
With a name like I heart Hiroshima and sketches of men with chainsaws and bloody teeth adoring the cover, you may assume Tuff Teef to be an album of anger and inaudible shouting. The reality is however a quirky collection of songs, that feature the sweetest of female vocals and a chirpy collaboration of drums and guitars. This is a strange form of alternative music from Australia. It’s brilliant, it’s bizarre and you’ll discover that sings with names such as Lungs can be both moving and beautiul (HULL FIRE)

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