WOW in NZ This Week

Sydney garage/electro outfit WOW are performing in Wellington and Auckland this week.

In what is was looking like one of the best of the Orientation celebrations, Wellington will host WOW tomorrow night at Bodega along with The Naked and Famous and Kittentank. You can get your tickets here.

They play Cassette Number Nine on Thursday to help celebrate the launch of Neon Sleep's new site.

Wow have had a huge year-and-a-bit since they began in late 2007! Originally starting as a 2-piece with Matt Cribb and Bree Carter, they have recently expanded to include Matt Blance (DJ Drugmoney) on Drums, and Stephen J Mitchell (Emergency! Emergency!) on Synth & Electronics.

On the live front, WOW went on to play with a multitude of local and international bands including Crystal Castles, Ladytron, Lady GaGa, Holy Fuck, El Guincho, Telepathe, Van She and Grafton Primary. They also made appearances at the Big Day Out, Parklife, Field Day and Playground Weekender festivals in Sydney, as well as a headline slot at The Hanoi International Music Festival in Vietnam in early 2008. WOWs live shows have become rather notorious - the band have been kicked off stage twice already. Their on-stage recipe for a good time usually always includes strobe lights, lots of alcohol, 90s trance covers n a whole bunch of party accessories.

On the recorded front, WOW released the Common Species 7" in early 2008 on New York via Hong Kong label Metal Postcard after just one live show. They followed this up with the My Holiday In Space EP on Sydneys Levity label in August 2008, which was produced by Scott Horscroft (The Presets). The Bumblebeez reworking of WOWs Icy Cold has been a staple on Sydney radio this summer, and WOW themselves have just completed remixes of songs by Ladytron and Tennis.