Tiger Tones - Featured Artist - April 2008

Indie Dance Punk
www.myspace.com/thetigertones
Contact: James Grant

Dance punks Tiger Tones are CHART's Featured Artist for April 2008. Variously described as “Bargain basement dance-punk”, “Shoegaze meets extreme” and “with an out of time rhythm section… I suppressed the urge to unplug the power and tell the kids to stop making that awful racket!!” Christchurch based Tiger Tones aren’t too sure what they are either. Since forming in early 2006 Tiger Tones have played regularly including shows on A Low Hum tours / camps, featured in articles in Real Groove and Rip it Up magazines, and were nominated for “Best Breakthrough Act” at the 2007 bNet awards. They are now set to release their first album on Pinacolada Records with NZ distribution through Rhythmethod on 14th April 2008.

The band have tastes and influences ranging from good pasta, Nintendo competitions and Robotussin to electronica, post punk, shoegaze and house. Tiger Tones are into funked up basslines, rhythmic guitar stabs, playing the drums like a giant fish, square waves and dancing with people to their own music. Well… at the moment anyway…

James Grant and Ashlin Raymond talk to Cam Carpenter about their upcoming debut album release tour - LISTEN HERE.

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Introducing the band:

MARK HOLLAND - vocals, synth, guitar
ASHLIN RAYMOND - vocals, bass
ANDY FROST - drums, percussion
JAMES GRANT - guitar

PINACOLADA RECORDS PRESENT
TIGER TONES ‘TIGER TONES’ CD OUT 14th APRIL 2008

...Also here's a Youtube link for you:
http://www.youtube.com/user/pinacoladanz

There's live footage on there of their Dux gig from last Saturday night....best ones are '17' and 'Let's Get Minced'.

..also 'Pop Eats Pop' video can be found on our myspace :

www.myspace.com/pinacoladarecordsnz

As far as retail links go, the album in Chch will be available from Galaxy Records and Real Groovy primarily, but as it's thru Rhythmethod Distribution it should be everywhere in time as well. Release date is 14th April. On the net it is going to be for sale thru smokecds and amplifier.co.nz

Recording of the album took place at various times over the last year in Mark Holland's lounge, and the recordings were captured mainly by Mark with Frase (from Frase and Bri) working on roughly half of the tunes as well.' Siamese Republic' was recorded by Julian Marchant at Matakana Studios. Mastering of the entire album was done by Steve Fowler at Clevetown Studios.

Pinacolada Records and Tiger Tones would like to thank Creative Communities for their assistance with this release.

NZ album release tour dates are:

CHRISTCHURCH Dux de Lux April 19th
AUCKLAND Whammy Bar April 25th
WELLINGTON Mighty Mighty April 26th
DUNEDIN Venue TBA May 3rd

www.myspace.com/thetigertones
www.christchurchmusic.org.nz/artists