THE ICYPOLES ALBUM 'MY WORLD WAS MADE FOR YOU' RELEASED TODAY!

Lil' Chief is pleased to announce the release of The Icypoles debut album.

The Icypoles are the most recent addition to our roster our first Australian signing. 

They say timing is very key in this industry so it was possibly another brilliant decision by the chief to release this smack bang in the middle of NZ music month. Go Team NZ!

Grab a copy of the album on Vinyl, CD, or digitally on bandcamp or iTunes.

The Icypoles will be playing one special album release show at Golden Dawn on Friday May 23rd with the Eversons and DJ Princess Chelsea

You can also catch them supporting Lawrence Arabia

Auckland – Kings Arms Tavern
Wednesday 28 May – Lawrence Arabia/Chant Darling
Thursday 29 May – The Sparrow plus old songs with string quartet

Wellington – Puppies
Friday 30 May – Lawrence Arabia
Saturday 31 June – Chant Darling
Sunday 1 June – The Sparrow plus old songs with string quartet

Lil' Chief Records presents The Icypoles!

Its May NZ Music Month and Lil' Chief is happy to announce our first Australian signing The Icypoles with their debut 'My World Was Made For You' due out on Lil' Chief Friday 16 May.

Having become a familiar fixture on Melbourne's inner north stages, and with two previous releases (2009's Getting Ready cassette and 2011's Promise to Stay 7" EP),  The Iypoles' musical adventures can be traced back to the early '00's, with half the band finding their formative footing playing horns and trinkets in an early incarnation of Architecture in Helsinki. 

When The Brunettes were hangin' with The Architecture folk in the early naughties Big Chief' Dr Bre(e) was impressed by The Icypoles 'Shirelles meets K Records' vibes and offered to put out their album.  10 years later he finally got the call and the album has shaped up to be everything he'd hoped.

You can pre-order the album on vinyl or cd here.

In anticipation of this release Undertheradar has previewed the new music video by The Icypoles for their single Babies.

The kaleidoscopic music video was made by band member Isobel Knowles underwater, using some fluff, lights and a fishtank.

The Icypoles will be heading over to play support for Lawrence Arabia on his epic run of full album shows but will also be playing one special album release show at Golden Dawn on Friday May 23rd with the Eversons.

Lawrence Arabia Full Album Shows:

Auckland – Kings Arms Tavern
Wednesday 28 May – Lawrence Arabia/Chant Darling
Thursday 29 May – The Sparrow plus old songs with string quartet

Wellington – Puppies
Friday 30 May – Lawrence Arabia
Saturday 31 June – Chant Darling
Sunday 1 June – The Sparrow plus old songs with string quartet

Sheep, Dog & Wolf Releases New Music Video For Glare!

Sheep, Dog & Wolf has released a new music video for 'Glare'.

'Glare' is shot on film and is made by the talented folks at Candlelit Pictures who recently gained a Vimeo staff pick for their music video for Randa's Frankenstein in 2013.

For this music video the crew and Daniel flew to the Australian outback and spent 10 days in the desert waiting for the sun to appear in exactly the right place.

Not since the heady cocaine-fuelled days of Cold Chisel has Australia seen so many nose-bleeds in the desert.

The location for the shoot was 12 hours north of Adelaide in a place called 'The Moon Plains' which millions of years ago used to be the ocean floor.

According to the crew no computer-generated imagery was used in the video - the sun looks that large on your screen because Daniel was shot running on a giant 2400mm lens.

Sheep Dog & Wolf's album Egospect is a finalist in this years Taite Awards - alongside fellow Lil' Chief head honcho Jonathan Bree  - making 2 out of the 8 finalists Lil' Chief artists - that's precisely 1/4, or 4/16ths of the nominations.  

Jonathan Bree Releases 35 Minute Long Music Video

Today Jonathan Bree has released a 35 minute long music video which spans the entire length of his album 'The Primrose Path'. The video stars himself and Princess Chelsea with intermittent appearances by notable cat Winston Nikkel.

Bree has for a long time been interested in the idea of the 'anti music video' as demonstrated by the clip he made for Princess Chelsea's 'The Cigarette Duet'.

While he is not sure if as many people will have the patience to see through the entire 35 minute span of this Robert Altman inspired music video, he just made it anyway.

The Primrose Path is available as a pay what you like download and is also available on cd or vinyl!

Princess Chelsea drops New Music Video for 'We're So Lost'

Princess Chelsea has a new music video for her new(ish) single 'We're So Lost'.

The video is set in a dystopian cyber future in the year 2022 and is made by Simon Ward and the folks at Skyranch.

Originally a Voom classic, this is the first snippet we've heard from her upcoming second album "The Great Cybernetic Depression".

We're So Lost is available digitally for free and on 7 inch vinyl (not free) and is accompanied by another new song 'When The World Turns Grey' which features the epic shreds of Jonathan Bree & Vincent Lum.

The Eversons release new single and video!

Lil' Chief is excited to announce the release of a new single by The Eversons - Marriage. It is available now for free or 'name your price' on the Eversons bandcamp page.

'Marriage' is the last single from debut album 'Summer Feeling'. 

'Auckland City Song' is the non album b-side. It is a true-life story, documenting The Eversons’ recent move from New Zealand’s tiny capital Wellington, up to the bustling metropolis of Auckland City. Will they make it big in the big city? Or will they crash and burn like so many before them.

The music video was directed by Ralph Matthews. It features the Eversons playing a number of roles including tasty battered fish as well as label mate Princess Chelsea networking on her cool cellular phone.

New Cool Rainbows Single and Video!

Lil' Chief is pleased to announce the release of a brand new single by Cool Rainbows - House By The Beach. 'House By The Beach' is available now for free or 'name your price' on the Cool Rainbows bandcamp page.

'House By The Beach' is the first single from forthcoming album 'Days'. The album 'Days' will be released through Lil' Chief Records in February next year. 

The music video for days was directed by Claire Littler and stars real-life couple Oliver Rose and Johanna Bear. Littler took inspiration from the films of Goddard as well as the dreamy, idealistic tones of the track while developing her ideas for the video.