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SAM SHINAZZI AT THE OLD BAR, FITZROY MELBOURNE - 28/12/2007
Sam Shinazzi will be making a long overdue trip back
down to Melbourne just in time to see out 2007.
Performing in solo mode at The Old Bar in Fitzroy, Sam will be guests of Sons Of Lee Marvin on Friday 28th December. He will be airing new songs from his
forthcoming third album as well as material from his
first two releases.LAUGHING OUTLAW PRESENTS THEIR END OF YEAR 'IT'S THE CLOSEST VENUE TO THE OFFICE' EXTRAVAGANZA - 6/12/2007
THURSDAY DECEMBER 13
PETERSHAM BOWLING CLUB
7pm till midnight
Featuring:
PERRY KEYES AND BAND
BEK-JEAN STEWART AND THE CAVALIERS
PLUS acoustic sets from
DAVID McCORMACK
JASON WALKER
JENNY QUEEN
LJ HILL
SAM SHINAZZI
Drinks at prices you haven't seen since well before John Howard was ever in charge. Bistro open from 5pm with homemade Australian / Asian food. $10 on the door.FOGGY FUNDRAISER - kicking the crap out of cancer! - 1/12/2007
Saturday December 1, 2007 5pm-12am
Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills Sydney
Sam and Team Shinazzi are very proud to be part of a great line up for the Foggy Fundraiser. Inspired by an illness to a local and much liked musician, Amanda from Non Zero Records has put together a benefit show at the Hopetoun Hotel Saturday 1st December.
Acts appearing include:
PEABODY
TODD SPARROW
THE DEVOTED FEW (acoustic)
DEATH MATTEL
SAM SHINAZZI (duo mode)
SUI ZHEN
MARK MOLDRE
+ JAMIE HUTCHINGS AND BEN FLETCHER OF BLUEBOTTLE KISS FAME TOGETHER AGAIN.
Most of us know someone affected by cancer, so please come along to the show and help raise money for a friend in need.Quick update from Laughing Outlaw Headquarters - 5/11/2007
Perry Keyes appeared last Friday night (26 Nov) on Stateline on ABC TV and Keyes will be teaming up with Whitlams front man Tim Freedman to tour Victoria in late November. In the mean time Perry Keyes will be playing with Tim Freedman for his solo shows at the Basement on Thu 20 and Fri 21 December along with Bernie Hayes. Hayes and Keyes are both sporting critically acclaimed new albums.
Perry and Bernie will both play their own sets, and the special part of the evening will be when they join Tim on stage at the end of the night and sing a few of each others songs in an orgy of inner-western 40-something pop classicism. This a unique collaboration not to be missed.
Bek-Jean Stewart's new album Junior Years is the Radio National 'Album of the Week' and will be available in stores on Saturday Nov 3. It is currently available right now through the Laughing Outlaw Web Store.
Pony Up are currently half way through their UK/Europe tour and are having a great time.Pony Up - Montreal rockers get to grips with our Q&A...
Feature article courtesy of subba-cultcha.com - 26/9/2007
The city of Montreal has spent the past few years earning itself a reputation as a musical hot spot. Having already blessed us with The Arcade Fire, The Unicorns, The Stills and Wolf Parade and generally more bands than you can shake a stick at, its latest offering is Pony Up, an all-girl gang of old friends and two sisters who decided to form a band back on New Year's Eve 2002.
Since then, the girls have been honing their songwriting chops and gigging North America ragged. Having decided that the time was right, the band then headed to the infamous Hotel2Tango studios with producer Ian Bilerman (whose CV boasts the aforementioned Arcade Fire and Wolf Parade) to record their debut album.
A taster of that forthcoming album comes in the form of their debut UK release, the Just In It For The Tail 7", a two track slice of pure pop. Lead track The Truth About Cats And Dogs (Is That They Die) is Pony Up at their jaunty, immediate best. It's full of thumping rhythms, self-assured vocalisms and melodious piano and guitar trimmings. It sure is one for the indie/bedroom disco scene. The track has already attracted plays from Gideon Coe (BBC 6Music) who called it "rather splendid".
B-side, Wet, is a slower affair that builds and breaks like post-rock yet never fails to lose its pop sensibilities. Perhaps we could call it 'post-pop'? It parodies the kind of plodding, jam-heavy rock so favoured by self-serious male musicians, mocking the dynamic that plays out between those boys and their female audience.
How did the recording sessions for the new album go?
We went into the same studio where we'd recorded an earlier EP, but this time we worked with Brian Paulson as well as Howard Bilerman. They were a pleasure. Lindsay and Laura's dad, Richard, also came in to help us out. We wanted to keep it bare bone style, not do anything we couldn't reproduce live. We plan to take a different approach for our next album. We've spent recent months working on new songs and can't wait to record another album. Maybe get some friends to join us... to fill us out like tissue in a bra.
What do you feel are your own limitations when it comes to creating/writing music?
I wish I had more time to experiment with all the different sounds I could get out of my pedals\amps, or out of other pedals. I don't feel I'm very savvy when it comes to gadgets and technicalities. Maybe I'm just lazy...
Tell us 3 of your favourite songs from your career and the inspiration behind them? (to clear up some confusion, these are three of your own/bands songs-not other artists)
Dance for Me has been a band favourite since it was written, it has the sentimental, slow-jam element to please me and Laura (we are the sappier ones), and the dancier chorus to please Lindsay and Lisa (our easily-bored rhythm section).
Wet is a proud moment in any set, because it is always the time we really cut loose and rock out. If we were at all uptight throughout a live show, it all drops away when we play that song.
We have been working on a lot of new material for the next album, so some of those songs are quickly becoming favourites. Bastard Children is a nice, dark mid-tempo song that gives a chance to explore some new sonic possibilities. That one was inspired by memories from my childhood, which is kind of becoming a theme for the new material.
What would you say was the best show you ever played? why?
My favourite would be an outdoor festival we played in Brisbane, Australia. It started pouring and the crowd wasn't dispersing. I also liked the added element of danger. .
What are the bands plans for the rest of the year?
We toured Australia last September and it feels like we've been on the road more than not since then. We've had a quiet summer and are going to kick it off again this fall with a couple of festivals and a European tour!
How would you describe your own/bands sound?
I think someone has already described us as 'your parents' love sounds in the night'. Basically we're a pop/rock band.
Who is currently moving you musically at the moment?
Cocorosie and Del Shannon and Mariah Carey.
What album changed your life and why?
Luscious Jackson's 'Searching For Manny' because they are so true.
A moment in your life and a song that seem so perfectly intertwined in your memory?
I got my first period on a Sunday as I was listening to U2's 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'. No joke.
Your proudest achievement so far?
Still working on it.
If you could erase one single/album from history (your own or someone else's) which would it be and why?
I can't think of any but if I could it would be so I could re-record it and pass it off as my own. Maybe Neutral Milk Hotel's 'In The Aeroplane Over The Sea' or Tapes 'n Tapes 'The Loon'.
How do you see yourself altering the band and your sound in the future? is there anything you wish to attempt in the future that's inspiring you right now?
We might play musical chairs with our instruments. One might say musical, um, instruments. I'm inspired by this car commercial where the cars are playing 'musical chairs' in the parking lot. it's pretty funny.
A rumour you'd like to start about yourself, or one you'd like stopped?
I would like to stop the rumour that we are all teenagers. I am sick of telling people how old we are and getting a look of shock. We are old okay! Get over it! Maybe it's cuz we drink a lot of water.
What drives you?
Thinking five years ahead.
What are your fears?
It used to be aliens and ghosts. the paranormal, but nothing can get me when I don't believe in anything.
The revolution comes, who would you like to be first against the wall (and if you're feeling particularly bitchy, a second, third, fourth and so on...)?
Naww.
Best piece of advice you'd give to aspiring musicians, or the best piece of advice you were given when you started?
Do what you love and don't pay attention to criticism you get as a result. Someone's problem with you is really with themselves. Don't look for a manager. When you are meant to stop learning for yourself, the universe will provide.
If you're in a car going at the speed of light, and someone turns the headlamps on, would they do anything?
Depends where I'm looking.
TOP 5 IPOD TUNES
1. Umbrella, Rihanna, because when the sun shines we shine together.
2. Shake It Off, Mariah Carey, cuz my loving ain't the same and you keep on playing games like you know I'm here to stay.
3. Spirit In The Sky, Norman Greenbaum, that's where I'm going to go when I die
4. I Put A Spell On You, Nina Simone, cuz you're mine
5. White and Nerdy, Weird Al Yankovic,
The Truth About Cats And Dogs (Is That They Die) is taken from their forthcoming album, the excellently-named, Make Love To The Judges With Your Eyes, which is released in the UK in September 2007. They will be touring the UK in October and November. To book shows, email edstringfellow@theagencygroup.com.
www.ponyup.ca
thanks to paul @ plug two
By: Jeremy Chick Editor-In-ChiefThis Ain't Radio Nowhere - This Is Radio National - 16/9/2007
Ok, we love Bruce Springsteen's new song Radio Nowhere - but ABC's Radio National is the real deal and they've selected Perry Keyes' The Last Ghost Train Home as their Album Of The Week for the seven days starting September 17. Thank you Radio National for this great support.The Californication Of Perry Keyes - 16/9/2007
Laughing Outlaw is very excited that In Ancient Rome, a song from the new Perry Keyes album, The Last Ghost Train Home, will be featured in an October episode of the new television series Californication. The song was placed by Los Angeles-based Charles Levan and his company Blue Buddha which specialises in music placement in film and television. Charles Levan heard about Laughing Outlaw and its artists through the 2007 South By Southwest conference in Austin, Texas and Blue Buddha now represents many of the label's artists and songwriters in North America.Laughing Outlaw Signs Los Angeles-Based Cambodian Pop Band Dengue Fever - 16/9/2007
We are mighty excited to announce the signing of Los Angeles, California based Cambodian pop band Dengue Fever (www.denguefevermusic.com) and the September 29 release of their album Escape From Dragon House.
After a tip off from a friend, Laughing Outlaw's director Stuart Coupe and label manager Julia Thomas met with the members of Dengue Fever and their management in Los Angeles early in March 2007. All parties reconvened soon after in Austin, Texas for the SXSW music festival and, after seeing the band's astonishing live performances the Laughing Outlaw's realised they didn't just want to be involved with Dengue Fever - they needed to be involved. Dengue Fever will be touring Australia early in 2008.
Dengue Fever is in the vanguard of an emerging global pop sensibility, making music that's both familiar, yet eerily unique. Fronted by Cambodian pop star Ch'hom Nimol. who sings in Khmer, the Los Angeles sextet blends the rhythms of '60s Cambodian pop - heavily influenced by American surf, rock and early psychedelic garage bands - with their own eclectic mix of American and international styles.
Unlike the world music bands of the late '80s, Dengue Fever is more concerned with a universal groove and breaking down musical barriers than with notions of authenticity. There are echoes of Bollywood soundtracks, Ethiopian soul, American R&B, Cambodian folk, Spaghetti Western weirdness and girl group angst in the mix, but the resulting concoction is all their own.
The Los Angeles Times describes the band as, ""If you can imagine a band where a Cambodian beauty queen shares the stage with Rasputin, Barry White, Allen Ginsberg, Michael Hutchence, and Brian Wilson, you'd have a pretty good idea of the group Dengue Fever."
Escape From Dragon House was given a 4/5 star rating by Mojo magazine and described as "a nugget of Cambodian-Californian psychedelia." It was also named #1 International release by Internet retail giant Amazon.com and was named to Mojo's Top 5 international of the year.
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