Love Is My Velocity

Its been a while between updates, but we have so much news to break that we are going to have to use headings. Trust me, it is better than having to wince through awkward segues between topics. In other news…

6s & 7s TOUR SUPPORTS

Firstly, the 6s & 7s have announced the full line-ups for their Australian tour which starts next week and we can promise you that every show is going to be amazing!

SYDNEY
Thursday 26 August
Melt
12 Kellett Street, Kings Cross
with Traps and Des Miller

MELBOURNE
Friday 27 August
The Workers Club
Cnr Brunswick and Gertrude Streets, Fitzroy
with Teeth & Tongue and Jack on Fire

MELBOURNE
Saturday 28 August
Pure Pop Records instore
221 Barkly Street, St Kilda

ADELAIDE
Sunday 29 August
Grace Emily Hotel
232 Waymouth Street, Adelaide
with Hawks of Alba
Free entry
(Woah, free entry! No excuses Adelaide-ians!)

6s & 7s embrace new technology (downloads!)

Not so sure about this whole 6s & 7s band? You can now download the 6s & 7s track ‘Smilin’ from the triple j website, and fall in love! Free stuff!

Plus the 6s & 7s album is now available to download on itunes! Muchos convenient!

Pop into popsicle!

Finally, in other very exciting news, we can let you know that for those in Perth we will have some cool stuff available to purchase at Popsicle, that awesome annual pop up store organised by our friends, the On William Collective.

Popsicle runs from 9 – 15 September 2010 in the Perth Cultural Centre and we will have RISO and our Sleeping with the Band pillowcases featured. We should mention that we are reprinting some editions from the sell out WAM series. So get in super early to purchase pillowcases featuring those likely lads, Josh Fontaine, Sam Scherr and James Baker plus the lovely ladies Felicity Groom and Abbe May. AND we are also printing some all new pillowcase designs just for Popsicle, so  you can soon have Hayley Beth, The Tigers and Drapht to get cosy with on your bed. Check out the sexy flyer…

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After a false start a few weeks ago, the Bird is open and RISO is launching Saturday May 8 at 181 William Street Perth. Enter round the back of the venue from 8pm.

Presales secure a place on the doorlist for:

Astral Travel + Taco Leg + Is Swan + 1/150 Riso Publications + DJ AM, DJ Skomey and friends = $15!

Pre-sales still available at our online shop or get there early and buy a ticket on the night!

The last of the bands that will be recording in our Takeaway Tunes local label shop during the WAMi Festival have been confirmed, so we can now UNLEASH THE BEAST (the line-up). Goes a little su’in’ like this:

Wednesday May 19
8-9pm – Eleventh He Reaches London

Thursday May 20
6-7pm – The Ghost Hotel
8-9pm – The Benedict Moleta Band

Friday May 21
6-7pm New time! 5.30 – 6.30pm – Schvendes
8-9pm – Tomas Ford

Saturday May 22
3-4pm – The Bank Holidays
6-7pm – The Tigers
8-9pm – Taco Leg

Sunday May 23
3-4pm – Jane Harris
6-7pm – Owls
8-9pm – Hayley Beth

In case you haven’t heard/are confused, LIMV is erecting a temporary pop-up shop selling stock from WA labels and independent bands during the WAMi Festival, from May 19-23 at 54 Lake Street Northbridge, across the road from the Elephant and Wheelbarrow. When the sun goes down and legions of knife-concealing maniacs come out, the shop will host live, one hour recording sessions during which some of our favourite bands will lay down new tracks and reinterpret old hits.

The shop will also feature our limited edition Sleeping With the Band pillowcases. Sleeping With the Band pairs emerging illustrators with local music icons to make one-off pillow case designs that you can wake up next to for years to come. One such design is the fetching Mr Josh Fontaine above, illustrated by Freya Poulsen.

So what are you doing from May 19-23? Partying in a tiny shop? That’s right!

Chris Cobilis at Bank Notes - photo by Gene Eaton

For the 2010 WAMi Festival, Love Is My Velocity launch a new temporary takeaway joint at 54 Lake Street, Northbridge. Surrounding kebab shops need not fear the competition, because instead of providing deep fried snacks, LIMV are filling the space with a range of local music sounds, wares and activities that run throughout the festival from Wednesday May 19 to Sunday May 23.

TAKEAWAY TUNES POP-UP SHOP

For the first time, Love Is My Velocity present a pop-up local music shop to promote the hardworking independent label scene. Patrons can stop by and browse through a great range of CDs, records, vinyl, t-shirts, merchandise and related products. Stock is sourced from WA’s thriving community of local labels, including Meupe, Hidden Shoal, Walking Horse Records, Badminton Bandit, Owls, Heartless Robot and Jarrah Records. The goods of independent Perth bands and musicians are also represented. For local music lovers this will be the place to score hard-to-find wares and new special edition merchandise. For those newbies it’s the perfect introduction to a wealth of quality WA music.

TAKEAWAY TUNES TEMPORARY RECORDING STUDIO

Not just your usual record shop, Takeaway Tunes will be a hive of activity, featuring in-store performances throughout the festival. Housed within the Pop-Up Shop and following on from 2009’s Bank Notes, Love Is My Velocity and sound engineer Laurie Sinagra again team up, recording ten local bands in five days so punters can ‘takeaway’ the WAMi recordings for free. Hayley Beth, The Tigers, Benedict Moleta, The Ghost Hotel, Taco Leg and Owls will be amongst those visiting the studio. Every day from Wednesday 19 May, bands will load in, set-up, record, and load out, with the results uploaded each night to www.loveismyvelocity.com and spun the next day on RTRFM.

SLEEPING WITH THE BAND

Those who visit Takeaway Tunes will also have the chance to purchase a slip of local music history. For Sleeping With The Band, Love Is My Velocity commissioned five emerging artists to develop life-size portraits of iconic WA musicians. See James Baker (The Painkillers), Josh Fontaine (6s & 7s), Felicity Groom, Abbe May and Sam Scherr (Capital City) likeness’ printed on 1/10 cotton pillowcases. Get in early to ensure you’re one of the lucky few who can take their favourite musician home to bed.

Visit www.loveismyvelocity.com or join the Love Is My Velocity facebook group to keep up to date with the recording studio schedule and additional festivities planned for LIMV’s WAMi events.

BANDS & LABELS – STOCK YOUR GEAR IN TAKEAWAY TUNES

LIMV invite other local labels, independent Perth bands and musicians to submit their releases and merch – just email all@loveismyvelocity.com before May 1 to register your interest.

RISO is Love Is My Velocity’s limited edition poster publication featuring 4-colour text and image works from emerging writers and artists.

Launching Sunday April 25 of the ANZAC Weekend with a private party Saturday May 8th at The Bird with gig featuring Astral Travel, Taco Leg and Is Swan, RISO will showcase the work of writer-artists, artist-writers, writers and artists as they investigate the creative potential of A3 paper and a Risograph machine.

Although limited by colour choices, the Risograph pumps out around 100 pages a minute and has recently been acquired by LIMV friends BENCHPRESS.

BENCHPRESS is a small print studio established by Clare Wohlnick, Daniel Bourke and James Vinciguerra. Employing a GR3750 Riso printer, they are concerned with all aspects of the risograph process. From initial design to print, finishing and distribution, BENCHPRESS aims to collaborate with artists and friends to revel in the process of spot colour printing.

Direct enquiries to benchpressprint@gmail.com

RISO LAUNCH – SUNDAY APRIL 25 Saturday 8 May

Capacity limited to 150 at The Bird

$15 gets you:

ASTRAL TRAVEL

TACO LEG

IS SWAN

1 of 150 RISO publications

Click here to pre-order RISO and secure launch night entry.

Love Is My Velocity would like to thank the Australia Council, whose funding has made this first in a series of risograph publications possible.

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The Love Is My Velocity Cookbook II is available to purchase through our online shop for $27 plus $12 postage, or at the following stockists for $39.95:

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Bank Notes starts today (May 6, 2009) and continues until Friday May 8. Come on down and check out the bands recording at the Old Bank at the following times:

Wednesday May 6
12:00pm Abbe May
1:30pm Extortion
4:30pm Li’l Leonie Lionheart
6:00pm Boys Boys Boys

Thursday May 7
1:00pm 6s & 7s
2:30pm When the Sky Fell
4:00pm 7 Weapons
6:15pm Chris Cobilis/Chris Hudson

Friday May 8
11:30pm Astral Travel
1:00pm Wind Waker
2:30pm Carbuncle

At 214 William Street (opposite Universal Bar).

Of course if you can’t make it down, then check back at the website later that night for free downloads of the recordings produced that day on the Bank Notes page!