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Skyscraper Stan & The Commission Flats sign deal with MGM – tour dates here!

Ttroubadour rock and roll legends Skyscraper Stan And The Commission Flats will debut at Port Fairfy Folk Festival tomorrow on the Shebeen Bar Stage at 9.45pm. Tomorrow is also the day they release Last Year’s Tune at the festival so the timing couldn’t be more perfect to announce they’ve just inked a distribution deal with MGM.

Based on the look of the new album cover and feedback to date there’s a strong feeling that this record has legs, not unlike front man Stan Woodhouse.

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Port Fairy is the start of Skyscraper Stan’s national tour and here are all the dates:

 

6-9 March 2015  |  Port Fairy Folk Festival |  Port Fairy, VIC

Wednesday 11 March | Railway Friendly Bar | Byron Bay, NSW

Thursday 12 March |  Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall | Brisbane QLD

Friday 13 March | The Pier | Port Macquarie, NSW

Saturday 14 March | Lazy Bones Lounge | Marrickville NSW

Friday 20 March | The Illawarra Brewery | Wollongong NSW – Skyscraper Stan and Oskar Herbig duo

Saturday 21 March | The Commercial Hotel | Milton, NSW – Skyscraper Stan and Oskar Herbig duo

Sunday 22 March | Birdhouse Bar | Wagga Wagga NSW – Skyscraper Stan and Oskar Herbig duo

Friday 27 March | Sooki Lounge | Belgrave VIC

Saturday 28 March | The Gasometer Hotel | Melbourne VIC

Saturday 4 April | Grace Emily | Adelaide, SA

Sunday 5 April | The Loft | Warrnambool VIC 

 

Here’s the link to ‘Chief’ the first single to be be lifted from the new ‘Last Year’s Tune’ album Skyscraper Stan And The Commission Flats:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdGFsH8eFw8

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10th Anniversary Great Southern Hunter S Thompson Wake – Cherry Bar – Sat 28 Feb – 2 – 6.30 pm

Greetings,
To commemorate the decade since his death, the 10th Anniversary Great Southern Hunter S. Thompson Wake will be held at Cherry Bar on 28 February from 2 to 6.30pm.
Upon receiving news of  Dr Thompson’s departure on 20 February 2005, the now notorious first wake in the Southern Hemisphere was quickly arranged and held in Melbourne at Cherry Bar.  It featured a readings from Thompson’s greatest works, a machete grapefruit rum concoction, cigarette filter surprises and several other items and incidents that are now only whispered of in hushed tones by those who attended.
Make your way down to AC/DC Lane on the afternoon of Saturday February 28 to pay your respects to our most admired counter-cultural literary icon. Featuring readings from Music Victoria CEO Patrick Donovan, The Age Shortlist Editor Martin Boulton, Herald Sun Rock City scribe Mikey Cahill, editor of The Cliteratti Club Karen Conrad and David Langsam, arts writer and editor of Biotech Daily.  MORE TBA.
MCd by RRR favourite Tony Biggs, tunes spun by DJ Max Crawdaddy and live music provided by Kim Volkman.
You will also be invited to solemnly indulge in a BBQ and Paintball Shotgun Art.
Venerated Thompson illustrator Ralph Steadman has personally donated 3 prints for auction especially for The Wake, with all proceeds going directly to Support Act Ltd.
Reverential entertainment guaranteed.
Plus the regulation one minute of silence.
$12 entry.
See you there.
*photo by Annie Liebowitz
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Metanola Theatre Presents Malcolm Hill – Album & Book Launch – 6 March

Metanoia Theatre presents

 

PLINTH

 

MALCOLM HILL


Album and Book Launch

 

8pm Friday March 6th

Mechanics Institute Theatre

Cnr Sydney Road and Dawson St Brunswick

Malcolm Hill launches his new book ‘PLINTH and other stories’

and his new album ‘Fingers’.

Featuring live readings from PLINTH and other stories by  Melbourne Arts luminaries –

  • award winning actor Caroline Lee
  • playwright & poet Kieran Carroll
  • rock star and artist Caroline Kennedy

&

  • cryptic rock voyager Dave Graney

 

Followed by

Malcolm Hill & This Is The Show

Launching their new CD ‘Fingers’

 

 

PLINTH and other stories is drawn from the life of the former Wild Bohemian. Some stories are true, some are almost true and some are complete fiction.  “Evocative”, “whip crack sharp” and often hilarious storytelling set in the inner city arts and music underbelly.

 

FINGERS

Malcolm Hill’s solo album Voir Nights won the prestigious Narnie award on 3RRR’s BLB program for Album of the Year. 2015 will see the release of Malcolm Hill’s new release ‘Fingers’ backed by his band This Is The Show.

 

 
 
From the story ‘Plinth’ in ‘Plinth and other stories’ by Malcolm Hill:

            “I won’t play on the floor. I won’t play on the carpet of the front bar of a pub. I  must have a stage, a platform, whatever you call it. I will not have some old Anzac drunk wandering through my James Brown splits or Iggy Pop wrestle with mic stand routine; won’t have real estate agents from South Melbourne chatting on  phones obliviously walking through my high wire balancing act of tension, emotion and F Diminished shuddering grand finale! I won’t play on the floor. I must  have my stage, my Rostra, my Plinth! “
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Harbour Agency Presents Skyscraper Stan and The Commission Flats Debut Album Launch Tour – ‘Last Year’s Tune’

Just got into the swing of 2015? Let troubadour rock and roll legends Skyscraper Stan And The Commission Flats take you all the way back to 2014 with the launch of Last Year’s Tune, the band’s spectacularly long-awaited, Pledge-funded debut album. To celebrate, Stan and the Flatties will be launching the album at the venerable Port Fairy Folk Festival before heading off around the countryside to bring the wicked goodness of Last Years Tune to all.

Recorded at Melbourne’s Woodstock Studios and mastered in New York City by Greg Calbi, Last Years Tune is 11-track’s worth of Stan Woodhouse’s finest songwriting. Evocative, heart-felt and totally good fun, Last Year’s Tune will get your troubadour rock and roll on like no other album of this year, last year or any year at all.

Get your piece of the Skyscraper Stan And The Commission Flat’s pie on the following Last Year’s Tour dates:

6-9 March 2015  |  Port Fairy Folk Festival |  Port Fairy, VIC

Wednesday 11 March | Railway Friendly Bar | Byron Bay, NSW

Thursday 12 March |  Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall | Brisbane QLD

Friday 13 March | The Pier | Port Macquarie, NSW

Saturday 14 March | Lazy Bones Lounge | Marrickville NSW

Friday 20 March | The Illawarra Brewery | Wollongong NSW – Skyscraper Stan and Oskar Herbig duo

Saturday 21 March | The Commercial Hotel | Milton, NSW – Skyscraper Stan and Oskar Herbig duo

Sunday 22 March | Birdhouse Bar | Wagga Wagga NSW – Skyscraper Stan and Oskar Herbig duo

Friday 27 March | Sooki Lounge | Belgrave VIC

Saturday 28 March | The Gasometer Hotel | Melbourne VIC

Saturday 4 April | Grace Emily | Adelaide, SA

Sunday 5 April | The Loft | Warrnambool VIC 

Here’s what Sydney Morning Herald had to say about ‘roots revellers’ Skyscraper Stan And The Commission Flats:

“Some came to hear established chart-toppers but most dipped their toes into unfamiliar waters too. QMF has a knack of introducing the “next big thing” as it’s about to break. Adelaide rapper Tkay Maidza has made serious waves since launching last year. Fans lined up waiting for others to exit as the packed Pavilion heaved to her beats. The historic Vue Grand Hotel was similarly cosy during gigs by Charles Jenkins and roots revellers Skyscraper Stan and The Commission Flats. Festival director Andrew Orvis noted plenty of buzz around the latter – a  typical QMF revelation.”

Watch Chief for some extra dirt on Skyscraper Stan And The Commission Flats:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdGFsH8eFw8

More information:

Web: www.skyscraperstanandthecommissionflats.com.au

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skyscraperstan?fref=ts

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/skyscraperstanandthecommissionflats

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10th ANNIVERSARY GREAT SOUTHERN HUNTER S. THOMPSON WAKE – CHERRY BAR – SAT 28 FEB – 2 – 6.30 PM

Greetings,
To commemorate the decade since his death, the 10th Anniversary Great Southern Hunter S. Thompson Wake will be held at Cherry Bar on 28 February from 6.30pm.
Upon receiving news of  Dr Thompson’s departure on 20 February 2005, the now notorious first wake in the Southern Hemisphere was quickly arranged and held in Melbourne at Cherry Bar.  It featured readings from Thompson’s greatest works, a machete grapefruit rum concoction, cigarette filter surprises and several other items and incidents that are now only whispered of in hushed tones by those who attended.
Make your way down to AC/DC Lane on the afternoon of Saturday February 28 to pay your respects to our most admired counter-cultural literary icon. Featuring readings from Music Victoria CEO Patrick Donovan, The Age Shortlist Editor Martin Boulton, Herald Sun Rock City scribe Mikey Cahill, editor of The Cliteratti Club Karen Conrad, STACK magazine editor and Triple RRR presenter Jonathan Alley and David Langsam, arts writer, Steadman expert and editor of Biotech Daily.  MORE TBA.
MCd by RRR favourite Tony Biggs, tunes spun by DJ Max Crawdaddy and live music provided by Kim Volkman.
You will also be invited to solemnly indulge in a BBQ and Paintball Shotgun Art.
Venerated Thompson illustrator Ralph Steadman has personally donated 3 prints for auction especially for The Wake, with all proceeds going directly to Support Act Ltd.
Reverential entertainment guaranteed.
Plus the regulation one minute of silence.
$12 entry.
See you there.
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Ritzland Records Presents Ray Danes Second Single ‘Run To You’

 

‘Run To You’ debuted in Australia on 26 January on Channel 11 in an episode of ‘Neighbours’. The same episode will air in the UK in February. The song tells the story of the on again – off again love affair between ‘Daniel Robinson’ (nephew of the classic evil character Paul Robinson and son of Kylie Minogue’s character ‘Charlene’) and the hopelessly blonde ‘Amber Turner’. Daniel is desperately hoping Amber will come back to him, hence the ‘Run To You’ reference.

Ray said, “I’m really excited to have my own music featured on Neighbours! It’s such a popular TV show both in Australia and internationally and has been running for 30 years. I’m looking forward to seeing what scene the song features in. I hope everyone loves it!”

Ray Danes lives in Cairns and gigs frequently in the local music scene. Ray launched single ‘Falling’ at the Grace Darling in Melbourne in 2014.

The son of a piano teacher, Ray inherited his mother’s ear for music. A natural performer with a gift for narrative, Ray was spotted by Ritzland Records. Although early in his career, Ray was promptly encouraged to share his music with a wider audience by taking on management services. So far, Ray has.supported Ash Grunwald and won a slot at The Tablelands Folk Festival where he recorded the film clip for Van Jam.

Ray was signed to Mushroom Music Publishing in 2015.

In his spare time, Ray enjoys his unique status as a Ranga (only 2% of the world’s population are natural redheads), practicing Judo and playing his guitar.

Ray will release his debut album later this year.

Follow Ray on Facebook: www.facebook.com/RayDanesMusic
Follow Ray on YouTube: www.youtube.com/RayDanesMusic

Follow Ritzland Records:

https://www.facebook.com.ritzlandrecords 
www.ritzlandmusic.com
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HTMLflowers tomorrow night supporting The Bounce Queen of New Orleans BIG FREEDIA’s Melbourne gig at Howlers as part of the ASStralia Tour!

Hot on the heels of his feverish November month long residency at The Evelyn and the release of his internet classic love sonnet Crush On You, HTMLflowers is delighted to announce that he has been selected as support for The Bounce Queen of New Orleans BIG FREEDIA‘s Melbourne gig at Howlers as part of the ASStralia Tour!

Tuesday 30th December- BIG FREEDIA- ASS-tralia Tour 2014
Howlers.
7-11 Dawson Street, Brunswick. 18+
Tickets through: http://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/big-freedia/73060?&skin=4406&ref=hwlr

HTMLflowers recently collaborated with electro hiphop diva Ms. Felicity Yang on B4 THE INTERNET WAS BORN.

Listen here:
https://felicityyang.bandcamp.com/releases

With a musical catalogue that ranges from piercingly sincere and dark vignettes of his experience as a life threateningly ill youth to imagery heavy descriptions of the challenges of intimacy and mush-mouthed odes of gratitude to his tumblr fan base for helping him “make it”,  Flowers’ sets are a special species within the Melbourne hip hop scene. Drawing heavily on footwork, underground noise hop and asinine top 40 pop hits, the skeleton that holds together this strange body of work is the emphasis on rhythm and “vibe”. 
His collaboration with Oscar Key Sung under the banner Brothers Hand Mirror has seen him share a stage with Le1f, Cakes Da Killa, Marnie Stern, Ghostpoet & more. Often gifting his listeners by compiling free zines to give away at shows containing his own illustrations alongside other graphic artists from around the world, Flowers’ maintains a hand made from-the-heart ethic in all of his endeavors. The intimacy he shares with his fan base is increased by the candid exploration of his illness, his creative process and his life on the whole through his popular tumblr website.
“if handled by a less talented hand, these glass-animal-fragile elements could easily be out of balance, with one overpowering the other, or if the combination had been even slightly off point, this could have resulted in wispy, bodiless nothingness but thankfully, HTMLFlowers, with his particular touch, feel and ear has crafted what is simply, a beautiful song.

So today’s hot tip for making yourself happy is; listen to this song with your crush and make out.

If you don’t end up giggling, stroking each other’s faces and gazing into each other’s eyes, you’re almost definitely sociopaths.” – Semplesize- Vice blogging network
“if handled by a less talented hand, these glass-animal-fragile elements could easily be out of balance, with one overpowering the other, or if the combination had been even slightly off point, this could have resulted in wispy, bodiless nothingness but thankfully, HTMLFlowers, with his particular touch, feel and ear has crafted what is simply, a beautiful song.

So today’s hot tip for making yourself happy is; listen to this song with your crush and make out.

If you don’t end up giggling, stroking each other’s faces and gazing into each other’s eyes, you’re almost definitely sociopaths.” – Semplesize- Vice blogging network
Visit him on tumblr here:
http://htmlflowers.tumblr.com/
Visit him on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/htmlflowers?fref=ts
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Merry Xmass! Here’s to a perfect life-work balance in 2015! xox kc

Dearest Revellers

I hope you are all enjoying a break and much fantastic family/party time!

We have been getting all merry like xmas here at pr headquarters for the past week or two and want to thank you for our best business year ever and all the excellent gigs, beautiful art, fine fashion and sexy projects to work on!

Here’s our annual Christmas greeting:

This year for the media, 2014 was all about the butt. Asses were everywhere, as far as they eye could see! Asses were in politics (as ever, holding office!), in sport, in the arts! Asses were working! Asses were twerking! Asses were all about that Bass! Nicki Minaj’s Ass did things so crazy mothers around the world turned the television off to prevent premature education of their children! Asses were breaking internets! Why not?

So here’s a fond farewell to the ass-end of 2014 and let’s raise a toast to an absolutely ASStastic 2015!

Be safe, Have fun, Play nice!

See you next year.
xox kc

 

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Three more chances to catch the mighty Glenn Tilbrook in Oz!

 

Friends,

Squeeze’s iconic frontman is here for this first time since 2007 for a tour of Oz with his brand new studio album, Happy Ending, on limited edition vinyl, CD, and digital bundle.

His final show in Melbourne is tonight at The Caravan Club and then he heads off to Brisbane and the Gold Coast for two more shows.

If you haven’t got your tickets yet, get online and get em now.

He sounds better than ever!

“stuffed with ludicrously catchy melodies” — Mojo Magazine * * * *

Tonight at The Spotted Mallard in Brunswick East

Tomorrow at Caranvan Music Club in Oakleigh

As half of the iconic songwriter team Difford and Tilbrook of beloved pop legends Squeeze, Glenn Tilbrook has written some of the most enduring pop classics of ’80s UK New Wave with such global hits as “Tempted” and “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell).”

With more recent performances in the States on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Live from the Artist’s Den, Squeeze has proven itself to be relevant and enduring as new generations of fans discover the band’s incredible songbook.

Not one to rest on his laurels, Tilbrook is back — ducking and diving, bobbing and weaving — with his fifth non-Squeeze album, Happy Ending, available now digitally and as a limited edition vinyl through www.glenntilbrook.com,  iTunes and Amazon.

Inventive, witty and stuffed with a twinkling treasure trove of brand-new melodies, Happy Trails proves that the man’s musicality and sense of craft are as fresh and energised as ever.

Visit Glenn at www.glenntilbrook.com to order a copy of ‘Happy Endings’ or come and buy one at a show near you and get it signed on the night!

Don’t miss Glenn playing songs old and new at these tour dates!

Fri 12th Dec   Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC

TIX AT http://www.caravanmusic.com.au

 

Thur 18th Dec Hotel LA, Brisbane

 

Fri 19th Dec Miami Tavern, Gold Coast

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Glenn Tilbrook Happy Ending Tour 2014 – Australia

Friends,

Squeeze’s iconic frontman returns for this first time since 2007 for a December tour of Oz with his brand new studio album, Happy Ending, on limited edition vinyl, CD, and digital bundle.

“stuffed with ludicrously catchy melodies” — Mojo Magazine * * * *

 

As half of the iconic songwriter team Difford and Tilbrook of beloved pop legends Squeeze, Glenn Tilbrook has written some of the most enduring pop classics of ’80s UK New Wave with such global hits as “Tempted” and “Pulling Mussels (From the Shell).”

With more recent performances in the States on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Live from the Artist’s Den, Squeeze has proven itself to be relevant and enduring as new generations of fans discover the band’s incredible songbook.

Not one to rest on his laurels, Tilbrook is back — ducking and diving, bobbing and weaving — with his fifth non-Squeeze album, Happy Ending, available now digitally and as a limited edition vinyl through www.glenntilbrook.com,  iTunes and Amazon.

Inventive, witty and stuffed with a twinkling treasure trove of brand-new melodies, Happy Trails proves that the man’s musicality and sense of craft are as fresh and energised as ever.

Visit Glenn at www.glenntilbrook.com to order a copy of ‘Happy Endings’ or come and buy one at a show near you and get it signed on the night!

Don’t miss Glenn playing songs old and new at these tour dates!

 

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