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July

We're pleased to announce that we'll be running publicity for the forthcoming LP's from Melbourne indie heroes Gaslight Radio and singer/songwriter, heart throb n' all round good guy Tobias Cummings.

Gaslight will be launching their (currently on JJJ) single Guillotine Sun at The Northcote Social Club on the 31st of July with Witch Hats and Amaya Laucirica in support.

Sydney launch will kick off on the 25th of July at The Annandale Hotel.

Tobias will be launching his single Exegesis on the 14th of August also at The Northcote Social Club.

Yup, we're busy! More updates soon!

01/07/09 - ash

Tomorrow night is the big night for President Roots as they launch their Migration LP at The Retreat Hotel.

I have posted a free download of Simon (Presroots singer) performing a live version of Somebody Elses Day with Brian Wise (Off The Record - Triple R).

03/06/09 - ash

This Thursday night Mornington Peninsula's favorite sons President Roots will be launching their debut LP at The Retreat Hotel (With Brendan Welch in support).

Doors open at 8pm and entry is FREE!

It's been 18 months since rolling out our first promo / publicity campaign and after many hours of discussion, Andrew Keese and I have decided to launch our very own indie record label.

The label is called Departed Sounds and we are drafting deals with Gaslight Radio, Amaya Laucirica, KhanCoban, Lindsay Phillips, The Hovercrafts and Andrew Keese and the Associates. Our no-where-near-finished website can be viewed here.

I'll roll out more Departed Sounds related news in the coming weeks.

01/06/09 - ash

We’ll be running publicity for new kids on the block, President Roots.

President Roots hail from the Mornington Peninsula. Against this backdrop the band has crafted a dozen tracks for their debut album Migration, released nationally through Vitamin Records in June.

After 2 years of writing, recording and rehearsing Migration is now ready for your ears. The album was recorded on a minimal budget with generous contributions from Julian Mendelsohn (Paul McCartney, Pet Shop Boys, Kate Bush) and Mark Frith (The Electric Soft Parade, Gay Dad, Tom McCrae).

Take a listen to a couple of tracks I pulled from the LP this morning.

13/05/09 - ash

Someone managed to capture a neat video of The Wildes during their ace performance at last month’s Live in the Living Room event.

Video

21/04/09 - ash

Demo time! A couple of music submissions worthy of a mention.

Marblearchie: Tales from the heart, stories from the gutter.... I received a three track demo recorded and mixed at 'A Secret Location' by Paul Maybury.

Track one (the tune I think they're pushing) is a loose pop tune full of catchy guitar hooks. Okay, things get a little better with Kids Don't Believe It. I think I prefer Marblearchie when they simply cruise along instrumentally. Blood Red Rose is the bravest track of the three and my personal fav. Kudos to the guitar man!

Launch / Party - 24th of April - Moser Room

 

Tom Woodward: Tom is a REAL DEAL singer / songwriter crawling from the dirty streets of downtown Melbourne. If you like The Drones, Lindsay Phillips or anything a little disconnected and dark, your going to dig Tom Woodward.

Josephine is an absolute killer of a track. Tom sings with a lazy swagger while his band The Orphanage provide a candle-like backdrop. The bluesy track on his Myspace Red Sally politely shows off some very tidy slide guitar and Tom's strength as a blues singer.

There are a bunch of local Melbourne shows listed on his website. Tom Woodward's worth a visit, I reckon.

 

08/04/09 - ash

Congrats to The Wildes for FINALLY releasing their stunning debut LP through (watch this space) distribution label, Select Audio Distribution.

We'll be sure to post the forthcoming LP touring dates in the coming weeks.

 

14/03/09 - ash

We set up a Twitter account today. Twitter rules! I'm going to use it to roll out links to interesting music related articles and stories. Oh, we'll also keep you all updated with our label movements, self promotion really... ;)

 

 

 

14/03/09 - ash

Demo time! We always listen to CD and download submissions that come through the door here. Here are a handful of artists/bands that we thought were pretty good.

Small Affairs: Going by the promo pic that was sent with the CD, these guys are really young. Leading track The Flow is by far the best tune taken from the EP. Small Affairs are garage rockers with a typical 'Melbourne Rock' influence.

I think the recording lets them down a little. I would like to hear these tunes come out with a little less polish. However, the enthusiasm is clear and I can hear these tunes making waves on youth radio! Nice job Small Affairs.

Phil Smith recently sent me his impressive Goldmine LP. I believe Goldmine is Phil's debut LP. I hear a healthy influence of early Neil Young but with more than enough originality to call his own. Blackbird and Where Does It Go? are standout tracks for me.

Goldmine is packed to the rafters with great Australian tunes of traveling, finally making it home, loss, coming to terms with 'that' girl and ending up at your local pub thinking what the F*&% just happened?

Probably the best demo submission we received this month was from Melbourne's President Roots. It's just weird that I've never heard of these guys before... President Roots write refreshing alt country tunes. Country tunes you can dance to and that's NOT line dancing fool.

At this stage all I have to go by is their Myspace page but I've put my hand up for a copy of the LP. Watch this space!

04/03/09 - ash

Come on down to The Northcote Social Club to celebrate The Hovercrafts' first gig of 09. Playing along side them will be Oh Mercy (who are F#$&ing great) on the 24th of Feb.

26/02/09 - ash

The Wildes' debut LP Ballad of a Young Married Man has finally been pressed and is officially ready to roll! The band recently signed a distro deal with Sydney based label, Select Audio-Visual Distribution.

No dates have been made to when the LP will be commercially released but we'll be sure to let you know asap. It won't be too far away.

25/02/09 - ash

Hi there and welcome to the NEW (and hopefully improved) Show off Services website. 2008 was an amazing year for the label and I’d like to thank ALL the artists and friends for their amazing music and contributions. Without you I’d be cleaning dishes somewhere.

Listen to the radio

I guess I should use this time to point out some of the new services and initiatives we aim to roll out in 09. Firstly, we are planning to cull at least 50% of the amount of promo CD’s we would normally send out. If marge was still cool she’d be singing ‘it’s a digital world’.

Check out our Clients Page for more details.

We’ll be aiming to offer a more internationally focused campaign for our label and artist clients. With the help of my trusty data entry skills, Show off has build a massive music blogger and college / internet radio database.

We’ll also be looking at running publicity for overseas labels looking to make their mark on the Aussie market.

Within this section of the site we’ll be encouraging our bands to post pics, stories, live and videos on a daily / weekly basis.

Anyway, take a looksy over the site and PLEASE email through any questions or ideas on how to make it even cooler.

Peace and look forward to an ace year kids!

Ash-showoff

25/01/09 - ash

After Luluc charmed the pants off audiences during their MASSIVE Fleet Foxes and Dan Kelly supports. The band has now been offered a slot at Show off’s favorite festival, EVER! Luluc will be playing the Golden Plains Festival!!!

Auntie Meredith we solute you!

Dates: 1 Feb – Laneway Festival – Melbourne
Throughout Feb - José González – Australian Tour
6 March – Port Fairy Folk Festival – Port Fairy, Victoria
7-9 March – Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre – Golden Plains Festival

19/01/09 - ash

Holly shit! In late December Show off scored The Hovercrafts Free Download of The Week on iTunes (AUS and NZ). We didn’t really know what to expect but after going through the numbers, the track (Asleep At The Wheel) was downloaded 10,000 times! Yup, it’s official, just over ten thousand indie kids have The Hovers’ latest tune in their iPods / iTunes player.

20/01/09 - ash

The Wildes have been invited to perform at the annual Tamworth Country Music Festival. We think this is pretty neat! So neat that Show off will keep you in the loop by blogging about The Wildes’ Tamworth journey on the Spanking New Sounds blog. Apparently Sarah Howells will be interviewing the lads during the festival.

Dates: 21 Jan
– The Family Hotel – Tamworth Country Music Festival

22 Jan
– The Family Hotel – Tamworth Country Music Festival

23 Jan
– The Imperial Hotel - Tamworth Country Music Festival

25 Jan
– Festival Beach Party - Tamworth Country Music Festival

Artist Information

What We do

In the Media

President Roots: Feature LP of The Week (Radio Adelaide).

25/06/09

The Wildes: Live to air radio interview on 4zzz (Diversa-Tea & talk, Aussie BBQ, Neon Signs).

25/06/09

The Wildes: Interview / Story in Timeoff Magazine.

25/06/09

The Wildes: Interview / Story in Scene Magazine.

25/06/09

The Wildes: Interview / Story in Rave Magazine.

04/06/09

President Roots: Interview / story in Leader Newspaper.

03/06/09

President Roots: Interview / story with Eliza Hunt in Beat Magazine.

03/06/09

President Roots: Interview / story with Sam Fell in Inpress Interview.

01/06/09

President Roots: MX (Newspaper) interview and photo shoot.

01/06/09

President Roots: Interview on 3CR Radio.

01/06/09

President Roots: Interview with Myles O-Neil shaw (5ft High & Rising).

30/05/09

President Roots: Interview with Brian Wise (Off The Record, Triple R).

20/05/09

President Roots: ABC Radio interview (Darwin).

05/05/09

The Wildes: LP review on The Dwarf.com.

04/05/09

The Wildes: LP review on Media Search.

30/04/09

The Wildes: Triple R interview with Neil Rogers.

20/04/09

The Wildes: Feature LP of The Week on Radio National.

08/04/09

The Wildes: Great / positive review in Brisbane's Rave magazine by Bill Holdsworth.

08/04/09

The Wildes: A SWEET LP review by Sam Fell in Inpress today... Thanks Sam!

08/04/09

The Wildes: Lachlan takes a second chat / radio interview with Saturday Night Country's John Nutting.

01/04/09

The Wildes: Sweet Sixteen-ed on SYN Radio + radio interview.

01/04/09

The Wildes: Early Morning Country (ABC) rotation.

04/03/09

The Wildes: This week's Dig Radio feature LP of the week goes to The Wildes!

20/02/09

Andrew Keese: A number of great reviews have been popping up all over the net. Here are some recent reviews of Desire. Bill Music, Condemned Rock n Roll and Sosueme.

20/02/09

The Wildes: Sarah Howells, the presenter of Triple J's Roots n All has been spinning tracks from The Wildes' LP.

20/02/09

The Hovercrafts: The Drum Media (Perth) chose Asleep at the wheel as their single of the week.

18/02/09

The Wildes: Matt Gallant wrote a very average LP review. Check it out if you dare, here.

20/01/09

The Wildes: John Wilson from 94.7 The Pulse will be running an interview with The Wildes on the 7th of February.

12/01/09

The Wildes: Listen here to Lach interviewed by John Nutting on ABC Radio National 'Saturday Night Country' show. Includes three songs from the forthcoming album.

11/01/09

Lindsay Phillips: Steve Bell at TImeoff Magazine (Bris) recently ran an interview with Lindsay. The interview will roll out on the 21st of Jan.

09/01/09

The Wildes: Leading up to The Wildes’ Tamworth performances Country Update will be running a featured article.

09/01/09

The Wildes: The following stations have added Jack The Blacksmith to rotation: 100.7 Highlands FM (a number of different shows), Bay FM (Blues By The Bay), Triple B FM (Moving and Groovin and True Blues) and Tasman FM (a number of different shows).

08/01/09

The Hovercrafts: After scoring the Download of The Week on iTunes Asleep At The Wheel was downloaded 10,000 times!

08/01/09

Andrew Keese: Finally! Someone ran the AMAZING / GROUND BREAKING interview by Sam Fell (our fav Melbourne music journalist) and Andrew Keese. Read the interview here on the The Dwarf.

17/12/08

The Wildes: The lovely Nicole Cleary took The Wildes the Collingwood Children’s farm for a neat photo session.

17/12/08

The Wildes: Interview in support of the Jack The Blacksmith launch. Interview rolls out in both Inpress and Beat Magazine.

15/12/08

Andrew Keese: Thanks to DB Magazine for the amazing LP review of Andrew Keese’s Desire.

01/12/08

Lindsay Phillips: Legion Gets the nod and added to high rotation on Sydney’s FBI. A BIG shout out to Dave Regos for his help and support here!

28/11/08

Lindsay Phillips: Solid single reviews in both Beat and Inpress Magazine.

16/11/08

The Hovercrafts: ‘FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE WEEK’ – iTunes Music Store.

Some Quick Links

Send me your track

The Wildes:

5th June:
The Pub - Bendigo (with The Basics)

6th June:
John Curtin - Melbourne (with The Basics)

24th June:
QPAC - Brisbane

25th June:
QPAC - Brisbane

27th June:
QPAC - Brisbane (LP Launch)

7th July:
Vanguard - Sydney (LP Launch)

8th June:
Toff in Town - Melbourne (LP Launch)

President Roots:

4th June:
Retreat Hotel - Melbourne (LP Launch)

14th June:
Westernport Hotel - San Remo

21st June:
Manhattan Hotel - Ringwood

27th June:
The Wheatsheaf - Adelaide

28th June:
The Red Poles (12pm) - McClaren

28th June:
The Wheatsheaf (4pm) - Adelaide

5th July:
Coast - Blairgowrie

10th July:
Lomond Hotel - Melbourne

12th July:
Daveys - Frankston

Andrew Keese and the Associates:

Coming Soon...

Lindsay Phillips:

9th June:
The workshop - Melbourne

11th June:
Gertrudes - Melbourne

19th June:
Vibe Roundtable - Melbourne

25th June:
Manchester Lane - Melbourne

Amaya Laucirica:

Amaya will be attending NXNE (Canada) during June.

The Hovercrafts:

6th June:
Yah Yah's - Melbourne

Dan Kelly:

Coming Soon...