Wednesday, February 28, 2007
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 Ollo To Play Melbourne
If you're in or around Melbourne.. check out the mighty Ollo
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
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They Still Love The Punk As Pussy 12" In NYC
We've noticed that East Village Radio gave Dsico's Sonic Youth cover 100% .. a spin last night
See here
Good music never dies ... |
| [posted in Bondi :: at 19:25] |
Friday, February 23, 2007
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Tonight's The Night
As Rod Stewart once said.... If you live within driving distance of Canterbury (UK) .. pop into town and check out the glorious Mavs at the Music Club in Orange street.. |
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Forthcoming Ollo Album, "The If If" Reviewed By Rolling Stone
We never saw a copy of this until this week .. but Rolling Stone reviewed the album back in December ... this is what they said
You know an album is going to be different when its opening line is “I really should eat more bananas and get more exercise”. The second album from Sydney’s Ollo, The If If, doesn’t disappoint; it’s a strange and imaginative collection of anti-pop songs that uses simple, melodic electronica to create trance-like soundscapes. Tracks like “Phobegone Days” and “Summer Salt” lull you into a false sense of serenity, then swirl and pulsate with soft energy, the lethargic “Wakey Moth” chugs along ever so slightly and the cover of Fun Boy 3’s “The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)” strips the song to its core and layers ghostly samples over drip-fed vocals. The level is never raised much beyond minimal until the penultimate track, “The Campaign for Real Bread”, that finally increases the volume and interest, before toning it down again to finish on “That Sound”. The result is an eerie and well crafted musical excursion where you never quite know where you’re heading, or where you’ve just been.
TIM DUGGAN
In other Ollo news
They are playing the Melbourne Laneway festival and a bunch of dates in and around sydney.. check it all out at their MySpace
Buy a copy of the next edition of the US's leading indie/dance magazine XLR8R .. it'll feature an ollo review but more importantly it'll also have a freebie CD attached which features the single we released by the band last year..Campaign For Real Bread There are 195,000 copies out there! so it shouldn't be too hard to find one especially if you are at the Miami dance do and sxsw where they'll be giving away the cd for free
Finally .. Summer Salt off the album has just been re-mixed by some mystery producers in San Francisco.. it sounds great and is to be licensed by a SF based record company for release on CD.. so keep your eyes and ears out for that one |
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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DJ Mag Gives Mavs ep 5/5
We're pleased to see that DJ Magazine in the UK has given our latest 12" release .. the Mavs marvellous "Slighty Smutty ep" 5 stars
They write:
"Grindie" strikes back for 2007 with this EP from "Chatham's smuttiest grime peddlers" The Mavs - A lively bunch of MCs / producers linking grime, rock and hip hop. "Dumpweed" doesn't have a conventional grime beat, but chugs along like early 70's glam complete with pumping electric guitar riff and gritty sneer from a John Lydon-esque lead vocal (circa P.I.L.). Shades
of Mike Skinner, Plan B, Kano and erm, Jarvis Cocker give this EP a colourful, thoroughly British slant.
Five Stars out of Five. |
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Monday, February 12, 2007
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Ollo: Official Release of The If If Album For UK, Europe & USA
Ollo's 2nd album The If If will be released by 12 Apostles on 9 April 2007.
If you are desperate for a copy, as always, Rough Trade Records in London have some advance stock.
Otherwise it'll be early April when our distributors Cargo International release the album to stores.
For downloads i-tunes in the US will be your port of call |
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The Mavs Play Live
Hip Hop heroes of smut and all things Medway, the glorious Mavs, play a gig in Canterbury soon
Don't miss it - one of the best live shows around
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