THE GIN CLUB and TEXAS TEA Do Their Bit To Save Record Stores Around The World

THE ONLY PLACE IN AUSTRALIA TO BE ON APRIL 18 2009..

..is your local independent music store to celebrate Record Store Day Australia 2009.

In these high-tech days of ipods and downloads, there’s still nothing to beat the thrill of immersing yourself in the atmosphere of a real CD and record shop, browsing the racks, talking to the staff and taking home an album that will become part of your personal history.

Record store owners from Perth to Traralgon to Wollongong, and everywhere in between, love the fact that this is a chance to really celebrate the value of music in Australian stores and support the artists that create it and so we are getting into the act and joining forces with one of Australia’s oldest and respected stores Rocking Horse Records to help celebrate the day.

Rocking Horse Records is Queensland's oldest and largest independently owned and operated record store. They have been open since 1975 and are proud to be celebrating their 30th year of business and we are going to help in the celebrations with a couple of very intimate performances from The Gin Club and Texas Tea.

MEXICO CITY To Release New Album "Brown Bird"

Epic garage rock for fans of The Band, Nick Cave, The Drones, Dylan, My Morning Jacket, Neil Young and Wilco..

Roving Cannibals, a fugitive de facto and a sparrow or two. Talk about a rogue's gallery. Not to mention lost ghosts, drunken ship captains and an estranged stock broker.

They're just some of the misfits that inhabit Brown Bird, the new album by Brisbane's best kept secret MEXICO CITY.

Coming three years after the release of debut album (2006's critically applauded Black Comedy), Brown Birdfinds the four-piece simultaneously refining and expanding on the template set down by the previous record.

The band said goodbye to longstanding member Mick Elliot, who was eventually replaced by Matt Tanner (GIANTS OF SCIENCE, MARY TREMBLES). They also big farewell to their first record label, to start anew with Brisbane's Plus One Records (GIN CLUB, BLACKWATER FEVER, TEXAS TEA).

Brown Bird triumphs over these disruptions in thrilling fashion.

MEXICO CITY "Brown Bird" Tour Dates May 2009

Fri 08 - Grace Emily, Adelaide, SA

Sat 09 - East Brunswick Club, VIC

Thu 14 - Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills, NSW

Fri 15 - Chilli Lounge, Wyong, NSW

Sat 16- Lass O'Gowrie, Newcastle, NSW

Sat 23 - Troubador, Brisbane, QLD

Fri 29 - Bon Amici, Toowoomba, QLD

GIANTS OF SCIENCE Add Melbourne Date To April Tour

GIANTS OF PRESCIENCE

That's right! Everyone's favourite early noughties throwbacks GIANTS OF SCIENCE are back to strike fear into the hearts of purveyors of false intelligent hard rock everywhere! They are playing the Troubadour, Brisbane on Friday 17th of April and head to Sydney the following day to headline the Annandale Hotel's Tomorrow People mini festival on the 18th of April and then to Melbourne Sunday April 19 for a show at The Tote.

KEEP IT LIKE A SECRET

Giants of Science are one of Australia's best kept musical secrets. Their patented combination of vicious intelligent hard rock, black humour & questionable fashion sense saw them garner supports for bands such as Radio Birdman, McClusky, MC3DKT, The Bellrays, Black Flag, A Perfect Circle, JSBX, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Powderfinger, Screamfeeder,Tumbleweed, Front End Loader, You Am I, and many others. TThey released two albums and two EPs up till 2007, toured Canada and Vanuatu, played the Big Day Out and Livid festivals, and a good deal of rum was on board throughout.

HI-ATUS VAN

The Giants have have been on extended leave for two years whilst various members travelled to Europe, dossed about and worked as escorts in the Middle East. However the original line up of Ben Salter (vocals/guitar) Steven Lynagh (drums) Benjamin Tuite (guitar) and Matt Tanner (bass) is back, match fit, older, stupider, working on some new songs, and set to play a few shows before commencing work on their third full length album, tentatively entitled The Suburban Durban Bourbon Turban, due for release early 2010.

DATES - April 2009

The Troubadour, Brisbane on the 17th of April with HITS and No Anchor
$15 + bf from www.troubadour.oztix.com.au

The Annandale, Sydney on the 18th of April for the Tomorrow People mini festival
supports TBA - $10 on the door

The Tote, Collingwood on the 19th of April

www.myspace.com/giantsofscienceaustralia

TEXAS TEA New Tour Dates Promoting THE JUNKSHIP RECORDINGS

Plus One Records and Shock Distribution are proud to present the "The Junkship Recordings",Texas Tea's follow up to the popular and critically acclaimed "Take A Sip".

TEXAS TEA April and Beyond TOUR DATES

Thursday April 2 - Karova Lounge, Ballarat, VIC
w/ The Gin Club

Friday April 3 - East Brunswick Club, VIC
w/ The Gin Club

Saturday April 4 - Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills, NSW
w/ The Gin Club

Sunday April 5 - Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
w/ The Gin Club

Thursday April 9 - The Zoo, Fortitude Valley, QLD
w/ Ben Kweller

Friday April 17 - 5pm - Milano Stage, Queen St Mall, Brisbane, QLD

Saturday April 18- Rocking Horse Records, Brisbane, QLD
Instore appearance w/ The Gin Club

Sunday June 14- 3pm - Powerhouse Live Spark, Brisbane, QLD

THE GIN CLUB TOUR EAST COAST MARCH / APRIL 2009 Last chance to get Junk-drunk on Gin!

Inimitable Alt-country rock troupe The Gin Club are embarking on an East Coast tour of Australia in March and April, before heading off to Europe to tour and continue recording the follow up to their epic 2-disc 2008 release Junk.

Junk was received with critical and public acclaim, reaching the top 10 on the AIR charts and granting the eclectic Brisbane-based band accolades including ‘Best Rock Song, ‘Best Folk Ballad’ and ‘Song of the Year’ at “Q Song” - Queensland Music Industry Awards in 2008.

Now, on the back of a successful string of 2008 gigs both here and in the US (including appearances at Musicexpo (LA), Gympie Music Muster, Woodford Folk Festival and The Big Day Out), The Gin Club are ready to hit the road, complete with brand new songs to unleash on anticipative audiences.

The band will be performing favourite singles like 'Ten Paces Away’, 'Drugflowers' and 'Wylde Bitch', new singles ‘Days’ and ‘You Me & The Sea’ as well as giving punters a sneak-peak at some brand new material expected to be included in their next release.

This will be the last opportunity for established fans and the not-yet-enlightened to catch one of the most intriguing bands of recent memory before they head to Europe to continue work on the follow up to Junk, which commenced last year and includes a collaboration with Weddings, Parties, Anything’s Mick Thomas.

Front man Ben Salter said “After our busiest and most successful 12 months yet, we're hoping our fans both old and new can come and give the Club a triumphant send off before we embark on adventures over the sea”.

The Gin Club will be joined by label mates Texas Tea (www.myspace.com/texasteaband) as well as other special guests.

The tour kicks off on Friday 20th March at the Yandina Club, Sunshine Coast.

For a full list of dates and more information visit www.sonicbids.com/theginclub as well as the usuals: www.theginclub.com.au and www.myspace.com/theginclub

The Gin Club - March / April 2009 tour dates

• Thursday 2nd April The Karova Lounge, Ballarat, Vic
• Friday 3rd April East Brunswick Hotel, East Brunswick, Vic
• Saturday 4th April The Hopetoun Hotel, Surry Hills, NSW
• Sunday 5th April The Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW

TEXAS TEA New Tour Dates for Album THE JUNKSHIP RECORDINGS

ALBUM IN STORES NOV 1ST 2008

..whereas pale imitators might hint at the sick, sad, demented world that theyre writing about, Texas Tea give that world all the vivid quality of Harry Dean Stanton in Paris, Texas, or a sociopath loitering in the background of a David Lynch film.
BEAT MAGAZINE

One of Oz's finest roots releases of the year.
RAVE MAGAZINE

Quite possibly the finest local roots album of the year.
TSUNAMI MAGAZINE

Jacobson and Dougherty's voices entwine like late-night cigarette smoke, somewhere out on the ledge with fellow travellers such as Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits.
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Plus One Records and Shock Distribution are proud to present the The Junkship Recordings, Texas Teas follow up to the popular and critically acclaimed Take A Sip to be launched in Melbourne this month.

TEXAS TEA March/April and beyond Tour Dates

Friday March 27 Sound Lounge Currumbin w/ The Blackwater Fever and Dallas Frasca
Saturday March 28 Joe's At Eumindi w/ The Blackwater Fever and Dallas Frasca
Thursday April 2 Karova Lounge Ballarat w/ The Gin Club
Friday April 3 East Brunswick Club East Brunswick w/ The Gin Club
Saturday April 4 Hopetoun Hotel Surry Hills w/ The Gin Club
Sunday April 5 Brass Monkey Cronulla w/The Gin Club
Wednesday April 8 The Zoo w/ Ben Kweller
Friday April 17 Milano Stage Queen Street Mall 5PM
Saturday April 18 Rocking Horse Records In store w/ The Gin Club
Sunday June 14 Powerhouse Live Spark 3PM

Texas Tea are a two piece alt-country act from Brisbane, Australia.

Texas Tea's debut album, Take A Sip, featured heavily on radio from its release in 2006, including ABC, Triple R, PBS, Triple J, 4ZzZ. In 2006 and 2007 Texas Tea took out the Hot 100 on Brisbanes 4ZzZfm with tracks 'Macy and Me' and 'Whiskey and Wine'. These tracks also featured as finalists in the Q Music Awards and in 2007 APRA Songwriters Award. Tracks from Take A Sip have been used in several film projects including a film by Tropfest Winning Director Steve Baker and more recently in feature film Savages Crossing.

Their second long player 'The Junkship Recordings' is set to cement Texas Teas place in the country and alternative music scene in Australia. The album was recorded over the last year in several late night sessions at Junkship Studios with producer and engineer Jamie Trevaskis. Stand out tracks on the album include; 'Billy' - a rollicky lament of loss, 'Cane Farmer's Song' - a sinister spiritual prayer for rain and 'The Ferry Song' - a tragic story of a relationship slowly drowning.

A typical Texas Tea show will include a curious blend of live instrumentation with a combination of guitars and percussion played by foot. Kate and Ben are dual songwriters for the band. Their sound is lyrically driven and has been described as "uniquely Brisbane".

Texas Tea have been compared to such artists as Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case, Mazzy Starr, Carter and Cash, Townes Van Zandt and Leonard Cohen and they have shared the stage with Cold War Kids (USA), Iron and Wine (USA), The Handsome Family (USA), The Mountain Goats (USA), Jeff Lang, The Darling Downs (Kim Salmon and Ron Peno), Art of Fighting, The Devastations and many other fine acts.

Texas Tea have toured all over the East Coast of Australia and also overseas in Germany, Netherlands and France where they have strong support.

The Junkship Recordings is out Nov 1st 2008 through Plus One and Shock Distribution.
"Kate Jacobson is the closest thing Fortitude Valley will get to Gillian Welch" "Brisbanes King and Queen of country" "Stupidly brilliant (really!)"

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