| Hope you had a bit of a summer break at least! Bit o’ turkey in ya etc! We did here even though we are normally ‘pescatarians’ – it is my one Free Day to gobble some Gobble as it were… actually it lasts a few days as who can say no to a turkey sandwich! Heaven on earth.
We had time to reflect on the amazing year of 2011 with Adele’s phenomenal success in NZ and around the world. ’21’ holds the Number One album spot at the start of this year firmly holding on to the crown of Longest Running Number One Album in NZ’s history… News from her camp is that she is recovering well from the throat surgery and she is super excited about attending the Grammys – where she is nominated for 6 awards. And so we lurch into 2012 with a bit of a plan… no artists for us at Big Day Out this year (first time in..? …12 years I think… ) but Laneway we have stacked up goodness of The Horrors, SBTRKT, Glasser and Twin Shadow. How I’m going to recognise SBTRKT at the airport – I have NO IDEA!! Actually … I do have a spare copy of the LP here – hmm.. happy to ‘exchange’ that with the first person that can email me a photo of SBTRKT sans mask! Releases begin next week for us: Jan 16 – The Big Pink – Future This (4ad) CD / LP Jan 30 – The Unthanks – Songs of Robert Wyatt & Antony & The Johnsons (Rough Trade) CD Jan 30 – Howler – America Give Up (Rough Trade) CD / LP Feb 6 – Mark Lanegan – Blues Funeral (4ad) CD / 2LP Feb 13 – Cocteau Twins – Stars & Topsoil (4ad) 2LP Feb 27 – Perfume Genius – Put Your Back Into It (Matador) Mar 12 – Grimes – Vision (4ad) CD / LP *see below! Mar 12 – Ceremony – Zoo (Matador) CD / LP Apr 1 – Adele – 23 (nah – I’m just kidding!) Feel free to grab links from the website www.thelabel.co.nz anytime and embed on your own websites.. this is a website for NZ media to use and plunder info from! The PRESS PHOTOS page where you can download HIGH RES PICS direct to your desktop, is being updated each week – so if you can’t get hold of me for that cover/pic you need for deadline – Right click Save As (or Control -click for Macs) is waitin’ right there for ya…
Be in touch soon! xx |
