ABOUT
Jo Wilson spent 5 years in music retail and a further 8 years in the publicity and promotions departments at Mushroom Records and Warner Music. In 1994 Jo started Mad Dog Publicity, a freelance publicity company specialising in national music events and artist and album campaigns.
Some of the Events and Artists Mad Dog Publicity has worked with …
ALBUMS & TOURS:
A.B. Original – the ground breaking debut album ‘Reclaim Australia’
Architecture in Helsinki - including ‘Moment Bends’ + multiple tours
Briggs - ‘Sheplife” + tour
Cut Copy - including ‘In Ghost Colours’ and the Aria Award winning ‘Zonoscope’ + multiple tours
Fraser A Gorman - ‘Slow Gum’ + tour
Hilltop Hoods - including the multi-platinum #1 Aria Award winning albums ‘State Of The Art’ + ‘Drinking from the Sun’ + ‘Walking Under Stars’ + ‘Walking Under Stars Restrung’ + multiple tours
Jack Johnson – including the platinum selling ‘Brushfire Fairytales’ + ‘On and On’ + ‘In between Dreams’ + all Australian tours
Tame Impala – including ‘Sundown Syndrome’ + ‘Innerspeaker” + ‘Lonerism’ + multiple tours
Tim Rogers - including ‘Dirty Ron/Ghost Songs’ + ’An Actor Repairs’ + multiple tours
The Avalanches – the seminal 4 x Aria Award winning ‘Since I Left You’ + multiple tours
The Living End - the 4 x platinum #1 self-titled debut album + tour
The Presets - including ‘Beams’ + the 6 x ARIA award winning triple platinum #1 'Apocalypso' + 'Pacifica' + multiple tours
Wolfmother - including the 5 x platinum Aria Award winning self-titled debut album ‘Wolfmother’ + 'Cosmic'Egg’ + multiple tours
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - including ‘Fever To Tell’ + ‘Show Your Bones’ + ‘It’s Blitz!’ + ‘Mosquito’ + multiple tours
You Am I - including ‘Porridge & Hotsauce’ + the ‘Sound as Ever’+ ‘Hi Fi Way’ + ‘Hourly Daily’ re-issues + multiple tours
TOURS
NATIONAL TOUR PUBLICIST
Angus & Julia Stone
Animal Collective
Beastie Boys (multiple tours)
Beck (multiple tours)
Ben Harper (multiple tours)
Daft Punk
Foo Fighters (multiple tours)
Gang Of Youths (multiple tours)
Gary Clarke Jr.
Gomez (multiple tours)
LCD Soundsystem
Pavement (multiple tours)
Pearl Jam
Rancid
Sonic Youth (multiple tours)
Tex Perkins (multiple tours)
The Black Keys (multiple tours)
The Offspring (multiple tours)
Wilco (multiple tours)
Wild Flag
LABELS:
Golden Era Records
Hydrofunk Records
Modular Recordings
FESTIVALS:
NATIONAL FESTIVAL PUBLICIST:
Summersault 1995
Beastie Boys, Foo Fighters, Beck, Sonic Youth, Pavement, Rancid, + more
Glenworth Valley Weekender 1998 / 99
Foo Fighters, Evan Dando, The Avalanches, Ben Lee, Alex Lloyd, The Offspring Grinspoon, You Am I, Something For Kate, The Superjesus, + more
Tibetan Freedom Concert 1999
Neil Finn, Regurgitator, Spiderbait, The Avalanches, The living End + more
V Festival Australia 2007 / 08 /09
The Killers, Snow Patrol, Kiaser Chiefs, Madness, Elbow, The Human League, Pet Shop Boys, Pixies, Beck, The Rapture, Phoenix, The Smashing Pumpkins, Duran Duran, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Air, Modest Mouse, Roisin Murphy + more
Nevereverland 2007 /08
Daft Punk, The Presets, Cut Copy, Tame Impala, Ladyhawke + more
EVENTS / BRAND PUBLICITY:
NATIONAL EVENT PUBLICIST:
AIR Independent Music Awards - 2011 / 12 / 13 / 14 for AIR
Absolut Kravitz – for Absolute Vodka / CavCon Pty Ltd
Modular Monthly - monthly events for Modular Recordings
Garage To V - for Virgin Mobile
The Warehouse Collective - for Division Agency