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SILVER BASICS PERFORMANCE
July 22, 2012
On 22 of July 2012 Wally De Backer with Tim Heath took part in a performance in Empress Hotel in Melbourne. The event was the celebration "25 years of live music" and Tim and Wally were djing and singing some songs. Kris was still in Kenya, working for the Red Cross at the time!
AWARD FOR EASY WAY OUT CREATORS
July 24, 2012
Melbourne based animators "Oh Yeah Wow" have come out on top in the AEAF (Australian Experimental Art Foundation) Awards, scooping the Best Music Video prize, for their amazing video clip accompaniment to Gotye's "Easy Way Out".
Massive congrats to Darcy Prendergast & co!
FAUX PAS ALBUM RELEASE
August 15, 2012
Tim Shiel has announced that the new Faux Pas album entitled REMIXES will be released in 2 weeks' time, and will be available to download via Bandcamp. The album features 10 tracks, including a remix of a certain Gotye track!
For a sneak preview head on over to the Faux Pas Blog.
LEARNALILPOSTALOT
At last, after a bit of thought and planning we are pleased to announce the creation of our new Facebook page Learnalilpostalot. Our fellow fan groups, The Sloths and The Wallnuts have helped us put together a place where everyone can share their own experiences of Gotye shows they have been to, with each other, and an insight for those unfortunate not to be going along to a show this time.
It has also been agreed that this would be an ideal place to showcase fan art, something that appears to be growing in popularity amongst Wally fans.
MORE ARIA HONOURS!
August 10, 2012
Wally bagged more honours at the Aria #1 Chart Awards.
Find the full story and photos here!
SOMEBODIES THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW!
August 12, 2012
Just when you thought you'd seen (and heard) it all!
On the eve of his departure on his 4 month World Tour, Wally has created an "orchestral" mash up of "Somebody That I Used To Know" YouTube parodies.
July 2012
August 2012
September 2012
WALLY GETS WIRED
October 25, 2012
Wally appeared in London this week, at the Wired 2012 conference to discuss the effect the Internet played with the "success" of STIUTK.
2013 LIVE DATES ANNOUNCED
October 16, 2012
Gotye HQ have announced that Wally & co will be heading back to Japan in January 2013 to play more live shows.
They will be headlining shows in Tokyo & Osaka, and HQ have promised ticket details soon!
NEW VIDEO CLIPS RELEASED
October 9 - 19, 2012
A whole bunch of new videos have been released by Wally in time for his upcoming world tour. Some wonderfully animated clips created by some fantastically talented artists will become the backdrop to Wally's live shows.
"Save Me", the song Wally wrote in tribute to his lovely girlfriend Tash released on August 8), as well as "Dig Your Own Hole", and "Seven Hours With a Backseat Driver" are among the tracks to receive a visual accompaniment.
Check out our Videography page to find links to all the official Gotye videos.
JOELLEN'S DREAM DATE!
October 8, 2012
At last, the first original Gotyette has made it to a show this tour.
Joellen was lucky enough to pop backstage with Wally. She told him the
other Gotyettes were waiting patiently for photos, he was more than
happy to oblige.
Joellen had the honour of being the first Gotyette to meet Wally, she did
us proud!
MORE ARIA NODS!
October 3, 2012
At the ARIA Fine Arts and Artisan Awards, Wally and his Dad, Frank, have won in the "Best Cover Art" category, for the Making Mirrors artwork inspired by an original piece by Frank.
François Tétaz has won the "Engineer of the Year" award for his work on Making Mirrors.
Also, in the same ceremony, Wally has been nominated for another hoard of awards at November's ARIAs.
October 2012
GOTYE: A ONE-HIT WONDER?
November 21, 2012
Gotye expresses what he feels when journos ask him if he’ll mind being one-hit wonder with this video, and this doesn’t go unnoticed by the press!
WALLY CLEANS UP AT THE 2012 ARIA AWARDS
November 29, 2012
Wally was a big winner at this year's ARIA Awards, taking home the top prize in each of the 4 categories he was nominated in.
As well as bagging Album Of The Year, and Best Pop Release for Making Mirrors, Wally also took the Best Male trophy and Best Australian Live Act.
Congratulations to Wally, the band and all of the crew, who have made the live shows such a marvelous spectacle!
Visit the ARIA website for photos and info.
FRACTURED HEART ARRIVES IN CANBERRA
November 20, 2012
After being presented as the backdrop to his live performance
of "Somebody That I Used to Know" ft. Kimbra at the 2011 ARIA
Awards, Illuminart’s Fractured Heart arrives at the National Film
and Sound Archive (NFSA) in Canberra, where visitors will be able
to interact with this sound and light sculpture.
A 1000 THANK YOUS!
The Unthinkable!
From our humble beginnings on Twitter earlier this year, we have now passed the 1000th follower milestone.
A sincere and heartfelt thanks to everyone who has supported us along the way. We hope we continue to educate & amuse ;P
BASIC INGREDIENTS!
November 9, 2012
After The Basics' launch party at the Northcote Social Club with Wally appearing on Skype, Ingredients, a compilation of the very best of The Basics has been released.
You can get a copy both here and on iTunes.
GOTYEMBER!
Gotyember!
Yes it's finally here, Gotyember is upon us! Mar, saw Wally in concert in Paris. After the show she popped backstage and met Wally, Tim and Tom.
Mar, Cynth and Em will be meeting up for the first time at the Amsterdam show, & then flying to the UK for the London show on the 12th.
Jacqui will be catching up with Wally in Melbourne before Christmas.
For photos of our times at the shows and meeting Wally and co, check out our Photo Albums. And why not hop on over to the Learnalilpostalot page on Facebook where fellow fans and ourselves share our experiences together?
November 2012
WALKING THE THIN GREEN LINE
The Thin Green Line Foundation are busy raising funds and awareness for their cause. Wally is an ambassador for the charity, which supports Park Rangers and their families, in Australia and overseas.
Wally and his girlfriend singer/songwriter Tash Parker went along to the launch party for the compilation CD entitled Green Line Grooves, which features tracks kindly donated by a number of artists including Wally and Tash.
The artist Emma Hack (who painted Wally in the Somebody That I Used To Know video) has produced a piece of artwork of Wally which is to be raffled off in 2013.
A wonderfully talented artist and friend of ours, Sonia Beauchamp has also donated a piece of Gotye inspired artwork for the raffle, and she has been kind enough to write a piece for our blog.
Our very own Jacqui met up with Sean Willmore, the man behind the The Thin Green Line at the Melbourne Gotye show this month, having previously being in contact with Sean and doing our best to help promote the work that he and his charity do.
If you would like to purchase a copy of the CD, raffle ticket or find out more and how you can support the cause, visit the website.
FINGERS CROSSED AFTER GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
December 6, 2012
Wally has received no less than 3 nominations in the 2013 Grammy Awards. As well as "Somebody That I Used To Know" making the shortlist for the prestigious Record Of The Year Award, his duet on the same track with Kimbra has earned a nomination in the category for Best Pop Duo/Group.
Making Mirrors has been nominated for Best Alternative Music Album. The award ceremony takes place on February 10th, in LA.
For more info, head on over to the Grammy Awards website.
December 2012
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