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GIMME SOME

CAT #: COOKCD533 RELEASE: 25/3/11APN: 0711297493320 PPD: $15.98

Peter Bjorn And John have announced the title of their new full-length studio album on March 25th on Cooking Vinyl / Shock and it’s called ‘Gimme Some’.

Their sixth album was recorded at Tambourine Studios in Malmoe, Sweden. For the first time, the band took help from an outside producer, Per Sunding, from the 90’s trio Eggstone, an early inspiration for PB&J. He previously worked with The Cardigans and Bob Hund.

A back-to-basics power-pop-trio-format was used. Discussing the sound on the new album John Eriksson said, ‘‘We originally planned to make a punk rock album, but listening to it now it’s definitely a pop rock album. But it sounds more punk rock when we play the songs live!’’

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• Comprehensive album service to all relavent music media. Key targets include: Triple J and Community Radio; Music glossies plus National dailies and street press publications; Music based websites.

• National street press advertising

• Music Australia Guide advertising

• Triple J Magazine advertising

• RRR radio carts

• FBi radio carts

• Fasterlouder banner ads

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WRECKTROSPECTIVE VARIOUS ARTISTS CD3: FAT700-2 / PPD: $22.56 PUNK / FAT WRECK CHORDSTHOSE DANCING DAYS DAYDREAMS AND NIGHTMARES CD:WEBB284CD/ PPD: $13.99 ALTERNATIVE/V2

• Daydreams and Nightmares, the 2nd album from young Swedish popsters Those

Dancing Days, was recorded in Stockholm over the spring, summer and early fall of

2010 with Patrik Berger, the fast rising young producer known for his recent work

with Robyn. Filled with soaring choruses led by singer Linnea Jönsson’s sweetly sultry

vocals, the tracks range from the blissful pure pop of “I’ll Be Yours” to the defiant, hard

charging anthem “Fuckarias,” and from the New Wave-tinged, starry-eyed “Dream

About Me” to the wistful, reluctant build of “When We Fade Away.” The lushly vibrant

“Can’t Find Entrance” was co-written by Max Martin (Kelis, The Veronicas, Katy Perry),

who approached the band about working together after hearing their debut.

LE CORPS MINCE DE FRANCOISE LOVE AND NATURE CD:HVNLP83CD / PPD: $13.99 ALTERNATIVE/V2

• Rising out of Helsinki’s local electro-pop-punk scene in 2007, sisters Emma and Mia

Kemppainen’s musical vehicle LCMDF (Le Corps Mince de Francoise) was quickly

picked up by bloggers and music fans across the globe. Their incredibly vibrant,

leftfield pop gained them countless fans, earning them the top spot on the Hype

Machine, out-ranking even Kanye West. ‘Gandhi’ re-imagines Sean Ryder’s skewed

pop vision, but sung by Nordic sirens who cut their teeth listening to everyone from

the Beastie Boys to Gaga whilst getting lost in Ghost World. It’s as immediate and

accessible as it is dazzlingly unique. In keeping with their Dance music and Pop

heritage, Heavenly say of their newest signing ‘the band hold true the qualities of

the bands we love: conviction, tunes & a love of POP’

TREEFIGHT FOR SUNLIGHT TREEFIGHT FOR SUNLIGHT CD: BELLACD270/ PPD: $15.98 ALTERNATIVE/V2

• In 21st century terms, no one really sounds like TREEFIGHT FOR SUNLIGHT. Just one

spin of debut single “What Became of You and I” will confirm their swooning, roller-

coasting, deliriously jubilant sunshine pop that harks back to more innocent times.

Now here comes their self-titled debut album which bottles their epic sunshine into

ten pop symphonies in a compact 35 minutes - as God surely intended albums to

last – and shows Bella Union are embracing the new year with the same eclectic

enthusiasm as ever.

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WRECKTROSPECTIVE VARIOUS ARTISTS CD3: FAT700-2 / PPD: $22.56 PUNK / FAT WRECK CHORDSDENIZ TEK CITADEL YEAR S 2CD: CITCD563/ PPD: $15.98 ALTERNATIVE/SHOCK

• March 18th of this year will see the release by Citadel Records of the double-CD

compilation Deniz Tek - Citadel Years. The founding member and chief songwriter of

the acclaimed Radio Birdman has created a large body of unique work over the last

20 years and a varied selection of it will be featured on this release.

• Tracks have been derived from multiple album and EP releases, many of which are

currently out of print or hard to find.

• Tek’s songs are singularly unique, bridging the gap between the style of Radio

Birdman and a totally new path of experimentation. We’re sure this release will be of

great interest to fans, aficionados of underground Australian rock, and anyone who

appreciates unique songs - guitar and vocal style.

• To promote the release Tek will be playing East Coast shows at the end of March and into April.

SCREECHING WEASELFIRST WORLD MANIFESTO CD: FAT767-2/ PPD: $13.99 // LP: FAT767-1/ PPD: $12.66 PUNK/FAT WRECK

• For those that aren’t familiar with them (frankly, you should be ashamed of yourself ),

Screeching Weasel have been a stalwart of the pop-punk scene for 25 years. Back in

’86 they took up the Ramones’ torch and have since created a bonfire.

• The band recently reformed and completed their first new material in 11 years. From

the short fast punk rock standards bearing Ben’s trademark ire (this time directed

at message board tyrants, scenesters, and blind followers) to the traditional mid-

tempo girl oriented songs, it’s all in there.

• Plenty of promo activity around the world, including MySpace stream & feature

week of release, promo to local Australian media.

• Also avail.on vinyl LP. Cat # FAT767-1, APN 0751097076613. PPD $12.66 (pre-dist.fee & GST).

MICACHU & THE LONDON SINFONIETTA CHOPPED & SCREWED LP: RTRADLP612/ PPD: $18.63 ALTERNATIVE/ RTIMP

• London’s Micachu and the Shapes return with their innovative release ‘Chopped and Screwed’ in collaboration with the London Sinfonetta, one of the world’s leading contemporary orchestra’s. Recorded in front of a live audience in May 2010, Mica Levi and David Sylvester perform songs with handmade instruments. The concept behind the album was inspired by the popular American Hip Hop technique

“Chopping and Screwing” made famous by Houston artist, DJ screw in the 1990s.• For this exciting, innovative project Mica Levi and David Sylvester handmade the

instruments played by Micachu & The Shapes on this recording. • Micachu composed a series of pieces that would reflect her interests and influences,

whilst giving the Sinfonietta an opportunity to develop a relationship with a young and exciting composer.

• Micachu (aka Mica Levi) is a 23 year old classically trained English singer, songwriter, composer, and produce

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NOAH AND THE WHALE LAST NIGHT ON EARTH CD : V VR764187/ PPD: $15.98 ALTERNATIVE/V2

• “Last Night On Earth” is the 3rd album from the UK’s Noah & The Whale. Long credited as

pioneers of the “new-folk” sound made popular by their old peers Laura Marling and

Mumford & Sons, the band’s sound has progressed to take in 70s and 80s FM rock as well as

the likes of Lou Reed’s “Berlin”. The loose concept album, based on the idea of, errm, the last

night on earth has gone Top 10 in the UK, and single “L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.” has gone Top 20. In

Australia it is on full rotation on JJJ and jas been added ATD to Nova Brisbane and Sydney.

N&TW are poised to make the big crossover in 2011.

HEY ROSETTA SEEDS CD:CTX610CD/ PPD: $13.99 ALTERNATIVE / CORTEX

• Perfect timing! Coinciding with their April 2011 SOLD OUT tour of Australia supporting fellow Dine Alone (and Canadian) act City And Colour, Newfoundland-based indie-orchestral-pop rockers Hey Rosetta! release new album ‘Seeds’.

• The group spent time developing the sonic landscapes found on Seeds while touring Australia, China, Europe, the US and Canada. They then holed up in Newfoundland to work on the songs before traveling to Halifax, NS to record with Tony Doogan (Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai, Wintersleep).

• Getting huge Canadian press and airplay and certain to attract the same attention here.• CITY AND COLOUR & HEY ROSETTA! APRIL 2011 TOUR DATES (ALL SHOWS SOLD OUT) TUE

5TH Sydney – Enmore, WED 6TH Sydney – Enmore, THU 7TH Melbourne – The Palace, FRI 8TH Brisbane – The Tivoli, SUN 10TH Adelaide – HQ, MON 11TH Perth – Astor Theatre

LADYTRON BEST OF 00-10 CD: 30904-2 / PPD: $13.99 ALTERNATIVE / NETTWERK

• The narrative of the past decade of electronic music would not be complete without a chapter on Ladytron - although the Liverpool-born quartet’s global fanbase would argue that the band wrote the book on it.

• The foursome of Daniel Hunt, Reuben Wu, Helen Marnie and Mira Aroyo have fashioned four albums of deliriously buzzing, whip-smart electro-pop that have kept them ahead of the curve, apart from the fads and in a league of their own.

• Ladytron has created a body of work that reveals a fresh creative arc — and, as time has told, served as a reference point for a current crop of artists such as Lady Gaga, Goldfrapp, La Roux and Crystal Castles.

• Includes 2 new tracks ‘Ace Of Hz’ and ‘Little Black Angel’. Glossy national press ads, extensive promo both here and o’seas/ online.

UNWRITTEN LAW SWAN CD: BRECD275/ PPD: $15.98 PUNK/ SUBURBAN

• First new studio album in 6 years from this legendary Southern California punk group.• Unwritten Law have become synonymous with the sounds of summer by releasing some

of the most celebrated punk/rock records of recent memory, touring Australia regularly, holding the #1 slot on the Billboard Modern Rock charts and becoming a staple of the summer’s biggest festival, Vans Warped Tour.

• MARCH 2011 TOUR: THU 17 CAPITAL, PERTH, SAT 19 THE HI-FI, BRISBANE, SUN 20 COOLY HOTEL, GOLD COAST FRI 25 FOWLERS, ADELAIDE, SAT 26 ROUNDHOUSE, SYDNEY, SUN 27 BILLBOARD, MELBOURNE

• Extensive media service of singles, clips and albums. Marketing to include BLUNT glossy monthly, J-Mag, Bombshellzine, street press. Flowthrough from o’seas and online.

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• The Human Abstract’s new album has been causing some considerable buzz lately, and rightly so. With the return of guitarist and composer AJ Minette, fans and critics alike were excited at the prospect of a return to the form of the band’s first album ‘Nocturne’.

• The key reason this album is so purely enjoyable is because the songwriting has grown by leaps and bounds since the band’s earlier work.• ‘Digital Veil’ takes the blueprint of ‘Nocturne’ and does something new with it. This is still the same band, but it’s bigger, tougher

and most importantly smarter than ever before.• Promo to key Australian media, flowthrough from o’seas and online.

TRAP THEM DARKER HANDCRAFT CD: 10091-2 / PPD: $15.98 METAL/ PROSTHETIC• U.S. band Trap Them return to the forefront of extreme music with this new album on Prosthetic Records, recorded with

Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou at his God City Studios.

• Lyrically and sonically, the new album is as bleak and desperate as ever, and the art is done in a similar vein by Justin Bartlett,

who has also collaborated with Gorgoroth, Sun O and more.

• The band has toured with the likes of Napalm Death and Job For A Cowboy and appeared on numerous U.S. metal festivals.

THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS BULL OF THE WOODS2CD:: SNAX618CD/ PPD: $17.28 ROOTS/RETRO/ CHARLY• his 2CD set features the re-mastered stereo edition of the 13th Floor Elevators final release, 1968’s ‘Bull Of The Woods’ plus the

mono version of the Elevators’ lost unfinished third album ‘A Love That’s Sound’.

• The recordings were re-mastered and remixed from the original tapes in 2007 by the original producer Walt Andrus and are presented

in a luxury digibook limited edition of 5,000 copies with a detailed 16 page booklet written by band expert Paul Drummond.

THE HUMAN ABSTRACTDIGITAL VEIL CD:E1ECD2358/ PPD: $15.98 METAL/CORTEX

PENDRAGON PURE 2CD: SMACD969/ PPD: $13.99 ROOTS/RETRO/ SNAPPER• Pendragon formed in 1978 and over the past 30-odd years have built up a fanatical fanbase around the world, releasing 8

albums along with countless EPs, live and mini-albums.• The most recent of these was 2008’s ‘Pure’ which was named Album Of The Year by Classic Rock Society and described by Classic

Rock magazine as ‘Pendragon’s finest hour so far without a doubt’.• ‘Pure’ was originally released on the band’s own Toff Records label but is now reissued on Madfish, a division of Snapper Music,

ahead of their new album ‘Passion’.

THE TRASHMEN SURFIN’ BIRD CD: SNAX633CD/ PPD: $17.31 ROOTS/RETRO/ CHARLY• Following the success of the 2009 campaign to get Rage Against The Machine to the Christmas number 1 slot in the UK (defeating

the X Factor winner), a plethora of similar campaigns were launched in the lead up to Christmas 2010. Most of these floundered. The notable exception to this was ‘Surfin’ Bird’ by The Thrashmen which crashed in at #3, an undeniable success for a campaign which lacked the high-profile backing of other songs.

• A massively successful online movement arose from the use of the song in ‘Family Guy’ and the song has also recorded by numerous artists including the Ramones and The Cramps, as well as being used in movies and television shows including Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket.

• This re-issue of the band’s only full length album proves however that the band were much more than a novelty act. Features the whole of the original 1964 album plus 9 bonus tracks which include singles and B-sides.

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PRIORITY RELEASES

THOSE DANCING DAYS DAYDREAMS AND NIGHTMARES WEBB284CD 5021456179527 CD Y 13.99

LE CORPS MINCE DE FRANCOISE LOVE AND NATURE HVNLP83CD 5021456179534 CD Y 13.99

TREEFIGHT FOR SUNLIGHT TREEFIGHT FOR SUNLIGHT BELLACD270 5021456179480 CD Y 15.98

PRIORITY RELEASES IN STORES MARCH 18TH

TEK,DENIZ CITADEL YEARS CITCD563 5021456179176 2CD Y 15.98

SCREECHING WEASEL FIRST WORLD MANIFESTO FAT767-2 0751097076729 CD Y 13.99

SCREECHING WEASEL FIRST WORLD MANIFESTO FAT767-1 0751097076712 LP N 12.66

MICACHU & THE LONDON SINFONIETTA CHOPPED & SCREWED RTRADLP612 0883870061216 LP Y 18.63

FURTHER NEW RELEASES APRIL 1ST

NOAH AND THE WHALE LAST NIGHT ON EARTH VVR764187 5021456179923 CD Y 15.98

UNWRITTEN LAW SWAN BRECD275 5021456180202 CD Y 15.98

LADYTRON BEST OF 00-10 30904-2 5021456179954 CD Y 13.99

HEY ROSETTA SEEDS CTX610CD 5021456179640 CD Y 13.99

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HUMAN ABSTRACT,THE DIGITAL VEIL E1ECD2358 099923235828 CD Y 15.98

TRAP THEM DARKER HANDCRAFT 10091-2 0656191009126 CD Y 15.98

13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS,THE BULL OF THE WOODS SNAX618CD 0803415761821 2CD Y 17.28

TRASHMEN,THE SURFIN' BIRD SNAX633CD 0803415763320 CD Y 17.31

PENDRAGON PURE SMACD969 0636551596923 2CD N 13.99