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Super Massive - Get Me Out Of My Head Digital Single & Tour

2010-04-23T12:07:42+01:00

SUPER MASSIVE "GET ME OUT OF MY HEAD" SINGLE & TOUR

Sydney's alternative-pop/electro/rock band Super Massive have released an epic, wildly dynamic, experimental pop track called "Get Me Out Of My Head" which is out now on iTunes. The band will be touring through May, playing shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Byron Bay, Surfers Paradise and Brisbane from May 1st - 22nd.

The songwriting venture of singer/writer Malina Hamilton-Smith and drummer/composer Glenn Abbott (aka Bryan Ferrysexual, ex-Machine Gun Fellatio), Super Massive make highly creative, intense, exhilarating and sexy electro-alterna-pop music that's driven by brutally funky dance grooves, delivered with the lustiness of a rock band.

Get Me Out Of My Head is an intense ride - a song about escaping your thoughts and the technologically-driven world's virtual existence by getting back into your body... dancing yourself out of your brain.

The band have made an experimental videoclip for the song in collaboration with new media artist Harriet Birks (Itch-E & Scatch-E), which employs a very cool mix of video, multi-layered audio-triggered visuals, real time projections, stop frame photography and digital effects:

http://www.youtube.com/supermassivesounds

Get Me Out Of My Head is the follow-up to Super Massive’s 2008 debut self-titled EP, featuring the track “Fists In My Pocket”, which received community radio and TV play nationally, earned them a MusicOz Award for Best Alternative Artist and topped the Triple J Unearthed Dance Chart, seeing the band Unearthed as a Triple J Featured Artist. Busy touring Australia & Asia for three years with live bassist Daniel Bruce, playing festivals such as Australia Day in The Rocks 2010, Sea Festival Vietnam 2009 and BigSound 2009, they’ve received rave reviews, hot ticket recommendations & hit predictions, and have played alongside bands such as Bertie Blackman, DJ Sophie Sugar, King Tide, Ash Grunwald, Dappled Cities, The Dardanelles, Evermore, The Bakery and TZU. The band's live show is exciting, energetic and dynamic, with frontwoman Malina Hamilton-Smith described as a blend of Karen O, Siouxsie Sioux, Shirley Manson, Peaches and Kylie. Last year MX Magazine Sydney featured Super Massive on the cover, Time Off named them a band “On The Up” and Scout TV named them one of the Top 5 breakthrough bands of 2009 alongside Art Vs Science.

For further info visit: http://www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds

Reviews:

".. a swag of catchy beats and a vocalist who really knows how to use her voice.. Super Massive have enough credibility and talent to stand tall above the pill-fiends and mixmasters in the electro world." Rave Magazine

“Super Massive must be congratulated for deviating off the well-travelled path and trying something different.. Super Massive are the next big thing coming out of Australia.. jump aboard the bandwagon before its too late” Mediasearch

“..a provocative sound that’s more infectious than the plague” The Music Network

"Super Massive are living up to their name as one of Sydney's best emerging electronic/dance/rock bands" MX Magazine Sydney

Tour Dates:

Sat 1st May – MELBOURNE - Workers Club
Fri 7th May – SYDNEY - The Wall, Leichhardt (Bald Faced Stag)
Sat 8th May – ADELAIDE - Crown & Sceptre
Thu 20th May – BYRON BAY - Great Northern
Fri 21st May – GOLD COAST - Hard Rock Cafe
Sat 22nd May – BRISBANE - Thriller @ Rosie's On Edward

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/get-me-out-of-my-head-single/id362642896
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/supermassivesounds
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/supermassivesounds
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Super_Massive
Last FM - http://www.last.fm/music/Super+Massive

SUPER MASSIVE - FREE AUSTRALIA DAY FESTIVAL SHOW AT THE ROCKS

2010-01-22T00:01:42+00:00

Named by MX Magazine as one of Sydney's best emerging electronic/dance/rock bands, Super Massive will be bringing their dynamic, high energy electro rock to the huge Australia Day music festival down at The Rocks on Tuesday 26th January, performing on the Parksong Stage in First Fleet Park at 4:15pm, with Zennith Brothers on directly before, and King Tide and Bertie Blackman on directly after. The set will include a couple of brand new songs, and the band will be joined for this show by special guest keyboardist/soundscaper 3K Short from MGF. Entry to the event is free.

Super Massive have been busy in the studio recording a new single and shooting a film clip due for release in March/April; a follow up to the band's self-titled debut EP.

Super Massive has also launched a youtube channel: www.youtube.com/supermassivesounds, with new videos from a recent trip to Vietnam to play a major music festival over there.

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/supermassivesounds
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Super_Massive
Super Massive Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/SuperMassiveSounds

For the full program for Australia Day at The Rocks visit: http://www.therocks.com/sydney-Things_To_Do-The_Rocks_Australia_Day-Prog...

Super Massive perform a free live show for electro/dance/rock lovers in Port Macquarie area

2009-05-15T04:14:20+01:00

Award-winning, upcoming Sydney alterna-pop/electro/funk/rock band Super Massive will be touring the Port Macquarie area for the first time next weekend, bringing their funky, uptempo show to the Laurieton Hotel on Saturday 23rd May.

Entertainment starts at 8:30pm and entry is FREE.

Super Massive is a creative band, lovingly crafting evocative pop songs with their own unique blend of multi-layered synthscapes and live instrumentation.

The shared musical vision of singer/songwriter Malina Hamilton-Smith and drummer/composer Glenn Abbott (best known for his work with Machine Gun Fellatio), Super Massive was awarded ‘Best Alternative Artist” at the MusicOz Awards (Australia's premier national music awards for unsigned and independent artists), and released a self-titled debut EP through MGM and iTunes to rave reviews mid last year.

Sydney based, they have been playing shows around Sydney and Newcastle and touring the east coast from Byron Bay to Tasmania for the past two and a half years, however this will be their first show for Laurieton audiences.

Described by reviewers as “a man-eater”, “a cross between Peaches and Kylie”, and compared to Karen O and Siouxsie Sioux, Hamilton-Smith is a cheeky lyricist, extroverted performer and high priestess of a fun show.

Together with guitarist Marc Malouf and bassist Dan Bruce the four make sexy, sci-funk alterna-pop, delivered with the lustiness of a full rock band.

Says singer Hamilton-Smith, "We wanted to do something that brought back melody and groove and old school pop sensibilities, whilst at the same time exploring a fresh sound, something that sounds entirely new. So we start by creating these intricate, multi-layered synthscapes that take your ear on a journey and make each song unique; a world all its own. But we wanted it to be very visceral, not like it could be a DJ, so we blended in a strong element of live guitar, bass and drums. That gives the music a really powerful sound that falls right down the line half way between dance and rock. It's very funky, and very danceable. The guys are all amazing players, so when we play live, they can really take the music right up there and slam a groove! It can get pretty intense."

The debut single from the band's EP, "Fists In My Pocket" (which won them the MusicOz Award), has since gone to #1 on the Triple J Unearthed Dance Chart, The SYN Radio Chart and the Channel 31 Video Chart, and has had community radio and TV play nationally from Triple J to FBi to 4ZZZ to 8CCC. The video for "Fists" has also enjoyed airplay on music video shows on Tiscali TV in the UK, has featured on NME's website and was recently picked up for play in coffeehouses in the US.

TimeOut Sydney has labeled them a band "On The Up", MX Sydney put them on their cover in March as a band "living up to their name as one of Sydney's best emerging electronic/dance rock bands", Triple J have featured them as an Unearthed Featured Artist, and they have gathered themselves Hot Ticket recommendations in the press from the Sunday Telegraph to the Sydney Morning Herald and Launceston Examiner.

Check them out while they're in town.

For further info visit www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds

The Laurieton Hotel is located at Bold St, Laurieton. Ph: (02) 6559 9004.

A SHIMMY SHAKIN' NIGHT OF LIVE ELECTRO/DANCE-POP WITH SUPER MASSIVE & YEN

2009-02-28T23:23:28+00:00

A SHIMMY SHAKIN' NIGHT OF LIVE ELECTRO/DANCE-POP WITH SUPER MASSIVE & YEN

Award winning Sydney dance/rock band Super Massive team with fellow electro-funksters Yen for a very special night of electro/dance-pop at the Excelsior Hotel Surry Hills on Saturday 7th March. Newcomers Life Bitter Soul support.

The night showcases three of Sydney's best up and coming electronic/dance rock bands. With all bands on the bill sharing a love of deep rhythm, shimmering synths, poetic pop, not to mention lights and lasers, it's set to be a spectacular, shimmy-shakin' night, if not an outright dancing frenzy, if both Super Massive and Yen's previous shows are anything to go by.

The show is at the Excelsior Hotel, 64 Foveaux St, Surry Hills. The night starts at 8pm. Tickets are $10- at the door.

Sydney's famous Mardi Gras Parade is on the same night a short hop & skip away, so you can watch the parade then mosey down Foveaux Street to the Excelsior and keep on dancing and partying as the bands hit the stage.

Super Massive's show is an artful blend of sophistication and sleaze. Combining creative, evocative synthscapes with slammingly funky live instrumentation and an entertaining frontwoman who's been compared to Siouxsie Sioux, Karen O, Peaches and Kylie, it's a heady mix that will make you feel like you are under a voodoo spell of dance.

The band had a fantastic year in 2008, releasing their self-titled debut EP to rave reviews, topping the Triple J Unearthed Dance Chart, playing huge shows of their own at inner city venues such as Candy's Apartment and The Supper Club as well as Surry Hills Festival and two north coast tours. They also have a Best Alternative Artist MusicOz Award under their belts. The band are already off to a great start for 2009, having toured Tasmania in February and leaving Maitland crowds' tongues wagging and motors running a couple of weeks back after a crowd-lathering show there.

Yen have crammed venues such as The Basement, The Vanguard, and Melt with their lush vibes and soulful take on electro-pop. They are also festival veterans, having played at the Peats Ridge Festival, Carriageworks 'Underbelly' festival, Playground Weekender and Newtown Festival, where they have whipped crowds into a dancing frenzy.

Newcomers Life Bitter Soul have already notched up a dozen gigs in Sydney and Melbourne after debuting at the Hopetoun Hotel on only 5th January this year! The trio make dark, edgy, catchy, electro-pop.

Get set for a big night!

For more info visit: www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds

Super Massive To Play At Electro Glam Rock Friday The 13th Party & Show At The Junkyard Maitland

2009-01-20T06:44:27+00:00

What: A ‘Glam Friday The 13th‘ party night with live show by dance rock band Super Massive
Where: The Junkyard (Grand Junction Hotel)
88 Church St, Maitland.
When: Friday 13th February
Time: 8:30pm
Entry: Free
Info: Ph: (02) 4933 5242 or www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds

Maitland and Newcastle area music fans who prefer their entertainment on the more theatrical side - and particularly those that like to dress up and party - are in for a treat Friday 13th February, as The Grand Junction Hotel, Maitland, takes a ‘Glam Friday The 13th’ theme, with a live show by award-winning, upcoming Sydney dance-rock band Super Massive, whose style draws from disco, electro, glam rock, pop and funk. It starts at 8:30pm and entry is free.

Super Massive is all about lovingly crafted, creative, sexy, sci-funk alterna-pop, delivered with the lustiness of a full rock band.

The shared musical vision of singer/songwriter Malina Hamilton-Smith and drummer/composer Glenn Abbott (best known for his work with Machine Gun Fellatio), Super Massive was awarded ‘Best Alternative Artist” at last year’s MusicOz Awards, and released a debut EP to rave reviews mid last year.

They have been playing shows in Sydney and Newcastle and touring the east coast for the past two and a half years, however this will be their first show for Maitland audiences.

Described by reviewers as “a man-eater”, “a cross between Peaches and Kylie” and compared to Karen O, Blondie, and Siouxsie Sioux, Hamilton-Smith is a cheeky lyricist, extroverted performer and high priestess of a fun show.

Joined onstage by guitarist Marc Malouf and bassist Dan Bruce, the band’s sound is influenced by a diverse range of artists & styles from Basement Jaxx to Led Zeppelin via Chic, Garbage, AIR and Daft Punk, with enough traces of Marilyn Manson, Siouxsie Sioux, Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath in the musical mix to make them the perfect band for a glam Friday The 13th party night.

Says Hamilton-Smith, ‘Well, we thought if everything’s going to be doom and gloom as this year begins, we’ll have fun with doom and gloom! We’re not superstitious. We dress fairly glam already, but the theme has given us lots of new ideas and we’re going to take things even further for this show. To anyone who wants to join in on dressing up; think anything from gothic horror to glam rock. Think shiny, spangly, or satiny. Think glittery fake blood. Think fake axe through the head! Have some fun. It’s about setting yourself free to have a good time.’

And what to expect from the show music wise? ‘The music will be very funky and danceable, with lots of glam rock toms and guitar. We’re doing two sets, and it’ll range from rock to dance, building up to some pretty slamming hard disco/ clubbier vibe stuff at the end. It’ll be lots of fun.’

Super Massive’s self-titled EP is out now through MGM and iTunes and will also be available for purchase at the show on CD for a modest $8-.

For further info visit www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds

Youtube Videos:
Videoclip "Fists In My Pocket" - http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=QgS_bvYLbz8
TV performance - Scout TV - http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=MWAJLxN5DJo

A Night Of Theatrical Electro/Pop/Rock

2008-10-02T11:08:14+01:00

This Saturday 11th October at the Empire Hotel Annandale, Sydney band Super Massive will be headlining a trio of bands that fearlessly deliver performances of extroverted theatricality, whilst exploring their own different blends of electro/pop/rock.

The event will be happening at the Empire Hotel, Cnr Parramatta Rd & Johnston St Annandale. Entertainment begins at 9pm. Entry is $10.

Super Massive take dance rock/pop to new heights with the funkiest live rhythm section in town and powerful songs of recklessness, love and reckless love, guaranteed to make you want to hit the dancefloor.

Led by dynamic frontwoman Malina, whose vocals and stage presence have been compared to Peaches, Shirley Manson and Siouxsie Sioux, and described as 'Kylie's porno double', Super Massive are an underground force to be reckoned with.

Winners of last year's MusicOz Best Alternative Artist prize, and recipients of rave reviews for their self-titled debut EP [see links below], Super Massive have been hot favourites with Triple J's Radio Funktrust show, topping the J's Unearthed Dance Chart (and riding high in the chart for over two months), and also topping the SYN Radio chart and the Channel 31 video chart with their song 'Fists In My Pocket'.

Great Apes, in main support, make clever and artful 'electro-pop to make you dance, with antics to make you laugh'. Darlings of FBi, many of their tunes have been heard on Sydney's airwaves.

And in opening spot, returning from a recent trip to France and Africa, duo Hunter Lloyd make show-stopping electro cabaret.

An entertaining night not to be missed.

Super Massive + Great Apes + Hunter Lloyd
Saturday 11th October
Empire Hotel Annandale
Cnr Parramatta Rd & Johnston St, Annandale
Ph: 9557 1701
$10
9pm
http://www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds

Super Massive EP Launch

2008-06-28T11:41:13+01:00

Sydney alterna-pop/electro/rock band Super Massive celebrate the launch of their debut, self-titled EP with a show and party at Candy's Apartment, 22 Bayswater Rd, Kings Cross, on Friday 11th July. 8pm - 11:30pm. The theme is "Key Party"... dress sexy!

Christa Hughes (from Machine Gun Fellatio & Circus Oz) will perform in main support, singing new and old material accompanied by Leonie Cohen on keyboards, and sultry singer Vanessa Hunter opens the night with her duo Hunter Lloyd, singing torchsong set to drum machine and bass.

Super Massive will then hit the stage to perform their set of alternative-pop songs set to slamming, funky, electro/rock dance grooves, described recently by industry tip mag The Music Network in a Hit Pick prediction as "..a provocative sound that's more infectious than the plague....".

There's a lucky door prize of a dirty night for two at The Blacket Hotel, with breakfast and parking thrown in - All you have to do is put your name in the key bowl upon arrival to win.

The Super Massive EP features the song "Fists In My Pocket", which won the band the award for Best Alternative Artist at the MusicOz Awards last November. The track has a great videoclip which has seen play on Rage, Scout TV and Songwriters Across Australia on TVS, was featured recently on UK music bible NME's website and begins play on UK music television as of this week.

The Super Massive EP is out now in stores and online via MGM and iTunes.

For more info visit: http://www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds
To watch the new Super Massive videoclip, for award winner "Fists In My Pocket" visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgS_bvYLbz8

Super Massive return to The Cambridge, Newcastle for FREE show

2008-03-31T14:50:05+01:00

After a killer first show to Newcastle audiences back in January, award-winning alterna-pop/electro/rock band Super Massive return to play a second show at the Cambridge Hotel this coming Wednesday 9th April. Doors open 9:30pm, and in the tradition of Wednesdays at the Glasshouse, entry is free and drinks are cheap.

Expect high energy, electro/synth laden songs, a stage show lashed with feather boas and rocked by intense grooves.

Super Massive were awarded the “Best Alternative Artist” Award at the 2007 MusicOz Awards in November, for their unique and powerful blend of dance and rock, meshing multi-layered synthscapes with the full-blooded lustiness of a rock band.

The band’s eponymous debut EP, including the award-winning song “Fists” is due for release in May 2008.

For song samples, live photos and more info go to: http://www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds

A Super Massive Easter Saturday at Windsor

2008-03-16T12:19:52+00:00

Sydney's ultra groovy, alterna-pop/electro/rock four piece Super Massive bring a lively Easter Saturday night to Windsor, playing a free show at the Fitzroy Hotel on the 22nd of March, 8pm -11pm. Locals can even take advantage of the hotel's courtesy bus, to really make it a rip-roaring night. (Call 4577 3396 to book a seat on the bus) For song samples, pics and more go to: http://www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds or read more for more details

A Super Massive Easter Saturday At Windsor

Creative and entertaining, Super Massive won the 2007 MusicOz Award for Best Alternative Artist back in November and has since been impressing the likes of Rufus Wainwright and his band, who caught the band's most recent Byron Bay show and loved it, inviting the guys and gal to their own show at the State Theatre and after-party.

This is the Super Massive's last Sydney show before their debut EP - including their award-winning song "Fists" - is released in May.

The Fitzroy Hotel is located at 161 George St, Windsor. Ph: 4577 3396.

For song samples, pics and more go to: http://www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds

Award Winning Electro-Rockers Super Massive Return Battlescarred To Play at Sonar Sydney

2008-02-07T10:44:09+00:00

Award-winning electro-rock band Super Massive play a show on Sydney's northside at new venue Sonar Sydney in Milsons Point, with alterna-pop friends Captains and The Chaperones in support.

Entertaining electro/funk/rock band Super Massive return from a successful first Northern NSW & Queensland tour to play a show at Sonar Sydney on Saturday 16th February. Teaming with their good friends The Captains and indie rock duo The Chaperones, it promises to be a solid night of alternative-rock-pop music. Doors open 8pm. $12 at the door or through Moshtix.

Super Massive have plenty of tales & battlescars from the road, including a discoball injury, a cut hand from leaping a fence, a trail of property devastation courtesy of a karate-chopping furniture fiend in Coffs Harbour, and new friends in the Rufus Wainwright band, who checked out Super Massive's show at their Byron Bay gig and loved it, inviting them to their own show at the State Theatre.

Super Massive were awarded the "Best Alternative Artist" Award at the 2007 MusicOz Awards in November, for their evocative and soon-to-be-released synth/rock song “Fists”.

Creative, funky and highly entertaining, Super Massive deliver a powerful blend of dance and rock, meshing multi-layered synthscapes with the full-blooded lustiness of a rock band, for a huge and original sound.

The band's debut EP is due for release in March, however, a Limited Edition Pre-Release CD including the award-winning song "Fists" will be available for purchase at the show.

The band are also selling some sexy, glitzy, glamorous silver-sparkle-on-black band t-shirts to help fund a videoclip for the song.

Sonar Sydney is located at 1 Olympic Drive, Milsons Point, just beyond the Luna Park Face along the harbour boardwalk to Lavendar Bay. Ph: (02) 9033 7666. Web: www.sonarsydney.com

For music samples, live gig photos, tour blog and more go to: http://www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds

Electro-Rock Night At The Step Inn - Super Massive + Elation + Dance In Circles DJs

2008-01-19T06:34:08+00:00

Expect a steamy summer evening loaded with slamming, dirty-groove, electro-laced, beguiling tunes, as award-winning Sydney band Super Massive bring their unique blend of rock and dance music to Brisbane over the Australia Day long weekend, as part of their first Queensland tour.

Super Massive play at The Step Inn, Brisbane on Australia Day, Saturday 26th January, in a night chock full of electro-rock goodness. Local electro-pop-rock band Elation lending their dirty grooves, big beats and sassy vocals in support, and the Dance In Circles DJs, Gay Dan & Ninja Rock will be there right through til 1:30am to guarantee the sexiest sounds for your ears and feet. Entry is $12, 8pm.

Super Massive were awarded the Best Alternative Artist Award at the 2007 MusicOz Awards in November, for their evocative and as-yet-unreleased synth/rock song “Fists”, which you can sneak preview on the band’s myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds.

The band is the songwriting co-project of drummer/composer Glenn Abbott (formerly of ARIA winning band Machine Gun Fellatio & his own solo project The Bryan Ferrysexual Experience) and singer/writer Malina Hamilton-Smith.

Together with electric bass genius John D. Young (Chuck Berry, Marcia Hines, Vanda & Young) and talented young guitarist Marc Malouf, the four deliver a powerful and entertaining show that seamlessly blends loops, synths, electro sounds, deep funkiness and the lustiness of a full-blooded rock band, in creative and catchy, pop-structured songs.

Says Hamilton-Smith, "It's an entertaining and energetic show that people can either sit back and watch, or get up and dance to. There's a lot of variety in the songs and sounds to keep it interesting for the audience, and we drive it to the highest intensity we can, to make it a real thrilling, exhilarating night."

The band has been steadily building a following at live shows in Sydney over the past two years, performing to full houses at venues including Home Nightclub, Will & Toby’s Supper Club and Glebe Street Fair as well as at the Beach Hotel, Byron Bay.

The band's debut EP, which will include the award-winning song “Fists”, is due for release in March, however, a numbered Limited Edition Pre-Release CD will be available for purchase at the show.

Tour dates:

Wed 23rd Jan - Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
Thurs 24th Jan - Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Fri 25th Jan - Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Sat 26th Jan - Step Inn, Brisbane
Sun 27th Jan - Hard Rock Cafe, Surfers Paradise

For further details, live gig photos and music samples, visit Super Massive's website at http://www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds

Super Massive wins Best Alternative Artist Award at MusicOz 2007

2007-11-29T22:10:15+00:00

Sydney band Super Massive were awarded "Best Alternative Artist" at the 2007 MusicOz Award last week at the Enmore Thetre, for their creative and evocative synth/rock song "Fists": An impressive achievement considering that the band has not yet released a single CD, nor had a scrap of airplay.

Super Massive is the creative partnership of singer/writer Malina Hamilton-Smith and drummer/composer Glenn Abbott, best known for his work with popular Australian band Machine Gun Fellatio.

The two found a mutual interest in aiming to create the perfect symbiosis of multi-layered synthscapes and the visceral impact of a full rock band.

Inspired in equal measures by funk, pop song structures, rock, french electro, tribal rhythms and the theatrics of glam rock, Super Massive's sound is like a spectacular mirrorball that reflects many tiny pieces of influence, from Burt Bacharach to Alice Cooper to Bessie Smith and Goldfrapp via Tower Of Power, AC/DC and Basement Jaxx, yet with a sound entirely its own.

Joined by electric bass genius John D Young (Chuck Berry, Marcia Hines, Vanda & Young) and talented young guitarist Marc Malouf, the band delivers a powerful and entertaining live show.

Super Massive's debut EP, which includes the award-winning track "Fists", is due for release in January, with an east coast tour slated for late Jan. You can also catch the band at Peats Ridge Festival on Dec 29th.

For more information and music samples head to:
http://www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds

Super Massive - live electronic rock on the Northern Beaches - November 24th

2007-11-07T09:49:30+00:00

MusicOz Award nominees Super Massive bring their creative and visceral electro/rock/alternative pop music to the Mona Vale Hotel on Saturday November 24th.

Sydney band Super Massive are currently nominees for a 2007 MusicOz Award: An impressive achievement considering that the band has not yet released a single CD, nor had a scrap of airplay.

Super Massive is the creative partnership of singer/writer Malina Hamilton-Smith and drummer/composer Glenn Abbott, best known for his work with popular Australian band Machine Gun Fellatio.

The two found a mutual interest in aiming to create the perfect symbiosis of multi-layered synthscapes and the visceral impact of a full rock band.

Inspired in equal measures by funk, pop song structures, rock, french electro, tribal rhythms and the theatrics of glam rock, Super Massive's sound is like a spectacular mirrorball that reflects many tiny pieces, from Burt Bacharach to Alice Cooper to Bessie Smith and Goldfrapp via Tower Of Power, AC/DC and Basement Jaxx.

Joined by electric bass genius John D Young (Chuck Berry, Marcia Hines, Vanda & Young) and talented guitarist Marc Malouf, the band will be bringing their show to the Mona Vale Hotel on Saturday 24th November.

Super Massive's debut EP is due for release in January, with an east coast tour slated for late Jan. You can also catch the band at Peats Ridge Festival on Dec 29th.

For more information and music samples head to:
http://www.myspace.com/supermassivesounds

Super Massive new sound opens Urban Stage at Marrickville Road Festival

2007-08-22T14:26:27+01:00

Making its festival debut at Marrickville Road Festival this year is an artistic new band called Super Massive. Super Massive will perform on the Urban Stage at Marrickville Road Festival, Marrickville on Sunday 9th September at 11am.

Named for modern society’s collective fascination with superlatives and for the biggest and best! of everything as much as for their wall of sound, Super Massive is a synth pop rock band with exhilarating, danceable grooves, an emphasis on melody and an engaging, energetic stage presence. The band has a unique sound and a treasure trove of songs that respond to the nature of today’s urbanised, fast-paced world.

Much of the writing was inspired by the experience of living in inner Sydney over the last couple of years. Says singer Malina Hamilton-Smith “Some of the songs are observations of society, whilst some are escapism – but escapism of a realistic kind. The sort of escapism anyone can achieve, such as trying to take life at a slower pace, living in the moment or living in your body as opposed to your head.”

Unlike many electro-heavy bands, Super Massive is a full rock band line-up, with synth elements used to add layers of texture, creating a very full and distinctive sound. Influences stretch beyond the current fashion for 80s synthpop to embrace aspects of 70s rock, glam rock, funk, French electro and big beat, building an original sound that avoids ever being purely retro.

Formed in 2005, Super Massive’s chief writers are singer/performer/writer Hamilton-Smith and drummer/composer Glenn Abbott (best known for his work in Machine Gun Fellatio). Talented bassist John D. Young (Marcia Hines, Chuck Berry, Vanda & Young) joined in 2006.

Rhythm and groove is incredibly important to Super Massive. “We want the music to move people, physically and emotionally. Glenn and John are both very funky players, and it’s awesome when they really let loose, play something intense and challenging and carry the audience away with them. They’re very good at adding tasty playing without distracting from the core structure of the song.”

One of the most popular events of the inner west’s cultural calendar, the Marrickville Road Festival is a street party that attracts over 50,000 people a year. “We’re thrilled to have been asked to play. We’re still a very new band and haven’t released any of our music yet, so it’s a lovely surprise to have been asked to join the bill of such a wonderful community spirited event. It’s great to be a part of it and we’re looking forward to a really fun day.”

Super Massive @ The Mess - Thursday 16th Aug - Candy's Apartment

2007-08-10T10:42:19+01:00

Super Massive headlines the launch of The Mess - a new art-meets-art night for Sydney - this Thursday 16th August at Candy's Apartment.

The Mess
Thursday 16th August
Candy's Apartment
22 Bayswater Rd, Kings Cross, Sydney

Super Massive (Headline)
Great Apes
Stopwatch
Champagne Shoes

Doors open 8pm. $10-

THE MESS..

On Thursday 16th August Candy's Apartment hosts the launch of THE MESS, a monthly event to be held at Candy’s Apartment in Kings Cross in celebration of great local music, art, fashion & culture.

The night will be an exploration of Art Meets Art with the best of electro music meeting with luscious visuals. Performing on the night will be Sydney locals, funk fuelled electro rockers Super Massive, who will be joined by the grinding bleep-pop of Great Apes, the beats and pieces of underground indie dance troupe Stop Watch & theatrical electro-cabaret duo Champagne Shoes.

As well as these great acts, you will be able to party down with a live DJ and observe a fantastic array of video & fine art pieces from up and coming artists.

The Mess is an exciting new night for Candy's Apartment, one of the most respected live music venues in Sydney, with a long tradition in supporting Australian music. The Mess takes Candy's in a new direction by adopting an entertaining fusion of the arts. Every month The Mess will blend genres, styles and cultures into a love affair that is sure to keep you partying in the underground playground of Candy’s all night long.

Candy’s Apartment is located at 22 Bayswater Road, Kings Cross. The event kicks off at 8.00pm and entry is only $10 at the door. So come along and see some of the best up-and-coming art Sydney has to offer, support the local scene and even have a chance to be part of an interactive art piece on the night. For more information head to http://www.themess.com.au.