catnip http://catnip.net.au website of the band catnip from melbourne, australia Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:48:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 We’re still alive! http://catnip.net.au/?p=53 http://catnip.net.au/?p=53#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:48:24 +0000 Dior http://catnip.net.au/?p=53 Well not sure why but our site was hacked by some Turkish guy…very weird indeed!  Of all of the sites to hack in cyber world, not sure why our site would excite a Turkish hacker!  Bizarre.

Anyway, we are still alive and gearing up to promote our new album…we’ll keep you posted.

]]> http://catnip.net.au/?feed=rss2&p=53 0 NEW ALBUM! http://catnip.net.au/?p=41 http://catnip.net.au/?p=41#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:46:00 +0000 Nerida http://catnip.net.au/?p=41 Long time no updates! We’ve been busy writing new songs and recently finished our new album recorded, produced and mastered by Kramer. We’re very excited with the results! Check out our Myspace site to hear some of the tracks.

]]> http://catnip.net.au/?feed=rss2&p=41 0 Canada and USA…here we come…with lots of new songs! http://catnip.net.au/?p=40 http://catnip.net.au/?p=40#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:44:35 +0000 Nerida http://catnip.net.au/?p=40 We’re quiet on the domestic front at the moment because we’re busy writing songs for the new album we’re recording with Kramer. We’re also madly planning our escape to Canada and USA. We’ll keep you updated as we start to lock further dates in.

]]> http://catnip.net.au/?feed=rss2&p=40 0 CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK!! http://catnip.net.au/?p=39 http://catnip.net.au/?p=39#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:08:24 +0000 Nerida http://catnip.net.au/?p=39 We’ve just found out we’ve been asked to play a showcase gig at Canadian Music Week in March 2009. We can’t wait. We love Canada and “the Canadians”!!!!!

]]> http://catnip.net.au/?feed=rss2&p=39 0 Madly writing new songs! http://catnip.net.au/?p=38 http://catnip.net.au/?p=38#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:53:11 +0000 Nerida http://catnip.net.au/?p=38 Quiet on the gig front lately…settling in to being back in Australia and hybernating madly writing new songs for the next album. Catnip will be recording the next album with the amazing Kramer.

Don’t forget to buy our latest release…Mirror…produced by Kramer and recorded by Chris Thompson.

Oh and we’ve finally attached the latest press release on our site.

]]> http://catnip.net.au/?feed=rss2&p=38 0 MOJO Review of “Mirror” September 2008 http://catnip.net.au/?p=37 http://catnip.net.au/?p=37#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:14:20 +0000 Nerida http://catnip.net.au/?p=37 UK debut compiled from Melbourne slo-core trio’s back catalogue.

Given Catnip’s sonic bond with somnambulant trios Galaxie 500 and Low, who’ve both worked with New York alt-rock champ Kramer (of Bongwater and Shimmy Disc label fame), it’s no surprise he’s sprinkling fairy dust here, remixing cuts from the Australians’ two albums, 2003’s Pink & Blue & Green and 2007’s Falling, and releasing them himself from his new Miami base. Catnip suit Kramer’s tropical location; Nerida Trask’s half-asleep croon, drummer Greg Ryan’s jazzy restraint and guitarist Richmond Brain deliver hefty doses of sunburnt bliss…Richmond is the real star here, bridging desert blues and Cocteau Twins-style nu-gaze loops to lend Wish I Was a Bird and cover of Dylan’s Tomorrow is a Long Time a goose-bumpy, hallucinatory edge that sets Catnip apart from their peers.

Martin Aston

]]> http://catnip.net.au/?feed=rss2&p=37 0 PLAN B Magazine Review of “Mirror” http://catnip.net.au/?p=36 http://catnip.net.au/?p=36#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:59:54 +0000 Nerida http://catnip.net.au/?p=36 “Somewhere down in Australia they not only remember drowsy psych/shoegaze, they actually do something with it. Catnip, a trio from Melbourne, clearly adore albums by the likes of Mazzy Star and Mojave 3, not to mention homegrown heroes like the Paradise Motel, and ‘Mirror’, given a bit of further attractive murk and mellotron via the mix job by Kramer, shows they love wisely rather than too well on that front. Vocalist Nerida Trask, however, both sounds like her inspirations and puts down her own stamp, adding a touch of clipped bite to songs like ‘The Great Escape’ (not a movie theme cover), but the quieter moodouts like ‘Sad Song’ have their own spare glow to them, almost understatedly postpunk in a Young Marble Giants/Raincoats way. A cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘Tomorrow Is a Long Time’ closes it out but otherwise it’s all them, and it’s all pretty promising.”
Ned Raggett – Plan B magazine

]]> http://catnip.net.au/?feed=rss2&p=36 0 UNCUT Magazine – June 2008 Review of “Mirror” http://catnip.net.au/?p=35 http://catnip.net.au/?p=35#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 09:44:10 +0000 Nerida http://catnip.net.au/?p=35 “It’s easy to understand what drew former Galaxie 500 & Low producer Kramer to Catnip, who’s international debut is remixed and is now releasing. The drowsy pace of the seductive Aquamarine or the gently disconcerting Fly With Me match the elegant restraint of his former protégés while also bringing to mind the minimalist gothic beauty of Mazzy Star…” Eden Park – Uncut Magazine

]]> http://catnip.net.au/?feed=rss2&p=35 0 NXNE http://catnip.net.au/?p=34 http://catnip.net.au/?p=34#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 10:49:34 +0000 Nerida http://catnip.net.au/?p=34 We’re on the front page of NXNE!

www.nxne.com

]]> http://catnip.net.au/?feed=rss2&p=34 0 Catnip to play showcase gig @ NXNE Festival in Toronto, Canada http://catnip.net.au/?p=31 http://catnip.net.au/?p=31#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:53:10 +0000 Nerida http://catnip.net.au/?p=31 Catnip will be performing a showcase gig at NXNE festival in Toronto, Canada in June.

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