BANDS/ARTISTS WE LIKE: 78 Saab, Aimee Mann, Art Of Fighting, Band Of Horses, Bat For Lashes, Belle & Sebastian, Black Kids, Camera Obscura, Cat Power, Chairlift, Children Collide, Clare Bowditch, Cloud Control, Crayon Fields, Death Cab For Cutie, Deloris, Delta Spirit, Doves, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Electrelane, Elliott Smith, Emiliana Torrini, Fanfarlo, Feist, Four Tet, Giant Drag, Girls In Hawaii, Grandaddy, Holly Miranda, Interpol, Ivy, Leader Cheetah, Life Without Buildings, Love Of Diagrams, Machine Translations, Maximo Park, MGMT, Mogwai, Mojave 3, Nada Surf, New Buffalo, Passion Pit, Pharaohs, Phoenix, PJ Harvey, Pollyanna, Radiohead, Sarah Blasko, Scout Niblett, Sigur Ros, Silversun Pickups, Snowman, Something For Kate, Sparklehorse, Sufjan Stevens, Tapes'n'Tapes, Tegan and Sara, The Arcade Fire, The Bank Holidays, The Cribs, The Delgados, The Grates, The New Pornographers, The Panics, theredsunband, The Rogers Sisters, The Shins, The Silents, Vampire Weekend, The Vines, Via Tania, Voxtrot, White Lies, Witch Hats, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Sounds Like
Interesting and original Australian music... Not particularly genre-specific, but leaning towards the indie/alternative sound...
THE PASSPORT LABEL was born in November 2005 in order to raise the profile of Australian music in the UK. The label was created by Zoe White, a native Melbournian then living in London and with several years experience working with independent record labels in both countries. Born out of frustration towards the amount of quality Australian music overlooked internationally, THE PASSPORT LABEL aims to give Australian acts greater access and exposure to one of the biggest and most influential music markets in the world.
THE PASSPORT LABEL's initial release (VISA001) was a limited 7" vinyl pressing of No Way Out by Melbourne-based LOVE OF DIAGRAMS. The single gained radio play from Radio 1/6Music's Steve Lamacq and XFM's John Kennedy. Having supported the 7" release with a week of well received London shows, LOVE OF DIAGRAMS headed off to Chicago to record a new album with Bob Weston. The band played a series of US shows in early 2006 including SXSW in Austin, and have recently signed a worldwide deal with the good people at Matador Records, thus becoming the first Australian band to grace the Matador roster in over 15 years.
THE PASSPORT LABEL's second release (VISA002) came from Melbourne's undeniably fantastic CHILDREN COLLIDE - Frozen Armies is out on very limited 7" now. The single is distributed in the UK through our good friends Forte and is still available from selected independent record stores and also directly through The Passport Label website. Children Collide played their debut UK shows in October 2006, including shows in London, Glasgow and a showcase gig at Manchester's annual industry shindig In The City and we'll eat our hats if they don't go on to even more amazing things...
In order to represent the entire nation of Australia and not just Melbourne, THE PASSPORT LABEL selected a band all the way from Perth, in the far west of the country, for the 7” imprint’s third release (VISA003). SNOWMAN is a curious moniker for a group of musicians originating from a notoriously hot city. The rather sensational song You Are A Casino is taken from the band’s ambitious self-titled debut, which raised the eyebrows of more than a few Australian music connoisseurs.
Hailing from Perth, THE PANICS are set to be Australia's next big export. The double a-side single Don't Fight It/Get Us Home (VISA004) was released on March 31 by THE PASSPORT LABEL. Don't Fight It is a horn-driven pop classic with glorious 60s strings and harmonies. Get Us Home has a darker feel with uneasy, brooding arrangements set against the vast Australian landscape. Here are two great songs from a band brimming with commercial potential and set to take the world by storm.
Another Perth band, THE SILENTS join THE PASSPORT LABEL roster on June 23 with the release of their single, 23, a track brooding with dizzying harmonies bleeding into tripped-out garage-rock. The band are set to make their mark internationally with their unique and intensely polarized live sound, in which their own mix of raw, blues-driven rock and roll sits hand-in-hand with hallucinatory, melancholic ballads.
Should you wish to send us presents, the postal address is:
9 Dundas Lane
Albert Park 3206
Victoria
Australia
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Passport Label releases are available here and from selected stores around the UK, including;
* Puregroove - London
* Rough Trade - London
* Piccadilly Records - Manchester
* Probe
* Monorail - Glasgow
* HMV Oxford Circus - London
* Reveal
* Norman Records
...plus other friendly local music emporia
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Nearly there and tickets are moving pretty fast. A few left in Rounder, Resident and Ape in Brighton and Phonica in London. and online here www.etickets.to/buy/?e=2308
zoe...well done on the time out blurb...have fun in NYC & across the states, ia m so jealous! wish i was there with ma peaches crew...see you in m-town soon! when you arrive? fi xx
Wednesday 18th October 2006
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O R I G I N A L O U T S I D E R
Proudly presents:
POLYTECHNIC (only London show!)
CHILDREN COLLIDE
OPERAHOUSE
+ Fitzrovian Phonographic Dj's
www.myspace.com/fitzrovianphonographic
Doors from 7pm (happy hour till 8pm)
Admission £4/3 concessions
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@ The Legion
Wednesday 18th October
Doors 7pm - 12pm
Happy Hour till 8pm
The Legion
348 Old St
London
EC1V 9NQ
Tel 0207 729 4441
nearest tube: Old St
hey lady...good luck with that tour! try cardiff for the 15th october...Fi Vendetta will be in town! Seriously though, keep at us vendettas for some shows and assistance. King Alexander, anyone?
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