1. Abstraktions

    hellosQuare recordings returns to the Street Theatre in 2012 to take over the foyer and bar with a four show reprise of their successful series from a few years back - ABSTRAKTIONS.

    Saturday 9th June sees Sydney’s indie-rock wunderkinds Charge Group and ex-Snowman front-man Joe McKee head on through Canberra to promote their new albums - self titled and Burning Boy - while on a month long national tour. Also on the night sees local favourites Hoodlum Shouts return on the back of their much acclaimed debut album Young Man Old Man.

  2. Cue Funktion

    Cue Funktion - a hellosQuare exhibition & residency. 

    An unique opportunity to curate an exhibition featuring works by some of our favourite artists and create a pop-up venue for live music, hellosQuare recordings presents CUE FUNKTION - a melting pot of multifaceted art-forms that inhabit the same creative landscape, one born out of a DIY spirit and unique interpretation. Taking place at Canberra Contemporary Arts Space, Manuka between Thursday 10th and Sunday 20th May, CUE FUNKTION features new works by Luke Penders, Elena Papanikolakis, Dylan Martorell, Helani Laisk, Robbie Karmel and Kate Ahmad while each Friday and Saturday evening from 8:30pm, CUE FUNKTION hosts spartak in residency with different guests in tow each night.

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    Visual Works
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    Luke Penders
    Elena Papanikolakis
    Dylan Martorell
    Helani Laisk
    Robbie Karmel
    Kate Ahmad

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    Musical Performances
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    Spartak and guests 
    every Friday and Saturday 
    evening from 8:30pm

    Fri. 11th w. Ollie Brown (Icarus)

    Sat. 12th w. Shopgirl

    Fri. 18th w. Deafcat

    Sat. 19th w. Merewomen

    $5 entry

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    Exhibition hours
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    Opening Night
    Thurs. 10th may 

    6pm to 8pm
    exhibition hours

    Fri. – Sun. 
    11am to 5pm

  3. Hoodlum Shouts Go On Tour, New Album Out Today

     

    Hoodlum Shouts debut album is in stores today. To celebrate they are hitting the road for an East Coast run.

    Here are some nice things people have been saying and an interview with Bombshellzine:

    “Australian alt-country rock group deliver a brooding, impressive debut.” Rave Magazine

    “Aussie bands, the bar has been set, so far this has to be the best local release to hit my ears this year.” Bombshellzine

    Bomshellzine Interview

    Head over here to purchase the CD.

  4. Sliver Spine Arkestra are also supporting Dead Meadow at their Canberra Show! April 4th, ANU Bar. Psych Jams.

    Sliver Spine Arkestra are also supporting Dead Meadow at their Canberra Show!

    April 4th, ANU Bar. Psych Jams.

  5. Cold House + Silver Spine Arkestra

    hellosQuare alumni Silver Spine Arkestra are playing at Smiths this Friday.
    Poster via Morgan McKellar  

  6. Pollen Trio Live-to-Air Set & Interview

    “In January 2012, Canberra’s Pollen Trio were in Sydney for the Now Now annual festival of ‘exploratory music’ – a genuine feast for lovers of experimental, spontaneous and downright surprising music. The trio uncomfortably fit the genre of ‘avant jazz’, instead taking in a broad range of influences – most directly from their ‘day jobs’ as members of well-known Canberra bands, Spartak and Kasha. With a love of Flying Lotus and Autechre, blended with a reverence for non-trad jazz masters such as Morton Feldman and Ornette Coleman, there’s a lot to listen out for in this podcast, when the trio (masquerading as a duo) played a live-to-sir set on New Weird Australia, on Thursday January 19th 2012.”

    http://newweirdaustralia.com/2012/01/nwa-podcast-19-pollen-trio-live-to-air-set-interview/

    Slow Roll is out now and available through our bandcamp.

  7. savages @ NFSA, Canberra

    savages - Shoeb Ahmad and Evan Dorrian - have been invited by Canberra pianist Luke Sweeting to collaborate with him on a live improvised soundtrack to the 1926 film The Flight Of The Norge Over The White Pole at the National Film And Sound Archive in Canberra on Friday 9th June at 7pm.

    Come along and witness this amazing film, here in Canberra courtesy of Nasjonalbibilioteket/the Norwegian National Library, and enjoy the icy experimentalism of these fine young Canberra musicians.

  8. New Event: Infinite Decimals 120412

    New Event: Infinite Decimals 120412

  9. Mornings 230212

    Mornings 230212

  10. Hoodlum Shouts Website

    The Hoodlums have a (new?) website. Pre-order the album and buy a shirt.

  11. Hoodlum Shouts - Young Man Old Man

    We are proud to announce that the debut Hoodlum Shouts album is available for pre-order at our Bandcamp!

    Young Man Old Man is hands down one of the best releases of the year (I know it’s only February, but that’s how good it is!) and we are pumped for it’s release. You can also pre-order it with the Germs Guns Steel 7” single. It is also available as a 12” record via Poison City Records.

    Take a listen to one of the title tracks:

  12. New Website

    hellosQuare has been given a much needed make over courtesy of resident HSQ designer Adam Bragg. The new site is based on the Vignelli Tumblr theme and has a simpler layout and also increased social interaction capabilities. Hopefully we will be able to keep this one updated!