SARAH MCLEOD ANNOUNCES NEW SINGLE KILLIN IT TIL I’M DEAD + NATIONAL SOLO ELECTRIC TOUR FOR APRIL + MAY
Aussie rock royalty Sarah McLeod has announced her new single Killin It Til I’m Dead, an absolute firecracker of a song about undying, unwavering confidence, out now. Killin It Til I’m Dead is the product of an ingenious new songwriting podcast Hatjam from Eskimo Joe’s Kav Temperley, on which Sarah was a guest and voila, the song was born. To celebrate the release, Sarah will be hitting the road in April and May, kicking off in Geelong at The Workers Club on April 2, then moving through regional and metropolitan cities in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and New South Wales, wrapping up on May 2 at The Vanguard in Newtown, NSW.
Killin It Til I’m Dead is another classic cut from Sarah Mcleod, who first found fame in the late 1990s with 3X ARIA Award winning rock band The Superjesus. The wonderfully unique thing about this song is that fans can listen in on its conception, from beginning to end, on Hatjam. Inspired by Kim Wilde’s Kids In America, Sarah explains a little more about the songwriting process, saying, “Hatjam is a live songwriting game in which the guest and Kav write a song on the spot while being recorded for the podcast. I was Kav’s first guest and appeared on episode one . Killin It Till I’m Dead was the fruit of our labour. It’s a comedic look at using self-generated confidence to overcome the blues. You can hear the song being written from scratch on the podcast – amazing!”
Sarah will be performing solo on her extensive upcoming tour, and this powerhouse and self-confessed lover of touring has some seriously impressive plans for the shows, explaining, “Last year I put a unique show together for the Melbourne Guitar Festival. I had designed a guitar that plays bass as well, and curated a show around the new sound using triggers to create a full band sound. I love the idea of being able to put on a rock show totally solo – maybe it’s because I’m a self-confessed sonic power freak but I love the challenge of trying to do everything by myself. Fans of the softer acoustic numbers won’t be disappointed though, as I throw in a couple for diversity. It’s a very dynamic show. Killin It Til I’m Dead was not written with a release in mind, but it fit so well in my new electric set, so I decided to take it on the road and make it part of the family. I’m really excited to break away from the solo acoustic thing and stand up and rock a one-woman full production show. What’s the worst that can happen? I’ve already toured with a broken leg!”
Killin It Til I’m Dead is out now
Tickets to the Killin’ It Til I’m Dead tour are onsale now
SARAH MCLEOD ‘KILLIN IT TIL I’M DEAD’ NATIONAL TOUR
THURS 02 APRIL | THE WORKERS CLUB, GEELONG VIC | 18+
Tickets: http://sarahmcleod.oztix.com.au/?Event=114206
FRI 03 APRIL | SOOKI LOUNGE, BELGRAVE VIC | 18+
Tickets: http://sarahmcleod.oztix.com.au/?Event=114210
SAT 04 APRIL | THE WORKERS CLUB, FITZROY VIC | 18+
Tickets: http://sarahmcleod.oztix.com.au/?Event=114224
SAT 11 APRIL | THE LOUNGE, NUNDAH QLD | 18+
Tickets: http://sarahmcleod.oztix.com.au/?Event=113876
SUN 12 APRIL | WALLABY HOTEL, MUDGEERABA QLD | 18+
Free entry show
THURS 16 APRIL | GRACE EMILY HOTEL, ADELAIDE SA | 18+
Tickets: http://sarahmcleod.oztix.com.au/?Event=114217
FRI 17 APRIL | THE PANTRY, MOUNT GAMBIER SA | 18+
Tickets: http://sarahmcleod.oztix.com.au/?Event=114218
SUN 19 APRIL | SOUNDCITY, PORT LINCOLN SA | 18+
Tickets: https://www.soundcity.com.au/event-tix/
THURS 23 APRIL | SETTLERS TAVERN, MARGARET RIVER WA | 18+
Tickets: http://sarahmcleod.oztix.com.au/?Event=114220
FRI 24 APRIL | INDIAN OCEAN HOTEL, SCARBOROUGH WA | 18+
Tickets: http://sarahmcleod.oztix.com.au/?Event=114216
SAT 25 APRIL | LUCY’S LOVE SHACK, PERTH WA | 18+
Tickets: https://sarahmcleod.oztix.com.au/Default.aspx?Event=114215
THURS 30 APRIL | LA LA LA’S, WOLLONGONG NSW | 18+
Tickets: https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/sarah-mcleod-w-special-guests/119983
FRI 01 MAY | HAMILTON STATION HOTEL , ISLINGTON NSW | 18+
Tickets: http://sarahmcleod.oztix.com.au/?Event=114211
SAT 02 MAY | THE VANGUARD, NEWTOWN NSW | 18+
Tickets: https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/sarah-mcleod/120126
RÜFÜS DU SOL ANNOUNCE ‘LIVE FROM JOSHUA TREE’ ALBUM + FILM FEATURING IMMERSIVE DESERT PERFORMANCE OF SONGS FROM GRAMMY-NOMINATED ALBUM ‘SOLACE’ AND MORE – OUT MARCH 6
Double GRAMMY-nominated Australian trio RÜFÜS DU SOL have today announced LIVE FROM JOSHUA TREE – a live album and film featuring an immersive desert performance of songs curated from their critically acclaimed studio albums SOLACE, BLOOM and ATLAS, recorded and shot in the sprawling desert plains of Joshua Tree, California, with both live releases set to drop globally on March 6. The title-track from their GRAMMY-nominated album SOLACE is the first to be released today, with fans able to get their hands on the anticipated audio and video of the song – straight from the 45-minute feature – simply by preordering the album on iTunes or presaving the album on DSPs; with Solace being a fitting debut as it captures the band’s emotive gravitas amongst the powerful energy of the desert landscape.
In a 45-minute immersive film traversing the depths of the band’s famed shows and critically acclaimed studio albums, RÜFÜS DU SOL: Live from Joshua Tree brings their emotive live experience from the global stage to the screen. Featuring never-before-heard material set amongst the allure of the Great American West, the sensory film is an homage to the band’s arrival as a global creative force. Watch the trailer for RÜFÜS DU SOL: Live from Joshua Tree here: https://youtu.be/e6PrnsDRCiY
“The idea for a film was born out on a writing trip in Joshua Tree when we were trying to finish SOLACE. We stayed up all night writing as the sun rose, this creeping light over the valley made its way into the room. We climbed these wild rock formations to a little vista at the top, about 100 feet above where we were writing and sat to take in the sunrise. We were listening to tunes on a speaker and someone put on Time by the Pachanga Boys. Watching dawn break with this epic 15 minute journey playing out, we started joking about putting together a sunrise set in the desert where we would play to no one,” explains drummer James Hunt. “People talk a lot of shit in the desert at 5am, but walking around this alien world at dawn, we definitely felt there was something calling us back out there. So over an 18 month period, we workshopped ideas and locations and finally were able to to put time aside to shoot in September last year. It was decided sunset would be more practical for our crew. We originally planned for it to be a live stream, but as the idea grew and the production got bigger and bigger, it organically morphed into a film. It’s something that’s taken two years to pull together and something we are so excited to share with the world and make available everywhere.”
Since its release in 2018, SOLACE has been streamed over 150M times while the trio took to a worldwide tour with more than half a million tickets sold globally. Bringing their grandiose performances to iconic venues like Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Red Rocks, LA State Historic Park and Alexandra Palace, the band has earned two GRAMMY nominations, an ARIA award, and widespread notoriety for breaking ground in the live electronic genre. During their SOLACE run, RÜFÜS DU SOL produced an intimate video series in which they shared behind-the-scenes memories and moments that shaped the album in a nine-part collection on YouTube that can be viewed here.
The RÜFÜS DU SOL: Live from Joshua Tree album is set for release on March 6 via Warner Music, and the Live from Joshua Tree film will be released on YouTube on the same day.
Solace is available to stream, and the Live from Joshua Tree album is available to preorder and presave on DSPs now.
RÜFÜS DU SOL: Live from Joshua Tree Tracklist
1. Valley of the Yuccas (Live from Joshua Tree)
2. Eyes (Live from Joshua Tree)
3. New Sky (Live from Joshua Tree)
4. Desert Night (Live from Joshua Tree)
5. Solace (Live from Joshua Tree)
6. Underwater (Live from Joshua Tree)
7. Innerbloom (Live from Joshua Tree)
8. No Place (Live from Joshua Tree)
AUSSIE HIP HOP LEGENDS BUTTERFINGERS ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE ‘DANCING (TO THE BEAT OF MY OWN DRUM)’ OUT TODAY + NEW ALBUM ‘BAD NEWS’ OUT MARCH 30 + MASSIVE NATIONAL ALBUM TOUR
Australias favourite musical misfits and auteurs of Aussie hip hop, Butterfingers are back, breaking hearts and bones (mostly their own) with a killer new single, Dancing (To The Beat Of My Own Drum), out today, January 30. Confident and with more ecstatic energy and sharp lyrical wit than ever before, Dancing (To The Beat Of My Own Drum) is classic Butterfingers. After a fourteen-year long album release cycle, this hectic new track is the first taste of a brand new Butterfingers album, Bad News, set for release on March 30. The beloved group will be celebrating the new record with a monumental national tour across April, May and June of 2020, kicking off in Fremantle at Mojo’s Bar on April 20, then moving through Perth, Scarborough, Bunbury, Burleigh Heads, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Hobart, Launceston, Melbourne, Frankston, Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle, Mt Gambier, Adelaide, Townsville, and wrapping up in Cairns at Gilligans on June 6.
With typical rhythmic brilliance and clever, incisive lyrics, Butterfingers’ new single Dancing (To The Beat Of My Own Drum) will delight dedicated fans and will appeal to the masses too. This track is rocky, powerful, and there’s no holds barred here – from start to finish, Dancing (To The Beat Of My Own Drum) is like lightening in a bottle. Speaking on the song’s inspiration, band leader and frontman Evil Eddie Jacobson explains, “We’ve drawn from a lot of different artists and genres over the years but this new track and album is born from our most recent influences, which range from alternative rock to grime and trap. Of course we’ve put our twist on all of it and it’s still definitely Butterfingers! Dancing (To The Beat Of My Own Drum) is that scene in the film when the protagonist slays the dragon, if you know what I mean. It’s just about that feeling when you’re absolutely sure and confident with who you are and what you’re doing, that no one else’s opinion matters anymore.”
With a new found vigor and a swag of new material, Butterfingers are officially back in the saddle and continuing to bend genres and the boundaries of good taste with a rare blend of obscenity, wit and charm. True to form, the new album Bad News encompasses hip hop, punk, reggae, drum & bass, stoner rock, electronica and just about anything that makes you want to shake your bones, into a cohesive mash-up all of their own creation. From potty-mouthed gutter rhymes to heartfelt crooning odes to love lost, this is an album that will keep old fans happy and will entice new followers at an alarming rate.
With a host of industry awards, multiple ARIA award noms, a bunch of features in Hottest 100 countdowns, and playing just about every major festival on the Australian circuit over the years, Butterfingers have continued to develop their unique and supremely high energy and fun sound throughout their career. And Bad News is testament to this dedication to growth. As Eddie enthuses, “The whole album is one complete story and it’s about where we’ve been and what’s happened in the last 14 years since our last album. It’s not as literal as a regular concept album, but each song represents a scene. The story within the album covers everything from self loathing, facing bankruptcy, battling drug addiction, failed friendships/betrayal, heartbreak – and then overcoming all that to make a rad album!”
During the break, Evil Eddie released a solo album, Welcome To Flavour Country (2010), spawning standout track Queensland that received great critical acclaim and charted in the triple j Hottest 100. Taking a step back from the limelight, he joined and released an album with Brisbane thrash punk outfit Spitfireliar as lead guitarist. Now bringing Spitfireliar bass player Bradzilla back with him, along with ex-Wolfmother drummer Tony McCall, 2020 looks to be the year that propels Butterfingers back into the Australian consciousness with fresh zest and their greatest material to date.
As ever, there’s a lot for fans to look forward to at the upcoming shows, as Eddie reveals, “We all know how hard it can be to win a crowd over with new material, no matter how awesome it is, so even though we’ll be playing a fair chunk of this new stuff we obviously aren’t going to ignore the back catalogue either. It’ll be a nice blend and the energy will be pretty hectic!”
Butterfingers is Evil Eddie (vocals, guitar), Olly Thomas (keys, samples, percussion), Bradzilla Cochrane (bass) and Tony McCall (drums).
Dancing (to the beat of my own drum) is available now
Bad News is set for release on March 30 through Bewilderbeats
Tickets to the Bad News Tour will be available for a fan presale on Thursday January 30 and will go on sale to the general public on Monday February 3. Hit up the band’s website for more information: http://butterfingers.info
BUTTERFINGERS – BAD NEWS TOUR
THU, 16 APR 20 | MOJO’S BAR, FREMANTLE, WA (18+)
Tickets available from http://butterfingers.oztix.com.au/?Event=113224
FRI, 17 APR 20 | BADLANDS BAR, PERTH, WA (18+)
Tickets available from https://butterfingers.oztix.com.au/Default.aspx?Event=113225
SAT, 18 APR 20 | INDIAN OCEAN HOTEL, SCARBOROUGH, WA (18+)
Tickets available from http://butterfingers.oztix.com.au/?Event=113227
SUN, 19 APR 20 | PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL, BUNBURY, WA (18+)
Tickets available from http://butterfingers.oztix.com.au/?Event=113228
FRI, 24 APR 20 | MO’S DESERT CLUBHOUSE, BURLEIGH HEADS, QLD (18+)
Tickets available from http://butterfingers.oztix.com.au/?Event=113229
SAT, 25 APR 20 | THE TRIFFID, NEWSTEAD, QLD (18+)
Tickets available from https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/butterfingers-album-tour/119387
SAT, 02 MAY 20 | NIGHTQUARTER SUNSHINE COAST, QLD (18+)
Tickets available from http://butterfingers.oztix.com.au/?Event=113231
FRI, 08 MAY 20 | ALTAR, HOBART, TAS (18+)
Tickets available from http://butterfingers.oztix.com.au/?Event=113232
SAT, 09 MAY 20 | ROYAL OAK HOTEL, LAUNCESTON, TAS (18+)
Tickets available from https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/a2d551f0-8f52-417a-a258-3e8ef8578227
FRI, 15 MAY 20 | HOWLER BAR, BRUNSWICK, VIC (18+)
Tickets available from https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/butterfingers/119276?skin=4406
SAT, 16 MAY 20 | PELLY BAR, FRANKSTON, VIC (18+)
Tickets available from http://butterfingers.oztix.com.au/?Event=113234
THU, 21 MAY 20 | UC HUB, BRUCE, ACT (18+)
Tickets available from https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/butterfingers-album-tour-2020-canberra/119409?skin=UCLive2019
FRI, 22 MAY 20 | THE LANSDOWNE HOTEL, CHIPPENDALE, NSW (18+)
Tickets available from https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/butterfingers-album-tour-2020/119288?skin=thelansdowne
SAT, 23 MAY 20 | CAMBRIDGE SIDEROOM, NEWCASTLE, NSW (18+)
Tickets available from http://butterfingers.oztix.com.au/?Event=113237
FRI, 29 MAY 20 | SHADOWS, MT GAMBIER, SA (18+)
Tickets available from https://butterfingers.oztix.com.au/Default.aspx?Event=113238
SAT, 30 MAY 20 | CROWN AND ANCHOR, ADELAIDE, SA (18+)
Tickets available from http://butterfingers.oztix.com.au/?Event=113239
FRI, 05 JUN 20 | OTHERWISE, TOWNSVILLE, QLD (18+)
Tickets available from https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/butterfingers-townsville/119419
SAT, 06 JUN 20 | GILLIGANS BACKPACKERS HOTEL & RESORT, CAIRNS, QLD (18+)
Tickets available from http://butterfingers.oztix.com.au/?Event=113243
DISCOGRAPHY
2003 – Everytime EP
2004 – Breakfast at Fatboys
2006 – Deeper You Dig
2010 – Welcome To Flavour Country (Evil Eddie solo release)