New Site and New work December 8, 2007

I'm currently working on version 2.0 of the Altered States site. Hopefully the basics will be up by tommorow night but if not then deffinately the end of the week.

Also been working on 2 myspace layouts for San Marcos and Anna Salen(not currently up). I highly reccomend checking out both bands.

More news soon...

News News News December 7, 2007

Again it has been a long while since the last update and again it is due to my laziness, but anyway i will ge into it now.

First thing that comes to mind is Mammal have released their second new A-side "Nagasaki In Flames" which is an absolutely awesome track and can be heard at this link. Cog also have released another fully recorded newie "Sharing Space". This song is just brilliant. Gone are he heavy riffs and political lyrics and in their place are beautiful melodies and heart felt words, definitely one of my favs and can be found here. Another Cog bootleg track has surfaced here, titled "Are You Interested?", not a bad little track either.

As usual our good friend Adam has been pumping out the live bootlegs of all your favorite bands. Some of them include Cog, Mammal, .hinge and Parkway Drive. So show him your love and appreciation and check them all out here.

The full Big Day out line-up has been announce and boy am i glad i got a ticker :) I wasn't to sure after the first announcement and was only really going to see RATM but since then they have brought out the goods. Full line-up can be found at this link.

Karnivool whilst on tour over in the US of A have been leaving us a few doco videos of their travels so we don't miss them too much.

And finally Robkaay has released the first book of the Robkaay Journals which documented his time in the band Full Scale. You can get the first 3 chapters for free by signing up to the mailing list or you can purchase the full PDF file or paperback book here.

Big Update Finally! October 19, 2007

It has been a while since the last update. A lot has hapened since then and well... ive just een to lazy to write anything about it :) but here we go anyway.

For anyone that been living under a rock Rage Against The Machine have been announced for this years Big Day Out line up (click here for full line up) and their sideshows sold out within minutes of going on sale. Consequently about 250 of the 5000 were then on sale on Ebay within another 10 minutes much to the disgust of fans that missed out. Gold Coast, Sydney and Melbourne BDO have also sold out already but there are still limited tickets left that are being handed out through the ballot.

Cog has announced their upcoming single "What If" will be released on the 27th October also accompanied by an east coast tour (click here for dates). The suspected release date for the new album "Sharing Space" is Feb 2nd and the tracklist although not confirmed goes as followed.
1. Over p1
2. Altered States
3. Double Triple
4. What If
5. Guess who?
6. Look Who's Laughing
7. Town Of Lincoln
8. Swamp Weed
9. Sharing Space
10. Art Man Sam
11. And Out p2

The track "What If" is now up on their myspace and the title track "Sharing Space" is on a free cd that comes with this months Blunt magazine. And finaly the video for "What If" can be found here.

In more personal news, I recently got to design a tour poster Mammal which I was totaly stoked about and am currently working on making a site for their street team which will be up very soon. I also came up with the random design of Zeke as the US of A's very own Uncle Sam but giving the finger instead of pointing. That can be viewed here. Also decided that the art page will now have a link on it that leads to my Deviant Art gallery as it is a lot easier to maintain. And last but not least I aqquired a little pamphlet. Its pretty much a bible for political bands written by no other than Ezekiel Ox in his Full Scale days. Interesting read. If anyone wants to check out the scans of it click here to download.

Now I'm sure i've forgotten something but that will do for now.

Deviant Art Account September 19, 2007

Finaly got off my lazy ass and created an account on that great site. Art, photograpy and design can now also be veiwed there. Click here to visit.

More Photos September 8, 2007

Heres a few more pics that i took today of the new bloomage on a nectarine tree. Click here to view.

Cog Tour + Single September 3, 2007

Exerpt taken from the latest mailing list email:

"It's the What If tour, proudly presented by our friends at My Space and it will coincide with the release of our brand new single What If from our forthcoming album Sharing Space. This tour will run for five weeks and we'll be playing up and down the east coast of Australia with a quick stop in Adelaide as well. But for people up north, this will be the first time Cog will be making it to the northern reaches of Queensland to play. So we can't wait to meet all of you from up those parts at the shows."

More info can be found on their new site which is up as a temporary until the new album is released. It can be veiwed here.

Photos Added to Art Page August 27, 2007

Some random pics that I took when I was bored have been uploaded to the Art section of the site. These ones are the few out of the hundred I took that turned out alright. Click here to view.

Mammal Live Album Up on Myspace August 26, 2007

With a week until its release "Vol 1. The Aural Underground" is now up in its entirety for your listening pleasure on Mammals myspace. Recorded Live at The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy, Melbourne.
- Release Date: September 1, 2007
- Recorded and mixed by Forrester Savell
- 10 crushing live tracks.
- 300 crazy mammalians going nuts.

(click for full view)

Also make sure you get down and support the band this coming Friday 8pm at The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy, Melbourne.

Mammal Live Tracks Up On Myspace August 11, 2007

As a little gift Mammal have put up 2 tracks on their myspace from their upcoming EP "Vol 1. The Aural Underground" due to be released September 1. They are also touring to promote this release and can be caught on the following dates.

24 Aug 2007 Sands Tavern, Maroochydore
25 Aug 2007 Waterloo Hotel, Brisbane
26 Aug 2007 Miami Tavern, Gold Coast
31 Aug 2007 The Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne
1 Sep 2007 The Annandale Hotel, Sydney
7 Sep 2007 Jive Bar, Adelaide

Check their website or myspace for more details.

ChaosRadio First Gig August 10, 2007

ChaosRadio will be supporting 'The Exit City' on Saturday, August 18th. They will be on stage at 8:30 so get down there and check them out! For more info on Chaos check out www.mysapce.com/chaosradio

$8 entry
The Arthouse 616 Elizebeth St Melbourne

BoT Minor War Tour Announcement August 9, 2007

The following is taken from a BoT myspace bulletin:

"We are stoked be announce this tour!

Next week we are dropping our 4th single from our debut DAY ONE to radio.
The song: Minor War.

So in October we are hitting the road to celebrate the new single and a great year all round really!

We have been busy busy writing new material in a cool farm house down south here in WA. and will be previewing some of it on the tour. so come on down to check out where we are going to go next!

for all tour info check our myspace out.

ps. also to WA peeps, thanks very much for making two very memorable nights this week with the acoustic shows on sunday and monday both selling out and having all round great vibes...we will have to do it again sometime ;)

cheers! and will see you all very soon!"

BoT 2nd Acoustic Show July 22, 2007

Just a friendly reminder that tickets to the second Birds of Tokyo Acoustic Session @ Fly By Night Club in Fremantle, which has been announced for Monday are on sale now from 78's, Mills, Planet, Star Surf, Beat + www.heatseeker.com.au, however they are being snapped up pretty quick...so don't leave it too late or you may miss out as the first show sold out in about a week...

New Feature Artist: ChaosRadio July 20, 2007

Check out this awesome new up and coming band and get behind them >>>

EZEKIEL OX - "RANT!" July 20, 2007

Full Scale CLMS! Update Soon July 18, 2007

An update on the Colour, Light, Movement, Sound! Doco and Live Full Scale DVD's will be up within the next few weeks. All old info and updates can be found on their myspace here.

Mammal Live Album July 17, 2007

LIVE ALBUM RELEASE SET FOR THE START OF SETEMBER!

Karnivool Covers Gotye July 13, 2007

Last year, Wally De Backer, an independent Australian artist who goes under the name GOTYE released an album called Like Drawing Blood. The members of Karnivool (along with the rest of Australia) completely fell in love with this album. They were shocked to find out that the love flowed both ways and that their Themata album had rekindled Wally's love for heavier music. A tight bond had formed between these seemingly unlikely musical peers, and subsequently Wally approached Karnivool and asked them to submit a song for his 'Mixed Blood' album, a collection of artists hand picked by Wally, doing their interpretations of Gotye songs.

Mixed Blood is due for release on July 15, and is available on Itunes now!

Also 'The Only Way' cover can now be heard at Karnivools Myspace

Archives Available July 11, 2007

The Butterfly Effect, Karnivool and Cog archive links are now active and ready for download, Full Scale should be available soon. If there are any problems with links not working contact me and it will be resolved asap.

Opening Day June 1, 2007

Welcome to Altered States. This is just an idea i came up with a few days ago. At first I planned just to bring all rare bootleg audio/visual and other miscellaneous rarities by such artists as Karnivool, Cog, Full Scale and The Butterfly Effect together in the one spot for simple location and download. From there it has developed into much more. This site is still in its early stages and not all links in the navigation bar will be included in the final version. It will be at least a few more days until the rest of the site is up and running but until then feel free to browse around and check it out.

Also a big thanks to Adam (auslive) as a lot of the bootleg has come from him.