New York label Midnight Swimming Records have been getting some great reviews in for the North American release "FORWARDS"

Check this video that has just landed.
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Interview in COVERS (USA):
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Interview in Chicks With Guns Magazine (LA)
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Yes its TRUE. We are featured in the No 1 MOST DOWNLOADED application for iphone EVER!

TAP TAP REVENGE 3

Advert..... Tap Tap Revenge 3 is launching NOW with KAVA KAVA music!  We've teamed up with Tapulous to bring you the best music-gaming experience of your life.  You can listen to our music and play it on the newest game - Tap Tap Revenge 3! Tap along with your favourite KAVA KAVA song BANK JOB!

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UPDATE ON US ALBUM "FORWARDS"

The reviews keep coming. Really good responses to the US album "Forwards" out now on Midnight Swimming Records, NYC / itunes:

Here's an excellent review / interview in US magazine COVERS here
"Fusing big-beat club energy with Madchester-style psych-rock, Kava Kava levels off a pummeling slate of party tunes and soul-drenched slow burners."

Here's Texan magazine MADELOUD'S take on it all! here
"In these days of mash-ups and mix tapes, creating a sound out of a melange of disparate influences is par for the course, but its always a thrill to hear it done as deftly as it is here."

VERBICIDE: here
"Forwards flawlessly shifts from trip-hop to brass-heavy funk to electro-rock...There is nothing wrong here simply an incredible record that can be listened to for hours on end."



CORK JAZZ FESTIVAL, IRELAND  25th October 2009

We are thrilled to have been asked back to play the famous Cork Jazz Festival, Ireland (Guinness Jazz Festival to some!) A top line up, we hit the Crane Lane Theatre on Sunday 25th October

Cork Jazz Festival 2009
Crane Lane Theatre"

TOUR PICS

Had a great summer of Festivals. Check out some Kava Kava footage from Sazava Festival, Czech Republic here and in our pics section:


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"a six-piece eclectic band that is taking the US by storm" Bier Magazine

"KAVA KAVA … fully realizes a distinct and unique sound that is bringing the indie music scene to its knees … Well-earned confidence leaks through every song like sex streams from your television.”  Indie Music Universe
 
"[The band]’s sound could best be described as ‘a musical rainbow.’ KAVA KAVA isn’t afraid to mix many different musical styles like, rock, psychedelic, club, electronica, soul and funk to achieve their band’s signature sound." C.W.’s Place
 
 “KAVA KAVA is definitely a band on the come up. Their brassy, electronic rock sound is reminiscent of … contemporaries like the Kaiser Chiefs and the Chemical Brothers.”
Liv2Ride
 
"[The album] is a 10-track hybrid testament to that fact that Kava Kava know where they’re headed—forwards." Skope Magazine

"The band have forged a unique sound that should endear them to indie fans on both sides of the pond" Snob's Music

FORWARDS out now! (US/Canada)

   BUY HERE (US AND CANADA ONLY)

Here's the first review for the forthcoming long player "FORWARDS" on NYC label Midnight Swimming due digitally 16th June (US AND CANADA ONLY)

SKOPE MAGAZINE (Boston, Massachusetts) here

Much in the vein of The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method and Moby, Kava Kava toe the line between electronica and live instrumentation and meld the two into interwoven electro-rock tracks that range from agro alt to electronic-induced groove. The final product is a 10-track hybrid testament to that fact that Kava Kava know where they’re headed—forwards.

Hey Kavaliers,

We've had a lot of love from the US, playing some dates, getting our music into some great TV shows and recently the amazing snowboarding game STOKED. The most recent development is that we finally have a US label repping us - we are anticipating a new video for the track "Clarity" (song just up on the myspace folks) and a full length album release called FORWARDS. This has been licensed for JUST the US and Canadian territories for now, but we should have the music out in other countries too soon enough. Read the label's press release here:

UK’s KAVA KAVA SIGN TO MIDNIGHT SWIMMING; NEW ALBUM “FORWARDS” COMING THIS SUMMER

“Soulful war-esque dark funk, draped in a deep pile velvety psychedelia with the sort of effortless classic rock vocal that shiny stars are surely made of." Bull & Gate, UK

New York, NY, March 25, 2009 – KAVA KAVA have been profiled as one of ‘the’ bands from the Yorkshire area of the UK to look out for. Think Corrine Bailey Rae/Kaiser Chiefs/Arctic Monkeys, and most recently Paul Marshall. Their music has been featured in TV series such as, JOHN FROM CINCINNATI, DIRT and WEEDS, and they have three songs on the newly released XBOX snowboarding game, STOKED. Their new record, FORWARDS will be released in the US on Midnight Swimming in June on digital and vinyl.  “Kava Kava has created a musical chimera that is equal parts P-Funk and Roxy Music, as indebted to Stax soul and the Philly sound as it is to the Manchester beat and Brian Eno.” Alt.Culture.US

Originally starting as four-piece psychedelic funk band gracing the underground festival and party scene, KAVA KAVA has now expanded into a fleshed out six piece that fully realizes an eclectic, yet cohesive wall of sound.

The vocals of singer Pat Fulgoni are accompanied by a revolving line-up that includes Matt Bond guitar, Martin Chung bass, Chris Corrigan drums, Steve Davies and Ian Bailey horn section alongside vocals, guitars, electronica, brass, strings and a funky rhythm section.  The dynamics between all of the different elements of KAVA KAVA truly add up to an individualistic new incarnation of sound without forgetting to pay homage to the history of those sounds.

“Should be on every funk and disco playlist, period!..Love it!" DJ Magazine (UK)

Paula Amato
Pai Media
www.myspace.com/paimedia

Yes! We have three songs in a top new Xbox Snowboarding game "Stoked"

You can hear our NFA on the Stoked Website Gettingstoked.com Click the VIDEOS section. That's NFA kicking off the footage. Get in! There's also  a blog discussing the soundtrack

The 3 x songs they have used from us are NFA, Maui and a remix of Tic by Jon Kennedy - all available from the shop at Chocolate Fireguard  and amazon, juno, itunes etc

Its building nice for us in the USA. Tic (original version) and NFA were already used in TV shows like John From Cincinnati and Dirt. Stoked is out now in the US and coming over to Europe shortly ...... Keep a look out!
Looking pretty popular on Amazon already.......




Kava Kava 'Tic' (Jon Kennedy Remix) featured in Stoked:







Kava Kava 'NFA' featured in featured in Stoked:

We had a great gig at the Cork Jazz Festival. Hope to be back in Ireland soon!

Check out our music in US TV series John From Cincinnati which finally makes it over to the UK on the FX Channel.

The single Kava Kava "Tic" gets a good run out is episode 2 this Sunday at 10 pm

We are in good company - Muse, U2, Elvis Costello, Kasabian, Bob Dylan, David Byrne, TV on the Radio etc etc!!!

Peace Out

Kava Kava

Hey Hey

Great news pop pickers! After bagging slots in Weeds, John From Cincinnati, Boys & Girls Guide To Getting Down we have more slots in US film and TV!

If you live in the USA and you get the FX channel
tune in to DIRT season 2 and you'll hear three of our songs.

They are the itunes single release "Tic", the soulful "Terrorists" and from the "Maui" CD album the psychedelic groover 'NFA' used heavily in the key comeback scene in episode 1 as lead character the magazine editor Lucy Spiller (played by Courtney Cox) storms out of her stay in hospital and straight back to work!

Get in!

Dirt is pretty damn popular and features Friends star Courtney Cox!!!

Over...............





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or just type kava kava tic into itunes

can you tell us what the fish is please?

MAUI CD album

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CDS/VINYL ALSO AVAILABLE ON KAVAKAVA'S MYSPACE OR FROM ONLINE STORES INCL:
Amazon Amazon UK CD Baby and Chocolate Fireguard

DIGITAL DOWNLOAD STORES INCLUDE:
TuneTribe and Itunes

We have picked up some traffic from the use of our track 'Tic' in HBO's new TV series 'John From Cincinnati'. The first series was very successful but people are concerned there might not be a second. Lets help JFC fans. http://www.petitiononline.com/savejfc/petition.html

Its not on the box yet over here in the UK but people in the US wanna know what the fish is on the front cover of the download artwork. It definitely fits the vibe of the show! Can you tell us what fish this is?




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click the itunes button

if that fails type kava kava tic into itunes!!




Here's the scene:




Here's the full soundtrack:



1. "Johnny Appleseed" - Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - Main title/theme song
2. "The Perfect Ending" - Harriet Street - Promos/Previously On
3. "Goin' Up The Country" - Canned Heat - Episode 101: Vietnam Joe in van
4. "Sun/Rise/Light/Flies" - Kasabian - Episode 101: Closing credits
5. "Tic" - Kava Kava - Episode 102: Shaun prepares for competition
6. "Staring at the Sun" - TV On The Radio - Episode 102: Closing credits
7. "Time To Say Goodbye" - Sarah Brightman - Episode 103: Freddie in his car outside the hospital
8. "You Light Up My Life" - Debby Boone - Episode 103: Barry recalls what happened in Room 24
9. "Boogie Chillen" - Buddy Guy - Episode 103: John says "See God Kai" and trippy montage ensues
10. "Feeling Good" - Muse - Episode 103: Closing credits, Shaun on halfpipe after Dr. Smith says "I'm so...happy!"
11. "Unisono" - Control Machete - Episode 104: John gets in the van before 'the stare-down'
12. "Un Di Felice, Eterea" - David Byrne - Episode 104: Vietnam Joe finds John, John signals Cass
13. "In Your Eyes" - Peter Gabriel - Episode 104: Kai reminds Butchie of their Jr Prom
14. "Over, Under, Sideways, Down" - The Yardbirds - Episode 104: Closing credits
15. "Tonights The Night" - The Shirelles - Episode 105: Butchie and Tina in diner
16. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" - Elvis Costello - Episode 105: Closing credits
17. "And When I Die" - Laura Nyro - Episode 106: Freddie & Bill
18. "My Favorite Things" - John Coltrane - Episode 106: Closing credits
19. "Watching The Wheels" - Matisyahu - Episode 107: Closing credits
20. "Tennessee Waltz" - Patti Page - Episode 108: Barry has vision in bar
21. "When Love Comes To Town" - U2 - Episode 108: Closing credits
22. "Hold On, I'm Coming" - Sam & Dave - Episode 109: Closing credits
23. "Series of Dreams" - Bob Dylan - Episode 110: Opening scene w/clouds and John & Shaun's return, surfing in together



Extra story

Our fabulous "Bank Job" video (directed by Hazel Grian) has been featured on the excellent Stranded In Stereo DVD compilation over in the US alongside Green Day, Gogol Bordello, The Cribs, Young Knives, The Simpsons etc etc. So keep a look out for that.

Here's that video:

Yay! We are back now from muddy Glastonbury Festival and an excellent gig in the Dance Village. Rock on! A great line up on Dance Village West. On the same day there was Trentemoller Live, Danny Howells, System 7, Surgeon A/V Show, Eatstatic, Jim Masters, A Guy Called Gerald, Ralph Myerz and The Jack Herren Band, Alloy Mental, Subgiant, Marc Vedo and James Gill

JOHN FROM CINCINNATI

Now then, Kava Kava track 'Tic' has been used in "John From Cincinnati" for a full one and a half minutes !! Go on son..

It's the new surf noir TV series from HBO and was first shown immediately after the last episode of the Sopranos.

We are in good company too with bands like Muse, Kasabian, Joe Strummer, Buddy Guy, The Yardbirds and TV On The Radio also all contributing to the soundtrack.

'Tic' is featured in the second episode when lead actor Shaun prepares for the surf competition. In the US its already been shown and they are up to about episode 4 now. In the UK and Europe we'll all have to wait a little longer........

If you missed the new digital only single click this

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If that messes up just type in 'kava kava tic' into itunes !!
Juno and Magnetic Grooves have it too............Theres a cracking Jon Kennedy remix of the track to boot.

On the gig front we have been pretty busy this year with ace slots at Glastonbury, SXSW Texas, and a few in China. ruff bootleg footage here Check gig listings for the next batch.


KAVA PAT FEATURES ON NU:TONE'S BACK OF BEYOND CD

If you are looking to check out some blinding drum n bass, you could do worse than get Nu:Tone's CD album 'Back Of Beyond' out this week on Hospital. Captain Kava Pat features on it..... the 'Beliefs' single which a few days back got to no 17 in the National indie singles sales charts and no 4 in BBC Radio One's drum n bass charts (whey hey) and its first track on the CD. Other highlights include 'System' featuring the amazing vocals of Natalie Williams (she rocked the live PA down at the launch) and 'Jetstream'.

Greetings from the Fireguard

Over and out

...... PS by popular demand here are THE LYRICS to Kava Kava "Tic"(as featured on John From Cincinnati)

KAVA KAVA "TIC" LYRICS

There is a deadlock
You make me theorise
About the nature
Of thinking like the way you do

Lose my mind
Sometimes I got to
Do or die
Come right back to you

Best believe it
Don't let your mind deceive it
Do or die

There is a deadlock
You make me theorise
About the nature
Of thinking like the way you do

I could be with you tomorrow
Or any time I want to
I think you're kind of in danger
Don't give a fuck if I faze you
You know i always remember
You know i always remember
i think your timing is tragic
You think you're so fantastic
Make you feel this conviction
I make you feel this conviction
I know you always faked this
and now your vanity claims this
what you feel in this room
ain't no magic in a tomb
you know I always remember
just know I always remember

Lose my mind
Sometimes I got to
Lose my mind
and come right back to you