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SATURDAY OCTOBER 4 @ BECKLEY PARK, GEELONG
Licensed ALL AGES event
People 14 & under must be accompanied by a guardian
Gates @ 12.30pm First band on @ 1pm
XZIBIT & THE RAPTURE (pictured) (THRONE OF BLOOD DJ S... [more]
It’s all systems go for
The Pyramid Rock Festival in 2008!
For the fourth year in a row, the quiet achiever of the festival circuit The Pyramid Rock Festival has officially sold out.
Just when you thought things couldn’t ge... [more]
After some serious major label & indie offers in Australia and a groundswell of international interest,
Skipping Girl Vinegar made the decision to maintain their independent route and release via their own label Secret Fox, Melbourne... [more]
Melbourne’s
Winterpark will independently release its second album
Falling Men and Flying Dreams via MGM on 18 October 2008.
Featuring a perfect slice of electro pop in the form of radio single ‘Hooked’, the album takes the listene... [more]
Mei Lai Swan will embark on a national tour with her new band to coincide with the exclusive iTunes release of her new single,
Calling The Sky on October 12th. Be sure to catch Mei Lai Swan enchanting folk across the country... [more]
Trial Kennedy are very excited to announce a run of shows around sunny Australia this October & November, including the Grazzhopper and Sounds of Spring festivals, as well as supporting pals The Butterfly Effect on their Old Pl... [more]
Roland K Smith, former frontman of popular rock’n’roll band Walrus, has not been resting on his laurels since that band’s amicable breakup in April of this year. With the release this week of the first confirmed Sydney dates for Ro... [more]
The Panics have announced the Get Us Home national tour, hitting capital cities all over Oz. Considering how quickly their last tour sold out (like hotcakes!), I would get your tix for this quick-smart.
THE PANICS NATIONAL TOUR:... [more]
Brisbane's effervescent
Yves Klein Blue and Sydney's sweet astutely pop
The Holidays will be touring the nation throughout October.
This double headline tour will see both bands rotating with a local opening su... [more]
On top of the recent revelation that Nick Cave curated All Tomorrow's Parties (ATP) festival is heading to Victoria, more details have come to light on the ATP website revealing plans for Sydney and Brisbane also:
This summer All T... [more]
After the unfortunate cancellation of their April 2008 Australian tour due to main-man John Darnielle’s bout with the dreaded tinnitus,
The Mountain Goats return to Australia for a national run of dates.
Hitting Australia with their dru... [more]
The
Nine Inch Nails are set to return to the festival circuit in Australia next year with the announcement overnight they are set to headline the
Soundwave Festival across Australian in February / March next year.
Next year's... [more]
Sydney bands
theredsunband &
Youth Group are about to set off on a mammoth 18-date co-headlining tour.
Youth Group & theredsunband national tour:
Thursday, 16 October 2008 - Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
Fr... [more]
This debut from Wollongong’s
MARY JANE KELLY has been a long time in the making. Originally pegged to be the first release on Michael Crafter’s (I Killed The Prom Queen) record label earlier this year, the EP was put on hold due to... [more]
New Zealand’s
Antagonist are back with a new album and new name:
ANTAGONIST A.D.
ANTAGONIST A.D has hit our shores many times in the last 4 years, alongside not only Parkway Drive, but both locals and internationals including Ca... [more]
Relentlessly touring for the last three years,
Ceremony made a name for themselves with chaotic and violent live shows. Ceremony makes no statements of who they are or what they’re trying to be. They are their own powerful and unique forc... [more]
Sydney band
Pomomofo are heading out on tour to support the release of their second EP
IN SUPER VGA which will be released through BANDROOM on October 18. Tickets on sale now.
POMOMOFO NATIONAL TOUR DATES:... [more]
The Audreys are celebrating the release and success of their latest record,
When The Flood Comes, with a stack of national tour dates, including what should be an awesome appearence at the Queenscliff Music Festival. Get int... [more]
Following on from the Tyrannosauraus Hives era of 2004,
The Hives have splashed their bright colours (ok, their black and white) on the world once more with the release of The Black and White Album.
Digest the thoughtful words of Front... [more]
The harbingers of lo-fi noise and weirdo casio-driven rock blamed for Canadian arts funding cuts, Canada's
Holy Fuck, have announced sideshows on the back of their Meredith appearance.
Holy Fuck are renowned for their interstellar... [more]