Wellington folks who can’t make the trip up to Auckland for the 2011 Laneway Festival will be mighty stoked this morning to wake to the announcement that a selection of the bands will play a show at the Wellington Town Hall on Tuesday Feb 1st. Line Up LADYHAWKE YEASAYER DEERHUNTER BEACH HOUSE BLONDE REDHEAD ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFITTI Tickets on sale 8th Nov via Ticketek. … Continue reading NEWS: Laneway selection to play Wellington show…
The flood of stellar summer shows continues with the announcement this morning that Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti will play Laneway sideshows in Melbourne and Sydney (so far)… Tour Dates SYDNEY: Mistletone + 2SER + The Brag present Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti @ Manning Bar, Wednesday Feb 9 MELBOURNE: Mistletone, Triple R + Beat present Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti @ The Hi Fi, Thursday Feb 10 Tickets on … Continue reading ON TOUR: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti lock in Australian dates….
Deerhunter have announced two sideshows while they are ot in Australia touring for the hipster nation… These will sellout for sure with al the salivating press over their latest Halcyon Digest – including our glowing review Tour Dates Tuesday, February 8th | Metro Theatre Sydney – All Ages – Tix via metrotheatre.com.au February 9th | Billboard Melbourne – Tix via moshtix.com.au TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 … Continue reading ON TOUR: Deerhunter announce Laneway sideshows…
Fresh on the heels of their inclusion on the 2011 Laneway bill, Yeasayer have announced sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne. They produced one of our favourite albums of the year and one that is gonna be a surefire summer album on repeat… Tour Dates Sydney – 7th February @ Metro Theatre Melbourne – 10th February @ Billboard (early show 7-10pm) Continue reading ON TOUR: Yeasayer Sydney & Melbourne shows for 2011…
A bunch of old ladies rolling around the cliff tops of New Zealand and rolling a giant glowing egg down the beach is the order of the day for the new video from The Phoenix Foundation. Flock of Hearts is the third single to come from their recent album Buffalo. NZ tour dates after the vid… Friday 5th November – San Francisco Bath House, WELLINGTON … Continue reading VIDEO: The Phoenix Foundation | Flock of Hearts
In our books Laneway is always the most interesting and anticipated Austalia/New Zealand festival of the year and 2011 looks as great as ever with today’s announcement… Deerhunter Yeasayer Les Savy Fav Beach House Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti Blonde Redhead Holy Fuck !! (Chk Chk Chk) The Antlers Bear In Heaven Cloud Control Cut Copy Violent Soho Foals Gotye The Holidays Jenny & Johnny Warpaint … Continue reading NEWS: Laneway Festival 2011 line-up revealed…
Brisbane’s Drawn From Bees have had a busy year with visits to London and LA for showcase gigs plus the release of their impressive album Fear Not The Footsteps Of The Departed. Now they are doing a run of dates to promote the new digital single The East Wood Fox which hits iTunes today. Tour Dates Fri Nov 5 | Melt Bar, Kings Cross w/ … Continue reading NEWS: Drawn From Bees release new single & tour…
Evan Dando is returning to Australia again, this time to join the rock n roll masses playing classic albums in full. Of course the definitive Lemonheads album is It’s A Shame About Ray – closely followed by Lovey in our opinion. Tour Dates 30th Nov – The Zoo – QLD 1st Dec – Metro Theatre – NSW 2nd Dec – The Corner Hotel – VIC … Continue reading ON TOUR: The Lemonheads play It’s A Shame About Ray in full…
The Morning Benders delivered one of the more interesting indie pop albums of 2010 with Big Echo and they are heading this way to play some festivals over the new year… plus some sideshows. SYDNEY – Oxford Art Factory -January 4 MELBOURNE – The Corner – January 5 FALLS FESTIVAL – Lorne, Victoria – Dec 29 – 31 + Marion Bay, Tasmania – December 28 … Continue reading ON TOUR: The Morning Benders in Australia…
You lucky monkeys in Auckland, Christchurch and Melbourne get to experience PE play their classic album Fear of a Black Planet as ’10 becomes ’11. Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, DJ Lord, the S1W1s and a SUPER NASTY FUNK BAND will play the entire album and Public Enemy classics… Melbourne – Corner Hotel – Dec 29th Christchurch – Isaac Theatre Royal – Jan 7th … Continue reading ON TOUR: Public Enemy play Fear of a Black Planet…
It seems like there has been even more debate, speculation and rumours than ever regarding the 2011 Big Day Out. Like a rock n roll circus heaving across the country it shows no sign of slowing down, even in the wake of a less than exciting roster this year. 2011 will see another new batch of kids experiencing a rite of passage with… Tool Iggy … Continue reading NEWS: Big Day Out 2011 first announcement…
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