Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes at Mill City Nights March 31, 2013
For Immediate Release
CLAIRY BROWNE & THE BANGIN RACKETTES
with special guest Toussaint Morrison
March 31, 2013 in The Nether Bar at Mill City Nights
Power diva Clairy Browne and her harmonising girl group The Bangin Rackettes formed in 2009 over a mutual love of nineties dance videos, early rhythm n blues records and big hair. They teamed up with a group of lovable rogue musicians and started rehearsing and recording in a barely standing ex-coffin factory in the suburbs of Melbourne, which quickly became the musical home to this young band.
Together they have come a long way and have been bringing back the big stage show to venues and festivals all over the country with highlights including touring with the Big Day Out, playing the Forum Theatre for Melbourne Festival, appearances at Golden Plains and Falls Festival and many late night sweaty, sequined club shows along the way.
The bands sound takes you through their original interpretation of soul, jump blues, doo-wop, ska and rnb, while telling a story which is very much about the here and now. Their live show is an experience from start to finish, often starting with a marching band playing outside the venue, processions through the room and cameos from other singers and dancers performing from within the crowd. These dynamic and energetic live shows are created with the intention of taking their audience to another place, with their contemporary take on the heightened hysteria of 1960s music TV.
Clairy Browne and the Bangin Rackettes recently announced the release of their debut album, Baby Caught the Bus. It was in the making for two years and was recorded with and produced by the gifted Steve Schram (Little Red, Little Birdy, Cat Empire, Eagle and the Worm). The record is an incredibly accomplished first release which recently won Album of the year on ABC Radio National and was #6 in the Age newspapers album of the year list.
Baby Caught the Bus moves through heart-wrenching doo-wop wailing, to drunken pianos, party hysteria and tough, hard-hitting soul. This collection of songs is delivered with dynamic vocal harmonies and the force of the rhythm section, with Clairys big soul voice and the horns leading the procession.
The album is due to be released in Japan and Europe later this year along with international touring, more recording and a mini-documentary on the horizon. There is no doubt that there is more exciting things to come, for and from Clairy Browne & The Bangin Rackettes.
To label the show a gig is a huge injustice to the whole production. While the spectacle is electrifying, the spine and allure of the group is Browne. Shes warm yet ballsy, with an enormous voice that could move mountains. -Madeleine OGorman, The Music.com.au
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Event Details: Clairy Browne and the Bangin Rackettes
Venue: The Nether Bar at Mill City Nights
Show Date/Time: Sunday, March 31 at 7:30pm. Doors open at 6:30pm. Ages 18+
GA Tickets: $10 ($12 DOS)
Tickets are on sale now at the Mill City Nights box office, online at AXS.com, at the Electric Fetus Minneapolis location, or by calling 1-888-9-AXS-TIX. For more information, please visit www.millcitynights.com.
Anna Barberio
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AEG Live - Mill City Nights
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