Welcome to the new website for THE HIPTONES. You are now listening to a track from our brand new CD 'RIGHT NOW' - available throughout stores in Australia. Check our more tracks on our music page on this website, and we've uploaded some of our video clips on the EPK page .
THE HIPTONES at Jacobs Creek Visitors Centre for the Barossa Valley Gourmet Weekend:- THE HIPTONES will ensure the Jacobs Creek Visitors Centre is party central across the weekend of August 23rd and 24th for the Barossa Valley Gourmet Weekend. THE HIPTONES perform between 11.30am and 4pm. When not dancing, indulge in the fabulous food from Jacobs restaurant such as Oven baked squid tube filled with herb and lemon stuffing or marinated lamb served with pita bread and tzadziki - combine either dish with Jacobs Creek Barossa Vineyards Riesling or Shiraz and you have got yourself a party. You have plenty of time to organise a B & B or other accommodation to ensure you fully enjoy the weekend. Go on, you know you want to.
THE HIPTONES go EAST to perform at the Towradgi Rock & Blues Festival (Sunday 7th Sept): Tell all your Sydney friends to make their way to the Towradgi Beach Hotel (3kms North of Wollongong) on Sunday 7th September. THE HIPTONES join 16 National and International bands to showcase the best of Rock & Blues music. Make sure you and your friends catch THE HIPTONES on stage at 7.30pm.
MO ROOTS are gettin around Adelaide:- Snooks La Vie and Brother T are cookin up a storm at a range of venues with their special blend of soulful roots music. Come and support them as they wow audiences at the Wheaty (Thebarton) on Wednesday 3rd Sept, Rob Roy Hotel (Halifax St) on Friday 19th Sept, BoHo Bar (Parkside) on Sunday 21st Sept and West Thebarton Hotel (South Rd) on Friday 26th Sept. For more details, check out the various gig guides or simply click onto our gig page via www.thehiptones.com
Diary dates for THE HIPTONES over the next couple of months:-
We often get feedback from fans that they would love to get forward notice of special events that are coming up so they can make necessary arrangements. The following are some future events above and beyond our regular gigs at our great supporting venues:
- October: THE HIPTONES are the main act for the Lobethal Grand Carnival and Fair on Saturday 11th October. More details to come.....
THE HIPTONES nominated for an APRA award:- Snooks La Vie and Brother T have just returned from Sydney after attending the APRA awards ceremony. These awesome songwriters were invited to attend thanks to their release Ive been loving you too long was nominated in the category 2008 Blues and Roots Work of the Year. Nominated in the same category were John Butler Trio, The Beautiful Girls and others.
Video clips NOW available on this website!
We also have video clips loaded onto this site too. They're on our EPK page.
Request The Hiptones on Triple J Radio
Hey, if you could request us on JJJ at this address - that would be really HIP!
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/requests/make_a_request.htm
Australian Community Radio
Ahh yes. We have received SO much support from Community Radio right around the country. This is where it all started. Thanks so much to all those hard working stations all over OZ. Youz Rock!
Ringtones
For the "I've Been Loving You Too Long" truetone or poly, simply sms SB HIPTONE TRUE or SB HIPTONE POLY to 193123. sms costs 55c, $6.60 True, or $4.40 Poly.
Meanwhile... see you at a gig real soon, and thanks for stopping by - and a special thanks to those of you that already have the album RIGHT NOW. Hope you dig it!
Here's a brief look at what other people are saying.
Ross Wilson
No wonder they've scored a deal with a major label - this is blues for the masses & a great leap forward for the oz blues scene.
Renee Geyer
The Hiptones are one of our great young R&B bands… they're formidable - an oasis in an R&B drought called Australia.
Rhythms Magazine: Australia's Roots Music Monthly
Get ready to shake your ass and get it awn down to the roots/soul explosion of The Hiptones… their stunning roots'n'all debut album 'Right Now’…perfectly serves to illustrate their immediate, fresh albeit-vintage bluesy/soul sound.
Australian Musician Magazine
The Hiptones are the real deal, a tight groove based unit proudly displaying their retro influences on their sleeves. … gig-seasoned musicians doing what they love...... Real music by genuine musos. Faith is restored.
Sydney Sunday Telegraph
Smooth-edged toe-tapping R&B soul and blues, fleshed out with plenty of hammond organ.
Sydney Daily Telegraph
Their infectious blend of blues, soul and funk has been delightfully distilled by producer James Black on the album Right Now.
Beat Magazine-Melbourne
Technically speaking, frontman Snooks La Vie should have been born black…The Hiptones music is… a canny laid-back fusion of soul, funk, blues and gospel, … that gives a shot of adrenaline to the Australian roots scene… they don't make bands this good anymore.
PBS Melbourne
What a show…their attire is funky and retro-styled and their ability to play alive and kicking music is outstanding…Can you get a better vocal than La Vie? - probably not. He is sensational.
The Sunday Morning Herald - Melbourne
The album RIGHT NOW oozes class, delivering music that neither disguises its influence, nor slavishly replicates it. The album's compositions are safely in the hands of smooth singer Snooks la Vie and keyboardist/bassist Narmon 'Brother T' Tulsi. What a team.
The Advertiser - Adelaide
What polish, what shine, what class; all from a band whose name truly epitomises its sound.