Testing pics again. Hope this works!!
Jan
12
Happy new year everyone! I’ll keep this post short and sweet – we’ve got 2 exciting things to announce.
Firstly, we’re releasing our new single Drones this month. You can check it out on our music page. Fingers crossed you’ll hear it on the radio in the next couple of weeks. You can help by ringing your favourite radio station and requesting it (”Drones by The Sunpilots”). The Drones music vid will be out soon too – check back in a couple of weeks.
Secondly, our March of the Drones national tour kicks off in Feb. We’re heading through NSW, VIC, WA, SA and QLD. We’re stoked to announce that the tour is being presented by Drum Media, Inpress, Time Off, Rip it Up and Fasterlouder.com. We’ll be doing quite a few acoustic shows as part of this tour, so you can check out the big gigs and also come along to smaller and more intimate “unplugged” shows.
Aug
11
Haven’t had much time to update the website because of the touring. We’ve got a new “shop” section coming where you’ll be able to buy tshirts, badges, cds etc.
In the mean time though, here are the links for you to buy Living Receiver on CD and iTunes right now! The first 500 CDs are Limited Edition CDs which contain bonus music videos and 3 acoustic b-sides and come with a Living Receiver badge and sticker:
Buy Living Receiver (Limited Edition CD) – ALL COUNTRIES
Buy Living Receiver on iTunes – ALL COUNTRIES
Jul
29
Well, we’ve been on the road for a few weeks now and it’s been awesome so far. I know the location of the best kebab stores in every town we’ve been to (there was a Lebanese place in Shepparton which was better than sex, I swear) and we’ve met some cool (and freaky) people. This week we’re doing a run of NSW tour dates, including the big Sydney launch on Sat. It’s our hometown and it’s the same day the CD hits stores Aus stores, so it’s going to be a huge night for us. I’m already feeling hung over just thinking about it…. 
. A couple of new things to report:
iTunes exclusive – ‘Living Receiver’ available pre-release. CD out this Saturday!
iTunes are doing an exclusive pre-release of Living Receiver. Which means that the album is available for purchase NOW! Just click on the button and let iTunes do the rest: 
Aussies, if you want the pretty booklet and the album on CD (as well as all the extra stuff that’s on the CD, eg. music vids) hit up your local record store on August 2nd (yep, that’s this Saturday). The first 500 CDs are shipping with a limited edition tour badge and sticker.
For international fans or anyone who wants to buy it online, check out the website on Monday and you’ll be able to order it.
BUY LIVING RECEIVER ON iTUNES NOW!
New single and music vid released – ‘You’re Gonna Be a Star’
Our new single “You’re Gonna Be a Star” is out! If you missed the music video on Video Hits last weekend, you can check it out here:
(you can download it FREE for your iPod from the Backstage area of our website)
‘You’re Gonna Be a Star’ is track 2 from ‘Living Receiver’ and it’s available on iTunes now. You can head to the music page of the new website to check it out. It’s a bit heavier than the last single… we even pulled out a few 30 year old vintage synths for the song. Ooooooh. Anyone who’s watched a reality TV show will know exactly what the song’s about….
By the way, our awesome music vid producer Mediarize has just released a funky online series about the spirit of dance, called üBERgroover.tv. Check it out!
Jun
9
The album is finished!! (and we’ve posted a sneak-peak on the music page)
Hey everyone – talk about long time between updates, eh? A lot of you have been asking what has been happening with the new album. When will it be released? Does the album actually exist?!! We have the answer to both these questions:
Living Receiver, the debut album, will be in Australian stores on August 2nd
(and shortly afterwards will be available to international fans via our website).
So what took us so long, some of you may ask? To be honest, we had a lot of other stuff going on (touring was a big one) so recording got pushed back a little. Being the first album, we didn’t want to rush it either. We experimented, we mixed, we drank, we re-mixed and finally ended up with something we were 99.99999985% happy with. If you head to the music page you’ll be able to listen to an “album preview” (mash-up of several tracks from Living Receiver) – it’s track 2 on the player. We collaborated with some amazing musicians from all over the country (and the world) – from sitar and tabla through to hammond and a string quartet. My mum tracked a traditional Carnartic-style (classical Sri-Lankan music) intro to a rockin’ track called Medicated Shell. So there are a few cool moments to look forward to 
Living Receiver National Tour
We’re about to embark on the biggest national tour we’ve ever done in Australia. We’re travelling through NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA and TAS. For our NT fans, we promise we’ll head your way next time around! The petrol money would have killed us… All the dates are on our tour dates page. This is the big one for us, so we’d love to see you, your friends and your assorted domestic animals there.
Here’s a funky poster with a funky pic:
New single – You’re Gonna be a Star
Yep, that’s right, to kick off the countdown to the album, we’ve launched our second single You’re Gonna be a Star. Most radio stations should have the track by now, so if you feel like requesting it we’d love you long time. Here are a few links to request it on Nova. The trick is to request You’re Gonna be a Star by The Sunpilots:
You can check out the song on the music page (it’s track one on the player). What’s it about? It’s about girls who will do anything to get to the top. Fake girls with fake breasts and fake tans . We’ve shot a killer video for the song – check back in a few days and it will be on the site.
New music video – Metric System
Pretty much what the title says. Download it FREE for your iPod from the Backstage area.
New websites and a new look
We’ve launched a brand new look myspace page and youtube page, so check them out if you’ve got some time. This site is still being developed – we’ll be adding a photo gallery, a fans-only section where you can download free music videos and songs etc. very soon. Keep checking back over the next couple of weeks!
Cheers,
Raj
