Apologies, there’s always next time.

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However, this weekend we have 2 shows coming up. Details as below:

Saturday 17 March (5pm) – Lidcombe Hotel (St. Patrick’s Day Bash)
Sunday 18 March (6pm) – North Wollongong Hotel

See y’all there.

The digital version will still be available via iTunes (but you won’t find any Easter Eggs there…)

Pick yourself up a copy at our fancy new webstore or come down to the launch shows. Digital version is available from iTunes.

Fri 2 Dec – Dicey Rileys (Wollongong)
EP LAUNCH with guests Acid Monkeys and The Dark Clouds

Fri 9 Dec – Yah Yah’s (Fitzroy)
Rock Against Bullshit Xmas Party with Swedish Magazines, The Undecided by Default and Absinthe Hearts

Sat 10 Dec – The Retreat Hotel (Brunswick)
with guests Chigwell Sharp

Sun 11 Dec – The Horse & Jockey Hotel (Tarcutta)
4-6PM – FREE

That’s evident on his current band Leadfinger’s third album – We Make the Music – which has received great reviews for its diversity since it was released earlier this year.

Click here to check out the full article.

Drawing inspiration from touring live through some of Australia’s best known venues and some favourite live covers by artists as diverse (in genre and time) as The Replacements, Rory Gallagher and The Rev Gary Davis – Leadfinger have put together a little EP of songs that celebrates and revels in the grittiness of what it’s like playing in a band.

I Belong to the Band takes the listener into the world of Leadfinger where the song and delivery are every bit as important as the next gig, truck stop or the next beer. From the belting 70’s power of opening original What Did You See in Me? with it’s KISS-like hooks and unerring Stones like riffage through a cracking cover of The Replacements Can’t Hardly Wait and the closing delta blues of title track I Belong to the Band – a re-working of a Rev Gary Davis classic from the last century… this is hand hewn rock’n’roll complete with ‘ashtray floors, dirty clothes and filthy jokes’ played by a bunch of guys who know what can be done with a riff, a guitar and the right beat.

Two new originals – December Runaway and Leadfinger Theme (a riff that harks back to the MC5’s finest moments) break up the high energy with an epic cover of Rory Gallagher’s glorious homage to the circus life – Tattoo’d Lady rounding out the best value 6 pack ever bought outside of a Dan Murphy’s. I Belong to the Band is a great collection of songs about playing in a rock’n’roll band and tells it with a wink and a nod. Before the end of the first track you’ll be turning up the volume and punching your fist in celebration as you dream of hitting that long highway.

I Belong to the Band by Leadfinger is out on December 1st 2011 through Impedance Records and will be available for download via www.leadfinger.com.au and your favourite online store. A limited edition of 100 numbered and signed CD copies will be available at gigs or directly from the band.

Tour Dates
Fri 2 Dec – Dicey Rileys (Wollongong)
EP LAUNCH with guests Acid Monkeys and The Dark Clouds

Fri 9 Dec – Yah Yah’s (Fitzroy)
Rock Against Bullshit Xmas Party with Swedish Magazines, The Undecided by Default and Absinthe Hearts

Sat 10 Dec – The Retreat Hotel (Brunswick)
with guests Chigwell Sharp

Sun 11 Dec – The Horse & Jockey Hotel (Tarcutta)
4-6PM – FREE

Over the winter months we’ve been working on new material and recorded nearly an albums worth of demos which we’re pretty darn excited about. With that in mind, we’re hitting the road again for our final dates for the year – taking in Canberra, Wollongong, Sydney and Melbourne. Many of the new tracks will get an airing at these shows, we reckon you’re gonna love em! Darn tootin!

Tour dates as below, check the gigs page for more details.

Saturday Oct 22: The Phoenix Pub (Canberra)
Sunday Oct 23: North Wollongong Hotel (5pm)
Friday Nov 4: Sydney Livehouse
Sunday Nov 13: Cabbage Tree Hotel (Wollongong) – Launching The Occy: A doco
Friday Dec 3: Dicey Rileys (Wollongong)
Friday Dec 9: Yah Yah’s (Fitzroy)
Saturday Dec 10: The Retreat Hotel (Bunswick)
Sunday Dec 11: Horse & Jockey Hotel (Tarcutta)

After a few weeks off we’re back and raring to go for 2 shows with support from Hell Crab City and Lobster Prophet.

Shows are Friday 9th September at Valve Bar in Sydney (also with The Escapes) and The Patch in Wollongong (also with Cape Tribulation). Check the tour section for further details. See you all there – and don’t forget bring your dancing shoes!

We’ve been a bit quite on the blog front recently – enjoying some well earned time off after the conclusion of the first round of touring for We Make the Music. Having a had a short break we’re keen to go for 2 shows in Victoria with our rollickin rock’n'roll pals Wrong Turn.

Friday 24th, June we play the Barwon Club Hotel (Geelong) with guests Living Eyes and then Saturday 25th, June we play The Retreat Hotel (Brunswick). For more details check out the tour page here.

We’re also hoping the vinyl copies of We Make the Music might have arrived by then… stay tuned. Come on down with your dancing shoes on.