"Kylie <3"

Tuesday April 17 2012

La la la, la la la la la....

 

Come along to tomorrow's Botanical Banquet. 50 limited editions of Cover EPs for sale, available only at this event.

"Botanical Banquet"

Tuesday April 11 2012

Caitlin Shearer, Rainbow Chan and The Wall would like to invite you to...

BOTANICAL BANQUET: A Feast for the Senses!
Featuring artworks, and textile and garment design from Caitlin Shearer and a live, one-off love song covers set from me!

There will also be floral installations from Jardine Hansen, food and markets stalls, a temporary tattoo booth with designs by Caitlin, DJs, dancing, exclusive prints and EPs for sale, and more! These handmade EPs will be limited editions of my cover set, including my rendition of "Love fool" by The Cardigans.

BOTANICAL BANQUET will be a unique collaborative experience between the artists, and an insight into their own little world.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 18
FROM 7PM
THE WORLD BAR
KINGS CROSS

Caitlin Shearer is a freelance illustrator and textile designer working out of a bedroom studio in Sydney, Australia. Obsessions include: Drawing pictures, watercolour paints, Winona Ryder, Twin Peaks, pressed flowers, Ferragamo shoes, black dresses, lipstick, The wizard of Oz, Brocade, swans, the golden age of hollywood and biographies about decadent/intelligent/creative/crazy females.

I will be singing in a custom-made dress by Caitlin and rockin' her temporary tats like there's no tomorrow. Come along!

RC x

 

"The Long March"

Tuesday March 13 2012

Please check out the list of shows I am playing in March! Apart from playing with some great local talents, I'll be supporting one of my favourite Australian acts, Holly Throsby, as well as heading to Adelaide for a show!

On Friday March 30, I'll be playing a very special show with Sydney's classically trained alt-pop musician Jack Colwell. Our songs have been arranged for chamber orchestra by Hayden Woolf and Miles Horler. I cannot even stress what an amazing opportunity this is! It's a fundraiser for Sydney Conservatorium High so you'll be in for a treat while supporting music education. Find out more here.

Also, if you haven't downloaded the free Northern Lights EP from FBi radio, you should do so! On top of playing a few shows in Reykjavik, Oliver Tank and I collaborated with Icelandic artists, Just Another Snake Cult and Petur Ben. The EP includes 2 originals, remixes and a bonus track from Oliver.

It won't be long til you hear a new single from me! A lot of exciting news soon. Tangible, tactile forms of music. Coming. Soon.

RC

"Sugary Snaps"

Friday January 27 2012

Thank you to all those who came along to the "Sweet Tooth" Tour! Here are some pictures from the Sydney launch with Sui Zhen and Moon Holiday.

Here's Becky (Sui Zhen) doing her thang.

Click here for more photos.

Photography by Nicholas Shearer. Floral print leggings courtesy of Up Tights.

 

"Lovefool"

Thursday January 5 2012

 

Skip along to the "Sweet Tooth" tour in January to catch this cover live!

x

"Double Happiness"

Sunday January 1 2012

Although in Chinese culture "Double Happiness" usually refers to eternal happiness when couples marry, this marriage and happiness is of a different kind... I'm doing a small tour to launch "Sweet Tooth", as a coheadline with my good friend, the amazing Sui Zhen! A marriage of block fringes and enjoyment of cheap Asian food in the form of some lovely music and an acapella duet or two!

This beautiful stop-motion animation is Sui's single "Little Frog". Yes, she made the video too! There's enough colour and imagination here to charm your pants off.

 

I'll be joined by some special guests along the way. Check out the dates for the shows below. Poster by Nicholas Shearer.

Happy New Year everyone!

Rainbow x

"Deer Frankie,"

Sunday December 25 2011

Merry Christmas! I'm featured in issue 45 of Frankie Magazine. Click click to read more.

 

"Sweet Tooth"

Tuesday December 20 2011

My first single "Sweet Tooth" is now available for free download via bandcamp. This is a little taste of what my album will sound like - a bit of glitch here, some gameboy sounds there, strange harmonies rubbing against each other, sparkly textures and field-recordings.

Thank you to Sam Weston from Albatross for lending his mixing and mastering skills. Do yourself a favour and download their delicious single "Murder" from Yourstru.ly.

The beautiful cover art is by the talented illustrator/ cat-lover Cailtin Shearer. Although she was swamped in commissioned Xmas portraits and other cover art, she still managed to whip this up in a day! Waaa!

 

But "Sweet Tooth" wouldn't be complete without a video clip, of course! So we decided to film 16L of icecream, sprinkles and assorted candies melting all over my body. I've never had so much fun and discomfort simultaneously in my life. Thank you Puppet Spider for your imaginative and perverted minds.

 

Lastly, thanks Astral People for your support. So chuffed to be a part of the fam.

x

"I scream for Ice(cream)land!"

Friday November 11 2011

FBi's Northern Lights Competition has been extremely rewarding and inspiring so thank you to everyone involved and all those back at home who followed our adventures overseas! This is, by far, one of the most generous competitions offered by any radio stations that I know of. Not only was it culturally enriching, but it has been an extremely exciting kick-start for my music!

In the beginning of the year when I was doing my uni Honours research on Icelandic music, I was daydreaming about watching the Iceland Airwaves festival. Never did I imagine that 9 months later, I would be playing there!!!

Every part of this experience has been so much fun. I found culinary delights and extraordinary landscapes, befriended Björk's personal harp-maker, loved the fluttering r's in Icelandic conversations, collaborated with DIY Icelandic musicians and became pretty jealous of Oliver Tank's groupie-victories (just because I don't have a luscious mane and beard…). Other highlights were playing my first overseas shows, trying the Icelandic "delicacy" rotten shark, photographing many interesting things like embroidered curtains, porcelain statues and pot plants on everyone's window sills, casually having lunch next to other musicians like YATCH, SBTRKT and Tuneyards in our favourite cafe, buying mini hand-made mittens for my future children, and becoming great friends with Tank and the folks at FBi!

I guess in the bitter and chilling weather of Iceland (I can't even describe how fierce the wind was), music becomes a source of comfort. Well Reykjavik, in the days I have known you and your music, you've definitely provided me with just that. Inspiration, warmth and wonderful bubblegum colours that line the streets and buildings. Your fresh air, glaciers, harbour and mountains are impressive, yet your modern and hip 'tude is refreshing! I will definitely be coming back - in my frog beanie and all! Takk takk, Iceland! Our collaborations and remixes will be released soon on FBi's website so keep your eyes peeled!

So what's next on the horizons closer to home? I'm very proud to announce that i've recently joined the family at Astral People. Their roster includes many musicians that I respect and admire... Jonti, Collarbones, Albatross , and Wintercoats just to name a few. I look forward to making some magical stuff happen with them!

I'm working on my debut album, planned for release next year. You'll hear a single from me by the end of this year and a video clip with copious amounts of ice-cream. A few remixes up my sleeves. A sound track/ film score.

And just to mix things up a bit, you might see me in a magazine interview/ photoshoot soon, perhaps at a music festival, and maybe even in a feature film or two!

Until then, I'll just be here, happily eating my Maggie Beer burnt fig and caramel ice-cream. And making music in my bedroom.

Rainbow x