Stream the current single – ‘Helluva Time’ HERE

Whilst on a hiatus from playing shows before their national tour to support their Debut EP, APES will venture up the Hume Hwy to be apart of the steller Vagabond Festival in Kangaroo Valley, NSW.

Check out the Festival site here and watch the promo video for full details.

Austin-Poster-Hepburn

We’ve been posting about it on social media for the past week but failed to put it up here.

We’re stoked to say the great folk at the Old Hepburn Hotel have taken The Young Troubadours Tour on board and people from the Ballarat and surrounding areas of Hepburn/Daylesford will now have the opportunity to see Austin Lucas, Jamie Hay and PJ Bond in the flesh.

Click on the link above and it will take you to the poster artwork with pre-sale ticket info.

Tickets can be purchased for $15.00 through trybooking or $18.00 on the door.

This is Wednesday night (tomorrow night) so don’t muck around! Go get tickets or get down tomorrow night for an awesome show in a great venue.

Doors at 8:00pm with PJ hitting the stage around 8:30 pm.

If you have pre-booked tickets through the venue please head to here to contact the venue for a full refund.

We apologise to all the people looking forward to getting along to this show and please be assured that we are trying to book another show in the area to make up for it.

Cheers – Lachlan.

‘The Young Troubadours Tour’

Featuring three prolific singer songwriters, Austin Lucas (USA), Jamie Hay (Aus) and PJ Bond (USA), ‘The Young Troubadours Tour’ will travel the East Coast of Australia throughout January 2013.

Great artists in their own right, the three troubadours team up for a tour of intimate shows, which will see Austin Lucas and PJ Bond touch our shores for the first time.

Austin Lucas has raised his bluegrass/alt country profile on the road with Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown tour, the troubadour-packed Revival tour, and in support of Pennsylvania’s Langhorne Slim. Lucas has also bolstered his loyal grassroots following with appearances at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Canada’s Sled Island Festival, Florida’s Harvest of Hope, and a 2011 European tour. Folk music is for the common folk, and Lucas delivers, often ending his shows playing on the floor amidst the crowd. His current album ’A New Home In The Old World’ is out now through Last Chance Records. To see Austin live in Helsinki click here

Jamie Hay, Newcastle’s favourite adopted Melburnian, has been dedicated to music for a vast portion of his life. From house shows, to huge festivals, international tours and regional youth centres, Jamie Hay has seen it all. Now the Conation/A Death In The Family/Fear Like Us vocalist opens a new chapter, with debut solo album KING OF THE SUN (out November 2).

PJ Bond is an American singer/songwriter who tells tales of letting go of things lost and holding on to those that matter. Nearly three and a half years of straight touring has seen Bond win over new folks in every city he’s been to. Bond’s most recent release “Brother Bones/ Baby Bones,” is a split album with his younger brother, Brian Bond, and is out on labels in the US, all over Europe and available through Itunes in Australia. The honest lyrics, thoughtful music, and high energy will be sure to captivate Australian audiences everywhere.

All ticketing information to be announced in the coming weeks.

Thurs Jan 3rd – The Grace Emily (Adelaide)

Fri Jan 4th – The Reverence Hotel (Melbourne)

Sat Jan 5th – Baby Black Espresso Bar (Bacchus Marsh)

Wed Jan 9th – The Front Gallery Café (Canberra)

Thur Jan 10th – Yours and Owls (Wollongong)

Fri Jan 11th – The Roxbury (Sydney)

Sat Jan 12th – Lasso Gowrie (Newcastle) with Jen Buxton

Jan 13th – Blackwire Records (Sydney) all ages

Jan 17th – The Wasp Factory (Lismore)

Jan 18th – The Shed (Byron Bay) all ages

Jan 19th – Crowbar (Brisbane)

Jan 23rd – Hepburn Palais (Daylesford)

Jan 24th – Beavs Bar (Geelong) with Nathan Seeckts

Jan 25th, 26th, 27th – Newstead Live! Festival**Jamie Hay not playing.

Austin Lucas

Jamie Hay

PJ Bond

Recorded by Malcolm Besley (Northeast Party House, Snakadaktal) Seven is a hook laden slab of garage indie rock, with its count along chorus and ‘don’t give a Fuck’ swagger it immediately gets stuck in your head and makes you count again and again and again!

Catch APES through November and December at the following venues:

Nov 2nd – Karova Lounge, BallaratNov

9th – Flanagans Border Inn, Bacchus Marsh

Nov 23rd – The Roxbury, Sydney

Nov24th – Yours and Owls, WoolongongNov

29th – The Royal Oak, Launceston

Dec 1st – The Grand Poobah, Hobart

Dec 6th – The Exeter, Adelaide

Dec 14th – Norfolk Basement, Fremantle

Dec 15th – Rosemount Hotel, Perth

Official band website

Triple J Unearthed site

Jordie Lane ‘Fool For Love’ Single Release Tour
Jordie Lane will hit the road in November and December to celebrate the release of his new single ‘Fool For Love’, available as an exclusive free download from October 1 at jordielane.com
Grounded in the Blues, ‘Fool For Love’ is a psych-folk rambler. Walking with a West Coast bass line and trash can drums, the track also sees the return of The Eagle Rock Gospel Choir.
Recorded in LA with Grammy Award winning Producer Tom Biller (Kanye West, Beck, Fiona Apple) and legendary drummer Matt Chamberlain (Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Stevie Nicks), ‘Fool For Love’ marks a new direction for Australia’s folk troubadour.
It is the first single from Jordie’s forthcoming third album, due for release in early 2013, and follows his critically acclaimed 2011 release ‘Blood Thinner’ which was nominated for ‘Best Blues & Roots Album’ at the 2011 Australian Independent Music Awards.
Currently touring in North America, Jordie will return later this month to support UK Icon Billy Bragg on a solo theatre tour.
Go to jordielane.com from 9am on October 1 to download ‘Fool For Love’ and to purchase tickets for all tour shows.
Single available on iTunes from October 8.

‘Fool For Love’ Single Release Tour Dates

Nov 4 – Ya Ya’s – Perth, WA (Solo)

Nov 9 – Barwon Heads Bowling Club – Barwon Heads, VIC

Nov 16 – Trinity Sessions – Adelaide, SA

Nov 17 – The Loft – Warrnambool, VIC

Nov 22 – Smiths Alternative Bookstore – Canberra, ACT (Solo)

Nov 24/25 – Queenscliff Music Festival – Queenscliff, VIC

Nov 29 – Northcote Social Club – Melbourne, VIC

Nov 30 – Northcote Social Club – Melbourne, VIC

Dec 1 – Baby Black Espresso Bar – Bacchus Marsh, VIC (Solo)

Dec 2 – Northcote Social Club – Melbourne, VIC (Matinee)

Dec 12 – Black Bear Lodge – Brisbane, QLD

Dec 13 – Drill Hall – Mullumbimby, NSW

Dec 14 – Great Northern Hotel – Newcastle, NSW

Dec 15 – Notes Live – Sydney, NSW

Dec 16 – Clarendon Guesthouse – Katoomba, NSW

Ticket info at jordielane.com (a limited number of 20 will be available from www.trybooking.com then another 25 presale will be available direct from Baby Black Espresso Bar once the tickets from trybooking are sold out)
“One of Australia’s brightest new roots music stars” Rhythms Magazine
It’s hard to accurately describe the feeling in the room but it’s music like Jordie’s that makes it seem like the world’s not such a bad place, and nothing evil could exist when there’s something so sweet as that” AU Review
“Well Jordie, after that gig we could all die listening to you!” Rip It Up Magazine
“A very special gig and once again a great example of the quality folk music this country can produce. Thank you Jordie Lane” Timber & Steel