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"Twas BRILLIG
and the slithy toves
did gyre and gimble
in the wabe..."

- Lewis Carroll


'Jabberwocky'
(in Through The Looking Glass)


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NEW VIDEO CLIP >>
(December 2011)
"The Hearse Song" is now on YouTube! Take a journey back to the old west with Brillig and a cast of cowboys, burlesque gals, a bandit, sheriff, innocent youths, a drunk gypsy and more! Produced by Subconscious Studios, "The Hearse Song" was part of the Adelaide 'Clip It!' project, and is now spreading its spookiness across the web...

 

coming soon in 2012:
*
details in our latest newsletter >>

* 28 January @ Wheatsheaf Hotel, supporting Zeptepi (VIC)

* 2 February @ Higher Ground, SCALA Showcase

* 26 February @ Semaphore Worker's Club:
Semaphore Songs Project CD Launch

* 18 March @ Whitmore Square Arts Fair

 

(recent gigs)


PREVIEW PICS from NEW
VIDEO CLIP on latest mailout! >>



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4 December 2011

VIDEO CLIP LAUNCH
* Launch of Brillig's latest clip for
"THE HEARSE SONG"

* @ Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide
with Brillig live, Self Preservation Society live & 'Death Disco' after party with Brillig DJs feat. Denni Meredith, plus speeches by the filmmakers, an Exhibition: Decadence & Decay, Photography of Tailem Town (the film shoot location) by Jackie Badseed

* FREE Entry; 6pm for 6:30 start
* Facebook Event >>

 

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flickr Award Winning Clip>>
(November 2011)
A *HUGE* CONGRATULATIONS to Nima Nabili Rad, whose work on Brillig's clip "The Old Captain" just won him a Silver 'Best Cinematography' Award in WA & SA from the Australian Cinematographers Society!!!

 

flickr New Photos! >>
(September 2011)
Matt from Brillig
is helping to work the promotional circuit for the Semaphore Music Fest, plus behind the scenes pics at our Eric Bogle gig!

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Brillig + Semaphore Songs Project >>
(August 2011)
Brillig
is honoured to be part of this special songwriting project at the Semaphore Music Fest, and have penned 'Port Misery' for the occasion.

New Track Debuts at #1 >>
(April 2011)
Brillig's new digital single "The Hearse Song" spent 6 weeks in the Three D Radio charts,debuting at #1.

Brillig Signs Publishing Deal >> (April 2011) The new deal sees SA's own JL Music Publishing represent Brillig's latest LP and back catalogue for licensing and syncronisation worldwide.

 

21 - 23 October 2011

Fleurieu Folk Festival
 
* at Willunga SA Showgrounds
* official site>>
BRILLIG PLAYING TIMES >>

 

28 - 31 October 2011

Maldon Folk Festival
 
* Tarrangower Reserve near Maldon VIC
* official site >>
BRILLIG PLAYING TIMES>>

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Brillig Played on Triple J >>
(January 2011) Brillig's track 'Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder' scored a spot on Roots N All, introduced as "the best song title I've heard in a long time". The track is a drinking song from LP 'The Red Coats'.

National TV Screens New Film Clip >> (January 2011) ABC TV's RAGE music video program screened Brillig's new video clip "The Old Captain" on 21 January. Launched in December, the clip has been racking up the plays on YouTube & Vimeo.

The Red Coats #9 for 2010 >>
(January 2011)
Three D Radio (93.7FM) counted down the Top 100+1 most played new releases for the year, on Australia Day (26 January). Brillig's album 'The Red Coats' made it into the top ten, landing at #9.

New Live Review >> (January 2011) Faster Louder reviewed Brillig's show in ACT during their recent East coast tour.

"
...it is Brillig’s own unique and unaffected sound that has garnered them so many fans around the world. It was that inimitable style that kept The Front spellbound last Tuesday night."

 

 

What The Press Are Saying

"Brillig is Brilliant. 5 out of 5..."
USA
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"A thrilling, decorative period piece. 5 out of 5" USA >>

"A band bold enough to offer audiences something different. Brillig are story-tellers from another time who successfully channel wonderful elements of colonial era folk music for 21st Century audiences." Australia>>

"a total work of art." Germany>>

a masterpiece that you can not readily pass up...we hear musical pearls full of fragility and grace" Germany>>

"A mixture of innovation and folk traditionalism ... often radical and always enchanting." UK >>

"completely captivating, full of magic. Imperiously recommended." Spain >>


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*NEW* Video:


"The Hearse Song" 14 Dec 2011
Watch on YouTube >>

Award Winning Video:


"The Old Captain" 2010
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2011 Single
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