Brushfire Records new release “This Warm December, A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 2” available now! Remember 25% of the profits from this album will be donated to charities benefiting music education for youth, including Little Kids Rock and The Silverlake Conservatory.
Get the album now at ThisWarmDecember.com!
On November 15th, Brushfire Records will be releasing “This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday, Volume 2”. It includes a song by Neil called “Home For The Season”. There is a preorder up now, and all orders through December 1st will be eligible to win some pretty great prizes including a signed Ukulele from Jack Johnson, an Autographed Microphone from G. Love, a Matt Costa snowboard,and more. They’ll also be unveiling acoustic performance videos for all of the tracks on the album. over the coming months Go check it all out at www.thiswarmdecember.com. 25% of the profits from this album will be donated to charities focused on musical education for kids like Little Kids Rock, and the Silverlake Conservatory.
Neil is to play in China for the first time, the tour will kick off on April 16th in Beijing. Neil will also be playing at the inaugural Truck USA Festivalin Woodstock, New York on May 2nd, Wood Festival in Oxford, London, and South East, UK on May 21st, and Caribana Festival in Geneva, Switzerland on June 12th.
| Date | Time | Venue | Location | Facebook Event |
| April 16, 2010 | 8:00 | Yugong Yishan | Beijing, China |  |
| April 17, 2010 | 8:00 | Dream Factory | Shanghai, China | |
| April 18, 2010 | 8:00 | Traveller | Hangzhou, China | |
| April 20, 2010 | 8:00 | Little Bar | Chengdu, China | |
| April 21, 2010 | 8:00 | Nuts Club | Chongqing, China | |
| April 23, 2010 | 8:00 | Vox | Wuhan, China | |
| May 2, 2010 | 5:30 | Truck USA Festival | Woodstock, NY | |
| May 21, 2010 | 5:00 | Wood Festival | Oxford, London, and South East, UK | |
| June 12, 2010 | 5:00 | Caribana Festival | Geneva, Switzerland | |
Tickets are on sale now for The Happening in Australia, featuring Surf Art, Surf Films, Matt Costa, Neil Halstead and Zee Avi.
Password for the Presale is: Happening
After an overwhelming response to the inaugural Bondi Beach event in 2008, The Happening finally returns to Australia this March.
A celebration of surf culture and community and its reach beyond the waves into the world of music, art and film - The Happening 2010 will be held in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, bringing together under one roof: Brushfire Records musicians Matt Costa, Zee Avi, Neil Halstead and Will Conner; film-makers George Greenough, Chris and Emmett Malloy – previews of 180° South and The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights – plus the exhibited works of contemporary artists from The Surf Gallery, Laguna Beach, California.
SYDNEY - BONDI PAVILION - FRIDAY MARCH 26
BRISBANE - THE ZOO - SUNDAY MARCH 28
MELBOURNE - THE ESPY - WEDNESDAY MARCH 31
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19
The history of The Happening harks back to 2002 when professional surfer and filmmaker Chris Malloy, his cousin, filmmaker and owner of Brushfire Records Emmett Malloy, and Will Pennartz of The Surf Gallery brought together three disconnected elements of beach culture – art, film and music – into a single event.
In 2008, the event extended its reach traveling to Sydney’s Bondi Beach Pavilion, Tokyo, London, Cornwall and Paris - spreading surf culture around the world.
MUSIC
Heading up The Happening 2010 is MATT COSTA. Growing up in Huntington Beach, California, Costa began songwriting during an 18-month rehabilitation period following a serious leg injury that put pay to a promising skateboarding career.
On the strength of his debut release, the folky, beautiful Songs We Sing, Costa earned a rep as an L.A. buzz act, crisscrossed the U.S. in a van, and performed at all the major North American music festivals including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Sasquatch, Bonnaroo, and Austin City Limits among others. In 2007 Costa recorded the follow-up Unfamiliar Faces, again on Brushfire Records. He is currently working on new material.
Next up is NEIL HALSTEAD. Based in the English coastal town of Newquay, Halstead is one of Britain’s most respected songwriters. The singer and guitarist cut three albums fronting Slowdive, before forming 4AD favourites Mojave 3 in ‘95. Halstead made his solo debut in 2002 with Sleeping On Roads and a follow-up on Brushfire in 2008, Oh! Mighty Engine.
ZEE AVI was born on the island of Borneo, later moving to Kuala Lumpur, Avi learnt to play guitar at 17. Beginning to write and perform, she posted her songs on YouTube for a friend to hear. The viral buzz around her postings eventually resulting in the release of her 2009 self-titled debut album on Brushfire/Monotone Records.
Picking up the opening slot is local Byron talent WILL CONNER. With a reputation for making music with a pure and unwavering sound, CONNER along with special guest 21st century soul surfer DAVE "RASTA" RASTOVICH, will open proceedings performing tracks from his new album Sailing, Love & Food.
FILM
Woodshed Films will tour special extended previews of 180º SOUTH the latest film by CHRIS AND EMMETT MALLOY - and, THE WHITE STRIPES UNDER GREAT WHITE NORTHERN LIGHTS directed solely by EMMETT MALLOY, as well as short films by legendary surf cinematographer George Greenough.
180º SOUTH: In 2005 filmmaker Chris Malloy took a trip to Patagonia with Yvon Chouinard - one of the most unique and prolific environmentalists - and writer/filmmaker/producer Rick Ridgeway. It was then the idea for what would be come the film 180° South was officially hatched.
The film follows young American adventurer Jeff Johnson’s journey, following in the footsteps of Chouinard and best friend Doug Tompkins’ 1968 exploration of untouched mountain ranges and un-surfed coastline, on a 5000-mile expedition from California to deep Patagonia.
THE WHITE STRIPES UNDER GREAT WHITE NORTHERN LIGHTS: In the summer of 2007, The White Stripes embarked on a cross-country Canadian tour to accomplish their goal of performing in every province and territory across the expansive northern nation. A captivating mix of striking live footage and poignant off-stage moments, this visually stirring and emotive feature length film celebrates the band’s 10 year history, bringing the band full circle in their career to a place reminiscent of how they first started out - shows where no one knew who they were, and where they were left to make a first impression with their music.
ART
At each of the Happening shows will be a gallery space exhibiting works from the following artists and photographers.
Artists: Jeff Canham, Harry Daily, Andy Davis, Ned Evans, Julie Goldstein, Yusuke Hanai, Alex Kopps, Greg Lamarche, Michael Leon, David Lloyd, Geoff McFetridge, Randy Noborikawa, Scott Richards, Mark Tesi, Pablo Ugartetxea, Tyler Warren, Alex Weinstein and more.
Photographers: Lorene Carpentier, Joe Curren, Herbie Fletcher, Laura Flippen, Michael Halsband, Ryan Heywood, Kassia Meador, Serena Mitnik-Miller, Jason Murray, Dane Peterson, Steve Sherman, Scott Soens, Patrick Trefz and more.
THE HAPPENING – music, art and film:
SYDNEY - BONDI PAVILION - FRIDAY MARCH 26
BRISBANE - THE ZOO - SUNDAY MARCH 28
MELBOURNE - THE ESPY - WEDNESDAY MARCH 31
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19
| Sydney Moshtix Brisbane / Melbourne OR for all shows |
1300 GET TIX | www.moshtix.com.au www.oztix.com.au | OZTIX 1300 762 545 Ticketmaster 136 100 | www.ticketmaster.com.au |
FOR MORE DETAILS HEAD TO www.thehappeninglive.com
Check out the official music video for “Witless or Wise” off the album Oh Mighty Engine! The video was filmed at The Beachland Tavern in Cleveland, Ohio.
Director: Neil Maitland
Producer : Sam Walker
Production Co: Red 40 Productions
Listen on SandBar Radio:
Tuesday - 8:00 PM - June 23, 2009
Friday - 8:00 PM - June 26, 2009
Sunday - 7:00 PM - June 28, 2009
Listen on Radio JimmyDreamz:
Monday - 3:00 PM - June 22, 2009
Wednesday - 9:00 AM - June 24, 2009
Thursday - 11:59 PM - June 25, 2009
Saturday - 8:00 PM - June 27, 2009 (Note all times listed are Eastern Time)
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Neil Halstead joined up with the good folks at $99 videos to shoot a clip for “Elevenses” from his latest album “Oh! Mighty Engine”, you can check it out here.
Also, Neil recently recorded a session with the good folks over at Daytrotter. You can listen and read about it over on Daytrotter.com.
Neil Halstead is back in the US to promote his latest “Oh! Mighty Engine”., which Paste called “sublime bedroom pop, all acoustic-based and velvet-vocaled, sincere but never strained, pretty and bittersweet.”
March:
5 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
6 - Seattle @ The Triple Door
8 - San Francisco @ Great American Music Hall
10 - Los Angeles @ Largo at the Coronet
11 - San Diego @ The Casbah
12 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Rhythm Room
14 - Denver, CO @ The Walnut Room
16 - Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Music Hall
17 - Rock Island, IL @ Rock Island Brewing Company
18 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
19 - Chicago @ Schubas
20 - Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room
21 - Toronto @ The Drake Hotel
23 - Cleveland, OH @ The Beachland Tavern
24 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
25 - Baltimore, MD @ Talking Head Club
27 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall
28 - NYC @ Joe’s Pub
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