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Happy birthday to us! Mistletone has just turned 5 years old, and spring is almost sprung into summer. Hope you can join us at a Mistletone happening soon! good times to be had by all!

TOURING: HTRK

HTRK‘s homecoming tour has begun with a sold out & rapturously received club show in Melbourne. The duo’s upcoming shows in Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne will serve as the official launches of their amazing album Work (work, work), out now on CD and deluxe limited edition vinyl in all good record stores, and on mail order.

HTRK TOUR DATES:

NEWCASTLE: Wednesday, November 23 @ Emma Soup Gallery (Emma Soup 1st birthday celebration) with In the Dollhouse + Stitched Vision. Tickets $15 + booking fee on sale now from Oztix. 7pm start. All ages.

SYDNEY: Thursday, November 24 @ Goodgod Small Club with Lost Animal + Kirin J. Callinan. Tickets on sale now from Moshtix. * SELLING FAST!

MELBOURNE: Friday, November 25 @ St Michael’s Uniting Church, corner Collins & Russell Sts: Labels Live showcase curated by Mistletone to celebrate the label’s 5th birthday & presented by Melbourne Music Week. Featuring HTRK, Beaches, The Orbweavers, Montero & Wintercoats. Tickets on sale now from Moshtix. 7pm start. All ages.

BRISBANE: Saturday, November 26 @ The Bridge Club with Lakes, Secret Birds, Nite Fields. Doors open 7pm. Tickets $18 + booking fee on sale now from Oztix. Presented by Mistletone, The Thousands and 4ZZZ.

• “HTRK have returned with a decidely minimal, and introspective album. Where previous recordings pulsed with slow, sinuous basslines and guitar-driven arrangements, Work (Work, Work) finds its claustrophobic structure in layered synths, indistinct and evocative lyrics and skeletal drum machine patterns.” – TRIPLE R ALBUM OF THE WEEK

TOURING: DAEDELUS

Mistletone proudly presents Daedelus, dignitary of the LA beat scene, full time musician and part time dandy. An uber-inspiring experimental music producer, Daedelus is currently signed to the Ninja Tune label but has released material on labels such as Mush, Big Dada, Soul Jazz, Stones Throw, Alpha Pup, Brainfeeder and Warp. He is also a founding DJ at the internet radio station Dublab and creates music from orchestral samples, funky breakbeats, and anything else that strikes his fancy.

DAEDELUS TOUR DATES:

BRISBANE: Wednesday, November 23 @ Bridge Club with Outerwaves (EP Launch), Tincture, Dot.AY vs Rubijaq + Dank Morass DJs. Tickets on sale from Moshtix. Presented by Silo Arts and Mistletone.

MELBOURNE: Thursday, November 24: Racket @ Kubik Melbourne (Lower Terrace, Birrarung Marr) with Qua. Presented by Melbourne Music Week, Marksthespot, Racket Sound, Art, Experiments. Starts. 7pm. Tickets & more info here.

SYDNEY: Friday, November 25 @ Goodgod Small Club with special guests Collarbones and Galapagoose. Tickets on sale now from Moshtix.

MELBOURNE: Saturday, November 26: DJ Kidz Party @ ArtPlay with Spoonbill + VJ John Power. Presented by Melbourne Music Week as part of the DJ Kidz program. Ticketing details & more information here.

PERTH: Saturday, November 26 @ The Bakery with special guests Collarbones, Diger Rokwell, Ben M and Clunk. Tickets on sale now from heatseeker / now baking, Planet Video, 78 Records, Mills Records and Star Surf. Presented by Life Is Noise.

MELBOURNE: Sunday, November 27 @ RAOBGAB with special guests Collarbones and Galapagoose + DJ Mack Daddy Albino Dwarf. Tickets on sale now from Moshtix.

• “A composer, a performer, an inventor. That’s what I really strive to be, and of the Victorian era, arguably the ultimate age of invention. Going from horse power to horsepower.That is from horse to steam to gas.” – ALFRED DARLINGTON (DAEDELUS)

TOURING: KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS

Having sold out Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory and The Corner in Melbourne, Mistletone proudly present by popular demand, two extra shows by Kurt Vile & the Violators in Melbourne and Sydney. This massively anticipated tour is now only 2 weeks away! It’s been a stellar year for Kurt Vile; he’s just followed up his sensational album Smoke Ring For My Halo (surely one of the albums of this year) with a new six song EP, So Outta Reach (both out locally through Remote Control). Whet your appetite, here’s Kurt performing a beautiful version of Baby’s Arms for La Blogotheque Take Away Show.

KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS TOUR DATES:

PERTH: Saturday December 3 @ The Bakery with special guests Split Seconds and The Long Lost Brothers. Tickets on sale from lifeisnoise.com, Now Baking, Heatseeker, 78 Records, Mills and Planet. Presented by Mistletone, Life Is Noise, The Thousands, RTR & Drum Media.

MELBOURNE: Sunday December 4 @ The Corner with special guests Fabulous Diamonds + Chook Race. Presented by Mistletone, Triple R, Inpress and The Thousands. This show is now sold out.

MELBOURNE: Monday December 5 @ Northcote Social Club with special guests Twerps and Montero. Doors 7:30pm. Tickets on sale now from the venue.

SYDNEY: Tuesday December 6 @ Oxford Art Factory with special guests Royal Headache and Step-Panther. Presented by Mistletone, Drum Media and The Thousands. This show is now sold out.

SYDNEY: Wednesday December 7 @ Red Rattler Theatre, Marrickville with Circle Pit + special guests to be announced. Doors open 7:30pm. Tickets on sale now from Moshtix.

BRISBANE: Thursday December 8 @ Woodland with Blank Realm. Tickets on sale now from Moshtix. Presented by Mistletone, Happy Endings, The Thousands, Street Press Australia & 4zzz.

TOURING: DAN DEACON ENSEMBLE

DAN DEACON is returning to Australia, and this time he’s bringing his ensemble. No amount of text can describe how amazing this will be! Dan had already gained notoriety on the American DIY music circuit for his spastic and bizarre solo-electronic performances by the time his album Spiderman of the Rings (Mistletone, 2007) established him as a noise-pop songsmith. Dan followed Spiderman with the dense, sprawling Bromst in 2009. All those who participated in Dan’s incredible performances on his previous solo tours for Laneway, Golden Plains and Summer Tones will never forget them; and even as his live shows became larger-scale and less intimate, Dan has never lessened his emphasis on audience participation.The Dan Deacon Ensemble lineup features Denny Bowen (Double Dagger) on drums, Dave Jacober (Dope Body) on drums/mallets, Chester Gwazda (Nuclear Power Pants, producer of Bromst & Dan’s forthcoming album) on synths/computers and Jordan Casey (Zomes) on synths.

DAN DEACON TOUR DATES:

MARION BAY, TAS: Falls Festival, 29th Dec – 1st January.

ADELAIDE: Fri 6th January @ Adelaide Festival Centre, Space Theatre. Doors 10pm, all ages. Tickets on sale now.

BUSSELTON, WA: Southbound Festival, 7th & 8th January.

SYDNEY: Wed 11th January @ Sydney Festival w/- John Maus @ Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Keystone Festival Bar, Sydney. Tickets on sale now from from the Sydney Festival website.

BRISBANE: Thu 12th January @ Woodland w/- John Maus and Toy Balloon. Tickets on sale now from Oztix.

MELBOURNE: Fri 13th January @ Mistletone Fright Night w/- John Maus, Rat vs Possum, Jonti, Montero and Parking Lot Experiments. Door prizes galore for the most frightful costumes! Tickets $35 + booking fee on sale now from The Corner Box Office.

TOURING: JOHN MAUS

Hypnagogic, hypnotic, mind and life altering; John Maus makes music that taps into melancholic fantasy, and affirms that we are all truly alive. His groundbreaking new album We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves (released on one of our fave labels ever, Upset The Rhythm, distro’d locally through Inertia) has been one of the iconic records of 2011. The confrontation of punk, the fleeting poignancy of 80s movie soundtracks, the insistent pulse of Moroder and the spirituality of Medieval and Baroque music all find salvation in John Maus. It’s a world where the Germs jam with Jerry Goldsmith, Cabaret Voltaire relocate to Eternia and Josquin des Prez writes a new score for RoboCop. Questing synthesisers, tensely strung bass lines and chasing drum machines provide the perfect backdrop for John’s deeply resonant reverb-drenched vocal. John comes to Australia for the first time from his birthplace of Austin, Minnesota, where is working towards his PhD in Political Science.

JOHN MAUS TOUR DATES:

SYDNEY: Wed 11th January @ Sydney Festival w/- Dan Deacon Ensemble @ Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Keystone Festival Bar, Sydney. Tickets on sale from Nov 9 on the Sydney Festival website.

BRISBANE: Thu 12th January @ Woodland w/-  Dan Deacon Ensemble and Toy Balloon. Tickets on sale now from Oztix.

MELBOURNE: Friday January 13: Mistletone Fright Night @ The Corner w/- Dan Deacon Ensemble, Rat vs Possum, Jonti, Montero and Parking Lot Experiments. Door prizes galore for the most frightful costumes. Tickets $35 + booking fee on sale now from The Corner Box Office.

MELBOURNE: Saturday January 14 @ Sugar Mountain Festival w/- Deerhoof, Tune-Yards, Shabazz Palaces, Thee Oh Sees, Julianna Barwick, Sun Araw, Prince Rama + more. Tickets on sale via Ticketmaster or phone 136 100.

TOURING: JULIANNA BARWICK

Julianna Barwick‘s atmospheric world is one of ghostly echoes, galactic lullabies and traditional chants. By means of loops and pedals, and occasional piano and percussion, she builds layer upon layer of abstract vocals to create a delicate sound of lush ambient folk. Julianna’s amazing new album The Magic Place (out now on Mistletone Records / Inertia and available on mail order) is a nine-piece full-length album of magic and solace, bursting joy and healing tones. Like Sigur Rós’s ethereal glossolalia, there’s a very particular joy in listening to Julianna’s music. Free of the constraints of narrative and traceable language, it’s the same joy in giving yourself over to opera in a foreign language, of letting go of your pesky rational mind and allowing the feeling to come through in the voices and performance.

JULIANNA BARWICK TOUR DATES:

Saturday January 14: Sugar Mountain Festival, Melbourne w/- Deerhoof, Tune-Yards, Shabazz Palaces, Thee Oh Sees, John Maus, Sun Araw, Prince Rama + more. Tickets on sale via Ticketmaster or phone 136 100.

Sunday January 15 + Tuesday January 17: Sydney Festival @ The Famous Spiegeltent, Honda Festival Garden, Hyde Park. Tickets on sale from Nov 9 on the Sydney Festival website or Ticketek.

Wednesday January 18: The Toff, Melbourne w/- special guests to be announced. Tickets on sale now.

Thursday January 19: MONA FOMA 2012: Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art’s Festival of Music and Art. Tickets on sale now from the festival website.

Friday January 20: Adelaide Festival Centre Sessions @ Space Theatre. Doors 6:30pm, all ages. Tickets on sale now.

• “So beautiful it might indeed reach the ear of heaven” – SYDNEY MORNING HERALD (4 stars)

TOURING: ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI

The most talked about act at Laneway 2011, Ariel Pink and his Haunted Graffiti are set to return to Australia for Golden Plains Festival and a gaggle of epic club shows. L.A.’s little lost prince of experimental pop, lo-fidelity disco, and cassette tape wizardry, Ariel Pink has gone from being under the influence to influencing bedroom producers world-wide. Get ready for full length sets, glittery trousers, feather boas, and amazing times!

ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI TOUR DATES:

SYDNEY: Friday March 2 @ Oxford Art Factory with special guests Richard In Your Mind + Erik Omen. Tickets on sale now from Moshtix.

PLAYGROUND WEEKENDER: Saturday March 3 @ Del Rio Riverside Resort, Wisemans Ferry. Tickets on sale now.

MELBOURNE: Sunday March 4 @ Corner Hotel with special guests Lost Animal + Montero. Tickets on sale now from the venue.

BRISBANE: Thursday March 8 @ The Zoo with special guests Dune Rats + Magic Spells. Tickets on sale now from the venue. Presented by Mistletone and Happy End-ings.

Saturday March 10: Golden Plains Festival, Victoria. Golden Plains ticket info here.

Sunday March 11: Adelaide Festival. Tickets on sale now from BASS ONLINE or phone: 131 246.

TOURING: TORO Y MOI

Mistletone is psyched to bring you Toro Y Moi’s incredible new EP Freaking Out, out now on digital and 12″ vinyl release, and to announce Toro Y Moi’s upcoming tour for Laneway Festival (keep your eyes peeled for an imminent sideshow announcement!). In the meantime, check out this rad live rendition of ‘Light Black‘ from Underneath the Pine for Pitchfork TV, filmed in a darkened studio with a lot of kaleidoscope camera work with tripped out color adjustments courtesy of City of Music.

• “The last four years have seen Toro Y Moi (aka Chaz Bundick) enjoy a metereoic rise. Though still associated with the chillwave sound he helped popularise with his 2010 debut, he’s always worked across a variety of genres; everything from laptop pop to house to indie. Freaking Out attempts to assemble those elements under one synth heavy banner — a five track EP that has him channelling Prince on the title track, referencing 80s movie soundtracks on All Alone and dabbling with filtered club sounds. If Bundick isn’t careful, he might accidentally record a hit” – MUSIC AUSTRALIA GUIDE (5 stars)

TOURING: WOODEN SHJIPS

San Francisco trance-rock quartet Wooden Shjips return to our shores, bringing back their mesmerising, desert-fried sonic explorations to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. With smatterings of kraut-rock and a lot of psych, Wooden Shjips bring to mind Suicide or an even-more-drugged-up Stooges. There’s fuzzed-out guitars, feedback blasts, hauntingly ethereal organ and rock-solid, driving drums. It’s great travelling music, whether for a road trip or a trip of an entirely different kind. This one is going to be good folks, bring your earplugs and your Visine.

While indebted to the psych music of the 1960s and mid-70s, electric Neil Young, and even the induced travels of Spacemen 3, the music of Wooden Shjips is in every way their own. Earlier this year the Shjips unleashed West, a brand new LP packed full of visceral, forbidding rock, on Thrill Jockey with a local release on Fuse. On that LP and in their live shows, the Shjips draw power through stretching-to-infinity repetition and their ability to turn crunchy 1970s boogie-rock into isolation-chamber space-out fare.

WOODEN SHJIPS TOUR DATES:

SYDNEY: SAT MAR 24 @ Oxford Art Factory. Tickets on sale Monday through Moshtix.

BRISBANE: SUN MAR 25 @ The Zoo. Tickets on sale Monday through Oztix.

MELBOURNE: WED MAR 28 @ The Corner. Tickets on sale Monday through the venue.

PERTH: FRI MAR 30 @ The Bakery. Tickets on sale Monday through the venue.

• “Wooden Shjips combine and update the transportative force of the Velvet Underground’s no-blues drone, Can’s unrelenting pulse and the holy garage-rock fire of the 13th Floor Elevators into a compact, wrapped-in-reverb trip of vintage transcendence and forward thrust” – DAVID FRICKE (ROLLING STONE)
• “Mind-shredding head music for stationary stoners (which) also speaks surprisingly well to the hips. Buried beneath the endlessly repeating guitar riffs and Ripley Johnson’s drugged-up drawl are deep basslines, soulful organ washes, and the nonstop rattle of a booty-tickling tambourine” – THE AV CLUB

NEW ON MISTLETONE MAIL ORDER:

THE ORBWEAVERS – LOOM (CD $20)

• “Loom, the latest album from Melbourne band The Orbweavers, offers delicately crafted folk music, and captivating ethereal acoustic soundscapes. Inspired by the natural and human history of the Merri Creek region, the album draws a vivid image of the changing and evolving environment with its distinctive and moving songs.” – TRIPLE R ALBUM OF THE WEEK

JONTI – TWIRLIGIG (CD $15 / LP $25 including postage)

• “It’s hard not to get swept up in the Technicolour splashes, wonky, broken beats and heart-melting, sun-drunk harmonies that entangle Twirligig. The debut joint from Sydney wunderkind Jonti is about as happily heterogenous as records get, mining laterla hip hop (Cyclic Love), retro synth palettes, Beach Boys harmonies and more. But while this record’s joyous disposition evokes hours of fun in the sun, a deeper listen reveals a level of compositional awareness and astuteness and acumen as rare as hens teeth. Few others can even touch what Jonti has in spades” – MUSIC AUSTRALIA GUIDE (4.5 stars)

WINTERCOATS – SKETCHES (12″ VINYL $20 including postage)

• “Sketches is the perfect title for the second EP from James Wallace’s Wintercoats project. Reflecting the prominence of both loop-driven contours and vocal-less passages of soundtrack-y beauty, ineatly encapsulates what manages to sound like an entire universe over just six songs. And yet there’s nothing unfinished about Wallace’s work. An eerie merger of classical flutters of piano and violin with shoegaze-worthy soundscapes, it feels complete and immersive” – INPRESS

MONTERO – MUMBAI/RAINMAN (7″ VINYL $15 including postage)

• “Montero have set a new Australian benchmark for slow, anthemic ballads that simply float across the grooves of the 7″ that they’re pressed on” – THE THOUSANDS

x TEAM MISTLETONE