Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Catcall Joins The Ivy League
Ivy League is very excited to announce their latest signing is Catcall.
Catcall’s sound omits whiffs of early Kate Bush, Grace Jones and Tom Tom Club but also stands next to contemporaries such as Santigold, The Knife and disco queen Glass Candy; her original style shows off a strong character, with beats and quirky melodies that quickly sublet their way into your brain.
23-year old Catherine Kelleher cut her musical teeth as a teenager in DIY punk group Kiosk; a band famed for their polarizing and bratty no-wave noise sound but eventually discovered their pop sensibility within the aggression and urgency of punk rock. Catherine Kelleher created Catcall as project in 2007 where she could further develop her penchant for pop within the realms of beats and synthesizers.
Releasing her “Anniversary” EP in 2008 on her own label, to much critical acclaim, Catcall is an artist that continues to grow and develop, with an aim to produce fresh dance pop music, injected with honesty and passion and stamped with her own personality and style from start to finish.
Having spent the early stages of her career performing at club shows and supporting tours with the likes of The Gossip, she recently expanded her show; unveiling a slightly new direction since her EP as well as a new full band. The new set up landed her main support for Phoenix in November 2009, closely followed by La Roux. Since then she has quickly been scooped up by the festival circuit and has performed knockout sets at Parklife, Homebake Falls and Big Day Out festivals.
Catcall is currently working on her debut album, which will be out this year.
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
The Mess Hall Announce 'For The Birds' Album Tour!
The Mess Hall are delighted to announce a March Australian tour in support of their latest LP 'For the Birds'.
The album was named triple j's feature album of the week and is the follow-up album to the 2007 AMP prize-winning album 'Devils Elbow'.
Joining them on their troubador trek are the critically acclaimed quintet Bridezilla, doing some celebrating of their own with the release of their debut album 'The First Dance'.
Rounding up the bill are exciting up-and-comers Cabins, who have had people buzzing over their dynamic, amazing live show.
More info on venue details such as where to purchase tickets can be found in the 'Dates' Section
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
URGENT - Cloud Control unable to play this Thursday
CLOUD CONTROL UNABLE TO PERFORM FIRST BRISBANE SHOW
Sydney based band Cloud Control will only play one show in Brisbane this week.
Cloud Control were scheduled to play two shows with Leader Cheetah at The Troubadour on Thursday and Friday, but due to a family emergency they are being replaced by The Hungry Kids of Hungary for Thursday night's show.
Kane Mazlin of The Hungry Kids Of Hungary is looking forward to the gig.
"We plan to play way better than Cloud Control would have anyway".
Friday night's show is still going ahead as scheduled but those who have already purchased tickets for Thursday night are being offered a refund at their point of purchase.
Cloud Control's Jeremy Kelshaw apologises to fans but assures them that both shows will still be exciting and fun.
"We're really sorry to anyone who bought pre-sale tickets but we plan to make up for it by playing each song twice on Friday".
Tickets can be purchased to both shows from Oztix - http://www.oztix.com.au
Fans wishing to get a refund may do so up until Thursday 3rd December at 4pm from their point of purchase.
LINE UP
Thursday 3rd December
THE TROUBADOUR
10.30PM Leader Cheetah
9.30 PM Hungry Kids of Hungary
8.30 PM Drawn From Bees
Friday 4th December
THE TROUBADOUR
11.00PM Cloud Control
10.00PM Leader Cheetah
9.00 PM Oh Ye Denver Birds
Friday, November 27th, 2009
Red Riders Unplugged @ FBI
A few weeks back, Red Riders went over to FBI and performed an acoustic set to an intimate audience of fans.
Our good friends at FBI recorded it and will be playing the whole set on Sunday December 6th at 2pm.
Here' a sneak peek for you. Don't forget to tune in!!
Friday, November 27th, 2009
Josh Wins 4th ARIA Award
MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO JOSH FOR WINNING ANOTHER ARIA!
Last night Josh took out 'Best Adult Contemporary Album'. This is Josh's 4th ARIA!!!!
Naturally we're all pretty chuffed and still celebrating.
When we've sobered up, we've got some more exciting Josh news for you.
Stay tuned.
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
'For the Birds' is Triple j's feature album of the week!
The lovely people over at Triple j have agreed with us that 'For the Birds' is the bees knees, and to celebrate they have named it as the feature album of the week!
All this week the j's will be playing our favourite musical duo, tune in for a taste, or make a request!
Need a fix right now? The Mess Hall have kindly decided to stream the album for a limited time on their myspace HERE
'For the Birds' is out in stores now!
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Mess Hall For The Birds - Out Today
As you may or may not be aware, our album ''For The Birds'' comes out today, Friday Novemer the 13th.
This is also the same day that Powderfinger drops their album that is ''The Golden Rule'' on to the public.
This, my friends, is no coincidence and we have used our extensive connections and found out they have done this deliberately.
This is their strategy to block us from taking the number one spot on the album charts, effectively giving us and our fans ''the finger''.
So, in light of these facts, shocking as they are, we urge you to buy our album in hard copy format, download it legally from itunes and other lesser known music downloading sites and thrust us to the top of the charts where we belong.
FOR THE BIRDS, OUT TODAY. DO IT.
cec (the mess hall)
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Drown In Colour East Coast Tour
It's official, our favourite Red's will be Riding the East Coast this November.
After a run of recent sweet action, including a very successful national tour with Little Birdy and a triumphant win at FBI with Album Of The Week for 'Drown In Colour', we are very excited to see the band hit the road with their own headline tour.
We're guessing there's a few of you out there that are also excited.
The band are pretty excited too, so excited in fact they made this little video for you.
For full dates, check our Tours section.
PS. Don't forget to vote for FEELS LIKE GRACE!!
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
The Mess Hall's Bell tolls for thee
FEATURED CLIP
The Mess Hall have released a video to accompany their latest single, 'Bell'.
'Bell' follows a day in the life of the eleven year-old preaching phenomenon, Minister Terry Durham – also known as 'The Little Man Of God'. Hailing from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Pastor Terry started preaching at the age of four, and was ordained by his grandmother Pastor Sharon D Monroe at the age of six. In his short lifetime, he has travelled to 38 states in the US, as well as making several overseas trips to the UK, South Africa and more, to preach.
'Bell' was shot over a weekend in LA where the Minister had travelled to give a guest sermon at a small church in Compton - in and around where the entire film was shot. Before each LA sermon, Terry likes to buy a new suit, and has it tailored to fit, accompanied by his grandmother. This routine is beautifully captured in the video. What unfolds from there is best seen and not explained.
Director Justin Kurzel, who is the brother of Mess Hall's singer/guitarist Jed, has directed all of the band's previous videos, including 'Keep Walking' and 'Pulse' which won the Audience Award and Best Music Clip respectively at the 2008 St Kilda Film Festival.
"Jed told me that 'Bell' was about someone who knocks your socks off, someone who amazes you" says Justin. "Having chanced upon Terry on the net, we were immediately fascinated by his story. After some lengthy phone conversations with Pastor Monroe , we were lucky enough to be granted three days with Terry, and unlimited access. The idea was to capture incredibly powerful performance and to simply record it, without judgement or commentary, and get the impact that he has across on film".
The Mess Hall are touring in October, check the dates section for more details.
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Cloud Control smackdown a new single, tour
With the release of brand new single 'Gold Canary', melodic magicians Cloud Control are very pleased to announce a co-headline tour with friends Leader Cheetah.
The 'East Coast Smackdown Tour' (feat. Gold Canary) will see the two bands play shows throughout November and December, with Leader Cheetah hitting the road in support of the limited edition vinyl release of their debut album 'The Sunspot Letters'.
Following shows across the country and festival appearances in the UK and Australia throughout 2009, Cloud Control are keen to showcase new songs from their forthcoming debut album, due out on Ivy League Records in early 2010.
'Gold Canary' is the first new music from the band since their infectious single 'Death Cloud'. With tribal chants culminating in what can only be described as a dub-step hoedown, 'Gold Canary' presents a band fully in control of their unique vision, refusing to rest on the laurels of past success.
Make sure you are an early bird, get tickets lickety split when they're released on Tuesday October 6.
