September News 2012

Welcome to Undercover Music News for September 2012!

This month’s edition of Undercover Radio features Antenna, The Lovetones, Russell Morris, Gary Shearston, Kym Pitman, The Davidson Brothers, Bruce Watson, Danny Spooner, Fiddlers Feast & Projekt Inertia’s ‘Breaking The Silence’ from their Beatport Chart topping album We Believe In Now.

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Forte - Golden Fiddlers

[From Trad & Now’s Lindsay Mar] Congratulations to The Davidson Brothers whose ‘Hunter Valley Breakdown’ is the lead track on FORTE – Golden Fiddlers (RRR44) an album of strung-out mayhem featuring Four Play, Marcy Taylor, CODA, Fiddlers Feast, Cin Cin, Mykl Lozin, Dirty Lucy and more... for their nomination for the 2012 Bluegrass Music Awards “Emerging Artist of the Year”.

The 2012 award winners will be announced at the Sep 27 International Bluegrass Music Awards Show at the historical Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee – often described as the mother church of country music.

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Fiddlers Feast

The new Fiddlers Feast album is in the pipeline. Marcus Holden has finished the track laying and begun mixing.

It has been a mammoth job but Marcus says “he is very happy with the results”.

Stay tuned...

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Russell Morris

Still rockin’ after all these years Russell Morris joins Noiseworks, Marcia Hines, Mi-Sex, Dragon and many more for the 10th Anniversary of LONG WAY TO THE TOP concerts next month.

It has been a decade since the record-breaking Long Way to the Top rock music extravaganza blazed its way around Australia. Over two hundred thousand ecstatic Australian fans reveled in the opportunity to relive the music that defined their generations. In October, proving you can't keep a good thing down, 17 legends of Australian rock will reunite for the A Long Way to the Top 10th Anniversary Concert.

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Gary Shearston

Gary Shearston’s forthcoming double album The Great Australian Groove is set for an October release on Rouseabout Records.

Recorded and mixed by Restless Music’s Roger Ilott, The Great Australian Groove will be Gary’s 15th full length album and his fourth released on Rouseabout Records.

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Kym Pitman

Check out Kathryn Edwards’ excellent review of Million Star Hotel available here.

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Stand Up & Shout!

STAND UP & SHOUT! (RRR43) brings together some of Australia's most talented songwriters and singers who all have something to shout about including Bruce Watson & Danny Spooner who are both confirmed to appear at the Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival which takes place on October 19-21.

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Antenna

The Melbourne Review’s Phil Kakulas describes Antenna’s Come On Spring as ‘something of a lost gem’. Released in 1998, it was the product of a collaboration between ex-Scientist/Beast of Bourbon/Surrealist Kim Salmon, chief Hoodoo Guru Dave Faulkner and Stuart McCarthy and Justin Frew of techno/house outfit Southend – the latter best known for their dance floor mash-up of IOC chairman Juan Antonio Samaranch’s announcement that the host of the 2000 Olympics would be ‘Syd-er-ney’. 

This collision of alternate musical universes, guaranteed to offend both rock and dance purists alike, produced one album, Installation, and its remarkable first single, Come On Spring – a lovechild of disparate musical styles that sounds as fresh and vital as the season it describes. Check out the full review here.

Well the alternative classic is lost no more with Yep! Records’ digital release this month. The song sounds as fresh as the day it was written as does the b side ‘Paris To Dacca’ which was the first track Antenna recorded.

Watch Antenna performing ‘Come On Spring’ live on ABC TV’s ‘Recovery’
plus check out the original video.

Installation will follow in October and will be accompanied by a brand new video mash-up of 10-4 conceived and edited by Gary Hillberg.

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The Lovetones

Beat Magazine’s Krystal Maynard suggests “The Lovetones latest release is a fantastic introduction to the band's back catalogue and at a time where psychedelic rock is experiencing a resurgence, it's seems apt that the youth look to bands who have been playing it for over a decade. Provenance is a well-rounded release; and a reminder of the wealth of Australian bands that too often get forgotten about.”

Matthew J Tow shares some lovely details with The Process Records about his accomplishments and his experiences of ten years of music with his amazing band, The Lovetones here.

The album can be heard in its entirety on Undercover Music’s SoundCloud and features all their classic pop masterpieces & loads more including a bonus DVD filmed by Moshcam at the Metro in Sydney.

Congratulations to Biddy & Sonny at We Buy Your Kids for their fantastic artwork which has been nominated for 'Best Cover Art' at this year's ARIA Awards. The duo scored further nominations for The Laurels & Alison Wonderland.

Meanwhile The Lovetones cover of ‘The Party’s Over’ for The Spirit of Talk Talk tribute album is highlighted on The Project’s Facebook site.

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Jim Low

1. Wednesday 3rd October, Concert Presentation, Emu Plains, NSW
2. Saturday 20th October, The Carrington, Katoomba, NSW
3. Sunday 21st October, House Concert @ Sutherland, NSW

Russell Morris

1. Friday 5th October, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC
2. Saturday 6th October, Sydney Entertainment Centre, NSW
3. Tuesday 9th October, Newcastle Entertainment Centre, NSW
4. Friday 12th October, Brisbane Entertainment Centre, QLD