If Robert Plant and Jimi Hendrix made love to the sounds of Audioslave, they’d probably sound similar to the likes of Tracer. Based in Adelaide, South Australia, the trio embodies a sonic sledgehammer sound steeped in epic guitars, clever hooks and raw, uncompromising vocals. Tracer’s unique blend of 90’s stoner and 70’s classic rock is winning them over new fans, and landed them with an international record deal.

Rising from the ashes of blues prodigy band The Brown Brothers in 2004, Michael (vocals, guitar) and Leigh Brown (vocals, bass) teamed up with drummer Andre Wise to form Tracer.

The following years have seen the trio find success with two independent releases; two international tours, including support slots for Little Red, Children Collide, The John Steel Singers and Cassette Kids; and most recently, a record contract with highly respected Dutch label Mascot Records.

Following their successful debut European tour in late 2009, Tracer returned overseas in September 2010 to take a coveted showcase slot at Germany’s PopKomm Music Conference in Berlin. The band then set off on a string of dates throughout Germany, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK, taking time off only to sign a long term record deal with Cool Green Recordings, a sub label of Mascot.

Upon returning to Adelaide, the band headed straight into the studio, and recorded what is to be their forthcoming album to be released in October 2011.  Entitled “Spaces In Between,” the new album includes 12 in-your-face songs that will stick in your head for days, weeks and years to come. 

The band will support the release of the new album by undertaking a nationwide UK tour supporting Royal Republic in October 2011.

Tracer are excited to announce their third European Tour, as the main support for action-rock, Swedish band, Royal Republic.

The band will play a series of warm-up shows before joining Royal Republic for the second half of their “We Are The Royal” Tour, taking on 24 dates through France, UK, Germany, The Netherlands and Sweden.

With venue capacities up to and above 500, the tour is a huge step-up for Tracer in Europe. To tour with such a cool band as Royal Republic, this will be a massive rock ’n roll party every night for the bands and fans alike.

The tour will also coincide with the European release of Tracer’s debut LP “Spaces In Between” on October 3 2011 on Dutch label, Cool Green Recordings. The album has been an absolute mission to make, but the end result is something that truly captures the excitement and balls-to-the-wall sound of Tracer. It will be great to give something back to all of you, our fans.

Keep an eye out for Tracer’s video clip for first single “Too Much” later this month.

You can download the video here

‘Too Much’, described as an exploding fireball of kinetic stoner rock energy, is also available as a FREE MP3 download from Soundcloud here – http://snd.sc/qmACkA

UK TOUR DATES 2011

Monday 24th October 2011
CORPORATION, SHEFFIELD
Tickets: £10.00 / Box Office: 0871 472 0400 / Doors: 7pm
Venue Box Office: 0114 276 0262
Book Online: www.seetickets.com
Venue Address: Trafalgar Court, 2 Milton St, Sheffield S1 4JU

Tuesday 25th October 2011
THE WELL, LEEDS
Tickets: £6.00 / Box Office: 0113 244 0474 / Doors: 7pm
Book Online: www.seetickets.com
Venue Page: www.thewellleeds.com
Venue Email: info@thewellleeds.com
Venue Address: Chorley Lane. Leeds LS3 1AB
Venue Website: www.thewellleeds.com

Wednesday 26th October 2011
KING TUT’S, GLASGOW
Tickets: £6.00 / 0141 221 5279/ Doors: 8:30pm
Book Online: www.ticketmaster.co.uk
General Enquiries: 0141 221 5279
Venue Email: info@kingtuts.co.uk
272 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5RL
Venue Website: www.kingtuts.co.uk

Thursday 27th October 2011
O2 ACADEMY 2 NEWCASTLE
Tickets: £6.00 / Box Office: 0844 477 2000 / Doors: 7pm
Book Online: www.ticketweb.co.uk
Book Online: www.seetickets.com
Venue Email: mail@o2academynewcastle.co.uk
Westgate Road, Newcastle, United Kingdom, NE1 1SW
Venue Website: www.o2academynewcastle.co.uk

Friday 28th October 2011
ROADHOUSE, MANCHESTER
Tickets: £6.50 / Box Office: 0844 888 4420 / Doors: 6pm
General Enquiries: 0161 237 9789
Book Online: www.ticketline.co.uk
Book Online: www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Book Online: www.seetickets.com
8 Newton Street, Piccadilly, Manchester, M1 2AN
Venue Website: www.theroadhouselive.co.uk

Saturday 29th October 2011
NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY
Tickets: £6.00 / Box Office: 0845 413 4444 / Doors: 7pm
General Enquiries: 0115 950 6547
Book Online: www.rock-city.co.uk
8 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GG
Venue Website: www.rock-city.co.uk

Monday 31st October 2011
THE COOLER, BRISTOL
Tickets: £6.00 / Box Office: 0117 9 450 999 / Doors: 7:30
Book Online: www.gigantic.com
Book Online: www.seetickets.com
General Enquiries: 0117 9450 999
Venue Email: ian@clubcooler.com
48 Parker Street, Bristol, BS1 5JG
Venue Website: www.clubcooler.com

Tuesday 1st November 2011
WOLVERHAMPTON, SLADE ROOMS
Tickets: £6.00 / Box Office: 0870 320 7000 / Doors: 7pm
Book Online: www.wolvescivic.co.uk
General Enquiries: 01902 552122
Booking Office Email: boxoffice@wolvescivic.co.uk
Broad Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HP
Venue Website: www.wolvescivic.co.uk

Wednesday 2nd November 2011
THE JOINERS, SOUTHAMPTON
Tickets in advance: £6.00 / Tickets at door: £8pm
Box Office: 02380 225 612 / Doors: 7:30
Book Online: www.joinerslive.co.uk
Book Online: www.seetickets.com
Venue Email: info@joinerslive.co.uk
141 St Mary’s Street, Southampton, SO14 1NS
Venue Website: www.joinerslive.co.uk

Thursday 3rd November 2011
THE UNDERWORLD, LONDON
Tickets: £6:00 / Box Office: 0207 482 1932 / Doors: 7:30
Book Online: www.ticketweb.co.uk
General Enquiries: 0207 482 1932
Venue Email: contact@theunderworldcamden.co.uk
174 Camden High Street, London, NW1 0NE
Venue Website: www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk

Merthyr Rock is offering some lucky band the chance to play on the main stage at Merthyr Rock on Saturday 3 September. The winners will also get a Schecter guitar worth £500.

They are teaming up with CLIC & Promo Cymru to give unsigned talent the chance to share a stage with their heroes by winning the MERTHYR ROCK / CLIC BATTLE OF THE BANDS.

The winning band will open the main stage at Merthyr Rock on Saturday 3 September, and receive a Schecter guitar worth around £500. Two runners-up will play the second stage – one on Saturday, one on Sunday. We will be holding regional heats around Wales at the end of July, with the grand final in Cardiff in August.

HEATS

EVI, Ebbw Vale – 29 July

Pop Factory, Porth – 30 July

Sin City, Swansea – 13 August

Bridgend Hobos – 14 August

FINAL

Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff – 18 August

HOW TO ENTER

Please send your music via MySpace, Bandcamp, Facebook or Soundcloud link to botb@cliconline.co.uk. Make sure you specify which regional heat you’d like to compete in.

Closing date for applications is 12 July 2011.

Good luck!

Please note that the Merthyr Rock / CLIC Battle Of The Bands is only open to young people aged 14 to 25 living in Wales. All band members must be aged 14 on or before 3 September 2011.

’ASK’, the new album from the TOM FULLER BAND, will be released in the UK on Monday September 5th by Red Cap Records.

Hailing from Chicago, Fuller enlisted some of the biggest names in the rock and roll world to contribute to the album, including Abe Laboriel, Jr. and Brian Ray of the Paul McCartney Band.  ‘ASK’ is produced by Rick Chudacoff, (Alison Krauss, Smokey Robinson), and mixed by Cenzo Townsend and Dave Bascombe (U2, Bon Jovi, Kaiser Chiefs).
The first single from the album is the instantly infectious ‘LOVERS’. Listen to it here:

 Tom Fuller Band – "Lovers" by noblepr

"Kick ass and take names" – it’s a saying that they like to use in Chicago, the birthplace of the Tom Fuller Band, to describe how to get the job done.  Not in an Al Capone way you understand. Although Tom’s grandmother did work for the notorious gangster. But rather by enlisting some of the biggest names in the music industry to produce Fuller’s third studio album Ask.

On first listen you can’t help but be decadently seduced by the voodoo drums of the opening track Lovers, hooked on the impossibly contagious title track Ask and carried away by the closing magical escapism of Garden Dreaming Days. Ask is an album that continually manages to surprise, challenge, captivate and inspire.

Tom Fuller is a maverick and a troubadour. He’s also the same guy who, as a kid buying his first Paul McCartney album, never imagined that he would wind up recording the new album with two of his band members, Abe Laboriel, Jr. and Brian Ray.

Produced by the studio maestro Rick Chudacoff, (Alison Krauss, Smokey Robinson), and mixed by Cenzo Townsend and Dave Bascombe (U2, Bon Jovi, Kaiser Chiefs), the widescreen cinematic vision of Fuller’s music continues to flourish, as was evident on his 2005 debut album Chasing An Illusion and 2009′s subsequent sophomore album Abstract Man.

After trailblazing a path across America, the addition of new band members, and recording in both LA and Chicago, comes this life affirming album that is at once emotional and engaging. "It’s been one hell of a journey," says Fuller. "The new album’s like a songbook that’s accompanied me all along the trail. Every track means so much to me. I think it’s my strongest collection of songs to date."

Hailing from the Windy City, the Tom Fuller Band embodies the soul and creative energy of the city’s rich musical heritage – from Chicago’’s finest rhythm and blues, through Cheap Trick to late period Wilco. The songs embrace Fuller’s distinctive blend of innovative melodies and chord structures, alongside lyrics that engage, uplift and resonate with passion and truth.

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