MEN is a Brooklyn-based band and art/performance collective led by LE TIGRE’s JD Samson, cult icon and leader in the LGBT community and are currently in the studio recording their second full length record. Their first record, ‘Talk About Body’ was released in February through IAMSOUND Records, a subsidiary of Sony Records, and in the UK through Sony proper.

After touring the record for the bulk of the year, playing Coachella, the Melt Festival, touring with CSS on a 6 week US tour  (to name a few) and spending a lot of time enveloped by the new music industry, the band have decided to release their upcoming singles and subsequent full length record themselves, as well as to self-manage their career.

As a band that has emerged from the Feminist/Art/Punk scene in Brooklyn, they have always been focused on remaining a “DIY” project, and this moment seemed like the best time to take that step. In a society where the masses are rising up with protest by taking control of their needs, and what is owed to them, MEN feel that they are ready to take on the challenge, and help change the music industry by doing what they find passion in, and what they believe is real.

The band is also working with many different guest producers and guest musicians on their record including Alex Suarez (Cobra Starship),  XXXchange,  Santigold, Willy (Molly) Siegel of Ponytail, as well as collaborations from co-founders Emily Roysdon and Johanna Fateman (Le Tigre).

There are also some discussions of production or remix work from Azari and III, Boyz Noise, Jeppe, AdRock, Digitalism, Lauren Flax (Creep), Kim Ann Foxman, Teeth, CSS, and FM Belfast.

The band is certain that this change will bring them that much closer to their fans and that these feelings of equality will create a revolution in the music industry and in their own lives.

In the meantime MEN get to work and talk about body in Australia, New Zealand and some dates across Asia…

MEN Body Talk Australia/NS/Asia tour 2012

FEB 23 Auckland 4:20
Plus guests
Tickets from venue and usual outlets

FEB 24 Brisbane POWERHOUSE World Theatre Festival
Tickets from www.brisbanepowerhouse.org, phone 07 3358 8600
and venue Box office 119 Lamington St New Farm.
www.brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/view/men

FEB 25 Perth PERTH ARTS FESTIVAL Festival Gardens
Tickets from www.perthfestival.com.au, phone 08 6488 5555
and Bocs outlets  ph 08 94984 1133
www.perthfestival.com.au/en/What’s-on/Event/MEN

FEB 29 Hobart BRISBANE HOTEL
Plus guests
Tickets from venue, Tommy Gun Records, Ruffcut Records, www.oztix.com.au and Oztix outlets

MAR 1 Melbourne PHOENIX PUBLIC HOUSE
Plus guests
Tickets available at www.moshtix.com.au, 1300 GET TIX (438 849), on your mobile moshtix.mobi, moshtix outlets, Polyester Records (City & Fitzroy) and Greville Records.

MAR 3 Sydney MARDIGRASLAND PARTY 2012
10pm – 8am Entertainment Quarter, Lang Rd, Moore Park, Sydney
Also including: Chicane, Sneaky Sound System, Andy Butler (Hercules and Love Affair), Horse Meat Disco, DE Experience, Le Gateau Chocolat, DJ Lady Miss Kier, Starfuckers, Sveta, Matt Vaughan, among other locals and internationals.
Tickets from www.ticketek.com and associated outlets.

MAR 4 Adelaide ADELAIDE FESTIVAL
Barrio (Free Adelaide Festival Late Night Club)
Hajek Plaza, Adelaide Festival Centre
Free entry

MAR 7 – Singapore AVALON
Tickets on sale from usual outlets

MAR 8 – Hong Kong GRAPPAS CELLAR
Tickets on sale from usual outlets

MAR 9 – China, Shanghai LIVE
Tickets on sale from usual outlets

MAR 10 – China, Beijing YU GONG YI SHAN
Tickets on sale from usual outlets

MAR 11 – Vietnam, Hanoi CHEZ XUAN
Tickets on sale from usual outlets

MEN’s album TALK ABOUT BODY out now on IAM SOUND

http://blog.menmakemusic.com/

http://www.myspace.com/men

http://www.iamsoundrecords.com/artists/

MEN is a Brooklyn-based band and art/performance collective led by LE TIGRE’s JD Samson, cult icon and leader in the LGBT community. MEN focus on the energy of live performance and radical potential of dance music. Their music speaks of issues such as wartime economies, sexual compromise, and the demand for liberties through lyrical content and an inventive, high-energy stage show.

The group began in 2007 with the DJ/production/remix team of LE TIGRE members JD Samson and Johanna Fateman. With LE TIGRE on hiatus, when the duo began to write new songs, it made sense to merge their efforts with JD’s other project HIRSUTE (Michael O’Neill, JD Samson, Emily Roysdon and Ginger Brooks Takahashi).

JD and Michael now comprise the core of MEN, with Johanna Fateman and artist Emily Roysdon contributing as writers, consultants, and producers. The band enjoys changing the shape of the project and collaborating every tour with new instrumentalists and visual elements. Last tour they were joined by Tami Hart of the band Making Friendz and this fall will be joined by percussionist Lee Free.

Selling out the physical copies of their debut self-released EP “MEN”, they released their debut album “Talk About Body” via IAMSOUND in 2011. The band have toured extensively all over the world, played Coachella 2011, have supported both Peaches and Gossip, a European/UK run and a headlining West Coast US tour, as well as a recent US tour in support of CSS.

Consume has once again collaborated with the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane to co-curate the MATISSE UP LATE program that commences on JAN 20 with Eleanor Friedberger from the Fiery Furnaces and concludes with the drifting sounds of Bonnie ‘Prince” Billy on MAR 2. In what feels like a great program to accompany the drawn life of Henri Matisse… each Friday will see a performance from the artists listed below along with DJ Archie Jacobson providing some extra jazz, plus artist talks, films and drawing… see further details below.

FRI 20 JAN    Eleanor Friedberger (from The Fiery Furnaces)
FRI 27 JAN    Sam Amidon
FRI 3 FEB    Palimpsest featuring Tyrone Noonan
FRI 10 FEB    Brous
FRI 17 FEB    Jason Lyttle (from Grandaddy)
FRI 24 FEB    Halfway (in duo mode)
FRI 2 MAR    Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

http://qag.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/coming_soon/matisse_drawing_life/up_late

Up Late

Fridays 20 January – 2 March 2012, 5.30–10.00pm | Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)

GOMA is open UP LATE on Friday nights from 20 January – 2 March 2012 during ‘Matisse: Drawing Life’. Up Late takes a sophisticated, soulful approach with DJ Archie Jacobson in the early evening introducing the lush arrangements of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Django Rheinhart, Alice Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Don Cherry, Miles Davis, and Chet Baker.

Up Late features contemporary artist talks, costumed models bringing The Drawing Room to life, and music performances with an acoustic edge providing the perfect backdrop to the exhibition.
Tickets available through qtix or telephone 136 246 (tickets are limited and booking fees apply) and at the Gallery of Modern Art ticket office on the night (subject to availability).

Please note: Friday night viewing of the exhibition is only available with an Up Late ticket.

General admission: $20 | Members+: $18

* Discount is available for Gallery and Foundation Members.

20 January
Eleanor Friedberger (USA)

New York-based Eleanor Friedberger is best known as one half of the internationally renowned indie rock duo The Fiery Furnaces, formed with her brother Matthew. Friedberger has recently extended on the duo’s prolific nine album discography, releasing her debut solo album Last Summer in 2011. Drawing from the playful sounds of Motown, Funk and 1970’s radio-pop, Friedberger’s warm, piano-driven songs have a distinct and honest style.

27 January
Sam Amidon (USA)

Born in Vermont, singer-songwriter Sam Amidon has received worldwide acclaim for his reappropriation of old folk songs into modern contexts. Coined as one of the most interesting folk performers of our time, Amidon has collaborated with a myriad of artists including Nico Mulhly, Thomas Bartlett, Beth Orton, Shahzad Ismaily, Glen Hansard, and Bill Frisell.

3 February
Tyrone Noonan (AUS/USA)

Brisbane-born singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Tyrone Noonan is well known for his Aria-award-winning and multiplatinum-selling band george. Noonan has subsequently released the self-titled jazz debut Palimpsest (2004), followed by the critically-acclaimed rock mini-album Heavy Soul Part One (2006), and the full length debut album I Believe (2011). His international aspirations led to a three-month writing and recording period across the USA, followed by an extended period in London, before settling in his current home base of New York.

10 February
Brous (AUS)

Touted as a ‘human powerhouse’ by The Australian and a ‘prodigious chanteuse’ by the Rolling Stone magazine, Brous is the visionary pop project by Sophia Brous, backed by her band of gifted musicians made up of members of Pikelet, Ned Collette and Lost Animal. Inspired by soundtracks of 1950’s noir and exotica, underground Europop, psych and lounge, Brous has lent her voice to recordings by Augie March and Jens Lekman. At Up Late, Brous will perform songs from her critically acclaimed EP and preview her soon to be recorded album.

17 February
Jason Lytle (USA)

Californian-based performer Jason Lytle, is known for his work in the influential indie rock group Grandaddy. As a solo performer, Lytle has continued his success with albums such as Yours Truly, The Commuter (2009), filled with his signature vintage synths, fuzzed out guitars and affective melodies that made Grandaddy a force on the indie rock scene in the early 2000’s.

24 February
Halfway (AUS)

Formed by John Busby, Chris Dale and Elwin Hawtin, Halfway is a Brisbane-based group of musicians with a mutual love of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Big Star and The Replacements. Since the release of their debut album in 2003, Halfway has been awarded the prestigious Grant McLennan Fellowship and supported artists such as The Black Keys, Gomez, J Mascis and Josh Pyke. Halfway released their third album, An Outpost of Promise, in 2010.

2 March
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (USA)

One of America’s most beloved singer-songwriters, Will Oldham, better known since the late 1990s by the stage name Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, has garnered a cult following for his prolific discography, including sixteen studio albums. Oldham’s style pits shambling and often sparse music against his creaky, world-weary voice and literate lyrics. His unique style has appealed to many well-known musicians such as Johnny Cash, Steve Adey and Mark Kozelek, who have all covered some of Oldham’s most renowned songs. The artist’s recent release, Wolfroy Goes to Town (2011), has been described by the New Musical Express (NME) as ‘an absolute, unerring joy’.

… and now so you really get to know him announcing a Brisbane show on Jan 23 at the Brisbane Powerhouse.

Making his maiden voyage to our shores this January, A.A. Bondy. (the initials stand for August Arthur), hails from Birmingham, Alabama.

A grunge disciple originally via the critically adored alt-rock outfit Verbena, Bondy chose the solo route once Verbena disbanded in 2003 and in 2007 released his debut solo album ‘American Hearts’ which showed a marked change of musical direction mixing folk, Americana and swampy blues into a lethal concoction all of his own.

A second album, ‘When the Devils Loose’, followed in 2009 cementing Bondy’s abilities as a songwriter and featured the tracks ‘A Slow Parade’, ‘Mightiest of Guns’, ‘False River’ and the title track, which appeared in major TV shows Bones, One Tree Hill, House and Packed To The Rafters.

“Believers is nothing short of divine”. – Q

These are great songs, but Believers is all about the whole: a beautiful paced and structured album, with a powerfully singular mood” – Uncut

Most recently, A.A. Bondy has been spotted on the Triple J Hit-List with ‘The Heart Is Willing’, the first single from his new album ‘Believers’.

http://soundcloud.com/fatpossum/aa-bondy-the-heart-is-willing

And now we here in Australia get to experience what all the fuss has been about when A.A.Bondy visits (in full three piece band mode) for Sydney Festival (at The Famous Spiegeltent) and for club shows in Melbourne… and now Brisbane

“It seems like there’s a certain quality that you have to have to be a singer-songwriter in the ilk of A.A. Bondy and be able to pull it off, especially live. It’s something that doesn’t come from merely being a good songwriter, but from life experience. It’s what some might call “authenticity,” and Bondy certainly has it” – onethirtybpm.com

““AA Bondy, a voice of his own, and songs of desperation, love, and danger, Bondy provides a live experience that will suck you into his vision of sound.” – rabbitsblack.com

Don’t miss the Australian debut of A.A. Bondy live this January.

Consume and Feel present…
AA BONDY
MON 23 JAN 2012
BRISBANE POWERHOUSE
Plus special guests
Tickets on sale from www.brisbanepowerhouse.org, phone 07 3358 8600
and venue Box office 119 Lamington St New Farm.
www.brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/view/aa-bondy

Tickets for Brisbane show on sale this Thursday.
New album Believers out now on Spunk.

Now sending you good timings for the sully season…

Word is now out that we patched ourselves onto the 2012 BIG DAY OUT… stitched in with the likes of DAS RACIST, GIRL TALK, ART VS SCIENCE, BATTLES, ODD FUTURE, ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI, MARIACHI EL BRONX, FOSTER THE PEOPLE and more… Regurgitator for your viewing delight will be smothering Auckland, Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Details available from here: www.bigdayout.com

Other latest submissions to the live corona are…

The SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMES2011XMASMASHUP at THE ZOO in Brisbane on DEC 18… with more furry friends to be announced in the coming week.

And then with the SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMESNEWYEARS2012SMASHUP at THE CORNER in Melbourne rather coincidentally on DEC 31 we can now reveal this fiery little night of frills features from the UK the man with the perambulator LEWIS FLOYD HENRY – 30 watts and home-made drums most known for his version of Wu-Tang Clans “Protect ya Neck” www.lewisfloydhenry.com , OUCH MY FACE, SEJA VOGEL (in solo mode) and newsome HIGH TEA. Squeezed inbetween the “UNIT only” performances at FALLS & SOUTHBOUND this will be a slaphappycrazed night of where we let it all go in a lung’s load of everything.

And given we are finally making the trek to the sorely missed New Zealand for the AUCKLAND BIG DAY OUT… our travel consultant accidentally ticketed us into Wellington so we are taking advantage of this blunder and have added in a superhappyfuntimes set at the SFBH with erstwhile compatriot DISASTERADIO onboard for a serious whacking. This will be a extensive set covering everything from the new album SuperHappyFuntimesFriends back across the great wide catalogue to hopefully leave the room sweating with happiness.

Until then tickets are on sale from usual outlets.

This ain’t no no show!

REGURGITATOR live

DEC 18 Brisbane THE ZOO
SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMES2011XMASMASHUP
Plus special guests
Tickets from: Oztix outlets online www.thezoo.com.au and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

DEC 31 Melbourne THE CORNER
SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMESNEWYEARS2012SMASHUP
Plus special guests LEWIS FLOYD HENRY (UK), OUCH MY FACE, SEJA VOGEL & HIGH TEA.
Tickets from: Corner Box Office (57 Swan St Richmond 12-8 Mon-Sat), phone 9427 9198, online www.cornerhotel.com and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

JAN 18 Wellington SFBH
Plus special guests DISASTERADIO
Tickets from from undertheradar.co.nz and RPM Records, Vivian Street.

DEC 18 Brisbane THE ZOO xmas party
DEC 29 Lorne THE FALLS performing “Unit” only
DEC 30 Marion Bay THE FALLS performing “Unit” only
DEC 31 Melbourne THE CORNER NYE party
JAN 7 Busselton SOUTHBOUND performing “Unit” only
JAN 18 Wellington SFBH plus special guest DISASTERADIO
JAN 20 Auckland BIG DAY OUT
JAN 22 Gold Coast BIG DAY OUT
JAN 26 Sydney BIG DAY OUT
JAN 29 Melbourne BIG DAY OUT
FEB 3 Adelaide BIG DAY OUT
FEB 5 Perth BIG DAY OUT

The cruise ship crashed the rocks not… as the tide really came in for Regurgitator on this August/Sept national tour in celebration of the Superthappyfuntimesfriends. SOLD OUT shows in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Adelaide and Perth left many adrift in the fury of the waves of enthusiasm on and off the stage. New Zealand’s Disasteradio along with our many fellow sailors left huge grins in anticipation of the coming swell when Regurgitator hit the stage in their floppy skeletons. It all ended in port town of Fremantle with a roaring group rendition of RIDE LIKE THE WIND with Regurgitator, Boys Boys Boys & Disasteradio all on stage with the elusive Christopher Kostic reaching full gusto on vocals. Thanks to everyone who came, reviewed and threw their lifebelts in the air for that past 5 weeks. We love you all!

SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMESFRIENDS out NOW!
Featuring ONE DAY; ALL FAKE EVERYTHING; NO SHOW; INTO THE NIGHT; SUPERHAPPYFUNTIME; PUNK MUM and more
Available on CD & VINYL via Valve/MGM and CASSETTE & PLAYBUTTON from the online store www.valverecords.com.au/shop/
Downloads from ITunes etc and Facebook: www.facebook.com/regurgitators
Or from Regurgitator’s bandcamp page: regurgitator.bandcamp.com/
We love dissemination!

SUN 4 DEC – VINYL rotations
The HiFi 125 Boundary St West End

2.00pm start rotation with HONKY KONG Dj Archie Jacobson along with latest cohort DJ SCORPIO.
Archie Jacobson never appears without his red Kaftan Shirt and flares, and always puts on a colourful and surprising show. Archie loves playing Dj supports for bands and artists relishes the opportunity to play tunes that excite the artist and the crowd, and tie in the musical themes of the event.

DJ Scorpio is the rural record spinner.  25 years of house parties and ad hoc paid gigs have fostered deep-seated insecurities as whether he is in fact a larger-than-life smokin DJ or merely another flawed human with a large record collection.  He takes records out of their cover, puts ‘em on the platter, and plays ‘em.

3.15 – 4.00pm RICK FIGHTS
Rick Fights is Matt Somers from I Heart Hiroshima’s shadow figure. As I Heart Hiroshima he released 2 albums – Tuff Teef and The Rip; toured Australia, Europe, Vietnam and NZ and is now taking his songwriting urges directly to himself and to you. It’s insular music about imaginary figures; take one person, one electric guitar, one technically overloaded amplifier and a great deal of nerves. Whisk carefully, and leave to sit for 15-20 minutes. After recent supports with Aesop Rock, Kimya Dawson and Laura don’t be alarmed if it begins to make some noise.
rickfights.tumblr.com  www.ihearthiroshima.com

4.45 – 5.45pm KIM SALMON
As a teen Kim Salmon blew his mind on the fusion of Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, the stellar freakout of Sun Ra’s ‘Space is the Place’ and the generally unhinged groove of Can’s Ege Bamyasi. They showed him an alternative to just ‘playin the blooze’. Then Punk Rock came along! The earlier inspirations, however, where not idealistically opposed to the free expression espoused by the punk movement. Some of the freeform freakout fusion can be heard in Kim’s seminal band the Scientists on tracks like Nitro, Revhead and Human Jukebox throughout the nineteen eighties. Then Kim resolved to give free reign to that avant garde, jazz, and downright weird streak, in The Surrealists, progressing this band into a highly respected but conventional indie rock band. Touring around Europe, the USA and Australia, supporting U2, The Bad Seeds, Jon Spencer and the Cramps… and releasing best-selling album was 1993’s Sin Factory among other greats including the recent ‘Grand Unifying Theory’ with its polyrhythmic beats, its atonal keys, its heavy funk/punk grooves, its spaced out use of equipment buzz and Dictaphone. Then there’s Beasts of Bourbon, STM, Darling Downs… and the list goes on. Look forward to an afternoon of cruising sin.
www.myspace.com/kimlsalmon

With Quan currently lodged in Tokyo for the near future things feel a little quiet so how better to shake some shit by announcing our SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMESNEWYEARS2012SMASHUP at THE CORNER in Melbourne rather coincidentally on DEC 31. Squeezed inbetween the “UNIT only” performances at FALLS & SOUTHBOUND will be a slaphappycrazed night of where we let it all go in a lung’s load of everything. Along for this broohaa will be various musical fiends yet to be identified… once we line them all up we will acknowledge the culprits and set them free.
Until then tickets on sale from this coming week from various Corner outlets and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

This ain’t no no show!

REGURGITATOR live

DEC 31 Melbourne THE CORNER
SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMESNEWYEARS2012SMASHUP
Plus special guests
Tickets from: Corner Box Office (57 Swan St Richmond 12-8 Mon-Sat), phone 9427 9198, online www.cornerhotel.com and regurgitator.oztix.com.au

DEC 29 Lorne THE FALLS performing “Unit” only
DEC 30 Marion Bay THE FALLS performing “Unit” only
JAN 7 Busselton SOUTHBOUND performing “Unit” only

The cruise ship crashed the rocks not… as the tide really came in for Regurgitator on this August/Sept national tour in celebration of the Superthappyfuntimesfriends. SOLD OUT shows in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Adelaide and Perth left many adrift in the fury of the waves of enthusiasm on and off the stage. Disasteradio along with our many fellow sailors left huge grins in anticipation of the coming swell when Regurgitator hit the stage in their floppy skeletons. It all ended in port town of Fremantle with a roaring group rendition of RIDE LIKE THE WIND with Regurgitator, Boys Boys Boys & Disasteradio all on stage with the elusive Christopher Kostic on vocals. Thanks to everyone who came, reviewed and threw their lifebelts in the air for the past 5 weeks. We love you all!

Following on from this Regurgitator took a quick dive into MACQUARIE UNI Sydney for a swim at the infamous CONCEPTION DAY… before Quan fllew out for a 6 month stint in Tokyo. Then back again for the special live performance of the album UNIT only at FALLS Lorne, Victoria on DEC 29 and FALLS Marion Bay, Tasmania on DEC 30… and SOUTHBOUND Busselton, Western Australia on JAN 7.

SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMESFRIENDS out NOW!
Featuring ONE DAY; ALL FAKE EVERYTHING; NO SHOW; INTO THE NIGHT; SUPERHAPPYFUNTIME; PUNK MUM and more
Available on CD & VINYL via Valve/MGM and CASSETTE & PLAYBUTTON from the online store www.valverecords.com.au/shop/
Downloads from ITunes etc and Facebook: www.facebook.com/regurgitators
Or from Regurgitator’s bandcamp page: regurgitator.bandcamp.com/
We love dissemination!

After a 20th anniversary SEVEN HOUR marathon personal performance in Tokyo’s LIQUID ROOM in August… the astounding DJ Krush has been invited to Australia for Melbourne Music Week on Nov 20. Alongside this he will also perform in Brisbane prior on NOV 19 at the THE HIFI in a special late show following the Harvest festival. Krush was last here in 2010 for sets at the Gallery of Modern Arts Valentino Up Late and together with Regurgitator at the Tivoli.

With the kick-off party in Tokyo in July, DJ KRUSH’s 20th anniversary of solo career opened its doors. The opening of the new chapter of the anniversary will be the long awaited releases of new tunes. To make the news even more exciting, it’s gonna be a long term project where a single will be released online every month through into next year. There is no choice but to experience the new world of KRUSH, through various & multi-angular approach every month
The first single “Koufu no Tsubasa – breathe of wings” hit i-Tunes on 28th Sep

The first of the series, a new solo release in years (!!), is the re-edited version of a tune from the soundtrack he made for 2009 Russian animation film “FIRST SQUAD” (Won Kommelsant Award in 2009 Moscow International Film Festival), “Kou-fu no Tsubasa – breathe of wings.” Leaving the deepness of KRUSH world, vast scale of time, space & tension weaved through it, revealing a new phase of DJ KRUSH.

Also performing will be Brisbane’s subterranean beatsmoker TIGERMOTH http://tigermoth.bandcamp.com/
Along with primitive sound-hypnotists SKYNEEDLE http://www.skyneedle.org/

SAT 19 NOV – Brisbane THE HIFI (late set post Harvest)
plus special guests TIGERMOTH and SKYNEEDLE
Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au, phone 1300THEHIFI (1300 843 4434), Oztix outlets and consume.oztix.com.au

OFFICIAL WEBSITES
www.sus81.jp/djkrush/en/index_en.html
www.facebook.com/DJKRUSHofficial

The cruise ship has crashed the rocks not… as the tide really came in for Regurgitator on this recent national tour in celebration of the Superthappyfuntimesfriends. SOLD OUT shows in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Adelaide and Perth left many adrift in the fury of the waves of enthusiasm on and off the stage. Disasteradio along with our many fellow sailors left huge grins in anticipation of the coming swell when Regurgitator hit the stage in their floppy skeletons. It all ended in port town of Fremantle with a roaring group rendition of RIDE LIKE THE WIND with Regurgitator, Boys Boys Boys & Disasteradio all on stage with the elusive Christopher Kostic on vocals. Thanks to everyone who came, reviewed and threw their lifebelts in the air for the past 5 weeks. We love you all!

Following on from this Regurgitator take a quick dive into MACQUARIE UNI Sydney for an early afternoon swim at the infamous CONCEPTION DAY on SEPT 16… before Quan flies out that night for a 6 month stint in Tokyo. Then back again for the special live performance of the album UNIT only at FALLS Lorne, Victoria on DEC 29 and FALLS Marion Bay, Tasmania on DEC 30… and SOUTHBOUND Busselton, Western Australia on JAN 7.

SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMESFRIENDS out NOW!
Featuring ONE DAY; ALL FAKE EVERYTHING; NO SHOW; INTO THE NIGHT; SUPERHAPPYFUNTIME; PUNK MUM and more
Available on CD & VINYL via Valve/MGM and CASSETTE & PLAYBUTTON from the online store www.valverecords.com.au/shop/
Downloads from ITunes etc and Facebook: www.facebook.com/regurgitators
Or from Regurgitator’s bandcamp page: regurgitator.bandcamp.com/
We love dissemination!

REGURGITATOR live

SEPT 16 Sydney MACQUARIE UNI “Conception Day”
DEC 29 Lorne THE FALLS performing “Unit” only
DEC 30 Marion Bay THE FALLS performing “Unit” only
JAN 7 Busselton SOUTHBOUND performing “Unit” only

BRAND NEW ALBUM FEATURES AESOP ROCK, JOHN DARNIELLE OF THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, NIKOLAI FRAITURE OF THE STROKES AND MORE

Kimya Dawson is not preaching to the choir, rather gladly admits standing in the middle, arms around each member, singing her upcoming self-released album, Thunder Thighs due out October 25th via Burnside Distribution.  As Kimya’s seventh album, the assumed lo-fi sound has taken a delightful turn with the addition of pianos, backing choirs, string arrangements and several beats produced by rapper Aesop Rock.  Although the personal touch of Kimya’s delicate strumming and the crackling of  her soft voice still sit forefront, the backbone is a more mature solid arrangement that supports her powerful poetry.

The mother of one, who’s work with The Moldy Peaches and the Grammy Award winning, platinum selling soundtrack for the film Juno, did not record alone.  With her latest release, Kimya has recruited several artists to join the aforementioned choir, appearances by Aesop Rock, John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats, Nikolai Fraiture of the Strokes, Daniel Bryan, Forever Young Senior Citizen Rock and Roll Choir, Olympia Free Choir, and her own five year old daughter Panda create an eccentric journey through Kimya’s revealing and honest songs.  The first of 16 tracks to be uncovered is “All I Could Do,” a live performance for Kimya’s chickens in her backyard shot by Aesop Rock.  The first track of the album acts as a musical snapshot of Kimya’s life, and is the perfect introduction to her latest release.

KIMYA touring Australia with AESOP ROCK – OCTBER 2011.
Further info below.
FRI 14 OCT – Sydney MANNING BAR
SAT 15 OCT – Melbourne MELBOURNE FESTIVAL The Forum
SUN 16 OCT – Brisbane THE HIFI

WATCH “ALL I COULD” DO AT 900 BATS

http://900bats.com/2011/kimya-dawson-all-i-could-do-live-for-chickens/

http://www.kimyadawson.com/

THUNDER THIGHS
1. All I Could Do
2. The Mare and the Bear
3. Year 10
4. Miami Advice
5. Solid and Strong
6. Zero or a Zillion
7. Same Shit/ Complicated
8. I Like My Bike
9. Driving Driving Driving
10. You’re In
11. The Library
12. Walk Like Thunder
13. Captain Lou
14. Reflections
15. Unrefined
16. Utopian Futures

A Night with Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson
featuring Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz

Indie-rap surrealist Aesop Rock announces Australian tour dates with Olympia based singer/songwriter Kimya Dawson. “A Night with Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson” features a solo acoustic set by Kimya Dawson, Aesop Rock’s set with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz- which features Aesop solo material as well as music from Hail Mary Mallon- the new group featuring Aesop, Rob and Wiz, and also, a set with Aesop and Kimya together, who are currently collaborating on a new album. Kimya also has a new album “Thunder Thighs” coming out in October.

Aesop and Kimya’s first performance together was a free in-store at artist Alex Pardee’s Zero Friends pop up shop in Los Angeles January 29, 2011. Their second show was a February 25, 2011- a sold out Noise Pop show at Great American Music Hall. Artists Jeremy Fish and Alex Paree designed the stage, assembling two 15ft walls of hand painted boxes. The artists, along with Aesop, Kimya, Rob and Wiz, threw all of the boxes to the fans at the end of the show.

Now comes a chance to witness this weaving tapestry of wordplay, intimate folk jam and arty hip-hop shebang… one party of collusion.

Consume presents
A NIGHT WITH AESOP ROCK & KIMYA DAWSON
Featuring ROB SONIC and DJ BIG WIZ

FRI 14 OCT – Sydney MANNING BAR
plus special guests
Tickets from www.manningbar.com (ph 1300 762 545) & consume.oztix.com.au (ph 1300 762 545)

SAT 15 OCT – Melbourne MELBOURNE FESTIVAL The Forum
plus The Narcicyst and Omar Offendum
Tickets from Ticketmaster outlet or the Festival Ticketing & Information Booth, Federation Square, Ticketmaster on 1300 723 038 or +613 9694 4566 or online at www.melbournefestival.com.​au

SUN 16 OCT – Brisbane THE HIFI
plus special guests
Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au, phone 1300THEHIFI (1300 843 4434), Oztix outlets and consume.oztix.com.au

www.aesoprock.com
www.kimyadawson.com
www.rhymesayers.com/hailmarymallon
www.900bats.com

NOISE POP- FAN FREAK OUT DURING BOX HAND OUT:

NOISE POP/GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL SHOW PHOTOS BY RICK MARR:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55170558@N05/sets/72157626176366338

HOW AESOP AND KIMYA CAME TOGETHER- BLACKBOOK MAGAZINE

http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/indie-darlings-aesop-rock-kimya-dawson-team-up-to-break-musical-boundaries/25646

LISTEN TO AESOP AND KIMYA PERFORM LIVE ON DAYTROTTER

http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/kimya-dawson-and-aesop-rock-concert/20054736-3738350.html

HAIL MARY MALLON- “ARE YOU GONNA EAT THAT?” (Rhymesayers Entertainment)
Hail Mary Mallon is a group formed by Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz. The name is inspired by Mary Mallon, aka Typhoid Mary, a cook who was identified as a healthy carrier of the pathogen associated with Typhiod Fever. Mary Mallon was presumed to have infected 53 people over the course of her career as a cook.  Hail Mary Mallon’s album “Are You Gonna Eat That?” was released on Rhymesayers June 7th, and is available on cd and Double green vinyl, etched by artist/illustrator Coro.   For links to the HMM in Rolling Stone , SPIN, MTV video premiere, etc go here http://rhymesayers.com/hailmarymallon

900 BATS
900 Bats is a creative resource of arts, information, and oddities launched by Aesop Rock. Contributors include Aesop Rock, photographer Chrissy Piper, artists Jeremy Fish, Coro, and Alex Pardee, video makers Justin Metros and Alexandar Tarrant, and many others.  www.900bats.com

Aside from MONO now making a stop at Newcastle’s SOUND SUMMIT on SUN 2 OCT, they also make a stop in Jakarta after Perth on OCT 11. Details below.

The electrical guests joining Mono for this forthcoming tour will not only be WINTERCOATS performing at the Melbourne Festival show but also NO ANCHOR playing Brisbane, Sydney and Perth, along with USURPER OF MODERN MEDICINE in Perth; and SLEEPMAKESWAVES in Sydney; and SECRET BIRDS in Brisbane. Plus in Auckland very special guests JAKOB…

NO ANCHOR known for their unique line-up (two bass players and a drummer) and their pummelling volume, Brisbane sludge rockers No Anchor play support. Drawing songs from their three releases, including their most recent album ‘Real Pain Supernova’ (available as a 2xLP and a free download from http://noanchor.bandcamp.com), No Anchor make rare interstate appearances with these shows. Expect trouble.

SECRET BIRDS amorphous Brisbane-born Tokyo-based brainchild of D.Black, takes an astral-tinged journey through higher mind synth jams, commune float folk, and boogie-fried psychedelia. Jamming on strung-out tribal zone dirges, and darkened drum-machine trances., calling to mind the likes of NNCK, Sunroof!, or the heavier aspects of High Wolf. Starting as a solo project in 2005, Secret Birds has seen more than 30 musicians drafted as members of the experience, adding their contributions, and moving on when the time is right.

SLEEPMAKESWAVES bold approach to creating innovative instrumental music has seen their tracks receive airplay nationwide and as far afield as the BBC. Their electric live performances have seen them play with Pelican, Signal Hill, Unitopia and Russian Circles. In 2009 they conducted their first headline tour of Australia, enjoying sold out shows and headlining Sydney’s annual Menagerie experimental music festival. In 2011 they released their debut album “…and so we destroyed everything” through Bird’s Robe Records.  The album’s lush production and heaving musicianship has resonated with listeners worldwide – sleepmakeswaves follow the release with an extensive tour of Australia and will play their first international shows in Europe and Asia in 2012. Watch the video for (hello) cloud mountain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVIYNQzAjwo

USURPER OF MODERN MEDICINE from Perth are a heavy live drums and bass in combination with digital signal processing. Featuring members of popular Perth groups including Injured Ninja, Mile End, Mongrel Country and Carbuncle. Usurper of Modern Medicine builds hypnotic jams based on digital synchronized loops and live samples that build into dynamic lush walls of sound. Just returned from a Japanese tour, their debut album Acid Chess is out now on

JAKOB New Zealand power gazed that at times puts the post into rock, and at others kicking the whole bloody fence down, Jakob’s lush and textured take on the guitar/bass/drums format continues to broaden and enthrall with every performance and release. Their music is captivating and mesmerizing, the sedate becoming devastating in the blink of a crowd’s collective eye. Echoing the graduated inclines and unexpected progressions found in their music and the expansive landscapes of their surroundings, this Napier three-piece has developed consistently, if sometimes unpredictably, since their formation in 1998

Mono grind their electric crescendo in the tumultuous ground spread before them.

Blurring the boundary between art-metal and neo-classical, Japanese post-rockers MONO, hailing from Tokyo, have long established themselves over the past 12 years as the leading voice of epic majestic noise. Their instrumental compositions are powerful, sweeping studies in the limits of the musical spectrum; from rumbling subsonic lows to dizzying harmonic highs. Over the years, they have developed their vast and beautiful noise into something entirely majestic. Their colossal orchestrations often incorporate strings, flutes, organ, piano, glockenspiel and tymphani as well as guitar and drums, balancing all elements masterfully with each new release and live performance.

More recently MONO’s sound has dynamically shifted into something bigger and more cinematic, none more so than during their special New York concert where they elevated their already legendary live show with a 24 piece orchestra entitled “MONO and The Holy Ground Orchestra”. So far they have performed it in Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, London and New York (as documented in the Live CD/DVD release ‘Holy Ground’ on Temporary Residence)… and will include an exclusive Australian version for the Melbourne International Arts Festival on this 2011 tour.

“We have been playing music together as a band for over 12 years now and we feel we have come so far in that time, as musicians and as people. We want to push the boundaries of what is expected of rock musicians and draw upon those influences that heavily inspire us, namely Beethoven and other classical composers, and perform something very unique.”

“Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.” – Ludwig van Beethoven

Consume presents
MONO
Electrical Soil Australia/NZ 2011

SAT 1 OCT – Auckland KING ARMS
Plus special guests JAKOB
Presented by 95bfm and Under the Radar.
Tickets from www.undertheradar.co.nz and Real Groovy.

SUN 2 OCT – Newcastle SOUND SUMMIT
Tickets from usual outlets

WED 5 OCT – Brisbane THE HIFI
Plus guests NO ANCHOR & SECRET BIRDS
Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au, phone 1300THEHIFI (1300 843 4434), Rocking Horse, Kill the Music, Oztix outlets and consume.oztix.com.au

FRI 7 OCT – Melbourne MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL The Forum
Special exclusive performance with 23 piece Holy Ground Orchestra
Plus guests WINTERCOATS
Tickets from Ticketmaster outlet or the Festival Ticketing & Information Booth, Federation Square, Ticketmaster on 1300 723 038 or +613 9694 4566 or online at www.melbournefestival.com.​au

SAT 8 OCT – Sydney MANNING BAR
Plus guests NO ANCHOR & SLEEPMAKESWAVES
Tickets from www.manningbar.com (ph 1300 762 545) & consume.oztix.com.au (ph 1300 762 545)

SUN 9 OCT – Perth THE BAKERY
Plus guests USURPER OF MODERN MEDICINE & NO ANCHOR
Tickets from nowbaking.com

TUES 11 OCT – Jakarta NUSA INDAH THEATRE, Balai Kartini
Plus guests
Tickets from http://mono.jakartaconcerts.com

Holy Ground: NYC Live With The Wordless Music Orchestra CD & DVD available on Temporary Residence. Hymn to the Immortal Winds available on Valve.

http://monoishere.com