Mistletone

Artwork by Paul Mcneil

SPUNK TONES: Saturday January 12 @ A&I Hall, Bangalow feat. Beach House, Sharon Van Etten, Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders, Wintercoats and Bored Nothing. Tickets on sale now from Oztix or at Barebones Art Space (44 Byron Street  Bangalow), All Music & Vision (Ballina, Lismore).

Mistletone and Spunk Records are blissed to announce Spunk Tones, a celebration of good music in the exceptional surrounds of the historic A & I Hall in the picturesque heritage village of Bangalow, northern NSW. This is a very rare chance to see Beach House in a small venue, headlining a magical lineup including a solo performance by Sharon Van Etten. Tickets are very limited so don’t snooze on this one!

Beach House fell in love with the north coast when they played Mullumbimby’s Civic Hall in ‘11 and enjoyed some downtime from their tour, enjoying all that the coast had to offer. We at Mistletone & spunk share that love for the north, and have joined forces for Spunk Tones – a mini-festival at Bangalow’s A&I Hall which promises to be one of “those” shows that you’ll reminisce about in years to come.

Visiting Australia in the wake of their majestic fourth album, Bloom, Baltimore’s Beach House are sublime live performers. Bloom offers a unified vision of the world – revealing the frightening, temporary and beautiful reality of existence via the endless wash of Victoria Legrand’s famed voice, and their trade-mark heaven high melodies.

Singer, songwriter, and incredibly captivating performer, Sharon Van Etten is nothing short of indie rock royalty. Produced by The National’s Bryce Dessner, her newest album, Tramp features collaborators Zach Condon of Beirut, Julianna Barwick and Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner. Fragile and affecting, Sharon’s compelling voice will take center stage in this rare solo performance – her first-ever north coast appearance.

Reassembling The Dreamlanders for one night only, Jack Ladder heads north for the first time in a long time – having spent the second half of 2012 writing brand new material, touring through America and showcasing on the CMJ Festival.

One-man chamber-pop orchestra Wintercoats brings his solo symphony to A&I Hall for the first time. The project of Melbourne’s James Wallace, his gorgeous sound was summed up by Inpress as “loop-driven contours and vocal-less passages of soundtrack-y beauty neatly encapsulate what manages to sound like an entire universe”.

Performing from their newly released album, Bored Nothing will officially open proceedings. A Melbourne four-piece who mix and match shoegaze and sludge-metal, loner folk and riot girl, their nostalgic sound has been described by triple j’s Zan Rowe as “hook filled, sun blazed, slacker jams”.

Tickets for Spunk Tones will be available this Friday November 9 from Barebones Art Space (44 Byron Street  Bangalow), All Music & Vision (Ballina, Lismore) and Oztix.com.au.