Native Tongue is an independent music publisher, with offices in Australia and New Zealand.
Besides acquiring rights to local writers, we also administer the works of overseas writers and catalogues for Australia and New Zealand.
Established in 2003, Native Tongue has built a respected catalogue of local writers. We set out to provide writers with a publishing company dedicated to assisting with the development of their skills as songwriters and composers throughout their careers.

Although we are a small company, we see this is one of our major advantages. It enables us to be far more proactive than our competitors and react quickly to the needs of our clients, whether they be film and television companies, commercial advertisers or the bands of which our writers are members.

We see our role as getting out there and getting things done, working with the band, the management, the record label and the distributor to make things happen.
Our job is to work with you to help you achieve your goals, as a songwriter and in many cases; an artist. We have a broad network of contacts we can utilise in all areas of the business – record companies, distributors, booking agents, promoters, publicists, radio, etc.

We will work with you, your management and record distributor to maximise sales of your record. You probably have most bases covered but there will always be something we can do to help squeeze those extra sales. It may be that we help a band get on a festival bill, provide advice on obtaining touring grants or come up with that song opportunity in a film that breaks through at the box office – who knows – it's an ephemeral business and its not always easy pinning down where things will come from.

If you are looking to place songs with other artists we have a worldwide network of contacts who work songs on that basis. If you want to co-write we will work with you to develop connections with writers you want to work with. If you want to compose film or television scores we are ideally placed to help you realise these ambitions.
We get out there and do the hard yards wherever it is required.
We have over the years developed publishing relationships internationally and through our music supervision business have come to know those companies who work particularly hard gaining sync licenses and pursuing the ancillary income that is available around the world. We have also established a network of international sub-publishers to administer our works around the world. In each case our sub-publishers are established independents with a long term track record of working within their own territory.

Native Tongue also enjoys strong relationships with all the major US, UK, Canadian and European music supervisors and can submit clients works for use in a wide range of projects around the world.

We are also the only publisher with offices and staff on the ground in Australia and New Zealand enabling us to fully represent your copyrights in the key markets in our home territory.
Native Tongue is closely associated with Mana Music, which is the major music supervisor for feature films, television series, and documentaries in Australia and New Zealand. As a result Native Tongue is in a strong position to place its writer's songs in the wide range of projects.

A similar situation applies in respect to television commercials where once again Mana Music is the major provider of licensing services to the advertising agencies.

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AUSTRALIA

Ph +61 3 9445 0500

PO Box 1570
Collingwood, VIC 3066
Australia

Chris Gough - Managing Director
chris@nativetongue.com.au

Jaime Gough - International Manager
jaime@nativetongue.com.au

Matt Tanner - A&R / Creative Manager
matt@nativetongue.com.au

David Nash - Copyright & Royalties Manager
david@nativetongue.com.au

Kate Mills - Licensing & Admin Assistant
kate@nativetongue.com.au

NEW ZEALAND

Ph +64 9 378 9667

PO Box 8926
Symonds Street, Auckland 1150
New Zealand

Jan Hellriegel - General Manager
jan@nativetongue.co.nz

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Crystal Stilts BIOGRAPHY

Whilst the airwaves have been filled with the onslaught of Brooklyn's psychedelic scene for the past year or so, Crystal Stilts embody a wholly different and darker sphere.

 

Formed in 2003 by lead vocalist Brad Hargett and guitarist JB Townsend, the duo released their debut single Shattered Shine with Sean Mafucci (producer of Gang Gang Dance and Psychic Ills) through their own label Feathery Tongue. They later released a 4-track EP, adopted keyboardist Kyle Forrester, bassist Andy Adler and ex Vivian Girls drummer Frankie Rose. As well as finalizing their line up, the band focused on building the live element. They played a string of dates with The Vaselines as well as one of their main influences, seminal New Zealand first-wave punk band The Clean. All of this hard work would eventually help produce their finely crafted and eagerly anticipated 11-track debut album, ‘Alight of Night'.

 

Musically, their sound has been likened to a variety of different sources. More often than not, New Zealand's Flying Nun label (The Chillis, The Bats) is cited as a big influence especially as the band received the blessing of The Clean's Hamish Kilgour at their very first show. Their aesthetic references also include the artrock of The Velvet Underground, the gothic howl of psychobilly pioneers The Gun Club and of course the garage pop sensibilities of Jesus and The Mary Chain. The list could go on, but Crystal Stilts are much more than a list of musical influences. From the glimmer and shine of Prismatic Room, to the reverb and echo of Crystal Stilts and the jangley strum of Shattered Shine, subtle flourishes accompany each and every track, which all goes towards crafting the atmospheric and moody body of work that is ‘Alight of Night'.

DISCOGRAPHY & CREDITS

  • Alright Of Night (2009, Spunk)
    Alright Of Night (2009, Spunk)
    "Post-punk garage pop foursome from Brooklyn, NYC. One of the few contemporary bands (since The Clean, The Velvet Underground and My Bloody Valentine) who've managed to effectively craft their love of fuzz, distortion, reverb and drones into three-minute pop songs. New Zealand's Flying Nun label (The Chillis, The Bats) is cited as a big influence especially as the band received the blessing of The Clean's Hamish Kilgour at their very first show."
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