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Ground Components are in Japan!
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PHOTO TOUR BLOG
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JAPAN TOUR
SEPTEMBER 2007
With Mach Pelican (Australia)
Wed 12 Sep @Shimokitazawa Shelter, Tokyo
w/ Special Guest
Open 6:30pm / Start 7:00pm
Presale 2,500yen / Door 3,000yen
Ticket from the venue 03-3466-7430 (from 29 Aug), T
icket Pia & Lawson (from 9 Aug)
www.loft-prj.co.jp/SHELTER
Thur 13 Sep @Yoyogi Zher The Zoo, Tokyo
w/ The Queers (US), Guitar Wolf & The Gimmies
Open 6:00pm / Start 6:30pm
Presale 3,200yen / Door 3,500yen
Ticket from the venue 03-5359-4491 & Ticket Pia (from 11 Aug)
www.ukproject.com/zherthezoo
Fri 14 Sep @Imaike Huckfinn, Nagoya
w/ The Havenots & Gasoline
Open 6:30pm / Start 7:00pm
Presale 2,000yen / Door 2,300yen
Ticket from the venue 052-733-8347 & Ticket Pia (from 13 Aug)
http://huckfinn.co.jp/
Sat 15 Sep @Sannomiya Varit, Kobe
w/ King Brothers, 50Kaitenz & Wimpys
Open 6:00pm / Start 6:30pm
Presale 2,500yen / Door 3,000yen
Ticket from the venue 078-392-6655 (from TBA)
http://www.varit.jp/
Sun 16 Sep @Motomachi Bar Gig, Yokohama
w/ The Havenots , Sunny Branch & Midnight TV Programs
Open 6:30pm / Start 7:00pm
Presale 2,500yen / Door 2,800yen
Ticket from the venue 045-662-2582 (from 13 Aug)
Mon 17 Sep @Shibuya Lush, Tokyo
w/ Supersnazz, The Bawdies & 2 more bands
Open 5:30pm / Start 6:00pm
Presale 2,200yen / Door 2,500yen
Ticket from the venue 03-5467-3071 (from TBA)
http://www.toos.co.jp/lush/
06 JUN - Ground Components Sign to P-Vine Records - Japan
This week, Ground Components are happy to announce their induction to
the super-eclectic Japanese record label P-Vine. Ground Components celebrate their
first international release joining an incredible roster including Sun Ra & His Arkestra,
Yo La Tengo, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, The Shins, Joanna Newsom and many others.
P-Vine, was founded in 1975 by Yasufumi Higurashi in Tokyo, Japan. The label began
specialising in the
Japanese release of black-American Gospel, Blues, Soul and Doo-Wop. Later expanding to
cover a far wider range of everything from J-Pop to Garage Punk, and eventually now, publishing
many quality books and magazines.
Ground Components will be heading to Japan this September tour dates - coming very soon!
New Film Clip
- Directed by Isobel Knowles
Fresh on youtube and coming to an idiot-box near you, is Ground Components' fresh new film clip
to 'Coming In From All Angles" lifted from their debut LP "On Your Living Room Floor"
06 APR - It All Catches Up now available
You can now buy our second EP: 'It All Catches Up With You' directly from us or from itunes only, the
'Hands In The
Air' Single is due to be in our hands mid April, you can buy it from
our site and we'll
send it as soon as it comes in.
We've also added some new photos.
02 MAR - NEW TOUR ANNOUNCED!
After a busy summer that’s seen them shaking up Homebake, Big Day Out and Laneway Festival stages, as well as supporting Muse, Melbourne’s Ground Components get back in the van for an 18 date national tour in April and May.
The dates coincide with the release of ‘Hands in the Air’, the second single from their debut album, An Eye For A Brow, A Tooth For A Pick. The new release comes with exclusive B-sides: a cover of Aretha Franklin’s ‘Do Right Woman, Do Right Man’ and ‘Sweet Nothing’, a piece written by the band’s touring guitarist, Robert Bravington. Click here for full tour dates
05 JAN
Ground Components have been invited to play with Muse, including 2 dates at
Melbourne's Festival Hall, and 2 dates at Sydney's Horden Pavillion.
29 NOV
Ground Components will be supporting Datarock (Norway)
for their melbourne
show at the Hi-Fi bar. will be awesome. We'll also be playing at Melb & Syd Big Day Out.
06 NOV
Meredith Music Festival have just announced their sister Festival "Golden Plains",
and Ground Components have been invited to play! the rest of the line-up includes
The Slits, Yo La Tengo, !!! and many more! Labour Day Long Weekend. 10-12 MARCH 2007.
new shirts back, they look really good, we'll have them
at all launch shows.
