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1. March 2010

Urthboy Tour Announcement: The Sneakquel Tour

In the name of late nights and lost mornings, Urthboy is coming to your town on the Sneakquel Tour throughout April and May 2010.

After successfully navigating their way through the Australian Summer Festival collision course, the time for a headline tour with visuals, dance moves and new tunes has come.

In support is gun-lyricist Mantra, whose debut album drops in March on Obese Records. One of the most gifted MCs in the country, see why he’s the buzz of the hip hop community.

TICKETS ON SALE: MARCH 10 from urthboy.oztix.com.au

Presented by Elefant Traks, New World Artists, Umbrella, Channel [V] & MySpace Music

16. February 2010

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Cloud Control added to BBC Radio 6! Plus more cools!

Cloud Control have been added to rotation on BBC Radio 6 after Steve Lamacq added them to his Rebel Playlist. Listeners were able to email in and vote for which track they would like to see added. The people spoke and Gold Canary took out the title!
This has come after The Passport Label released Gold [...]

8. February 2010

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Seekae, Danimals and Spruce Lee Remix Cloud Control’s Gold Canary

A few remixes of Cloud Control’s Gold Canary have been floating around the internet. There are three of them and they’re all AMAZING. Seekae, Danimals and Spruce Lee all mashed up the track and we’re pleased to be able to present them to you now.
We also redid the Gold Canary film clip for the Seekae remix! [...]

4. February 2010

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URTHBOY- AMP AWARD SHORTLIST

Congrats to Urthboy who has been the first AMP shortlist artist announced for The Amp Award 2010 for his 2009 3rd album Spitshine
Since it launched in 2006, people have been saying that the AMP is a better indicator of industry talent than the ARIAs, which tend to focus on the success of an act.
8 other [...]

18. January 2010

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Cloud Control touring Australia with Yves Klein Blue

About The Future!
Cloud Control will be supporting Yves Klein Blue on their national tour titled ‘About The Future’. Shows will cover NSW, QLD, VIC, SA, WA and Tassy.
Cloud Control can barely contain their excitement and are eager to preview some new material from their upcoming album. Details and dates below. Any questions can be directed to joel@umbrellamusics.com.
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14. January 2010

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Vote for Urthboy and Cloud Control in the Hottest 100

Voting for the Hottest 100 closes really soon. If you haven’t done so already, get your fine looking self over to the Triple J website and vote for Cloud Control (Gold Canary) and Urthboy (Hellsong, London Calling, Ready To Go, Shruggin’). For real, we’d love it if you could :)

5. January 2010

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Joel’s “Top 5s” for 2009

I’m jumping on the epic top-5-bandwagon, however I never like saying I definitively like one thing more than another, so these are just some unordered lists of things that I liked in 2009. I deliberately left Umbrella artists off this list because I love them all so much they would almost certainly occupy every slot.
TOP 5 ARTISTS
Grizzly Bear
WAVVES
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3. January 2010

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2009 gigs & songs & albums

Here is my favs of 2009…
TOP RECORDS [Mondo]
//in no particular order //
1. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
2. Crayon Fields – All the pleasures of the world
3. Dark Was The Night – Compilation
4. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
5. Urthboy – Spitshine
6. The Tongue is dead mix Tape
7. Sherlock’s Daughter EP
8. Black Roc
9. Horrowshow – inside Story
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3. January 2010

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2009…rewind

Yo doods,
We are taking a little trip down memory lane to dwell on a great year at Umbrella…
Jan: Belles Will Ring play Sydney Theatre Company.
Feb: Belles Will Ring’s Broader then Broadway Tour. Cloud Control support Josh Pyke on National Tour.
March: Broader then Broadway Tour. Le Kingste will NSW Garage To V Festival
Apr: Essential Festival (Cloudies [...]

9. December 2009

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Cloud Control’s East Coast Smack Down Tour: DONE

Through Octpber and November Cloud Control hit the road with Leader Cheetah for the East Coast Smackdown tour feat. Gold Canary. Both bands had such a great time and want to thank everyone who came along. Heaps of people had heaps of fun and we couldn’t have asked for more. Proof below
Reviews and others
http://andpluckyourstrings.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/dont-miss-leader-cheetah-and-cloud-control/
http://elbo.ws/post/2157266/cloud-control-make-me-smile-at-the-east-brunswick-club/
http://andpluckyourstrings.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/gig-review-cloud-control-and-leader-cheetah-east-brunswick-club-27th-november/
http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/events/21737/Cloud-Control-Leader-Cheetah-Oh-Ye-Denver-Birds–The-Troubadour-Brisbane-04122009.htm
http://www.ravereview.com.au/2009/12/cloud-control-leader-cheetah-last-dinosaurs-the-east-brunswick-club-271109/
Photos
http://community.livejournal.com/bandphototrade/484833.html
http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/gallery/13166/Cloud-Control-and-Leader-Cheetah.htm
http://whothehell.net/archives/7001
http://ltmusicphotography.com/blog/2009/12/07/cloud-control-and-leader-cheeter-the-troubador/
http://www.ravereview.com.au/photos/cloud-control/
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