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We've made the film clip for 'Come To Miss You' available as a free download for iPhone & iPod. Right click here and choose to download the target file, then open it in your iTunes and copy it across to your iPod or iPhone. A little gift from The Little Stevies...
The music video for 'Come To Miss You' has been launched online! You can watch it here. The launch coincides with the song appearing on the compilation album 'Naked In The Woods 2', a FReeZA initiative that has seen Sibylla mentoring up-and-coming local artist Courtney Barnett. Find our more about it here...
As the Stevies' 'Welcome Winter Tour' continues, the band have posted the first of their Australian Tour Diaries on YouTube. In the first episode, the band visits Canberra on the day Julia Gillard becomes PM! Soon, the guys head to Sydney, Tasmania and northern NSW...
Australian Winter Tour Diaries, Ep 1 - Canberra
Australian Winter Tour Diaries, Ep 2 - Sydney
Australian Winter Tour Diaries, Ep 3 - Tasmania
Just days after being notified of their grant from the Australia Council, The Little Stevies have been honoured with another generous grant, this time from Victoria Rocks, an initiative of Arts Victoria. The Career Building grant was given to the band to help with the recording of their second album, scheduled for September with a release later in the year. The Stevies have a whole pile of demos from which to choose songs for the album, which has sparked interest from a number of international producers.
The band were also lucky enough to be invited to play at the grants announcement at Cherry Bar in Melbourne's CBD in front of the Victorian Premier, Minister for the Arts and a bunch of music industry types. Dan Kelly also performed a song off his upcoming album. You can see photos of the event here.
The Little Stevies are thrilled to have been named as the lucky recipients of a grant from The Australia Council as part of their International Pathways initiative. The programis designed to help Australian artists tour their music internationally, and The Little Stevies' grant will assist the band on their second showcase tour of the USA in October 2010. Other grant recipients include Empire Of The Sun, Midnight Juggernauts and Tripod. You can read more about the grants here.
We're very pelased to announce our Welcome Winter Tour that takes in most of the east coast of the great land down under. We'll be heading up to Sydney and Canberra late June before putting our beanies on and scooting down for a little circuit of Tassie. In between we'll be putting on a MASSIVE show at Melbourne's East Brunswick Club. Watch out for more shows to be announced, including Queensland. Also, if we're travelling near you, you may be able to score some free merch! Log in to Facebook and click here to find out how...
We're running a promotion to recruit more Facebook fans, this weekend only. The deal is, if you suggest our Facebook fan page to 200 friends or more, we'll send you a free Little Stevies beer cooler or bag. You can find our fan page here. To find out how to take up the offer, go here. To check out the merch that could be yours for free, click the Merch tab in the menu above...
It's going to be a merry month indeed, with a whole swag of new gigs announced. The Stevies will play not one but TWO residencies - Mondays at the Espy and Thursdays at the Ferntree Gully Hotel - as well as shows in Queensland and regional Victoria. Check out the Shows page for all the details...
It's been a long time coming, but you can finally buy official Little Stevies merch online - right here! See the new tab at the top of the page that says 'Merch'? Just click that to be whisked away to a magical world of T-shirts, bags, stubby holders and CDs! And just in time for Easter!
Check out the Shows page for a list of new gigs, covering Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland! You can keep up to date with us on the road via
Facebook, Twitter and the Facebook Fan Page.
You can watch our adventures in the United States right here. Just click the links!
Episode #1 - Stevies In The Sky
Episode #2 - An Unexpected Gig
Episode #3 - Graceland
Episode #4 - Norm's River Roadhouse
Episode #5 - The Bluebird Cafe
Episode #6 - Ocean Way
Episode #7 - The International Folk Alliance Conference
Episode #8 - Homeward Bound
The Little Stevies are off to the States! We're leaving today for the International Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis, Tennessee, and playing a few other shows en route. Check out the shows page for details! You can follow our tour blogs and video diary on Facebook and Twitter. We've left you with a going-away present - a Paul Simon song we covered recently with our friend Gotye. It's a song all about a trip to Memphis. Enjoy!
'GRACELAND'
We're playing a few last shows before heading over to the US for the International Folk Alliance Showcase in February. If you're in Melbourne or Sydney, come down to the St Kilda or Bondi Open Air Cinemas where we'll be kicking off some of the festivities. Check out the 'Shows' page for details.
Don't miss our last show for the year, which is shaping up to be a great one. We're supporting New York band The Kin at the East Brunswick Club on Wednesday 23rd December. Melbourne acts Wren and Kisshead will be playing too - it's a top line up, jump onto the East Brunswick Club website and book some tickets...
Our clip 'Sunshower', apart from being nominated for an Inside Film Award, made quite a splash on ABC's music video program Rage earlier in the year, and it's now eligible for voting in the Rage Fifty. If you liked the clip, click the link below and give it a vote! You can watch the clip in the 'Videos' part of this site. Happy voting!
A fantastic night was had by all at the East Brunswick Club on Sunday, and The Little Stevies are incredibly grateful to all the guests who made it such a special show. Austin Busch kicked the night off with his own rendition of Stevies' classic 'Little Stevie', and Michael Barker added some magic to the yet-to-be-released 'Because I Have You All'. Then it was the Stevies' turn at some covers, performing Liz Stringer's 'Sinking Like Stone' and Jordie Lane's 'I Could Die Looking At You'. Sal Kimber made the Stevies' 'Somewhere We've Just Been' her own, as did Ryan Meeking with 'Peggy Suicide'. The Stevies then became Sophie Koh's backing band for her classic 'Anywhere' before the boys from Bonjah took to the stage to perform their rendition of the Stevies' 'People Need People'. And finally, Wally De Backer bumped Josh from the drum kit to the electric guitar to perform a stunning version of Paul Simon's 'Graceland', celebrating The Little Stevies imminent trip to Memphis, Tennessee where they'll showcase at the International Folk Alliance Conference 2010. All the guests returned to the stage for an encore performance of 'Dear Daniel'. The night was hosted by master MC Andrew McClelland, presiding splendidly over the chaos. And the question on many peoples' lips was: "Did the Stevies make it to Memphis". Hells yes! Thanks to everyone who came down and showed their love - it's gone a long way! Keep an eye out for online videos taken from what was a very memorable performance.
An incredible line up of guest musicians will take to the stage with The Little Stevies at their upcoming show at the East Brunswick Club on Sunday Dec 6th.
The line-up includes: Wally De Backer (Gotye), Bonjah, Sophie Koh, Jordie Lane, Liz Stringer, Michael Barker, Ryan Meeking, Austin Busch, Sal Kimber and special guest MC Andrew McClelland.
The show, entitled 'Send Us To Memphis For Christmas', celebrates the band's invitation to the 22nd International Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis, Tennessee. Tickets are selling fast and are only $12 + Booking Fee if you book ahead, or $20 on the door, if still available. Book here!
The Little Stevies are proud to announce the release of a brand new music video / short film entitled 'Dink You: A Musical Journey'. The video will help to launch the new single, 'Dink You', and tells the story of the band striving to become the first band to circumnavigate the globe - by bike. Part-mockumentary, part-music video, the band describes it as 'kind of like Thriller, but with bikes instead of zombies'. You can watch both the abridged and extended versions of the film on the 'videos' section of this website.
The Little Stevies have been nominated for an Inside Film Award! Their film clip for Sunshower, directed by band-member and sometimes film-maker Robin Geradts-Gill, has been nominated in the category of Best Music Video, alongside Birds of Tokyo and Short Stack.
The awards take place on Nov 18th at Sydney's Luna Park and will be broadcast live on SBS, so tune in and see if you can spot the band!
The film clip, shot on St Kilda Pier, features Auslan interpreter Simone Ellen signing the words to the song, and was shot by award-winning cinematographer Stewart Thorn. You can watch it on the videos page.
The Little Stevies have been officially invited to showcase at the 22nd International Folk Alliance Showcase in Memphis, Tennessee! The event, which takes place in February 2010, fosters North America's effervescent folk circuit, whose alumni include Bright Eyes, Iron & Wine and Joanna Newsom.
The buzz around next year's conference (apart from the presence of The Little Stevies!) will be the attendance of Bob Dylan, there to receive a lifetime achievement award. The band will be heading over in time to play some side-shows, and will be back in time for their run of shows in Western Australia in February - March.
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