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Hello and welcome to Mistletone’s Spring Notes with the latest happenings in Mistletone land.

Mistletone presents for the first time in Australia and direct from Toronto, Holy Fuck. Known for their interstellar live performances and chaotic yet precise recordings, Holy Fuck don’t hide behind laptop computers and walls of synthesisers – think of them as a celebration of lo-fi noise and weirdo casio-driven rock. One might say that if modern electronic music is a highly sophisticated robot operated by hi-tech computers, Holy Fuck are the evil counterpart. They are less of a modern indie rock band than they are an exploded diagram of an indie rock band, splitting open to reveal their organic guts, tangled wires and broken bits of drumsticks. Their reputation as a must-see live band is TOTALLY deserved.

HOLY FUCK NATIONAL TOUR DATES
Melbourne – Wednesday December 10: 3RRR presents Holy Fuck @ The Corner w/ Love Of Diagrams.
Tickets $38+BF on sale from The Corner.
Sydney – Thursday December 11: FBi presents Holy Fuck @ The Annandale Hotel w/ special guests.
Tickets $38+BF on sale from The Annandale.
Meredith – Friday December 12 @ Meredith Music Festival.
Holy Fuck onstage around 2am, Friday night/Saturday morning.
Brisbane – Saturday December 13 @ The Zoo w/ special guests.
Tickets $38+BF on sale from The Zoo.

Mistletone is very proud to announce the first ever Australian tour by Lucky Dragons. Lucky Dragons is the brainchild of Los Angeles savant Luke Fischbeck, who together with collaborator Sarah Rara will tour Australia for the first time. Mistletone has just released Dream Island Laughing Language, the 19th release by Lucky Dragons which details the continuing pursuit of a humble and ecstatic, drippy and explosive, smoldering and upset music. Lucky Dragons’ legendary live performances strive to create a space where community and memory and ritual and perspective all come together as a crystal and then vibrate and shatter. Dream Island Laughing Language by Lucky Dragons is out now on Mistletone.

LUCKY DRAGONS NATIONAL TOUR DATES:
SYDNEY Thu Oct 2 Paddington Uniting Church: Mistletone & Woody present MOUNT EERIE (USA) + + Lucky Dragons + Pikelet. All ages show.Tickets $30 + BF from Moshtix.
BRISBANE Fri Oct 3 Open Frame Festival @ Brisbane Powerhouse. All ages show.
NEWCASTLE Sat Oct 4 Sound Summit.
MELBOURNE Sun Oct 5 Spring Tones @ The Tote with Sly Hats, Hi God People, Aleks & the Ramps, The Motifs, Always, Kes, Super Melody + DJs. Tickets $20 +BF from The Tote front bar, Polyester, Missing Link, Greville, Corner Box Office tel: 9427 9198 or online.
MELBOURNE Tue Oct 7 Mistletone + Woody present @ Triple R Live Performance Space with MOUNT EERIE (USA) + Lucky Dragons + Fabulous Diamonds. All ages show. Tickets $25 +BF online or at Polyester (city & Fitzroy).

Mistletone is proud to release the debut album by High Places, aka Mary Pearson and Rob Barber from Brooklyn. High Places’ self-titled debut was recorded by Rob and Mary in their apartment in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood between January and May of 2008. They employed a wide variety of instruments to make this album ranging from the more traditional: 12 string guitar, banjo, shakers and rattles, bass, bells and Kalimba, to the inventive: plastic bags, mixing bowls, wood blocks and other common household objects. The album has a contemplative and organic lyrical tone emphasized by the themes of goodness manifested in nature, hardship and wonder as necessities to human existence and growth. Additionally, the idea of maturation and development is further accented through the recurring mention of trees and their extending, enveloping branches. Watch out for a High Places tour in early 2009! High Places release date is September 27 and vinyl will be available soon on our website.

The next Mistletone release is Delays by cracked pop fuzzbox Mark Barrage (release date October 4). Melbourne artiste Mark Barrage makes a nervy sound tonic, equal parts pop music EQd to breaking point and midnight crucifix synth-kraut. Three years in the making, Delays finds the dissonant electronic songster shift from the overtly lyrical, heartbreak-obsessed territory of his debut into realms of hard sound, dance timings, band-ish arrangements and bleary-eyed nighttime sensation. Straddling the twin influences of electronic music and underground rock, Delays is a Morphean album in the spirit of Australia’s Severed Heads, the classic Komische groups and hard-art overseas labels Human Ear Music and Sacred Bones.

Beaches are Antonia Sellbach, Alison Bolger, Ali McCann, Gill Tucker and Karla Way: a psychedelic overdrive wall-of-guitar supergroup par excellence. The debut self titled album by Beaches was recorded by Jack Farley in Melbourne and mastered by Bob Weston in Chicago and will be released by Mistletone on Nov 1. It is KILLER! Beaches have just been announced to play Meredith Music Festival and will be launching the album in November. Stay tuned!

Thanks to everyone who came to Beach House‘s sold out shows around Australia and helped make this tour so very special. They beguiled and enchanted their every audience and we will be bringing them back here as soon as possible! Look out for a Beach House 7″ single in October.

Kes Band have been recording an awesome instrumental album which will see the light of day early next year. Meantime, Kes Band and Kes solo have a bunch of live dates coming up around Australia in the next two months so watch this space for details and don’t miss one of this country’s most consistently awe inspiring live bands.

Mistletone is very excited to be releasing the super rad new album by most excellent indie pop Melbourne trio Panel of Judges in November. Launch details to follow!

Mistletone tours coming up in early 2009 include El Guincho, Dan Deacon and High Places… this makes us very happy.

fondly yours,

sophie & ash