NEWS
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FEBRUARY 2008
HORSE STORIES AT SXSW
Toby will be doing a show at this year's SXSW festival in Austin.
More details to follow - check the SHOWS page here... and wish him luck amongst the industry madness here.
DECEMBER 2007
COMPLETE BACK-CATALOG NOW ON iTUNES
Click on any album to buy it from iTunes (USA/UK/AUST)...
   
We've caught up with the times and all records are now available on iTunes, just click on the one you want, or for more info, visit the MUSIC page.
To complete your download experience, Toby has been posting lyrics, and notes on the lyrics, HERE on the site.
Perfect Black Swan 1, Toby's recent stunning instrumental album, was a limited pressing and will not be sold as a download.
So grab a copy while you can, at perfectblackswan.com
Toby's finishing up a lot of writing and 2008 is looking like a busy year.
More news on all that later - until then, have a Happy Holidays.
PERFECT BLACK SWAN
In March 2007, Toby Burke and Australian photographer Warwick Baker officially launched their collaborative project Perfect Black Swan '1',
with an exhibition of Warwick's original colour photos and a short
performance on guitar by Toby.
Copies of the limited-edition instrumental album are still available by
mail order at perfectblackswan.com.
No further performances are scheduled
at this time, Toby is busy writing and demo'ing.
JANUARY 2007
TOUR PHOTO GALLERY
Happy New Year!
Click the image above to check out a great photo gallery of shots taken by our friend Warwick Baker on the recent Australian Tour.
DECEMBER 2006
TWO AUSTRALIAN TOUR INTERVIEWS NOW ONLINE
You can now hear Toby and Clint's interviews and performances on a
couple of Australian radio shows, during the recent tour, online.
Listen to Toby & Clint on 774 ABC
Listen to Toby & Clint on Radio National
NOVEMBER 2006
AUSTRALIAN TOUR BECKONS & PERFECT BLACK SWAN OUT
There's so much going on at the moment it's tough to write it all down...
What we will say is the The Very First Australian Tour dates are all on the SHOWS page and keep your eyes and ears out for Horse Stories in the Australian press in the next few weeks.
Toby has just completed a record under the name Perfect Black Swan. This is a new experimental, instrumental recording project and he hopes that the album - 1 - will be the first of many.
1 is in a limited print of 500 hand-numbered CDs and all the info, sounds & shop are at perfectblackswan.com - so check it out.
OCTOBER 2006
MELBOURNE SHOW WITH SILVER RAY ON SALE NOW
All the dates for the first Horse Stories Australian Tour are now posted on the SHOWS page.
We're pleased to have Cam Butler along for the ride in Sydney & Adelaide, plus his wonderful band Silver Ray as special guests at the East Brunswick Club in Melbourne on Thursday Nov 30th. Silver Ray are a band we've loved since Toby picked up a copy of their debut on a quick visit back to Melbourne years ago. With the likes of Nick Cave on their touring resume, Toby and Clint are honoured to have them on board. Should be some great shows.
YOU EXPLAINED AWAY EVERYTHING VIDEO
Another video has surfaced from the lively little Horse Stories production house, this time it's an animated gem to the tune of You Explained Away Everything. This one was made by a chap named Ivor Jones.
Check it out here.
The dates for Horse Stories' first Australia tour this November have been announced, take a look on the SHOWS page.
SEPTEMBER 2006
ORIGINAL LINE-UP FOR AUSTRALIAN SUMMER SHOWS
The Australian summer has almost arrived and with it, the pick of the year's festivals. We're pleased to announce that Horse Stories has been invited to play this year's Queenscliff Music Festival - it will be part of a string of dates to be played by the band's original, two-piece line-up of Toby Burke and Clinton Stapleton (drums), for the first time ever in Australia.
Toby will also be playing at the Nortchote High Vibes Festival and a special afternoon of cinema and great music at Castlemaine's Theatre Royal. More info at the shows page.
JULY 2006
Toby will be playing a special solo show next month, as part of the
Melbourne Writers Festival. Check the shows page for more info.
More shows are being planned around the same time - stay tuned.
JUNE 2006
FIREWALL VIDEO
Horse Stories just completed a video for the song Firewall,
off the new record, Everyone's a Photographer.
It was made on the fly in a secret location, using
mobile phone cameras - for that spooky, messed-up look.
At the moment it's only available here - so click here
or the pic and enjoy.
UPDATE: Well the clip was just on our site, but the whole
"mobile phone video" idea seems to have won a few
hearts in cyberspace and it's now popping up on popular US
webzines, like Acid Bird and Little Radio.
Thanks for all the positive feedback and we hope it
keeps on spreading.
ST KILDA FILM FESTIVAL TRAILER
For over 20 years this festival has championed short films with a
top line-up of Australian and international work. They're also
renowned for their great trailers and this year's features an old
home recording of Toby's called The Sea Shore, that the producers
polished-up and used as their theme.
Keep an eye out for the trailer (starring Suitcase Man) on TV and
in the cinema in the next few weeks. Watch the online version here.
You can listen to The Sea Shore on the DISCS page, in the new
"Unreleased" section of the website.
MONKEY BEAR ROBOT
Al MacInnes and Toby Burke's installation "Monkey Bear Robot"
is open to the public at Melbourne's ACMI gallery until June 4th.
So if you're in the area, make sure you go check it out.
Al & Toby collaborated on the concept, which uses Al's animations
and original music by Toby to illustrate the plight of the worker.
It's not as confusing as it sounds - it's actually a lot of fun.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF STORIES
Toby recently had his fiction published for the first time,
by the And Collective, in a book called Personal Empires.
It's available in bookstores all around Australia and contains art
and writing from young Melbourne artisits. Toby contributed
seven short, short stories, each in line with the book's various topics.
You can read a few of the stories on Toby's site - here.
A complete list of retailers is available on the
And Collective's site - here.
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