SOUNDS AUSTRALIA @ CMJ 2010 - APRA

SOUNDS AUSTRALIA
@ CMJ 2010
www.apra-amcos.com.au/soundsaustralia

ANGUS & JULIA STONE
www.angusandjuliastone.com
Angus and Julia Stone have already toured the world early 2010
with their sophomore release Down The Way and are about
to make their way around again including the US CMJ Festival
around their October tour around the US.
On Down The Way they have made their debut as producers,
and develop their sound without losing the spirit of their
debut. The album debuted No. 1 and reached platinum in their home territory Australia in 2 months
becoming the highest selling Australian album for 2010 already.
Travelling has been an integral part of the Stone’s musical story so it’s not surprising they opted
to record in a number of diverse locations around the globe - an old sawmill on the river banks of
Fowey, Cornwall, a studio in Brooklyn, a water tank in Coolangatta, their second home - London - and
Queens in New York.
On Down The Way, Angus and Julia showcase thirteen lovingly crafted songs reflecting a myriad of
emotions. Another graceful step on a remarkable musical journey.
USA Reviews
“Brother Angus’ acoustic guitar wraps sister Julia’s whispery trill with an unhurried, disarmingly
simple melody that will propel you off the couch and into the sun.” - MARIE CLAIRE
“If A Book Like This compounded the prospects of their future, consider Down The Way the fulfilling
realization of all expectations.” – FILTER
“…the musical equivalent of a walk on the beach at twilight.” - NYLON
SHOWS
Oct 22
Oct 23
Bluebird Café, Bell House
Big Apple Circus Up at Lincoln Center - Damrosch Park (supporting Devotchka)
CIRCLE PIT
www.myspace.com/circlepit
Glimmer Twins infatuation--well, some folks can pull it off, others
cannot. Now in the second decade of the 21st century, Circle Pit
have sauntered into the boozy sway with their debut LP Bruise
Constellation.
Seemingly born out of the tar and tobacco of Nellcote / Exile on
Main Street-session blooze, Circle Pit ably finesse a torn and
frayed sound that’s as retro as it is original. Oozing raw talent
and possessed with uncanny sensual / sexual osmosis, Bruise
Constellation will have you believing it’s the Summer of ‘72 all over
again (again). Look for the band to tour US throughout October/ November starting at CMJ in NYC
“Circle Pit is the type of rock band that most others are too lazy to be: aligned closely with tradition
but replete with the type of individuality and wit, honesty and intimacy that is usually shed in favor of
blindly channelling riffs already written. Bruise Constellation sheds light on the gaudy subterranean
sleaze of a Sydney rapidly devolving into a Ballardian capitalist nightmare--all tidy swept streets,
pedestrian free thoroughfares and oiled seven-to-when-you-pass-out workdays. It’s also the
catchiest record you’re going to hear all year.” - Mess + Noise

SHOWS
Oct 21 Shea Stadium, Brooklyn, New York @ 8pm
Oct 23 Knitting Factory, New York City (Old Office) @ 8pm
Oct 24 CMJ Wrap Party @ Cyber PR Headquarters (389, 12 th Street Brooklyn NY) @ 1 - 6pm
Oct 27 Golden West, Baltimore, Maryland @ 8pm
Oct 28 The Milestone, Charlotte @ 8pm
Oct 29 Next to Last Festival, Athens, Georgia @ 11am
Oct 30 Alabama Music Box, Mobile @ 8pm
Oct 31 New Orleans, Louisiana
Nov 1 Korova, San Antonio, Texas @ 8pm
Nov 3 Beerland, Austin, Texas @ 8pm
Nov 4 The Cavern, Dallas, Texas @ 8pm
Nov 5 Haunted Castle, Lubbock, Texas @ 8pm
Nov 6 Trainyard, Las Cruces, New Mexico @ 8pm
Nov 7 Sound Kontrol, Phoenix, Arizona @ 8pm
Nov 8 Soda Bar, San Diego, California @ 8pm
Nov 9 Biko Garage, Santa Barbara, California @ 8pm
Nov 10 the smell, Los Angeles, California @ 8pm
Nov 11 J Dee’s Landing, Downtown Palm Springs, California @ 8pm
Nov 13 Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, California @ 8pm
Nov 15 Funhouse, Seattle, Washington @ 8pm
Nov 17 East End, Portland, Oregon @ 8pm
Nov 18 VAC, Boise, Idaho
Nov 19 The Compound, Providence
Nov 20 Astroland, Boulder, Colorado @ 7.30pm
Nov 21 Replay Lounge, Lawrence, Kansas @ 9pm
Nov 22 Bird Cage, Iowa City, Iowa @ 8pm
Nov 23 Reuben’s Palace, Chicago, Illinois @ 8pm
Nov 24 Carabar, Colombus, Ohio @ 8pm
Nov 26 Now That’s Class!, Cleveland, Ohio @ 8pm
Nov 27 Death By Audio, Brooklyn, New York @ 8pm
CITY RIOTS
www.cityriots.com
City Riots is generally so busy playing live that it took over
two years before they found the time to record a full-length
album. Not being ones to cut corners, the South Australian group flew to Chicago to record with
legendary producer Bjorn Thorsrud (Smashing Pumpkins, Dandy Warhols, Billy Corgan).
After spending four months in the studio, the group shipped the final mixes over to Richard Dodd
(Kings Of Leon, The Raconteurs) to be mastered. The band returned to the US in March 2010 to play
South By South-West along with all the Aussie BBQ parties in LA, New York, and Austin.
“She Never Wants To Dance” is the first taste of the debut album and was championed by Australian
national radio station triple j. The video for the track was premiered exclusively on Filtermagazine.
com and was filmed and directed by fashion photographer Jason Penney in Brooklyn.
City Riots recently opened up the entire Australian Smashing Pumpkins tour and will be spending the
rest of 2010 readying its full-length album for release.
SHOWS
Oct 19 Pianos (The Great Escape Showcase)
Oct 21 CMJ College Day, (Sounds Australia “2 For the Show”case), NYU @ 1pm
Oct 23 College Day @ CMJ
Nov 8 Mercury Lounge (with Boy & Bear (Aus))

CRAYON FIELDS
www.myspace.com/thecrayonfields
Australian euphoric pop quartet Crayon Fields are heading
off to the US in October for their first proper American tour,
after a brief trip to SXSW, LA and New York in March. This time
the band are really hitting the road, playing up and down both
coasts as well as stopping in New York for CMJ.
For all these shows, they’ll be playing songs from their two
much-loved albums All the Pleasures Of the World and Animal
Bells, as well as a swag of new material.
They’ve also made a US tour EP available on Bandcamp (crayonfieldsforever.bandcamp.com),
with previously vinyl-only B-side How Loved You Are, a live version of Pleasures track Graceless, a
remix of All the Pleasures Of the World by Dan Block, and a surprise - a sultry cover of the Roxette
classic It Must Have Been Love.
Some praise from Crayon Fields’ March USA sojourn:
“They were fantastic, and can really pull off the lush, late ‘60s baroque pop sound of their new
album” - Brooklyn Vegan
“A lush, swooning-inducing, summery set that stunned those in attendance” - KEXP
“Lush, literate, room warming presence” - Crawdaddy
“One of our favorite discoveries from SXSW” - Hype Machine Radio
SHOWS
Oct 11 Soda Bar, San Diego (with Heavy Hawaii and Scruffles)
Oct 12 Muddy Waters, Santa Barbara
Oct 14 Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco (with Magic Bullets and Old Fashioned Way)
Oct 16 Northern, Olympia (with Karl Blau and Generifus)
Oct 17 Mississippi Studios, Portland (with Karl Blau and Archeology)
Oct 18 Tractor Tavern, Seattle (with Karl Blau and Exohxo)
Oct 21 CMJ College Day, (Sounds Australia “2 For the Show”case), NYU @ 1pm
Oct 21 Glasslands Gallery, New York - Chapter Music/Underwater Peoples CMJ showcase (with Air
Waves, Andrew Cedermark, La Big Vic, Fabulous Diamonds and Guy Blackman)
Oct 22 Rockwood Music Hall, New York - The Windish Agency CMJ showcase (with Apache Beat,
Sun Airway, First Aid Kit and Lower Dens)
Oct 22 Public Assembly , New York - FILTER Magazine and Øya Festival CMJ Kick off Party 2010
Oct 24 Black Cat Backstage, Washington DC (with Family Portrait)
Oct 26 The Fire, Philadelphia (with Air Waves)
Oct 27 TT The Bears, Boston (with Air Waves and Reports)
Oct 29 Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles @ 8pm
DARREN HANLON
www.darrenhanlon.com
This year Sydney based Darren Hanlon will make his debut
appearance at CMJ to showcase his new album I Will Love You
At All (YEP ROC). Written in a variety of exotic locations from
Paris to Coonabarabran, Australia and recorded at Portland,
Oregon’s famed Type Foundry studio, I Will Love You At All
speaks a language born of wanderlust.

The record, recorded by Adam Selzer (M Ward, She & Him, The Decemberists), features Rachel
Blumberg (Bright Eyes, M Ward, She & Him, The Decemberists) on drums, as well as long-time
Portland-based collaborator Cory Gray (Carcrashlander, Norfolk and Western) on keys, was created
away from Hanlon’s native home, and was partially written in the studio - a departure for the artist.
Reinforcing the album’s sweet nature are more of Portland’s finest - dual female vocalists Shelley
Short and Alia Farah.
With an EP, four studio albums, and a CD collection’s worth of B-sides and rarities to his name,
Darren has built a loyal Australian fan base, but will be new to many in the ‘States. Hanlon has toured
with Billy Bragg, Violent Femmes, and Evan Dando, and completed five tours at home and abroad
with his friends The Magnetic Fields. Darren is also responsible for bringing Jeffrey Lewis, David
Dondero and Jens Lekman to Australia for their first visits in support of his own sold out shows.
As always, Darren’s eye for life’s smaller details are played out with charm and joyful abandon
on I Will Love You At All. From the light-fingered bounce of ‘Butterfly Bones’ to the evocative and
plaintive ‘Modern History’, these songs mainline to the heart. There’s Darren’s first stab at an epic
- ‘House’ clocks in at 7.39 minutes - and his most down-home country shuffle yet, ‘If Only My Heart
Were Made Of Stone’, followed by the haunting closer of ‘What Can We Say?’. This full-length is
Hanlon creating at his most relaxed, with a more heightened folk sensibility-they are tales of being, as
Hanlon puts it, “cut adrift from the world.” They are songs about houses he’s lived in, his hometown,
memories both crisp and faded, all created on the other side of the globe. At each intimate turn, I Will
Love You At All is an album rich with the open spirit in which it was created.
“Hanlon revels in the mundane with the childish exuberance of Jonathan Richman.” - Marc Hogan,
Pitchfork
“The man who inspires “I wish I could have said that” syndrome.” - Bronwyn Thompson, Rolling
Stone
SHOWS
Oct 21
Oct 22
Oct 22
Oct 22
Bowery Electric - CMJ Festival, Yep Roc Party @ 7:50pm (With Lawrance Arabia, John
Grant, Heidi Spencer and more... )
Bowery Electric - CMJ Festival, Red Eye Day Party @ 12pm
Pianos (Lower East Side) - CMJ Festival - Planetary Group Party @ 3pm
Union Hall - CMJ Festival @ 8pm (Opening for The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (Featuring
Sean Lennon) with Laura Gibson)
FABULOUS DIAMONDS
www.myspace.com/fabulousdiamonds
After wowing the world with their sensual hypno-jam second
album Fabulous Diamonds II, Melbourne duo Fabulous
Diamonds are taking off for a Stateswide trek with another
two piece, NYC lo-fi love- rock duo Pigeons.
Drummer/vocalist Nisa Venerosa and keyboardist Jarrod
Zlatic have been playing together for more than five years
now, and their musical bond has grown deep and expansive,
but not exactly harmonious. They make music full of lulling repetition, but there’s always an
undercurrent of friction that propels the songs forward.
Released in Australia by Chapter Music, with a vinyl version emerging on Philadelphia label Siltbreeze,
Fabulous Diamonds II at least put a stop to the band’s habit of posting bad reviews on their Myspace,
because the international flood of reviews were embarrassingly positive.

For CMJ, they’re playing Chapter Music’s official showcase at Glasslands Gallery, in conjunction
with awesome New Jersey label Underwater Peoples. This latest tour comes after a 2008 US jaunt
with Times New Viking, which took in 26 dates in one month. In 2009 they were invited to perform at
Belgium’s Kraak Festival, and detoured to the UK, Holland, France, Switzerland, Portugal and Sweden.
In Australia the band have played with the likes of Deerhunter, Yeasayer, the Horrors, Akron Family,
Beach House and many more.
SHOWS
Oct 21
Oct 28
Nov 2
Nov 5
Nov 6
Nov 11
Nov 12
Nov 17
Nov 18
Nov 20
Nov 30
Glasslands, Gallery - Chapter Music/Underwater Peoples CMJ showcase (with Crayon
Fields, Andrew Cedermark, Air Waves, Guy Blackman and La Big Vic)
Union Pool, Brooklyn (with Pigeons and ElectroPutas)
Empty Bottle, Chicago (with Pigeons, Wet Hair and Running)
Club Med, Minneapolis, (with Pigeons, Wet Hair and Robust Worlds)
Hexagon Bar, Minneapolis (with Pigeons, Leisure Birds and Brute Heart)
The Business Records (instore), Anacortes
Josephine, Seattle (with Pigeons, Lori Goldston & Jaison Scott, Unfair Parents)
Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco (with Pigeons, Donovan Quinn & the 13th Month)
Echo Curio, Los Angeles (with Pigeons and Donovan Quinn (solo))
The Dressing Room, Phoenix (with Pigeons and Eddie Detroit)
Nightlight, Chapel Hill (with Pigeons)
GUY BLACKMAN
www.chaptermusic.com.au
www.myspace.com/guyblackman
Melbourne musician and label boss Guy Blackman has been at it since the
early 90s. His DIY-or-die record label Chapter Music was founded in 1992,
and he played his first show at the launch of a Sonic Youth tribute tape in
1993. But here he is in 2010, still plugging away.
In the intervening years, of course, Chapter music has grown to be one of
Australia’s best-respected independent labels. Its current stable includes fellow CMJ artists Crayon
Fields and Fabulous Diamonds, as well as Connecticut folk legend Kath Bloom and reformed 70s
synth-punk pioneers Primitive Calculators.
As a musician, meanwhile, Guy has toured the world many times over and played with such doyens of
the stage as Owen Pallett, Vashti Bunyan, Bill Callahan and Joanna Newsom.
His 2008 album Adult Baby featured a heartfelt duet sung with Swedish heartthrob Jens Lekman,
set in a men’s steambath, as well as cameos from members of the Dirty Three and Eddy Current
Suppression Ring.
This CMJ appearance is actually something of a vanity act, taking place at the Chapter Music/
Underwater Peoples showcase at Glasslands Gallery. It’s also his only US show, as he’ll be too busy
wearing the label boss hat to think much about his own music this time, even though that fact causes
some pangs of regret.
SHOWS
Oct 21
Glasslands Gallery, New York - Chapter Music/Underwater Peoples CMJ showcase (with Air
Waves, Andrew Cedermark, La Big Vic, Fabulous Diamonds and Guy Blackman)

LULUC
www.lulucmusic.com
The music of Luluc has become renowned for its unadorned beauty,
Luluc released their debut album Dear Hamlyn in summer of 2009
since the their music has been creating a quiet stir around the world:
“One of the most exquisite albums of the past year is the debut
album by Luluc. Pure, unadorned, plainspoken, a beautiful set of delicate folk songs.”
“Luluc’s new CD Dear Hamlyn has been on high rotation at my place for the last few weeks, and
will stay there for many more. The album has an almost majestic simplicity, with its evocative
lyrics ringing clearly over the calming, gentle instrumentation. This is one of those recordings that
demonstrates the truth of the old saying ‘less is more’.”
As well as numerous festival appearances in Canada and Australia, Luluc have shared stages with
Jose Gonzalez, Fleet Foxes and Lucinda Williams. Lucinda Williams describes Zoe as “the female
Nick Drake”.
Luluc’s music translates beautifully with moving pictures and already they have had songs appear in
Grey Anatomy, and Australian hit series East of Everything.
SHOWS
Oct 19
Oct 24
Living Room - Mood Indigo show
CMJ Wrap Party @ Cyber PR Headquarters (389, 12 th Street Brooklyn NY) @ 1 - 6pm
PAUL DEMPSEY
www.pauldempseymusic.com
Paul Dempsey is the principal songwriter, lead singer and
guitarist of Something For Kate, one of the most respected and
successful Australian bands to emerge over the past decade.
Having released five platinum and gold albums to date with
Something for Kate, amassing a staggering 13 Australian Record
Industry Award nominations, multiple Rolling Stone gongs for
best band, best album & best male vocalist along with countless sold out tours with everyone from
David Bowie to Death Cab for Cutie, Dempsey decided to step out on his own in 2009 releasing his
first solo album.
A departure from his work with Something for Kate, the album titled Everything is True is an intimate
and beautiful collection of evocative and cerebral folk- rock which showcases Paul’s unique and
multi-layered storytelling skills. From the delicate falsetto peaks of album opener, “Bats” to the
Dylanesque bar-room proclamations of “Safety in Numbness”, this is a deeply intelligent record with
a big heart.
Playing every instrument on the album himself, the album was co-produced by Paul and Wayne
Connolly (Youth Group, You Am I) and mixed by Doug Bohem (Elliot Smith) and was released to an
overwhelming response. Named Australian iTunes Album of the year, the album has garnered Paul
multiple awards and nominations from ARIA, Rolling Stone, Triple J, The Age, debuted in the Top 5
and has since achieved gold status.
Paul Dempsey has recently taken up residence in New York and is playing regularly.

‘A Triumph’ **** The Australian
‘Contender for album of the year’ **** The Age
‘Its hard to imagine him ever producing another record more inclusive and satisfying than this’ ****
Rolling Stone
‘His vocals are so exquisitely relaxed and honest that his stories shine through brilliantly’ **** JMag
‘Everything is True is brimming with beauty and intelligence’ **** The Mag
‘Refined acoustic pop from one of our leading craftsmen’ **** The West Australian
‘Dempsey is a gifted observer of the human condition..a truly beautiful collection’**** The Daily
Telegraph
‘Paul Dempsey is trying to do it all. And he’s winning’ - Inpress
‘The tally for genius lyrics per second is positively baffling...eleven excellent reasons to acquaint
yourself with one of Australia’s finest songwriters’ - Beat
SHOWS
Oct 22
Oct 24
Rockwood Music Hall @ 8pm
CMJ Wrap Party @ Cyber PR Headquarters (389, 12 th Street Brooklyn NY) @ 1 - 6pm
PHDJ (PURPLE SNEAKERS DJS)
www.purplesneakersdjs.com
PhDJ is a DJ dude, business dude, dance music producer dude,
and an all round party dude. His real name is Martin Novosel
and he is the founder of indie club brand Purple Sneakers,
and is the owner of record label, artist management, events,
and tastemaker company Boundary Sounds. However also as
one of the Purple Sneakers DJs he is one of Australia’s highest
profile DJs, and is a pioneer for a generation of left-of-centre
party-goers and music lovers.
Born from the womb of Sydney’s longest running, iconic indie club, Purple Sneakers; the Purple
Sneakers DJs strive to mix guitar-based indie hits into dancefloor destroying tracks. They’re proof
that just because you play indie you don’t have to suck as a DJ – as Australian dance music authority
InTheMix puts it “those Purple Sneakers cats can really fucking mix!”.
While the Purple Sneakers DJs wear their indie hearts on their sleeve they’re more than capable at
grabbing other genres by the balls and smashing them into a million indie sized pieces.
PhDJs stylistic flexibility has been demonstrated at the numerous support slots he’s played on his
own, including Grizzly Bear, La Roux, Santigold, Ratatat, Bloc Party, Miike Snow, The Presets, The
Rapture, and The Kills. As well as with his party mates the Purple Sneakers DJs at large festivals
like Splendour In the Grass, Field Day, Big Day Out, Falls Festival, Playground Weekender, Good
Vibrations, Parklife national tour and plenty more.
SHOWS
Oct 18 West Rocks, Webster Hall (Studio entrance), Manhattan, NYC
Oct 22 Cantora Records Showcase, Bowery Electric, Manhattan, NYC
Oct 22 Un-CMJ Show, Surreal Estate Warehouse, Brooklyn, NYC
Oct 23 IrockIroll.com Showcas, The Delancey, Manhattan, NYC
Oct 23 West Rocks, Bowery Electric, Manhattan, NYC

PHILADELPHIA GRAND JURY
www.philadelphiagrandjury.com
Forget haircuts, forget NME, forget your ex-girlfriend - this is
Philadelphia Grand Jury. All grit and all heart, MC Bad Genius
and Berkfinger’s brand of Indie Punk Soul is painfully honest and
heavily based in melody.
Joined by an array of completely mental drummers over the
years, the one thing that will never change is that if you go to see
the Philadelphia Grand Jury show, you will definitely come back
for another.
In an age where everything is plastic and you have to pay to take a piss, these guys are real and no
bullshit. The Philadelphia Grand Jury model is simple: own your own means of production and never
compromise.
If someone tells you how to make your music, they are probably from a record label and they
probably won’t have a job next year. If the record label had a nose we would punch it in. Philadelphia
Grand Jury make their own records on their own terms scraping together whatever tools they can
find and they aren’t leaving until you pay attention.
SHOWS
Oct 19
Oct 20
Oct 21
Oct 22
Oct 23
Oct 23
Oct 23
Oct 26
T.T. The Bear’s, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sennheiser Official CMJ Showcase, Le Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, NYC
Milk Studios, Manhattan, NYC
Un-CMJ Show, Surreal Estate Warehouse, Brooklyn, NYC
Music Snobbery Showcase, The Living Room, Manhattan, NYC
IrockIroll.com Showcase, The Delancey, Manhattan, NYC
West Rocks @ Bowery Electric, Manhattan, NYC
The Viper Room, Los Angeles
PVT (Formerly ‘Pivot’)
pvtpvt.net
When Warp Records founder Steve Beckett signed an
unknown band from Sydney in early 2008, based on the
strength of their album ‘O Soundtrack My Heart’ - a seething
instrumental mass of post-punk guitars, brutal drums and
bass-heavy electronics - you could forgive him for being a
little taken aback when only 18 months later they returned to his office with the follow up – ‘Church
With No Magic’, a new vocal-lead direction for the band, and arguably one of the most ambitious
experimental rock records to ever come out their native Australia.
‘Church With No Magic’ builds upon the anthemic synth-driven instrumental movements for which
PVT is renowned, along with the power of their visceral live shows. The sound has been brilliantly
tempered and expanded by the trio into brooding, melancholic experimental pop - an amalgam of
rock synthesis, propulsive rhythms and huge melodic strength.
The release of ‘Church With No Magic’ coincides with a change to the band’s name, from Pivot to PVT.
The change was a necessary one, the result of an unexpected legal claim from a band in the United
States that used the same name.
With ‘Church With No Magic’, PVT has undergone a literal and sonic transformation. It’s a truly
modern-sounding album that takes their music in directions both challenging and more accessible.

“There’s pop elements on Church With No Magic, but its integration into the band’s electronically
damaged sound is what makes them succeed. They’ve run out of letters to remove from their name,
but PVT are just getting started when it comes to good ideas.” PITCHFORK
“Brilliantly ambitious... bravely genre-defying...Church with No Magic has alchemy in spades” 8/10
NME
“PVT don’t cower at the feet of their influences so much as stand shoulder to shoulder with them.
They may be Pivot no more, but they’re turning heads - and for all the right reasons.” **** TIMEOUT
“PVT: Band to Watch.” STEREOGUM
“Church With No Magic’ oozes tone and seepes ethereal textures like a leaking roof. A hit from
dystopia’s jukebox.” 9/10 LOUD + QUIET
“I can’t stop listening to this.” INPRESS
“...what PVT does so wonderfully is extract the heart of electronic music...’Church With No Magic’
solidifies PVT as one of Australia’s most inventive bands” JMAG
“Beautiful, transcendent and elemental, PVT reminds us they don’t wait for permission before taking
the plunge.” DRUM MEDIA
“The combination of the famously incredible drumming with the confident and forward synth
bass and dreamy, hallucinogenic guitar is augmented perfectly by the tone colour of Richard Pike’s
vocals.” THE BRAG (ALBUM OF THE WEEK)
SHOWS
Oct 20
Oct 21
Oct 21
Oct 22
Sneak Attack Day Party - The Delancey @ 2.15pm
AOL Day Party - AOL studios (770 Broadway) @ 3pm
Official CMJ Showcase - Bowery Ballroom @ 8pm
Red Eye Day Party - Bowery Electric @ 2.15pm
SHERLOCK’S DAUGHTER
myspace.com/sherlocksdaughter
“Sherlock’s Daughter employ lush, speckled, swooping, diving
slurpscapes that echo the snuggle-crackle of bands like
Animal Collective and Broadcast, but with a poppier streak
that aligns them with the sunniest of nu-indie.” Village Voice
“A woodsy, synth-backed sound powered by Horo’s whispery
Nina Persson-esque vocals and an almost aboriginal backbeat,
they should have some staying power. Thurston Moore even namechecked them as a band to watch
in an interview last Friday with NPR.” Interview Magazine
Since their debut performance in the US during 2009’s CMJ Music Festival in New York City,
Sherlock’s Daughter have encountered a series of wonderfully surreal events that most bands can
only dream of. Since touching down in New York City last October, the band have been a relentless
musical force. Directly from the airport, Sherlock’s Daughter played their first CMJ showcase in the
States, luggage and equipment in tow with a response so overwhelming, the band decided to make
the most of their visas and stayed in the country until the end of the year.
Shortly soon after, Sherlock’s Daughter were invited to perform a weekly residency in the reputable
Lower East Side haunt, Piano’s -- an opportunity that led a certain Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
to stumble upon the band and consequentially, former producer and good friend John Agnello who
quickly fell for the band as well, becoming a regular attendee at the bands’ weekly gigs.
Born from a late-night revelation on a stormy Sydney shore down under, front woman Tanya Horo
weaves the fantasy worlds of Sherlock Holmes inspired sepia-tinged memories with fleeting colonial
adventures, pagan ceremonies and ornate impressions. Bridging the gap between insanity and

parable, together, this five-piece knit together a heaving experience of heavy dream pop through
shifting frames of multi-instrumentation. The music is replete with diverse elements such as live
video game tweaks, percussive sandpaper, echoing handclaps, marimba, sampled rhythmic scenes
and sweet, complex harmonies.
After being invited to support heavy weights such at The Temper Trap, School of Seven Bells, and
Metric the band decided to relocate to New York City after playing a string of highly profiled and well
recieved showcases during 2010’s SXSW in Austin, Texas, leading the band to promptly settle in the
studio with John Agnello, to begin working on their full length debut album (due early 2011).
During their brief time living in the US, the band has since shared the stage with acts like Freelance
Whales, Warpaint, Class Actress and recently wrapped up their first national tour with The
Charlatans UK.
Check out the bands myspace for details of their upcoming CMJ appearances.
SHOWS
Oct 23
Oct 23
Oct 24
Pianos - Flower Booking Agency Showcase
The Living Room - Music Snobbery Showcase
CMJ Wrap Party @ Cyber PR Headquarters (389, 12 th Street Brooklyn NY) @ 1 - 6pm
THE JEZABELS
www.thejezabels.com
Few bands have made more of the past 12 months than
Sydney quartet The Jezabels.
Since releasing their second EP, She’s So Hard, in
November 2009, the four-piece have toured Australia
supporting Tegan & Sara and appearing at festivals nationally, sharing bills with Sunny Day real
Estate, Paramore, The Black Keys, Ladyhawke, Frightened Rabbit, Neil Young & The Prodigy amongst
countless others, and as headliners in their own right (selling out shows nationally in the process).
They’ve watched “Hurt Me”, the lead single from She’s So Hard, receive heavy rotation on radio & TV
in Australia, a feat also achieved by its follow-up, “Easy To Love”.
These tracks also achieved substantial rotation on US college radio, with “Hurt Me” charting as the #3
most added track on the CMJ chart, finally peaking at #31 on the CMJ Top 200 chart and charting at
over 60 stations nationally and official rotation at over 160 stations.
The band’s new EP, Dark Storm, (the third and final instalment in the EP trilogy) is released October
1 st . Having already been added to high rotation on Triple J in Australia and across the board on Radar
Radio, it will be serviced to US college in the first week of October.
SHOWS
Oct 21 CMJ College Day, (Sounds Australia “2 For the Show”case), NYU @ 1pm
Oct 21 Union Hall, Brooklyn @ 1am
Oct 22 Piano’s, New York @ 6.15pm
Oct 23 Fat Baby
Oct 26 Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto
Oct 28 The Republik, Calgary (with Two Hours Traffic)
Oct 30 Pit Pub, Vancouver University of BC (with Two Hours Traffic)
Nov 2 The Slice Bar & Grill, Lethbridge (with Two Hours Traffic)

Nov 3
Nov 4
Nov 5
Nov 6
The Starlite Room, Edmonton (with Two Hours Traffic)
The Exchange, Regina (with Two Hours Traffic)
Amigo’s, Saskatoon (with Two Hours Traffic)
The Royal Albert Arms, Winnipeg (with Two Hours Traffic)
THE LITTLE STEVIES
www.thelittlestevies.com
Melbourne folk-pop darlings The Little Stevies have built a
reputation as a must-see live act all over the land down under,
drawing loyal, Little Stevie-loving fans wherever they go.
Their stage presence is mesmerizing, their banter witty and
unpredictable, and their songs beautifully honest with a craft
beyond their years.
While still in high school, sisters Sibylla and Bethany and their childhood friend Robin formed a band
as an outlet for their burgeoning songwriting. As their experience and sound grew so did the band,
with drummer Josh joining early in 2009. Thus, The Little Stevies were born.
The band are working away in an LA studio for most of September this year, recording album number
two with producer Ethan Allen (Tim Finn, Brant Bjork, Kristin Hersh). They then head off on a small
run of shows across the US and Canada, including showcases in Nashville, Toronto, at the OCFF in
Ottawa, and New York’s CMJ.
“The Little Stevies embody happiness; the music is refreshing, sunny, endearing and possesses that
rare quality that connects you to a certain song. I challenge all of you to not to be glowing after seeing
them play.”
SHOWS
Oct 7
Oct 10
Oct 13
Oct 15
Oct 16
Oct 18
Oct 19
Oct 21
Oct 25
Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, California (supporting Colin Hay)
Bluebird Café, Nashville
The Rivoli,Toronto, Canada
OCFF Conference , Ottawa, Canada
OCFF Conference, Ottawa, Canada
Banjo Jim’s,New York City
Rockwood Music Hall, New York - CMJ Showcase
P&G Bar & Grill, New York
Hotel Café, Los Angeles
VOLTAIRE TWINS
www.myspace.com/voltairetwins
So far 2010 has been a colourful year for Australian synthpop
act Voltaire Twins. The brother-sister combo recently
caught the eye of French tastemaker label Kitsuné, who
released their single D.I.L. (JBAG remix) worldwide on the
Kitsuné x Ponystep worldwide release.
With iTunes adding the duo to their Hotly Tipped For 2010 compilation, the pair, who are already
regular features in the blogosphere, have exploded in a swarm of internet hype.
Having performed at a slew of Australian summer festivals, the duo have completed a couple of
national tours and are currently busy writing and producing a full-length follow up to their critically
acclaimed Cabin Fever EP, released online in June 2010.

Voltaire Twins have supported Ladytron (UK), Walter Meego (US) Maximo Park (UK) and Art vs
Science on recent tours and have also played on bigger bills with Vampire Weekend, Florence and
The Machine, The XX, Peaches, Tegan & Sara, Goldfrapp, Yelle and Metronomy.
Onstage, Voltaire Twins sing, dance, hit things and play a range of synths. Along with friend Matt on
the drums, the twins create a spectacular scene, bursting with frenzied vigor, rendering audiences
everywhere incapable of standing still.
SHOWS
Oct 21
Oct 22
CMJ College Day, (Sounds Australia “2 For the Show”case), NYU @ 1pm
Ace of Clubs @ 12am
WASHINGTON
www.washingtonmusic.com.au
She weighs half as much as her keyboard but she could punch out
your Dad.
Yes, she is a female singer songwriter…but she’s not shy and
retreating or cute. BUT: she’s not 10 tons of slut in a mini skirt and
nipple tape, belly dancing on a crucifix.
Her voice will stop you in your tracks. It brings grown men to tears
on live television (seriously). It soars, then falters, then soars again
and it is full of sorrow even when it is full of joy (soft, broken, soaring,
sorrow, spitting, sneering, smiling etc etc etc). And she can dance.
She grew up in Papua New Guinea, so she is a wild girl that knows
which tree has water in its trunk, but she speaks French and wears
couture even though she can’t afford groceries.
She was triple j Unearthed. She’s the Vanda and Young Song Writing Competition Winner. She’s an
APRA Ambassador. She now has 6 ARIA nominations and a Gold Record under her belt.
She made an album called “I Believe You Liar” and it’s not like other records. It’s better and it’s hard
to tell why exactly. They’re all pop songs but not like you think. They are really, REALLY wordy twisty
complicated key changing sons of bitches that you’d have to go to music school for 6 years to play
(she did) but after they’re done you can remember every chorus and every hook, and on the second
listen you may be able to sing back most of the words.
“I knew as soon as I heard Megan choosing not to rhyme “Clementine” with “wine” that here was
someone unpredictable. Australia, you have a new and original troubadour to lift your spirits and
warm your hearts.” Tim Finn (Crowded House / Split Enz)
SHOWS
Oct 19 Pianos (Upstairs)
Oct 22 Studio

Contact:
Millie Millgate
+61 (0) 410 306 557
mmillgate@apra.com.au