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And yet another awesome Umlaut gig coming up in Melbourne, damn those guys are spoiled

“Aniseed Records present Umlaut at The Evelyn, Saturday March 13th from 8pm with special guests cult doom outfit, Terminal Sound System, the eclectically brilliant Lan Party and somber echo four-piece, Sons.
Doors at 8pm. $12 entry.”

Make sure you get down there if you can. I know I would if I could………

www.myspace.com/umlautbarmckinnon

Official announcement:

“Umlaut are back for 2010 after supporting Les Claypool in December, receiving glowing album reviews from Europe and South America and making it through the festive season alive!

Feb 11 at The Evelyn, Brunswick St, Fitzroy, Umlaut play with Brisbane’s Tin Can Radio as part of their Australian tour.

Catch Umlaut with Declan and the Antics, Tin Can Radio and Cast&Crew as they burn up the stage and make it happen!

Doors are at 8pm. Umlaut on last.

Love to see y’all there.”

I have come across some amazing pics lately and I was planning on posting them individually, but I thought why not make it a festive December pics round up post.

First up we have the talented Chantel with some very impressive Umlaut pics taken at the recent Umlaut and Les Claypool show at the Enmore, Sydney:

Check out the full set here or hit her website: chantelbann.com

Next up is a couple of sets from the recent Melvins Euro tour, bramdauw’s Geneva Set:

and Shinji’s Melvins (and Porn) Paris Set:

And lastly (thanks to cv), an awesome Faith No More set from isrtinez

Bar Mckinnon’s Umlaut will be supporting Les Claypool on his national tour of Australia in December for the following dates:

• Wed 2 Dec Enmore Theatre Sydney
• Fri 4 Dec Forum Theatre Melbourne

“Bar McKinnon of Umlaut is thrilled to be supporting Les Claypool on the Sydney and Melbourne tour dates. Having toured in the ’90’s, Primus and Mr Bungle go way back,  it’s like old times!”

This will mark the first occasion that Umlaut have ventured North to Sydney, which is very pleasing for at least one fan who happens to reside in Sydney and has been begging for a Sydney show…………

www.myspace.com/umlautbarmckinnon
www.lesclaypool.com

Friendly stubbadubber Mike Hayes was lucky enough to attend the Umlaut album launch last week and took a few piccies. Check em out

Have a chat with him in the stubbadub forums if you feel so inclined

UMLAUT LAUNCH DEBUT S/T ALBUM AT THE EAST BRUNSWICK CLUB, JUNE 7

Bär McKinnon, former sax player from San Francisco’s seminal Mr. Bungle, is primed and ready to bring his specific brand of cartoonish, pop inspired tunes to the world with his new Melbourne-based outfit: Umlaut.

Featuring the radio single, Atlas Face, co-written and performed by former Mr. Bungle front man and music heavyweight Mike Patton (Faith No More, Fantômas, Peeping Tom, Tomahawk), Umlaut’s debut selt-titled album is whimsical, eccentric, dark and nothing you’ve ever heard before.

Umlaut launch their debut album on June 7 at the East Brunswick club with support from The Barons of Tang and An Easier Question. Entry price is $15.

www.myspace.com/umlautbarmckinnon

“…Easily his [Bär McKinnon’s] best work yet. Commendable.” – 4/5, Time Off

“It’s all here – dark ambience, metal guitars, shiny pop, cartoonish diversions, exotica, even Mike Patton.” – The Dwarf

Umlaut’s debut self-titled will be available now through AmpHead Music in Australia and The Orchard internationally, and is available now through Amazon.

Recently I had the pleasure of chatting to Bär McKinnon. The interview covers everything from where Kitty Puppy got its title, to Umlaut’s origins and Bär’s thoughts on a Mr Bungle reunion and their unreleased music; along with some great insights into the Bungle dynamic.

If you’re yet to hear the Umlaut album, you’re about to be converted. Atlas Face, Kitty Puppy and Work Truck all feature in this comprehensive interview. A word of warning, there is 29 minutes of audio here, so settle in and get comfy!

The interview is available for download here (megaupload: RAW WAV: 164.12 MB) (mp3 version on rapidshare here)

A shorter version was aired on my radio show but this is the full interview, so enjoy – another Stubbadub exclusive!

Thanks to everyone who entered, I wish I could give all of you guys a copy of the album (cos it rocks). Unfortunately I only have three though. I picked the winners using a random number generator and they are:

1. Kapusi Gábor
2. Paul Wright
3. Derek Lavery

I will contact you for your address info via email and get them off to you this week. Congrats!

For anyone that didn’t win and is still keen to get a hold of the album, the physical album is available on amazon now as well as the mp3 version.

If you’ve been hanging to hear Bar’s new Umlaut album, now you can. Check it out on Amazon.

Entries for the win an Umlaut album competition are slowing down so I will be picking the winners out of a hat over the next couple of days and will announce them on here soon. G’luck!

To celebrate the release of Bar McKinnon’s Umlaut’s self titled debut album, Stubbadub has three copies to give away!

To enter, answer correctly the three Bar related questions below and post the Umlaut album iTunes badge somewhere on the interwebs and supply the location of the badge below.

Posting the Umlaut iTunes should be fairly easy as most people have access to a blog/website/forum etc nowdays. If you are struggling to find somewhere to post the Umlaut iTunes badge, just post a link back to this post and supply the location below.

I will choose three entries randomly as winners. Please enter only once. I will announce the winners in a couple of weeks depending on the amount of entrants I receive. You will be contacted by email if you are successful.

The code to post:

<strong>Bar McKinnon's Umlaut on</strong> <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=302952599&amp;id=302952595&amp;s=143460"><img src="http://ax.itunes.apple.com/images/badgeitunes61x15dark.gif" alt="Umlaut - Umlaut" width="61" height="15" /></a>

It should look like this:
Bar McKinnon’s Umlaut on

cforms contact form by delicious:days

Much thanks to Sarah at Amphead Music for supplying the Umlaut albums and of course thanks to Umlaut.

Any problems or questions please contact stubbadub with your enquiry

UPDATE: Sorry the third Bar related question was published as ST and is meant to read DV. It’s fixed now.