Thursday 23 July 2009

Laneous and the Family Yah



http://www.myspace.com/lachlaneous

Announce The Release Of Their Debut Album St. Ill Regal
& Accompanying East-Coast Tour


Bubblin’ Up out of the artisan hotbed that is Brisbane’s West End – introducing the grunty Rudeboy Soul and Croon Punk of Laneous And The Family Yah (L&TFY). What started as a community whisper has broken out into a fire. From the Big Day Out to the screens of NME TV and recent attention of Triple J, the dirty, hip-hop driven soul grooves of L&TFY have officially arrived.

Spotlight artists on Triple J Unearthed in June 09 and named amongst Hip Hop’s Hottest in J Mag’s City by City ‘Oz Hip Hop Special’, with the launch of their debut LP St Ill Regal and August East-Coast tour L&TFY are now set to cement a swiftly burgeoning reputation. And what a reputation – let’s face it, press releases are partial to hyperbole but it would be no overstatement to say that Laneous And The Family Yah have recently become one of the most talked about bands in Brisbane. This has been due largely to their live show, a 10 piece spectacle that witnesses have referred to as – quite bluntly – unparalleled.



Who is Laneous?

The ‘Lovable Tramp with the clamped, cramped fist in the air’, Laneous is the conceptual poet for the Backbeat Generation. Devoting his life to music since dropping out of high school at the age of 15, Laneous’s musical vision has been unfaltering. Born into the Bohemian south-Brisbane community that he’s now so heavily a part of, Laneous has spearheaded a new Brisbane-born movement of edgy groove, hip hop bounce and soul glaze.

Joining forces with The Family Yah – consisting of General Beats (Drums), Antilla (Guitar), Positive Serpent (Bass) and Peet G (MPC/Keys) – in 2007, Laneous has set about realising his musical vision, creating a formidable live experience that has seen them grace the stages of Big Day Out, Woodford Folk Festival, Island Vibe, Kuranda Roots Festival, Green Fest, and the West End Carnivale but to name a few. Now they arrive with their most outstanding musical excursion to date – their debut album.

St. Ill Regal

Recorded at Psi Fi Studios with Producer Peet G, St. Ill Regal is the realisation of Laneous’s supreme musical vision. With the help of The Family Yah, the all singing, all dancing Bird Fire Choir, not to mention guest MC’s, a Nepalese Tabla Master and an 8-piece string section, the album stretches a massive 17-tracks that cover the full spectrum of Soul and Hip Hop.

From Hip Hop Opener ‘BubbleGum’ all the way to Soul Joint ‘Searing Life’, lyrically Laneous flowers with the quirk of MF Doom and the perk of TV on The Radio. Musically, The Family Yah astounds, making unconventional sounds with conventional instruments – think garage band meets MPC.

Featuring a zany filmclip produced by Squareyed Films (Silverchair, The Sleepy Jackson, Living End, Youth Group), first single ‘BubbleGum’ is a testament to Laneous’s off the chart pop and bounce. Filmed on location at the Richmond Housing Commission Flats in Inner Melbourne and featuring Melbourne shuffle kids and breakers, the video has already garnered strong international attention with The NME featuring it on their dedicated TV channel in the UK. See the clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijE5xkJyOQw&. ‘BubbleGum’ was also a recently named a finalist in the 2009 Qsong Awards ‘Hip Hop’ Category.

A complete artistic package, accompanying the remarkable musical vision found on St. Ill Regal is the inclusion of exclusive artwork by New York/Brisbane based artist Anthony Lister, who has generously donated his art to the albums’ cover. Rounding out the package is a mini-exhibition of five Brisbane based visual artists – including works from Laneous himself. Said art is included on individual cards contained within each copy of the record.

Delivered via Brisbane’s new home of Underground Soul, Rock and Hip Hop Bird Fire Records, St. Ill Regal will be released nationally in August 2009.

The Tour

To coincide with the release of their debut St. Ill Regal, Laneous and the Family Yah are heading out on a not to be missed 8-show East-Coast Tour. The whole extended 9 piece live crew including the Bird Fire Choir, Circus Performers, Dancers, MC’s and DJ’s will be coming with them, so get there and get down to the illin’ Laneous sound.

Friday August 14 – Sketch The Rhyme, Surry Hills, Sydney
$10 | 8pm

Saturday August 15: The Macquarie Hotel, Surry Hills, Sydney
FREE Entry | 8pm

Sunday August 16
– ‘Sun Sets’ @ The Fringe Bar, Paddington, Sydney
$8 Entry | 5pm

Thursday August 20
– Veludo, St Kilda, Melbourne
FREE Entry | 8pm

Friday August 21
– Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury, Melbourne
With Special Guests: Hugo & The Light Brigade, Traffik, Hosted by Lotek (UK)
$13 Entry | 8pm
Saturday August 22 – Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
8pm

Sunday August 23 – Bar Open, Fitzroy, Melbourne
With Special Guests: Pataphysics
$8 Entry | 8pm

Fri 28 – The Hi Fi, West End, Brisbane
With Special Guests: Olmecha Supreme Soundsystem (NZ), Grassroots Street Orchestra & Samedi Soundsystem
$15 Entry | 8pm
Tix: www.thehifi.com.au


St. Ill Regal is out August 2009 through Bird Fire records

“Superstar frontman, Laneous has united a band comprised of some of the funkiest that River City has to offer… The band gives off a raw energy together with very tight grooves and infectious beats. Besides a set of golden vocal chords, Laneous posseses rad rhymes and keen style.”
Leopard Lady, Virgin Music

“What an awesome song. Digging that soulful, Stevie Wonder-esque groove, and it's embellished so well, full of melody and sunshine. Yes, sunshine! This song brightens my day.”
Dom Alessio, Triple J Home & Hosed Blog, on ‘Searing Life’

“Mr Laneous is already on to a good thing. His music is ingenious and its complexities are not lost on the audience. Laneous keeps us on our feet, but we wouldn’t have it any other way.”
Fasterlouder.com

“This lot hale from good ol’ brisvegas and I tell ya, if they don’t take the roman empire by storm with their debut album then I’ll eat my terry towelling hat.”
Dom Fagan, AIR

Wednesday 8 July 2009

The Flavour Conspiracy






For too long mid afternoon snackers have been taken advantage of by global corporations squeezing profits at the expense of our tastebuds. Yes i know this may seem like a far cry from the usual rantings and ravings we post here but previously unbeknownest to me it now appears that the relative inadequacy of flavouring in many Arnott's Shapes and other potato-related snacks (Kettle Chips you know who you are) is something of an office hot topic. And we're not the only ones outraged - as you can see Mess and Noise picked up this emerging news story too.

The conspiracy as we see it is that companies put out new products literally dripping with flavour, the sort of lick your hands between bites flavour that we all love...Then the spiralling cycle of dependence begins on products bleached of the original deliciousness. We hypothesize that once they've got people hooked on the initial seasoning levels these corporate bastards reduce these levels to make money and leave us high and dry. It's unnacceptable, it's cruel and downright profiteering. Starting today the boycott begins.

Rise Rise Rise!

Friday 3 July 2009

The Paper Scissors



www.myspace.com/thepaperscissors

With their brand new single Howl just added to high rotation on triple J (the latest installment in a long line of TPS tracks to have been so) Sydney’s The Paper Scissors (TPS) have just announced the release of their “Howl EP” and accompanying national tour dates.

Featuring two brand new tracks and 3 remixes of the title track (by Spod, Sydney glitch hopper Cleptoclectics and former Gerling front man The E.L.F respectively) the “Howl EP” is available June 23rd through itunes and in stores July 12th.

Who are The Paper Scissors?



Off the back of their hugely successful single We Don’t Walk, The Paper Scissors released their debut album ‘Less Talk More Paper Scissors’ (LTMPS ) in mid 2007 and the national response was staggering. The Sydney Morning Herald called first single Yamanote Line “The Greatest song ever written. Truly”, Sydney Magazine made it their album of the month, FBI, RRR, and PBS Fm all made it their ‘album of the week’ whilst We Don’t Walk and Yamanote Line both received a huge national pasting via high rotation on Triple J. We Don’t Walk was featured in CH 9‘s ‘Underbelly’ and amongst such luminaries as Nick Cave and The Easybeats, quickly became the second highest selling song off the soundtrack. In short, TPS became hard to avoid.

The earlier part of 2008 saw the band sell out a national tour with bluejuice, be bestowed with the honour of being asked to program Rage and somehow, fit it all in between festival appearances at Parklife, The Playground Weekender and many more festivals and club shows to boot. Late 2008 saw the band take some down time whilst main man Jai Pyne did some travelling and writing in New York. They then regrouped to write and demo new tracks in Byron Bay, 2 of which appear on the “Howl EP”, the rest of which will surface on their next album proper, to be released early 2010.

The “Howl EP”

The tracks that appear on the “Howl EP” track are the title track, a goodbye-to-love anthem and 'Soldier', a rock assault/picture of frustration and alienation. Without losing their sense of fun, the new songs bathe TPS in a slightly different light, shedding irony and flippancy upon the inherent presence and vivacity that the band are renowned for delivering.

Aided by the production of Jai Pyne and working for the first time with drummer Ivan Lisyak, the new sound still retains the true TPS style, diverse (with 25 piece choir, afro rhythms, freak outs and anthemic singalongs) but specifically incorporating the frenetic edge loved and witnessed at TPS live shows.

A sweaty catharsis of energy and vitality you can catch for yourself at:

‘Howl’ Tour Dates

W’ Special Guests ‘ERNEST ELLIS’ playing all shows except Beach Rd (Bondi) and Baroque (Katoomba)

WED 15 JULY - BEACH ROAD, BONDI
Free Entry

FRI 17 JULY – BAROQUE,KATOOMBA
Tickets: $12 on the door

FRI 31 JULY – JIVE, ADELAIDE
Tickets: $12 pre /$15 door
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix Outlets

SAT 1 AUG – EAST BRUNSWICK CLUB,MELB
Tickets: $12 pre /$15 door
Tickets available from www.eastbrunswickclub.com or the venue box office on 03.9388 9794 or in person at 280 Lygon Street, East Brunswick Box Office open Monday to Friday 11-6pm and Saturday 12-4pm

THUR 6 AUG – BON AMICI, TOOWOOMBA
Tickets: $10 door

FRI 7 AUG – THE TROUBADOUR,BRISBANE
Tickets: $12 pre /$15 door
Tickets available from troubadour.oztix.com.au, www.skinnysmusic.com.au or www.rockinghorse.net/tickets.php

SAT 8 AUG – GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL,BYRON BAY
Tickets: $12 pre /$15 door
Tickets available from Hotel Great Northern Monday - Friday 9.00 - 5.00pm (Jonson St, Byron Bay), on 6685 6454 and Oztix www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545.

THUR 13 AUG – HARP HOTEL,WOLLONGONG
Tickets: $12 pre /$15 door
Tickets available from Oztix www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545 and in person at the venue

FRI 14 AUG – OXFORD ART FACTORY,SYDNEY
Tickets: $12 pre /$15 door
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix Outlets

SAT 15 AUG – NORTHERN STAR,NEWCASTLE
Tickets: $10 pre /$12 door
Tickets available from www.bigtix.com.au

The “Howl EP” Is Available Now