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Hey All,

It's all happening here in hub land. Sure it's quiet with no-one touring, but that's because we are planning. What are we planning? To take over the world, one artist at a time, using twitter.


SHELLEY HARLAND
Wrapped up her support with The Fray before releasing her debut Ep 'Wonder' through Albert Music / Sony. It entered into the Aria charts at #38 on the week of release. To celebrate Shelley has decided she wants to write a song for one of her fans mothers this mothers day. All you have to do is follow shelleyharlandx on twitter and tell her what you most wonder about.

Example - @shelleyharlandx I Most wonder why the sky is blue
Head to the following link for more info http://tinyurls.com/clzfdo


DAPPLED CITIES
HAVE FINALLY FINISHED THEIR THIRD ALBUM!

On Saturday the 25th of April the band returned to Sydney to headline the Essential Festival. With dancing polar bears and the mysterious word 'Zounds' spelt out in neon on the stage they tore the room apart with an artful display of rock and pop showcasing tunes from their pending release. The first single from the upcoming album will be premiered to the world on the 11th of May on an Australian radio network - to find out what station, and what time it will first be aired just follow DAPPLEDCITIES on twitter.

Also don't forget to purchase a copy of the Give, Listen, Help Album. A large percentage of the proceeds ($13.88 out of every $14.99) from the sale of each disc will be donated to the PABLOVE Foundation, a group formed by Jeff Castelaz, LA-based cofounder of Dangerbird Records, to help the Children's Hospital of Loas Angeles ( where Jeff's son is undergoing treatment for a rare form of cancer). This exclusive 2-disc mix features 1 dsic packed with unreleased and remixed versions of songs from an impressive list of artists including Radiohead and Of Montreal, as well as an entire disc of Dangerbird Records artists, including Silversun Pickups, The Dears and Dappled Cities.

WASHINGTON
Has wrapped up the International Relations tour with Philadelphia Grand Jury and Hungry Kids Of Hungary. You can watch the footage from the Sydney show on ABC 1 just before Rage on the date below.

Mon 11th of May ABC2 9pm
Live track from Washington
Spotlight with HUngry Kids of Hungary

OLD MAN RIVER
Is wrapping up the mixing of his sophmore album to be released later this year. to hear the new tracks live, head to the Beach Road hoetl on teh 27th of May, free entry and a great night.

THE SEABELLIES
Will head into the studio this month to begin recording their debut album with maestro Wayne Connolly (Josh Pyke).To check out the band's last show before they disappear head to the Annandale Hotel this Thursday night where they will support Okkervil River. They recently played a "Ben Sherman presents" show in Sydney and covered some of their fave UK sounds for the one-off event.



THE CURSE OF COMPANY
Well we are still wondering where Leo Magnets has disappeared to. Has anyone seen him?
http://www.rip-leomagnets.com

Hub luv x

why I love my job

Right now I'm sitting at a desk listening to the FINAL master of the new Dappled Cities album (Zounds) which is a simply stunning piece of pop art, combining the glory of, say, Pet Sounds with the electricity of an LCD Soundsystem trip. Then tomorrow Old Man River commences mixing his sophomore album, a mesmerising album recorded in Sydney, Tel Aviv and Mumbai. And within days we'll be listening to that too. I can't explain how different the making of those 2 records has been. Not through anything other than circumstance mind you. One of them was wrestled into existence all bloody and cut, & forcepts were necessary for the final heave-ho.....while the other album arrived as a multi-part dream that was making no sense at first but slowly weaved itself into existence. And then, and then.......The Seabellies commence recording their debut album in a couple of weeks. And the demos are vivid, cinematic and spellbinding, so we can only hope to build on that right? I do love my job.