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2nd MELB SHOW for BRIAN SETZER'S ROCKABILLY RIOT!
Brian Setzer, rockabilly’s most iconic ambassador, has unleashed a brand new line-up for his upcoming Australian tour. The tour will now include a 2nd & final Melbourne show at The Palace on Tuesday April 3. Tickets for this 2nd show will go on sale at 9am, Friday February 3, with pre-sale tickets available from Wednesday February
Calling All Cars Singer Knocked Out by fans Elbow
“It’s all fun and games until someone gets knocked out!” Growing up on the NSW south Coast CALLING ALL CARS’ front man Haydn Ing, and man-machine drumming brother James, had heard the same line from their parents on an almost daily basis. And so it was that the first voice that Haydn heard when he came to after a Spinal Tap type incident at yesterday’s Sydney Big Day Out was his brother James. But by then it was too late. The damage
BALL PARK MUSIC ANNOUNCE THE 180º TOUR
Off the back of not one, but two entries into yesterday’s Hottest 100, Ball Park Music announce their most ambitious national tour yet - The 180º Degree Tour. After being officially Unearthed by triple j just over a year ago, Ball Park Music have become one of Australia’s must see musical outfits. With wide spread airplay the catalyst for a touring regime that doesn’t seem to let up, Ball Park Music are the band that the masses are talking
COBRA STARSHIP + FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS + THESE KIDS WEAR CROWNS + KILL HANNAH Sidewaves announced!
COBRA STARSHIP’s front man Gabe Saporta once said, “No band can ever make more than three good records.” He couldn’t have been more wrong. Nor could he have predicted just how much of his owns band’s career would defy that philosophy. COBRA STARSHIP’s 4th studio album ‘Night Shades’ has spawned some of their most acclaimed work to date and “screams 'party' right from blast off”. – Rock
THE KILLGIRLS Hit New South Wales In February
Adelaide electro rockers, The Killgirls, hit New South Wales for the first time since the release of their new EP, ANIMAL, for two shows in February.  Favourites on their local circuit, The Killgirls promise that the shows on February 17 at the Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor and February 18 Upstairs at The Beresford, are just the start of their east coast infiltration. The Killgirls make music with teeth, for party people. They have played up to the
CLOUD CONTROL storm USA college radio + release in Japan + begin work on new album
Sydney four-piece CLOUD CONTROL are continuing on a dream-run, with their award-winning debut album Bliss Release finding itself on record store shelves in Japan this week via respected label Hostess, also home to acts like Bon Iver, M83 and Arctic Monkeys. CLOUD CONTROL have also been making waves in the USA where they reached #27 on the CMJ Radio Charts and had KEXP’s ‘Single Of The Day’ with Meditation Song
DZ DEATHRAYS BBC Radio 1 to world premiere new single No Sleep + EP releases in USA & Canada
If there were one word that DZ Deathrays would use to sum up the last 12 months of their lives it would have to be “brutal”. After signing to Melbourne based record label I OH YOU early last year and releasing their 2nd EP “Brutal Tapes” as well as their debut EP in Europe, Shane Parsons and Simon Ridley have quickly impressed music lovers and critics across the world. Since the first house party they ever played, the duo have been noted as
DIRTY THREE new track 'Rising Below'
'Rising Below' is the first track taken from Dirty Three's remarkable new album Toward The Low Sun, set for release on 24 February 2012 via Anchor & Hope / Remote Control. Their first album since 2005's Cinder, Toward The Low Sun is the product of the most ceaselessly creative period in the band’s career, in which Jim White, Mick Turner and Warren Ellis have relentlessly made music in different permutations and locations around the globe. No
AUSTRALIA FALLS IN LOVE WITH KITTY, DAISY AND LEWIS
After a hugely successful slot at the Brisbane edition of Big Day Out, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis last night followed up with a bumper performance to a sold out crowd at Sydney’s Metro Theatre. Kitty, Daisy & Lewis will be continuing their string of Big Day Out Sideshow’s right into the heart of Melbourne this weekend.  The trio of sibling sweethearts have sold out their first show at The Corner Hotel this Friday, but thankfully, there’s
CHILDREN COLLIDE’S TOUR SUPPORTS ANNOUNCED
It’s been just over a week since CHILDREN COLLIDE unleashed their Kraut-Disco influenced track Sword to a Gunfight on the world and the Melbourne trio have well and truly hit the ground running in 2012.  Last week Sword to a Gunfight became the number 1 track added to Australian alternative radio as well as being the 8th most added track to all radio nationally. The dark and creepy music video that accompanies Sword to a Gunfight has also received
OWL EYES - Melbourne's Sweet Bird Of Youth plays THE FAMOUS SPIEGELTENT
What a long strange trip it’s been for Melbourne’s sweet bird of youth, Brooke Addamo aka OWL EYES. Currently writing songs for her debut album due for release late in 2012, and with a new single ready to drop in early February, 2011 ended in a dervish whirlwind of activity with her own triumphant national tour, hitting the road with The Wombats and wowing a capacity crowd at the Pyramid Rock
Triple J Hottest 100 Top Ten Prediction
It’s that glorious time of year again when we all get to reflect/bet on and argue about the best (most popular) songs to frequent Triple J’s airplay over the past year. By the end of Australia Day when you’re making a fort out of empty Rikorderlig cider bottles and your patriotic coloured zinc begins to crust, the highly anticipated Hottest 100 Top Ten will have begun. So, who’s it gon’
Soundwave Pirate Radio is launching! Thurs Jan 26th
Soundwave Festival is thrilled to announce the launch of ‘SOUNDWAVE PIRATE RADIO’. An online radio station streaming 24/7 packed with exclusive interviews, daily news updates and fist pumping tracks from all your favourite Soundwave artists. Exclusive to Soundwave Pirate radio will be ‘HAUGMETAL’ a weekly 2-hour metal show hosted by none other than Andrew Haug, every Thursday night from 8pm –
THE SISTERS OF MERCY Melbourne Headline Show SOLD OUT Second Show Now On Sale
Following the announcement that their first show at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne has sold out, UK post-punk legends The Sisters Of Mercy announce a second headline show at the Corner Hotel on Thursday March 1. The band is also touring around the country as a part of the Soundwave Festival in February and March. “Be advised that the Sisters are going on tour again. We will behave very badly. We will wear some very loud shirts. We will wear some