Total Control

spiders spin sick webs

Dark rock'n'roll

Indie

look for me at the docks

M 11

From the hit album Dallas. Out Tuesday July 9 on R.I.P Society & Ride The Snake Records. Available in the US via Easter Bilby, UK/Europe distro coming soon!

The Native Cats - Cavalier

Are You Sure?

'Last Word' is the new single to be taken from Hospitality's latest album 'Trouble' (out now on Fire Records/Europe + Merge/USA). The band will embark on their first ever tour in May, which includes a sold-out headline show at London's Sebright Arms as well as a slot Primavera Sound Festival. Full European tour dates below.
 
European Tour Dates:
09/05/14 : London Calling @ Paradiso – Amsterdam (NL)
10/05/14 : Vera – Groningen (NL)
11/05/14 : Die Pumpe – Kiel (D)
12/05/14 : Stengade – Copenhagen (DK)
14/05/14 : Debaser – Stockholm (S)
15/05/14 : Pustervik – Gothenburg (S)
16/05/14 : Pop Revo – Aarhus (DK)
17/05/14 : Kampnagel – Hamburg (D) (+ The Julie Ruin)
18/05/14 : Bi Nuu – Berlin (D) (+ The Julie Ruin)
19/05/14 : Hafen 2 – Offenbach (D)
20/05/14 : Les Nuits de Botanique – Brussels (B)
21/05/13 : Sticky Mikes Frog Bar – Brighton (UK)
22/05/14 : Brudenell Social Club – Leeds (UK)
23/05/14 : Broadcast – Glasgow (UK)
24/05/14 : Whelans – Dublin (EIR)
26/05/14 : Sebright Arms – London (UK)
27/05/14 : Peniche – Lille (F)
28/05/14 : Fleche d’or – Paris (F)
31/05/14 : Primavera sound – Barcelona (ES)
 
Hospitality return with the follow-up to their glowing 2012 debut with a darker, richer collection of eclectic avant pop in Trouble. Taking unexpected yet satisfying turns, the new album sees the band offer up a moodier palette, with more instances of space and silence, looser arrangements and more open production.
 
The album draws on the expansive sound of 70s progressive rock and the minimalist urgency of post punk, citing specifically King Crimson’s "In The Wake of Poseidon", Arthur Russell and Wire as influences.
 
"Sweet at the core but pleasantly dark around the edges." Uncut

"Like Sleater-Kinney reimagined for synth-pop teens." Mojo

"takes a different direction from what was heard on the debut, embracing dark, dour synths and vocalist Amber Papini's slightly growling lower register." Pitchfork

“Papini’s lyrics are witty, and if you let her songs—which range from toe-tapping power pop to amped-up folk—into your head, they’ll stay there.” —The New Yorker


Order here: http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=releasereleaseid=00000001051r.com/firerecordings




iTunes

Hospitality - Last Words

Hymn For A Missing Girl 

i   The Hymn
ii  For Struggle or Escape
iii Returning A Dead Dog To A Place He Can Finally Rest
iv The Suitor Speaks
v Inextricably Bound
vi To A Place Where The Light Can No Longer Find You

This project was originally inspired by pages 246-262 of Cormac McCarthy's Cities of The Plain

Produced by Jason Couse & Wes Marskell
Mixed by Tom McFall & Jason Couse
Mastered by Noah Mintz
Engineered by Matt Durante

Hymn For A Missing Girl was written and performed by THE DARCYS
THE DARCYS are Jason Couse, Wes Marskell, David Hurlow & Michael le Riche

Limited Release of 500 LPs

Hymn For A Missing Girl

Mistake

Electric Avenue

Burnt Black Cars

Resurrection Blues

my most famous song lol
feat jonathan bree

The Cigarette Duet

From The Native Cats' 'Catspaw / Lemon Juice' 7' EP.

The Native Cats - Catspaw

Recorded & Mastered by John Hannon, 2014

Taken from a forthcoming Split LP with SECONDS released by Soft Power Records on 1st August 2015

Artwork by Chaos vs Cosmos

AVENUE

The Native Cats' "Dani Dani" from their album Process Praise.

Released on vinyl by Ride The Snake and on CD by Rough Skies Records.

http://www.ridethesnakerecords.com/bark/?page_id=486
http://roughskiesrecords.blogspot.com/

Available at Tommy Gun Records in Hobart and select stores around Australia.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Native-Cats/68294634350

The Native Cats - Dani Dani

Australia's Bloodhounds On My Trail sign to UK label Raphalite Records, Release 'Jolly' Single

"This EP is an out of body experience that I will continue to tap into again & again & again" - Primal Music Blog

"I will be shocked if I come across an EP in 2015 that is better than Escape EP by Bloodhounds On My Trail" – Love Sound Magazine

"A sparkling debut record" - This Is That Song 

"Something so sweet about this thing, it’s optimism... just kind of unassumingly soars" - Don't Need No Melody 

FOR LOVERS OF: Lowtide, Flyying Colours, Ride, Chapterhouse, Slowdive, The Church
LEAD TRACKS: Jolly, Jolly (Ummagma Remix), She's In My Plans, Dreamless


It's no secret that Australia has a burgeoning shoegaze scene. From within the burgeoning Melbourne shoegaze community, Bloodhounds On My Trail are set to release ‘Escape II’ internationally through UK-based label Raphalite Records. This deluxe edition of their debut EP ‘Escape’ will also feature additional tracks ‘She’s In My Plans’ and a remix of ‘Jolly’ by celebrated dreampop duo Ummagma.

'Jolly' is the first single off this EP. "Jolly is about having a good moment when you've been having a bit of a difficult time and wanting to not let it go to waste. Happy for people to enjoy our music and take what they want out of it. How it makes them feel. The message is in the ears of the listener," explains Bloodhounds guitarist Chris Donaldson. 

With a love of shoegaze bands of the late 1980s to early 90s, Bloodhounds On My Trail seek to fuse the rhythmic underpinnings of bands like the Velvet Underground and the Stooges with the infectious stylings of shoegaze luminaries such as Cocteau Twins and Slowdive. 

Since playing their first show in February 2014, the band has been blossoming through a whirlwind combination of live shows, festivals and recording sessions. Their music was met with positive reactions, encouraging press, and invitations to play with notable Australian artists such as Lowtide, Contrast, and White Walls.

Thanks to Tonedeaf and Gabe Lewis from Lowtide, one of the foremost shoegaze acts in Australia, Bloodhounds on My Trail began to be known as one of the best Aussie shoegaze acts around. "They sound like how I want my guitars to sound," Gabe explains. "Needless to say, I was immediately hooked. Really languid, cascading washes, and wearing their pastoral shoegaze influences on their sleeves.”

All of this prompted the band to formally commit their hazy tones to tape at Birdland Studios with renowned engineer Matt Hosking, who was the perfect match for the band - also being deeply immersed in shoegaze music and having a record of outstanding work with fellow shoegazers Lowtide, Contrast, Parading and Hideous Towns. This year has also seen the band gain momentum with appearances at local gaze festivals alongside Flyying Colours, Immigrant Union, Black Cab and Day Ravies.

"I hope for people to enjoy it and get a buzz off our tunes. We ain't preaching anything, just making music we find exciting and want to record and play live," says Johnny Green. 

Bloodhounds are Johnny Green (guitar, vocals), Chris Donaldson (guitar), Nik Donaldson (drums) and Ché Walden (bass). In 2014, Shoegazemania named 'Escape' the year's number 2 EP, which also ranked high in DKFM's top EPs of 2014. Both Custom Made Music and Terapija.net included ‘She’s In My Plans’ at #6 in their top songs of 2014.

Bloodhounds On My Trail - Jolly

From the forthcoming EP 'The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur" (2015, Leonard Skully Records)

FOR FANS OF: A.R. Kane, Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack, Jesus & Mary Chain, Dif Juz

Daniel and Danny Chavis are natives of Raleigh/ Chapel Hill, North Carolina, East Village residents for the past 28 years, and co-founders of the groundbreakers The Veldt, whose named derived from a Ray Bradbury sci-fi story. Musically reared in the church and juke-joints, the twins have been performing since they were children, listening to music that included gospel, Motown and Pink Floyd. In March, they return to their roots with The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur: The Drake Equation Mixtape EP.  
 
The first single is Sanctified, a ballad that perfectly captures the lush sound of Danny’s screeching decibel-breaking guitar distortion, Daniel’s soulful wail and Hayato Nakao’s deep bass grooves and guitar feedback. This is a perfect re-introduction. The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur was named from an E.E. Cummings poem. Its raging sound is influenced equally by the emotional soul of Marvin Gaye, free jazz warriors Sun Ra and Pharaoh Sanders, various Drake hip-hop tracks, and their own fertile electric imagination. 
 
The Chavis brothers initially made a name for themselves playing throughout the south at a time when fellow southerners REM and Superchunk were securing major label deals. As more black rock bands (Living Colour, 24/7 Spyz) sold more records and gigged worldwide, The Veldt was courted by various labels, including IRS Records and Capitol. 
 
Initially signed to Capitol Records in 1989, they were in the studio with dream-gaze guru Robin Guthrie working on their initial recordings, playing American concert halls with Cocteau Twins and The Jesus and Mary Chain, and recording Marigolds with Lincoln Fong (Moose).

The Veldt were a sensation from the start as they became a part of a movement of innovators who came of musical age at a time when rhythmic rebels were reflective, gritty and wild. Their sound inspired future generations of alternative artists, including TV On the Radio. 
 
They switched labels and Mercury Records released Afrodisiac in 1994, produced by Ray Shulman (The Sundays, Bjork, Sugarcubes). Their single Soul in a Jar was an underground hit.
 
The Veldt expanded their musical language, fusing more electronics into their soundscape. They retired the “Veldt” name and began recording and touring under under the name Apollo Heights. In 1999, the Chavis brothers were joined by bassist Hayato Nakao. Their music was loud, exploring color, space, sensuality and beat driven melodies with rhythmic and dynamic tension. Daniel's falsetto vocals contrasted with Danny's rock dreamscape guitar and Hayato's pounding beats.
 
Although The Veldt had signed to two major labels after leaving Mercury Records in 1995, the brothers decided to self-release their 2008 album White Music for Black People. They eventually changed their name back to The Veldt.
 
Apart from Robin Guthrie and A.R. Kane, they’ve collaborated with TV On The Radio, Mos Def and Lady Miss Kier (Deee-Lite), and have shared the stage with My Bloody Valentine, The Pixies, Echo & The Bunnymen, Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Manic Street Preachers, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Oasis, Living Colour and TV on the Radio, among others.
 
The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur marks the band's re-emergence, released via UK label Leonard Skully Records on March 18, 2016. The Resurrection Hymns LP releases later this year (via SonaBLAST! Records).

All tracks written, produced and performed by Danny C. Chavis, Daniel Chavis, Hayato Nakao
Tracks 1,4  Add vocals by Marie Cochrane
Tracks 2, 4 Add. guitar by Andrew Prinz
Track 5  Produced by Rudy Tambala / A.R. Kane
Tracks 2, 3, 4 Mastered at Engine Room Audio NYC by Mark Christiansen and Jeet Suresh Paul
Tracks 1, 5 mastered by Alexander Kretov at Ummagma Studio
Cover artwork by Andrew Prinz and Danny Chavis


Sanctified

Purchase here https://roughskiesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/community-4-a-compilation-of-hobart-music

The Native Cats - Singsang

None Left

Debut release for HLR from Total Control.

A side: Total control originals
B side: Re-works for the club by Michael Ozone

Artwork by Rasmus

Release date: late September 2012

A1 Total Control - Carpet Rash

New single released 22nd October


Debut album 'Black Music' released 29th October

Last Gang Records

ALONE

Take Me To The Sea

DARK HORSES DOUBLE A SIDE SINGLE RELEASE OF BOXING DAY AND TRAPS OUT ON LAST GANG RECORDS ON THE 11TH OF FEB 2013. 


DARK HORSES - TRAPS (Radio Edit)

Wrong Place Wrong Time

FIDLAR - No Waves

Polly Wants - Polar Bear

From The Native Cats 3rd LP 'Dallas'.
Out July 9 on R.I.P Society & Ride The Snake Records.



The Native Cats - I Remember Everyone

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A1 Total Control - Carpet Rash

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