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Prior to, and sliding off the back of the New Year’s festivals,
The Black Keys,
Gomez and
Dr Dog will join forces in Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney's Luna Park and finishing up at the recently revamped Palais Theatre in Melbou... [more]
Nominated for four ARIAs and ready to head overseas and record over the coming months,
The Panics have announced their national "Get Us Home" Tour. Catch them in their last Australian shows for some time as they work on the foll... [more]
Following the release of their highly acclaimed sophomore album
O Soundtrack My Heart and extensive UK and European tours, Pivot will return to Australia in November to launch new single and album title track
O Soundtrack My Heart.... [more]
The first single from upcoming Cassette Kids album
WE ARE is the infectious
YOU TAKE IT, which is already proving a jump up & down hit at radio stations across the country, and online. To celebrate, CK are heading out on... [more]
Melbourne’s
Winterpark will release their second album
Falling Men and Flying Dreams via MGM on 18 October 2008. To celebrate its release, the band is hitting the east coast for a series of album launches throughout November... [more]
Sydney's
Irrelevant preserve the authentic poignancy of the 1990s and have earned the respect that comes with longevity. Out now on Resist Records,
New Guilt will satisfy the salivation of the post-hardcore purist and ignite the... [more]
Melbourne indie darlings
Major Major release their sophomore EP
Great Leagues on November 1, and to celebrate, will embark on an East Coast tour throughout November.
With band members returning from overseas jaunts especially to la... [more]
Sam Hawksley is unquestionably one of Australian music’s best-kept secrets. If you’ve never heard of Sam Hawksley before, prepare yourself for something very special and unique as this record is set to change everything.... [more]
The
St Jerome's Laneway Festival is back, as intimate and boundary-pushing as ever. Featuring a quality line-up pitched straight to the heart of discerning music fans, the boutique street party delivers a collection of bands that lie... [more]
The Frontier Touring Company is pleased to announce the return of
Rise Against to Australia 2009 for their largest headline tour to date. After last thrilling fans on 2007’s Taste of Chaos tour, Rise Against return in support of Ap... [more]
Brisbane alt-rock quartet
Dead Letter Circus will be criss-crossing the nation for a massive 6 week tour to support their new single
Next In Line.
The tour will travel far and wide to the following locations, and D... [more]
Legendary guitarist and songwriter
Eric Clapton has announced three long-awaited Australian shows. There are few who would contest Eric Clapton’s reputation is one of the world’s finest guitarists, often revered as the ‘musician’s... [more]
Two years after the release of his internationally acclaimed debut album King Hokum, the inimitable
C.W. Stoneking – guitar & tenor banjo player, singer/songwriter and raconteur – returns with a new collection of original tunes... [more]
BIG DAY OUT GOLD COOAST has SOLD OUT in record breaking time. Punters who missed out need know that the final 5,000 tickets will be made
available for purchase through an online ticket ballot via the Big Day Out website.... [more]
2009 will see the return of one of the country’s most loved single-stage festivals. Since it’s inception, the
BOYS OF SUMMER TOUR has played host to some of the biggest local and international hardcore, punk and rock acts, including Everg... [more]
A necessary rhyme for testing times,
Clockwork is the latest single from Melbourne rapper
Phrase. Clockwork’ is the first single to be released from his forthcoming album,
Burn It Down, due next year. Since its digital release i... [more]
Avalon Drive are excited to announce their national The View From Afar tour this November and December with special guests Missing Hours as support for all shows.
AVALON DRIVE’s new EP
The View From Afar is in stores now through SO... [more]
At long last
Emiliana Torrini is back with a new album,
Me and Armini, and will be playing some long awaited shows in Australia this November.
As anyone who saw the 2005 tour will know, she is nothing short of a sensatio... [more]
Whilst lots of late-2000s indie bands boast of archaic and/or exotic influences few use them with the playful energy and brash creativeness that
The Dodos do. Country-blues fingerpicking meets African rhythms and metal drumming all... [more]
Drawing from traditions of folk music, pop, choral music and gospel, baroque psychedelic, sacred harp singing, West Coast music, traditional music from Ireland to Japan, as well as film scores,
Fleet Foxes have crafted a simply wonderful,... [more]