WORLD PREMIER VIDEO - ANGUS & JULIA STONE

I love, love, love this song...so I was thrilled to hear they just released a brand new video for their single, "Hold On." I was even more thrilled to actually see them in the video this time!

ROLLING SESSION: ANGUS & JULIA STONE

Angus & Julia Stone recently played the U.S. with a stop at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, where I had the chance to see them perform songs from their latest album. Now A&J are back in Australia playing to their hometown fans.

Here they are performing "And The Boys" for Rolling Stone's Rolling Session.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

TONIGHT is the return of The National!! It's been since Coachella like 3 years ago when I saw the band last, we also had that moment at the House of Blues in San Diego when Cory (staff writer) met the band and had a moment with them when they sang Happy Birthday to him. I'm super excited to see them tonight, their new CD is AMAZING! The band continues to grow with each album & continue to blow me away with their talent. We will have a full review next week.

Also, we have a super busy musical week - kicking it off with The Uglysuit. The Uglysuit is a band out of Oklahoma that I've been wanting to see for years. If you don't know this band, you gotta check em out! The band has 2 gigs next week in LA - a night at the Hotel Cafe as well as the famous Viper Room on the Sunset Strip.

www.myspace.com/theuglysuit

Let's not forget they dynamic Australian duo, Angus & Julia Stone. They are returning to Hollywood for a 2 night stint at the Cemetery. I believe they also have a FREE show at a record store in Long Beach and another show they added in Venice.

It all adds up to the BIG Sasquatch Festival weekend in Washington. More details to come...

COACHELLA COACHELLA COACHELLA

http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/tv/angus-and-julia-stone-big-jet-plane

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Hooray, we finally made it to Coachella weekend!! I can't believe how quickly it came this year...seriously, this year is flying by! Anyway, Ill be heading down to the desert tomorrow for a little fun in the HOT SUN. I'll be stopping by the Ace Hotel after I catch my block of bands at the Outdoor Theatre. There are a ton of parties going on, so Ill be sure to tweet about how much fun I'm having!

I wanted to include this video and make a plea to the producers of Coachella about this AMAZING band. Angus & Julia Stone, a brother/sister duo from Australia should be playing this weekend, but are no where to be found on this weekend's bill. I'm sure it just had to do with scheduling conflicts, so hopefully they can make it next year. This dynamic duo is a perfect fit for the Coachella Fest. Check out a live version of their song "Big Jet Plane" off their latest release DOWN THE WAY.

WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO - ANGUS & JULIA STONE

Directed by Australian filmmaker Kiku Ohe and starring AFI award-winning actress Emily Barclay, the new music video for Angus & Julia Stone's new single Big Jet Plane is a simple story of a girl dreaming of escape from her mundane situation.

Also, DOWN THE WAY, the new album from Angus & Julia dropped today. It sooooooooo amazing, definitely one of my top picks! I love it, you can definitely hear the growth from their last albums. Go purchase it now!!

LISTEN TO ANGUS & JULIA STONE NOW!

You can now listen to the brand new Angus & Julia Stone album b4 it's released. Down The Way comes out March 30th here in the U.S., but head over to their myspace page and listen to the entire thing right now!!

It's sooooooooo good....another hit from these 2! I look forward to an upcoming tour to support their new masterpiece.

www.myspace.com/angusandjuliastone

WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO - ANGUS & JULIA STONE

Another video has been release from Angus & Julia Stone. It's animated, which I'd have to say I'm not usually a big fan. I don't want to see an animated music video, I want to see that actual artist. I dunno...great song, but not loving the vid. Whateves. I still heart A&J!

DOWN THE WAY - PRE-ORDER NEW ALBUM NOW!

We are super excited to have the pre-order links for the new album 'Down The Way'. The links are below with details on the delicious bonus content and the delightful limited edition deluxe packaging.

- The vinyl edition of 'Down The Way', spread over 2 vinyl discs, also includes a digital download card to download the full album in MP3.

- The deluxe edition 2 CD set of 'Down The Way', contains full album as well as a bonus disc of ten b-sides, including one brand new exclusive, 'This Way'. It also comes with an extended booklet of beautiful artwork.

UNITED STATES - MARCH 30 RELEASE PRE-ORDER AT AMAZON
Standard album editionPRE-ORDER DELUXE VERSION HERE


DOWN THE WAY OUT MARCH 30 IN THE US AND CANADA

angusandjuliastone.com
www.myspace.com/angusandjuliastone

A LETTER FROM ANGUS AND JULIA STONE

My favorite Aussies just sent a letter to all their fans. I can't wait for their upcoming album and a U.S. tour that is in the works. Take a peep at their letter.


hello...

it is a strange thing to write a letter to you. our manager, cathy, asked us if we would like to write a
personal note when she went to send out the information about the new record... and i thought that
perhaps it would be something i might like to do. i like writing letters to my friends when we are
away-and you have become, in some way, a friend of ours, so this can be something like that... a letter to a friend to tell you what we have been doing...or at least a little bit about how this record came to be made.

the songs have been written all over the place... in stormy corners of backstage rooms and rusty windows of old hotels in sleepy towns...they have been written in the back yard at our dad's place in avalon-and in the heart of lands where we are truly strangers...and places where we have felt like visitors... drifting through without more than a few words to a local farmer....or just a few chords to a sleepy highland cow.....i could be more specific, but you know how specifics take up space-and do you really want to know about the waxed table tops and dolly parton fan clubs?

the recording of the record happened also over two years in different places between tours.....the place where my heart skipped beats, and i think angus feels the same, is the little town of golant, where we found the studio 'sawmills'-- a converted old sawmill that you had to access by boat on the high tide...we had been living in east london and had been playing festivals here and there... we had a couple of weeks off, a few hundred songs in our hearts.... we wanted to see the ocean and record music at the same time.....so we drove down past stonehenge on our regular south bound route to the ocean and settled in by the river foye...... we cooked, we drank tea...and we made music... we recorded 'the devil's tears', 'walk it off', 'black crow', 'yellow brick road', 'for you' and 'on the road'- plus other tracks that didn't make the record like 'the wedding song' and 'take you away'-we had with us clay and mitch- laying down the drums and bass for these tracks...a great engineer who lived onsite, tom...so our gang was a joyous one... when we ran out of food we jumped in the green canoe and paddled twenty minutes into the beautiful town of foye at the river mouth..... it is just too much to put into words the feeling of looking out across the cornish countryside and over the sparkling ocean, whilst castles lingered on the edge of it all, tempted to swim with the seals....

we then went on tour with martha wainwright in europe... it was a great tour for many reasons... she is something extraordinary'-a strong woman, a beautiful woman... - she also toured with a great band- which was where we met matt johnson and brad albetta who we ended up recording with us down the track in new york...eeek... how can i squeeze this all into a regular sized e-mail... now that i've started i want to tell you about it all.... the garden with the ducks... the roof tops of barcelona.......

after the europe tour we went on tour in the states and canada-...at the end of a couple of months in a bus with 12 boys... we ended up at brad's studio in brooklyn, where we recorded 'hush,' 'i'm not yours', 'draw your swords' and 'and the boys'-with matt on drums and kimon on bass (a great bass player, who we had a random jam with at a friend's house when we were visiting los angeles)... then to queens with another rowdy gang at the buddy project where we recorded 'hold on', then to battery park at rob and janie's home where we played 'santa monica dream' and 'old friend' in the home studio in angus' room late at night when the city was kind of quiet......-and then back in the water tank with finny up in coolangatta for 'big jet plane' .....

i am going to stop now... not because i don't want to tell you everything-- more perhaps because i am starting to feel the strange sensation of trying to squeeze elephants into size six ballet slippers and teach them to tango.....all these places and people need books written about them... they have all taken such good care of us... we both hope you enjoy this record---as much as we have enjoyed making it...

with love from,
julia (and angus)

The first single ‘And The Boys’ from the forthcoming album ’Down The Way’ is available now on Itunes with 2 exclusive tracks.

You can also view the video for ‘And The Boys’ at Youtube now. The video was shot around Angus and Julia’s hometown in Australia.

Tour dates are still being planned for this year – can’t wait to see you on the road.

‘Down The Way’ Out in March.. xx

BEST VIDEOS OF 2009

Australian's Angus & Julia Stone created magic in 2009 with numerous music videos. I was so lucky to see sooo many amazing artist this year, and I'd have to say this duo was definitely one of my tops.

Check out two vids from A&J, including their newest "And The Boys" from their upcoming 2010 release.

WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO - ANGUS & JULIA STONE

Hooray...I'm was soooooooo excited to get word that the latest AND greatest, Angus & Julia Stone video premiered. "And The Boys" is the brand new video/single from the brother/sister duo from Oz.

They should be wrapped or about to wrap their latest album, with a U.S. tour in the works. Tickets are already on sale for dates in Australia, with dates in the states in May scheduled. They are so amazing to see live, I can't wait to see em again!

In the meantime, head over to iTunes and download this single with bonus bside singles "Change" & "Take Away."

AND THE BOYS...

"And The Boys" is the brand new single from my favorite brother/sister duo, Angus and Julia Stone.

check it out here! and below is a little note they posted on their myspace page...looking forward to seeing them back in the states soon!

"hey hey .... the first song from the new album 'and the boys' is now up on myspace and will be out on Itunes Oz on 4th December and around the world real soon too."

See you all very soon,
love the stones crew xx

WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO - ANGUS & JULIA STONE

Check out ANGUS AND JULIA STONE'S - MUSIC VIDEO for "WASTED". The dynamic duo's 11th Music Video from their series and again another FUN animated piece from their latest album release - "A BOOK LIKE THIS"

ONE NIGHT IN SYDNEY...

...okay so I wasn't really in Sydney, Australia again on Thursday but I pretended to be. You know my love for Oz and everything that comes with it, including my current obsession (no not the movie Obsessed with Beyonce)but with Angus & Julia Stone! I thought I was lucky just to see them perform a few weeks ago, opening for Brett Dennon, but to my surprise and excitement they announced a few dates of their own, headlining in a few cities and one night in Los Angeles at on of my favorite venues, The Troubadour. Of course I was probably one of the first to buy a ticket once I found out, and they put on a show that far exceeded my expectations. The combination of vocals, lyrics, trumpets, trombones and harmonicas filled the room with their intense yet sweet songs of lost loves, life, and happiness. They even provided us a cover of Chumbawamba's one hit 'Tubthumping', which was a funny and unexpected surprise.

They did, however, announce that they were headed back home, this being their last show in the states, to take a break, relax before tackling some more writing, recording, and performances. As sad as that makes me, I am lucky enough to have seen them 3 times in the last month, and I anticipate what they have in store for us in the future, and, of course, to see their lovely faces again.

If you still have yet to hear this amazing Brother and Sister duo, please stop what you are doing and check them out www.myspace.com/angusandjuliastone

Make sure you check out some of my favorite tunes 'The Beast', 'Hollywood', 'Just a Boy', and 'Mango Tree'. You will fall in love at first listen, and be hooked. We will miss you while you are away Angus and Julia, but we know you will be producing something wonderful to bring back to us, and hopefully soon!!

THE WIZARDS FROM OZ

My favorite Australian brother & sister duo, Angus & Julia stone had an in-store performance & signing at Amoeba Records in Los Angeles yesterday. They performed songs from the current album, A BOOK LIKE THIS.

You can catch them again tonight at the Troubadour in West Hollywood!

OUR FAVORITE AUSSIES, ANGUS AND JULIA STONE...WE SAW THEM LIVE!

If you have been keeping up with Musicbleep, which you should be doing on a daily basis, you will know that we have been talking about the Australian brother and sister duo Angus and Julia Stone quite a bit. Last week, we finally got to see them perform, and I'm going to do my best to describe our experience, but it will be hard, because they were so amazing, I'm almost speechless!
Their looks are so different, yet they totally compliment each other. Julia looked as if she should be running through a meadow, with a crown of flowers upon her head. I was an instant fan the second I heard them, and seeing them live brought my love for them to a much higher level! Their seemingly slow, melodic songs, and geniously written lyrics were so incredibly heightened live. With a mixture of her flawless vocals, his raspy voice, and harmonicas, guitars and trumpets, created a very powerful performance. They would start off each song quiet and slow and bring it up to a loud, chest pounding emotion, and I have to admit.....I did shed a tear (actually two different times).

If you have yet to have taken a listen, I beg of you, CHECK THEM OUT!! You can do so at youtube and at http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/angusandjuliastone. Also, and thank you Jesus, they are coming back to LA to headline the Troubadour in West Hollywood on April 23rd!!! So GO GO GO!!! You will NOT be disappointed, in fact, you will be inspired and leave the show with a smile on your face and love in your heart!

Photos and Story by Cory

KCRW WELCOMES ANGUS AND JULIA STONE

My favorite duo from Austuralia, Angus and Julia Stone stopped by KCRW to perform songs from their latest record. You must watch these 2 in action - it's truly magical! If you are in Austin for SXSW, make sure to check them out. I can't wait to see them at their LA show, opening for Brett Dennen.

G'DAY MATES

I want to end the week with the Australian duo, Angus and Julia Stone. I have been digging their record for a few weeks now, and I said it before and I'll say it again - it's one of my faves so far this year! This is also one of my favorite songs from A&J.

If you don't know who Angus and Julia Stone are yet...get to know them! I will be checking out their L.A. show in March when they open for Brett Dennen.

THE AUSSIE INVASION

Three more days until I invade Australia, and only 1 more week until Australian duo Angus and Julia Stone's New album "A BOOK LIKE THIS" is out on March 3rd!

I have had the opportunity to listen to the entire album, and I must say it's FANTASTIC! It's one of my favorites so far this year - make sure to get your copy on March 3rd!!

The duo has also become known for their intimate, charming and bewitching live show, selling out headline dates from Australia to London.

Upon the their first visit to the States at the end of 2008, they sold out shows in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego—their first set of dates ever in the US. They will do an 18-city west coast tour with Brett Dennen starting on Thursday, March 12 in Vancouver and ending on Saturday, April 4 in Salt Lake City. They will then head to the Midwest and east coast for their own headline tour (tour dates to be announced shortly).

Angus and Julia Stone on tour with Brett Dennen:

Thur, 3/12 Vancouver, BC The Plaza
Fri, 3/13 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
Sun, 3/15 Seattle, WA Showbox at the Market
Mon, 3/16 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
Tues, 3/17 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
Fri, 3/20 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Sat, 3/21 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Sun, 3/22 Sacramento, CA Boardwalk
Tues, 3/24 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
Wed, 3/25 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
Fri, 3/27 San Diego, CA House of Blues
Sat, 3/28 Phoenix, AZ Clubhouse
Sun, 3/29 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
Mon, 3/30 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Brewing Co.
Wed, 4/1 Aspen, CO Belly Up
Thur, 4/2 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
Fri, 4/3 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
Sat, 4/4 Salt Lake City, UT Murray Theatre

ANGUS AND JULIA STONE CONFIRMED FOR
KCRW’S OFFICIAL SXSW SHOWCASE

"[A Book Like This] flickers with the prospects of two talented musicians who work together wonderfully...the two maintain individual identities despite the close collaboration, and as much as one voice differs from the other -- hers, a worthy and eccentric amalgamation of Newsom and Bjork, and his, a lasting crisp and clear spark -- in the moments they meld together, it's easy to forget everything you know about sibling rivalry." – Filter Magazine

February 17, 2009 (New York, NY) – Aussie brother/sister duo ANGUS AND JULIA STONE will make their SXSW debut next month as part KCRW’s Official Showcase on Wednesday, March 18; other bands on the bill include Ida Maria, School of Seven Bells and Port O’Brien. The Platinum selling pair will also appear on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic on Monday, March 9 in celebration of their North American debut album A BOOK LIKE THIS, out March 3.

Paste Magazine recently included Angus and Julia in their “10 New Artists To Watch in 2009” round-up, saying, “[Angus and Julia Stone] make a compelling pair...Together, they've crafted A Book Like This, an album of delicately constructed folk songs, some lushly orchestrated (the absolutely gorgeous ‘Silver Coin’), others with twinges of jazz (on ‘Private Lawns’)."

The duo has also become known for their intimate, charming and bewitching live show, selling out headline dates from Australia to London. Upon the their first visit to the States at the end of 2008, they sold out shows in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego—their first set of dates ever in the US. They will do an 18-city west coast tour with Brett Dennen starting on Thursday, March 12 in Vancouver and ending on Saturday, April 4 in Salt Lake City. They will then head to the Midwest and east coast for their own headline tour (tour dates to be announced shortly).

Links:
Official Site
MySpace
Merch Store

ARTISTS TO WATCH

I was listening to KCRW one morning and I heard them play a song called "Chocolates and Cigarettes" from Angus & Julia Stone. I was instantly taken by their music, both lyrically and vocally. Hailing from the northern beaches of Sydney, Australia, Angus & Julia Stone form two halves of a brother/sister folk musical act.

You definitely need to get to know these 2...I see a BRIGHT 09 for A&JS. They are set to kick off a string of U.S. dates in March, along with their FULL album release.

ANGUS and JULIA STONE : ARIA AWARD nominated (Australian Recording Industry Association) for BEST GROUP, BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST – ALBUM, BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST – SINGLE (The Beast)and BEST BLUES AND ROOTS ALBUM!

"THE BEAST" EP is out NOW! Be Sure to check out the music video for "The Beast" on Facebook and what the fans are saying too! CLICK HERE


SeeqPod - Playable Search

Check out this cool playlist of their (7) music videos available to share now! http://www.nettwerk.com/feature/angusandjuliastone/ecard/

UP NEXT:

3/3 - A BOOK LIKE THIS (FULL ALBUM RELEASE) - Half of the album, Produced by Fran Healy from the band (Travis).

3/12 - 2009 Tour Starts!