MODELS ABOUT

To celebrate the release of his debut album Alarm Clock Radiation early next month, songwriter and multi-nstrumentalist Brendan Wixted, aka The Model School, will be playing album launches in Melbourne and Sydney throughout July.

The Model School will also be supporting Melbourne indie-rockers Pitching Woo at the Tote in Melbourne on Thursday 29 June, and bluegrass and country-esque group Nic Dalton and the Gloomchasers at the Hopetoun Hotel in Sydney on Saturday 22 July.

Alarm Clock Radiation is released on 1 July through Shiny Records. The album was recorded at Damien Gerard Studios in Sydney with additional recording and mixing done at The Model School’s home studio.

Whilst musically akin to indie-rock heroes The Eels, Sparklehorse and Magnetic Fields, The Model School’s songs combine insightful lyrics with subtle chord progressions. Alarm Clock Radiation is an eclectic album featuring melodica, sampler, synthesizer, mandolin and stylophone, along with the usual suspects of guitar, bass and drums.

Dates:
Thursday 29 June - The Tote, Collingwood
Friday 7 July - The Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills
Friday 21 July - Pony, Melbourne
Saturday 22 July - The Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills
Saturday 29 July - Rebel Rebel, Home Bar Sydney

HOLLY IN THE MIDST

Sydney singer/songwriter Holly Throsby will release her second album Under The Town on July 15 and will celebrate the release with a showcase performance at The Vanguard on July the 4th.

The launch will feature her five piece band which includes members of Coda, Blue Bottle Kiss and Darren Hanlon’s band. Plus a few surprises will occur on the night.... remember it is July the 4th and all.

The launch follows the ‘Making a Fire’ tour, which packed houses in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and concludes in the next week in Adelaide, Perth, Newcastle and the Blue Mountains. The ‘Making A Fire’ tour has included special guests such as Pivot, Ned Collette, Guy Blackman, The Rational Academy and Ambitious Lovers.

Under The Town is released on July 15 and like Holly’s first album, was produced by Tony Dupe. The album was recorded in a tiny house on Saddleback Mountain in NSW. It’s the same place in the same house on the same mountain where her first album was recorded, but this time more people came up and they brought more instruments to play along.

This album is different than the last for a few reasons. Not only are the songs (in part) more up-tempo and more emotional, the production process also changed. The sharpness in the songs is due to a greater length of period in the studio with Tony and due to the fact that maestro Tim Whitten (Powderfinger) mixed the record.

Following the album release Holly will head to America to perform with David Pajo (Slint/Tortoise) for 2 weeks. She will then take to the road again in Australia in September for a full national tour. Details will be announced soon. In the meantime this is where you can catch Holly live.

Dates:
JUNE
Tuesday 20 - Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide
Wednesday 21 - Rosemount Hotel, Perth
Friday 23 - Clarendon Guest House, Blue Mountains
Saturday 24 - Northern Star, Newcastle
Friday 30 - Brass Monkey, Cronulla
JULY
Tuesday 4 - The Vanguard, Sydney