Your most memorable Festival moment or experience? Our stage manager once fixed things so that I could stand on a podium on the side of the stage and pretend to set my keyboards up while Roky Erickson played a packed tent at Hultsfred in Sweden. He’s very aloof and doesn’t like to have people too close while he plays, so I made myself small and was quiet as a mouse but it was such a treat to get to watch him that closely, he’s just great.
Favourite Artist you’ve seen at a Music Festival? Leonard Cohen’s performance at Coachella last year was about as magical as it gets.
What’s your ideal Festival line-up? Us, PB&J, Jay-Z, Kitty Daisy and Lewis, The Essex Green, Cass McCombs, Joni Mitchell, The Brunettes, Magic Numbers, and Florence Foster Jenkins but she’s dead unfortunately. I can already see this wouldn’t fly with Jay-Z, but I’d settle for just one or two of the above.
What are your tips for attending Music Festivals? Dress to avoid getting cold, wet or sunburned, and take off on your own. In my experience committing to meeting up with too many people always ends up ruining the whole damn thing.
Karnivool
Posted
on September 17 2009
Karnivool adds Dredg and Coerce to tour!
KARNIVOOL are pleased to announce special guests joining them on the Sine Waves and Mirrors tour. San Francisco based progressive rock band DREDG will be making a special trip out to Australia to tour with their Australian mates. The group has toured extensively in North America and Europe, playing numerous festivals, including Coachella and Outside Lands. On October 1st in New York DREDG will co-headline ‘Liner Notes’ with award winning author Salman Rushdie at Housing Works bookstore cafe. Housing Works is a New York-based AIDS service organization. The event is presented by SPIN and its SPIN.com Book Club, and will celebrate the recent release of DREDG’S fourth album, The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion, which was inspired by Rushdie’s essay “Imagine There's No Heaven: A Letter to the Sixth Billionth Citizen.
Together for just over a year, post hard core Adelaide band COERCE recently independently released their debut album ‘Silver Tongued Life Licker’ through MGM. With the abrasion meets melody and groove of At The Drive In, Refused and TAAS all wrapped up in a 12” Silver vinyl LP w/ CD package, this human tale and social summary shows all shades of a black and white rainbow. Having launched their album in June via a national tour COERCE are building a solid fan base and KARNIVOOL welcome their addition to the tour.
‘All I Know’, the most commercial track from the Sound Awake album will be serviced to radio and TV later this month, keep an eye out for another stunning video from the band full of special effects with an abstract sci-fi style clip built around a bizarre labyrinth.
Whilst KARNIVOOL maintains its independence here in Australia, their ‘Sound Awake’ album is scheduled for release in the US in February next year on the SIN / Red network with a digital release due this month. The UK release of the album is scheduled for next month through Columbia records as KARNIVOOL tours that territory with local Ragga Punk Metal outfit SKINDRED. Sound Awake’s release in other European territories is being negotiated at the moment as is a Japanese release.
Tour dates are:
Wednesday 18th November- THE ENMORE THEATRE, Sydney NSW Friday 20th November -WAVES NIGHTCLUB, Wollongong NSW Saturday 21st November -TRACKSIDE FESTIVAL, Canberra ACT Sunday 22nd November -BAR ON THE HILL, University of Newcastle NSW Tuesday 24th November - THE TIVOLI, Brisbane QLD Wednesday 25th November – THE TIVOLI, Brisbane QLD Friday 27th November - THE COOLANGATTA HOTEL, QLD Saturday 28th November - OPEN ARMS FESTIVAL, Coffs Harbour NSW Sunday 29th November - THE NORTHERN, Byron Bay NSW Wednesday 2nd December - THE PALACE THEATRE, Melbourne VIC Friday 4th December - THE FERNTREE GULLY HOTEL, VIC Saturday 5th December - PIER LIVE, Frankston VIC Tuesday 8th December - THE THEBARTON THEATRE, Adelaide SA Friday 11th December – METRO CITY, Perth WA Saturday 12th December - MAXX YOUTH FESTIVAL, Bunbury WA
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Posted 27/02/2010
If we were hanging with you and your band backstage, what would we be getting up to?
Drinking a lot of Jack Daniels. Jack Daniels and Coke. Dressed suited and booted in 60s soul Motown clothes. There might be a couple of ladies there, but all above board. We are gentlemen. Usually the best sh*t happens at the after parties, backstage after the gig. You’re pretty sweaty and tired and it’s not as glamorous as you might think, but definitely a lot of alcohol and a couple of pretty ladies.
If you could request anything on your rider what would it be?
I had a massage the other day down here in Kings Cross… It’s not what you think; it didn’t have a happy ending or anything. It was actually a proper massage. And I’d probably have one of them before every show.
Give one of your personal favourite bands a plug.
The Prodigy is one of my favourite bands. Gotta shout them out everytime.
What's your most essential item to take on tour?
iPhone. Gotta be the iPhone.
What's your secret talent?
Singing!
AND... Where are we best to stalk you: MySpace, Facebook or Twitter? Which one's updated the most?
Twitter… I think.
New Empire
Since their formation, the Sydney four-piece have constantly been experimenting and fusing different styles to create their original and powerful brand of music. New Empire's high energy and powerful live show combined with their heartfelt and honest music makes them one of Sydney's most popular new bands. Awoe magazine has described New Empire as "the essentials of the rock pop culture", and this is clearly echoed by thousands of music lovers across the country.
Forming in the late Summer of 2003, Euphoria Audio are a Rock/Popular band from Wakefield, UK. They have worked closely with producers Stuart Epps (Oasis, Robbie Williams, Jimmy Page) and Steve Levine (Culture Club, The Beach Boys), and most recently have recorded in Trondheim, Norway with Universals D-sign Music (Kylie Minogue, Joe Cocker).
In 2010 the band showcased at the Musexpo music conference in Los Angeles in front of world-wide delegates as well as a performance at the legendary Viper Room.
