here comes trouble! Look out cos Street Chant are hard out touring New Zealand and Australia before they kick out their debut album on Arch Hill later this year. They got asked by Jack White from the Dead Weather to play all seven shows of their in Australia and New Zealand, and have also been sharing the bill around NZ with The 3d's, The Datsuns, HEALTH, Head Like A Hole and The Transistors.

If you haven't already seen it you should check out the video to Scream Walk here

• 18th February - The Dome - Gisborne - NZ - with The Datsuns
• 19th February - The Cabana - Napier - NZ - with The Datsuns
• 20th February - Sammys - Dunedin, NZ - with The 3d's and Haunted Love
• 22nd February - Canterbury University - with HEALTH, Die Die Die etc
• 24th February - Lincoln University - with The Datsuns
• 25th February - No. 8 Wired, Timaru, NZ - with the Datsuns
• 27th February - The Bedford - Christchurch, NZ - with The 3d's and the Lo-Liners
• 4th March - Chicks Hotel - Dunedin, NZ - with The Transistors
• 5th March - Mount Street Bar All Ages - Wellington, NZ - with Nevernudes
• 5th March - El Santo - Lyttelton, NZ - with The Transistors
• 11th March - Mighty Mighty - Wellington - with the Transistors
• 12th March - Cassette - Auckland, NZ - with the Transistors
• 13th March - Bacio 309 Krd - Auckland, NZ - with Head Like a Hole
• 17th March - Logan Campbell Centre - Auckland, NZ - with The Dead Weather
• 19th March - The Forum Theatre - Melbourne, Aus - with The Dead Weather
• 20th March - The Forum Theatre - Melbourne, Aus - with The Dead Weather
• 23rd March - The Tivoli - Brisbane, Aus - with The Dead Weather
• 25th March - The ANU Bar - Canberra, Aus - with The Dead Weather
• 26th March - The Enmore Theatre - Sydney, Aus - with The Dead Weather
• 29th March - Metro City - Perth - with The Dead Weather

Yep it's pretty hard to believe but it's 10 years since we started Arch Hill Recordings. Since then we've also been involved in all kinds of musical stuff - including Mystery Girl Presents. We are extremely proud to have released over 45 albums/EPs by local icons such as The Clean, Don McGlashan, David Kilgour, The Bats, Jay Clarkson and David Mulcahy, some pretty sweet cuts by Luke Buda, The Haints of Dean Hall, Ghostplane, Bachelorette, Fang, Grand Prix, White Swan Black Swan, Pine, Mestar, Punches, Surf City and internationals Beach House and Panda Bear. We are looking forward to working with Street Chant and Family Cactus. And we've done all this 100% independently!

Anyway, we figured the best way to celebrate was to kick back with a BBQ and a beer on a Sunday afternoon at the Kings Arms and listen to some excellent bands...

....however, to add some mistique we've decided to keep line up a bit of a mystery/secret. This is partly because we think it makes it more interesting, but also partly because there are all kinds of possibilities. Who knows who might turn up and play!

There might be a band originally from the 1990s where all three members went on afterwards to have somehow have something to do with Arch Hill - including our first ever release, maybe another band who started in the 1980's but just released their last album on Arch Hill, maybe some other bands with more to do with Mystery Girl Tours and also some other recently formed bands to keep those with shorter memories happy....plus other surprises as well!...whoever it is we do know it will be choice. Hell, we might even surprise ourselves!

It's going to be an interesting musical lucky dip.

Kicks off at 3pm. BBQ will be cooking between 5-7pm, with vege, non vege and tasty options.

Tickets a stupidly cheap $5 at the door.

After playing 8 shows and being one of the most talked about bands at New York's CMJ 2009, Surf City are returning to the USA to play a series of shows including SXSW...

They also play the Laneway Festival at Britomart in Auckland on February 1st and two shows in New Zealand with the band Songs

• 26th Feb - Whammy Bar - Auckland - New Zealand - with Songs
• 27th Feb - Happy - Wellington - New Zealand - with Songs
• 4th March - Goodgod Club - Sydney - Australia - with Songs
• 6th March - John Curtain Hotel - Melbourne - Australia - with Songs
  
• 12th March - Tractor Tavern - Seattle - USA - with The Clientele
• 13th March - Spaceland - Los Angeles - USA - with The Fresh and Onlys
• 14th March - Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco - USA - San Francisco
• 18th March - Ghost Room - SXSW - Austin - Texas - USA - 4.45pm
• 18th March - Friends - SXSW - Austin - Texas, USA - 10.45pm
• 19th March - Urban Outfitters Party - SXSW - Austin - Texas - USA
• 20th March - Popfrenzy Party - SXSW - Austin - Texas - USA
• 23rd March - Kung Fu Necktie - Philadelphia - USA - with Bachelorette
• 24th March - Metro Gallery - Baltimore - USA - with Bachelorette
• 25th March - Maxwells - Hoboken, New Jersey - USA - with Bachelorette
• 26th March - Mercury Lounge - New York - USA
• 27th March - Rock and Roll Hotel - Washington DC - USA

The Bats are also heading up to Auckland play Music in Parks and are off on tour to Australia in April (tour details TBC)

• 27th Feb - Music in Parks, Kingsland Park - Auckland - with The Datsuns

The Clean are playing a few shows in Europe in the Springtime including

• 10th of May - The Brixton Academy - London, UK - with Pavement
• 14th Mary - All Tomorrow's Parties - Minehead, UK - curated by Pavement
• 27th - 29th of May - Primavera - Barcelona, Spain - with Pixies, Pavement etc etc

The Clean have made a new video for "Are you Really on Drugs" from their excellent album Mister Pop...

Watch the Clean "Are You Really On Drugs" Video

Video by Theo Angell

They also got into MAGNET MAGAZINE'S top 20 albums of 2009...where they wrote

"A band that releases five albums in 30 years isn’t exactly what you would call prolific. Still, it’s hard to hold anything against the Clean. Between Robert Scott and brothers David and Hamish Kilgour, the three members have released more than 30 albums with other projects. Knowing this almost makes an LP from the Clean even more of an event. They could do this whenever they wanted. Mister Pop is not the easy-to-digest collection of simple pop songs the band could have made. It’s not some grand comeback record, either. Devoid of any pressure, the result is a really great, relaxed and eclectic pop album."

January 5th - Cable Bay Vinyards - Waiheke Island

January 7th - Mangawhai Tavern - Mangawhai

January 8th Ascension Wine Estate - Matakana

January 10th - Wharepai Domain - Taurange

January 16th - Black Barn Vinyards - Hawkes Bay

The Renderers play a very rare show at the Kings Arms with White Swan Black Swan.

Look out for their new album Monsters and Miasmas