They’ve been coming thick and fast all morning so here is a summary of the Laneway sideshows. As per usual there are the horrible clashes like The Horrors and Girls playing the same night as well as Yuck/EMA, M83 and Austra all on the same night in Sydney… GIRLS Thursday, 2nd February 2012 – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney Wednesday, 8th February 2012 – Corner Hotel, … Continue reading NEWS: Laneway Festival sideshows announced…
Sydney’s Made In Japan create clean and sparkling indie pop with a strong thread of post rock and shoegaze influences running through it. They have a debut album Sights and Sounds due out in the new year but in the meantime check out the clip for the title track directed by Angelo Kehagias. You can catch them live over the next few week: Nov 12 … Continue reading WATCH: Made In Japan | Sights and Sounds
The Jim Jones Revue were one of the highlights of this year’s Big Day Out (alongside Grinderman) and the good news is they are back to welcome in the new year with some shows. They’ve had a massive year touring their album Burning Your House Down and have recently been in the studio working on the next record as well as recently being nominated for … Continue reading NEWS: The Jim Jones Revue 2012 Australian Tour…
The Sydney Festival has announced its official program for 2012 with an excellent music line-up as has become the norm over the last few years… Amiina AA Bondy Andrew Weatherall & Neville Watson Animagica Assembly Asa & Fefe Beth Orton CANT Clairy Brown and the Bangin’ Rackettes Dan Deacon Ensemble & John Maus Dan Sultan & Busby Marou with Kasey Chambers Deerhoof and DJ Yamantaka … Continue reading NEWS: Sydney Festival 2012 program unveiled…
Beastwars have their debut album out polluting young minds and are touring New Zealand to rabid audiences at the moment. The record stands as one of the great metal albums to come out of the shaky isles in quite a long time and we managed to catch frontman Matt Hyde for a few minutes between gigs for the inaugural interview in our new section Questions … Continue reading Questions & Answers: Beastwars
Laneway today announced its line-up for the 2012 event and it’s a damn impressive one. Sure there are the buzz bands of the moment like Washed Out and Active Child who don’t don’t really measure up to the hype tossed their way but the list of bands promises to be one of the best that Laneway has hosted to date. Note to organisers – make … Continue reading NEWS: Laneway Festival 2012 line-up announced…
Bon Iver followed up the stellar debut with this year’s self-titled grower of an LP and the god news today is that he is heading back to Australia to play some special venues in March next year. Vernon and Co will be playing the Golden Plains festival as well as a string of dates across the country… Saturday, 3 March 2012 @ Perth International Arts … Continue reading NEWS: Bon Iver 2012 Australian Tour…
So you’ve probably already heard – it’s kind of hard to avoid it, but here anyway is the first round of acts for next year’s BDO. Much guessing and wishing was flying around over the last few months about who would headline – Pearl Jam, Prince, Radiohead etc. but so far it looks like the organisers are going with a couple of heavyweights in Soundgarden … Continue reading NEWS: Big Day Out 2012 – first announcement…
This year is the 25th Anniversary of Neil and Pegi Young’s Bridge School benefit concerts that has seen a plethora of big names play the charitable event. This year’s show happens on October 22nd and 23rd at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California.To celebrate they are also releasing a 3DVD and 2CD commemorative package. Check out the trailer below… Lineup Neil Young Dave Matthews … Continue reading WATCH: The Bridge School 25th Anniversary DVD trailer
BRISBANE – SATURDAY 28th JANUARY 2012 Alexandria Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 AUCKLAND – MONDAY 30th JANUARY 2012 Silo Park, Beaumont Street. Auckland MELBOURNE – SATURDAY 4th FEBRUARY 2012 Footscray Community Arts Centre – 45 Moreland Street, Footscray VIC 3011 SYDNEY – SUNDAY 5th FEBRUARY 2012 Sydney College of the Arts (SCA) – Balmain Road, Rozelle NSW 2039 ADELAIDE – FRIDAY … Continue reading NEWS: Dates and venues announced for Laneway 2012…
Tour Dates Sept 3 – Mixed Grill’d at Arthouse, Cairns Sept 6 – The Bakery, Perth Sept 7 – Emma Soup Gallery, Newcastle Sept 8 – GoodGod, Sydney Sept 9 – The Workers Club, Melbourne Sept 10 – FRANKLY!, Brisbane Continue reading TOUR: LA Vampires to tour Australia…
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