| The Lovetones | |
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The Lovetones playing at Kelly's Olympian in Portland, Oregon in June 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Sydney & Melbourne, Australia |
| Genres | Psychedelic rock Indie rock |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Bomp! Records (USA) Cargo Records (UK) Chatterbox Records (Australia) Tee Pee Records (USA) Undercover Music (Australia) |
| Website | The Lovetones |
| Members | |
| Matthew J. Tow Matthew Sigley Serge Luca Chris Cobb |
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The Lovetones are an Australian psychedelic rock band with members:
The Lovetones released their debut album, Be What You Want, in 2002 through Bomp! Records. The album was reviewed in Creem and Rolling Stone magazines. The latter hailed Matthew J. Tow's songwriting as being worthy of Ray Davies, Bowie, Lennon and McCartney.
After enjoying the critical success of Be What You Want, touring Australia extensively, and even supporting Morrissey during his first-ever solo Australian tour, Tow joined The Brian Jonestown Massacre in 2003. He contributed two tracks to their album, ...And This Is Our Music. Tow's opening track "Starcleaner", later also appeared on the The BJM retrospective Tepid Peppermint Wonderland. In the same year, UK based Fire Records invited The Lovetones to contribute to the James Joyce Chamber Music project alongside Mercury Rev, Sonic Youth, and REM's Peter Buck. In 2004, The Lovetones released the Stars EP, coinciding with their support of The Brian Jonestown Massacre on their tour of Australia.
The second album, Meditations, was released through New York's Tee Pee Records in late 2005. Returning from shows in the US in late 2005 and also at SXSW 2006, The Lovetones toured to support Meditations' Australian release in May 2006. In June 2006, The Lovetones completed a European tour across 12 countries with The Brian Jonestown Massacre in support of Meditations, which was released there through Tee Pee/Cargo Records, culminating in an album review in the respected UK magazine Uncut.
The Lovetones also recorded their third album, Axiom, during 2006, with sessions split between Figment Studios in Hollywood and the Sydney Opera House Recording Studio. It was released in June 2007 through Tee Pee Records.
Their fourth album, Dimensions, was released 4 November 2008 in Australia through Undercover Records and 6 April 2009 in North America through Planting Seeds Records.
Give It All I Can (single 2002)
Label: Undercover Music
Released: 2002
The Sound & the Fury (single 2002)
Label: Undercover Music
Released: 2002
Be What You Want (single 2003)
Label: Undercover Music
Released: 2003
Be What You Want (album 2003)
Label: Bomp! Records (USA), Undercover Music (Australia)
Released: 2003
Stars (EP 2004)
Label: Chatterbox Records
Released: 2004
Meditations (album 2005)
Label: Cargo Records (UK), Tee Pee Records (USA), Undercover Music (Australia)
Released: 2005/2006
Axiom (album 2007)
Labels: Cargo Records (UK), Tee Pee Records (USA), Undercover Music (Australia)
Dimensions (album 2008)
Labels: Planting Seeds Records (USA), Undercover Music (Australia)
Released: 4 November 2008 (Australia); 6 April 2009 (North America)