King Missile IV to play New Zealand for the first time 18 Nov 2014
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King Missile IV to play New Zealand for the first time
We at Powertool Records are pretty much completely over the moon to announce that King Missile IV is making their first ever visit to perform in New Zealand in February 2015.
The latest, perhaps greatest version of the
unique and hugely influential King Missile
is led by poet, songwriter, author, and intellectual
property analyst – whatever that is - John S.
Hall, who will be bringing his current band members
Azalia Snail and Dan
West(who are also known as the duo
LoveyDove).
Thursday 12th February - Kings Arms,
Auckland
Tour dates:
Thursday 19th February – Bodega, Wellington
More dates
TBC
From the band’s
formation in 1986 and right throughout the 1990s,
King Missile released a string of singles -
and albums - that were resoundingly embraced by New
Zealand’s student radio network: songs of note include ‘Take Stuff From Work,
‘Sensitive Artist’,‘Jesus Was Way Cool’, ‘Gary and
Melissa’, ‘Cheesecake Truck’, ‘Martin Scorsese’
and the hugely popular ‘Detachable Penis’ – just to
name a few.
Check out King Missile’s
work on Allmusic.com
King
Missile disbanded in 1994, and in 1996
Hall released a solo album, ‘The Body
Has a Head’, and in 1998 formed King Missile
III. Hall has also had two books published: 1997's
Jesus Was Way Cool, a collection of
40 poems which became songs on
KingMissile/Hall albums; and 2007's Daily Negations, a dark-humoured
satire of self-help books. Hall went on to study law,
co-founding a small entertainment law firm, and later taking
on a law-related job at a major law firm.
John S. Hall continues to perform on a regular basis - solo, as a poet and musician – and more recently with the newly-formed King Missile IV, comprising Snail and West.
Dan West and Azalia Snail/LoveyDove
Dan
West
Multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and composer Dan West made his name in a scene known as The Paisley Underground (best known for The Bangles; Mazzy Star also had ties to the genre, and Prince named his label Paisley Park Records after the movement).
He has also performed on stage and on record with artists ranging from Sky Saxon of The Seeds and Bryan MacLean of Love to jazz artists such as Rosemary Clooney, Maynard Fergusson and Paula Kelly. He has fronted many of his own groups, including Aguafantastica (Smile Records, LA) and Sidewalk Society (Fruits De Mer Records, UK)and is currently one half of LoveyDove. He scored the music for the upcoming documentary ‘Mr. Movie Poster’ about the life of artist Paul Crifo. http://www.mistermovieposter.com/about.html
Dan's solo album 'Hot Corners' was released last summer on New Zealand-based label Powertool Records, and his new album ‘Does It Suit You’ is just about to be released.
Azalia Snail
Azalia Snail has recorded 11
critically-acclaimed albums, and is recognized as a
pioneering force in the "lo-fi" movement of the 1990's. Many
influential labels have released her music, including
Sub Pop and Dark Beloved
Cloud, who launched their label with a split 7”
by Azalia Snail and
Sebadoh. In 1996, she was commissioned by
MTV to score the music for the program "Ain't Nuthin' But A
She Thing", and she il has also composed music for several
indie features and short films. She has toured consistently
throughout the USA and Europe with such acts as Low,
Sebadoh, The Black Heart Procession,
Sportsguitar, and Illyah Kuryahkin.
In 2000 Snail won the LA Weekly Music Award for Best New
Genre.
She is currently in LoveyDove with Dan West.
LoveyDove
This duo
make "deliciously chewy" soulful pop with a penetrating
groove. And here’s the story of LoveyDove
in a nutshell - East Coast girl (Azalia)
meets West Coast guy(Dan) , and together
they create a shimmering, alluring dose of melodic pop n’
roll.
And as the perfect twist to this tale, Azalia and Dan were married in April this year.
“…boy-girl adventure team LoveyDove have created an unusually irresistible blend of artful expression, psychedelic atmospherics, deft craftsmanship and flat-out mushy romance… Theirs is a deliciously chewy sound, loaded with dynamics, color and articulate lyrics that are both acutely chosen and shrewdly applied…definitely not for dummies”. — By Jonny Whiteside
John Payne of
LA Weekly/BlueFat.com says:
"supremely
melodic and wonderfully harmonized/high-grade modernist
pop."
LoveyDove’s influences include:
Trio,The Teddybears, Illyah Kuryahkin, Dustry
Springfield, T Rex, The Kinks, Love, Doves, The Troggs,
Petula Clark, the Monkees, The Beatles, Lou Reed, Debussy,
Stravinsky, Love American Style, Mary Tyler Moore, Dick van
Dyke.
LoveyDove ‘Luka Fisher’ b/w ’Beppe of Italy’
Watch LoveyDove ‘Luka Fisher’
Watch LoveyDove’s Space Station 76 tribute: ‘Less is Never More’
Tickets are available from www.undertheradar.co.nz
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