SLEEPY DREAMING
Perth band The Sleepy
Jackson, fronted by unique singer/songwriter/artist
Luke Steele, have announced details of an Australian
headline tour in support of the new album Personality
One Was A Spider One Was A Bird.
The tour will take in all states and kicks off September
7 in Hobart leading through to Perth on September
23.
It’s a triumphant return for The Sleepy Jackson
with Personality debuting at #10 on the
Australian ARIA Album Chart earlier this month.
The
album is already being heaped with critical praise
both locally and internationally, where it’s
being released in the UK, North America, throughout
Europe and South East Asia. The press includes 4
star reviews in Rolling Stone, Q, Mojo and Uncut.
The
band are just about to complete a run of UK and
US tour dates which included amazing sold out shows
at infamous venues such as the Scala in London,
the
Bowery Ballroom in New York and The Troubadour
in Los Angeles.
The tour announcement ties in perfectly with the
news that The Sleepy Jackson have just been nominated
for the 6th J Award nomination of 2006 for Personality.
The band were in LA when it was announced but are
said to be wrapped with the news, which puts them
in the running to win the second Triple J award,
taken out by Wolfmother’s self-titled debut last
year in its inaugural year.
And if that wasn’t enough good
news for one media release, the band release their
new single “Devil
Was In My Yard” to radio and TV next week. The video
was directed by Squareyed Films (Silverchair, The
Living End, Missy Higgins, Bob Evans) and again confirms
The Sleepy Jackson as one of this country’s
most unique and creative bands.
Dates:
Thursday 7th September – University of Tasmania,
Hobart
Friday 8th September – Corner Hotel,
Melbourne
Saturday
9th September – Adelaide Uni Bar
Wednesday
13th September – University of Canberra
Thursday 14th September – Wollongong Uni
Friday
15th September – The Zoo, Brisbane
Saturday
16th September – Metro Theatre,
Sydney
Friday
22nd September – Bakery Artage Complex, Perth
Saturday 23rd September – Bakery
Artage Complex, Perth
KASHMIR FOR
KATE
Danish rock darlings
Kashmir have been announced to support Something
For Kate for their Melbourne and Adelaide shows.
They will be showcasing
the new material off their brand new record Last
Balance Palace,
released earlier this month.
It’s been 2 years since
Kashmir toured Australia, when they won over fans
and created a cult following.
See them again in action this September 2006, as
they join Something For Kate.
Formed in the spring of 1991
in Kastanievejens Efterskole (a boarding school),
Frederiksberg, Denmark, by Kasper Eistrup, Mads Tunebjerg
and Asger Techau. Shortly after they started perfoming
thursday nights at Ordrup Gymnasium (a local high
school).
The name of the band is, obviously, taken from the
Led Zeppelin song. Amazingly, previously
they called themselves Nirvana but changed when the
American
band Nirvana started to gain success.
No Balance Palace features
Lou Reed reciting a poem on “Black Building”, and
David Bowie singing a duet with Kashmir frontman
Kasper Eistrup on “The Cynic”.
The album
was produced by longtime Bowie producer Tony Visconti.
Dates:
30.08.06: University Of Canberra, Canberra
31.08.06: Newcastle University, Newcastle
01.09.06: The Forum, Fox Studios, Sydney
02.09.06: Penrith RSL Club, Penrith
03.09.06: The Roxy, Parramatta
07.09.06: The Tivoli, Brisbane
08.09.06: Coolangatta Hotel, Gold Coast
09.09.06: Buderim Tavern, Sunshine Coast
13.09.06: Brothers Leagues Club, Cairns
14.09.06: Bombay Rock, Townsville
15.09.06: Main St Nightclub, Mackay
16.09.06: Great Western Hotel, Rockhampton
20.09.06: Karova Lounge, Ballarat
21.09.06: Peninsula Lounge, Mornington
22.09.06: The Forum Theatre, Melbourne
23.09.06: The Spanish Club, Melbourne
24.09.06: HQ (formerly known as Heaven Nightclub),
Adelaide
06.10.06: The Capitol, Perth
07.10.06: Prince Of Wales,Bunbury
08.10.06: Fly By Night, Fremantle
12.10.06: Curly’s Bar, Hobart
13.10.06: Saloon Bar, Launceston
20.10.06: The Hanwood Sports Club, Griffith 
