artist management & publicity

Wally for Prez.

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:48:00 +1100

Gotye has snagged the #1 spot in the UK Singles Chart. Equally impressively, he has had the honour of being covered by the cuties at PS-22.

2012 : Incoming

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:17:00 +1100

Seriously excited about working with these artists this year.

YesYou

Jagwar Ma

Lana Del Rey

Laneway Festival 2012

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:55:41 +1100

2011 Wrap

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +1100

Whoa, what a year for Bossy Music. Gotye dominated everything everywhere; Art vs Science rounded out a dream three years by winning an ARIA; and we started working with rising stars Lana Del Rey, YesYou and Jagwar Ma.

Very exciting week here at Bossy Music HQ. Art vs Science have been killing it on The Experiment...

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:00:16 +1000

Very exciting week here at Bossy Music HQ. Art vs Science have been killing it on The Experiment album tour. We saw the sold-out Forum show and boy, did they show Melbourne what time it is. Also, thank god for insurance:

Looking forward to the shows at The Enmore and The Tivoli this weekend too.

Our man Wally de Backer aka Gotye has not only romped it in to triple j’s Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time, reaching a very impressive #11 for his 1996 longplayer Like Drawing Blood. Great timing, because he has just ‘dropped’ (not literally) the next single from his new album Making Mirrors (out 19 August via Eleven). You can have a look at the pretty great video for ‘Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra)’ here:

Kimbra: best profile in the biz?

Finally, new Bossy management signings YesYou, whose track ‘Half Of It’ is still bothering triple j’s Top 20 most played six weeks after release, have put up a classy new remix by fellow Brisbanites (Brisbanians?) Mitzi. Here ‘tis:

Half Of It (Mitzi remix) by YesYou

YesYou, yes! New Bossy signing.

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:17:00 +1000

Will you look at these guys?

They are YesYou, a production duo from Brisbane and latest Bossy Music management signing. Australian national broadcaster triple j is already flogging their first single, Half Of It, and so they should. Listen for yourself here:

Half Of It by YesYou

Heaps Decent are heaps decent.

Thu, 05 May 2011 11:58:40 +1000

We are very proud to work with our favourite charity Heaps Decent, the brainchild of our friends Levins, Nina Las Vegas and Charlie ‘Chux’ O’Brien and world-respected party machine, Diplo. It’s an initiative to give a leg up to underprivileged indigenous kids and emerging artists by providing music-making resources and opportunities.

Check out more of what they do via their guest blog on the Home & Hosed section of triple j website.

Marcus Teague by Single Twin

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:19:00 +1000

Our friend SINGLE TWIN has just released a convincing new LP called MARCUS TEAGUE, which you can hear over here. It is an intimate, innately gorgeous record and made for early hours. Frankie readers would probably bake scones to it on a winter’s afternoon or something.

Our enjoyment of the album is augmented by the fact that SINGLE TWIN is in fact fronted by an actual person called MARCUS TEAGUE and MARCUS TEAGUE is/was also the name of a character on Neighbours. This is not a coincidence, the guy actually met a writer from the show once.

Anyway, he/they are playing a couple of shows this weekend in Sydney and Canberra. The Sydney show is with the the equally/supremely talented Charge Group. Details here. Go!

We’re a bit in love with the new Art vs Science clip by...

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:14:11 +1000

We’re a bit in love with the new Art vs Science clip by Spod.

Come to this!

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:57:52 +1100

We are putting on a party at SXSW in conjunction with our friends at Windish Agency and Eat Your Own Ears. Come on down.

QANTAS WTF.

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:54:00 +1100

There is a bit of furore within the Australian music industry over Qantas’ new baggage policy, the contents and disadvantages of which are fairly succinctly articulated here.

I’ve never been afraid to write a letter of complaint (Hi Sydney Uni! Hi Woolworths! Hi Mum!) so today I am sending this letter to Qantas via here. I’m ccing in Simon Crean, the Federal Minister for The Arts.

Dear Qantas

I manage a three piece Sydney band who are currently enjoying popularity thanks to their relentless touring across the country for the past two years.

I have been made aware of the new changes to Qantas’ luggage policy, in particular, the restriction on the number of checked items and the new regulation stating that musical instruments are allowed onboard only at the discretion of the airline.

The band tour the country regularly and Qantas is our preferred airline. We regularly attract excess baggage fees, as you would expect. However all three members of the band and myself joined Qantas Club very recently in order to mitigate some of those fees with no warning that the regulations concerning baggage were about to change. By my calculation, this means that our excess baggage costs will be almost triple what they were prior to us joining Qantas Club.

I find it fairly hypocritical that Qantas purports to support music via the Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards when the company then proceeds to make it as difficult as possible for Australian artists.

I note that there are exceptions that relate to sporting equipment and struggle to see why musical equipment should not fall within that category of exceptions but I look forward to hearing from you on this matter.

Yours faithfully, etc.

If this affects you, it would be great if you could write something in a similar vein. SPEAK PEOPLE.

Gotyeah!

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:29:04 +1100

One of our favourite artists and human beings Wally de Backer aka GOTYE is releasing some new music for the first time in quite a while. He must have needed a rest from winning the ARIA for Best Male and, you know, creating one of the most-loved albums of the year a few years back.

(Gotye looking enigmatic standing against a wall)

ANYWAYS, he is back now with a corker of a track called ‘Eyes Wide Open’, which you can download for free from www.gotye.com. Have a listen to the chat he had with triple j’s Tom & Alex when he premiered the song on their show.

FINALLY!

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:32:08 +1100

Finally the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2011 lineup is out of the bag. The metaphorical one of course, it’s not like we’ve been keeping the bands in an actual bag.

We’ve been sitting quiet on this lineup for months, but now we can shout it from the roof tops.

The lineup is to die for / out of control / amazing / what (indie) dreams are made of. We think so, anyhow.

!!! (Chk Chk Chk) - The Antlers - Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Beach House - Bear In Heaven - Blonde Redhead - Cloud Control - Cut Copy - Deerhunter - Foals - Gotye - The Holidays - Holy Fuck - Jenny & Johnny - Les Savy Fav - Local Natives - Menomena - PVT - Rat Vs Possum (excl Perth) - Stornoway - Two Door Cinema Club - Violent Soho - Warpaint - World’s End Press - Yeasayer

Tickets go on sale Tuesday 19th October and all the details are on the Laneway Festival website.

x Bossy

Spring

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:12:24 +1000

We recently announced that Laneway Festival will soon be making an Announcement Regarding The Line-Up. 12 October 2010 is the day.

Actual Festival Dates:

MONDAY 31 JANUARY 2011 - AUCKLAND

FRIDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2011 - BRISBANE

SATURDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2011 - MELBOURNE

SUNDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2011 - SYDNEY

Friday 11 February 2011 - ADELAIDE

Saturday 12 February 2011 - PERTH

In other news, we have recently become enamoured with London via Melbourne outfit, Civil Civic. Marvel at this slice of lyricless beauty:

Note that the band share the same initials as one member of the Bossy team.

COINCIDENCE?

Yes.

How modern.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:21:51 +1000

Probs worth keeping an eye on the Laneway Festival blog.

News News

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:20:55 +1000

The Art vs Science tour is in full swing and going swimmingly. Practically sold out y’all. ‘Magic Fountain’ was released last week and was at one point sitting on top of the iTunes chart. Behold:

Also, we are in the throes of planning next year’s Laneway Festival. Once you see the line-up, you’ll be as happy as these folk:

Probably.

Results.

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:15:42 +1000

Bossy artists have been ‘kicking some goals’ (World Cup reference) this week. JINJA SAFARI were announced as the winners of triple j’s Splendour Unearthed competition. See how quickly they go from this:

to this:

Jinja Safari will be supporting Art vs Science on their forthcoming national Magic Fountain tour, along the charming Tim & Jean. As it happens, the Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney shows on that tour have all sold out. Other shows ‘selling fast’ as they say.

Sydney band Jinja Safari have just unleashed the stunning video...

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:33:00 +1000

Sydney band Jinja Safari have just unleashed the stunning video for their first single Peter Pan.

The Vine, Mess + Noise and triple j’s Home & Hosed have all been giving it plenty of love.

The boys are playing their first ever headline show this Friday 9th July at Spectrum. Get tickets here.

Art vs Science announce new single & tour

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:33:00 +1000

Sydney’s ART vs SCIENCE are proud to announce the ‘Magic Fountain’ single release & accompanying Magic Fountain Tour.

The ‘Magic Fountain’ single release (including remixes and a slamming cover of Boom! Shake the Room recorded live at Splendour in the Grass) is out 6 August 2010 through Green/MGM and will be followed by a national tour.

Tickets for the Magic Fountain tour are on sale this Thursday 24th June at 9am.

All dates are 18+ with special guests Tim & Jean (all dates) and Jinja Safari (east coast dates).

DATES INCLUDE:

Wednesday 11th August - The Northern, BYRON BAY
Thursday 12th August - Coolangatta Hotel, GOLD COAST
Friday 13th August - The Hi-Fi, BRISBANE
Saturday 14th August - Time Out Festival, CAIRNS
Wednesday 18th August - Uni of New England, The Stro, ARMIDALE
Thursday 19th August - Uni of Newcastle, Bar on the Hill, NEWCASTLE
Friday 20th August - Uni of Wollongong, WOLLONGONG
Saturday 21 August - Metro Theatre, SYDNEY
Wednesday 25th August - The Saloon Bar, LAUNCESTON
Thursday 26th August - Hobart Uni Bar, HOBART
Friday 27th August - The Hi-Fi, MELBOURNE
Friday 3rd September - Governor Hindmarsh, ADELAIDE
Saturday 4th September - Capitol, PERTH

Head to http://www.magicfountain.net/ to purchase tickets.

MAGIC FOUNTAIN - out August 6th

New addition to Bossy roster!

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:28:18 +1000

Jinja Safari have just been added to the Bossy publicity roster.

We’re pretty excited to be working with these young chaps.

You might have heard their song Peter Pan on FBi Radio or triple j.

If not….head to their myspace & have a listen.

Tour dates & news coming soon!!