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Posted on 22 August 2008
This Week At Purple Sneakers 22nd August
I brought my grandfather down to Purple Sneakers last Friday. It was really weird, he got right into it.
He started cruising around with a walking stick in one hand and a middy of Reschs in the other, telling kids that Dean Martin was his idol and MGMT can go f*#k themselves. Anyway one very awkward morning later I find out that my new grandmother is 19 and studying arts at Sydney Uni.
I told my Grandfather to never come back again. EVER! That means that this week you need to get your ass down to Sneakers for some anti-geriatric fun provided by the forever young and fresh Purple Sneakers DJ PhDJ, WALKIE TALKIE, VIVIENNE KINGSWOOD and DJ FLE.
We are also very pleased to be launching the brand spankin' new album from Late Of The Pier ‘Fantasy Black Channel' out now through Capitol/EMI.
7pm till waaaay late! $10
Posted on 18 August 2008
Party Pic Of The Week
Hmm... licking a strangers boot has never appealled to me. But when that stranger is gorgeous Sneakers girl it's a totally different story. Bravo to you sir and for your effort you are our Purple Sneakers Party Pic of the week. Email tim@boundarysounds.com for free entry this week.
Posted on 18 August 2008
Launching Late Of The Pier's - 'Fantasy Black Channel'
Late Of The Pier, all just into their twenties and comprising Sam (vocals, guitar), Ross (drums, percussion, believer), Faley (bass) and Potter (synths, sampler), formed somewhere in the mists of 2005, inspired by underage trips to Nottingham's Liars Club where all four band members would often be found on the dancefloor, It was here that they witnessed early performances form the likes of Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Cut Copy, Art Brut and The Scissor Sisters while absorbing the wide spectrum of sounds provided by DJs such as Erol Alkan and DJ Hell.
The band had always loved the likes of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Magazine but it was the Liars Club that taught Late Of The Pier to dance. And it's in this place, where the past meets the future and analogue meets digital that Late Of The Pier found their sound.
Over the next twelve months however, it was another club - this time some 120 miles down the M1 - that Late Of The Pier really began to make a name for themselves. They made their debut appearance at West London's all ages Way Out West night - since dubbed "the UK's most exciting new club night" by NME - in March 2006, and an instant rapport was struck up between the band, the promoter and the punters. Following a series of riotous gigs in the capital, Late Of The Pier prepared to release their debut single on Way Out West Records.
The self-produced Space And The Woods came out in March 2007 and was the first of two brilliantly-unique singles that would light up the year and gleefully dance all over the boundaries between genres. It sold out of a limited run of 500 7" vinyl copies within days, receiving plaudits of critics and fans alike. It also caught the ear of one Erol Alkan, who quickly agreed to produce the band's next single.
Following show-stealing performances at the Underage Festival, Field Day and the Reading & Leeds Festivals, the Erol-produced Bathroom Gurlge took Late Of The Pier's sound to another level, brilliantly showcasing these dark and chaotic hedonists' brand of confrontational pop music. Erol showered the band with praise - "they're just the most exciting new band out there at the moment, they are THE most exciting band around, of any age" - while Radio 1 span the single everywhere from their specialist to daytime shows, NME named Bathroom Gurgle ‘Single Of The Week' and the band received plaudits from the dance, indie and rock worlds.
Now, having established their own label - Zarcorp - through Parlophone Records, Late Of The Pier have set about recording a soon-to-be-landmark album that is set to see them burn even brighter.
Posted on 13 August 2008
This Week At Purple Sneakers 15th August
There has been no stopping the runaway freight train that is Purple Sneakers. For more than 3 years we have been partying our brains out with all of our good friends and loyal Sneakers Punters. So it is with great sadness and regret that we have to announce that this week will be the last Purple Sneakers, EVER!
Alright so we're only joking! Purple Sneakers is like that spot of bleach on your best jeans, its going to be there FOREVER!! Your goddamn grandkids are going to be rocking out at Sneakers in 50 years time!
Anyway this week we have another killer line up for ya'll including our good friend and local pop/punk princess HEART ATTACK. Also stopping by is the original bootleg superstar known as MATTRAD. They will be supported by Purple Sneakers DJs PHDJ, NICK FINDLAY and WALKIE TALKIE.
We are also very pleased to be launching the highly anticipated new album from Pivot ‘O Soundtrack To My Heart' out now through Warp/Inertia.
7pm till waaaay late! $10
*Your new favourite late night indie club!*
Posted on 06 August 2008
This Week At Purple Sneakers 8th August
We have another awesome line-up this week at everyone's favourite Friday late night party-fest. PhDJ is back for his second Purple Sneakers set since touching back down on home soil. After wowing crowds across the UK, he is stoked to be back in business at the Abercrombie.
Our special guest this week is the ever articulate party-boy BEN LUCID who is keen to drop some eloquent indie bangers for your aural amusement, and hopefully have you reciting indie anthems all night long.
Representing the legendary party starters, the PURPLE SNEAKERS DJS are VIVIENNE KINGSWOOD and NICK FINDLAY who are already warming up their hands for a manic few hours on the ones and twos, ready to start serving out the crème de la crème of musical goodness. DANSKI is booked and all set to have everyone within earshot boogieing down to some super tracks. COCO & SHAMBLES is polishing his mixer as we speak; ready to have you in a mess, screaming ‘oh no he didn't, he didn't!'
Be there to be one of the first to hear the dazzling new album from Brisbanites, THE GRATES ‘Teeth Lost, Hearts Won' which has found its way past our teeth and into our hearts, and we are very excited to be launching the album this Friday.
