Also appearing on the line-up are a bunch of fantastic musical acts including (and not exclusive to): Vampire Weekend, Tegan & Sara, Spoon, Silverchair, Grinspoon, Empire Of The Sun, British India, Lisa Mitchell, Kisschasy, Muph and Plutonic and many more.

DATES AND VENUES

GTM Bendigo
Saturday 1 May, 2010
Bendigo’s Prince of Wales Showground
42 – 72 Holmes Rd, Bendigo VIC 3550

GTM Townsville
Sunday 2 May, 2010
Murray Sports Complex – Townsville Cricket Grounds
Mervyn Crossman Dr & Murray Lyons Cres Idalia QLD 4811

GTM Maitland
Saturday 8 May, 2010
Maitland Showground
Blomfield St, Maitland NSW 2320

GTM Canberra
Sunday 9 May, 2010
The Meadows, University of Canberra
Kirinari St Bruce ACT 2617

GTM Bunbury
Saturday 15 May, 2010
Pat Usher Foreshore Reserve
Pat Usher Memorial Promenade and Graham Bricknell Shell,
Blair St, Bunbury WA 6230

TICKETS

ON SALE DATE: Tickets go on sale nationally TUESDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2010. GTM is a licensed all ages (16 + recommended) event. Persons over the age of 18 and wish to purchase alcohol MUST have photographic ID. No pass outs will be issued at Bendigo, Townsville, Maitland, Canberra & Bunbury.

MYSPACE PRESALE: GTM MySpace friends get a chance to purchase their ticket early. MySpace friends will be issued with a special code on WEDNESDAY 10 FEBRUARY. The Presale is for 2 days ONLY from 9AM THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY to 5PM FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2010.

PRICE: $95.90 + B/F

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM:
gtm.net.au
MOSHTIX moshtix.com.au or 1300 438 849 (GET TIX)
and selected moshtix outlets – check www.gtm.net.au

The Slew was formed by Kid Koala and Dynamite D when film maker Jay Rowlands was making a film based on the life of Jack Slew, with his short-lived music career he invested money won at a racing derby into a home studio where he recorded his album, music labels rejected him, and he gave up his musician dream. For the documentary, his master Tapes were given to Kid Koala and Dynamite D to remix. When Jack pulled out of his participation on the documentary, The Slew’s remixes remained unheard of except for the limited 50 copies of “Dust Commander” which contained the songs.

When Kid Koala got together Chris Ross and Myles Heskett, he played the songs to the ex-Wolfmother boys and they were so impressed by it they wanted the rest of the world to hear the music, so Kid Koala teamed up with Ross and Heskett to re-create those remixes, and performed a tour around the USA and Canada, where copies of the recreated songs were only sold at the concerts on an album called “100%”. However, they had no idea how popular they would be and decided to get it distributed through a record label internationally.

Now the album has hit Australian stores, in the formats of CD and a 2xLP Vinyl.
You can purchase the album at JB Hi-Fi – Buy the CD – Buy the Vinyl

Back from our Slew & Charge Group tours…back to work finishing up these Palace tracks. Again, thanks for your patience, good people.

So I suppose we should be expecting more PoF news very soon! We’ll keep you informed!

Sorry it has been so long! Computer break downs followed by work and other lifestyle problems got in the way, but we’re back baby, to keep you up-to-date with anything and everything Chris Ross related! And boy has there been news since I last posted here!

Last time I posted about a project with Chris Ross and Myles Heskett called Doom Buggy, well Doom Buggy is the buried and forgotten, and now lies the heart and soul that is Palace of Fire!

Palace of Fire first debut performance was at Boogie Rock Festival, in April earlier this year (photo’s and review available here and here, respectively). Consisting of Chris Ross, Myles Heskett and new face to the tribe, Matt Blackman (Tucker B’s, Charge Group). Word is that the new trio combine the toughness and versatility of Wolfmother with the more refined, cinematic approach of Charge Group and Blackman’s former band Purplene.
Palace of Fire’s MySpace account has this to say about the band:

Palace of Fire is a brand-new sonic beast sired by three men. It is both a dynamic shot in the arm and a cinematic exploration around the perimeter of the human condition. A primal blend of dark invocations and ceremonious, melodic, heavy rock.

PoF have played very few gigs during the year, mostly around Sydney and NSW areas, supporting Battles at the Sydney Opera House in May for the Luminous Festival (photos), playing at The Metro, Sydney on June 28th for the “Save FBi Radio” fundraiser, sharing the stage with the likes of Muscles, Dappled Cities, Decoder Ring, Midnight Juggernauts and others. Palace supported Decoder Ring, also, on September 12th at Baroque Bar in Katoomba.

Recordings aren’t available to listen to as of yet, but current news is that they are working on either an EP or a Double A-Side single, with 3 or 4 songs in the works. From their Twitter account they’re nearly done recording and that it “sounds ENORMOUS”. Stay tuned for more info as it comes!

But if you thought Chris had been putting all his eggs into one basket with Palace of Fire, you would be mistaken, around August, Chris and Myles teamed up with Kid Koala to recreate the soundtrack of a documentary Kid Koala worked with Dynamite D in making, however the film part failed and the soundtrack was left to gather hard drive dust until KK played it to the Aussie duo, inspired by the music, they teamed up together to recreate the music and let it see the light of day, by doing a USA and Canada tour entitled “The Slew: Live”.

Exclaim.ca:
The press release promises that the tour will be “brash, loud and defiantly turned up to 11,” with live drums, bass, keys and six turntables all pumping out 70 minutes of epic, hip-hop-influenced psych rock goodness.

The Slew recorded the album and sold it at the shows in the form of CD or 2xLP vinyl, however also offered the entire album as a free download off of their website with the intention of letting people hear their music before they see them live, to enjoy the performance more.

Tracklisting:
1 ) 100%
2 ) IT’S ALL OVER
3 ) PROBLEM CHILD
4 ) YOU TURN ME COLD
5 ) WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS
6 ) ROBBING BANKS (DOIN’ TIME)
7 ) THE GRINDER
8 ) SHACKLED SOUL
9 ) SOUTHEAST SOLILOQUY
10 ) BATTLE OF HEAVEN & HELL

The album got alot of positive responses from the Wolfmother forums, some even stating it to be one of their favourite albums of 2009, combating the recent release of Wolfmother’s newest album “Cosmic Egg”.
But the link to download the album for free will be taken down November 1st due to some very exciting news! “100%” will be getting released through Ninja Tune on November 24th due to heavy demand for the album during the tour.

There have also been rumours that their will be more Slew tours and material in the future, but for now, it’s just the cool sounds of 100%.

So that has been the last 13 months of Chris Ross news summarised into one news post! Expect alot more updates in the future, in the mean time, check these cool sites for all things relating to Chris Ross.

• Palace of Fire (MySpace)
• Palace of Fire (Twitter)
• The Slew (Official Site)
• The Slew (MySpace)