SHINE ON
YOU MELBOURNE DIAMONDS
Hot on the heels
of the recent happy news that Jet will return to
Australia to play their first shows on home soil
for 18 months in August, the band are happy to
announce that their new album, Shine On will
see the light of day in Australia on September
30.
The first single from the album, “Put Your
Money Where Your Mouth Is” arrives at radio
on August 7, and combines the spirit of Curtis Mayfield
and, well frankly, Jet, in a rock and soul shakedown
that shows a band growing enormously as songwriters,
musicians and men loving the business we call “Show”.
Having
lost none of the energy and melodic muscle that
made their first album such a well loved and
monstrous release around the world, this is one
of THE most anticipated rock album of the year,
and thankyou
Lord, it delivers.
Nic’s falsetto vocal in “Put Your Money
Where Your Mouth Is” introduces us to the new
crop of Jet songs in the best possible way. The song
- melodic, psychedelic, soul-tinged rock and roll
- is indicative of the direction of the album, moving
on and branching out from where Get Born left
off.
Recorded once again
with
Get Born producer
Dave Sardy behind the desk, Shine On has
been lovingly handcrafted at the legendary sound
maestro’s new Hillside Manor Studio in LA.
Having started in March 2006 with 40 songs as album
contenders, the band got down to the business of
making an album where the only criteria was to forget
about everything that came before, and all that had
happened with Get Born – as great
as that was – and make an album they would be happy
to call their own.
Such an approach could potentially have been easier
said than done. Get Born has so far sold 3.5 million
copies worldwide, won the band 6 ARIAs, a US MTV
Award and countless readers polls, saw them grace
the covers of NME, Rolling Stone and the Geelong
Advertiser to name but a few, and play to thousands
around the world at every major music festival. It’s
the kind of pressure that can get the best of any
band.
With a new single and new album
release just around the corner, and tickets for
their Australian shows
on sale August 3, it’s time to once again embrace
the good men of Jet and welcome them back in to your
life for 2006 and beyond.
Dates:
Tuesday 15 August - The Forum, Melbourne
Thursday
17 August – Enmore Theatre,
Sydney
CURIOSITY
SPARKS THE CRANE
2004 saw Dallas Crane
rightly named the country’s Best Live Band
by the Australian Live Music Awards. 2005 saw them
regroup and work out what are the elements that
make a classic song a classic song. 2006 will show
Australia that Dallas Crane have come up with that
answer. And that answer is Curiosity.
Having spent most of 2005 writing and recording
their second album for Albert Productions, the eagerly
anticipated first single, “Curiosity”, will hit airwaves
on July 24.
A track about having fun with the deep, dark recesses
of the human soul, “Curiosity” lets the fans know
that Dallas Crane are back doing what they do best,
combining
melody, groove and harmony and showing that deep
down, it’s still about playing good ol’ fashioned
rock n roll.
To celebrate the forthcoming release of “Curiosity”,
Dallas Crane will hit the east coast of Australia
in August to play songs from the forthcoming album,
Factory Girls, as well as all your favorites.
These will be must see shows for any self respecting
lover
of rock n roll.
Dates:
Tuesday 15th August - Gaelic Club, Sydney
Thursday 17th August - Corner, Melbourne
Wednesday 23rd August - The Zoo, Brisbane
