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HARLEQUIN LEAGUE

November 24th 2008 06:29
HARLEQUIN LEAGUE SET TO WOW EAST COAST, AGAIN AND AGAIN


With their debut EP We Used To Be Gods, Now We're So Plain, featuring new single Again and Again having already been picked up by triple j, Harlequin League has been announced as one of triple j's Next Crop feature artists as part of Aus Music month; joining a select few group of hand-picked and on-the-rise Australian artists including the Temper Trap and Leader Cheetah.


Care for seconds? Harlequin League has also just been announced as a nominee for the prestigious J award in the Unearthed category, alongside Art Vs Science, Cassette Kids, The John Steel Singers, Numbers Radio and the City Riots.

To celebrate and spread the good word of the ‘League, the Perth natives are bringing their face-obliterating, post-disco synth punk back to the East Coast for two whirlwind shows at MUM at World Bar in Sydney on Friday 5 December with the Small Hours and Winter Street, and at WOW at Geddes Lane on Saturday 6 December with support from Super Fun Happy Band, Cast And Crew and Killbots.

Harlequin League recently wowed audiences across the country supporting End Of Fashion throughout September, and come fresh from a string of WA dates with Children Collide. Don’t miss your last chance to see one of Perth’s newest and finest exports at peak form in 2008 before they explode into the stratosphere.


HARLEQUIN LEAGUE



Thursday 27 November, Prince Of Wales, Bunbry, WA

With Children Collide



Friday 28 November, Mojo’s, Fremantle, WA

With Children Collide



Saturday 28 November, Amplifier Bar, Perth, WA

With Children Collide



Friday 5 December, MUM @ World Bar, Sydney, NSW

With the Small Hours, Winter street



Saturday 6 December, WOW at Geddes Lane, Melbourne, VIC

With Super Fun Happy Band, Cast And Crew and Killbots



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THE WIGGLES
MAKE IT FOUR IN A ROW
BREAKING THEIR OWN ARIA RECORD

The Wiggles & Leo Sayer


YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING BEST AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN’S RELEASE


The Wiggles won their 7th ARIA Award in the category BEST AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN’S RELEASE with their album YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING.

The Wiggles have won more ARIA Awards in the same category than any other artist in the 22nd history of ARIA Awards. The Wiggles also won an Outstanding Achievement Award IN 2004 for their international success .

While the awards were being held in Sydney, The Wiggles, Anthony Field, Jeff Fatt, Murray Cook and Sam Moran were on their way to America for a 5 week tour of the East Coast. They will return to Australia in December starting their national YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING Big Show in Perth on December 3 and finishing with 6 shows at the Sydney Entertainment Centre from December 20.

The Wiggles are one of Australia’s hardest working groups – this year they have toured Australia twice, the USA three times and the UK once. By the end of December they will have performed to over 1 million fans this year alone!
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Daz Chandler - Daniel Kitson

August 25th 2008 05:47

Quite a good deal of out and out fun from hostess with the mostess; I like to call her Dazzle, but really it's Daz Chandler doing her usual wonderful best interviewing a comedian notorious for being difficult to interview.



Notice he (Daniel Kitson) is delightedly streaming out all sorts of insightful insights into himself as a natural chap rather than living up to the oft uber serious reports that suggest he hates being interviewed.

Great work!!



More of Daz Chandler's work can be heard by going to the podcasts at Sydney's 2SER FM, one of the greater sized and resourced community radio stations in New South Wales, Australia.


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Name the band from Budgewoi on the NSW Central Coast that has had over 1.2 million plays on their Myspace page?

The Mashed One says, "Short Stack"!
The Mashed One


Come say hi at


OR

Enrol Now OR You can be in their Film Clip! They're doing a film clip for shimmy a go go, which is out September. It will be totes bitching and will be on mtv, v, etc you know. SO, Short Stack TV and Band dude Mourice wants all his neato friends and fans to come help out and dance along while they film. If you're from around Sydney (AUS) and you like Mourice and his friends Shaun, Andy and Bradie and you'd like to be in the clip with maybe a day or two of free show and candy. COME BE IN OUR CLIP.

Sat 16th/ Sun 17th August.
Msg my myspace with subject COUNT ME IN MOURICE!


Get your friends to come work hard dancing and have alot of fun for atleast a day. YAYAYAAY

see you there

xo mourice


Record Label: Sunday Morning Records
Label Type: Independent
Sounds Like: meow




Check out more about Short Stack HERE

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NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD

July 24th 2008 00:44
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Sorry Ranga Day ‘08

July 24th 2008 00:18
Sorry Ranga Day ‘08
August 10 th , 2008
Its Time To Say Sorry




It's time that the Australian population apologized for the indignity and degradation inflicted on red headed people and moved to a future based on mutual respect, mutual resolve and mutual responsibility. The Ginger Generation, Blood-Nut, Ginger Megs, Bluey, Carrot Top, Ginga, Freckly Arms...and Ranga. The hatred has to stop! Red-haired people across Australia have been unfavourably compared to orang-utans since Summer Heights High first aired across Australian television screens in 2007. 'Ranga' is now firmly entrenched in the vocabulary of ordinary people all over this country. And in a nationwide phenomenon, ordinary Australians have begun to taken up the call to say sorry to their red-headed brethren. As of this morning (22/7) more than 5500 members have signed up to the Sorry Ranga Day Facebook Group, and on average 500 more are joining every day. So join the Australian nation on Sunday August 10th 2008, and let a Ranga know that you are sorry.

Say sorry to all your red headed friends and say sorry to red headed strangers on the street
Wear your Sorry Ranga t-shirt or make and display a Sorry Ranga banner
Get your friends together for a Sorry Ranga party or BBQ


Sydney City2Surf: Celebrate Sorry Ranga Day at the City2Surf. The Sorry Ranga Street Team will be on hand to give out prizes.

The Ekka: Brisbane Royal Show. The Sorry Ranga Street Team will be celebrating at the main entrance with great prizes

Sydney: SHARKS v RABBITOHS Sat 9th August, Shark Park, Cronulla. Look out for the Sorry Ranga Street Team and bag yourself a prize.

Melbourne: COLLINGWOOD v ST KILDA Sat 9th August MCG, Melbourne. Look out for the Sorry Ranga Street Team and bag yourself a prize.


For more information go to www.SorryRanga.org


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BEATS WORKING Tour Dates

July 23rd 2008 04:22
BEATS WORKING
ANNOUNCE NEW TOUR DATES


Best way to describe Beats Working? Spontaneous, orchestrated, brilliant, yet unpredictable!

If you don’t know who Beats Working are, they are a fresh new band that take the definition of hip hop to a whole new level, attracting the attention of industry heavyweights and record labels as well as building a solid local following.

Beats Working is a musical collaboration between Handsome Dan, (Dan Leaver) JB aka 1 (James Branson -previously Kid Confucius), with MC Mullut, (Tullum Delaney) and DJ Helmy (Tim Helmy) who have been feverishly brewing in a basement in the hills surrounding Coffs Harbour since early 2007.

Taking inspiration from a diverse range of artists such as Oz hip hop stalwarts like The Hoods and the Herd, to American pioneers like The Roots and Gnarls Barkley, through to the whole spectrum of pop music such as The Beatles and Goldfrapp. Beats Working are constantly crossing genres blending hip hop with a few cheeky samples that even Mum remembers.

Set for release on July 30 through Obese Records, the band’s debut, Harbour Drive, is set to take them to a whole new national audience. Across 14 magnificent tracks, Beats Working create a sound that is instantly recognisable, setting funk, soul, and pop on a collision course with ambitious lyrics, solid string and brass sections and dynamic arrangements. They are lyrically clever covering numerous aspects of life like parties, women, highs, lows and everything that encompasses the life of a twenty something in Australia. Musically, Beats Working have developed their own patented sound that nods its roots in traditional Aussie hip hop (Mad Sip and Exercise) but isn't afraid to be different and expand its versatility and potential; a la mashed up experimental soul (The Piece, One More Reason), orchestral hip hop (Confessions of a Mallrat, Devil's Food) and even some alternative country and rock (first single Hey Lena with guitarist Phil Emmanuel). Previous Triple J single, Exercise has already shown potential, being shortlisted from 250 entrants, in the top 5 of the wotnext.com competition, a nationwide initiative led by Kram from Spiderbait to search for Australia's top unsigned talent.

In under 12 months, Beats Working have built a strong and loyal fan base in Newcastle and the North Coast, headlined their own shows from Coffs to Thredbo and impressively supported the best Oz hip hop business such as The Herd, Casual Projects, Nikkita & The Tongue, Pegz & DJ Bonez, Scott Burns & A-Love. The band also played at ‘the sold out, Groovin The Moo Festival (Maitland, April 2008) alongside Katalyst, Resin Dogs and The Presets.

While some bands may prefer to specialise in one sound, the musically ambitious collective of Beats Working take it a step further. Whether dishing up an energetic live set or wafting through your home stereo their quick- witted rhythms and rhymes are guaranteed to make you bounce!


“Blending a clever mix of upbeat influences, they’re set to join the growing ranks of Aussie beat-meisters to successfully assault mainstream charts… sharp beats and rhythms that make a bee-line for the central nervous system…Original and imaginative…” (Forte Mag #427)

Beats Working debut album, Harbour Drive, in-stores July 30 through Handsome Records/Obese Records



Upcoming Shows:

21 – 25 Jul - Schuss Bar, Thredbo

27 Jul - Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle w/ Drapht, Thundermentals, Scott Burns & Mathmatics
15 Aug - Coffs Hotel, Coffs Harbour

29 Aug - Uber, Brisbane w/ Drapht

6 Sept - Revolver, Melbourne w/ Spit Syndicate

13 Sept - Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle w/ Spit Syndicate

19 Sept - UTS Loft Bar: Proper 11, Sydney w/ Dialectrix, Killa Queenz & more TBA

10 Oct - Coffs Hotel, Coffs Harbour

25 Oct - Village Fair Festival, Bathurst

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