Rackets, Alizarin Lizard, The Porpoise: NZ Tour

Media Release - For immediate release 6-10-2010

Rackets, Alizarin Lizard, The Porpoise: New Zealand Tour 2010.

Auckland trio, Rackets, Dunedin quartet Alizarin Lizard, and one-man band, The Porpoise, are about to embark on a jaw dropping, forty two-date New Zealand tour. The travelling road show will run throughout October, November & December 2010. A possible record breaker, this is the definition of hitting the road properly for a New Zealand tour.

Rackets have a reputation as one of Auckland's hardest working / gigging bands, and have just supported Head Like A Hole on their reunion shows. Made up of members from The Randoms and God Bows to Math, Rackets are renowned for their intense live sets and quirky melodies. The group have just released two debut albums - Friends and High Places. The albums were produced by Bob Frisbee (The D4, Street Chant).

"Rackets uphold a lively and unpretentious approach to songwriting that sounds super fresh." - Chris Cudby, Real Groove Magazine.

Formed around the songs of Paul Cathro and featuring members of Biff Merchants and Tono and the Finance Company, Alizarin Lizard?s music ranges from the extremities of sharp, snappy pop, to feathers falling from a dark sky to a damp ground, which then feeds off the moisture, then turns into flower birds which fly away to the massive realm of large sounds, in many cases encompassing both worlds in the same song.

"Wrenching, magical. That's (Cathro's) ability ? to make the abstract move you. One of the greatest songwriters I know." - Anthonie Tonnon, Tono and the Finance Company.

Rackets and Alizarin Lizard will be supported by a new project called The Porpoise ? A one-man band AKA Callum Hampton from the Dunedin based psychedelic space rock band, Left Or Right. Porpoise likes to be in his natural habitat most of the time with his left handed bass and Casio club thumping beats swimming around whilst enjoying the songwriting talents of Darcy Clay, Frank Zappa and Devo amongst others.

This New Zealand Tour will be one to tell the grand kids. Before and after photographs will be taken. Make your way out of the bush, shacks, houses and mansions of the country to witness a piece of New Zealand DIY music history in a town near you.

Rackets facebook/myspace:
www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/RACKETS/122377559144?ref=ts
http://www.myspace.com/racketsfit

Alizarin Lizard facebook/myspace:
www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Alizarin-Lizard/124949200238?ref=ts
www.myspace.com/alizarinlizardband

Left Or Right (Porpoise) facebook/myspace:
www.facebookcom/leftorright
www.myspace.com/leftorright

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Rackets, Alizarin Lizard & Porpoise 2010 N.Z Tour dates.
October 2010
18th mon - Bayview Hotel - Bluff
19th tues - Dutch Club - Invercargill
20th wed - Royal Hotel - Waikaka
21st thur - Redcliff - Te Anau
22nd fri - Dux De Lux - Queenstown
23rd sat - Golden Gate - Cromwell
24th sun - Lake Hawea Motor Inn - Hawea

25th mon - Cook Saddle - Fox Glacier
26th tues - Blue Ice Cafe - Franz Josef
27th wed - Woodstock Hotel - Hokitika
28th thur - Barrytown Hall - Barrytown
29th fri - Franks Cafe - Greymouth
30th sat - Lyric Theatre - Granity
31st sun - Bush Lounge - Karamea

November 2010
2nd tues - Monkey Wizard Brewery (3pm) - Riwaka
3rd wed - Hot Mamas - Motueka
4th thur - Phat Club - Nelson w/ Pants Off
5th fri - The Tap - Mapua
6th sat - Mussel Inn - Onekaka

10th wed - Records Records (4pm, AA) - Dunedin
10th wed - The Cook (upstairs) - Dunedin w/ Thundercub
11th thur - Chicks Hotel - Port Chalmers
12th fri - El Santo Porteno - Lyttleton
13th sat - No. 8 Wired - Timaru
14th sun - Le Cafe - Picton

15th mon - Interislander Ferry - Cook Straight
16th tues - St Peters Hall - Paekakariki
17th wed - Cosmic Corner (4pm) - Wellington
17th wed - Mighty Mighty - Wellington w/ The Slur Tones
18th thur - Royal Hotel - Palmerston North
19th fri - Poverty Bay Club - Gisborne
20th sat - The Cabana - Napier

24th wed - The Yot Club - Raglan
25th thur - Gravity Bar - Hamilton w/ Sumo Love Machine
26th fri - The Beach Hotel - Waihi
27th sat - Mama Gins - Thames
28th sun - Waiheke Island Ferry - Hauraki Gulf
29th mon - Rocks Bar - Waiheke Island

December 2010
1st wed - Kings Arms - Auckland
3rd fri - Sawmill Cafe - Leigh
4th sat - Managawhai Tavern - Mangawhai
5th sun - Schnappa Rock - Tutukaka

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