Stone Temple Pilots will visit Australia and NZ in March 2011 as part of their reunion tour. Hopefully they make it as Scott Weiland has apparently had a few incidents and encounters since the band reconvened last year. Mar 16, 2011 Challenge Stadium, Perth – All Ages Mar 19, 2011 Festival Hall, Melbourne – All Ages Mar 20, 2011 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – All Ages … Continue reading ON TOUR: Stone Temple Pilots head down under…
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…
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
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 Carlos D-less Interpol have announced that their self-titled fourth album will be released mid September via Matador Records. They also have a replacement bassist in David Pajo, Pajo has played with Slint, Tortoise, Will Oldham, Zwan and recently toured as part of Yeah Yeah Yeahs live lineup. Joining Interpol on tour with Interpol will also be Brandon Curtis of Secret Machines on backing vocals … Continue reading NEWS: INTERPOL album details…
Grinderman will release their new studio album Grinderman 2 through Mute on September 13th and via Anti- Records in the U.S. on September 14th. Grinderman 2 was recorded in 2009 at London’s RAK, State of The Ark and Assault and Battery studios. Co-produced by Grinderman and Nick Launay, the album was mixed by Launay at London’s British Grove in August 2009 and LA’s Seedy Underbelly … Continue reading NEWS: GRINDERMAN 2 is coming…
Sydney’s Mark Moldre takes his stellar debut album The Waiting Room on an NSW/QLD tour this month. We’ve got review of the record coming soon but we highly recommend you check out the americana/indie folk stylings of Mr Moldre. He has a wonderful melancholy way with melody that will have you humming the songs long after the CD has left the player or he has … Continue reading TOUR: MARK MOLDRE takes new album on the road…
Matthew Houck aka Phosphorescent is set to release his 2nd full length of originals on May 11th via Dead Oceans (Inertia in Australia) and is calling it Here’s To Taking It Easy. It follows on from the covers record To Willie and on first listens (yep we have a copy!) it sounds like a finely balanced mix of that alcohol soaked country album and his … Continue reading NEWS: PHOSPHORESCENT to release new album…
Billy Duffy and Ian Astbury are coming to Australia and New Zealand in May to play The Cult’s seminal 1985 album Love in its entirety. The record broke them internationally and is the best example of them attempting to meld post punk, psychedelia and rock. From there they went global with the Rick Rubin produced Electric. They will also play an encore of some of … Continue reading ON TOUR: THE CULT bring Love Live to Australia/NZ…
UPDATE: Unfortunately Bad Brains have cancelled the tour due to heath issues. Press Statement: “Regretfully Bad Brains are forced to cancel the June Australian dates due to personal health issues that don’t allow the stresses of the travel involved at this time. We hope to rebook the tour before the end of the year or early 2011. This is a disappointment for us and we … Continue reading ON TOUR: BAD BRAINS coming to Australia…
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