April News Two: Family Cactus, David Kilgour etc

April News Two: Family Cactus, David Kilgour etc

Hi there,

It's not Arch Hill - but we'd like to congratulate Ladi6 for winning the Taite Music Prize - 2011...well deserved. Our own Street Chant (for "Means") were in the running but it was a pretty strong line up with Dudley Benson, Die Die Die, Julia Deans, The Naked and Famous, The Phoenix Foundation and Connan Mockasin.
A few people have been having problems with our online store - which we agree is a bit rusty around the edges...so we are in the process of setting up a new improved version over here...not everything is on there but we are loading it all up
As usual we are keeping busy on FACEBOOK, TWITTER and YOUTUBE so if you want to know what's up head on over.

Family Cactus to Release Spirit Lights on Arch Hill

We are super pleased to announce that Wellington six piece Family Cactus will release their second album "Spirit Lights" on 30th of May on Arch Hill. 

The album was recorded at Roundhead Studios in Auckland and the Surgery in Wellington. It was then mastered in New York at Stirling Sounds by Greg Calbi late 2010 while the band were based there for several months.

We will tell you more about the album closer to the release date, but in the meantime you can download the first single "Fields and Fields" for FREE over here.

You can also watch the video for Fields and Fields, which was performed, recorded and filmed completely live at the historic and dilapidated Erskine College. The band completed as series of performances there with Bryson Rooney which you will get to see very soon. There is also an official music video for the song in the works and ready soon.

To celebrate the release of the album the Family Cactus will play the following shows, preceding a national tour¨

28th of May - The Kings Arms - Auckland¨
3rd of June - The San Francisco Bath House - Wellington

David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights "Left By Soft" - Album Out This Week

We know a few of you are looking forward to this one…and it is out this week!

We can now reveal the Vinyl cover art has been stuck together old school punk style, signed and numbered artwork by Mr David Kilgour himself…and limited to 200 copies. Quite a few people have ordered this one already however the artwork will be arriving later this week so sit tight!

The album has been receiving some great reviews from around the globe including

"Kilgour’s experience and versatility are definitely on display here, making Left By Soft a worthy addition to his discography." - The Agit Reader

"Kilgour molds his plainspoken vocals, memorable melodies and skilled guitar work into near-perfect pop sculptures that bespeak the confidence of maturity and the devotion of true love. The mellifluous, melancholy Diamond Mine would make even the Feelies jealous." - The Big Takeover

28th April - San Francisco Bath House - Wellington - with Terror of (the) Deep
29th April - The Kings Arms - Auckland - with Ghost Wave
7th May - The Empire - Dunedin - with guests
Buy tickets to the shows

Buy David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights - Left By Soft CD, Vinyl and Download

Ghost Wave - EP Out Now

In early 2010, when Ghost Wave started recording their EP in Sandringham, Auckland, things got off to a bad start. Matt Paul (guitar, vocals) and Eammon Logan (drums) were flatting together and laying down the bones of the recordings. They were using a mix of instruments and a sampler. One day, when they were out, some reprobates broke into their flat, stole their computers and trashed the place. The recordings were lost forever. They had to start from scratch….read more
Buy the Ghost Wave - EP on CD or Download

Last Chance to Win Stuff!

Don't forget, we are doing a nice big Arch Hill Prize pack...which includes the following swag.

VINYL: Street Chant, Surf City, David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights
CD: Street Chant, Surf City, Ghost Wave, David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights

All you have to do to enter is head over the FACEBOOK or TWITTER and hit us up with a good reason WHY you should win this pack! Just finish the following sentence and post it on up:

"I deserve to win this Arch Hill bag of swag because...."

We encourage you to be interesting/entertaining, but in the end we will probably choose the winner at random…we will decide the winner when we receive the David Kilgour stock - which we hope will be at the end of this week. So as soon as that arrives we will decide the winner.

Don McGlashan is back on his Bike!

You will probably have heard about his cycle accident in March…well, thankfully he is back in action and back on tour:
Thursday 12 May - Hawke's Bay Opera House, Hastings
Friday 13 May - NZ Clean Energy Centre, Taupo
Friday 20 May - Old Library Arts Centre, Whangarei
Saturday 21 May - Turner Centre, Kerikeri
Sunday 22 May - Whangaroa Sport Fishing Club, Whangaroa
Wednesday 25 May - De Luxe Theatre, Opotiki
Thursday 26 May - Poverty Bay Club, Gisborne
Saturday 28 May - Telecom Playhouse, University of Waikato, Hamilton
Sunday 29 May - Coromandel Area School Hall, Coromandel
Thanks for listening
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