Artist News
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SPIDERBAIT
Ivy and the Big Apples LIVE 2017
New Brisbane Date and Special Guests
Tickets on sale now from www.spiderbait.com.au
Five weeks ago, Kram, Whitt and Janet hit the road, embarking on what has become Spiderbait’s largest tour to date, playing their seminal album ‘Ivy and the Big Apples’ to sold out crowds around the country.
Set to play two consecutive shows at Brisbane’s The Tivoli, their March 30 gig had to be postponed in the midst of Ex Cyclone...
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IndiePunk Rock mainstay The Hard Aches are releasing a new single ‘BRAIN DRAIN’, which will form side A of a split 7” that will be released with UK friends, and all round good people Muncie Girls. Muncie Girls will make their Australian debut as support of The Hard Aches June tour.
‘BRAIN DRAIN’ picks up from where 2016 EP ‘I Freak Out’ left off. Lyricisms delving into mental health, identity, as well as singer Ben David questioning his own ambitions,...
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Strap yourself in as Luca Brasi announce some very special guests for their headline tour. They'll be touring nationally in June with American act Pianos Become The Teeth and fellow Tasmanian natives Maddy Jane and Speech Patterns.
All the way from Baltimore, Maryland, Pianos Become The Teeth exploded on the scene with their 2009 debut Old Pride and gained national attention with 2011’s The Lack Long After, their third album Keep You saw them taking a brave step forward...
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GRINSPOON ANNOUNCE 27-DATE NATIONAL TOUR
TO CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF ‘GUIDE TO BETTER LIVING’
Post-grunge Aussie rockers, Grinspoon have today announced a 20th Anniversary deluxe edition of the album that kickstarted their long-standing music career, Guide To Better Living, alongside an epic 27-date national tour of Australia, playing the album cover to cover for fans throughout June, July, August and September.
It’s 1995. A band from Lismore named Grinspoon (named after Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School,...
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In Hearts Wake have announced their first and only Australian tour for 2017, which will see the band play their biggest headlining shows to date. Kicking off in Perth on July 10, the tour will wind its way around the country, taking in venues in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
Joining In Hearts Wake on the road will be Japanese mosh warriors Crossfaith, who haven’t been seen in these parts since their epic sets on Soundwave 2015. Also trekking...
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Bringin' together all things street, skate and music, Shakafest on the Gold Coast will feature bangin' tunes from an insane lineup, headlined by Aussie Rock band Grinspoon together with Dance-Punk Duo DZ Deathrays and Hip Hop legends Butterfingers.
Bigger, better and back for its second year Shakafest is a reflection of the Gold Coast's street scene combining Aussie Hip Hop, Grunge,Surf Rock, DJ's, graffiti art as well as a massive half pipe with all round skaters to create the...
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TINA ARENA ANNOUNCES
‘INNOCENCE TO UNDERSTANDING’
GREATEST HITS 2017 NATIONAL TOUR - ON SALE 9am 27th APRIL
You wait a long time to find your dream and hold on to it
And all I needed was to fly
It's a long way from innocence to understanding
A picture of a child at play, is how I feel today
Sorrento Moon
Australian pop icon Tina Arena has today announced she will be touring to celebrate the release of her new Greatest...
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NWA artists Allday, Luca Brasi, SLUMBERJACK, Mallrat, Good Boy & Willow Beats join the Splendour In The Grass lineup for 2017!
The highly anticipated 2017 Splendour In The Grass lineup has finally arrived, and it’s a doozy.
Headlined by rockers Queens Of The Stone Age, reformed indie heroes LCD Soundsystem and UK trio The xx, this year’s lineup is also packing a bunch of homegrown Aussie talent, including Vance Joy, Peking Duk and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.
Elsewhere...
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TIRED LION RELEASE FIERCE NEW SINGLE ‘CINDERELLA DRACULA’
THE FIRST TASTE OF THEIR LUKE BOERDAM (VIOLENT SOHO) PRODUCED DEBUT ALBUM
+ ANNOUNCE MAY AUSTRALIAN CLUB TOUR
“Tired Lion have slowly transformed into one of Australia’s most promising punk acts.” – Rolling Stone Australia
“An onslaught of crunchy riffs that are buoyed by strategically placed breathing space.” – Stereogum
“While mostly packed with surges of undeniable energy in its grungy riffs and weighty bass, there’s an unsuspecting ambience
that shines through.”...
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Northlane have just released their surprise fourth album Mesmer worldwide. Mesmer appeared with no forewarning on digital services at 8am AEDT and is also available on CD, LP and tape from all good music stores.
Mesmer, Northlane’s beautiful fourth album, is a triumph – the band’s most organic yet precise album yet. it covers familiar topics but renders them in a new way, at once paying heed to the band’s heaviest roots and looking forward to an unwritten future. Recorded...
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Northlane have released their new stand-alone single “Citizen” today. “Citizen” was recorded by David Bendeth (Bring Me The Horizon, A Day To Remember, Paramore) at his studio in New Jersey. The video for "Citizen" was filmed by Jason Eshragian who has previously worked with Northlane on the “Intuition” and “Impulse” videos.
“Citizen is a song that was written about the First World police state and our willingness to live under the watch of those in power, for their...
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The highly anticipated second album from Allday, Speeding, is set for release on April 21 2017, as the follow up to his #3 ARIA chart debut Startup Cult. Allday’s amazing new single, In Motion, featuring Japanese Wallpaper, is out in the world. Allday is also pleased to announce his biggest tour yet, bringing along a killer show and the latest sounds from Speeding like Sides and Raceway, hits from Startup Cult, and favourites from mixtapes and EPs,...
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