Pig Out - North Island Tour Dates

Pig Out will be playing the following North Island dates.

Wednesday Jan 31st at M.V.P, Wellington - w/ Holiday With Friends
$5, 9pm start

Friday Feb 2nd at Coherent, Auckland - w/ North Shore Pony Club + guest DJ's.
$10 - late

Since UK/NZ band Pig Out formed in Christchurch in March 2006 they
have toured New Zealand relentlessly, been interviewed on C4TV's
Intellectual Property, and in November released their debut album
'Club Poems' on Pinacolada Records. 'Club Poems' shot to critical
acclaim receiving nothing less than outstanding reviews, Real Groove
magazine's Album Of The Month and voted no.10 in Real Groove's top 50
albums of 2006. They have recently secured Australian management and
will be touring and releasing and e.p. of new tracks in Australia on
new label Simpatico this March. The band, have also been invited to
showcase in Austin, Texas at SXSW in 2007 .

The members of Pig Out have been in various bands in both Europe and
New Zealand over the past decade and share a love of house, rave,
funk, electronica and post punk. The band's name refers to the
excitement and exuberance the music embodies.

Word of mouth, radio airplay and the bands intense live performances
have given Pig Out a reputation as one of the best live acts in the
country. Their mix of programmed and live instruments enables them to
build intensity in a way that owes more to a DJ than a traditional
live band, although their rare communicative ability engages the
audience in a way DJ's rarely do. They are as assured playing a two
hour set in a club at 2am as they are in a traditional live music
venue.

Pig Out can be contacted via myspace.com/pigoutfanclub

REVIEW EXCERPTS

'Out of nowhere New Zealand's finest live dance-punk band have made
the best techno album to come out of this country ever, not to mention
the best local diorama of the politics of partying your likely to see
outside of hip hop.' 5/5 and Album Of The Month. + Voted No 10 in Top
50 for 2006.
Real Groove Magazine - November 2006

"It's house music? But? What? Pig Out manage to get this so totally
fucking bang on because they aren't pretending - this is genuine and
it goes to illustrate perfectly, indie is not a fucking genre - it's
an attitude. This IS indie-house. Trust me I am old enough to
appreciate where they are coming from - and this kicks as much serious
ass as the original groundbreaking stuff from Chicago circa 1986-89."
www.cheeseontoast.co.nz - November 2006

'Pig Out recombine the kraut-funk of Happy Mondays and The Fall with
the test tones of Sheffield bleep'n'bass, the primal urgency of
Factory bands Section 25 and A Certain Ratio and the rough repetitive
synth lines of early Chicago house. Pig Out have an urgency and
hunger hitherto unknown to these shores. "We're called Pig Out and
we've come to do your brain in," promises Lawrence. It's about time.'
Pavement Magazine - August 2006

'The greatest live act to pounce on Christchurch!'
RDU 98.5 - April 2006

ENDS

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