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Rowland S. Howard is a legend of Australian rock & roll, a musician whose distinctive style and sound has resonated across the underground rock landscape for three decades.
His bands have included the Boys Next Door, the Birthday Party, These Immortal Souls, Crime And The City Solution, Honeymoon In Red and his collaborations have involved such dissidents as Lydia Lunch, Thurston Moore, Nick Cave and the late Nikki Sudden.
In January this year Rowland made a rare appearance at the All Tomorrows Parties Festival in Australia to the delight of his loyal local following. It was at these shows that he presented the stunning songs from his forthcoming album Pop Crimes in a set that encompassed everything from the underground rock hit ‘Shivers’ which he penned in the late seventies through to material from his acclaimed 1999 album Teenage Snuff Film.
The long awaited and eagerly anticipated Pop Crimes album will be released through the Liberation Music label on Friday October 16th, 2009.
I can't believe it's been ten years since his last record, the fantastic Teenage Snuff Film. It's been a long decade without you, Rowland.
Apparently he's been quite sick for the better part of the past ten years, though he hasn't stated publicly anything other than vague allusions to cancer...
New single "(I Know) A Girl Called Johnny", a depraved sadomasochistic duet with HTRK singer/villainess Jonnine Standish, recalls Lee Hazelwoods psych cowboy stuff, and can be streamed here::
http://www.passportlabel.com/audio/player/166
Stuff like this isn't really popular enough to "leak", especially since the Australian music scene in general doesn't really have an internet presence whatsoever, but when I get my hands on it i'll up it.
RIYL: Lee Hazelwood, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave.
