GBGV ARE: David Stavanger, Skye Staniford, Hannah Jane, Robbie Zawada, Dan McNaulty, Paul Daly, Loren Skyring...
“This is beautiful, various and very exotic” - Spex Magazine (Germany)
“Popularly viewed as a left-field performance or cabaret ensemble, GBGV‟s powerhouse performance is demonstrative of their credentials as a truly sterling live (art-)rock band…” - Time Off Magazine
These avant-garde art brutes will premiere their new shows Swallow and Exit at this year’s MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL.
DATES: Saturday September 26 (10pm); Sunday September 27 (9pm), Tuesday September 29 (10pm), Wednesday September 30 (10pm) and Thursday October 1 (10pm). VENUE: Fringe Hub Main Theatre (Lithuanian Club) 44 Errol St. North Melbourne TICKETING: $15 Full /// $12 Conc. & Groups /// $10 ‘Tight Arse Tuesday’ /// 2-for-1 Opening Night CONTACT: www.melbournefringe.com.au /// 03 9660 9666
NEW ALBUM
Over a handful of shiraz-soaked midnight sessions, GBGV have sculpted their debut album with up and coming Brisbane producer Darek Mudge. From the convict court drama of ‘Crimes’ to the caressingly delicate ‘Woman Who Is All Heart’, the songs on ENTER are a heady mix of romantic narrative and erotic duende. Reworkings of Serge Gainsbourg’s ‘Je Taime (Moi Non Plus)’ and Iggy Pop’s ‘Sister Midnight’ rest alongside original drop-d pleas for tenderness, late night tales of skillful love and the filmclip for their first single ‘Wolfish’.
*** FIRST PRESSING OF ‘ENTER’ AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER ***
LIVE REVIEWS
“(Ghostboy is) an underground star” - The Daily Telegraph
“One of the most bizarre and brilliant live music events we are likely to witness this year” - Time Off Magazine
“Ghostboy and Golden Virtues tie in the darkness of A Clockwork Orange with sweet, beautiful voices. Like a vampire and spook musical” - Woodford Folk Festival
“You are a father! Shame on you!” – Fan
“…a joyous rendition of Serge Gainsborough‟s “Je Taime (Moi Non Plus)‟ saw Ghostboy pulling punters onto the stage to participate… the bed broke under the weight of twenty aroused festival goers” - Tsunami Music Magazine
“I sat down and strapped myself in for the ride as Ghostboy with Golden Virtues took the spoken word, twisted it, whispered it.… teased and caressed it in a wonderful performance of a fearless love for language” - The Sunday Mail
Photography by Mark Pokorny:
Ghostboy & Skye - pic by Mark Pokorny
Hannah Jane - pic by Mark Pokorny
Robbie Zawada - pic by Elleni Toumpas
Influences
I LIKES: Louis XIV, The Beach Boys, Wilco, Jethro Tull, Fleetwood Mac, Caravan, Greg Dulli & Twilight Singers, PJ Harvey, Steve Miller Band, Led Zep, McLusky, Great Speckled Bird, John Phillips (Wolf King of LA), The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Skip Spence, Ghostboy, Screamfeeder, Sam Cook, Jennifer Charles, Nick Drake, Captain Beefheart, Dirty Three, Nirvana, The Maroons, The Bravery, Carole King, Dappled Cities Fly, Lee Hazlewood, Gomez, Dave Matthews Band, Death Above 1979, Peggy Lee, Guns n' Roses, The Ronettes, Hawkwind, The Clash/Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, Gram Parsons, Gibby Haynes, The Hold Steady, Super Furry Animals, Maximillian Hecker, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Steve Hackett, Broken Social Scene/Kevin Drew, STP, Archers of Loaf, Cake, Tori Amos, Tom Petty, Joan as Policewoman, Lou Reed, Patsy Cline, Bill Callahan, The Bravery, Johnette Napolitano, Kate Bush, Polyphonic Spree, The Vaselines, The Allman Brothers, Augie March, The Good the Bad and the Queen, Cowboy Junkies, Magnet, The Coral, Peter Gabriel, The Stands... ooh, lots more...
"The flute, perhaps the most under utilised instrument in modern music, is at the forefront of the band's righteous sound. Sweet, subtle, quiet noises emanating from its slender stem informed the entire performance: almost a murmur at times, but building, building, always building to something clever and interesting and infectious" - Inpress Magazine (Golden Virtues live review)
"The flute riffs of Carburetor recall Ron Burgundy in a jazz club" - Tsunami Music Magazine (Golden Virtues album review)
ME = "I like the blues, but I like aqua marine just as much" - Don Van Vliet
WE ALL WANT TO!
Photography by Stephen Booth
"...An effortlessly great set of indie rock" - Time Off
"...A characteristic display of masterful pop-rock exuberance" Rave
"...this isn’t just 'Tim Steward (Screamfeeder)', but a whole other band that deserves a place in the collective psyche as a force of its own". Faster Louder
2008 was a year of touring & recording for We All Want To (aka: Tim Steward's solo material going large). 2009 is a year of recording and release! Our debut album (to be released on Low Transit Industries a little later in the year) has been recorded by Darek Mudge, Wayne Connolly, Magoo and Jamie Trevaskis. What a team!
Our first EP is out NOW on Low Transit Industries.
Check out the filmclip for our first single, 'Back to the Car', created by Canuk wizards Pkam and Adam. The clip sees footage of the band projected across Brisbane scenery from the window of a moving vehicle - see if you can recognise the sights and watch for the tricky ending...
Dear crackens, where oh where is the year going? its flying by with gilded wings. i love love love you sister girl and cant wait to see you. definitely in december. woot woot. mwah mwah mwah x
Geez Skye, it was nice to see you today. It's been a while...you are as lovely as ever. I also just viewed the vid from We All Want To for the first time just now...very cool and how GORGEOUS are ya! Great sounds as well. Please keep me posted on your gigs so I can see/hear you in live action too. Love Meece x I'm a massive fan. xxx
Dearest Dick Lover, My dear son and his naughty band have released a fitting tribute to the end of George Bush's reign of terror with their animated filmclip George Bush's Chicken. Starring George W at home on the ranch with his muslem chicken Ned as well as guest appearances from some of his closest circle including Osama Bin Laden, Paris Hilton, Saddam Hussein, Barack Obama and Mr Ed, this is the behind the scenes insight the world has long waited for. Kindest Regards Gladys Desert Dick Desert's Mum & Webmistress for Dick Desert & The Shotgun Country Club www. dickdesert. com www. myspace. com/dickdesert www. youtube. com/dickdesert
Dearest Dick Lover, My dear son and his naughty band have released a fitting tribute to the end of George Bush's reign of terror with their animated filmclip George Bush's Chicken. Starring George W at home on the ranch with his muslem chicken Ned as well as guest appearances from some of his closest circle including Osama Bin Laden, Paris Hilton, Saddam Hussein, Barack Obama and Mr Ed, this is the behind the scenes insight the world has long waited for. Kindest Regards Gladys Desert Dick Desert's Mum & Webmistress for Dick Desert & The Shotgun Country Club www. dickdesert. com www. myspace. com/dickdesert www. youtube. com/dickdesert
Hey you!!! Hope you had a great Chrissy!! Peace love and goodvibes for the new year!!! [spewin we all missed you guys at the Noosa Campout] Love ya xxxooo
Yeah, totally blows... My old war wounds will be flaring up every Thursday night. It's still all pretty surreal at the mo, hasn't really sunk in yet. I'm too busy enjoying the fact that I'm not cleaning or packing.
May baby jebus give you an Xmas wedgie.
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