AFTER THE FALL FILM CLIP SHOOT - HELP OUT

AFTER THE FALL FILM CLIP SHOOT - HELP OUT.

Hey Everyone,

AFTER THE FALL are shooting their new film clip for "THE BIG EXIT", this will be the new single from the album [IN] EXILE in Feb 2010.

Our good friend and yours Jai Al-Attas is pulling the clip all together for us, he sent through an amazing treatment and we're really pumped to start filming.

We are reaching out to FANS to help us fund the clip.

The money raised will be used to take the clip from being a great clip to an AMAZING clip.

All you have to do is go to

www.kickstarter.com/projects/afterthefall/the-big-exit-film-clip-shoot

And pledge an amount to help get the clip shot.

We have set up a pretty cool reward system and would love it if you could get involved and help us reach our vision for this music video.

Check out the things you get if you pledge as little as $5....

PLEDGE $5 OR MORE

Get a personal phone call from the band saying thank you + A digital file of the finished video clip with your name in the end credits saying "Thank You"

PLEDGE $25 OR MORE

Receive the entire After The Fall catalogue signed by the band + A signed photo of the band

+ All of the above

PLEDGE $50 OR MORE

An After The Fall T-Shirt + 2 VIP tickets to the next After The Fall headlining show in your city, where you will go backstage and meet the band
+ All of the above

PLEDGE $1,000 OR MORE

LIMITED REWARD 3 of 3 remaining

You and a friend get flown to Sydney and picked up from the airport by the band. Then receive a private performance from the band in their studio on the Central Coast(YOU pick the set list). Afterwards the band will throw a BBQ in your honour before putting you up in a hotel.

Like we said before ..... All you have to do is go to

www.kickstarter.com/projects/afterthefall/the-big-exit-film-clip-shoot

And let us know how much you would like to pledge to make this clip happen.

If you can also all blog, twitter, facebook and myspace the link and let all your friends know about the clip and the rewards for helping out.

You can even just email the link to all your friends.

Thanks so much for all your support!!

ATF

SCHOOLIES LOOK OUT 

THE ATF TOOLIES ARE COMING - 

QLD THIS WEEK.

So the tour continues on into its final 2 weeks!!! only 7 shows left! Man time flys when your firing cannons!

So i mentioned last time that we were hanging out in Fremantle firing cannons....well now you can watch a video of Matt doing his best Boom-Man...check it out below!

Big thanks to all the Tasmanians who came out to the Hobart and Launceston shows! We had an awesome time as per usual.

The food at the Republic bar really helped out our emaciated souls - Amazing! 

Got to spend a bit of time at our favourite pub, the New Sydney Hotel in Hobart, really good irish pub if your ever in need of one! I

In the meantime we hit up Tasmania for a couple of shows in Hobart and Launceston, We always have a Blast on the apple isle and this time was no exception...here it is in point form.

Super early flight

check into Hotel as 'the scare' are checking out

Quick 2 hour nap

Got a Decent coffee?!

Quick half pint or two at the New Sydney Hotel (great Irish pub in Hobart)

Did a special little show for our mate Keira

Had a killer meal at Republic bar...really helped out our emaciated souls

Played a loose show at republic (as usual)

Stage invader got kicked out

Got a sneaky feed at the '24 hour food stop"

Spent the next morning at the Salamanca markets

Saw an awesome Irish ensemble called the Foley artists - thi fiddle player blew our collective mind! 

Drove to Launceston

Got a seriously good coffee at a really cool cafe

Met Matt's Mum and Pop at the cataract Gorge.

Gorged ourselves on Sandwiches at the Gourgeous Gorge

Walked of the Sandwiches with George...at the Gorge

Saw a Wallaby

Saw some Peacocks Posing

Seriously the Gorge is an unreal place!

Played Hotel New York

The Red Wiggle was at the show...i think he may have left cause we played bad?

Partied with CaC and the dirty Love to the Wee Hours - Awesome times.

Had Flaming shots...

Came Home.

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ROLLINGSTONE FEATURE

In the media world there is an Interview in this months Rolling Stone Mag and also a little blurb i did about The Get Up Kids in this months BLUNT magazine...so check that out if your keen!

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SHOWS SHOWS SHOWS!

This Week we head up North, starting Thursday in Byron Bay. Im a little Bit worried about being on the Gold Coast during Schoolies for fear of being labeled a Toolie! But i guess i have a legitimate reason to be lurking...

Anyways if you want to check out a show and your in Byron, Brisbane, the G.C, or Sunshine coast 

Thursday 26/11/2009

The Beach Hotel, Byron Bay

Friday 27/11/2009

Club 299, The Valley, Brisbane

Saturday 26/11/2009

The Swell Tavern, Gold Coast

Sunday 27/11/2009

The Sands Tavern, Sunshine Coast

head here for all the dates and ticketing details www.afterthefall.com.au/tickets

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MORE SHOWS!

I am happy to announce that we have a couple of shows coming up in January.

First a local show at The Entrance Leagues club and another at the Northern Star in Newcastle

for all the deets check below.

SAT JAN 9th

Entrance Leagues - Central Coast

Ticket From: THE VENUE, MACRON MUSIC ERINA & TUGGERAH,  WWW.THEAUDIOARMY.OZTIX.COM.AU

FRI JAN 15th

The Northern Star - Newcastle

Ticket From: www.bigtix.com.au 

Also all ticketing details are @ www.afterthefall.com.au/tickets

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MERCHHHHHHHHHH!

SO if you have attended any of our shows you would know we had some sweeet new t-shirts.

But what you ay not have know is that they are available online! So if you came to a show but ran outta money cause you spent it all on booze DONT FRET! 

As well as two new FRESH designs we also have a bunch of lets say 'Vintage' ATF Tee's, Old tour posters, Badges, Stubby Holders, THE WORKS! But the best thing? ITS ALL ON SALE! in an EVERYTHING must go kind of way...Tee's are reduced to only $10 and everything else is SLASHED too...so if you need to treat yourself for Christmas or just want to be the coolest cat on the block i suggest heading on over to our online store and decking yourself out!

Click here for all the NEW & SALE merch @ http://www.outwiththenew.com/band/afterthefall/

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See you QLD this week !.... 

ATF

AFTER THE FALL DIVE INTO THE MAP OF TASSIE THIS WEEK

LAST WEEK WAS A BLUR + TASSIE THIS WEEK.

Wow what a blur and a blast the last 2 weeks of the 'Go Hunting' tour have been!

First up i Just want to give special thanks to all the fans who have came to the shows, said hi, hung out, bought us drinks, and bought some merch! We really appreciate your support! We have had an awesome time on the road the past few weeks and we just want to say thanks for making it fun! We know it has been a while but we appreciate your support! thanks!

We reconvened with Calling all cars and our new mates FANGS in Warnambool for what was going to be a wild week of shows and parties. Warnambool seemed like a cool place, so we ask the dude at our Hotel where the best fish n' chips in town was...he said 'Con's is the best' it appears we were conned as it was pretty average.

Had a kick arse rock show at the Loft and ended up having a party in our Hotel with Fangs wild night much fun!

Next stop Ballarat...

Fangs had decided to start the part early with a case of M.B and the rest of the night was slightly blurry...actually we got a new guitarist that night...Leeroy Brown from fangs was officially our second guitarist...but he only played one song...'Sunshine Showers' but he played it well!

Next stop was Mildura...

Very hot! Befriended a dude who told me he liked to get on Ice, then proceeded to steal our merch...fuck that guy! We got it back with minimal head busting so all is well...just goes to show...NEVER trust a junkie.

Big thanks to All at the Sandbar in Mildura for housing the venue for the biggset party on the tour so far! Had an absolute killer off a night! Double parked on pots with all manner of beverages, ripped clothes, Baked bean drinking, sleep eating (the cheesburger incident) Walking through drive through's singing dancing and a whole heap of bromance, awesome times.

On the drive we stopped of at a roadside stall and grabbbed a bag of Oranges for the 5 hour drive to Bendigo.
Bendigo's venue 'the Pub' in actual fact was not a pub? Things got a bit silly tonight, Matt made an outfit which resembled Scorpion from Mortal Kombat...i dont know why. I fed Mackie from Fangs Pizza onstage...i dont thing he liked it as soon after he put His bass through the Ceiling. Nice! Ventured into the 'Alternative nightclub' Housed in the same venue only to Bail as quick as possible...GROSS!

Monday we had some press to do...played a cover of 'Dock of the Bay' on a show called 'Dancing about Architecture' i think we nailed it! I also scored a sweet 'Nickelback' Beanie today.

The week Just past we headed to one of my favourite places to tour Western Australia! Day one consisted of hooking up with our mate Jaie in Freo and shoting cannons! (no shit), The foundry at Cannington has always been a shitty show for us but i think this time we managed to push through and make something of it. We were lucky enough to have another cool support band for this weeks run of shows "The Novacaines", Killer band and rad dudes!

Bunbury was really fun as always and Mitch the publican hooked us up big style! thanks Mitch!
We passed a place called 'Cockburn Central'. Not sure exactly what goes on there?
Perth show at the Hyde park Hotel was awesome fun! and what would a night out in Perth be without hitting the dance floor at amplifier to the wee hours? SHIT! Although after busting a little to hard to 'Echo and the bunnymen' i had to go home and have a shower...Gross!

Mandurah was a strange place...it looked as though everything was about 3 years old MAX! I didnt party tonight but i hear the cover band SHREDDED! and wasnt into extra dry as much as hoped.

Fremantle is always a cool great food, great vibe, great shows and tonight was no exception. Mojs is a rad venue ultra cool vibe! after dining at San Drino one of my favourite places to eat in the world! We hit up Mojos and had some fun!
Finished up the night watching Ac/Dc videos at Jaies Pad! Killer week!

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WE'RE HITTING THE MAP OF TASSIE THIS WEEK !

This week we hit up Tasmania for Two shows, Friday at the 'Republic bar'...had some great shows there before!
And saturday 'Hotel New York' in Launceston! Cant wait for these shows! Make sure you come say hi and hang out!

Friday 13/11/2009

Republic bar, Front Room, Hobart

Saturday 14/11/2009

New York Hotel, Launceston

Click here for all the dates and ticketing details www.afterthefall.com.au/tickets

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- DONT FORGET THE AFTER THE FALL -

- MACBETH SHOES COMP - FREE SHIT !

Also a little remindeder....If you would like to win some free tickets to any of the remaining shows on the 'Go Hunting' tour hit up this link

AFTER THE FALL - MACBETH SHOWS COMP

Thanks to Macbeth shoes and Us you can win some double passes and a sweet prize pack, so please check that out!

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See you in Tassie !.... And QLD your turn is coming soon.

ATF

VIC REGIONAL SHOWS + THE WEEK THAT WAS.

Hallo!

So good to be back out on the road!

This is what we have been collectively missing from our lives! Late night pizza stops, No sleep, over night drives, rocking, rolling, hanging, boozing! ah good for what ails ya!

So last week we hit up Geelong, did some radio promo stuff during the day - at the Geelong fair...i think i got the sniffles from it...was freezing! There was steam coming out of all the drains, very metal! The show at the Barwon Club whilst quiet was lot's of fun spent the mjority of the show on the dance floor which was different. Andy and Matt decided to kill time by making Mask's out of all our stickers - slipknot style haha! Check out our little video for all the hilarity.

Friday we spent running around with a Jameson hangover doing more acoustic promo stuff which Chapel st called Yellow Bird, man tasty food and a killer selection of beer. (lovells, little creatures, V.B(ha)) Then headed over to Revolver for the show. WOW! what a weird and wonderful place! strange hang thats for sure but a killer show none the less. Got to catch up with
stack of old mates which is always good...and whats a visit to Melbourne without a visit to the 24 hour bottleshop?!

Instead of hitting up one of Melbourne's many 'alternative' nightclubs we decided to sit at the hotel drink beers and watch 'Falling down', great movie that one.

Saturday we had a lazy morning before heading out to 'Fist to face' for an instore. And to my surprise there was an Esky loaded up with Doctor pepper! HELL YEAH!
After the instore we had to drive home to N.S.W which wasn't looking like fun until The wonderful Gerard from fist to face loaded us up with enough soft drink to make a dentist rub his hands together!

All in all a fun little trip... Check out the latest tour video

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THIS WEEK VIC REGIONAL SHOWS

This week we hit up Regional Victoria to visit some new towns and some old ones!

Should be good!

Wednesday 28/10/2009

The Loft, Warnambool, VIC

Thursday 29/10/2009

The Karova Lounge, Ballarat VIC

Friday 30/10/2009

Sandbar, Mildura VIC

Saturday 31/10/2009

The Pub, Bendigo VIC

Monday 2/11/2009

PLASTIC "Melbourne Cup Eve"

629 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC

Then we head to WA next week !! ATF Love's WA

Wednesday 4/11/2009

The Foundry, Cannington

Thursday 5/11/2009

Prince of Wales, Bunbury

Friday 6/11/2009

Hyde Park Hotel, Front Room, North Perth

Saturday 7/11/2009

Players Bar, Mandurah

Sunday 8/11/2009

Mojos Bar, North Fremantle

Click here for all the dates and ticketing details

www.afterthefall.com.au/tickets

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AFTER THE FALL - MACBETH SHOES COMP - FREE SHIT !

If you would like to win some free tickets to any of the remaining shows on the 'Go Hunting' tour hit up this link

AFTER THE FALL - MACBETH SHOWS COMP

Thanks to Macbeth shoes and Us you can win some double passes and a sweet prize pack, so please check that out! 

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See you at the shows

ATF

AFTER THE FALL TOUR KICKS OFF
Good day,
Man shit is getting Busy!
So much going on this week, first the 'Go hunting' national tour started in Newcastle last night, we we're super pumped and cant wait to kick this live show in the pants for the rest of you! the songs are sounding tight and we are ready to have some rad jams!
Click here for all the dates and ticketing details www.afterthefall.com.au/tickets





DESIRE IS THE SONG OF A SPORTING NATION, CH 10 and ONE use Desire for the Music to the MOTO GP TV AD

'Desire' has been lucky enough to be getting some spins on a few Tv commercials. Ben - as a moto gp fan- is SUPER siked that it is on Australian Moto GP promo featuring Casey Stoners big comeback.

After The Fall DESIRE use on Australia MOTO GP Promo


Also we were lucky enough to be on the Commonwealth Games promo which ran during the AFL grand final.
Over 3.5 million people viewed the promo during the final. Its funny how when you put a song to a dude yelling 'GOLD FOR AUSTRALIA' how powerful it can be...and i dont even do sport!

RANDOM BIT AND PEICES

Just got back from doing some acoustic tracks and an interview at MMM with ugly Phil, i will get some footage of that up soon! Was good fun and Phil was a genuine Dude!
Also we got some sweet new merch at these shows, new tee's and the like so bring some spare pennys if you would like to sport some killer attire!
That about all for now, Super keen to hit the road - make sure you stay tuned to one of our many social networking sites for Weekly video updates from the road!
if you have twitter follow us www.twitter.com/atfmusic it will blow your mind (may not actually blow you mind)
Peace
Mark

P.S - we have been told by a stack of you out there that there was a hell close up of one of our posters on Neighbours?
crazy...all i can say is bring back Sarah! and does Toadfish still have that killer Mullet?

AFTER THE FALL NEWS

COASTER FESTIVAL

Hi all!

Had a busy week last week, we were full flight into writing some new jams when we got the call we were at late addition to the Coaster Festival. So we cut the writing short and got a killer set together!

I was probably the 2nd hottest day EVER but we soldiered on and nailed our set. After we played we got to hang out and see the bronx play and Andrew tried to steal a couch...he didnt get far.

Check out the video!

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AFTER THE FALL w/ CALLING ALL CARS " GO HUNTING TOUR "

So the 'Go Hunting' national tour with our new friends Calling All Cars begins in a few weeks!

Very excited about these shows! It's going to be good to get into some sweaty rooms and play some music for you all!

Tickets for all the shows are on sale RIGHT NOW head over to www.afterthefall.com.au/tickets

You can also hit up www.posse.com to sell tickets for us. We'll pay you about $1 for each ticket you sell... easy way to make a few hundred bucks !

Working on some new merch designs too so make sure you bring your spare pennys! as always they will be killer tee's for a killer price!

We will be also selling the first two album's as our fantastic old label Warner music has made it nigh on impossible to purchase them! It's cool though cause i have BOXES of them in the lounge room just waiting to be sold!

Also if your quick i have a very small amount of the Japanese version of 'always forever now' which also includes the 1st record as well. NICE!

That's about it for now, really looking forward to the shows for all the deeets head over here... www.myspace.com/afterthefallaustralia

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RANDOMNESSSSSSSSS

I have a new favourite blog http://peopleofwalmart.com/



Oh also i was at the post office today...anyone remember the claymation show from ABC 'trapdoor'

well you can get the DVD at Australia post of all places for $10! Thats 205 mins of trapdoor right there!

check out the awesome opening theme!

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Bye for now

See you at a show!!

Mark and the Bastards

NEW ALBUM - [IN] EXILE OUT THIS FRIDAY

[IN] EXILE OUT THIS FRIDAY!

HELLLLLOOOOOOO....OUR NEW RECORD '[In] Exile' is yours to own (if you choose) this FRIDAY!


I can say that we are all excited to be finally getting this thing out there for the world to hear. After telling everyone that it was coming for so long, there were points were it felt i wasn't going to come out at all. BUT we got there and we are so keen for you all to hear it and MOST importantly to get back out on stage and play.

You can still pre order it here if you haven't or you can hit the record stores on Friday.

You'll be able to buy it on itunes here ......

After The Fall on iTunes here

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TOUR TIME !

I think i have been promising a tour for almost as long as the album has taken...but for serious it is all booked and ready to go... just need to iron out a few details and we are on like donkey kong!

We can say it starts in Newcastle on the 8/10/09 and finishes in Melbourne on the 5/12/09 to give you some idea of how big it's going to be !


More details very very soon.

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THE REVIEWS ARE IN!

If you need more convincing that you should buy our new record over the new short stack or Rob Thomas records you can pick up a copy of this months 'Rolling Stone' for a sweet review...and if your still not convinced to part with your hard earned these is another cool review by the ever honest Bronwyn Thompson in this months BLUNT mag + a sweet double page interview.







If you see anymore out there pass them on, good or bad...if it's indifferent don't bother.

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Now for something completely different.

Is patrick wolf actually Bruno?

You decide...

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Till next time .......

Mark ATF

New Video out NOW > Melbourne Wrap up!

DESIRE VIDEO!

After The Fall - Desire



Finally our new video is DONE!

That’s right... the new video for Desire, taken from the our upcoming album [In] Exile
can now be seen only and exclusively on Myspace Australia.
Directed by the same crew who gave us the amazing Empire of the Sun clips.... thanks Elvira, Maricar, Josh and everyone over there at Mathematics!!!

Head over to Myspace www.myspace.com or direct at www.myspace.com/afterthefallaustralia

You can also check out the making of the video as well as all the other After the Fall videos there too.

We would love you all to check it out and let us know what you think.

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MELBOURNE SHOW WRAP UP!

Our Melbourne adventure started with a 4:30am Lobby call...by lobby i mean the cold street i live on.

Ben was twenty minutes late for the pickup which means i could have got about 19 minutes extra sleep! and at that hour...well its worth it!

Picked up the rest of the Fellas as well as J-fresh (also known as Josh from Angelas Dish) and Hit the Frog an toad for real.

We always see this sign on the Hume highway 'Best coffee on the Hume'. So this time instead of driving past we stopped in to see if in fact it was the 'Best'.

The unanimous decision was that it may very well have been the 'Best Coffee on the Hume', but was probably some of the worst coffee we have tasted.

Now thats out of our system we will never speak off it again.

Got to the show and had a 5 minute soundcheck(!) got some sweet Chinese from Mao's on Brunswick st with a Pizza chaser from Lamb and back to check out Kill Teen angst

These guys are from Perth so they already win, but i was pretty keen on checking them out after hearing some tunes on myspace. They have some pretty Rocking tunes with Beards to match, think Hot water music, small brown bike kinda vibe...the music! not the beards.

Played the show and caught up with heaps of friends we havn't seen for a long time which is always good! Then ended up at a Kebab shop at 4am. Seems we were the only ones privvy to the fact they served booze?

So to Melbourne...THANKS FOR COMING OUT!!!!!!! we really appreciate it and we will see you again for a bigger and better show SOOOOON!

More on the show front! We will be annoucning a MASSSSIVE national tour VERY soon..like within days! so stay tuned! very excited to be hitting te road for a hard slog!

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RANDOMNESS...

I was going to put a clip off Killing Joke 'Love like blood' But they have a shitty record label who wont let me do it.

So you get this instead...killer track!






Peace MARK ATF


p.s.... Pre-Order the new album [IN] EXILE here
and we will send you some love

Sydney wrap up - Melbourne show > FREE TIX!

First up I want to thank everyone that came out to our first show back in yonks! It felt really good to be back up on stage sweating it out, it took us a long time and a lot of hard work to get to this point and we would like to thank each and every one of you! I think we are still coming down from it!


Super anxious for more touring in the coming months!

Ok so the Melbourne show at northcote social clu is tomorrow or tonight depending on when you read this. We would like to offer you free double passes to the show! Oh but there is a catch...pre order our new record [In] Exile from jb and email info@afterthefall.com.au the recepit of purchase to email addy by 5pm Friday to score a double pass! Too easy!






Don't forget if you got the Twitter follow us at Twitter.com/atfmusic

Or facebook at facebook.com/afterthefall

Melbourne we will see you soon, fir the rest off you stay tuned for a tour announcement!


Love after the fall

FREE TIX FOR SYDNEY SHOW + PRE-ORDER NEW ALBUM

So we are giving you...... our fans FREE double passes to the Oxford Art Factory Show,
Friday 17th... Tomorrow / Tonight depending on when you read this.
But there is a catch !.......

Simply Pre-Order our new record [In]Exile from Jb Hi Fi ... CLICK HERE and email info@afterthefall.com.au your receipt of purchase with your full name and we'll wack you on the guest list !

It's that simple!

The new album is out AUG 28 but you can Pre-Order it now. If you Pre-Order it you get the Limited Edition Digi Pack with two Bonus tracks!






See you at the show!

ATF !!

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The New album [In] Exile OUT AUG 28
Pre-Order NOW - CLICK HERE

www.myspace.com/afterthefallaustralia
www.twitter.com/atfmusic
www.facebook.com/afterthefall

SHOWS

Not long now until we hit the stage for our first shows in AGES.

We have been working a a set for a little while now and things are starting to fall into place! Very much looking forward to hitting the stage!

We have facebook event pages for the Sydney and Melbourne shows with all the details for tickets, supports etc.

For all the Sydney info click here.
And for all the Melbourne info go here.

July
Fri 17
Oxford Art factory- Sydney

Fri 24
Northcote Social Club - Melbourne

All Tickets: www.myspace.com/afterthefallaustralia

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YOU CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD AND MAKE CASH TOO

We want you spread the word & make cash !
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We'd love if you could support the show by becoming an official online promoter on www.posse.com . You can download ads for the shows and invite your friends.
If your friends buy tickets through your link then you get paid! You can tell your mates via the facebook and myspace apps and earn 5% on everything you sell. It’s free and easy to sign-up. Join Posse and help spread the word about the shows!

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DESIRE

As you may know we filmed a video for our new track 'Desire' which isn't that far off now!
But in the mean time we have a little making off on our YouTube here.
And if you think all that green is a little boring head over here to get an idea off what the video will look like once it is complete...see no green!

We would also LOVE it if you requested 'Desire' at triple J radio. there are Four ways to do it!

tweet in your request too http://twitter.com/triplejsr
SMS it to 1975 7 555
Call it in too 1300 0555 36
or hit up this webpage and type it in http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/requests/

MUCHO APRECIATIS!!!!

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SOCIAL NETWORKING

So we have facebook, facebook.com/afterthefall we would love it if you added us!
Also we gots twitter twitter.com/atfmusic if you follow us we will learn you lots
cool, thanks.

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ALBUM NEWS

So i know you all have the 28th of august in your calenders as the release date of '[In] Exile', but maybe your wondering...whats it look like? or...i need to know more?
well i can help you there! click here
to see the awesome artwork and all the other gory details.

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Ok thats enough for now...thanks for your time and see you at a show!
BYE!

music is life

Long time no blog...

My life used to revolve around seeing bands, if i wasn't playing a show i would be on the train to Sydney checking out a show. Then as time went on and the band got more active going to see a loud rock band was the last thing i wanted to do, but recently i have been getting back into the swing of things, have seen some great shows over the last little while.

Neil Young blew my mind in Sydney, I dont really go for the 'shredder' guitar hero guy, but Neil...i could listen to him play for days. I dig alot of his acoustic stuff but for me he's electric playing is just off the hook!

I was mesmerised! I would be in the zone just watching and listening and before i knew it, it was 20 minutes later. It was like meditation...but alot louder. He said all of two words the whole show, which was cool...he didnt have to say anything, it was all their in his playing.

Whilst we we were mixing the record in Melbourne I checked out Biffy Clyro. Saw these guys in a bar in Texas years ago and hey blew my mind! was such a cool experience, so expectations were high! the were killer once again...despite them coming half way round the world to paly to a room full of Scots they put on a killer show, tight and energetic. 

Back when we first started getting shows in Sydney i think it's safe to say collectively Hot Water Music were a big influence on our band, particularly the album 'a flight and a crash'. I remember when we were recording our first E.P and playing to the engineer as an indication of what i wanted us to sound like...subsequently i think we fell rather short of that mark...anyways Chuck Ragan used to sing/still does sing in HWM and he was recently out here with Tom Gabel from against me doing Solo Acoustic shows. I think i had it in my mind that Tom was going to steal the night...how i was WRONG...CHUCK...fuck man...

I was so tired i didn't even really want to go to the show but i had tickets so off we trek longneck in hand. The prospect of a couple of dudes singing over acoustic guitars wasn't really getting my blood pumping but as soon as i got a posse Chuck HAD me! This was the real deal, He's voice was so powerful and intense. So much heart so much soul. Never would i have thought a dude and a guitar could be so captivating! Anyways Tom came on and he was good but man it must be hard going on after what came before.

Most recently i saw Bertie Blackman. I had Downloaded her single 'Heart' of itunes as it was free. Thing is i didn't even listen to it for about a month and then i heard it on the radio and im like 'I know this song...what is it...man its so good!' then it clciked! that's the song i downloaded a while back. Now 'Heart' is on CONSTANT roatation! When i heard about the show i got some tickets (lucky! as it sold out in advance) and went along I got there a little late due to some unforseen circumstances and i think Bertie may have been on the first or second song? My first though was  'nice sleeves' as in napoleon dynamite...she had a killer set on! 

But the show was great, i really Dug the jams off her new album, lots of cool percussive and electronic elements, lots off cool grooves and energy. 

And the venue is Rad too...cant wait to play it in July!

I guess the point off all this is one of the best ways to experience music is to just get out there and go to a show. Take a chance on something new. It invigorates and inspires! Music is LIFE.

as you were.

DESIRE video shoot Photo Blog

Here are some pics from the 'Desire' Video shoot...its green...but i assure you it wont be like that once its done.

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Andrews New set up...i dont know that its going to work?

Fucking around Whilst focusing

Time for a solo!

Im ready for my close up.

Elvis Costello made an appearance.

Do DO  do do DO!

Peace

x

this is pretty cool...from way back

New track Up ON Myspace

The new track Digital Age is up on the myspace 

www.myspace.com/afterthefallaustralia 

it's the first track from the new album which will be out on Roadrunner records real soon, 

ATF