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Andy “Sugarcane” Collins<br />
BEBOP BROS featuring GARY<br />
NORMAN (guitar) and GARY<br />
COSTELLO (acoustic bass) play<br />
instrumental jazz from the 40’s in<br />
a more contemporary style. Their<br />
self titled CD contains twelve of the<br />
most influential compositions from<br />
the era - see www.newmarketmusic.<br />
com.au and www.myspace.com/<br />
garynormanonline<br />
Join the Dots is the debut<br />
album by Melbourne’s TOBIAS<br />
CUMMINGS and THE LONG<br />
WAY HOME. The album is both<br />
a continuation as well as a leap<br />
forward from Tobias’ first release,<br />
the EP You Incomplete Me. Join<br />
The Dots is out now via In-Fidelity<br />
Recordings/Inertia Distribution.<br />
www.tobiascummings.com www.<br />
myspace.com/tobiascummings<br />
and www.infidelity.com.au<br />
2004 Queensland Songwriter of<br />
the Year ANDY “SUGARCANE”<br />
COLLINS has recently returned<br />
from the three month tour of<br />
the USA, promoting the release<br />
of his blues/roots album Way<br />
Down The River. Andy has<br />
followed up with a southern<br />
tour featuring performances at<br />
the Thredbo Legends of Blues<br />
Festival and the Australian Blues<br />
Music Festival in Goulburn - see<br />
www.sugarcanecollins.com<br />
>> Gisèle Scales<br />
2006 has been a great year<br />
for Perth independent label<br />
BLAZING STRUMPET RECORDS.<br />
They have released THE<br />
PAINKILLERS’ first album Drunk<br />
On A Train, featuring JAMES<br />
BAKER (DUBROVNIKS/HOODOO<br />
GURUS/SCIENTISTS/VICTIMS)<br />
as well as EPs by bogan glam<br />
rockers PYTHON and Perth’s<br />
premier sleaze merchants THE<br />
HOMICIDES. The label has<br />
big plans for 2007 with a tour<br />
by Queensland punks THE<br />
PINTS booked for January; CD<br />
releases by PROJECT MAYHEM,<br />
STANDARD DEVIANTS, and<br />
ZXSPECKY; and of course their<br />
usual monthly grassroots shows<br />
at both all ages and pub levels<br />
– see www.blazingstrumpet.com<br />
GISÈLE SCALES’s solo debut<br />
is the dance/pop CD 2 Think<br />
featuring electric violin breaks and<br />
multilingual vocals over driving<br />
beats. Eight tracks from the album<br />
have been placed on local and<br />
international compilations. For<br />
further information and to listen<br />
to music samples, please visit<br />
www.giselescales.com and www.<br />
myspace.com/wwwmyspacecomg<br />
iselescales<br />
ZIA’s debut single release<br />
Underground features remixes by<br />
DJ CRAIG OBEY and a film clip.<br />
Underground 12” Remix peaked at<br />
#29 on the ARIA Club Charts, is<br />
spinning in clubs and is receiving<br />
national airplay on specialist dance<br />
shows. Underground - Original<br />
Version and 32mm film clip (directed<br />
by STUART MANNION) is the next<br />
release - see www.zia.com.au<br />
>> Mach Pelican >> James Stewart Keene Band<br />
IAN SANDERCOE has released<br />
Earthday independently through<br />
MGM. The album is a powerful<br />
collection of songs, predominantly<br />
written by Ian, with help from<br />
ROBERT PARDE, PAUL ELLIOTT<br />
and JUSTIN BOLTH. Ian is<br />
touring nationally – see www.<br />
iansandercoe.com<br />
Wollongong’s JAMES STEWART<br />
KEENE BAND released their<br />
debut EP You Want What I Got<br />
on December 4 through James’<br />
own label. The band is the<br />
vehicle for James’ country blues<br />
flavoured rock original material.<br />
The band launched the EP at the<br />
Lansdowne Hotel in Sydney in<br />
early December.<br />
Radio Action is MACH PELICAN’S<br />
third full length album and was<br />
recorded at Sing Sing Studios in<br />
Melbourne with producer Matt<br />
Maddock (SOMETHING FOR KATE,<br />
BODYJAR, SEKIDEN, etc). It also<br />
contains a highly catchy cover<br />
of the 60’s NZ classic by RAY<br />
COLUMBUS & THE INVADERS,<br />
“She’s A Mod”. Special guests on<br />
the album include Roman Tucker<br />
(from ROCKET SCIENCE) on the<br />
track “Not The Same”, and THE<br />
SPAZZY’S on “Love Is Strange”.<br />
AZTEC MUSIC is excited to be<br />
reissuing the 1974 classic album,<br />
Ball Power by LOBBY LOYDE &<br />
THE COLOURED BALLS. It has been<br />
digitally remastered with 7 bonus<br />
tracks - see www.aztecmusic.net<br />
>> Gigantic<br />
Following on from a successful<br />
promotional tour to the US and<br />
Canada and a worldwide deal<br />
with Los Angeles based Jetspeed<br />
Records, Sydney hard rock band<br />
NOBODY’S FOOL have released<br />
their debut international album. It<br />
was recorded at The Sonic Factory<br />
and mastered in LA by Dave ‘Javu’<br />
Morse. NOBODY’S FOOL head to<br />
LA in the new year for a series of<br />
live shows, radio interviews and<br />
in-store appearances – see www.<br />
nobodysfool.cjb.net and www.<br />
myspace.com/nobodysfoolrock<br />
Perth power popsters GIGANTIC<br />
have released their long awaited<br />
debut album Gigantaphonic<br />
Sounds. The album has been coproduced<br />
by Joel Quatermain of<br />
ESKIMO JOE, Rodney Aravena<br />
of END OF FASHION and Andy<br />
Lawson of THE AVENUES and is<br />
out on Popboomerang Records<br />
through MGM. See www.gigantic.<br />
com.au for tour dates.<br />
LISA MAXWELL has released her<br />
debut long player, Select Vacancy.<br />
Produced by Jamie Durrant<br />
(DEGENERATES, KILLING HEIDI,<br />
LILLIAN THOMS), Select Vacancy<br />
is out now in stores Australia-wide<br />
and available internationally on<br />
Apple iTunes through Essential<br />
Music Australia/Green Media<br />
(MGM) - see www.lisamaxwell.net<br />
>> Joel Smoker >> Brigitte Handley<br />
BRIGITTE HANDLEY AND THE<br />
DARK SHADOWS have a new EP,<br />
Identity, released through MGM<br />
locally, Revel Yell Music, Japan<br />
and distributed through Raucous<br />
(UK, Europe) and Collector’s<br />
Choice (USA). The EP contains<br />
5 rockin’ tracks and bonus film<br />
clip! The title track has also been<br />
included on the soundtrack for the<br />
new Australian film 48 Shades -<br />
see www.brigittehandley.com and<br />
www.myspace.com/brigittehandley<br />
WA musician and artist JOEL<br />
SMOKER recently released a CD<br />
of original songs titled Smile.<br />
Produced by LUCKY OCEANS, and<br />
recorded at Satellite Recording<br />
Studio in Burswood, WA, the CD<br />
is now available through local<br />
distributors, direct from Red Dirt<br />
Arts or from Joel’s web site at<br />
www.joelsmoker.com<br />
Gold Coast singer-songwriter<br />
CASEY BARNES has come off an<br />
amazing year in which he opened<br />
for visiting Canadian rocker<br />
BRYAN ADAMS and showcased his<br />
radio-friendly rock style alongside<br />
well-known Aussie acts such as<br />
ESKIMO JOE, THE WHITLAMS and<br />
DIESEL. Now Barnes has released<br />
his second album, What The Hell<br />
Are You Waiting For?, available<br />
from www.caseybarnes.com.au<br />
>> Anne McCue<br />
>> Rachel Koster<br />
Singer PEGGY VAN ZALM has toured<br />
locally and in Europe to celebrate<br />
the release of her latest CD (her<br />
fourth solo release post MARTHA’S<br />
VINEYARD) Light Diamond. Coproduced<br />
with Geoff Nant in their<br />
Elands Studio in regional NSW over<br />
a period of two years, it features<br />
a wealth of musical talent from the<br />
rainforested Bulga Plateau - see<br />
www.peggyvanzalm.com<br />
US-based, <strong>APRA</strong> member ANNE<br />
McCUE has released her new<br />
album Koala Motel, featuring<br />
special guests LUCINDA WILLIAMS,<br />
NANCY WILSON, JIM LAUDERDALE<br />
and JOHN DOE. In support of the<br />
album, Anne has played shows<br />
in the U.S.A., U.K., Germany and<br />
Australia over the last few months<br />
- see www.annemccue.com and<br />
www.myspace.com/annemccue<br />
Queensland singer-songwriter<br />
RACHEL KOSTER has just released<br />
her self-penned and funded debut<br />
album, Deciduous, recorded at<br />
Melbourne’s Woodstock Studios.<br />
Produced in part by ARIA award<br />
winning engineer, Robin Mai (John<br />
Butler Trio) and mixed by Mai and<br />
the legendary Chris Dickie - see<br />
www.rachelkoster.com<br />
Brisbane’s TWENTYSEVENS following<br />
on from the release of<br />
their debut album Songs From<br />
the Middle Ages, are currently<br />
supporting STAUS QUO on their<br />
30 date, UK tour, playing at major<br />
venues such as Wembley Arena,<br />
Manchester MEN and others – see<br />
www.twentysevens.com<br />
BILL MCDONALD’s long and<br />
unusual career as band member,<br />
sideman extraordinaire and avantgarde<br />
experimentalist is skilfully<br />
woven into his Four Hours Sleep<br />
project. The album Love Specifics<br />
reconnects a cast of some of<br />
Australia’s most well regarded<br />
musicians, ten years on from<br />
the debut long-player More of<br />
Her. Based around the holy rock<br />
trinity of guitar (DAN LUSCOMBE),<br />
bass (BILL MCDONALD) and<br />
drums (PETE LUSCOMBE); the<br />
tracks combine freely with a<br />
dazzling array of instruments,<br />
mutated field recordings and<br />
stellar vocal contributions (from<br />
the likes of PAUL KELLY, ANGIE<br />
HART, STEPHEN CUMMINGS,<br />
CHARLES JENKINS and OLLIE<br />
OLSEN) - see www.myspace.com/<br />
fourhourssleepau<br />
Independent Melbourne 5-piece<br />
DURBEYFIELD have released their<br />
new EP Across The Hollow to<br />
glowing reviews. Characterised by<br />
layered instrumentation, soaring<br />
melodies and lyrics that recount<br />
stories of human experience, the<br />
EP is out now through MGM - see<br />
www.durbeyfield.com<br />
Sydney activists ANDORRA have<br />
had a busy year, performing and<br />
promoting the Baxter EP – live and<br />
on radio and TV; recording some<br />
new material; and performing at<br />
the Marrickville and Peace Festivals<br />
in Sydney and the Yaamma Festival<br />
in Bourke. ANDORRA pride<br />
themselves on making music and<br />
organising shows for the things<br />
they care about, “in a positive way<br />
and with pro-active resilience” -<br />
see www.andorramusic.com.au<br />
MEGAN BOWMAN’s debut album<br />
Wonderlust has finally seen the<br />
light of day, through MGM and<br />
Raw Love Records. Her live gigs<br />
have included Bluesfest, The Metro<br />
(Sydney), an Elliot Smith tribute<br />
at The Corner Hotel (Melbourne)<br />
and the Folk Alliance Australia<br />
Convention in Canberra. Megan<br />
also received a John Butler ‘JB<br />
Seed’ management grant in<br />
October and recently visited S-E<br />
Asia to negotiate tour dates and<br />
distribution of Wonderlust – see<br />
www.meganbowman.com or www.<br />
myspace.com/meganbowmanmusic<br />
>> Psycho Zydeco<br />
2006 marks a new chapter in the<br />
history of Australia’s premier<br />
zydeco band. PSYCHO ZYDECO<br />
have released their fourth album,<br />
Get On Board - a 16 track PSYCHO<br />
ZYDECO time capsule spanning<br />
the evolution of their music from<br />
its rockin’ bluesy beginnings<br />
right through to the funkier style<br />
of “Zydeco Nouveaux” - see<br />
www.zydeco.com.au<br />
Contributions should be emailed<br />
to bcampbell@apra.com.au<br />
Deadline for the March 2007 issue<br />
is 26 January.<br />
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Compiled by Bowden Campbell and Milly Petriella<br />
>> Megan Bowman