NEWS

Friday, July 3, 2009

THE PARALLELS AMONGST OURSELVES
NATIONAL ALBUM TOUR

BUY TICKETS HERE shortly...

It's announced! Check out the shows section for all the details.

In the meantime, the countdown is on (7 sleeps folks) to the national release of The Parallels Amongst Ourselves on July 10.

To say we're a little excited is an understatement...

Thursday, June 10, 2009

You can now pre-order your limited signed copy of The Parallels Amongst Ourselves through JBHifi online. Be quick though, very limited.

To do so, just click on this link - http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/Product/438188

See you on tour soon.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

We're excited to announce the WA launch for The Parallels Amongst Ourselves.

It all happens Friday July 17 at the Rosemount Hotel, with Sunshine Brothers and special guests. Tickets on sale Friday 5th June (tomorrow) from Mills, Planet, Star Perth and www.heatseeker.com.au

National album tour dates to be announced soon!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

After its first play on the airwaves last night - Home & Hosed Steph gave it a spin - our new single Tongues In Cheeks has been added to triple j rotation, which means you can request it, and requests are always much appreciated. Head to the triple j site now!

Very soon we'll have details of how to pre-order the album as well, and tomorrow there'll be an announcement for you Perth folk related to the launch.....

Thursday, May 14, 2009

It's been a big week in the Army camp - first, our debut album 'The Parallels Amongst Ourselves' has just been mastered. We eagerly anticipate our listening copy - for the rest of you good folk, second single 'Tongues In Cheeks' will hit the airwaves in the next couple of weeks so stay tuned.

We're also very excited to announce that we will be supporting Karnivool on their national 'Sound Awake' album tour in June. Check the Shows section for dates.

Friday, April 17, 2009

The album will be released July 11 on Shock - stay tuned for details on the next single!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

The WAMi nominations were revealed last night and we're happy to say we picked up five of them - Most Popular Act, Most Popular Music Video (for Acute), Best Rock Act, Best Male Vocalist and Best Bassist.

You can vote for us for the two most popular nominations by visiting perthnow.com.au

We'll also be playing a bunch of WAMi shows - check out the Shows section for details.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Hello Sharmy website slaves to the free promo!

This letter is an exciting one, because we are here to inform you of the release of our new video clip.

SUGAR ARMY - ACUTE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUNLaGhYDI8

So, after a slaving weekend in February, with 4am starts and 11pm finishes, grueling edit discussions, and a ‘vibrant’ studio scene we’ve finally completed the video clip to Acute. The track has been getting a tuggin’ on radio lately so you may have heard or maybe not. Either way, check out this video.

IMPORTANT: If your internet connection is good enough we strongly recommend clicking on HQ button when looking at the Acute video, because this clip really, really suits High Quality.

Special thanks goes out to Richard Berney (Director) and Steve McCallum (Co-Director), Chantelle Edwards (Producer), Dave LeMay (DOP), Matt Osbourne for colour and John Cheese for SFX.

SUGAR ARMY - ACUTE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUNLaGhYDI8

Monday, March 16, 2009

If you missed out on the free download of our new single Acute from this website last month, never fear, you can grab it from the triple j website - http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/listen/mp3s.htm

The New Hunting Grounds tour begins in Ballarat this Wednesday - see you soon!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

SUGAR ARMY & HARLEQUIN LEAGUE
New Hunting Grounds national tour
March 2009

Perth indie rock protagonists Sugar Army and Harlequin League will storm Australia this March on a national co-headlining tour aptly called ‘New Hunting Grounds’ to launch their exciting new music.

Sugar Army’s weapon of choice is riff ready first single ‘Acute’ from their forthcoming debut album out midyear. The single will be exclusively released as a free download for fans who visit the Sugar Army barracks at sugararmy.com.au between Thursday 12 February and Sunday 22 February. While Harlequin League will launch their attack with new EP ’I Don’t Do Friends’. Due out March the band’s second EP features their sweltering new song ‘All Your Wars Are Won.’

The Good Cop Bad Cop label mates have set their sights on Melbourne, Ballarat, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, Bunbury, and Joondalup; and will hit targets this March!

Multiple WAMi Award nominees Sugar Army spent much of 2008 honing their live show supporting artists like Interpol, Gyroscope, COG, Little Birdy, Eskimo Joe, and Children Collide; while their debut EP Where Do You Hide Your Toys did wonders with their hit single ‘...And Now You’re Old Enough, I Think That You Should Know.’

Harlequin League earned respect from the masses with their debut EP We Used To Be Gods, Now We're So Plain, featuring the track ‘Again and Again’, and ended last year as a triple j picked Next Crop artist and J Award nominee in the Unearthed category.

Do not miss your chance to see Sugar Army and Harlequin League - two of Perth’s finest young rock acts – together this March!

SUGAR ARMY & HARLEQUIN LEAGUE
‘New Hunting Grounds’ Tour
March 2009

PERTH
Sunday 8 March
Rock It @ Arena Joondalup
**Sugar Army Only**
Supporting Kings Of Leon, The Fratellis and The Music

BALLARAT (VIC)
Wednesday 18 March
Karova Lounge
Supported by Howl
. Tickets available on the door

MELBOURNE
Thursday 19 March
The Evelyn Hotel
Supported by The Young Lovers + Howl
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au
Presented by Clean Young Mess

SYDNEY
Friday 20 March
Annandale Hotel
Supported by The Wahas + Villains Of Wilhelm
Tickets available from www.annandalehotel.com

ADELAIDE
Saturday 21 March
Fowler’s Live
Supported by Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!
Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au
Presented by Transmission

BUNBURY
Friday 27 March
Prince Of Wales
**Harlequin League only**
Supported by Leader Cheetah (SA)

PERTH
Capitol
Saturday 28 March
Supported by Leader Cheetah (SA)
Mills, Planet, Star Perth, www.heatseeker.com.au and www.moshtix.com.au on sale Thursday 5 February

JOONDALUP (Perth)
Sunday 29 March
Joondalup Festival 2009
All-ages

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Sugar Army have just been announced as part of the massive Rock-It fest, happening Sunday 8th March at Arena Joondalup. Bands performing on the main stage are Kings Of Leon, The Fratellis, The Music, Birds Of Tokyo, Faker, The Stills, Sparkadia, and Sugar Army opening. It's going to be a huge one - tickets on sale but selling fast from www.heatseeker.com.au(.) In other exciting news, the boys are about to head into the studios to track the first single from their forthcoming debut album. Expect the single to hit radio airwaves around February, with a national tour in March... More details soon.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

A live recording of Sugar Army's show with Gyroscope and Shihad at Metro Sydney back in August is now online. Click on the Media section to check out set opener 'I Got Your Soul', with the set available to watch in full at www.moshcam.com

Monday, October 20, 2008

Hello whom chooses to have concern,

I trust you haven't forgotten about little ol' Sugar Army? I hope our little 6 track E.P. isn't getting too stale for you all. We are more than excited about entering the musical manhood that is releasing an album, but that said album is still being written.

Currently we have found some much desired time off touring for some song writing and at this point the writing process has heightened. I speak for all the boys when i say that we feel really good about the ideas surfacing and it is looking worlds apart from the maturity level of 'Where Do You Hide Your Toys.'

Next week, we get back into touring mode again (this time it's only for two weeks) and then we are going to finish writing the album. Once that is complete we plan on getting into the swing of all things bands do. We are thinking about artwork, photography, lyrics, meaty beats, organic riffs and sweet tunes.

So concerned readers, I wish you well, i know you young myspace right clickers are stressing about the current financial crisis, and wondering if Rudd is going to employ anymore cheap fiscal policy tactics that please old people and people with babies but yes, I know... I know it's all a big mess, you should know that i feel your pain.

Cheers
Ian.

Monday, September 29, 2008

We've been invited to the sold out Pyramid Rock festival happening at Phillip Island from 29th December to the 1st of January. Lineup includes The Black Keys, The Living End, The Vines, Karnivool, Gyroscope, The Mess Hall and plenty more. Full details - www.thepyramidrockfestival.com

Monday, July 7, 2008

Hello friends, we will be playing one last headline show in Perth before we head off on our 35 shows in 42 days sojourn with Gyroscope and Shihad. Joining us will be special guests Streetlight, Panama and These Shipwrecks. Hope to see you there. We will also have brand new t-shirts available on the night.

Monday, June 9, 2008

It's a big day - two tour announcements, both shaping up to be pretty damn ace. We're very stoked to be heading out again with Gyroscope, on their massive 36 date, 6 week 'Australia' tour, with Shihad along for the ride as well. Before this, we'll be heading out to regional WA for a number of shows as part the good folks who created Something In The Water taking the doco out on the road. Check out Shows for the details.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Hello Readers!

This blog is to follow up our previous tour diary. We would like to thanks the lads from Gyroscope and the chaps and chaplettes from Young and Restless, that was a really fantastic tour guys and we really enjoyed your awesomeness. Big thanks to the Gyro Team, Greg, Jimbo, Fergus and Ant (I hope I didn't forget anyone) you are all fucking champions!

The great news is that we are already planning another tour of Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart. We can't tell you the details but we can tell you, that we will see you soon (and that this tour is fucking mammoth)!!!!

Check some more tour photos (on the myspace)

Tuesday, April 28, 2008

Hello chaps and and chaplettes,

This weekend we (Team Sugar) are pushing ourselves to the limits. Our 6am flight to Brisbane on Thursday will ensure we join Gyroscope and The Young and Restless to play a sweet show in Brisbane at Bar 388 this Friday night. We have the pleasure of greeting the audience first, which will be at the all sober time of 8.45pm.

Shortly after, we will fly home via adelaide and hopefully gather some rest to further ensure le Rock rains down on amplifier on Saturday night in Perth. Witchhats will be there, with Bone, and Kill Teen Angst. It's a brutal line-up. It's a brutal weekend for Sugar Army.

Monday, March 17, 2008

Gyroscope's 'Breed Obsession' national album tour has been announced today, and we are excited to be going along in support, along with Young & Restless. Check Shows for all the details.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

We head out on tour this afternoon for a run of EP launch shows and also support for Little Birdy in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide. Hope to see you around the traps. We'll be back home in a few weeks, and our next show in Perth will be on Saturday 5th April at the Hyde Park Hotel with good friends Capital City, Boys Boys Boys and Genghis. The last time we played there was on New Years and that was massive.