MAGIC DIRT ANNOUNCE FREAKSCENE FESTIVAL
AND IT’S FREE!!!



MAGIC DIRT have teamed up with Victoria Rocks – Arts Victoria and the
Lakes Entrance Summer Music Festival to create their own Freakscene
Festival. Freakscene runs over the weekend of December 20 – 21.

The great news is that it’s all free. That’s right, no charge to get
in. All you have to do is pack the car, head down the coast and fly
your freak flag high!

Everything happens at the Lakes Entrance Recreation Reserve, right in
the heart of the pretty Gippsland seaside town, just 3.5 – 4 hours
drive from Melbourne.

Freakscene is a music festival… a short film festival… and a series of
workshops for musicians

Freakscene - The Music - Saturday 20th December
Magic Dirt curate and headline a full day of cranked live music and
entry is free. The dirtbags have assembled their dream line-up on one
stage. It’s a sonic love-in for bands and fans alike, featuring some
of Australia's finest artists, handpicked by Magic Dirt. The line-up:

MAGIC DIRT
TIM ROGERS
GARETH LIDDIARD (of THE DRONES)
THEREDSUNBAND / NATION BLUE /
SONS OF THE SUN / PAPER PLANES
MIDNIGHT WOOLF / MODULAR LOUNGE
CRYSTAL THOMAS & THE FLOWERS OF EVIL
MATT BAILEY (of THE PARADISE MOTEL) / AMAYA LAUCIRICA
DANE CERTIFICATE / LEENA


Freakscene - The Films - Sunday 21st December
Time to get your freak on and check out a great selection of short
films, chosen and loved by Magic Dirt. Entry to the film fest is free.
If you’d like to submit a film for consideration and possible
inclusion check Magic Dirt’s website www.magicdirt.com for full
details & application forms. Entries must be received by Dec 10th.

Freakscene – The Music Workshops – Sunday 21st December
The perfect way for young musicians to learn about the music
industry. Magic Dirt have run music industry workshops across the
country through out 2008 and bring their expertise to four workshops
for up and coming artists. Full details on www.magicdirt.com soon.
· Drum Clinic - 2 hour workshop – Get one on one
time with professional drummers
· Songwriting - Hosted by Mushroom Publishing –
the songwriting process is explored
· Touring - Hosted by Premier Artists - explores
putting on a show and touring strategies
· Careers in the Music Industry - Hosted by Magic
Dirt - how to have a long career with less trials & tribulations
Note – All clinics are free but participants must pre-register on-line
for the Drum Clinic.
The other three workshops are open to everyone, just turn up on the day,



Lakes Entrance Summer Music Festival
Magic Dirt has combined forces with The Lakes Entrance Summer Music
Festival, which runs simultaneously and parallel to Freakscene over
the weekend. Additional to all the free Freakscene events curated by
Magic Dirt there will be plenty else going on, including local markets
stalls with clothes, jewellery, food and refreshments; children’s
rides; Cirque Mystique providing roving entertainment and a harbour
cruise on the Friday night to kick it all off.
For more info please visit www.lakesmusicfest.com



Accommodation
There is accommodation aplenty in Lakes Entrance within easy walking
distance of Freakscene.
For bookings contact Lakes Entrance Tourist Information Centre:
Telephone - 1800 637 060
Or go online: www.discovereastgippsland.com.au


Contact
For all enquiries regarding FREAKSCENE please contact Magic Dirt at
dirtbags@magicdirt.net

theredsunband are doing an in-store at Red Eye Records King St store on Sunday 15 June to celebrate the release of 'The Shiralee' the previous day.
We'll be playing songs from the new album, and anything else we feel like playing. Everyone who buys an album gets a free poster. Cool!!

'The Shiralee' is finally about to be released. It hits the shops on Saturday the 14th of June, 2008.
We're heading out on tour to launch it - first show Canberra June 25 - last show Adelaide July 12. Accompanying us is our dear friend Sianna Lee of Love Outside Andromeda fame. She'll be playing the new songs she's been writing, and some old faves if we're lucky!
We're also joined by Cuthbert and the Nightwalkers in NSW, Butcher Birds in QLD, the Greasers in VIC and Fire! Santa Rosa Fire! in Adelaide.
We'll have the new album for sale at all our shows, as well as older releases, and maybe a t-shirt or two.
Come along!

theredsunband are LAUNCHING Like an Arrow at the Annandale Hotel on Saturday the 19th of January.

Come one come all!

Supported by Richard In Your Mind and The Straight Arrows.

Tickets are $10 pre-sale/ $12 on the door

Like an Arrow has entered the AIR 100% indie singles/EPs chart at number 16. Cool. And if you have a look at the site, we are also 'Mover of the Week'. Double cool.

Thank you  for buying the EP. We hope you like it.

Like an Arrow is now available as a free download from the triple j website. Here's the link: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/listen/mp3s.htm

Enjoy!

We are releasing  an EP in November and touring nationally with Liam Finn in support of it.

It will be named after the title track 'Like an Arrow', a song which will also appear on the album (to be released in 2008). The other four songs are exclusive to the EP and have been recorded at various places with various people over the past three years.

The EP will be available at shows and in stores from the middle of November. It's being released on our own label, which we have named Enchanted Recordings.