Spinnerette
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 Spinnerette playing the B.C Virgin Festival July 25th 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Alternative rock, Indie rock |
| Years active | 2007 — Present |
| Labels | Anthem Records |
| Associated acts | The Distillers Queens of the Stone Age Eleven Eagles of Death Metal |
| Website | Spinnerettemusic.com |
| Members | |
| Brody Dalle Tony Bevilacqua Alain Johannes Jack Irons |
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Spinnerette is an alternative rock, indie rock solo project of Australian musician Brody Dalle. For this project she has collaborated with Tony Bevilacqua (former member of The Distillers), Jack Irons (What Is This?, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Walk The Moon, Eleven, and Pearl Jam) and Alain Johannes (What Is This?, Walk The Moon, Eleven, Queens of the Stone Age and Them Crooked Vultures). Dalle announced the emergence of the project in March 2007.[1]
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[edit] History
Spinnerette was signed to Sire Records before Dalle negotiated out of the record contract.[2] Initially she released one demo song on her website called "Case of the Swirls". She is now signed to Anthem Records.[3] In early January 2008, a 'mash-up' of material Dalle had been working on appeared on the official Spinnerette website and official MySpace page. A full album was released on June 17, 2009.
On August 8, 2008 a blog was posted on Spinnerette's MySpace announcing that fans can now hear the first song from the upcoming album via the official website. The song is called "Valium Knights". More recently, Brody played a live version of "Driving Song" with Queens Of The Stone Age as a backing band for the Natasha Shneider benefit concert. Lyrics for the song have been posted on Spinnerette's MySpace page.
Through the newsletter sent out to mailing list subscribers in October 2008, and later on the web site[4] it was announced that Spinnerette was to perform several dates throughout October with the following lineup:
- Brody Dalle on vocals and guitar
- Tony Bevilacqua on guitar
- Bryan Tulao on 'more guitar'
- Nicole Fiorentino on 'badass bass' and
- Dave Hidalgo Jr. on drums
Dalle stated in an interview that there would be a different line-up when she tours the album. "Spinnerette isn't a band, it's me and whichever musicians I want to work with at the time." Although from this statement she later said that she was meaning that the touring band isnt a band. Not the Studio band.[5]
The current lineup is unknown, as there is no mention of Alain Johannes or Jack Irons, supposedly considered bandmates, in recent interviews.
Spinnerette released a digital EP Ghetto Love, via their official website on December 11, 2008. It features four songs: "Ghetto Love", "Valium Knights", "Distorting a Code", "Bury My Heart" and a video of "Ghetto Love" directed by Liam Lynch. Two of these tracks, "Valium Knights" and "Ghetto Love", have been featured at Marc Jacobs' 2009/2010 Fall ready-to-wear fashion show.
Brody posted a reply on her twitter that the video for "Baptized By Fire" would start shooting on May 23, 2009.
On May 27, 2009, the following was posted on the band's website: "We are stoked to announce that we’ll be joining the Leeds & Reading Festival line-up this year. Spinnerette are playing 28 August at Leeds and 29 August at Reading, on the same day as our friends the Arctic Monkeys and Eagles of Death Metal." They toured through 2009, with support coming from bands such as Little Fish, Band of Skulls and Fun Loving Criminals among others.[6]
More recently, Spinnerette has just completed an Australian tour in March 2010 which featured dates in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. The Spinnerette website mentioned that the tour's opening act for all shows were Mini Mansions.
Winner of the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards: Best Pop/Rock Album "Spinnerette" as well as winner of the IMA Vox Pop.
Spinnerette is currently working on their second album.[citation needed]
The Adam Freeland song "Borderline" which has guest vocals by Dalle is featured in Grand Theft Auto IV, on the "Radio Broker" station.
[edit] Current lineup
- Brody Dalle - vocals, guitar
- Tony Bevilacqua - guitar
- Alain Johannes - guitar, bass
- Jack Irons - drums
- Touring Band
- Brody Dalle - vocals, guitar
- Tony Bevilacqua - guitar
- Bryan Tulao - guitar
- Vincent Hidalgo - bass
- Dave Hidalgo Jr. - drums
- Zach Dawes - bass (Australian 2010 Tour)[7]
[edit] Discography
- Studio albums
- Ghetto Love EP (2008)
- Spinnerette (2009)
- Singles
- "Ghetto Love"
- "Sex Bomb" (Backed with the Adam Freeland remix of the song.)
- Baptized by Fire (Backed with Devo cover "The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprise".)
- All Babes Are Wolves (Backed with Pailhead cover "I Will Refuse".)
- Music videos
| Year | Song | Director(s) |
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| 2008 | "Ghetto Love" | Liam Lynch |
| 2009 | "Baptized by Fire" | Chris Hopewell |
[edit] References
- ^ NME article discussing the emergence of Spinnerette
- ^ Martin, Dan (14 November 2008). "Brody Dalle dumps major-label deal". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/nov/14/brody-dalle. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
- ^ Carman, Keith (June 26, 2009). "The debut of Spinnerette". Metro Canada. http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/entertainment/article/252280--the-debut-of-spinnerette. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
- ^ "spinnerettemusic.com". spinnerettemusic.com. http://spinnerettemusic.com/node?page=11. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Events from 2009". LastFM. http://www.last.fm/music/Spinnerette/+events/2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ "Spinnerette on". Fasterlouder.com.au. 2010-03-03. http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/22769/Spinnerette.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
[edit] External links
- Official Spinnerette Website
- Official Spinnerette Myspace
- Dalle Interview with thegraveyardgirls.com.
- Return of Brody Dalle, Spinnerette News Article on Daily Music Guide
- Ghetto Love EP Review at Daily Music Guide
- Interview with Brody Dalle, Submerge Magazine, July 2009
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