CONSUME/VALVE

hawnay troof
Evading trends and falling into repetition might be career suicide for most, yet somehow Hawnay Troof, the solo outlet of Vice Cooler, has defied these odds and created a world of his own. Over the past four albums he has mixed drive, impulsiveness, and an ever-evolving vision to create some very dividing and interesting sounds. Avoiding all pigeonholes, Daggers At The Moon is the new album and continues the Hawnay Troof trajectory.

Since the release of Islands Of Ayle in 2008, Vice Cooler (yes, that is his legal name) completed a world tour and watched Hawnay Troof’s profile expand by leaps and bounds. The video for “Connection” was voted the #2 Indie Video of 2008 by MTV2’s Subterranean viewers (beating out heavyweights like Bjork and MGMT), and shortly after ranked as #1 on MTVU. He performed at Australia’s Parklife Festival, along with headliner, Peaches. In 2009 he also was chosen to open for High Places, Matt and Kim, and Vivian Girls, and stole the stage at Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest by creating a near riot in the parks dustbowl. In between Hawnay Troof business, Vice remixed music by Ssion, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Yacht. He also played drums in Chicks On Speed, Boredoms BOADRUM 88, and The Raincoats while also beginning work on a collaborative art book/ band with Mira Aroyo of Ladytron. All in all, it’s been a busy year.

Emotionally rawer than any previous release, Daggers At The Moon captures the mind of someone troubled yet trying to function in the normal world (Vice has been diagnosed with mental illness). From the epic one chord sadness of the self-questioning “This Is How” to the upbeat happiness celebrated in “Body Armageddon,” the moods run all over the map. The albums closer, the timid “Everything Is,” features another new addition to the HT artillery: a piano. Every song calls on his experience as a “free” drummer, connecting tightly to the pulse that drives the album. Vice Cooler’s output on Daggers is a captivating look into one of the most creative and underrated minds of America’s under- ground. With co-production and mixing from Greg Saunier of Deerhoof, the sound is more pure and crisp than past HT albums, marking an important crossroads for Hawnay. Over the years, Hawnay Troof has known the power of surprise. This is someone who once fell of a stage into a lake during a show, yet somehow went on to win accolades on MTV and play to tens of thousands of screaming kids at rock festivals. He lives by the motto that he chanted on his last album: “Live for no rules”. So if there is anything to expect from Daggers At The Moon, it should be to lose all expectations and enjoy the wonderment.

JUST ANOTHER DAY or TWO of HAWNAY MAYHEM – DAGGERS AT THE MOON TOUR…
WED 3 MAR – MIGHTY MIGHTY Wellington
THUR 4 MAR – GOODBYE BLUE MONDAY Christchurch
FRI 5 MAR – KINGS ARMS Auckland
SAT 6 MAR – LOST WEEKEND Brisbane Riverstage
WED 10 MAR NSC Melbourne
with guests SIMO SOO (Syd), YUKA DISCO BEANS and KT SPIT
FRI 12 MAR SPECTRUM Sydney with THE SCARE

* Album includes Mary Pearson (High Places), David Scott Stone (Melvins, Unwound, Sads), Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), Ed Rodrigez (Deerhoof, XBXRX), Annie Lewan- dowski (Curtains), Bretzel Goring, Jenny Hoyston, Carla Bozulich (Evangelista), Liz Harris (Grouper), and Iggybaby.
* Held several art shows in 2008- 2009 while also self publishing two books of his art: The Dollar And Deed Tour and NFJM026. Both went out of print on the Internet within one hour of release.
* Toured with High Places, Peaches, The Gossip, Eagles Of Death Metal, Mates Of State, Rogue Wave, Deerhoof, Glass Candy, and Stereo Total.
* Played at Lowlands, Fun Fun Fun, Parklife, Ososphere, and For Noise festivals

新裤子 / New Pants

Formed by four teens – Peng Lei, Pang Kuan, Lo Bo, and Shang Xiao – from the hutongs of Beijing in 1996, New Pants are one of the most revered bands in China’s contemporary music history.

The band’s early sound was influenced heavily by New Wave and early Punk Rock, particularly the Ramones. In recent years their sound and style has tended more towards an 80’s disco/electro/indie-rock collage of sorts.

Band leaders Peng Lei and Pang Kuan studied film and graphic design at Beijing Art University – Peng is an accomplished filmmaker/animator, Pang a renowned graphic designer. Peng’s clay animation film “Beihai Monster” from 2006 was a hit in the Chinese indie-film world, while Pang, a commercial designer, is responsible for some of Modern Sky Records’ best album artwork. New Pants’ flamboyant, theatrical live shows are representative of Peng and Pang’s artistic backgrounds.

New Pants’ self-titled debut album in 1998 ranks among the best-selling rock/pop albums ever in China and was listed second in the “Top Ten 90’s Albums” list compiled recently by prestigious Hong Kong magazine “MCB”. Their follow-up album in 2001, Disco Girl, garnered “Best Music Video” and “Best Rock Single of the Year” awards at the Channel V/ Pepsi Music Awards. She’s Automatic, New Pants’ third album, brought home the “Best Video” award from the 2003 MTV Asia Awards for the single “She’s Automatic”.

In 2006, the band released Dragon Tiger Panacea in China and Australia, which won Feng Yun Music Awards honors for both Best Rock Album and Best Rock Band. The record’s success fueled a sold-out tour of China, as well as a six-week tour of Australia with REGURGITATOR and I HEART HIROSHIMA in late 2007. The following winter, the band was invited back to Australia, this time as the sole Asian performers at the Andy Warhol Retrospective “Up Late” at the Brisbane Modern Art Gallery. The band headed to London soon after to perform at the Victoria and Albert Museum of London’s “China Now” series.

“Equal Love” is New Pants’ latest album, released to high-acclaim in 2009. After touring China in support of the album, New Pants is now gearing up for another tour of Australia and US dates later this year.

NEW PANTS GO EAST Australia tour…

SAT 6 MAR – LOST WEEKEND Riverstage, Brisbane
with Deerhoof, Dinosaur Jr and many more…
Tickets from moshtix.

EQUAL LOVE out now on Valve with bonus music video DVD.

SNEAKERHEAD! Quan has a new toy and Gimme Gimme rmx ep out.

Having just completed an Australia tour with Peaches and Shunda K… Quan has released a RMX ep for Gimme Gimme that he put together before he departed Hong Kong.

He has also finally received his sneakerhead toy he has been working on over the past year. This is a Limited Edition 5″ Vinyl Toy. Sneakerhead was a rapper so addicted to kix his head morphed into one!
ALL proceeds from the sale of this and the CD will go to the MIRABEL Foundation. Mirabel assists children who have been orphaned or abandoned due to parental illicit drug use and are now in the care of extended family (kinship care). With your help he is hoping to raise $AU25,000 by the end of 2010. http://www.mirabelfoundation.org.au/
QUANs webstore http://quan.bigcartel.com/

In the meantime, now back in Australia, Quan is starting work on a new Regurgitator album and another Quan album destined for release later in 2010… with one more solo show at the GoMA in Brisbane for the Asia Pacific Triennial Up Late series.

FRI 5 MARCH 2010
Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
APT Up Late with New Pants (China)
Tickets from the gallery and QTIX www.qtix.com.au/show/APT_UpLate_10.aspx

GIMME GIMME RMX EP
1. Gimme Gimme Lick of Destroy mix
2. Year of the Jerk R3 mix
3. The Script C.O.D. mix
4. The One Ramborghini Montage mix

www.quantheamateur.com

Community announcment:
Quan’s black Fender Telecaster deluxe USA guitar DZ4066928 went missing from the Essential backstage at the Perth BDO where it was sitting with Peaches equipment while she was performing onstage. If you come across this please contactconsume1@ozemail.com.au or the Altered State office on Perth.

TUMBLEWEED
Back From The Grave… and heading this way!
Musical legends in Australia, the ‘stoner rock’ riffs of Wollongong’s Tumbleweed inspired a whole generation of music lovers when they emerged in 1990s from the seeds of the Proton Energy Pills and the Unheard. Tumbleweed burst onto the scene in a huge way by gaining infamy courtesy of a national support slot to the one and only Australian tour by the legendary Nirvana back in 1992.
Originally signed to the revolutionary Australian independent label, Waterfront Records, the band’s debut release was a 7” single, “Captain’s Log”, recorded by Mudhoney frontman Mark Arm and legendary Seattle producer Jack Endino. With their single “Stoned”, an EP titled Weedseed and the single “Acid Rain” making them bigger by the day, the ‘Weed’s self-titled debut album was released to massive praise and chart sales, resulting in a rather quick signing to the American giant Atlantic Records’ subsidiary Seed – although that’s another story!
It didn’t take long for Australia’s major labels to realise that a national treasure existed in the fivepiece, after which Polydor Records became the recording home of Tumbleweed in ‘92. (Incidentally, Polydor/Polygram later came under the umbrella of Universal Music Australia). Tumbleweed released the (in)famous albums Galactaphonic and Return To Earth, all the while undertaking countless tours around the country as well as throughout the UK and USA.
Despite their chequered history with its many ups and downs including several band line-up changes, Tumbleweed have settled their differences and have agreed to perform once again for the first time in way way too long!
The original line up of Richie, Lenny, Paul, Jason and Stephen will be performing at this years 15th anniversary Homebake as well as the mighty Meredith Music Festival in Victoria and a few select shows around the country. Such as….
Saturday 6th March – Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay
Plus guests OX

Tickets available through www.OzTix.com.au, 1300 762 545 and our network of retail outlets : The Northern, Sunflower Music, The Cooly Hotel, Disasterpiece, Rockinghorse Records, Kill The Music, UQ Union Bookshop, Gooble Warming, Butterbeats (City/Valley) & Rockaway Records.

Sunday 7th March – Lost Weekend Festival, Brisbane
Plus Dinosaur Jr and more… ALL AGES!
Tickets from www.thelostweekend.com.au

Back on the weed…
http://www.myspace.com/tumbleweedoz