CDS ARE BACK!

...Now we just wait for the vinyl!

Don't forget, pre-orders for this piece of auditory awesomeness can be found HERE


Launch details will be announced shortly!

La Bastard “Tales from the Beyond” NSW Tour Dates 2013

New South Wales!

YOU are FIRST...
 

 

NEWCASTLE
Friday 11th January
THE LASS O’GOWRIE
with Zoe K & the Shadow Katz and The
Underscore Orkestra (USA), FREE ENTRY
 

 

SYDNEY
Saturday 12th January
OXFORD ART FACTORY – GALLERY
with The Hollow Bones, The Magic Bones & The
Dalton Gang’s Last Raid, FREE ENTRY
 

 

WOLLONGONG
Friday 1st February
BARCODE – Level 1, Keira St
with The Nice Folk and Six Shooter
 

CANBERRA
Saturday 2ndFebruary
THE PHOENIX
with Space Party and the King Hits

Details and Invites are on the FACEBOOK page

Last Show for 2012, SHAKEDOWN at the Tote

SUNDAY DECEMBER 16 @ THE TOTE, Collingwood, Vic, Australia.

3pm-11pm, $12 entry, 8 bands, bbq.

SONS OF LEE MARVIN

LA BASTARD

DAMN THE TORPEDOES

UPTOWN ACE

HARVEST SMOKE

NICI BLUE EYES

LEECHES (WA)

THE MOCKINGBIRD

It's almost Xmas, so let's have a party right! This show is so incestuous it would make your Uncle-dad shudder.

SONS OF LEE MARVIN - garage gonzo elders with a 3rd album 'Cutthroats & Conjurers' just released with a handful of fairly fucked up & loose album launch shows in September & October just gone. Not quite rested and with busted limbs kind of healed, best they get at it again

LA BASTARD - (I'm sure you know who we are...)

DAMN THE TORPEDOES - slick, well-oiled rock'n'roll machine that will most likely embarrass the other bands on the bill. In fact they are deadly

UPTOWN ACE - big pop rock songs from those with a pedigree in guitar squeals, high kicks and bottom end

HARVEST SMOKE -  almost a year since their last show, but they're all in the one town for a weekend so best hit up some cowpunk rock'n'roll for it 

 

NICI BLUE EYES - country ballads that will make your socks melt 

LEECHES - Perth skatepunk thrash band touring Melbourne on the back of a new 7" vinyl release called 'Rott'. Short.Fast.Fuck!. 

 

THE MOCKINGBIRD - Sweet country sounds to kick it all off -

Tales From Beyond Pre-Orders!

We are now taking pre-orders for La Bastard's brand spankin' new album "Tales from the Beyond" up on our Bandcamp page! Pre-order the full, 10 track album in digital format, as a compact disk with 8 page booklet, or our personal fave, a vinyl LP. 

Pre-orders will get you an advance download of two tracks from the new album, plus download of special edition artwork with all the album lyrics! Order by clocking HERE or at the link below: http://labastard.bandcamp.com/album/tales-from-the-beyond-preorder

 

 

We're BACK! And so much to tell!

So, I've been overseas the last few months and the band has been on hiatus. A lot of things have been happening in La La land so let's start way back in June to a time where I wasn't over airports.

We had the last show in June with our old and much loved bass player Jimi, who has now decided to focus on fixing people's brains as a profession, and consequently this takes up a lot of time. The show was a lot of fun and the band is very sad to see him go.

Ben flew off to the USA around the same time I did (yes, he went on his own adventures too) but we managed to sneak into Secret Location Studios with Jesse Booher and Paul Maybury, get down tracks for our new album, and squeeze in some mixing as well!

Our new bass player, Dick, snuck into the band while I was away. He also plays in the amazing band Damn The Torpedoes (incestuous lot, musicians...) and will be a busy, busy person in the coming months. Welcome to the fold!

We had our first official show in 6 months at the Old Bar on Friday with the Mightiest of Guns, and  Sun God Replica, Link from The Meanies new band. What a way to break in a new bass player hey!
 

Time for rest! Sort of.....

What an amazing single launch! It's always so fun to be in front of an audience which dances and has fun and appreciates what you are doing! Thank you so much for coming down and making it the night it was. Other bands were fantastic and everyone was happy. Couldn't ask for much more!

Here's a live review from Inpress from the single launch last Friday night

AND Chuma photos HERE

Read the 60 Seconds with La Bastard from Beat Magazine HERE

And The MX and MX Twitter promos below, which are lovely...

All the radio stuff went ace pants as well. People have been super sweet.

AND on a side note as I wore that floral dress in the clip, the promo shots as well as at the album launch I officially can't wear it again for fear of recrimination in Who or Women's Day magazine. 

Hrmm....what a come down after the launch! Last of the 'Take Me Away' limited t-shirts have been sent out today, just getting some mixing done now on the album before we bugger off for a while and  other little bits and pieces...

The single, the album and various t shirts are still available HERE

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We will miss Jimi tremendously. I won't crap on about it, but it will be hard to find another bass player that is equally as awesome as a person and musician.

anyways...........YaaaAAaaaAAaAAY to holidays!!

'Take Me Away' Clip & Media Reviews & Stuff

Here's the video clip! All up and shiny and fun and new and tropical and bright and fresh and exciting and stuff and yeah!

Pretty gosh darn exciting.....

Beat Magazine have reviewed our single. You can have a look HERE Not awesome, but not as biting as other reviews. I'll cop it!!

We'll be hitting RRR's Golden Age of Piracy this Wednesday night after 10pm

Syn FM's The Hoist this Thursday night around 7pm

AAAAAAAAND PBS on The Breakfast Spread Thursday morning just after 8am with Maddy and Crispi!

Keep an eye out in MX and Beat /Inpress too over the next few days. There may or may not be something in there...who knows....let's flip a coin shall we???


Oh, all this is because of our show on Friday. THREE DAYS AWAY!!!!

Single Launch less than 2 weeks away!!

Eeeeeehhh!!!

If you haven't been under a rock and you 'Like' our Facebook page you can listen to the single. Download card upon entry to the launch, and last Jimi show :o( Press release with a hint of news to come is down below for your reading pleasure.... 

In Feb 2011 the band released their self-titled debut album on prestigious garage rock label, Off the Hip Records. This has been followed by successful shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, sharing the stage with Spain’s garage rock-legends Los Chicos, and local legends Brothers Grim and the Blue Murders and the Toot Toot Toots. Not willing to stand still for long, the band headed back to the studio with Rocket Science’s Paul Maybury in May 2012 to record 13 new tracks for their second album, due for release in December 2012. The band will be taking a 5 month hiatus from late June while various members head overseas, so La Bastard are leaving you with a little gift to tide you over until their triumphant return – a 3 track single featuring the tropical ‘Take Me Away’, ‘Pitch Black’ a manic tale of things that go bump in the night, plus a special sneak peak at the new album with the explosive psychobilly rampage of ‘Stranger in the Night’.
 The band will launch the new single at the John Curtin Bandroom, 29 Lygon St on Friday 22^nd June. Joining them will be two of Melbourne’s hottest bands, the Peep Tempel and the Velocettes. Remember – this will be the band’s LAST show until the end of the year, and their VERY LAST with bass player Jimi. Come and give him a send-off to remember!

We have some interviews etc. lined up, so keep your eyes/ears peeled at RRR/PBS Beat and Inpress and whatever other Melbourne music institutions we manage to harass into paying us attention!

Review in Cherrie Magazine

4/5 Stars!

Luwow May 31st

Looks like we are playing at Luwow on Johnston Street, Fitzroy!

Squeezing in yet another fabulous show before the single launch and hiatus, you can check out the Facebook Invite for this gig HERE

Geelong is also getting a dose of hop shakin'' love from La Bastard at The Nash, with The Kremlins and Living Eyes in support on the 25th of May. Facebook Invite for the gig is also HERE

Entering the studio tonight! This weekend is going to be a killer getting all of our new material down. But the end result is going to be worth it! A new record AWAITS!! Updates to follow!

Album Review In Beat Magazine 25th April 2012

This looks GREAT!!

Brothers Grim Support 18th May 2012

Looks like this will be our next Melbourne show!

You can pre-purchase tickets for this HERE as the line for our last show meant lots of people missed out on La Bastard. This will probably sell out anyway, regardless of us playing or not, because it's The Brothers Grim!!!

On that note, apologies for those stuck in the line for up to an hour who wanted to see us or Mesa Cosa play. We have some great shows coming up over the next few months before our temporary hiatus while Ben and myself both do some work/holiday travels.

We're heading back into the studio very soon to knock over our second album, as well as making tentative plans for some digital singles to be released which is exciting. Maybe we can try and squeeze in another video clip or two to boot!

The last few shows we've done, especially with Los Chicos and Mesa Cosa have been fun. I can't imagine you cats getting more wild!

...Another Retreat Poster

This show has some of the best artwork ever seen! 'Bloody Brilliant'

La Bastard @ The Retreat April 21st 2012

Here are the posters for our Retreat Hotel show coming up in a few weeks. I'm very very impressed with Ben's handy work.

You should check out Mesa Cosa on their FACEBOOK or their BANDCAMP. They are a whole lotta fun!

March and April Tour Dates

So we are very excited to be playing with our Spanish label mates Los Chicos here in Oz for a couple of their tour dates while they are down. You can check out their Facebook page HERE or check out their website HERE we will be having the amazing Ando filling in on drums for us on the Wednesday gig which will be a real treat

Tour poster for our own mini tour is here!

Also don't forget we have CDs and T Shirts and stickets for sale now. I will get some pics and ordering info up as soon as possible. Seriously they are so fresh, they are still hot!

Plans for our next recording are coming together, and we also have a few special shows in the pipeline that we will announce very very soon.

February 03, 2012 : Mess+Noise

February 03, 2012 : Mess+Noise

'It's Not Like I'm Telling A Lie' Video Clip is up!

Look what's finally up!!

How awesome are the dancers??


You know, credit's where credit's due....

Video directed by Stuart Simpson.
Costume/styling by Claire Mueller.
Band makeup by Elise Hull, hair by Jillian Price.
Production assistants: Nick Kocsis & Chris Malone

(c) Lost Art Films 2012

Filming finished & other show details

So the weekend's filming went really well. It ran a couple of hours behind schedule (Partially my fault!), but what shoot actually runs on time huh? Stuart is busy editing at the moment so we should see the finished product by the time the album launch comes around on February 3rd.

Filming was done at the Masonic Hall in Collingwood. Its an amazing building with all pre WWII fixtures and everything. Its just beautiful. I think they are trying to get together money to renovate the place as it isn't in the best of conditions (Looked pretty sweet when we were there, but anyway, what would I know?) but they are a good place to hire if you need a hall or meeting room for your um, non Masonic functions!

There were a quite a number of costume changes involved for the band itself. As usual I was the highest maintenance out of all of us! But the end result will look great. All the audience members and swing dancers that rocked up, were well worth the vegan and gluten free cooking that was done the night before by yours truly, and more extravagantly by Ben. They all looked super amazing as well as put in a stella effort dance-wise. To be honest I'm still a little sore from the weekend. I didn't realise how many many hours I was actually moving and dancing until the next day. I don't think all the restrictive suck-em-in underwear helped either.
Thanks goes out to all the people that rocked up on the day, Stuart, Claire and their crew, Jilly for hair, Elise for makeup, and the Collingwood Masonic Hall for being awesome.

There's a few photos up on the Facebook page from the day too if you're curious. Otherwise you will hae to wait to see what the end result will be!

Onto shows!

So, the band pretty much has 2 shows planned in January before the launch date.

January 21st @ Gigfest, Bendigo in Central Victoria
Details can be found here
January 27th @ The Penny Black on Sydney Road, Brunswick
Details can be found here


Get on down and get your boogie on!

Take care

More album details!!!!

So the pre orders have now been set up on our Bandcamp page!


I wonder if anyone will actually go ahead and purchase a copy before the big day?!?


Look at the artwork!!

I mean, JUST LOOK AT IT!! Its amazing, and its nearly ready!

.......You can even listen to it now before the big day