Cowper Band » live http://cowperband.com Band of dried leaves, flour, and water. Brisbane, Australia. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:39:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 ‘Sunshine State’ Album Launch & Tour for Ed G & The Show http://cowperband.com/2012/04/sunshine-state-album-launch-tour-for-ed-g-the-show/ http://cowperband.com/2012/04/sunshine-state-album-launch-tour-for-ed-g-the-show/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:42:10 +0000 Rowley Cowper http://cowperband.com/?p=492 I said that I had some news, and I most certainly was not lying – here it is.

One of the reasons that the Cowper Machine has been so quiet over the past year has been as a result of my involvement in the band Edward Guglielmino & The Show.  As a long term (and borderline obsessive) fan, I was pretty excited to join Ed and Sam Schlencker (also of Skinny Jean fame) in 2010 to play with the band and help record the new album.  Along the way Kirsty Tickle (Little Scout) joined the fray.  I was lucky to have the opportunity to record with the incredibly lovely Jamie Trevaskis of Junkship Studios; and more importantly still I got to laugh my arse off and discover just how much fun it was to play someone else’s music (without all that self imposed wanky emotional strain!).

So, I’m pretty darn excited to announce that Edward Guglielmino & The Show will launch their new album Sunshine State at the Judith Wright Centre on May 19th; and will then tour the country with Cowper supporting some of the shows!

Let me break that down into little visually digestible chunks for you.  First, the band; they look like this:

 

EDWARD GUGLIELMINO & THE SHOW

Then, the album; it’s called Sunshine State and it looks like this:

Sunshine State

This album will be launched on the 19th of May, but Vinyl can be preordered here! We’re going on tour together, which quite often looks like this:

WOW! THE ROCKING AND STUFF.

And, as an extra thing of awesomeness, I will be supporting some of the tour shows as Cowper, which as a reminder (it’s been a while!) looks like this:

Cowper @ Black Bear Lodge (April 15, 2012)

Now that’s a lot to get excited about! The current tour dates are listed below, with more to come.

EDWARD GUGLIELMINO & THE SHOW
THE SUNSHINE STATE TOUR – MAY/JUNE 2012
For ticket info, head to www.mucho-bravado.com

Saturday, May 19 | Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane (QLD)
with The Jeremy Neale Five and Moneet In Air
Tix on sale Tuesday April 17 | $15 +bf judithwrightcentre.com

Thursday, May 24 | Alchemy, Launceston (TAS)
with Cowper and Get The Bunny

Friday, May 25 | Oscar’s Treehouse, Hobart (TAS)
with Cowper and Get The Bunny

Saturday, May 26 | Pure Pop Records, Melbourne (VIC)
with Cowper (acoustic instore appearance)

Sunday, May 27 | The Empress, Melbourne (VIC)
With James O’Brien (The Boat People) and Carry Nation

Friday, June 22 | Oxford Art Factory, Sydney (NSW)
With Charles Buddy Daaboul (No Art) **Free show**

 

Right.  That’s enough excitement for a start!  The gigs have been linked on the gig page.  See you all there!

]]> http://cowperband.com/2012/04/sunshine-state-album-launch-tour-for-ed-g-the-show/feed/ 1 a video in 2 hours http://cowperband.com/2010/03/a-video-in-2-hours/ http://cowperband.com/2010/03/a-video-in-2-hours/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:10:28 +0000 Rowley Cowper http://cowperband.com/?p=199 after rehearsal tonight for tomorrow’s gig at the southbank open air i was struck with a combination of insomnia, and general silliness. so, i decided to see if i could make a video from scratch (including audio) in 2 hours. the one-take-only-and-adlib-as-i-go attitude to both video and audio takes means it’s a little shakey, but that’s all part of the charm, isn’t it….?

the result is below, for your amusement.

Howard Hughes (Avid Reader Tour recorded live in Newcastle) from Cowper on Vimeo.

ps. if you don’t know the sooty show, then you really, really should.

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Rowley was already set to play with Matt Redlich’s “The Lonely Sea And The Sky”, but a last-minute withdrawal from the gig left us with a surprise Cowper set as well.

Rowley Cowper – Letterbox LullabiesRowley Cowper – Letterbox Lullabies

More photos on Flickr.

]]> http://cowperband.com/2009/12/letterbox-lullabies-the-lonely-sea-and-the-sky-and-cowper/feed/ 0 Howard Hughes in Newcastle http://cowperband.com/2009/11/howard-hughes-in-newcastle/ http://cowperband.com/2009/11/howard-hughes-in-newcastle/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:51:31 +0000 Rowley Cowper http://cowperband.com/?p=153 Currently in Canberra getting ready for today’s gig…started and finished the Newcastle vid last night with all its foibles and editing clichés. Still, it’s ok as my one of my first ever video efforts! After the show today I’m heading south south south to Wilson’s Promontory to relax for a few days – should be great.

Howard Hughes (Avid Reader Tour recorded live in Newcastle) from Cowper on Vimeo.

]]> http://cowperband.com/2009/11/howard-hughes-in-newcastle/feed/ 0 it’s a knock-out (that’s the name of the game) http://cowperband.com/2009/08/its-a-knock-out-thats-the-name-of-the-game/ http://cowperband.com/2009/08/its-a-knock-out-thats-the-name-of-the-game/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:16:16 +0000 Rowley Cowper http://cowperband.com/?p=103 so it seems that putting me through some bizarre physical endurance test is becoming a common theme for cowper videos. first it was trying to maintain balance and stave off sea sickness whilst being spun on a chair; then it was all about how long i could hold my breath whilst playing guitar under water. this time the challenge was to hang upside down and finish playing a song before the blood rushed to my head and i fell on it. i think at the next gig i’m going to be handcuffed and buried in cement!

Cowper – Don’t Ask Me (Live at the Hills Hoist 2009-08-30) from Jaymis on Vimeo.

anyway, it was a fun afternoon – even the neighbours had a good laugh when they looked over the back fence and saw us filming. i hope you enjoy it too.

the other piece of news i have is the confirmation of an australian tour in november. i’m calling it the “avid reader” tour, and for a very good reason. the tour itself may in fact be thinly veiled guise for what is more likely ‘a bit of a surfing holiday’; but rest assured that when i’m not surfing, camping or driving i will be playing in an independant bookstore near you.

dates are still to be confirmed as i get in contact with more stores, but i’m quietly confident a few will be able to accommodate my large appearance fee – elephants work for peanuts, and gorillas go ape for bananas; but i’ll be paid in books. more specifically, i’m asking that the manager of each store pays me with a copy of their favourite book. it’s a simple ask, just as reading them will be a simple pleasure!

so keep your eyes out for the dates, and if you happen to know a bookstore near you that’d love to have me then let me know – i’ll be on the road between brisbane and adelaide all of november (and hopefully perth not long after that).

thanks!

]]> http://cowperband.com/2009/08/its-a-knock-out-thats-the-name-of-the-game/feed/ 1 The Kite Song. Live 18th July 2009. http://cowperband.com/2009/08/the-kite-song-live-18th-july-2009/ http://cowperband.com/2009/08/the-kite-song-live-18th-july-2009/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:35:50 +0000 Jaymis Loveday http://cowperband.com/?p=100

Cowper – The Kite Song (Live) from Jaymis on Vimeo.

In July at Space Ball at Top Floor in Brisbane, Rowley (gently) exploded the brains of everyone present with a freaking wonderful set. It concluded with this performance of The Kite Song. Wow.

You can download the MP3 (or other digital audio format of your choice) of this song from the music section.

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