LIMV goes primetime and other fun news
by admin on Jun.24, 2010, under General
Yes, that’s right, PRIMETIME. Well, actually I am not sure whether between 8am – 10am on Saturday mornings counts technically as primetime, but that is clearly the prime eating-breakfast-in-your-pyjamas-in-front-of-the-tv time.
Ghostdrums’ excellent filmclip for Morning Sun has been chosen as Rage’s Indie Clip of the Week, so it will be shown sometime this Friday night (25 June), plus also sometime after 8am on Saturday morning. Check the Rage website later tonight or tomorrow for exact times, but we can tell you that the show will also feature new filmclips from, erm, U2 and Juliette Lewis. That’s right, we expect Ghostdrums will be playing stadiums and forming a full touring band with his Hollywood chums very soon.
Also in 6s & 7s news, their soon to be released debut album is now feature album on RTRFM in Perth, has had tracks added to high rotation on FBi Radio in Sydney and today had excellent reviews in Xpress Magazine and Sixthousand.
Don’t forget that presale tickets for the 6s & 7s album launch on 3 July at The Rosemount, North Perth are on sale (along with copies of Ghostdrums EP) in our online shop.
May wrap up and 6s & 7s news
by admin on Jun.02, 2010, under General, Releases
Adem K launch. Image by the K's.
Oh yeah. May is over and we are having a mini-break to rest up after the antics of the past month. Seriously, we have launched a publication, opened a shop, closed a shop, launched a CD and recorded eleven bands in the space of one month. Overachievers, yes we are.
Takeaway Tunes photos and tracks are still easily accessible on the Takeaway Tunes link to the right of the menu bar. Or www.loveismyvelocity.com/takeawaytunes will take you there too. Relive the memories. If you don’t know what the hell we are talking about when we say ‘Takeaway Tunes’, then go here and be slightly less confused. Sleeping with the Band pillowcases, copies of RISO and Adem K CDs are all available in our online shop, so if you missed out on any May fun, then why not try and overcome your sense of regret by buying things?
Our next big project is to launch the debut album by the 6s & 7s called ‘6s & 7s Choose The Sentinel Blooze‘. To call this album ‘long-awaited’ doesn’t really do justice to the agonising wait we have all had to endure until we can finally take home some of these songs to listen to in the comfort of our lounge rooms (as opposed to the comfort of the Hydey front-room).
So, yes, that’s right, Josh Fontaine is releasing an album and we can confirm that it does have such hits as International Roaming Capability, Kissing for Science and Drunk Liberties on it. It also has a bunch of new songs which are equally on par with the old favourites, like Empty Cities, and His Eyes. And of course, it features Smilin’, (as popularised by Benjamin Golby) which will be hitting myspace and the airwaves in the next week as the first single. The album is also the best, strangest, most beautiful thing we have listened to for ages and the general consensus is that it sounds like nothing you have ever heard.
It will be released in stores on July 3 and distributed by Fuse Music Group. If you are in Perth, we have a launch party planned for July 3 at The Rosemount, North Perth, with more details soon, so giddy up.
What is Takeaway Tunes?
by admin on May.29, 2010, under Takeaway Tunes
For the 2010 WAMi Festival (May 19 – 23 2010), Love Is My Velocity opened a new temporary takeaway joint at 54 Lake Street, Northbridge. We took over an empty shop and filled the space with a range of local music sounds, wares and activities that ran for five days throughout the festival. We had an ace time, inviting all our favourite bands to come in, play and record as well as setting up shop and selling great music to a whole range of people, from interested onlookers to music aficionados.
TAKEAWAY TUNES POP-UP SHOP
For the first time, Love Is My Velocity presented a pop-up local music shop (complete with real grass!) to promote the hardworking independent label scene. We stocked music and other merchandise from WA’s thriving community of local labels, including Meupe, Hidden Shoal, Walking Horse Records, Badminton Bandit, The Community, Grave New World, Owls, Heartless Robot and Jarrah Records. The goods of independent Perth bands and musicians were also represented.
TAKEAWAY TUNES TEMPORARY RECORDING STUDIO
Not just your usual record shop, Takeaway Tunes was also 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 teamed up, recording eleven local bands or soloists in five days so punters could ‘takeaway’ the WAMi recordings for free.
We invited Eleventh He Reaches London, The Ghost Hotel, The Benedict Moleta Band, Schvendes, Tomas Ford, The Bank Holidays, The Tigers, Taco Leg, Jane Harris, Owls and Hayley Beth to come and play.
Download recordings for FREE!
All the tracks recorded are available for FREE to download below! Just right click the links and ’save as’. There are also awesome images and a rundown of each days events to gawk at, so go right ahead.
Sunday was the final day of Takeaway Tunes
by admin on May.24, 2010, under Takeaway Tunes
Our grassy musical oasis is no more, but the Takeaway Tunes recordings live on! Thanks to all who made it down to say hi, hang out, buy local music n merch, and support the musicians who came in to record.
Sunday’s recordings kicked off with the dulcet tones of soloist Jane Harris and her impressive eight song set. She is soon to fly the coop for Euro adventures, so it was great to be able to document her fledging but fantastic musical efforts.
Jane Harris. Image by Dan Grant.
As the sky darkened, Owls Collective extraordinaire Rupert Thomas came by with a stack of equipment, an ironing board, parental slash friend support, and four meandering, poignent songs to test out. May we also take this opportunity to spruik the impressive wares that Owls provided us with, including Rebecca Orchard’s handcrafted ‘Covers’ publication. It’s taking pride of place on our book shelf, and we can only shake our heads at the suckers who missed out on the opportunity to spend $5 and take home a piece of awesome.
Rupert of Owls Fame. Image by Dan Grant.
Finally, we were delighted to have the inimitable Hayley Beth close proceedings, and boy did she smash it. Hayley was accompanied on most tracks by multi-instrumentalist Beau Walker, who, she informed us, was wearing underpants for the occasion instead of freeballin’. Nice one Beau!
Official Takeaway Tunes top-selling artist Hayley Beth. Image by Dan Grant.
So dang, that’s it for LIMV’s WAMi antics this year. We are pretty exhausted, but more than satisfied with how everything turned out. Now get ready for a pile of thank yous… to all the labels and bands who stocked their labours of love with us, our smashing photographers Thomas Rowe and Dan Grant, the Crombie Bros for helping us set up shop, our liquor store landlady for agreeing to rent the space to us, Sarah Norton for asking us back to contribute to the 2010 WAMi Festival, Cut and Paste crew for filming our shiz, the Sleeping With the Band artists and subjects, Nat Carson and Al McEwen, everyone who came in to record, and of course the king amongst men, Laurie Sinagra.
We hope to see y’all next year for another temporary recording studio permutation! If your load of LIMV needs topping up, please join us at the Bird this Saturday May 29 from 8pm for the launch of Adem K’s Community Chest, supported by the Painkillers and the Gizzards. Laurie will also be DJing, so go slap him on the back and and tell him about your favourite recording.
Finally, be sure to check Friday’s and Saturday’s posts for some new additions – we’ve just uploaded those four extra Taco Leg songs and Tomas’ finale ‘Six Times’, and they rule!
Love LIMV xx
Laurie Sinagra = The Man
by admin on May.24, 2010, under General, Takeaway Tunes
While we await Sunday’s freshly mixed n mastered tracks, it’s worth pointing out who has been responsible for the awesome toones you’ve been downloading. Laurie Sinagra is pretty much the nicest dude you’ll ever meet, and a super experienced sound engineer to boot. This whole shebang would have been impossible without him, and we can’t thank him enough for hanging out with us over the last five days and making all the bands sound so amazing. Our only regret – not recording Tomas Ford’s impromtu ode to his skills during sound check. Thanks Laurie, you’re the man!
Takeaway Tunes Day Four – The Bank Holidays, The Tigers and Taco Leg
by admin on May.23, 2010, under Takeaway Tunes
James Crombie from The Bank Holidays. Also grassy knoll creator and expert. Image by Thomas Rowe
Saturday! Alright! We opened up and prepared for our busiest day yet. First off the mark, band-wise were The Bank Holidays, who played a one-off acoustic set without their drummer and charmed everyone with songs off their new yet-to-be released album ‘Sail Becomes a Kite’. You can get a taste for the songs in their raw form right here. Special shout out to James Crombie from The Bank Holidays, who was also the mastermind behind the design of the Takeaway Tunes shop. Much respect to his skills, which you may have appreciated if you came into the store, which as you can hear, also extend to great harmonies!
The Nicest Band. The Tigers. Image by Thomas Rowe
In the early evening The Tigers came in to lay down twelve tracks, being the only band to take our hour long set times to heart. What great dudes. With over a decades worth of material they were up to the task, ending with a cover of Amerie’s ‘1 Thing’.
Taco Leg. Image by Thomas Rowe
Last on Saturday night was Taco Leg who played ten songs with a few covers thrown in for good measure. Taco Leg are about to record an album so they saved up most of their regular tracks, but did smash out a sick n sludgey rendition of Freemason’s Hall and some charming limited note improvs.
The Money Will Roll Right In (Fang cover)
I Wanna Puke on Yr Stereo (Frumpies cover)
You Belong To Me (Taylor Swift cover)
Gimme Gimme Gimme (Black Flag cover)
Lastly, a big thanks to Thomas Rowe who documented 3/5 days of recording with his sick ass new camera, and to Dan Grant, who happily snapped away on the other two days. Awesome job doods!
One more day of Takeaway Tunes
by admin on May.22, 2010, under Takeaway Tunes
Man, Saturday ruled! Even though the songs are currently being mastered and won’t be up til tomorrow arvo, we wanted to spruik the three new sets that await, and take this opportunity to thank all the bands who have participated so far. We hope you’re enjoying their songs as much as we’ve enjoyed having them in to record (ie HEAPS).
Today the afternoon sun shone as the Bank Holidays introduced us to new songs off their soon-to-be-released album, Sail Becomes A Kite, plus some familiar tunes that put smiles on dials. Then the Tigers broke Li’l Leonie Lionheart’s ten song record from last year’s Bank Notes, completing 12 amazing songs in their session including THE BEST COVER EVER, Amerie’s 1 Thing. Fuuuuuuuuck. We can’t wait to hear this, and all their other tracks. The Tigers are so good! And finally, Taco Leg totally owned the young night with 10 tracks that were as epic as they were brief as they were brutally awesome.
Words cannot describe how happy we are after four days spruiking local music and musos in Takeaway Tunes. May we encourage you to head to 54 Lake Street Northbridge from 3pm on Sunday for the final day of recording? See Jane Harris (3-4pm), the Owls Collective (6-7pm) and Hayley Beth (8-9pm) and load up on local music treats (including Sleeping With the Band pillowcases) before the shop closes for business at 9pm.
Takeaway Tunes Day Three – Schvendes and Tomas Ford
by admin on May.22, 2010, under Takeaway Tunes
Schvendes at Takeaway Tunes. Image by Thomas Rowe
Day three of Takeaway Tunes rolled around and we said hello to more customers as well as curious onlookers who were keen to check out the joint.
First up for the bands today were Schvendes, who were moved forward half an hour to ensure that Tara (keyboard player extraordinaire) could go and wow the crowd at a recital later that night. (Go Tara!) Schvendes pretty much nailed all six songs they played and left the crowd in awe of their musical skills and their corresponding ability to rock out on mounds of grass.
Schvendes
Tomas Ford, sound magician. Image by Thomas Rowe.
After Schvendes came Tomas Ford for his late Friday night solo set. Tomas had told us that he planned on playing his first acoustic set ever for his Takeaway Tunes slot, so were intrigued as to what he was going to pull out of his bag of tricks on the night. Well he certainly did play an acoustic set, but this was quite different to your usual singer/songwriter with acoustic guitar, as it involved spoken word, crowd participation, a cover of ‘New York, New York’ and singalongs. Plus, Tomas wrote an ode to our sound engineer Laurie as an impromptu soundchecking song, which we are gutted we don’t have the recording of. But those who weren’t there will have to settle for the following recordings, which should give you some sense of the force of nature that is Tomas Ford.
Tomas Ford
Postal Aid Package From Mum (Abridged)
*Updated* Six Times
