UMFM 101.5 FM Music Logs Wednesday 9:00 - 10:00 pm
Show Name: downunder upover
Host Name: eugenius & lynnie
Date: 03-December-2003

ARTIST - TRACK:

forth floor collapse - on track
peabody - days and nights
grinspoon - post inebriated anxiety (live)
jet - are you gonna be my girl
the datsuns - harmonic generator
gyroscope - half your problem
kill the prom queen - dreams as hearts bleed
days of contempt - see through the lies
not from there - sic offnen
dimmer - drop you off
concord dawn - morning light
fat freddys drop - little one
rhombus - clav dub

NEWS:

* I Killed the Prom Queen (OZ) will launch their debut full length album, "WhenGoodbye Means Forever", with an all ages gig on Saturday December 13 at the Enigma Bar in Adelaide. Supporting acts will be Day Of Contempt, Stockholm Syndrome and Threshold. This gig will be followed by a national tour.

* Aussie band Jet have had some positive exposure in the United States with "Are You Gonna Be My Girl." The track has also been licensed for TV ads promoting Apple's iPod digital music player. In an ironic twist, Aussie law prohibits us from transferring music from CD to an iPod.

* The Australian Government has given $156,664 to 16 projects through the Contemporary Music Touring Program. The point of the program is to encourage acts to tour, particularly to to the outback, and remote indigenous communities. Some of the latest recipients include:
Peabody & Anouk Van Meeuwen: $10,000 for Peabody to undertake a 17 date tour through NSW, Qld, WA, Vic and SA to build on radio and video airplay.
Gyro Music & Gyroscope- $10,000 for Gyroscope will conduct a national tour across five states behind their debut album out early 2004. The tour aims to consolidate audiences outside WA and builds on tours in April and August 2003.

* The Datsuns (NZ) have been in the studio working on their next album with Led Zeppelin legend John Paul Jones. JPJ flew out to NZ for rehearsals back in October and last month was with them at Jacobs Studios in the county of Surrey, England. The album is set for release in the first half of 2004 and may contain some older reworked tracks.

* Last week two directors of the renowned (NZ) New Years Eve dance festival "Alpine Unity" were arrested as part of an international drug bust. Eight people were arrested on a range of drug charges in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The arrests revolve around the importation of 6,000 tabs of LSD. The bust is the culmination of a 5 month electronic surveillance operation. Alpine Unity's Auckland representatives indicated they are positive that the festival will still go ahead. This year's festival promises some of New Zealand's best live acts, including Rhombus, Scribe, Trinity Roots and The Black Seeds, as well as international DJs.

* The Splore Festival (NZ) is returning to Waharau Regional Park, south of Auckland for the fifth summer running. The event is 5-7 March and will be showcasing Aotearoa's finest DJ's, live acts, VJ's, visual artists and performers. Confirmed names for 2004 include Fat Freddys Drop, International Observor, Trinity Roots, Manuel Bundy, Concord Dawn, Roger Perry, Cian, Sub-Mariner and many more.

* On December 8th Dimmer (NZ) will release a new single called "Getting What You Give." The limited edition 3 inch single will be strictly limited to a run of only 600 prints. Each disc will be individually numbered and feature the video for the single.

Eugenius4Lynne

Thanks to Matt Atlee, Whammo, NZ On Air and Christie Eliezer at themusic.com.au for providing news on the show this week.

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