Bits + Pieces

A few small things.

Andre and I are heading up to Brisbane with Brat Farrar in the second weekend of July to play 'Flavours of Skuzz'; a one day festival put together by Ben Salter. We'll be doing a few other Brat shows around that. No YIS stuff planned as yet, but it'll still be good.

Additionally, Brat Farrar and YIS should be heading over to Adelaide on Saturday June 11th to launch our warez. More details soon.

As far as Melbourne goes, YIS are playing this Thursday night/Friday morning at Pony. We've also organised a headline show at Cherry on Friday May 20. The Stiffys are also playing, along with one other band. Brat Farrar will also be having a 7-inch launch at The Tote in July.

Our pals The Summervilles are heading down to Melbourne this weekend for two shows; Thursday night at The Blue Tile Lounge on Smith St (a couple of doors down from Yah Yahs, and a couple of doors up from Andre's beloved 'Fitzroy Kebabs'), and a party in Richmond that Bron's put together on Good Friday with Baptism of Uzi, Kids of Zoo and Mesa Cosa. Get in touch via yis@yisyisyis.com if you want location details.

Finally, Andre got a mention for his work behind the kit in this review for Constant Light's 'Mag-Amplitude' on Mess & Noise.

Poison Sockets, Live At The Workers Club, 14/04/11

Part 1: Dreams of Dreams Denied (Constant Light cover)

Part 2: Untitled (song that "sounds like The Cult")

Two Watts Trailer

Andre Fazio (YIS/Brat Farrar) and Al Matcott (The Thod) are TWO WATTS.

Appearing live at the following locations:

Saturday 16th April, The Great Britain Hotel, Richmond (supporting Chigwell Sharp)

Monday 25th April, Pony, Melbourne (late show)

Badges, Badges, Badges.

We've got some badges on the way for people who like badges. For $2.50 (plus the cost of a postage stamp), you get a three badge set featuring the above artwork. Badges are 1.25 inches in diameter. Whoever can work out the circumference gets a gold star. No gold star for radius. Limited to 75 sets. Should arrive at YIS Manor about this time next week, and shipping out whenever we get them. Order now to avoid disappointment.

Poison Sockets, Two Watts

Poison Sockets (Bron + James Dean + Krzysztof Derwinski) are making their live debut this Thursday night at The Workers Club, Fitzroy, playing with The Gruntled and Mystic Eyes. Poison Sockets are on first. 8:30pm.

Two Watts (Andre + Alastair Matcott) are making their live debut this Saturday night at The Great Britain, Richmond, playing with Chigwell Sharp. Two Watts are on first. 8:30pm.

Easter Weekend at Pony Poster

Depressing art by Andre Fazio. Click poster to enlarge.

Shirts Shipping

Picked up the next batch of shirts this morning. Orders will be shipped today. Thanks!

For new orders, click here.

Good Friday Eve/Good Friday Morn at Pony

We've been to play the 2am slot at Pony on Thursday night/Friday morning, 21st/22nd of April, which is Good Friday Eve/Good Friday Morning. So, we're doing it. It's free. We'll try to throw in a G.G. Allin cover.

More Shirts, More Sizes, More Awesome

(with thanks to Michael Lippmann for the tip-off)

More shirts headed to YIS Manor; we've put in a new order which should be in within the fortnight, so we can now offer new sizes in both Mens and Ladies cuts over at our Bandcamp. You can purchase anything from Mens Small up to Extra EXTRA Large, and Ladies Medium and Large over at Bandcamp now. Limited quantities at the very small and larger ends of the scale though, so order sooner rather than later to avoid disappointment. As we've ordered a few more this time, we got a bit of a discount, so shirts are now $1-2 less depending on what option you choose. $25 for the shirt + compact disc + signed poster + download, or just $20 for the shirt + poster + download (and no CD). Click here to order.

Also, here's a cool write-up over at the Australian Independant Music Charts' blog about the album.

We're currently sketching out some new ideas and have penciled in a few shows in June and July to road-test the new tunes. Details soon.