Half A Cow September 2010 News

Ruby for Lucy...RE-LAUNCH!


Yes, Ruby for Lucy will be re-launching Catching Bream when they perform as special guests for Skipping Vinegar Girl at Raval (42 Wentworth Avenue, Surry Hills, NSW) on Saturday 11th September.

Plus a Canberra show:
Saturday 4th September
at the Front (Wattle St, Lyneham Shops, ACT) supporting khancoban (launching their new single) with Nic Dalton (solo) up first. Starts at 8 o'clock, over by 11.30.

Gearing up for the November release of the new Nic Dalton and his Gloomchasers album Play All Night, Nic will be playing solo on the Saturday 4th September at the Front in Lyneham, with the Gloomchasers at the Petersham Bowling Club on Sunday 26th September and solo again supporting Smudge in Batesman's Bay on October 16th. Play All Night will be available on cd, 12 inch and iTunes.

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Recent Releases



RUBY FOR LUCY Catching Bream
Sydney duo, Ruby for Lucy (Julie Stenton and Kat Borghetti), have won Half A Cow over with their debut, nine-track mini-album. Now it's your turn.
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the MoMos No No No Not Like That
The Momos - the brainchild of Drew Thomason - have been playing around Sydney for a few years and now, with a solidified lineup including Pat 'Falling Joys' Hayes and Justin 'Whopping Big Naughty' Hayes, they have recorded their debut album featuring Sarah Moore on the drums. Read More . Buy Now . iTunes

DOG TRUMPET River of Flowers
River Of Flowers is Dog Trumpet's new album, the result of three years writing and recording by the brothers Reg Mombassa and Peter O'Doherty.
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SMUDGE This Smudge Is True
The 27 track compilation spanning from 1991's 'Tea, Toast and Turmoil' to 'Real McCoy, Wrong Sinatra' and includes 'Don't Want To Be Grant McLennan' on compact disc for the first time in Australia. Includes a 36 page booklet full of more than you'll ever need to know about one of Sydney's most cherished bands. Read More . Buy Now . iTunes

the BRUTALS the Honeymoon Period
Remember the Treetops? One of the finest folk-pop bands to ever come out of Australia? Well, in some way, they are back. One half at least, in the Brutals. And it's top-shelf shimmering and beautiful folk-pop at its best.
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BRENTON MANSER & THE DISCIPLES OF ZEN Strange Notions
Led by Swayback frontman Brenton Manser, this five-piece Adelaide band incorporate bluesy rock, rootsy folk, 60s psychedelia on their debut album.
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EL MOPA The Metal Years
The third album from Sydney four piece el Mopa has been described as 'Sydney soul'. While the band endorses that description, we are all world citizens now, aren't we?
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PYTHON LEE JACKSON Sweet Consolation 1966-73
Following on from the Missing Links, Purple Hearts and the Wild Cherries, the latest 'classic reissue' from Half A Cow Records is from one of the most popular live Sydney bands of the 60s beat era - Python Lee Jackson.
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AGNES KAIN Across The Ocean Grey
It has been an eventful two years since the release of our debut album, Keep walking or I'll kill you, and 525 days since we've been home. We are in London and about to release our second album Across the ocean grey.
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the EASTERN DARK Where Are All The Single Girls?
This album is back in stock and now packed in an ECO-BOX (better for the environment than a regular jewel case) with a reduced 40-page booklet
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Wanna go out?

Ruby for Lucy
launching
Catching Bream

Double launch show with Melbourne's Skipping Vinegar Girl Saturday, 11th September at Raval 42 Wentworth Avenue, Surry Hills, Sydney Read More .


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