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Karnivool are thrilled to announce The Decade of Sound Awake tour where, exclusively for Australia, they will play the whole album in its entirety. Marking some of the band's biggest headline shows to date, the tour takes in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Fremantle.  Karnivool's Sound Awake captured a moment in time when circumstance, influence and individuals collided, restructured and, with a lot of time, pain and joy became elevated above the sum of the parts. A decade and platinum sales have passed the landmark moment in the career of this band who have always gone their own way - meandered when they could have rushed, explored a sonic roadmap forward, then sideways, then backwards. And then forward again. Sound Awake is an album heavily informed by the art and science of Cymatics and questioning of an ever changing world. From the structured rage of 'Set Fire to the Hive’, the monster riffing of 'Goliath’ and the single that was never a single 'New Day’, Sound Awake is a record full of fan favourites that Kenny, Drew, Hoss, Steve and Jon see as their benchmark.  Attaining worldwide success over this last decade, it launched Karnivool to an intensely loyal, passionate audience that lifted them from an opening act with some interesting tuning to international festival headline act with, well, more interesting tuning in more interesting places... Youngstown, Istanbul, Glasgow, Helsinki, Pune, Bratislava, Auckland, Cape Town, Moscow, Wiesbaden and some place they were told was Chicago, but clearly wasn’t. The Decade of Sound Awake tour will visit Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and Fremantle for ONE NIGHT ONLY. No additional shows, no encore performances, no take backsies. Don't miss out.  KARNIVOOL - THE DECADE OF SOUND AWAKE TOUR SIGN UP AT KARNIVOOL.COM FOR PRE-SALE TICKETS TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27 AT 10AM Friday April 17  Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane Saturday April 18 Enmore Theatre, Sydney Wednesday April 22 Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide Thursday April 23 Festival Hall, Melbourne Friday April 24 Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle   Karnivool @karnivool_official @karnivool
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KARNIVOOL ANNOUNCE ‘THE DECADE OF SOUND AWAKE’ NATIONAL TOUR PLAYING THEIR SEMINAL ALBUM ‘SOUND AWAKE’ IN FULL

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Karnivool are thrilled to announce The Decade of Sound Awake tour where, exclusively for Australia, they will play the whole album in its entirety. Marking some of the band’s biggest headline shows to date, the tour takes in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Fremantle. 

Karnivool’s Sound Awake captured a moment in time when circumstance, influence and individuals collided, restructured and, with a lot of time, pain and joy became elevated above the sum of the parts. A decade and platinum sales have passed the landmark moment in the career of this band who have always gone their own way – meandered when they could have rushed, explored a sonic roadmap forward, then sideways, then backwards. And then forward again.

Sound Awake is an album heavily informed by the art and science of Cymatics and questioning of an ever changing world. From the structured rage of ‘Set Fire to the Hive’, the monster riffing of ‘Goliath’ and the single that was never a single ‘New Day’, Sound Awake is a record full of fan favourites that Kenny, Drew, Hoss, Steve and Jon see as their benchmark.

Attaining worldwide success over this last decade, it launched Karnivool to an intensely loyal, passionate audience that lifted them from an opening act with some interesting tuning to international festival headline act with, well, more interesting tuning in more interesting places… Youngstown, Istanbul, Glasgow, Helsinki, Pune, Bratislava, Auckland, Cape Town, Moscow, Wiesbaden and some place they were told was Chicago, but clearly wasn’t.

The Decade of Sound Awake tour will visit Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and Fremantle for ONE NIGHT ONLY. No additional shows, no encore performances, no take backsies. Don’t miss out.

KARNIVOOL – THE DECADE OF SOUND AWAKE TOUR

SIGN UP AT KARNIVOOL.COM FOR PRE-SALE TICKETS

TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27 AT 10AM

Friday April 17 
Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane

Saturday April 18
Enmore Theatre, Sydney

Wednesday April 22
Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide

Thursday April 23
Festival Hall, Melbourne

Friday April 24
Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
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One month out from their Australian tour and Milwaukee via Hobart band Violent Femmes have locked in all supports. True to their eclectic nature the Femme’s choices span the sublime to the ridiculous and include band South Sudanese performer Gordon Koang (with full band), all female Cretan traditionalists Bandidas, indigenous singer / songwriter Chris Tamwoy and Femmes’ bass player Brian Ritchie’s own side act The Toilet Brushes… Full details below. With Melbourne, Gold Coast and Sydney all long sold out plus extra seats added in Perth and just a trickle of tickets left in each other city Australia’s love affair with ageless trio stands strong some 37 years since they first toured the continent. Watch Violent Femmes - Busking in Sydney, 1990 Feel Presents...  VIOLENT FEMMES MARCH '20 Thursday 19th March 2020 - Odeon, Hobart TAS with guests The Toilet Brushes - SOLD OUT - Friday 20th March 2020 - Forum Theatre, Melbourne VIC - SOLD OUT with guests Bandidas Saturday 21st March 2020 - Sandstone Rocks, Sandstone Point QLD  w/ Hoodoo Gurus  - SOLD OUT - Sunday 22nd March 2020 - Miami Marketta, Gold Coast QLD with guests Spirit of Churaki & Chris Tamwoy - SOLD OUT - Friday 27th March 2020 - Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW with guests Gordon Koang Saturday 28th March 2020 - Thebarton, Adelaide SA with guests Gordon Koang Sunday 29th March 2020 - Concert Hall, Perth WA (no support) Tickets on sale now www.feelpresents.com/  www.vfemmes.com/
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VIOLENT FEMMES All Supports Announced

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One month out from their Australian tour and Milwaukee via Hobart band Violent Femmes have locked in all supports.

True to their eclectic nature the Femme’s choices span the sublime to the ridiculous and include band South Sudanese performer Gordon Koang (with full band), all female Cretan traditionalists Bandidas, indigenous singer / songwriter Chris Tamwoy and Femmes’ bass player Brian Ritchie’s own side act The Toilet Brushes… Full details below.

With Melbourne, Gold Coast and Sydney all long sold out plus extra seats added in Perth and just a trickle of tickets left in each other city Australia’s love affair with ageless trio stands strong some 37 years since they first toured the continent.

Watch Violent Femmes – Busking in Sydney, 1990

Feel Presents…
 VIOLENT FEMMES MARCH ’20
Thursday 19th March 2020 – Odeon, Hobart TAS
with guests The Toilet Brushes
 
– SOLD OUT –
Friday 20th March 2020 – Forum Theatre, Melbourne VIC
with guests Bandidas
Saturday 21st March 2020 – Sandstone Rocks, Sandstone Point QLD
w/ Hoodoo Gurus
 – SOLD OUT –
Sunday 22nd March 2020 – Miami Marketta, Gold Coast QLD
with guests Spirit of Churaki & Chris Tamwoy
– SOLD OUT –
Friday 27th March 2020 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW
with guests Gordon Koang
Saturday 28th March 2020 – Thebarton, Adelaide SA
with guests Gordon Koang
Sunday 29th March 2020 – Concert Hall, Perth WA (no support)
Tickets on sale now www.feelpresents.com/  www.vfemmes.com/
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Your new self titled album is out now, how has the response been from peers, fans and industry? Our new album is titled 'Vol. 3', so I guess as the name probably suggests it's the 3rd one we've recorded since starting the band back in 2012. The album is actually released in a few days so as I'm writing this it's still not out in the world yet! Looking forward to finally having it out, we've released a handful of singles over the last year in the build up to it and the response from peers and fans has been great, industry not so much, haha. I've never worried too much about the industry though, you gotta just make the music you want to make and hope for the best, can't let the machine dictate how you create. What have you learned through the creation and release of this album? One thing that always drives me nuts is taking too long to release something, I think a lot of artists suffer this plight. The time from conception to birth is way longer than 9 months, I wanna try and avoid that as the years go by. In the creation process we made solid draft copies of everything before taking it to our producer Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear band member and producer, excellent cook and motorbike enthusiast), I like that method but I want to always change things so next time I would want to get the producer in earlier so they can have a bit more say early on in how the songs should go. What did you find most challenging and rewarding during the creative process? Most challenging is getting everything recorded in the small window of time you have that the budget can afford. There is not a lot of time for experimenting hence the aforementioned draft copies, we needed a solid script before the ad libs came in. It is rewarding though after 5 days of mania to listen back and feel that sense of pride of creating something that only a week ago was silence. It's a hard one to answer, but are there any tracks that stand out to you most? If so which and why? I think for me (Joshua Moriarty) it's the song Waste. Lyrically it has the most potent lines, I think the story is cohesive (if I do say so myself, ha..) and gels perfectly with the music, it has the apocalyptic melancholy I wanted to lock down for that song. How was the music written? I wrote a lot of the music myself on the acoustic guitar while in LA across the course of a year. When I got back to Melbourne we amplified everything and then the other boys brought their songs to the table and we nutted it out in the jam room. We had also done a few writing trips through the year to different locations in Victoria where we would setup the computer and record a bunch of jams etc, sift through the best bits. How were the lyrics written? I took the most care I've ever taken on this record to get the lyrics right!! Took me months and months, I figure if you are gonna say something you may as well say it right and make it compelling, I didn't settle on any phrase until it was perfect. The chorus of Tear It Down took me months, I tweaked it over and over and over until I had it exactly right. I would demo things on Ableton then go for a bike ride and listen and make notes and repeat the process until it was perfect. I don't think their is one lyric on the record I would change, very happy with the message How do you usually go about writing music and was anything new or different with your approach to writing for this album? I'll write a lot of stuff just sitting around with an acoustic guitar, I have a wee one and I'll watch the telly with it in my hands twiddling away, something about that unconscious way of playing can lead to cool ideas. You gotta keep fishing, casting the line out. Then we bring those small ideas into the rehearsal rooms and see what feels good and if they stick after 6 months then we know it's a keeper. What are your plans for the album? Put it on the internet and hope for the best, what the fuck else does anyone do?? Any advice for less experienced musicians who are wanting to make a living in the music industry? Get lots of followers on tik tok. Who are you listening to at the moment? Kashmir from Denmark are a band favourite. I missed that most recent Father John Misty record so getting into that currently. The Phoenix Foundation from New Zealand are one of my fave bands ever so I'm always listening to them. Ainslie Wills is a bad ass, Lee Hazelwood, The Karen O and Danger Mouse record is sick too. What's planned for 2020? Play, make more music, write, record, play, make more music, rest, perform, record, basically all I've been doing the last 15 years so can't see it changing, it's either that or become a pool boy or go back in time and get good at cricket. Our new album is titled 'Vol. 3', so I guess as the name probably suggests it's the 3rd one we've recorded since starting the band back in 2012. The album is actually released in a few days so as I'm writing this it's still not out in the world yet! Looking forward to finally having it out, we've released a handful of singles over the last year in the build up to it and the response from peers and fans has been great, industry not so much, haha. I've never worried too much about the industry though, you gotta just make the music you want to make and hope for the best, can't let the machine dictate how you create. What have you learned through the creation and release of this album? One thing that always drives me nuts is taking too long to release something, I think a lot of artists suffer this plight. The time from conception to birth is way longer than 9 months, I wanna try and avoid that as the years go by. In the creation process we made solid draft copies of everything before taking it to our producer Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear band member and producer, excellent cook and motorbike enthusiast), I like that method but I want to always change things so next time I would want to get the producer in earlier so they can have a bit more say early on in how the songs should go.  What did you find most challenging and rewarding during the creative process? Most challenging is getting everything recorded in the small window of time you have that the budget can afford. There is not a lot of time for experimenting hence the aforementioned draft copies, we needed a solid script before the ad libs came in. It is rewarding though after 5 days of mania to listen back and feel that sense of pride of creating something that only a week ago was silence. It's a hard one to answer, but are there any tracks that stand out to you most? If so which and why? I think for me (Joshua Moriarty) it's the song Waste. Lyrically it has the most potent lines, I think the story is cohesive (if I do say so myself, ha..) and gels perfectly with the music, it has the apocalyptic melancholy I wanted to lock down for that song.   How was the music written? I wrote a lot of the music myself on the acoustic guitar while in LA across the course of a year. When I got back to Melbourne we amplified everything and then the other boys brought their songs to the table and we nutted it out in the jam room. We had also done a few writing trips through the year to different locations in Victoria where we would setup the computer and record a bunch of jams etc, sift through the best bits. How were the lyrics written? I took the most care I've ever taken on this record to get the lyrics right!! Took me months and months, I figure if you are gonna say something you may as well say it right and make it compelling, I didn't settle on any phrase until it was perfect. The chorus of Tear It Down took me months, I tweaked it over and over and over until I had it exactly right. I would demo things on Ableton then go for a bike ride and listen and make notes and repeat the process until it was perfect. I don't think their is one lyric on the record I would change, very happy with the message How do you usually go about writing music and was anything new or different with your approach to writing for this album? I'll write a lot of stuff just sitting around with an acoustic guitar, I have a wee one and I'll watch the telly with it in my hands twiddling away, something about that unconscious way of playing can lead to cool ideas. You gotta keep fishing, casting the line out. Then we bring those small ideas into the rehearsal rooms and see what feels good and if they stick after 6 months then we know it's a keeper. What are your plans for the album? Put it on the internet and hope for the best, what the fuck else does anyone do??  Any advice for less experienced musicians who are wanting to make a living in the music industry? Get lots of followers on tik tok.  Who are you listening to at the moment? Kashmir from Denmark are a band favourite. I missed that most recent Father John Misty record so getting into that currently. The Phoenix Foundation from New Zealand are one of my fave bands ever so I'm always listening to them. Ainslie Wills is a bad ass, Lee Hazelwood, The Karen O and Danger Mouse record is sick too. What's planned for 2020? Play, make more music, write, record, play, make more music, rest, perform, record, basically all I've been doing the last 15 years so can't see it changing, it's either that or become a pool boy or go back in time and get good at cricket. 
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Your new self titled album is out now, how has the response been from peers, fans and industry?

Our new album is titled ‘Vol. 3’, so I guess as the name probably suggests it’s the 3rd one we’ve recorded since starting the band back in 2012. The album is actually released in a few days so as I’m writing this it’s still not out in the world yet! Looking forward to finally having it out, we’ve released a handful of singles over the last year in the build up to it and the response from peers and fans has been great, industry not so much, haha. I’ve never worried too much about the industry though, you gotta just make the music you want to make and hope for the best, can’t let the machine dictate how you create.

What have you learned through the creation and release of this album?

One thing that always drives me nuts is taking too long to release something, I think a lot of artists suffer this plight. The time from conception to birth is way longer than 9 months, I wanna try and avoid that as the years go by. In the creation process we made solid draft copies of everything before taking it to our producer Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear band member and producer, excellent cook and motorbike enthusiast), I like that method but I want to always change things so next time I would want to get the producer in earlier so they can have a bit more say early on in how the songs should go.

What did you find most challenging and rewarding during the creative process?

Most challenging is getting everything recorded in the small window of time you have that the budget can afford. There is not a lot of time for experimenting hence the aforementioned draft copies, we needed a solid script before the ad libs came in. It is rewarding though after 5 days of mania to listen back and feel that sense of pride of creating something that only a week ago was silence.

It’s a hard one to answer, but are there any tracks that stand out to you most? If so which and why?

I think for me (Joshua Moriarty) it’s the song Waste. Lyrically it has the most potent lines, I think the story is cohesive (if I do say so myself, ha..) and gels perfectly with the music, it has the apocalyptic melancholy I wanted to lock down for that song.

How was the music written?

I wrote a lot of the music myself on the acoustic guitar while in LA across the course of a year. When I got back to Melbourne we amplified everything and then the other boys brought their songs to the table and we nutted it out in the jam room. We had also done a few writing trips through the year to different locations in Victoria where we would setup the computer and record a bunch of jams etc, sift through the best bits.

How were the lyrics written?

I took the most care I’ve ever taken on this record to get the lyrics right!! Took me months and months, I figure if you are gonna say something you may as well say it right and make it compelling, I didn’t settle on any phrase until it was perfect. The chorus of Tear It Down took me months, I tweaked it over and over and over until I had it exactly right. I would demo things on Ableton then go for a bike ride and listen and make notes and repeat the process until it was perfect. I don’t think their is one lyric on the record I would change, very happy with the message

How do you usually go about writing music and was anything new or different with your approach to writing for this album?

I’ll write a lot of stuff just sitting around with an acoustic guitar, I have a wee one and I’ll watch the telly with it in my hands twiddling away, something about that unconscious way of playing can lead to cool ideas. You gotta keep fishing, casting the line out. Then we bring those small ideas into the rehearsal rooms and see what feels good and if they stick after 6 months then we know it’s a keeper.

What are your plans for the album?

Put it on the internet and hope for the best, what the fuck else does anyone do??

Any advice for less experienced musicians who are wanting to make a living in the music industry?

Get lots of followers on tik tok.

Who are you listening to at the moment?

Kashmir from Denmark are a band favourite. I missed that most recent Father John Misty record so getting into that currently. The Phoenix Foundation from New Zealand are one of my fave bands ever so I’m always listening to them. Ainslie Wills is a bad ass, Lee Hazelwood, The Karen O and Danger Mouse record is sick too.

What’s planned for 2020?

Play, make more music, write, record, play, make more music, rest, perform, record, basically all I’ve been doing the last 15 years so can’t see it changing, it’s either that or become a pool boy or go back in time and get good at cricket.

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Photo credit: The Sauce / Tyler Bell “An electrifying bout of rock revival” – Ones To Watch "The bigger the stage, the better Ocean Alley get" – triple j After less than a week on sale, Ocean Alley are thrilled to announce the Sydney and Brisbane legs of their upcoming Australian tour have sold out, with second shows added and on sale now.   The surf-rockers have expanded the tour to a total of seven shows across five cities, adding an all-ages show to Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Saturday 23 May, and a hometown encore performance at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Saturday 6 June. Perth outfits Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and Dulcie will both continue their support run across these dates.   All shows are selling fast, tickets on sale now from oceanalley.com.au. These shows mark Ocean Alley’s first national headline tour since 2018, when they last toured off the back of their then newly-released, critically acclaimed second album Chiaroscuro. In the two years since, the band have been writing and recording new music between international tours and festival appearances, releasing singles ‘Stained Glass’, ‘Infinity’ and most recently ‘Tombstone’ in that time. Launching into the new decade, Ocean Alley are fresh off the national Laneway Festival run and a stint in New Zealand over the New Year period, however 2019 ended with 30 sold out performances around the world after playing their biggest international shows to date. The band gave a career-defining, Saturday night main stage performance at Splendour In The Grass and were widely-praised for electric and commanding sets at Bluesfest, One Night Stand, Land of Plenty, Spilt Milk and the sold out, inaugural A Day For The Beaches – a community event they curated on the Northern Beaches to raise money for local charities. To round out their breakthrough year, smash hit single and #1 Hottest 100 of 2018 'Confidence' saw the band receive their first ARIA nomination for Song of the Year, and stand-out moments from that 12 month journey are chronicled in the new 'Tombstone’ video. Hailing from Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Ocean Alley have solidified their position as one of Australia’s most exciting and increasingly booming exports. Having surpassed 200 million catalogue streams, as well as achieving the impressive feat of attaining more than 1.5 million monthly Spotify listeners, Ocean Alley continue to captivate audiences worldwide with their infectious blend of psychedelic surf-rock, selling out a slew of shows at home and abroad, plus performing festivals including Falls Festival (AU), Reading & Leeds Festival (UK), BottleRock (US), Sziget (HU) and Bay Dreams (NZ). OCEAN ALLEY AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2020 with Psychedelic Porn Crumpets & Dulcie  Tickets on sale now from oceanalley.com.au   Friday 1 May – Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth SELLING FAST Friday 8 May – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide SELLING FAST Friday 15 May – Melbourne Arena, Melbourne SELLING FAST Friday 22 May – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane SOLD OUT Saturday 23 May – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane NEW SHOW ADDED Friday 5 June – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney SOLD OUT Saturday 6 June – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney NEW SHOW ADDED Presented by triple j, Lonely Lands Agency & UNIFIED Music Group OCEAN ALLEY – ‘Tombstone' [Single] OUT NOW   Available to stream and purchase here.
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OCEAN ALLEY SELL OUT IN SYDNEY AND BRISBANE SECOND SHOWS ADDED, ON SALE NOW

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“An electrifying bout of rock revival” – Ones To Watch
“The bigger the stage, the better Ocean Alley get” – triple j

After less than a week on sale, Ocean Alley are thrilled to announce the Sydney and Brisbane legs of their upcoming Australian tour have sold out, with second shows added and on sale now.

The surf-rockers have expanded the tour to a total of seven shows across five cities, adding an all-ages show to Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Saturday 23 May, and a hometown encore performance at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on Saturday 6 June. Perth outfits Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and Dulcie will both continue their support run across these dates.

All shows are selling fast, tickets on sale now from oceanalley.com.au.

These shows mark Ocean Alley’s first national headline tour since 2018, when they last toured off the back of their then newly-released, critically acclaimed second album Chiaroscuro. In the two years since, the band have been writing and recording new music between international tours and festival appearances, releasing singles ‘Stained Glass’, ‘Infinity’ and most recently ‘Tombstone’ in that time.

Launching into the new decade, Ocean Alley are fresh off the national Laneway Festival run and a stint in New Zealand over the New Year period, however 2019 ended with 30 sold out performances around the world after playing their biggest international shows to date. The band gave a career-defining, Saturday night main stage performance at Splendour In The Grass and were widely-praised for electric and commanding sets at Bluesfest, One Night Stand, Land of Plenty, Spilt Milk and the sold out, inaugural A Day For The Beaches – a community event they curated on the Northern Beaches to raise money for local charities. To round out their breakthrough year, smash hit single and #1 Hottest 100 of 2018 ‘Confidence‘ saw the band receive their first ARIA nomination for Song of the Year, and stand-out moments from that 12 month journey are chronicled in the new ‘Tombstone’ video.

Hailing from Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Ocean Alley have solidified their position as one of Australia’s most exciting and increasingly booming exports. Having surpassed 200 million catalogue streams, as well as achieving the impressive feat of attaining more than 1.5 million monthly Spotify listeners, Ocean Alley continue to captivate audiences worldwide with their infectious blend of psychedelic surf-rock, selling out a slew of shows at home and abroad, plus performing festivals including Falls Festival (AU), Reading & Leeds Festival (UK), BottleRock (US), Sziget (HU) and Bay Dreams (NZ).

OCEAN ALLEY
AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2020
with Psychedelic Porn Crumpets & Dulcie
Tickets on sale now from oceanalley.com.au

Friday 1 May – Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth SELLING FAST
Friday 8 May – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide SELLING FAST
Friday 15 May – Melbourne Arena, Melbourne SELLING FAST
Friday 22 May – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane SOLD OUT
Saturday 23 May – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane NEW SHOW ADDED
Friday 5 June – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney SOLD OUT
Saturday 6 June – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney NEW SHOW ADDED

Presented by triple j, Lonely Lands Agency & UNIFIED Music Group
OCEAN ALLEY – ‘Tombstone’ [Single]
OUT NOW

Available to stream and purchase here.
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Where are you currently based and what is the music scene like there? I’m Based in Brisbane, I moved from the UK 13 years ago. If you look at the scene in Australia from history back in the 80s / 90s then you can’t compare with the enthusiasm of both venues and punters. Db limits and pokies have plagued the scene somewhat. Venues don’t have the budget or are not prepared to pay for original artists the way cover bands and Tributes get paid. Apparently bands back then were finding a gig at least 3 times per week. Now we have agents selecting their "favourites".  Brisbane is a place of diverse talent but we still haven’t seen anything that will put Australia back on the map yet for A & R visits. However, please feel free to check out my new single called 'DumbStruck'   How can we progress and expose new music? Great question! and I believe radio have much to answer for where educating the public and artists are concerned. A particular radio station for example, still have the same play list from when I moved here 13 years ago!! Friends and family in the UK are always saying to me "have you heard this new song" "have you seen this new rocking band" well no I haven’t ha ha, because radio in Australia does not fully support the cause for what’s developing and happening overseas unfortunately. How did you first start playing music? My late father use to sing to me and my brother. We shared a room growing up and my old man would pick a classic tune and play and sing to us on his rusty old acoustic guitar instead of reading a bedtime story. Bearing in mind we were 6 and 4 year old knippers. My father taught me the "3 chord wonder" as he called it haha. I practiced those 3 chords for weeks, I then taught myself some more from guitar books, that was before google lol.  It was when I met a good old pal at the first year of high school that it really began. I taught him a scale or two and now he is a top blues rock player in the South West of the UK. We put together a little novice garage band and rehearsed in bedrooms, garages and school halls. We had real passion man! We learn’t fast and soon booked our first gig at Plymstock Comprehensive School haha. It was the Christmas school disco that we would premiere at the age of 14. From here we grew as trio with myself on bass. Let’s just say the rest is history! What's been happening recently? It’s been a hectic few weeks of late getting everything across the line ready for the single, video, EP and live show launch, and now interviews and promo. March 28th I marry the most amazing lady, so as one can imagine there is much to do. I’m also a full time driving instructor in Brisbane. Your new single is out now, what influenced the sound and songwriting? I wrote ‘DumbStruck’ over 14 years ago back in the UK, as a band then with my brother Del on drums we jammed it but never recorded these songs. At the time I was listening to a mix of bands from Trouble, Kyuss, Audioslave, Soundgarden to Stereophonics and HIM. I put an emphasis on melody and hooks as this formula gives colour and emotion. This was probably inherited from growing up listening to The Beatles. With ‘DumbStruck’ it was a progressive experience to write. It has evolved from its basic form and has guitar work that Slash himself could have written haha. The Canadian guitarist who wrote the solos, performed, mixed and mastered on the track goes by the name of Trevor (Hanuman) Stefiuk. Where and when did you record/produce? It has been an ongoing project that has spanned over the last two years with Allan Lahey at Taramalin Sound recording studio in Kingston QLD. Allan has been a pioneer and platform for original artists to record in Brisbane for many years. Due to life’s obstacles and funding it has taken longer than I had hoped, but it was worth the wait. Ben Kerswell played a major role in instrumentation and producing something a bit more contemporary. Unfortunately, Ben has had a life changing illness that stopped him in his tracks. Therefore, I was required to hire guys to help perform and complete the last track called 'Plunge' While in the process of mastering the track Strive and Repair, the decision was made to invest in a music video to align with this rocking tune. So if you like it rocking and loud this is your chance to hear something new. On the 28th February 2020 the EP ‘A Thousand Years High’ will be launched in Brisbane and be available online and for hard copies of the CD. I am proud of what has been achieved here as a whole, and I humbly say that the single ‘DumbStruck’ needs to be heard on every radio station across the globe to justify its existence! You have a EP on the way, how did you go about writing the EP and what influenced the writing? All of the 5 songs were written firstly on the acoustic guitar over a decade ago. It was a great formula, I would pour a glass or two and put pen to paper. Melody always comes first with me then lyrics to fit the vocal melody. I was heavily influenced from the stoner rock and the grunge era. AIC showed how vox harmonies can be used with heavy crunching riffs. Over the years, vocally I have been influenced by Chris Cornell, Layne Staley. In the early days it was Axl Rose, David Coverdale, Paul Rodgers and Sebastian Bach I took vocal lessons from. What have you found most rewarding and challenging during the creation of the new EP? We all knew that the final track recorded on the EP 'Plunge' was going to be a challenge. With its unconventional structure and longer than average duration it turned out to certainly be that. All efforts and focus went into a performance for recording that we were happy with. The result is an epic, progressive original sounding track. Funding and time was a major factor for completing this EP. What's the EP title? ‘A Thousand Years High’ What do you like to do away from music? I like to spend time with my kids, however they are now adults and doing their own thing! I like to walk somewhere scenic, visit the mountains and coast, wine and dine. I went through an obsessive stage of practicing the ancient Martial art known as the commercial name of Ninjutsu  Who are you listening to at the moment? Clutch, Killswitch Engage and Paradise Lost What's planned for 2020? Get married in March and to push this EP, Single and video and obtain as many gigs as possible. I will be writing and still have some heavy tunes to show the lads to later record a full album. Favourite food and place to hangout? Being a pomme I do like a decent hot Indian curry. There are a few good Thai restaurants at Westfield Garden City and Raby Bay harbour that I like to visit. 
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MARSHALL | BRISBANE ROCKERS RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘DUMBSTRUCK’ + ANNOUNCE UPCOMING EP RELEASE + LAUNCH SHOW

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Brisbane based rock outfit MARSHALL have just released their new single ‘DumbStruck’.
The band have also announced the upcoming release of their new EP ‘A Thousand Years High’ (set for release on Feb 28th) and a launch show on the same day at The Milk Factory in Brisbane.
MARSHALL create a powerful brand of music that is both raw and hard-hitting.
The band is fronted by singer/songwriter Shaun Marshall, who has been writing music since the ripe age of 13. Shaun has played in a plethora of bands across the UK and Australia, and has an extremely diverse musical resume.
MARSHALL released their single called ‘Strive And Repair’ in 2018.
The single was the first offering from the band’s forthcoming EP. The EP is an epic and progressive collection of heavy rock songs that was produced by Ben Kerswell and
Allan Lahey.
New single ‘DumbStruck’ is available for download on all major online stores.
MARSHALL
EP LAUNCH SHOW
28th Feb – The Milk Factory, Brisbane, QLD
Tickets available at door | 18+
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Channel Tres returns in April-May 2020 The Compton-born artist will perform headline shows in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney Single ‘Controller’ has amassed 60 million+ streams since its 2018 release Tickets on sale Friday 28 February Frontier Touring and I OH YOU are thrilled to announce today that for the third consecutive year, Compton-born artist Channel Tres will return to Australia this April-May, performing four sweaty headline shows in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. While in the country, he’ll also hit the stage nationally with Groovin The Moo festival.    ‘Can’t wait to come back to Oz and see my people’ – Channel Tres   2020 is shaping up to be a huge year for the artist, with Channel heading to Australia fresh off the back of his highly-anticipated set in the Californian desert at Coachella 2020. His last tour down under went ballistic; just watch this footage out of Melbourne!    ‘True to form, the production is tight, the delivery executed with flair and for Channel Tres, it’s an indicator of a powerful musical presence continuing to grow.’  – Music Feeds   ‘Channel Tres made sure that his second visit to Australia within nine months was one that fans would remember, ripping through a run of exceptional tracks.’ – Tone Deaf   Also booked for Manchester’s Parklife in June and Melt! in Germany in July, first up Channel will head down under for four killer shows: Mojos Bar in Perth on Wednesday 29 April; Melbourne’s The Corner Hotel on Friday 1 May; Brisbane’s Outpost on Tuesday 5 May; followed by Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory on Thursday 7 May. Tickets are on sale Friday 28 February via frontiertouring.com/channeltres.   Name-checked by the likes of Sir Elton John, Anderson .Paak, Disclosure, Mark Ronson, Robyn and Childish Gambino, Channel first broke into the LA rap scene back in 2018 with his debut single ‘Controller’. Praised by Pitchfork as his ‘commanding first impression’, ‘Controller’ has amassed more than 60 million combined streams to date.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n82NSRfmM4M&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0Zq99RVY3sWoIdgFRx85D2e5fRqbXgsFNM6F1ukOsG_QsVuRgDs2Yyk0s 2019 saw Channel take his mesmerising mix of music, movement and energy to the world’s most elite festivals including Primavera Sound, Movement, and Splendour in the Grass -  blowing the roof off three headline AU/NZ shows while in town - and finished the year off joining Toro Y Moi for a stellar 11-city tour across North America.   Along the way Channel has been profiled by FADER and befriended, remixed and collaborated with a who’s-who of chart-toppers including English singer-songwriter James Blake; King Princess (check out track ‘Hit The Back’ released last month); the first official remix for Tyler, The Creator (the epic ‘EARFQUAKE’) and peers Baauer and Danny Brown (who he collaborated with on single ‘READY TO GO’). Between all this, he also released the excellent Black Moses EP.   Watch: James Blake x Channel Tres in the Studio   With the likes of Pitchfork, NPR, Gorilla vs. Bear, triple j, BBC Radio 1, Beats1 and KCRW lining up as early champions, find out just why Channel Tres is the name on everyone’s lips when he hits our shores again in April-May!  CHANNEL TRES AUSTRALIA APRIL & MAY 2020 Presented by Frontier Touring & I OH YOU FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE via frontiertouring.com/channeltres Runs 24 hours from: Wednesday 26 February (11am local time) or until pre-sale allocation exhausted GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE Begins: Friday 28 February (11am local time)  Mojos Bar | Perth, WA 18+ oztix.com.au | Ph: 1300 762 545                      Corner Hotel | Melbourne, VIC 18+ eventbrite.com.au | Ph: 1300 438 849                      Outpost | Brisbane, QLD 18+ moshtix.com.au | Ph: 1300 438 849                      Oxford Art Factory | Sydney, NSW 18+ moshtix.com.au | Ph: 1300 438 849                      ** While in Australia, also performing nationally at Groovin The Moo (not promoted by Frontier Touring & I OH YOU)
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Channel Tres announces headline shows in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane & Sydney | April-May 2020

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  • Channel Tres returns in April-May 2020
  • The Compton-born artist will perform headline shows in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney
  • Single ‘Controller’ has amassed 60 million+ streams since its 2018 release
  • Tickets on sale Friday 28 February
Frontier Touring and I OH YOU are thrilled to announce today that for the third consecutive year, Compton-born artist Channel Tres will return to Australia this April-May, performing four sweaty headline shows in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. While in the country, he’ll also hit the stage nationally with Groovin The Moo festival.

‘Can’t wait to come back to Oz and see my people’ – Channel Tres

2020 is shaping up to be a huge year for the artist, with Channel heading to Australia fresh off the back of his highly-anticipated set in the Californian desert at Coachella 2020. His last tour down under went ballistic; just watch this footage out of Melbourne!

‘True to form, the production is tight, the delivery executed with flair and for Channel Tres, it’s an indicator of a powerful musical presence continuing to grow.’  – Music Feeds

‘Channel Tres made sure that his second visit to Australia within nine months was one that fans would remember, ripping through a run of exceptional tracks.’ – Tone Deaf

Also booked for Manchester’s Parklife in June and Melt! in Germany in July, first up Channel will head down under for four killer shows: Mojos Bar in Perth on Wednesday 29 April; Melbourne’s The Corner Hotel on Friday 1 May; Brisbane’s Outpost on Tuesday 5 May; followed by Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory on Thursday 7 May. Tickets are on sale Friday 28 February via frontiertouring.com/channeltres.

Name-checked by the likes of Sir Elton John, Anderson .Paak, Disclosure, Mark Ronson, Robyn and Childish Gambino, Channel first broke into the LA rap scene back in 2018 with his debut single ‘Controller’. Praised by Pitchfork as his ‘commanding first impression’, ‘Controller’ has amassed more than 60 million combined streams to date.

2019 saw Channel take his mesmerising mix of music, movement and energy to the world’s most elite festivals including Primavera Sound, Movement, and Splendour in the Grass –  blowing the roof off three headline AU/NZ shows while in town – and finished the year off joining Toro Y Moi for a stellar 11-city tour across North America.

Along the way Channel has been profiled by FADER and befriended, remixed and collaborated with a who’s-who of chart-toppers including English singer-songwriter James Blake; King Princess (check out track ‘Hit The Back’ released last month); the first official remix for Tyler, The Creator (the epic ‘EARFQUAKE’) and peers Baauer and Danny Brown (who he collaborated with on single ‘READY TO GO’). Between all this, he also released the excellent Black Moses EP.

With the likes of Pitchfork, NPR, Gorilla vs. Bear, triple j, BBC Radio 1, Beats1 and KCRW lining up as early champions, find out just why Channel Tres is the name on everyone’s lips when he hits our shores again in April-May!

CHANNEL TRES
AUSTRALIA
APRIL & MAY 2020

Presented by Frontier Touring & I OH YOU

FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE
via frontiertouring.com/channeltres
Runs 24 hours from: Wednesday 26 February (11am local time)
or until pre-sale allocation exhausted

GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE
Begins: Friday 28 February (11am local time)

Mojos Bar | Perth, WA
18+
oztix.com.au | Ph: 1300 762 545

                    

Corner Hotel | Melbourne, VIC
18+
eventbrite.com.au | Ph: 1300 438 849

                    

Outpost | Brisbane, QLD
18+
moshtix.com.au | Ph: 1300 438 849

                    

Oxford Art Factory | Sydney, NSW
18+
moshtix.com.au | Ph: 1300 438 849

                    
** While in Australia, also performing nationally at Groovin The Moo
(not promoted by Frontier Touring & I OH YOU)
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COURTNEY BARNETT MTV Unplugged (Live In Melbourne) out now on CD & vinyl Watch performance of ‘Nameless, Faceless’ Supporting Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in UK + Ireland

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Courtney Barnett – MTV Unplugged Live In Melbourne is now out physically on CD and aqua blue vinyl via Milk! Records / Remote Control. Stream here and watch full video playlist here. Watch the video for ‘Nameless, Faceless‘ via the image below.

On October 22nd 2019, Courtney Barnett performed a unique and special show at the invitation of MTV Australia in her hometown of Melbourne. The “Unplugged” performance features Barnett as you’ve never heard her before, warm, vulnerable and emotional. Under a garland of lights and a canopy of florals in the outdoor courtyard of Howler, Barnett performed a stirring set of eight songs to an intimate audience including ‘Depreston’, ‘Avant Gardener’ and ‘Sunday Roast’. Joined by her usual band Dave Mudie and Bones Sloane, she also enlisted cellist Lucy Waldron.

Barnett made the night even more iconic by inviting some of her favourite musicians to collaborate including legendary songwriter Paul Kelly, angelically-voiced New Zealander Marlon Williams and Milk! Records label-mate Evelyn Ida Morris. The performances included covers of Leonard Cohen, Archie Roach and Seeker Lover Keeper as well as a never-before-heard original track from Courtney herself titled ‘Play It On Repeat’.

Courtney Barnett said about her performance “I love playing to Melbourne crowds…I wanted to have a mixture of old songs, new songs and covers, and tracks that we don’t perform all the time – it’s been interesting to see the songs through a different filter, and it brings out this other emotional side to the music and the lyrics”. 

She continued, “Unplugged is so nostalgic for me. We had two Unplugged Records in our CD collection growing up and I know those records inside out because we listened to them every day.”

This year Barnett joined forces for a set of bushfire benefit shows with Camp Cope where they raised in excess of $90,000. Barnett also recently completed a sold out solo US tour which included a once-in-a-lifetiime ‘Courtney Barnett & Friends’ show in Los Angeles where she collaborated with Father John Misty, Sharon Van Etten, Waxahatchee, Lucius, Vagabon, and Bedouine.
She will then be taking her show to the UK and Ireland where she will join Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds on their arena tour in May.

Buy / Stream Courtney Barnett – MTV Unplugged (Live In Melbourne) via https://courtney-barnett.lnk.to/mtvunplugged

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caroline are pleased to share their debut live session and signing to Rough Trade Records - the track is called 'Dark blue'. The session was shot in January 2020, in a disused swimming pool in North London. The band hail from London.  caroline began as a three-piece (Jasper Llewellyn, Mike O'Malley, Casper Hughes) in early 2017, initially evolving out of weekly improvisation sessions. Bringing together shared influences in, and experiences of playing, midwestern ‘emo’ guitar music, Appalachian folk, minimalist classical and various forms of dance music. The group spent a year and a half playing privately, without a project name. Reiterating, deconstructing and re-building the same small handful of songs over and over again, the group slowly expanded their on-stage members before playing their debut show as caroline in 2018. caroline are currently working on their debut album.  caroline are - Jasper Llewellyn - acoustic guitar, cello, drums, vocals, Mike O'Malley - electric guitar, vocals Casper Hughes - electric guitar, vocals Oliver Hamilton – violin Magdalena McLean – violin Freddy Wordsworth - trumpet, bass Alex McKenzie – clarinet Hugh Aynsley - drums, percussion.
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CAROLINE Sign to Rough Trade Records Share debut live session ‘Dark blue’

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caroline are pleased to share their debut live session and signing to Rough Trade Records – the track is called ‘Dark blue’. The session was shot in January 2020, in a disused swimming pool in North London. The band hail from London.

caroline began as a three-piece (Jasper Llewellyn, Mike O’Malley, Casper Hughes) in early 2017, initially evolving out of weekly improvisation sessions. Bringing together shared influences in, and experiences of playing, midwestern ‘emo’ guitar music, Appalachian folk, minimalist classical and various forms of dance music.

The group spent a year and a half playing privately, without a project name. Reiterating, deconstructing and re-building the same small handful of songs over and over again, the group slowly expanded their on-stage members before playing their debut show as caroline in 2018. caroline are currently working on their debut album.

caroline are – Jasper Llewellyn – acoustic guitar, cello, drums, vocals, Mike O’Malley – electric guitar, vocals Casper Hughes – electric guitar, vocals Oliver Hamilton – violin Magdalena McLean – violin Freddy Wordsworth – trumpet, bass Alex McKenzie – clarinet Hugh Aynsley – drums, percussion.

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Where are you currently based and what is the music scene like there? I’m Based in Brisbane, I moved from the UK 13 years ago. If you look at the scene in Australia from history back in the 80s / 90s then you can’t compare with the enthusiasm of both venues and punters. Db limits and pokies have plagued the scene somewhat. Venues don’t have the budget or are not prepared to pay for original artists the way cover bands and Tributes get paid. Apparently bands back then were finding a gig at least 3 times per week. Now we have agents selecting their "favourites".  Brisbane is a place of diverse talent but we still haven’t seen anything that will put Australia back on the map yet for A & R visits. However, please feel free to check out my new single called 'DumbStruck'   How can we progress and expose new music? Great question! and I believe radio have much to answer for where educating the public and artists are concerned. A particular radio station for example, still have the same play list from when I moved here 13 years ago!! Friends and family in the UK are always saying to me "have you heard this new song" "have you seen this new rocking band" well no I haven’t ha ha, because radio in Australia does not fully support the cause for what’s developing and happening overseas unfortunately. How did you first start playing music? My late father use to sing to me and my brother. We shared a room growing up and my old man would pick a classic tune and play and sing to us on his rusty old acoustic guitar instead of reading a bedtime story. Bearing in mind we were 6 and 4 year old knippers. My father taught me the "3 chord wonder" as he called it haha. I practiced those 3 chords for weeks, I then taught myself some more from guitar books, that was before google lol.  It was when I met a good old pal at the first year of high school that it really began. I taught him a scale or two and now he is a top blues rock player in the South West of the UK. We put together a little novice garage band and rehearsed in bedrooms, garages and school halls. We had real passion man! We learn’t fast and soon booked our first gig at Plymstock Comprehensive School haha. It was the Christmas school disco that we would premiere at the age of 14. From here we grew as trio with myself on bass. Let’s just say the rest is history! What's been happening recently? It’s been a hectic few weeks of late getting everything across the line ready for the single, video, EP and live show launch, and now interviews and promo. March 28th I marry the most amazing lady, so as one can imagine there is much to do. I’m also a full time driving instructor in Brisbane. Your new single is out now, what influenced the sound and songwriting? I wrote ‘DumbStruck’ over 14 years ago back in the UK, as a band then with my brother Del on drums we jammed it but never recorded these songs. At the time I was listening to a mix of bands from Trouble, Kyuss, Audioslave, Soundgarden to Stereophonics and HIM. I put an emphasis on melody and hooks as this formula gives colour and emotion. This was probably inherited from growing up listening to The Beatles. With ‘DumbStruck’ it was a progressive experience to write. It has evolved from its basic form and has guitar work that Slash himself could have written haha. The Canadian guitarist who wrote the solos, performed, mixed and mastered on the track goes by the name of Trevor (Hanuman) Stefiuk. Where and when did you record/produce? It has been an ongoing project that has spanned over the last two years with Allan Lahey at Taramalin Sound recording studio in Kingston QLD. Allan has been a pioneer and platform for original artists to record in Brisbane for many years. Due to life’s obstacles and funding it has taken longer than I had hoped, but it was worth the wait. Ben Kerswell played a major role in instrumentation and producing something a bit more contemporary. Unfortunately, Ben has had a life changing illness that stopped him in his tracks. Therefore, I was required to hire guys to help perform and complete the last track called 'Plunge' While in the process of mastering the track Strive and Repair, the decision was made to invest in a music video to align with this rocking tune. So if you like it rocking and loud this is your chance to hear something new. On the 28th February 2020 the EP ‘A Thousand Years High’ will be launched in Brisbane and be available online and for hard copies of the CD. I am proud of what has been achieved here as a whole, and I humbly say that the single ‘DumbStruck’ needs to be heard on every radio station across the globe to justify its existence! You have a EP on the way, how did you go about writing the EP and what influenced the writing? All of the 5 songs were written firstly on the acoustic guitar over a decade ago. It was a great formula, I would pour a glass or two and put pen to paper. Melody always comes first with me then lyrics to fit the vocal melody. I was heavily influenced from the stoner rock and the grunge era. AIC showed how vox harmonies can be used with heavy crunching riffs. Over the years, vocally I have been influenced by Chris Cornell, Layne Staley. In the early days it was Axl Rose, David Coverdale, Paul Rodgers and Sebastian Bach I took vocal lessons from. What have you found most rewarding and challenging during the creation of the new EP? We all knew that the final track recorded on the EP 'Plunge' was going to be a challenge. With its unconventional structure and longer than average duration it turned out to certainly be that. All efforts and focus went into a performance for recording that we were happy with. The result is an epic, progressive original sounding track. Funding and time was a major factor for completing this EP. What's the EP title? ‘A Thousand Years High’ What do you like to do away from music? I like to spend time with my kids, however they are now adults and doing their own thing! I like to walk somewhere scenic, visit the mountains and coast, wine and dine. I went through an obsessive stage of practicing the ancient Martial art known as the commercial name of Ninjutsu  Who are you listening to at the moment? Clutch, Killswitch Engage and Paradise Lost What's planned for 2020? Get married in March and to push this EP, Single and video and obtain as many gigs as possible. I will be writing and still have some heavy tunes to show the lads to later record a full album. Favourite food and place to hangout? Being a pomme I do like a decent hot Indian curry. There are a few good Thai restaurants at Westfield Garden City and Raby Bay harbour that I like to visit. 
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Where are you currently based and what is the music scene like there?

I’m Based in Brisbane, I moved from the UK 13 years ago. If you look at the scene in Australia from history back in the 80s / 90s then you can’t compare with the enthusiasm of both venues and punters. Db limits and pokies have plagued the scene somewhat. Venues don’t have the budget or are not prepared to pay for original artists the way cover bands and Tributes get paid. Apparently bands back then were finding a gig at least 3 times per week. Now we have agents selecting their “favourites”. 

Brisbane is a place of diverse talent but we still haven’t seen anything that will put Australia back on the map yet for A & R visits. However, please feel free to check out my new single called ‘DumbStruck’  

How can we progress and expose new music?

Great question! and I believe radio have much to answer for where educating the public and artists are concerned. A particular radio station for example, still have the same play list from when I moved here 13 years ago!! Friends and family in the UK are always saying to me “have you heard this new song” “have you seen this new rocking band” well no I haven’t ha ha, because radio in Australia does not fully support the cause for what’s developing and happening overseas unfortunately.

How did you first start playing music?

My late father use to sing to me and my brother. We shared a room growing up and my old man would pick a classic tune and play and sing to us on his rusty old acoustic guitar instead of reading a bedtime story. Bearing in mind we were 6 and 4 year old knippers. My father taught me the “3 chord wonder” as he called it haha. I practiced those 3 chords for weeks, I then taught myself some more from guitar books, that was before google lol. 

It was when I met a good old pal at the first year of high school that it really began. I taught him a scale or two and now he is a top blues rock player in the South West of the UK. We put together a little novice garage band and rehearsed in bedrooms, garages and school halls. We had real passion man! We learn’t fast and soon booked our first gig at Plymstock Comprehensive School haha. It was the Christmas school disco that we would premiere at the age of 14. From here we grew as trio with myself on bass. Let’s just say the rest is history!

What’s been happening recently?

It’s been a hectic few weeks of late getting everything across the line ready for the single, video, EP and live show launch, and now interviews and promo. March 28th I marry the most amazing lady, so as one can imagine there is much to do. I’m also a full time driving instructor in Brisbane.

Your new single is out now, what influenced the sound and songwriting?

I wrote ‘DumbStruck’ over 14 years ago back in the UK, as a band then with my brother Del on drums we jammed it but never recorded these songs. At the time I was listening to a mix of bands from Trouble, Kyuss, Audioslave, Soundgarden to Stereophonics and HIM. I put an emphasis on melody and hooks as this formula gives colour and emotion. This was probably inherited from growing up listening to The Beatles. With ‘DumbStruck’ it was a progressive experience to write. It has evolved from its basic form and has guitar work that Slash himself could have written haha. The Canadian guitarist who wrote the solos, performed, mixed and mastered on the track goes by the name of Trevor (Hanuman) Stefiuk.

Where and when did you record/produce?

It has been an ongoing project that has spanned over the last two years with Allan Lahey at Taramalin Sound recording studio in Kingston QLD. Allan has been a pioneer and platform for original artists to record in Brisbane for many years. Due to life’s obstacles and funding it has taken longer than I had hoped, but it was worth the wait. Ben Kerswell played a major role in instrumentation and producing something a bit more contemporary. Unfortunately, Ben has had a life changing illness that stopped him in his tracks. Therefore, I was required to hire guys to help perform and complete the last track called ‘Plunge’

While in the process of mastering the track Strive and Repair, the decision was made to invest in a music video to align with this rocking tune. So if you like it rocking and loud this is your chance to hear something new. On the 28th February 2020 the EP ‘A Thousand Years High’ will be launched in Brisbane and be available online and for hard copies of the CD.

I am proud of what has been achieved here as a whole, and I humbly say that the single ‘DumbStruck’ needs to be heard on every radio station across the globe to justify its existence!

You have a EP on the way, how did you go about writing the EP and what influenced the writing?

All of the 5 songs were written firstly on the acoustic guitar over a decade ago. It was a great formula, I would pour a glass or two and put pen to paper. Melody always comes first with me then lyrics to fit the vocal melody. I was heavily influenced from the stoner rock and the grunge era. AIC showed how vox harmonies can be used with heavy crunching riffs. Over the years, vocally I have been influenced by Chris Cornell, Layne Staley. In the early days it was Axl Rose, David Coverdale, Paul Rodgers and Sebastian Bach I took vocal lessons from.

What have you found most rewarding and challenging during the creation of the new EP?

We all knew that the final track recorded on the EP ‘Plunge’ was going to be a challenge. With its unconventional structure and longer than average duration it turned out to certainly be that. All efforts and focus went into a performance for recording that we were happy with. The result is an epic, progressive original sounding track. Funding and time was a major factor for completing this EP.

What’s the EP title?

‘A Thousand Years High’

What do you like to do away from music?

I like to spend time with my kids, however they are now adults and doing their own thing! I like to walk somewhere scenic, visit the mountains and coast, wine and dine. I went through an obsessive stage of practicing the ancient Martial art known as the commercial name of Ninjutsu 

Who are you listening to at the moment?

Clutch, Killswitch Engage and Paradise Lost

What’s planned for 2020?

Get married in March and to push this EP, Single and video and obtain as many gigs as possible. I will be writing and still have some heavy tunes to show the lads to later record a full album.

Favourite food and place to hangout?

Being a pomme I do like a decent hot Indian curry. There are a few good Thai restaurants at Westfield Garden City and Raby Bay harbour that I like to visit. 

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Encourages Attendees to Experience the ByeByePlastic Beach Cleanup, SXM Doet Volunteer Program, Offset Carbon Impact with Official Partners,  and Gear Up with the Festival’s Sustainable Clothing Line. For Tickets and More Info Visit: www.sxmfestival.com @SXMFestival Today, SXM Festival has announced its phase three lineup, completing the underground soundtracking for the event’s fourth expedition on the paradisal island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. Adorned with some of the scene’s most recognized stars and rising tastemakers alike, these masters of their craft will guide attendees through five days of sonic exploration and cultural immersion, March 11-15.  SXM Festival’s phase three turns its sights on scene innovators from around the world, representing the communities that make up the the event’s wide reaching attendee-core. Burning Man mainstay turned avant-garde talent Tara Brooks makes her return to the festival, New York’s Stranger Than captain Tal Ohana will bring along his deep shades of techno, plus fans can expect a journey through the deep from Canadian legend Nitin.  For the 2020 edition, the event will continue to build upon its deep connection with the cultural and ecological fabric of the beautiful host locale of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. Spawned in 2019 to help encourage the prosperity and health of the island, SXM Festival created a partnership with SXM Doet, the largest volunteer initiative in Saint Martin/Sint Maarten and the Dutch Kingdom. Attendees are encouraged to take a break from the party and meet the locals and other travelers, while offering their service to the island at specific, sponsored projects. On March 13+14, guests are encouraged to join the SXM Art Deco team and a number of artists including Amine K and Maga in two key charitable action projects. Register to build a playground at Ideal Preschool or assemble an eco-friendly, recycled playground at Green Learning Academy. There is an angle for everyone to get involved and ensure that the people of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten can enjoy their home as much as festival-goers do.  The festival has also partnered with longtime SXM artist Blond:ish, Toronto’s Summerdaze, and global dance music sustainability project ByeByePlastic to host a cleanup of the iconic Sandy Ground Beach. This continues SXM’s anti-single use plastic ethos and overall commitment to the protection of the island’s sensitive ecosystem. More info on the beach cleanup here.  With global impact in mind, SXM Festival has forged strategic partnerships with leaders in sustainability, focused on offsetting the carbon released by air-travel to the island. All SXMF-goers will be encouraged to calculate the emissions released via their journey and offset by donating to Climate Futures’ Peace Boat Project though a $10 per month subscription, or a one-time $25 contribution. SXM Festival is committed to a net-zero emissions strategy that is measurable and permanent. Through their new partnership with Climeworks, the world’s first commercial direct air capture company, guests can now capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into stone in their name. Become a Climeworks SXM Festival Pioneer with a one-time contribution or subscription. Those who maintain their subscriptions will have lifetime access to super early bird rates to any SXM Festival event as of April 2020. Additionally, SXM Festival has partnered with Ungalli Clothing Co. to deliver sustainable merch that is ethically sourced from Canada out of recycled and organic materials. Produced in Canadian facilities where workers are safe, respected, and paid fair wages, pre-orders are available until February 28. In just one month, SXM Festival will open its gates to the global party elite with the shared purpose of celebrating our diverse scene as well as the rich culture and natural beauty of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. SXM 2020 Full Line-Up (A-Z) Adisyn   Akufen   Alex Orias  Allan P. Alya V Amine K   Apache  Audiofly  Baham Bas Ibellini   Bedouin  Behrouz Birds of Mind BLOND:ISH   Bonobo (DJ Set) Britta Arnold Carerra & Tavares   Cassy Chaim Chubby Chuck Woodward   Danny Tenaglia Dead-Tones Defam   Deric Frey  Desostoa   DimitrY   DJ Franck DJ Leo   DJ Ming aka Mr Garcia   DJ Rudy   DJ Tennis DJ W!LD   Dyed Soundorom Echonomist Enzo Siragusa Feather Hed   Gab Rhome Guillaume Michaud   Guy Laliberté   Hauy Head Nodders   Heimat (Live) Hernan Cattaneo Holmar Igor Vicente Iluminat Inessa Raum  Ivan De La Ganesherie   J. Remy   Jade (CA) Jan Blomqvist (Live) Jayson Miro   Jenia Tarsol Jenner   Jimmy Be  Joeski   John Acquaviva Kidzman   Kike Mayor   Kora   Lar Gibbons Loco Dice  Luca Bacchetti Ludovic Coudert MAGA   Magician On Duty   Maher Daniel M.A.N.D.Y. Marco Carola Master Gee   Mister T Mitch Oliver   M.O.N.R.O.E.   Moody Jones Nicolas Massayeff  Nitin   Nomads Oxia   Parallells (Live) Paul Matta   Pheek (Live) Phil Dark (Cercle)   Raphael Scemama   Raresh Revah Brothers   Ricardo Villalobos Rony Seikaly   Sabo   Sainte Vie Live   Serge Devant Shalev   Shaun Reeves   SIS Sonja Moonear Stabtone   Swamy   Swann Decamme   Tal Ohana Tara Brooks  The Neighbors The Wallet Brothers   Thugfucker tINI Unders Vector   Verlk   wAFF   WhoMadeWho (Hybrid DJ Set)  Wild Dark YokoO
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SXM Festival Completes Lineup for March 11-15 Event on Caribbean Island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten Announced Alongside Social and Environmental Responsibility Partners and Activations for 2020 Event

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Today, SXM Festival has announced its phase three lineup, completing the underground soundtracking for the event’s fourth expedition on the paradisal island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. Adorned with some of the scene’s most recognized stars and rising tastemakers alike, these masters of their craft will guide attendees through five days of sonic exploration and cultural immersion, March 11-15.

SXM Festival’s phase three turns its sights on scene innovators from around the world, representing the communities that make up the the event’s wide reaching attendee-core. Burning Man mainstay turned avant-garde talent Tara Brooks makes her return to the festival, New York’s Stranger Than captain Tal Ohana will bring along his deep shades of techno, plus fans can expect a journey through the deep from Canadian legend Nitin.

For the 2020 edition, the event will continue to build upon its deep connection with the cultural and ecological fabric of the beautiful host locale of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. Spawned in 2019 to help encourage the prosperity and health of the island, SXM Festival created a partnership with SXM Doet, the largest volunteer initiative in Saint Martin/Sint Maarten and the Dutch Kingdom. Attendees are encouraged to take a break from the party and meet the locals and other travelers, while offering their service to the island at specific, sponsored projects. On March 13+14, guests are encouraged to join the SXM Art Deco team and a number of artists including Amine K and Maga in two key charitable action projects. Register to build a playground at Ideal Preschool or assemble an eco-friendly, recycled playground at Green Learning Academy. There is an angle for everyone to get involved and ensure that the people of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten can enjoy their home as much as festival-goers do.

The festival has also partnered with longtime SXM artist Blond:ish, Toronto’s Summerdaze, and global dance music sustainability project ByeByePlastic to host a cleanup of the iconic Sandy Ground Beach. This continues SXM’s anti-single use plastic ethos and overall commitment to the protection of the island’s sensitive ecosystem. More info on the beach cleanup here.

With global impact in mind, SXM Festival has forged strategic partnerships with leaders in sustainability, focused on offsetting the carbon released by air-travel to the island. All SXMF-goers will be encouraged to calculate the emissions released via their journey and offset by donating to Climate Futures’ Peace Boat Project though a $10 per month subscription, or a one-time $25 contribution.

SXM Festival is committed to a net-zero emissions strategy that is measurable and permanent. Through their new partnership with Climeworks, the world’s first commercial direct air capture company, guests can now capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into stone in their name. Become a Climeworks SXM Festival Pioneer with a one-time contribution or subscription. Those who maintain their subscriptions will have lifetime access to super early bird rates to any SXM Festival event as of April 2020.

Additionally, SXM Festival has partnered with Ungalli Clothing Co. to deliver sustainable merch that is ethically sourced from Canada out of recycled and organic materials. Produced in Canadian facilities where workers are safe, respected, and paid fair wages, pre-orders are available until February 28.
In just one month, SXM Festival will open its gates to the global party elite with the shared purpose of celebrating our diverse scene as well as the rich culture and natural beauty of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten.

SXM 2020 Full Line-Up (A-Z)

Adisyn
Akufen
Alex Orias
Allan P.
Alya V
Amine K
Apache
Audiofly
Baham
Bas Ibellini
Bedouin
Behrouz
Birds of Mind
BLOND:ISH
Bonobo (DJ Set)
Britta Arnold
Carerra & Tavares
Cassy
Chaim
Chubby
Chuck Woodward
Danny Tenaglia
Dead-Tones
Defam
Deric Frey
Desostoa
DimitrY
DJ Franck
DJ Leo
DJ Ming aka Mr Garcia
DJ Rudy
DJ Tennis
DJ W!LD
Dyed Soundorom
Echonomist
Enzo Siragusa
Feather Hed
Gab Rhome
Guillaume Michaud
Guy Laliberté
Hauy
Head Nodders
Heimat (Live)
Hernan Cattaneo
Holmar
Igor Vicente
Iluminat
Inessa Raum
Ivan De La Ganesherie
J. Remy
Jade (CA)
Jan Blomqvist (Live)
Jayson Miro
Jenia Tarsol
Jenner
Jimmy Be
Joeski
John Acquaviva
Kidzman
Kike Mayor
Kora
Lar Gibbons
Loco Dice
Luca Bacchetti
Ludovic Coudert
MAGA
Magician On Duty
Maher Daniel
M.A.N.D.Y.
Marco Carola
Master Gee
Mister T
Mitch Oliver
M.O.N.R.O.E.
Moody Jones
Nicolas Massayeff
Nitin
Nomads
Oxia
Parallells (Live)
Paul Matta
Pheek (Live)
Phil Dark (Cercle)
Raphael Scemama
Raresh
Revah Brothers
Ricardo Villalobos
Rony Seikaly
Sabo
Sainte Vie Live
Serge Devant
Shalev
Shaun Reeves
SIS
Sonja Moonear
Stabtone
Swamy
Swann Decamme
Tal Ohana
Tara Brooks
The Neighbors
The Wallet Brothers
Thugfucker
tINI
Unders
Vector
Verlk
wAFF
WhoMadeWho (Hybrid DJ Set)
Wild Dark
YokoO
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Yellow Claw & Juyen Sebulba & RayRay Release "Supernoize." First Single from Upcoming Barong Family's "Hard in Bangkok" Album
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Yellow Claw & Juyen Sebulba & RayRay Release “Supernoize.” First Single from Upcoming Barong Family’s “Hard in Bangkok” Album

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Artists: Yellow Claw & Juyen Sebulba
Title: Supernoize (feat. RayRay)
Label: Barong Family

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Barong Family’s driving force Yellow Claw just dropped “Supernoize” with Juyen Sebulba, featuring RayRay – the premier single from the label’s upcoming “Hard in Bangkok” album, scheduled for a release in late March. The Dutch duo holds nothing back in this hard-hitting bomb of a track, which delivers a relentless bassline and assaulting synths from start to finish. “Supernoize” is primed for the club and festival circuit; you can almost imagine the Barong crew heading out into the balmy Bangkok lights for a night of hedonism. The forthcoming LP was made during Barong Family’s five-day studio camp in Thailand’s capital city, where fourteen international artists came together to create an inspiring creative space, make great music together, and document everything in the form of photos and videos. “Hard in Bangkok,” as a result of the artists’ gathering, will feature 20 new tracks from such artists as Rawtek, Nonsens, Stoltenhoff, Lil Texas, LNY TNZ, and more, as well as fresh sounds from Yellow Claw themselves, including the brand new “Supernoize.”

Jim Taihuttu and Nils Rondhuis are the talented duo behind Yellow Claw, the electronic music artist project that has been changing the game in bass music since 2013. Their heavy, hip-hop-influenced, and club-ready sound began on their early tracks like “DJ Turn It Up” and “In My Room” ft. Ty Dolla $ign & Tyga – which collectively are about to surpass 300M streams on Spotify alone. Yellow Claw’s 2015′s debut album “Blood For Mercy” hit #1 on Billboard’s Heat Seekers Chart, Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart, and scored an Edison Award – the Dutch equivalent of GRAMMY. They haven’t slowed down since, with a packed tour calendar that included last year’s epic takeover of the LA’s iconic Shrine Auditorium to a crowd of 7K people, and their work with Barong Family label. Juyen Sebulba is one of the artists who found a home on Barong after working alongside Yellow Claw, Laidback Luke, and Good Times Ahead as well as producing official remixes for DJ Snake, Boys Noize and Major Lazer, and releasing on Diplo’s Mad Decent and Mixmash. Taiwanese RayRay’s reputation for injecting a savage signature sound into her music floated past the ears of Yellow Claw, who signed RayRay to Barong Family in 2018. She performed at such major events as ADE, SXSW, Glastonbury, Sonar Music Festival, and released on Tiësto’s Musical Freedom, Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak, and Spinnin’ Records. Stay tuned for more tracks from “Hard in Bangkok” coming soon to see what’s next from the Barong Family’s crew.

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LISTEN HERE Julian Jordan switches between club and pop styles with more ease than almost anyone, and his latest anthem ‘Love You Better’ is set to dominate both arenas with its memorable songwriting and tight production. The yearning vocals set the tone immediately over graceful, muted puds and handclaps. The powerful chorus arrives with piano chords in support before we explode into a taut house groove powered by elastic bass tones and super-punchy beats. A dazzling vox synth riff arrives as a melodic counterpoint, its digitised feel contrasting beautifully with the smooth vocal. It’s a personal track for Jordan, as the vocals come from his very own love, Kimberly Fransens. Known for her appearances on TV show ‘The Voice Holland’, she tried her hand at the vocal for fun after Jordan tried out a few different vocalists. He quickly realised the track was destined to be sung by her, and the rest is history! The official follow-up to the glorious radio single ‘To The Wire’, ‘Love You Better’ looks like another absolute smash for Mr. Jordan, and this is only the start of 2020.. CONNECT W/ JULIAN JORDAN CONNECT W/ KIMBERLY FRANSENS
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Julian Jordan finally releases long awaited radio track ‘Love You Better’

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Julian Jordan switches between club and pop styles with more ease than almost anyone, and his latest anthem ‘Love You Better’ is set to dominate both arenas with its memorable songwriting and tight production.

The yearning vocals set the tone immediately over graceful, muted puds and handclaps. The powerful chorus arrives with piano chords in support before we explode into a taut house groove powered by elastic bass tones and super-punchy beats. A dazzling vox synth riff arrives as a melodic counterpoint, its digitised feel contrasting beautifully with the smooth vocal.

It’s a personal track for Jordan, as the vocals come from his very own love, Kimberly Fransens. Known for her appearances on TV show ‘The Voice Holland’, she tried her hand at the vocal for fun after Jordan tried out a few different vocalists. He quickly realised the track was destined to be sung by her, and the rest is history!

The official follow-up to the glorious radio single ‘To The Wire’, ‘Love You Better’ looks like another absolute smash for Mr. Jordan, and this is only the start of 2020..
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Where are you currently based and what is the music scene like there? I’m from amsterdam and the music scene here is very urban and techno minded. But during Amsterdam Dance Event the whole city is EDM focussed and there’s a crowd for every genre of house music haha! How did you first start playing music? When I was 12 years old I started saving money for a DJ set, around the same age I started producing as well. I heard The Prodigy and Tiësto on the radio and I knew I wanted to do something with electronic music. I was always into music, I started drumming when I was 5 years old and always loved to perform. I wrote my own rap lyrics as a kid and I still love to write lyrics now ;) What's been happening recently? A LOT, it really feels like i’m showing the world a next level Julian Jordan. I’m super motivated and I love to lock myself in the studio after touring. I have so many tracks ready and seeing my recent tracks on the top of so many charts feels like a reward for all the hard work!  You have new music being released on February 21, please tell us about what has influenced the sound and songwriting for the upcoming releases:  I got this vocal in my email and I was immediately hooked on it, I started making the production and finished it within a few days, but i was still trying to find the right fit with the vocals for this track. When I showed the track to my girlfriend (she’s an amazing singer from Amsterdam) and she told me she would love to give it a try to see if her voice would be a good fit. It turned out to be the perfect match and that’s how this collaboration came together. Where and when did you record/produce? When I got the vocal I was at the airport and I think I made most parts of the production on the plane haha. What programs/equipment do you use? I work with FL Studio and a basic studio at home and mostly with my laptop haha. I also work a lot in the STMPD RCRDS studios as well, those studios are really next level. How do you go about writing and recording music? I love the journey of how a track comes together because it’s always different. The thing I love about producing music is that there are no rules, creative freedom all the way. Trying out new stuff and surprising fans with new music is the best thing in the world. You are relaunching your YouTube show, what do you planned? I want to show the world a more personal side of Julian Jordan. A side they can connect with more. The thing I love about social media is that you can choose what you want to show the world and your audience, but this also means that they never see the whole story. I try to show my personal side and take the viewers with me on this journey in my life. To show that I’m just a human having fun making and playing music all around the world. You're playing Ultra Music Miami, how do you prepare for live shows and what do you most enjoy about playing live? I never actually prepare, because i think it’s important to read the crowd as a DJ. But I do make sure that I have a ton of new tracks ready when I’m playing festivals like Ultra! Especially when a lot of people are going to check out the set online, it’s important to have the best tracks ready for that! What do you like to do away from music? Kickboxing is a big passion of mine, and since I’m touring so much I think the most important thing for me now is to stay in touch with my family and friends after touring.  Who are you listening to at the moment? I’m currently listening to Josh Charm - Trust. Very talented producer! What's planned for 2020? A lot of new music and dope gigs, I think 2019 was about showing the world the ‘Julian Jordan sound’ but 2020 is just about firing all the tracks at the right time. I just share my love for music with the world and I’ll just keep on doing that every day! Favourite food and place to hangout? Amsterdam during the summer and pizza:)
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Where are you currently based and what is the music scene like there?

I’m from amsterdam and the music scene here is very urban and techno minded.

But during Amsterdam Dance Event the whole city is EDM focussed and there’s a crowd for every genre of house music haha!

 

How did you first start playing music?

When I was 12 years old I started saving money for a DJ set, around the same age I started producing as well. I heard The Prodigy and Tiësto on the radio and I knew I wanted to do something with electronic music.

I was always into music, I started drumming when I was 5 years old and always loved to perform. I wrote my own rap lyrics as a kid and I still love to write lyrics now 😉

 

What’s been happening recently?

A LOT, it really feels like i’m showing the world a next level Julian Jordan. I’m super motivated and I love to lock myself in the studio after touring. I have so many tracks ready and seeing my recent tracks on the top of so many charts feels like a reward for all the hard work! 

 

You have new music being released on February 21, please tell us about what has influenced the sound and songwriting for the upcoming releases: 

I got this vocal in my email and I was immediately hooked on it, I started making the production and finished it within a few days, but i was still trying to find the right fit with the vocals for this track.

When I showed the track to my girlfriend (she’s an amazing singer from Amsterdam) and she told me she would love to give it a try to see if her voice would be a good fit. It turned out to be the perfect match and that’s how this collaboration came together.

 

Where and when did you record/produce?

When I got the vocal I was at the airport and I think I made most parts of the production on the plane haha.

 

What programs/equipment do you use?

I work with FL Studio and a basic studio at home and mostly with my laptop haha. I also work a lot in the STMPD RCRDS studios as well, those studios are really next level.

How do you go about writing and recording music?

I love the journey of how a track comes together because it’s always different. The thing I love about producing music is that there are no rules, creative freedom all the way. Trying out new stuff and surprising fans with new music is the best thing in the world.

 

You are relaunching your YouTube show, what do you planned?

I want to show the world a more personal side of Julian Jordan. A side they can connect with more. The thing I love about social media is that you can choose what you want to show the world and your audience, but this also means that they never see the whole story. I try to show my personal side and take the viewers with me on this journey in my life. To show that I’m just a human having fun making and playing music all around the world.

 

You’re playing Ultra Music Miami, how do you prepare for live shows and what do you most enjoy about playing live?

I never actually prepare, because i think it’s important to read the crowd as a DJ.

But I do make sure that I have a ton of new tracks ready when I’m playing festivals like Ultra! Especially when a lot of people are going to check out the set online, it’s important to have the best tracks ready for that!

 

What do you like to do away from music?

Kickboxing is a big passion of mine, and since I’m touring so much I think the most important thing for me now is to stay in touch with my family and friends after touring. 

 

Who are you listening to at the moment?

I’m currently listening to Josh Charm – Trust. Very talented producer!

 

What’s planned for 2020?

A lot of new music and dope gigs, I think 2019 was about showing the world the ‘Julian Jordan sound’ but 2020 is just about firing all the tracks at the right time.

I just share my love for music with the world and I’ll just keep on doing that every day!

 

Favourite food and place to hangout?

Amsterdam during the summer and pizza:)

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Artists: GRAVEDGR Title: 6 FEET UNDER Label: Heavyweight Records Release date: February 21, 2020 Download / Stream After over a year of releasing some of the most menacing, bone-shaking sounds ever heard, GRAVEDGR finally unleashes his debut album "6 FEET UNDER" on the world. The epic fourteen-track project is designed to take the listener on a sonic journey through GRAVEDGR's own psyche when he was literally digging the final resting places for the departed as a teenager when he helped his father work in a graveyard. The sinister sounds of familiar favorites like "RAMPAGE" and "JESSE JAMES" are accompanied by raw, hard-hitting new tracks such as "FICK DICH" with Carnage & Dither and "Shallow Graves" with Flosstradamus - just two next to several other guest appearances on the album - Krischvn, City Morgue, Junkie Kid, Vulgatron, Awotalk, and Lit Lords. Fans of GRAVEDGR since the beginning are finally treated to his full story on the album, which serves to open another door to the mystery that is GRAVEDGR. Press play on "FEET UNDER" and get ready to plummet to the darkest depths with your favorite grave digger! Take one look at GRAVEDGR, and it's easy to see where his name comes from - constantly donning black attire and his signature face mask, it's no surprise that his day job is literally digging graves. All the time spent contemplating mortality must have inspired his musical sound, which can be summed up as simultaneously scary, melodic and hard. His wildly popular debut single "RAMPAGE" has amassed over 13 million streams on Spotify alone, placing him firmly on the map, and was quickly followed up by the equally relentless "JESSE JAMES," "BE WARY," "KAMIKAZE" and more. GRAVEDGR is currently on tour for "6 FEET UNDER" in the US, so check out the dates below and catch him in a city near you. https://open.spotify.com/album/25r8pqNVU29qtWSvIxdxGl Feb 21 - Green Door - El Paso, TX Feb 25 - The Marc - San Marcos, TX Feb 26 - Soundcheck - Washington, DC Feb 27 - Trio - Charleston, SC Feb 28 - Believe Music Hall - Atlanta, GA Mar 06 - DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA Apr 23 - Stereo Live - Houston, TX Apr 25 - Skyway Theatre - Minneapolis, MN Jul 03 - Kristalpark - Lommel, BE More info on GRAVEDGR / Heavyweight Records: GRAVEDGR: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify Heavyweight Records: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Youtube
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GRAVEDGR Drops Highly Anticipated Debut Album “6 FEET UNDER” to Fulfill Your Darkest Nightmares. Out on Heavyweight Records

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Artists: GRAVEDGR
Title: 6 FEET UNDER
Label: Heavyweight Records
Release date: February 21, 2020

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After over a year of releasing some of the most menacing, bone-shaking sounds ever heard, GRAVEDGR finally unleashes his debut album “6 FEET UNDER” on the world. The epic fourteen-track project is designed to take the listener on a sonic journey through GRAVEDGR’s own psyche when he was literally digging the final resting places for the departed as a teenager when he helped his father work in a graveyard. The sinister sounds of familiar favorites like “RAMPAGE” and “JESSE JAMES” are accompanied by raw, hard-hitting new tracks such as “FICK DICH” with Carnage & Dither and “Shallow Graves” with Flosstradamus – just two next to several other guest appearances on the album – Krischvn, City Morgue, Junkie Kid, Vulgatron, Awotalk, and Lit Lords. Fans of GRAVEDGR since the beginning are finally treated to his full story on the album, which serves to open another door to the mystery that is GRAVEDGR. Press play on “FEET UNDER” and get ready to plummet to the darkest depths with your favorite grave digger!

Take one look at GRAVEDGR, and it’s easy to see where his name comes from – constantly donning black attire and his signature face mask, it’s no surprise that his day job is literally digging graves. All the time spent contemplating mortality must have inspired his musical sound, which can be summed up as simultaneously scary, melodic and hard. His wildly popular debut single “RAMPAGE” has amassed over 13 million streams on Spotify alone, placing him firmly on the map, and was quickly followed up by the equally relentless “JESSE JAMES,” “BE WARY,” “KAMIKAZE” and more. GRAVEDGR is currently on tour for “6 FEET UNDER” in the US, so check out the dates below and catch him in a city near you.

Feb 21 – Green Door – El Paso, TX
Feb 25 – The Marc – San Marcos, TX
Feb 26 – Soundcheck – Washington, DC
Feb 27 – Trio – Charleston, SC
Feb 28 – Believe Music Hall – Atlanta, GA
Mar 06 – DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
Apr 23 – Stereo Live – Houston, TX
Apr 25 – Skyway Theatre – Minneapolis, MN
Jul 03 – Kristalpark – Lommel, BE

More info on GRAVEDGR / Heavyweight Records:
Artists: GRAVEDGR Title: 6 FEET UNDER Label: Heavyweight Records Release date: February 21, 2020 Download / Stream After over a year of releasing some of the most menacing, bone-shaking sounds ever heard, GRAVEDGR finally unleashes his debut album "6 FEET UNDER" on the world. The epic fourteen-track project is designed to take the listener on a sonic journey through GRAVEDGR's own psyche when he was literally digging the final resting places for the departed as a teenager when he helped his father work in a graveyard. The sinister sounds of familiar favorites like "RAMPAGE" and "JESSE JAMES" are accompanied by raw, hard-hitting new tracks such as "FICK DICH" with Carnage & Dither and "Shallow Graves" with Flosstradamus - just two next to several other guest appearances on the album - Krischvn, City Morgue, Junkie Kid, Vulgatron, Awotalk, and Lit Lords. Fans of GRAVEDGR since the beginning are finally treated to his full story on the album, which serves to open another door to the mystery that is GRAVEDGR. Press play on "FEET UNDER" and get ready to plummet to the darkest depths with your favorite grave digger! Take one look at GRAVEDGR, and it's easy to see where his name comes from - constantly donning black attire and his signature face mask, it's no surprise that his day job is literally digging graves. All the time spent contemplating mortality must have inspired his musical sound, which can be summed up as simultaneously scary, melodic and hard. His wildly popular debut single "RAMPAGE" has amassed over 13 million streams on Spotify alone, placing him firmly on the map, and was quickly followed up by the equally relentless "JESSE JAMES," "BE WARY," "KAMIKAZE" and more. GRAVEDGR is currently on tour for "6 FEET UNDER" in the US, so check out the dates below and catch him in a city near you. Feb 21 - Green Door - El Paso, TX Feb 25 - The Marc - San Marcos, TX Feb 26 - Soundcheck - Washington, DC Feb 27 - Trio - Charleston, SC Feb 28 - Believe Music Hall - Atlanta, GA Mar 06 - DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA Apr 23 - Stereo Live - Houston, TX Apr 25 - Skyway Theatre - Minneapolis, MN Jul 03 - Kristalpark - Lommel, BE More info on GRAVEDGR / Heavyweight Records: GRAVEDGR: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify Heavyweight Records: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Youtube

 

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Where are you currently based and what is the music scene like? We're based in Canberra, ACT. The music scene is great. There's always good bands to see at Smiths Alternative, The Transit Bar - and we love The Basement. There's some great bands and artists here. We're big fans of Citizen Kay and Witchskull :-)  How did you first start playing music? Imitating and playing along to our favourite bands, then later on jamming with friends. We all started playing music very young and we’ve all come from diverse musical backgrounds.  How did Glitoris form? It was magic. Witches were involved, obviously. What's been happening recently? We've been busy preparing for our tour! It's really exciting to be going all over the country. Slut Power is the last single to be taken from our album ‘The Policy’. It’s our live anthem and the song we feel has resonated at our live shows the most. So we decided to give it the single, video and tour treatment.  How did you go about writing Slut Power? / Your new single 'Slut Power' is out on the 14th of February, what influenced the sound and songwriting for this single? Musically, it began as a laid back riff - Malcolm started it off with the bass line. It's a slower than average tempo by design. We wanted it to sound ominous and sparse at the beginning and build. It was designed to reflect violence against women and how it starts with the language people use to describe women; it's a completely different, and far more negative, lexicon than words used to describe the same behaviours in men. These words are common, everyday vernacular, which reflects how deeply embedded prejudices against women are. The second verse gets more intense and the chorus has a sludge-metal feel to it. We had the hook from the get go and just built it up over the course of song with the drums getting heavier and the vocals starting a bit bratty and ending in rage. Lyrically, it's obviously coming from a dark place. There are parts of that song that are very pointed and very personal, which is why it can be delivered the way it is. The 3rd verse is how the media and society generally blames women for the violence committed against them and its insidious. Look at what happen after Eurydice Dixon was murdered in Melbourne in 2018. Superintendent David Clayton stood there and told women: “So just make sure you have situational awareness, that you’re aware of your surroundings. If you’ve got a mobile phone carry it and if you’ve got any concerns, call police.” Fuck off, Clayton. Tell men to stop raping and murdering us. We have the right to walk home at night and not think about this shit. The fact is, we are burdened by this constant feeling of “how can I operate today and go about my business without getting raped or murdered?” We make these calculations every time we want to go for a jog, every time we leave a venue or club late at night. We're monitoring what's going on with the Harvey Weinstein trial at the moment and a newspaper published a story on it with a headline about the dress one of the women was wearing when he sexually assaulted her. When women are abused and raped and murdered, the media and society blames them.  Another thing: when this stuff happens to us we’re forced into silence. Jim DeRogatis’s book on R Kelly evidences the dozens of occasions Kelly paid off his victims and got them to sign NDA’s. Criminal acts are committed against women all the time – some physically violent, others more psychologically violent like online trolling, gaslighting and defamation – and most of the time we have to stay silent because we’re either paid to stay silent, blackmailed or shamed into it. So there’s a subtext of vengeance in Slut Power that comes through in both the song and video. Let’s just say we’re pretty experienced in the topics that Slut Power addresses.  Where and when did you record/produce? We recorded Slut Power in 2018 when we recorded all the songs for our debut album 'The Policy'. It was recorded by Jay Whalley at The Pet Food Factory in Marrickville, Sydney. The studio session for Slut Power was great - we put a triangle all the way through it, sometimes it comes it a bit muted and percussive and by the third verse, it's in the background and sounds like an alarm. The album was mixed by Clem Bennett, who is a genius mix engineer, and mastered by Mandy Parnell - another genius mastering engineer from London. Glitoris is known for having strong views on confronting subjects, please tell us a little about what you think of the current state of politics, gender issues and equality at that this present time: The whole system is fucked: we are facing the biggest environmental, economic and social issues humanity has ever faced. The harrowing summer we’ve just lived through has shown the result of denial, arrogance, mass apathy and inaction in dealing with climate change. Second to that, the wealth gap is hideous - and it’s growing. The world is being run by billionaire corporations that are focused on growth and individualisation, and it’s unsustainable. The fact that Jeff Bezos can buy a mansion in Beverley Hills for $165mUS off the back of modern-day slavery is one example of how extreme this gap has become. There could be a Billionaire Vs. Billionaire US election this year. The erosion of democracy and human rights is happening before our very eyes in many ways: surveillance, the policing of women’s bodies, the silencing of media organisations and the gross miscarriages of justice we see at all levels in the treatment of Aboriginal people. Unless we take the power back and start to create an inclusive accessible society for everyone, that values the wisdom of Indigenous peoples, scientists and scholars (that currently seem to have no voice and influence in our policies) we have no future. On one level, these issues are now so huge that it’s not surprising we’re in existential crisis. On another level, we’re hardly going to sit back with some popcorn and watch it all play out on TV. The fact that so many have taken that attitude in the past is exactly what’s got us into this mess.  Equality? We are nowhere, not even remotely, near achieving this for Indigenous people and PoC, for women, for those who are LGBTQI+. In fact, we’re going backwards as human rights generally are being eroded.  It’s all fucked. But fuck it, we’re not going down without a fight. You have a big Australian tour coming up with some first shows in NT, what can we expect from a Glitoris live show? Politics, humour, passion, fun, brutal honesty, musicianship, banter, protest – but to leave feeling like you had a great night out \*/ How do you prepare for shows? Scotty likes to do a bit of yoga and flex out the rhythm sticks on her drum pad. Malcolm likes to air pump and dance. Andrew likes to run through her guitar parts and deface things. Keven 007 likes to be amazing, which she does amazingly. Our band ritual includes warming up our voices up with the lady, warming our fingers up, running through some harmonies and, of course, transform ourselves into fierce glittery warriors. What do find most challenging and rewarding whilst on tour? Most rewarding: playing the shows, meeting our fans - The Gliterati, hanging with other bands and making friends, listening to fan stories, the moments mid-performance where we see The Gliterati singing the words and punching the air or yelling out for their favourite song - that's just the best. We also like finding a good bar and drinking gin, and just generally hanging out. We love touring. It feels like a holiday to us. There’s a point where it descends into a delirious stage and every single thing is funny and we laugh so much it hurts \*/ Most challenging: Sleep deprivation. Who are you listening to at the moment? Babymachine, Thelma Plum, Moju Juju, Rage Against the Machine What do you like to do away from music? Sleep. What's planned for 2020? A massive tour of the country. After that we'll have a break and then start work on the next album. We'd love to play some festivals later in the year. Favourite food and place to hangout? We love vegan food and Au Lac in Dickson, Canberra, is our favourite! We also love Tudo Vietnamese in O'Connor and Andrew and Scott also love Sweet Bones vegan in Braddon.
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Where are you currently based and what is the music scene like?

We’re based in Canberra, ACT. The music scene is great. There’s always good bands to see at Smiths Alternative, The Transit Bar – and we love The Basement. There’s some great bands and artists here. We’re big fans of Citizen Kay and Witchskull 🙂 

How did you first start playing music?

Imitating and playing along to our favourite bands, then later on jamming with friends. We all started playing music very young and we’ve all come from diverse musical backgrounds. 

How did Glitoris form?

It was magic. Witches were involved, obviously.

What’s been happening recently?

We’ve been busy preparing for our tour! It’s really exciting to be going all over the country. Slut Power is the last single to be taken from our album ‘The Policy’. It’s our live anthem and the song we feel has resonated at our live shows the most. So we decided to give it the single, video and tour treatment. 

How did you go about writing Slut Power? / Your new single ‘Slut Power’ is out on the 14th of February, what influenced the sound and songwriting for this single?

Musically, it began as a laid back riff – Malcolm started it off with the bass line. It’s a slower than average tempo by design. We wanted it to sound ominous and sparse at the beginning and build. It was designed to reflect violence against women and how it starts with the language people use to describe women; it’s a completely different, and far more negative, lexicon than words used to describe the same behaviours in men. These words are common, everyday vernacular, which reflects how deeply embedded prejudices against women are. The second verse gets more intense and the chorus has a sludge-metal feel to it. We had the hook from the get go and just built it up over the course of song with the drums getting heavier and the vocals starting a bit bratty and ending in rage. Lyrically, it’s obviously coming from a dark place. There are parts of that song that are very pointed and very personal, which is why it can be delivered the way it is. The 3rd verse is how the media and society generally blames women for the violence committed against them and its insidious. Look at what happen after Eurydice Dixon was murdered in Melbourne in 2018. Superintendent David Clayton stood there and told women: “So just make sure you have situational awareness, that you’re aware of your surroundings. If you’ve got a mobile phone carry it and if you’ve got any concerns, call police.” Fuck off, Clayton. Tell men to stop raping and murdering us. We have the right to walk home at night and not think about this shit. The fact is, we are burdened by this constant feeling of “how can I operate today and go about my business without getting raped or murdered?” We make these calculations every time we want to go for a jog, every time we leave a venue or club late at night. We’re monitoring what’s going on with the Harvey Weinstein trial at the moment and a newspaper published a story on it with a headline about the dress one of the women was wearing when he sexually assaulted her. When women are abused and raped and murdered, the media and society blames them. 

Another thing: when this stuff happens to us we’re forced into silence. Jim DeRogatis’s book on R Kelly evidences the dozens of occasions Kelly paid off his victims and got them to sign NDA’s. Criminal acts are committed against women all the time – some physically violent, others more psychologically violent like online trolling, gaslighting and defamation – and most of the time we have to stay silent because we’re either paid to stay silent, blackmailed or shamed into it. So there’s a subtext of vengeance in Slut Power that comes through in both the song and video. Let’s just say we’re pretty experienced in the topics that Slut Power addresses. 

Where and when did you record/produce?

We recorded Slut Power in 2018 when we recorded all the songs for our debut album ‘The Policy’. It was recorded by Jay Whalley at The Pet Food Factory in Marrickville, Sydney. The studio session for Slut Power was great – we put a triangle all the way through it, sometimes it comes it a bit muted and percussive and by the third verse, it’s in the background and sounds like an alarm. The album was mixed by Clem Bennett, who is a genius mix engineer, and mastered by Mandy Parnell – another genius mastering engineer from London.

Glitoris is known for having strong views on confronting subjects, please tell us a little about what you think of the current state of politics, gender issues and equality at that this present time:

The whole system is fucked: we are facing the biggest environmental, economic and social issues humanity has ever faced. The harrowing summer we’ve just lived through has shown the result of denial, arrogance, mass apathy and inaction in dealing with climate change. Second to that, the wealth gap is hideous – and it’s growing. The world is being run by billionaire corporations that are focused on growth and individualisation, and it’s unsustainable. The fact that Jeff Bezos can buy a mansion in Beverley Hills for $165mUS off the back of modern-day slavery is one example of how extreme this gap has become. There could be a Billionaire Vs. Billionaire US election this year. The erosion of democracy and human rights is happening before our very eyes in many ways: surveillance, the policing of women’s bodies, the silencing of media organisations and the gross miscarriages of justice we see at all levels in the treatment of Aboriginal people. Unless we take the power back and start to create an inclusive accessible society for everyone, that values the wisdom of Indigenous peoples, scientists and scholars (that currently seem to have no voice and influence in our policies) we have no future. On one level, these issues are now so huge that it’s not surprising we’re in existential crisis. On another level, we’re hardly going to sit back with some popcorn and watch it all play out on TV. The fact that so many have taken that attitude in the past is exactly what’s got us into this mess. 

Equality? We are nowhere, not even remotely, near achieving this for Indigenous people and PoC, for women, for those who are LGBTQI+. In fact, we’re going backwards as human rights generally are being eroded. 

It’s all fucked. But fuck it, we’re not going down without a fight.

You have a big Australian tour coming up with some first shows in NT, what can we expect from a Glitoris live show?

Politics, humour, passion, fun, brutal honesty, musicianship, banter, protest – but to leave feeling like you had a great night out \*/

How do you prepare for shows?

Scotty likes to do a bit of yoga and flex out the rhythm sticks on her drum pad. Malcolm likes to air pump and dance. Andrew likes to run through her guitar parts and deface things. Keven 007 likes to be amazing, which she does amazingly. Our band ritual includes warming up our voices up with the lady, warming our fingers up, running through some harmonies and, of course, transform ourselves into fierce glittery warriors.

What do find most challenging and rewarding whilst on tour?

Most rewarding: playing the shows, meeting our fans – The Gliterati, hanging with other bands and making friends, listening to fan stories, the moments mid-performance where we see The Gliterati singing the words and punching the air or yelling out for their favourite song – that’s just the best. We also like finding a good bar and drinking gin, and just generally hanging out. We love touring. It feels like a holiday to us. There’s a point where it descends into a delirious stage and every single thing is funny and we laugh so much it hurts \*/

Most challenging: Sleep deprivation.

Who are you listening to at the moment?

Babymachine, Thelma Plum, Moju Juju, Rage Against the Machine

What do you like to do away from music?

Sleep.

What’s planned for 2020?

A massive tour of the country. After that we’ll have a break and then start work on the next album. We’d love to play some festivals later in the year.

Favourite food and place to hangout?

We love vegan food and Au Lac in Dickson, Canberra, is our favourite! We also love Tudo Vietnamese in O’Connor and Andrew and Scott also love Sweet Bones vegan in Braddon.

TOUR DATES:

 

Friday 6th March 2020 – Epilogue Lounge, Alice Springs NT
Saturday 7th March 2020 – Railway Club, Darwin NT
Friday 20th March 2020 – Vinnie’s Dive, Gold Coast QLD
Saturday 21st March 2020 – The Foundry, Brisbane QLD
Friday 3rd April 2020 – The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart TAS
Saturday 4th April 2020 – The Royal Oak, Launceston TAS
Sunday 5th April 2020 – Forth Pub, Forth TAS
Friday 17th April 2020 – Lyric’s Underground, Perth WA
Saturday 18th April 2020 – The Fire Station, Busselton WA
Sunday 19th April 2020 – Mojo’s Bar, Fremantle WA
Friday 8th May 2020 – The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle NSW
Saturday 9th May 2020 – Oxford Art Factory Gallery, Sydney NSW
Sunday 10th May 2020 – North Gong Hotel, Wollongong NSW
Friday 15th May 2020 – Pelly Bar, Frankston VIC
Saturday 16th May 2020 – The Tote, Melbourne VIC
Sunday 17th May 2020 – The Eastern, Ballarat VIC

Saturday 23rd May 2020 – Transit Bar, Canberra ACT

 

 

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