Remember back in June when the Aussie ‘Gig of the Century’ went down and you missed it and felt really bad about it? Yeah, we’re about to make you feel like that again, because Dune Rats have revealed they played a secret show with buzz magnet Alex Lahey the other night.
Ahead of Lahey’s appearance at Sounds of the Suburbs festival, Dune Rats took to their official Facebook page to share a photo of the typical Dunies revelry and to give some props to “MEGA LEGEND” Lahey.
Lahey, a triple j Unearthed prize winner and the recipient of the Josh Pyke partnership and mentorship, recently made headlines after she hit back at media outlets who constantly compare her to fellow Aussie muso Courtney Barnett as ‘sexist and lazy’.
“I’m a huge fan of Courtney I think she’s one of the best songwriters in the world,” she said. “I’m humbled to be compared to that. But I don’t think that it’s accurate, especially from a musical perspective, we play very different types of music.”
Meanwhile, it’s been a big 12 months for the Dunies boys. Taking to Facebook recently, they revealed that they’ve signed a big-time publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music, which is set to net them a nice bundle of cash.
Meanwhile, there’s no date yet for when we can expect the new Dunies record, but triple j’s 2016 Aussie Release Schedule claims the release will be an EP which will drop some time before the end of the year.
The EP was recorded with FIDLAR frontman Zac Carper, whom the band met when they toured North America together. Carper was behind the mixing board for the Dunies last single, ‘Bulls**t’.
The band recently took to Instagram to proclaim that their new record is “finished and sick”, having previously revealed that they’d been busy writing with DZ Deathrays, with whom they are set to tour North America and Europe.
Alex Lahey National Tour Dates
Friday, 30th September 2016
Brighton Up Bar, SYDNEY
Saturday, 1st October 2016
Sad Grrls Festival, Melbourne
Thursday, 6th October 2016
Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Friday, 7th October 2016
Sooki Lounge, Belgrave
Saturday, 8th October 2016
Birregurra Festival & Art Show, Bireegurra
Saturday, 8th October 2016
The Gasometer, Melbourne
