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A treat for old-school Angie fans, Popboomerang Records has released Electric & Eclectic Rarities: Volume 1 to Bandcamp, including a rare live version of Four Hours Sleep’s “Stick to My Fingers” featuring the vocal talents of Stephen Cummings and Angie Hart.

“Stick to My Fingers” comes from the first Four Hours Sleep record, More of Her, released back in 1996 in a limited pressing of only 600 copies. The song is quite possibly the prettiest duet Angie has every recorded.

Four Hours Sleep is something of a Melbourne supergroup centered on Bill McDonald, who played with Frente durin the Shape era, having also been a part of Rebecca’s Empire and Ultrasound. Other Four Hours Sleep contributors include David McComb, Paul Kelly, Charles Jenkins, Ollie Olsen, and Scotland’s Edwyn Collins.

Get the entire Electric & Eclectic Rarities: Volume 1 on Bandcamp, or just go for the single track, Stick to My Fingers.

And while we’re on the matter of shopping Popboomerang’s Bandcamp catalog, here are some other Angie-related points of interest:

Four Hours Sleep: Love Specifics
Including “I Know I Shouldn’t (But I Can’t Help Myself)”, “Goodbye Song” and “Gentle Falling Rain” featuring Angie Hart.

The Sunshine Ponies: Mixtapes & Soundtracks
Including “A Beautiful Mess” featuring Angie Hart and Four Hours Sleep

Frente: Try to Think Less
The 2005 Frente EP!

Splendid: States of Awake
Splendid’s final record, a splendid EP of splendid Splendid songs.

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I’ve you’ve been lamenting the poor availability of Angie Hart records in the United States, your tears of sorrow are about to become tears of joy! Angie’s solo records are now available on Bandcamp in the U.S. Currently available are the Grounded Bird and Eat My Shadow albums, as well as the Loving Hating It remix EP. Albums are download only at the moment, though Angie’s camp promises physical albums will eventually be available, including a double-disc U.S. tour edition of Eat My Shadow.

And just when is that U.S. tour going to be, you ask? Well, we’re not telling yet. But the lambs and the lions will be whispering or roaring the news respectively when they arrive.

In the meantime, get to downloading those albums using the Online Store link in the menu, and start boning up on your Angie tunes!

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For the first time, YOU get a say in 4 ARIA Award categories, presented by V Energy.

Angie is up for Most Popular Australian Artist. Please help her win by casting your vote now! You can also forward this message to friends …

Voting links here:

http://www.ariaawards.com.au/venergypopularvote.php

http://www.facebook.com/aria.official

http://www.facebook.com/venergyoz

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Angie Hart has been nominated for Best Adult Contemporary album at this year’s ARIA Awards.

She last won 2 ARIA awards (Breakthrough Single, Breakthrough Album) in 1993 as a part of Frente, making this her first nomination as a solo artist.

See here for a full list of ARIA nominees.

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Released today, Angie Hart’s new ‘Loving It, Hating It’ remix EP is now available on the Australian iTunes store. The EP is $4.99, includes the original mix of ‘Loving It, Hating It’ and remixes by Seja, Crayon Fields and Adrian Deutsch.

Don’t forget to catch Angie live on the Loving Hating It Tour, kicking off next week – and pick up 3 free tracks when you advance purchase tickets!

Buy the EP, and see the previous post for tour dates.

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At long last, Popboomerang Records has released The Sunshine Ponies’ record Mixtapes & Soundtracks. The record is a labour of love for Popboomerang main-man Scott Thurling, The Sunshine Ponies being a gathering of Scott’s musician friends who wrote and performed the music to poems and lyrics supplied by Scott and his partner, Sarah.

Mixtapes & Soundtracks was released just a short few weeks ago and features 22 songs , including “A Beautiful Mess” featuring Angie Hart and Bill McDonald. Bill and Angie performed together during Shape-era Frente, and more recently have joined forces on Bill’s Four Hours Sleep records.

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Frente! is coming around again. What will the future hold? Be the first to get the news when it hits. Join the mailing list, get a free Frente! track, and be sure to follow the band on Twitter and Facebook as well. Surely, good things are afoot.

Friends of Angie Hart – why not become a friend of Frente!

http://www.facebook.com/frentemusic

http://www.twitter.com/frentemusic

Click on the ‘download’ button to your right to get a free Frente track!

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Popboomerang is now accepting pre-orders for the upcoming “indie supergroup” album by the Sunshine Ponies, featuring Angie Hart and Four Hours Sleep on the song A Beautiful Mess.

Titled Mixtapes & Soundtracks, the album is a musical poems project happening which came about when a pair of accidental poets wrote a bunch of poems and were brave or cheeky enough show them to their fave musical artists who jumped at the chance to put melodies to the words.

You can sample some of the songs at www.myspace.com/thesunshineponies.

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I’m a little late reporting, but I’ve been away on vacation. Luckily, Kristine Balfour and Angie’s manager, Will Larnach-Jones have been on the ball posting info to the mailing list.

Angie’s new video clip for ‘Simple’, the second single from Eat My Shadow can now be viewed on Mess and Noise; watch the video for Simple.

There is also a new Frente Facebook page, with lots of Frente news promised for 2010. Friend Frente now to make certain you will be in the loop.

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Subscribe to the new Angie Hart mailing list to get the latest Angie news and announcements, and download Angie’s new hit single, “I’m Afraid of Fridays”, for free.