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After wowing audiences in 2007,
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals will return to our stages in 2009. The Frontier Touring Company is pleased to confirm that The Cardinals will perform in Australia in 2009.
The Cardinals will return in sup... [more]
Seminal UK band
STEREOLAB head to our shores for the first time in six years for the Laneway Festival, and have announced a couple of rare sideshows. If cascading harmonies, mesmerizing synths and inordinately pretty songwriting ar... [more]
Roll up! Roll up! Rock ’n’ roll ringmaster
SERJ TANKIAN has donned his top hat and will be cracking the whip at some very special shows in Australia. With System of a Down on hiatus, the frontman has gone solo with the multi-layered album... [more]
Who’s gonna play ghetto-tech to the indie kids? Acid to the housed-up hordes? Who’s gonna put the psychedelic wobbliness and the electro sci-fi in BIG DAY OUT 2009? Get ready to dance your arse off, ’cos the answer is…
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO... [more]
From Perth to the world… now
PENDULUM are swinging their way home for summer With UK No.2 album
In Silico under their belts, the drum’n’bass upstarts have morphed into something altogether new – a post-rave mash-up, perhaps? Whatever... [more]
Summer Down Under is so hot, we had to call in the head-spinning wordplay of Chicago hip hop trailblazer
LUPE FIASCO. Once protégé to Kanye, Jay-Z and Pharrell, this his smart, charismatic and energetic performer’s second album,... [more]
When you feel that burning desire to get on the floor, there is only one band to call: please welcome back everybody’s favourite synth-wielders, London’s
HOT CHIP. “The most effortlessly cool band in Ravesville” (thanks, NME) are set to s... [more]
They won’t fit in any musical pigeonholes, New York five-piece
TV ON THE RADIO draw on post-rock, gospel, new wave and deep dub, and have won critical praise and defied preconceptions. Their third album, the spanking new Dear Science, has... [more]
Do not underestimate the charm of
BLACK KIDS. They won’t teach your boyfriend how to dance, but this feelgood Florida five-piece will help you put your best foot forward. Led by Reggie Youngblood’s “catchy tunes about dancing and d... [more]
The band dubbed Boston’s answer to the Ramones – the legendary
DROPKICK MURPHYS. This loud, raucous and chaotic seven-piece Celtic punk combo hits the stage with one goal: to play music that creates an all-for-one, one-for-all envi... [more]
After touring with the likes of Cut Copy in the UK, Mercy Arms will be returning to Oz in December for some national tour dates, as well as celebrating the release of the single, Half Right from their latest self-titled album. Get into it!... [more]
World’s End Press are pleased to announce their Witness 7” single launch, supported by two Melbourne gems; folk jam band Kes and dramatic posters Plastic Palace Alice.
For the past few months World’s End Press have been bunkered down in thei... [more]
Behind Crimson Eyes have announced an intimate all ages show for Melbourne fans as part of their current ‘Addicted’ national tour! They will play at the Art Centre’s Blackbox Theatre, Southbank. With a capacity of just 200, tickets... [more]
With his new album hitting the charts at a phenomenal #3 (#1 on the Australian chart) and the video for new single
Make You Happy creating waves across the globe, Sydney singer/songwriter
Josh Pyke is pleased to announce the... [more]
Monday 29 December 2008 to Thursday 1 January 2009 – Glenworth Valley, NSW
The third and final (massive!) artist announcement for
Peats Ridge 2008 is one with plenty of hidden treasures just waiting to be discovered by festival... [more]
After 3 EP releases, over 200 live shows nationally, and support performances with major internationals, Brisbane four-piece
Avalon Drive have parted ways due to irreconcilable differences.
The band’s national Australian tour in suppor... [more]
V FESTIVAL 2009
SATURDAY MARCH 28- SYDNEY, CENTENNIAL PARK
SUNDAY MARCH 29- GOLD COAST, AVICA RESORT
SATURDAY APRIL 4- MELBOURNE, SHOWGROUNDS
SUNDAY APRIL 5- PERTH, CLAREMONT SHOWGROUNDS
V FESTIVAL is back! And... [more]
Kudos to all of those
Homebake attendees who participated in our recycling system last year. Homebake achieved the highest rate of recycling ever recorded in its long and illustrious history.
Over 115,000 aluminium cans and 8,500 PET pl... [more]
The illustrious Espy is proud to offer Melbourne some of the finest bands at the lowest price possible- free! Check out some of these events:
Tame Impala w/ The Currency, Tiger Vs. The Dirty Ravens & Potential Falcon- Sat. Nov 22, F... [more]
Arctic Monkeys kick start 2009 with shows in Sydney and Melbourne alongside their Big Day Out performances.
In 2006 Arctic Monkeys saw their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not shoot straight to the top of the Brit... [more]