New Signings & Team-Ups: Mushroom gets Faith No More LP; Musos team for Fossil Fuel Reduction Group; Jodie Regan managing Fascinator

Mushroom Group to get Faith No More album

Mushroom Group will release Faith No More’s first album in 18 years next year in A/NZ. This is courtesy the US band’s label Ipecac Recordings’ new marketing, sales and distribution world deal (excluding North America) with Europe’s PIAS Artist & Label Services. The album, titled Album Of the Year, is released on Ipecac through the band’s Reclamation Recordings. Ipecac was formed in April 1989 by FNM singer Mike Patton and former Alternative Tentacles label manager and one time Duh singer Greg Werckman.

Jodie Regan managing Fascinator

Award winning Perth manager Jodie Regan, whose clients include Tame Impala, Felicity Groom, The Silents and Pond, added Fascinator to her Spinning Top firm. Fascinator is the psychedelic project of Children Collide’s Johnny Mackay. After a year in New York, he dropped the track Showin.

Selena Gomez at Interscope

Selena Gomez announced on Instagram that she is signed with Interscope Records. She recently departed Disney’s Hollywood Records.

New team for Eves The Behaviour

Brisbane 22-year-old singer, songwriter and producer Eves is now Eves The Behaviour. “Most of my lyrics are behavioural studies,” she explains. With new music set for release in 2015, Hannah Karydas signed a record deal with Dew Process, booking with Village Sounds and publishing with Alberts. The act suffers from synesthesia, which for her triggers and becomes colours in her mind. This, she says, allows her to paint her music. “In my head my single Zen is very orange/dirty gold-flecked with a dark maroon.”

Aussie management, US booker, for Caligula’s Horse

Brisbane’s alt-prog band Caligula’s Horse extend their relationship with Melbourne-based Wild Thing Presents, who book their gigs, by making them their managers. The band also signed with New York’s The Agency Group for North American bookings. Their new agent Josh Kline also looks after Bring Me The Horizon, Trivium and Protest The Hero. Kline said, “I’m truly excited to be working with the guys and can’t wait to help bring their brilliant riffage Stateside!” The band meanwhile tours the East Coast through January.

123 Agency at the table with Food Court

Sydney garage fuzz band Food Court signed their bookings to Melbourne’s 123 Agency. Agent Harry Moore revealed, “I caught their show recently and it was simply one of best live shows I have been to in a long time”. New single On The River has play on triple j and Sydney community radio. Their EP Big Weak was cut with producer Owen Penglis and mastered by Mikey Young.

Soul Benefits enter Big Village

Western Sydney hip hop trio Soul Benefits inked with Big Village Records who release their debut album in early 2015. MC Storme, Young Supreme and MC / producer / DJ The 26th Letter formed in 2010 mixing 90s boom bap, classic funk/ soul, and current hip hop and electronica with their NZ heritage. Their brand build also includes clothing. Soul Benefits are added to Village Records’ X’mas bash at Newtown Social Club on December 20.

Musos come together for Fossil Fuel Reduction Group

Green Music Australia is calling on musicians to support its Amplify Divestment campaign. It wants the community, to “put their banks on notice.” By which they make good their threat to pull their money from banks and superannuation funds, which financially support new coal export projects in Queensland. Ash Grunwald, Rob Hirst, Missy Higgins and Mama Kin have signed on.

Green Music Australia is targeting musicians as “Musicians have more power than most people in taking this step. You won’t just influence your bank – you can influence your fans to join this rapidly growing campaign, and you can influence the whole public debate about coal and help take away its social licence to operate. Once you commit to this process, we’ll be asking you to talk about it – to other musicians, to your fans, to your manager or agent – to anyone who’ll listen!” More info at http://amplifydivestment.org/.