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| Posted
on October 20, 2004 |
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| Henrik
Levy Albums | Official
website |
| Henrik Levy will celebrate the debut
of “A Letter From A City Man” with a few California dates in November.
Stay tuned for details. |
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| West
of Eden (Zip Compilations) Albums |
| The album release is delayed! A replication
snafu has forced a postponement for the Zip Records California compilation.
Now out on January 11th 2005! A record release party
in San Francisco will be announced soon. |
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| Safari
Season & Danny McDonald |
| Safari
Season and Danny
McDonald will appear on a Brazilian soundtrack for new DVD
title “Super Surf Sam Fronteiras” (Super Surf Without Borders).
25,000 DVDs will be for sale at newsstands throughout Brazil. |
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| Dorian
Gray Albums | Official
website |
Sweden’s Dorian Gray are mastering
their master for their second full length Zip Records album. Watch
for it in spring of 2005!
Tours and shows! Dorian Gray will appear at
Liverpool’s Cavern Club on October 23.
BBC Program Merseyside Tonight is covering the weeklong I.P.O.
event and the band will be interviewed and do a couple of live
tracks for broadcast on BBC on October 21, two
days prior to the show. Listen to Dorian Gray live at BBC-program
Merseyside Tonight at 6.45 pm Thursday 21th October.
Fans are able to listen to the program at BBC's
online radio. |
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| Zip
Records & MGM Distribution |
| Zip Records and MGM
Distribution (Perth, Australia division), together with Zip
Australia’s outback bound David Hughes, will continue to increase
the exploitation of Zip artists in that fertile territory in 2005. |
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| Ron
Flynt on the radio! Albums |
| Ron is performing at the Kevin & Kevin
Morning Show on KGSR 107.1 in Austin, Texas on October 26th,
... and on KUT Eclecticos 90.5 on November 4, and....
On November 16th at 10:15 PM on KLBJ the Austin
local Licks Live show. |
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| Posted
on September 23, 2004 |
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| Loopy Albums | Official
website |
| Danish band Loopy are showcasing their
wares to one and all on October 2nd at Copenhagen's Rust.
The song "Morning Star" is gaining favor at national Danish
P3 radio. |
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| Dorian
Gray Albums | Official
website |
| Going to the Cavern Club! Appearing at
Liverpool’s I.P.O. Festival on October 23,
Dorian Gray will also be playing a few to be announced dates in the
U.K. before and after Liverpool. |
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| Superscope Albums | Official
website |
| Perth’s Supercope have been invited
to play a showcase in Japan during July 2005. An
extended tour of Japan is being planned! Album “Torpedo” is
now available though Japan’s Painted Sky label. |
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| SAND
(Kim Fowley) Albums | Official
website |
| The new documentary about The
Ramones “End
of the Century” contains a cameo by Kim Fowley.
The Zip Records Kim Fowley album can be found under “SAND:
The West is Best”. |
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| Zip
Records |
| Zip Records will soon be making available
Brazilian release “Lost in the 60’s” (Tronador – Sao
Paulo)! In addition to Zip’s own Safari Season,
this compilation of surf classics (e.g. The Neptunes, The Riptides,
the Crusaders) is essential. |
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| El
Jefe Albums | Official
website |
| New video “Reflected Deceptions” can
now be seen at www.eljefemusic.com.
The band visits Texas and Arizona for the first time at the end
of October. Watch for dates. |
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| Posted
on September 6, 2004 |
| West
of Eden: a California Collection Albums |
| The wait is over. We’ll be taking
orders on September 15 for special pre release copies. Otherwise,
find this 17 artist pop rock compilation wherever good records are
sold on or after November 2. Giant Robot Magazine labels it a “sunny
smiley pop compilation of California bands”. |
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| Ron
Flynt’s “L.A. Story” (October 5) Albums | Official
website |
| A reuniting of power pop icons “20/20”,
but also an album whose songs tell THE L.A. Story of hope, fame,
struggle and disillusionment. |
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| Dorian
Gray Albums | Official
website |
| These five Swedish popsters were Baltic
bound again! On August 22 they performed before a massive and happy
audience in Latvia. |
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| The
Chevelles Albums | Official
website |
| The Chevelles drummer Dave Shaw flew
from Perth to New York in August for a one off gig with his old band “The
Stems” at the Little Stevie fest. |
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| Tronador
Records Official
website |
| Brazil’s Tronador Records (www.TronadorMusic.com)
has just released two new discs – Australian Surf Vol.1 and
Vol.2. Zip Records artists Danny McDonald, the Chevelles and Pearson
appear on Vol.1 and The Chevelles again on Vol.2. |
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| Henrik
Levy Albums | Official
website |
| Expect “A Letter From A City Man” very
soon. October 5 sees the release of Henrik’s debut full length
on Zip Records. The perfect album for cold nights and warm hearts. |
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| Daniel
Persson-Cirera Albums | Official
website |
| Songwriter and lyricist for “The
Lungz”, Daniel was spotted with his own band playing the Malmö Festival.
Daniel’s solo album was released in Sweden by Bonnier Amigo
in late August. |
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| Posted
on June 22, 2004 |
| Dorian
Gray Albums | Official
website |
| The debut album by Sweden’s Dorian
Gray ("The Sounds of Dorian Gray") has been licensed to
Japan’s “Trident
Style” record label! All new artwork and bonus tracks too.
The group’s follow-up release for Zip Records will be out in October
2004. |
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| Red
Letter Day Albums | Offcicial
website |
| The Portsmouth, U.K. legends re-create
themselves magnificently on the soon to be titled November
2004 follow-up to “Chance Meetings”. Contains
the hit single “Nettle”. |
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| Popland Albums | Offcicial
website |
| Zip Records artist thirst and Popland
can be heard on the WB hit television series “High School Reunion” -
new season begins Fall 2004. (Popland remains the
only Singapore band on Zip). |
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| Showbag Albums | Offcicial
website |
| After a few months hibernating in the
Perth sunshine (work that one out) Showbag are back to warm the hearts
of audiences during the southern winter. The fourth and final single "mean
to you" off their acclaimed debut album "the town we loved
in" has been released to more positive radio airplay. The band
will begin work on a follow up album later in the year. |
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| The
Chevelles Albums | Offcicial
website |
| The Chevelles successful US/Brazil/Spain
trip in August 2004 was truly capped off recently when the band's "life
story" appeared
in the largest entertainment magazine in Western Australia "the
West magazine". The band have just begun demo-ing tracks for
the follow-up to their excellent "Girl God" album. |
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| On
Zip's website |
| Zip's website went through a complete
redesign: discover a fresh look, interactive navigation, music
sampling. The site now includes plenty of new information on the
artists: tour dates, various news, developments
at Zip Australia. Visitors will also find out how to buy CDs, details
on Zip Records' company, a list of links, and more! |
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| Posted
on June 4, 2004 |
El Jefe – “El Jefe’s Amorphous Phormula” Official
website
The album is out in full force on June 6, 2004. The best description is
hip-hop/ska/rock/latin/dub. The pride of San Francisco. |
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AñaVañA - “AñaVañA” Official
website
Out on June 15, the New York four piece releases their debut album reggae/pop/ska
delights. Don’t forget to mark your calendars for July 24. At the
Triad Theatre in New York, it's a veritable Zip Records night. See AñaVañA
and friends at this magnificent club located at 158 West 72nd St., 2nd
Fl on the upper west side. |
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West Of Eden (The California Collection)
Out in mid August, fourteen jaw dropping songs by the cream of California
musical geniuses. |
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Ron Flynt “L.A. Story”
Out in early October 2004. Austin’s Ron Flynt, together with band-mates
20/20, creates classic, melodic and hard hitting songs of hope, bitterness
and love. These aren’t images; they are life itself! |
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Henrik Levy “ A Letter From A City Man” Official
website
Out in October, 2004. The Stockholm singer songwriter delivers exquisite,
warm, and emotional tunes – A smörgåsbord of Swedish and
American sensibilities. |
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Dorian Gray Albums | Official
website
Out in October 2004. The follow-up to “The Sounds of Dorian Gray”,
more pop gems from Sweden. Produced again by The Merrymakers team, it will
be lush, loud and languid. |
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Loopy ”Smile Back Home” Official
website
Out in January 2005. Based in Copenhagen, with members from all over Scandinavia,
Loopy play affecting songs blending Nordic soul with semi sweet confections. |
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| Posted
in April 2004 |
The Chevelles - Frequent Flyers! Albums | Official
website
The Chevelles are home! After successful dates on the U.S. west coast,
Brazil and Spain, another world tour bites the dust. Congratulations are
in order for their masterful renditions of all the hits contained in numerous
recordings, not the least of which is the latest, “Girl
God” (ZipAust011).
Barely unpacked, plans are already afoot for a return to Brazil in January
2005 and a new full-length album late in 2004. |
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