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POP CRIMESThe Songs Of Rowland S. Howard
AUSTRALIA
territories : Europe & UK
availabilities : Fly-ins/Special Events/Festivals
label : Mute Records
Rowland S. Howard was one of the most distinctive and influential musicians Australia has ever produced.
With his Fender Jaguar guitar he created his own immediately recognisable sonic language of sharp, sometimes brutal emotional intensity while winning hearts with his soul-baring lyrics laced with love, heartbreak and longing.
In 1977, at the age of 16, Rowland emerged as a key figure in Melbourne’s post punk scene, writing the hit Shivers, a tongue in cheek anthem of teenage angst. After The Young Charlatans, his brilliant but short-lived first band, Rowland moved to London with Nick Cave forming the Birthday Party, then forming Crime & the City Solution, and his own These Immortal Souls. There were also projects with Lydia Lunch and Nikki Sudden before he eventually returned to Australia to make two powerful and unforgettable solo albums.
By the time of his death in 2009, Rowland’s career was truly international. It had spanned thirty-four years, spawned countless notable collaborations, and he left us with a blazing legacy that continues to inspire artists and musicians all over the globe.
October 24th 2019 would have marked Rowland’s 60th birthday, 40 years since his musical debut, 20 years since his masterpiece “Teenage Snuff Film”, and 10 years since the release, weeks before he died, of his final album “Pop Crimes”. In honour of these milestones, we are happy to announce synchronised worldwide re-releases of both Pop Crimes and Teenage Snuff Film, with Mute Records in the UK and Europe, Fat Possum in America, and Bloodlines in Australia & NZ.
The show “Pop Crimes” was first performed in Melbourne in 2011, at the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival 2013, plus two shows to mark his 5 year anniversary at Melbourne Festival 2014.
Many original members of Rowland’s bands and other key collaborators from his illustrious career will be coming together on stage for what is sure to be an electrifying celebration of this music icon.
FEATURING Mick Harvey
(The Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party, PJ Harvey), J.P. Shilo
(Rowland S. Howard, Hungry Ghosts), Harry Howard
(These Immortal Souls), Genevieve McGuckin
(These Immortal Souls), Chris Hughes, with Conrad Standish
replacing Brian Hooper on bass.
Special guests will include Bobby Gillespie
(Primal Scream), Jonnine Standish
(HTRK), Lydia Lunch, Edwina Preston, with more to be announced.
BOOKING ENQUIRY
J.P. Shilo, monsieur « strangeness »
Pour l’hommage à Rowland initié par Mick Harvey, Chris Hughes a tout naturellement été invité à jouer les morceaux de These Immortal Souls à la batterie. Mais c’est l’Australien J.P. Shilo qui sort le plus du lot parmi ces honorables « tributeurs ».
Dix ans après sa mort, ceux qui l’ont croisé continuent à rendre hommage à ce musicien australien, âme damnée d’un groupe pas spécialement béni: The Birthday Party. Ses deux albums en solo sont aujourd’hui réédités.
Quand il est question de rock australien, la boussole tourne un peu dans tous les sens. Existe-t-il un métrage commun pour mesurer les talents de King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, INXS, Tame Impala, de The Saints ou des Bad Seeds ? Et taut-il prendre en compte la Nouvelle Zélande de Connan Mockasin et des Datsuns ? Le simple fait de poser ces questions est une manière d’y répondre ; la majorité des groupes précités, pour être placés sur la grande carte du rock, ont du s’exiler à Londres ou labourer les terres européennes ; il est vrai un peu plus fertiles que le bush australien. Un homme, un seul, a fait plus pour ce continent perdu tout en bas à droite sur la planisphère que tous les autres : Rowland S. Howard, le seul vrai déboussolé derrière un nombre de groupes si importants que l’histoire, jusque là, n’a gravé son nom dans la stèle qu’au crayon gris.
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