Mistletone

Anticipating the launch of their new single ‘Ceiling Rose / Match Factory’ The Orbweavers are dropping by Brisbane to perform an intimate show at the Press Club in Brisbane for this year’s Big Sound Festival. More info & tickets available here.

WINE PARTY! we are throwing a Mistletone Records party as part of the Cake Wines pop-up bar, a month long fiesta of music, art, film, talks, food, and wine. SO MUCH DELICIOUS WINE. Our night features Montero, Early Woman + Wintercoats, and it’s on Saturday August 17 from 7pm. It’s free entry, but register here for free wine, and early bird ticket prices for ticketed events.

SATURDAY, JULY 27: ROSS MCLENNAN & THE NEW WORLD play The Spotted Mallard (314 Sydney Rd, Brunswick) with special guests The Orbweavers in duo & trio mode + Dishpan Fingers. Tickets $12 + booking fee on sale now from the venue, or $15 at the door. Doors open 8:30pm.

One of Australian indie rock’s true songwriting heroes, Ross McLennan brings his ensemble The New World to The Spotted Mallard on Saturday, July 27 for one of his rare and riveting live performances. Showcasing the evocative compositions from his recently released third solo album, The Night’s Deeds Are Vapour, as well as his other acclaimed solo works Sympathy For The New World and Hits From The Brittle Building — and quite possibly a fondly remembered Snout classic or two — Ross will be accompanied by his ensemble of strings, woodwind and a choir for a lush, simply breathtaking performance. Ross will be joined by Mistletone labelmates The Orbweavers, performing in duo and trio mode, and debuting some never-before-head and beautiful new songs. Dishpan Fingers will open the evening. An irresistible lineup!

Ben Montero photo by Hannah L Brooks

Passions is the new single from Montero, the ecstatic Melbourne throng led by Ben Montero; comic book, poster and video artist, songwriter and frontman, along with long time collaborator Gerald Wells on synths, Chapter Music founder Guy Blackman on piano, Cameron Potts (Ninety Nine, Baseball, Brighter Later) on the drumkit, local producer and bassist Robert Bravington and Geoffrey O ‘Connor (Crayon Fields) on guitar. This epic devotional is lifted from Montero’s forthcoming debut LP The Loving Gaze, due August 16 on Mistletone / Inertia.

MONTERO – PASSIONS SINGLE LAUNCH:

FRIDAY JUNE 28 @ THE LUWOW with The Ancients + Swim Between The Shags. Tickets $12+BF from Moshtix or $15 at the door if still available (presales strongly advised!).

Ben Montero photo by Hannah L Brooks

Ecstatic Melbourne throng Montero are coming to Canberra to launch their new single Passions at Terrace Bar on Friday, June 21. Montero is quite the supergroup, led by comic book/video artist, songwriter and frontman extraordinaire Ben Montero with long time collaborator Gerald Wells on synths, Geoffrey O ‘Connor on guitar, Guy Blackman on piano, local producer Robert Bravington on bass and Cameron Potts (Ninety Nine, Baseball, Brighter Later) on the drumkit. An epic devotional, Passions is  lifted from Montero’s forthcoming debut LP The Loving Gaze, due August 16 on Mistletone / Inertia.

MONTERO – PASSIONS SINGLE LAUNCH:

Saturday, June 22 @ Front Gallery w/- Raus, Spartak + Shisd. Tickets $10 at the door.

Ben Montero photo by Hannah L Brooks

Ecstatic Melbourne throng Montero are coming to Newcastle to launch their new single Passions at Terrace Bar on Friday, June 21. Montero is quite the supergroup, led by comic book/video artist, songwriter and frontman extraordinaire Ben Montero with long time collaborator Gerald Wells on synths, Geoffrey O ‘Connor on guitar, Guy Blackman on piano, local producer Robert Bravington on bass and Cameron Potts (Ninety Nine, Baseball, Brighter Later) on the drumkit.

They’ll be joined by homies Early Woman, a new and swaggeringly catchy collaboration between Hannah Brooks (ex Young Professionals, St Helens, Spider Vomit) and Ben Montero (Montero, Treetops, Geoffrey O’Connor band) with Bobby Bravington on bass and Caitlin Perry on drums. This will be Early Woman’s first tour outside Melbourne, after a string of hometown dates with Love of Diagrams, Scott & Charlene’s Wedding, Lost Animal and Peak Twins. Brooks and Montero began working together soon after meeting in 2012. Considering their contrasting musical backgrounds it’s an unlikely paring, but one that works — Montero brings out Brooks’ bubblegum, while she brings out his nicorette. With big choruses, Bjorn and Agnetha harmonies, glam stomp and pleading funk, Early Woman make a distinctive raw attack on classic pop.

Passions is an epic devotional, lifted from Montero’s forthcoming debut LP The Loving Gaze, due August 16 on Mistletone / Inertia.

MONTERO – PASSIONS SINGLE LAUNCH:

Friday, June 21 @ Terrace Bar with Early Woman + Collector.

Ben Montero photo by Hannah L Brooks

Ecstatic Melbourne throng Montero are coming to Sydney to launch their new single Passions at Goodgod Small Club on Thursday, June 20. Montero is quite the supergroup, led by comic book/video artist, songwriter and frontman extraordinaire Ben Montero with long time collaborator Gerald Wells on synths, Geoffrey O ‘Connor on guitar, Guy Blackman on piano, local producer Robert Bravington on bass and Cameron Potts (Ninety Nine, Baseball, Brighter Later) on the drumkit.

They’ll be joined by homies Early Woman, a new and swaggeringly catchy collaboration between Hannah Brooks (ex Young Professionals, St Helens, Spider Vomit) and Ben Montero (Montero, Treetops, Geoffrey O’Connor band) with Bobby Bravington on bass and Caitlin Perry on drums. This will be Early Woman’s first tour outside Melbourne, after a string of hometown dates with Love of Diagrams, Scott & Charlene’s Wedding, Lost Animal and Peak Twins. Brooks and Montero began working together soon after meeting in 2012. Considering their contrasting musical backgrounds it’s an unlikely paring, but one that works — Montero brings out Brooks’ bubblegum, while she brings out his nicorette. With big choruses, Bjorn and Agnetha harmonies, glam stomp and pleading funk, Early Woman make a distinctive raw attack on classic pop.

Openers are Drown Under, another must-experience new group featuring the Sydney scene’s enfants terrible: Jack Mannix (Circle Pit), Sarah Davis (Whores), Dean Adam (Housewives), Laura Hunt (Ghastly Spats) and Matt Nev (Snotty Babies); all of whom share a love of Germs, Fang, Hole, Flipper, Suicide, Royal Trux and other ne’er-do-wells. Circle Pit DJs will start your night right; DJ Marcel Whyler (buzz kull) will make it end in (joyful) tears.

An epic devotional, Passions is lifted from Montero’s forthcoming debut LP The Loving Gaze, due August 16 on Mistletone / Inertia.

MONTERO – PASSIONS SINGLE LAUNCH:

THURSDAY JUNE 20 @ GOODGOD with Early Woman (first Sydney show), Drown Under + DJ Marcel Whyler (buzz kull) + Circle Pit DJs. Tickets $10 at the door, doors open 8pm.

Mistletone is proud to present the debut Melbourne appearance of Oneohtrix Point Never at The Toff on Sunday March 17 with special guests Wooshie, Angel Eyes + DJ Simon Winkler. Tickets on sale now from Moshtix.

Oneohtrix Point Never is Daniel Lopatin, a Brooklyn based lo-fi synth head whose work has brought him to the forefront of the modern electronic composition scene. In recent years, Oneohtrix Point Never has become one of the new synth-music underground’s most reliable purveyors of trippy, arpeggio-heavy psychedelia. His brand new album Replica has been called “a true modern masterpiece in noise music” & “an immaculately paced album, veering from placid ambient interludes to quietly chaotic constellations of found sound”. The unmistakeable black and white skull of the cover art popped up on more end of year best of lists than you can count, furthering Daniel’s life long desire to communicate deeply and efficiently in the realm of electronic music. Since Replica, the Oneohtrix name has reached critical mass, receiving Pitchfork’s Best New Music tag and reaching new heights of creativity with his 2012 collaboration with legendary noise sculptor Tim Hecker. Joining Oneohtrix Point Never at The Toff will be Wooshie, the project of Melbourne based producer Dylan Michel. Part of the formidable This Thing crew, Wooshie produces fuzzy beats that invigorate your limbs before you’ve even stepped onto the dance floor. Angel Eyes, a.k.a Andrew Cowie, delivers both nostalgia and optimism; coldness and isolation are overset by warm whisperings in your ears. Simon Winkler from Triple R will be spinning tunes throughout the night. Tickets on sale now from Moshtix.

• “This is music that digs deeper and burrows beneath the level of shared associations to discover the sparkling emotional potential of carefully arranged vibrations moving through the air” – PITCHFORK Best New Music (rating 8.8)
• “An artful act of audio archaeology: reconfigurations of lost sound” – BBC 
• “Lopatin has accomplished something many musicians making so-called experimental music fail to do: open our ears to new sonic possibilities and, more importantly, force us to reconsider and rewire some of our most basic assumptions” – WIRE

Mistletone is happy indeed to announce the return of Toro Y Moi for Golden Plains – Lucky Seven at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre, plus headline shows to be announced. The festival ticket ballot is open now.

The new Toro Y Moi album Anything In Return will be released January 22 on Mistletone Records / Inertia.

Artwork by Carl Breitkreuz

TORO Y MOI: Sat Mar 9 @ The Corner w/- special guests Jonti + Andras Fox. Tickets on sale now from the venue.

Mistletone, Triple R + Street Press Australia present the return of Toro Y Moi, whose Australian tour will coincide with the release of the supreme new Toro Y Moi album, Anything In Return, which will be released January 22 on Mistletone Records / Inertia. Toro Y Moi play Golden Plains – Lucky Seven, plus club shows in Sydney & Melbourne with special guest Jonti. Tickets on sale now.

Since his first offerings began making the Internet rounds in 2009, Toro Y Moi’s Chaz Bundick has proven himself to be not just a prolific musician, but a diverse one as well, letting each successive release broaden the scope of the his oeuvre. The funky psych-pop of 2011’s Underneath the Pine evinced an artist who could create similar atmospheres even without the aid of source material and drum machines. His Freaking Out EP, a handful of singles and remixes, and a retrospective box-set plot points all along the producer-songwriter spectrum in which he’s worked since his debut, and his third full-length, Anything In Return, sees him poised directly in the middle of the two.

The product of a move to Berkeley, California and the subsequent extended separation from loved ones, Anything in Return shows a pervasive sense of peace with Chaz’s tendency to dabble in both sides of the modern music-making spectrum, and he sounds comfortable engaging in intuitive pop production, putting forth the impression of unmediated id. The producer’s hand is prominent—not least in the sampled “yeah”s and “uh”s that give the album a hip-hop-indebted confidence— and many of the songs feature the 4/4 beats and deftly employed effects usually associated with house music.

Tracks like “High Living” and “Day One” show a considerably Californian influence, their languid funk redolent of a decidedly West Coast temperament, and elsewhere—not least on lead single, “So Many Details”— the record plays with darker atmospheres than we’re used to hearing from Toro Y Moi. Sounding quite assured in what some may call this songwriter’s return to producer-hood, Anything in Return sees Chaz uninhibited by issues of genre, an album that feels like the artist’s essence.