inthemix | Features | Muscles [Audio]: Dance music's over achiever

STREAMING AUDIO INTERVIEW

After having had such a ridiculously massive year in 2007, some would say there’s not all that much left for Muscles to achieve. He signed to one of the coolest indie labels in the scene (Modular), toured the US with Soulwax after meeting them at the V Festival in Australia, played the Wireless Festival in the UK, released his debut LP and went on the road with Parklife… then to cap it all off was picked as one of the support acts for Daft Punk’s on their enormous NeverEverLand tour.

So, he’d have no more boxes left to tick on his to-do list, right? Bugger that; instead of taking the first few months of 2008 off for much needed R&R, Muscles chose to spend the time working on new material, as well as playing the Good Vibrations Festival in Sydney and supporting the Chemical Brothers on their recent tour. This month he’s also heading off on his biggest headline tour of Australia yet, playing 15 shows around the country to support the release of his latest single, ‘The Lake’.

ITM recently caught up with him to find out how he felt coming off the back of such a big year in 2007, how his new material is shaping up, and when we can expect to see album number two in stores.

Don’t miss Muscles on ‘The Lake Tour’ throughout March and April:

Fri 14th March – The Prince of Wales, Melbourne
Sat 15th March – The Toff In Town, Melbourne – “Muscles Acoustic”
Sun 16th March – Barwon Heads Hotel, Geelong
Wed 19th March – The Republic Bar, Hobart
Thur 20th March – Fowlers, Adelaide
Sat 22nd March – The Capitol, Perth
Sun 23rd March – The Newport, Fremantle
Fri 28th March – Academy, Canberra
Sun 30th March – The Metro, Sydney
Thur 3rd April – Sydney Uni Manning Bar, Sydney
Fri 4th April – Wollongong Uni Bar, Wollongong
Wed 9th April – The Tivoli, Brisbane
Fri 11th April – The Great Northern, Byron Bay
Sat 12th April – Panthers, Port Macquarie
Sun 13th April – The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle

Check out this interview ITM conducted with Muscles late last year before he went on the road with Daft Punk: