Mama Kin  aka Danielle Caruana is married to John Butler, has kids, is living in Brooklyn and plays ukulele. To hear more about her listen to the podcast (to the left) from Monday nights show. She is a complete babe but I don't tell her that in the interview.

She is touring with The Cat Empire which I'm sure will be horn blasting fun (did i type that).
Aug 19  - Palace Theatre - Melbourne, VIC
Aug 21 - The Station - Perisher, NSW
Aug 22 - ANU Bar - Canberra, ACT
Aug 28 - River Stage - Brisbane, QLD
Aug 29 - Hordern Pavilion - Sydney, NSW
Sept 1 - Thebarton Theatre - Adelaide, SA
Sept 2 - Astor Theatre - Perth, WA
Sept 10 - Reggaetown - Cairns, QLD

So get your tickets now because they are on sale. Now. From ticketmaster.
www.ticketmaster.com.au

 I'm looking forward to seeing her when she comes to Melbourne. It should be the best show out of the lot because The Palace is home for The Cat Empire. 

Mama Kin's first two singles are out now. To my table and Tore my heart out are available in stores and for download.

For More information on Mama Kin check out:


http://www.mamakinlive.com/

 http://www.myspace.com/mamakinmusic

Mama Kin and John Butler also run 'The Seed' a program for up and comers in the music industry. It's a fanatstic program and deserves our support. See below for more information.
http://www.thejbseed.com/

  

Tegan and Sara @ The Forum

Tegan and Sara @ The Forum
Last night i was lucky enough to catch up with Tegan and Sara in the green room before the first of their Melbourne shows. When talking to them you wouldn't know that they are "household names" rather you would think they were a friend-of-a-friend you were being introduced to at a bar.  They are the funniest and nicest people ever and I was so excited to see their amazing live set. Apart from the music the highlight for me was when Tegan inquired as to whether a crazed screaming fan had stepped into a bear trap. Second favourite highlight was Sara's on going tributes to 80s film star Elisabeth Shue. Like i said, funniest girls ever and i can now totally get why fans remove their underwear on sight of them, or get T&S added to their sleeve tattoos!

The Jezabels provided incredible support for the twins opening with their new single Easy to love and closing with the incredible and epic Hurt Me.

I chatted to Heather from The Jezabels on Mondays show about the tour and plenty of other things. Check out the podcast to hear the interview in full.


Astronauticalis Provided second support and was met with a strange response. His apparent mission was to counter Tegan and Sara's "nice music" with music that encourages concert goers to "cheat and steal".  His overall act reminded me of a Patrick Wolf from the Bronx. Certainly entertaining.

In other news, I am very short.

But so are Tegan and Sara.

Now linked to the JOY 94.9 website!

www.joy.org.au

Swan vs Raptor

Download Swan vs Raptor here.

Download the Swan vs Raptor compilation for free here.
SWAN VS RAPTOR is a free (FREE!) digital-download-only compilation featuring new and unreleased tracks from a whole bunch of amazing Australian independent artists, released by local Melbourne label Special Award Records.

Its amazing trust me. Check out awesome covers of R Kelly's 'Ignition' and Nikki Webster's 'Strawberry Kisses'. And Much more.