YIS News #5

All quiet on the YIS front during March, mostly just to give everyone a rest and recharge the batteries before massive April.... so massive I'm going to bold it. APRIL.

But we've been busy. Not musically of course. Bron and I are moving into a new home (which we warmed over the weekend) in a week or so.

So, yes, APRIL should be pretty mega, kicking off with the Digger launch gig at Yah Yahs on the 1st, followed by our Canberra and Sydney shows on the Saturday and Sunday. Another confirmed gig is with Baptism of Uzi for one of their The Old Bar Wednesday residency shows in April on the 21st. Also playing are fellow all-caps fans TRAJEU (previously known as Floods). We're also trying to get down to Tassie over ANZAC weekend, so, we'll see how that goes.

After that, Andre is off to Europe for a few weeks to see The Stooges and Suicide in London and play some Minpins shows. During this time I intend to write and record a 14-track concept album about the life of my pug, Buster, to be pressed only on vinyl (with a locked groove at the end, because he will live forever).

Also, on Saturday June 5th we're putting together a supergroup with Sasha (from Spitfire Parade and Constant Light) and maybe a couple of others to play a tribute night for The Fall at The Workers Club. Should be pretty cool. Also playing are Breaker Morant and a group put together by Ash from Witch Hats with dudes from Parading and Pets With Pets.

We should probably record something, right? Anyway, to recap...

THURSDAY, APRIL 1st, 2010, YAH YAH'S, Fitzroy, 8PM

Good Friday Eve with Digger & The Pussycats (Album Launch), Legends of Motorsport and Precious Jules (Kim Salmon). YIS on at 8:30pm. $10 entry.

SATURDAY, APRIL 3rd, 2010, THE FRONT, Canberra, 7PM

Easter Saturday Gig with Teddy Trouble and one other band. YIS on last. Gold coin entry.

SUNDAY, APRIL 4st, 2010, THE LANSDOWNE, Sydney, 6PM

Easter Sunday with The Nice Folk, Whipped Cream Chargers and Yes I'm Leaving. Free entry.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21st, 2010, THE OLD BAR, Fitzroy, 8PM

Supporting Baptism of Uzi (Wednesday Residency) with TRJAEU.

(then Andre is going to Europe from April 28th until May 21st to see Stooges and Suicide)

SATURDAY, JUNE 5TH, 2010, THE WORKERS CLUB, Fitzroy, ?PM

The Fall tribute night with other supergroups with dudes from Witch Hats, Parading, Pets with Pets, YIS, Strange Attractions, Spitfire Parade, Breaker Morant.

yisBay update

How much does a once in a lifetime experience cost? Well, according to tysondana69.... $10.50. Congratulations, and let us know what kind of chocolate you like. If it is a warm evening, we might even make a trip to the ice-cream bin.

Next gimmick: win all-you-can-eat Ice-Cream from Trampoline on Brunswick Street with YIS.

YISNEWS #3

More YISNEWS, not enough time... This week's pretty hectic (as you can imagine). As well as organising the sets for two gigs and recording, it's also job application season in the Education profession... Not a good time of year... My laptop is also out of action as well... So, some of the Moog Voyager funds might have to be routed towards a new PC, especially if I don't get a job next year... But let's not think about that.

Anyway, just a big thanks to everyone who has been checking out the site, listening to the music, or thinking of coming to the gigs coming up over the next fortnight or so. The band has come a long way in a short amount of time. Please come along to Pony this Saturday, and don't be shy.

Hopefully we'll have a lot of new stuff in the next few months. The mixtape release will be out and about within the next fortnight; just some limited edition CD-Rs at the gig and digitally here... both for nada. We're thinking about doing a split 7-inch release, and hopefully some sort of longer release by Jan-Feb next year. There's a lot of work to be done, and it's pretty exciting. This is the first time in a while I've had to put in a lot of the work in a band, and it's terrfying and invigorating. Being in a band is one of the coolest things in the world; there's so much to be done, and there's a whole little world to carve out. Even if nothing much comes of it in the end, it's a very strange and cool feeling to create things that would have never existed if you weren't making them, even the smallest thing... (although some people would argue a lot of our music has already been made by other people 30 years ago... heheheh...)

So, hopefully there'll be some new, exciting stuff up here in the next few days... if not, some gig videos and pics on Saturday. Come and take some if you're not too busy!

Pony Flyer

YISNEWS #2

Busy times in YISLAND. Thank you Matthew Fazio for reminding me that I did not update yesterday, and suggesting I should take down the "updated daily" notice on the BLOG. Well, Matthew, if you want daily updates so bad, you should subscribe to our Twitter.

It won't happen again.

So, we've been freaking out a little bit about the gig coming up next Saturday. This is confirmed; we're on at 10pm at Pony. Also playing are The Thod and JJ Symon & The Monochromes. $6 to get in.

We've been working hard on putting together a set (which has caused the Mixtape recording to go a little offschedule, although it should be ready in time for the Tote gig). We've worked together a 10 song set which will feature a vocoder at some point.

Still to come on today's (or tomorrow's) YISBLOG, (depending on how co-operative Windows Vista wants to be with letting me back onto the network); some HD rehersal footage from yesterday of YIS working out 'Trevor Block Rockin' Beats', and a (potentially explosive) special YISCHEF report from last night's DDC dinner at Attica. Stay tuned, YISFANS.

News: New Gigs

Just found out we have just over a week to prepare for our first ever show. Eek. Here are the details...

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 2009, PONY, 9:30pm.

with The Thod & Big Smoke (playing original YIS material)

Onstage at 9:30pm.

Of course, this gig will be even more massive...

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2009, TOTE HOTEL (FRONT BAR), 5-7pm.

YIS LIVE MIXTAPE SERIES #1, with The Strange Attractions

Onstage at 6pm.