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Karnivool
Karnivool is very happy to announce that due to unprecedented demand they have added a second Brisbane date at The Hi-Fi on Sunday July 22 to their almost completely sold out Melodias Frescas tour. After their first Brisbane show at The T... [more]
Lachlan Bryan
On the back of stand-out performances at BluesFest and Tamworth Festivals in 2012 and a really impressive collection of glowing reviews for both his live shows and his album, Lachlan Bryan is taking the opportunity to head out on h... [more]
Flight Of The Conchords
Flight Of The Conchords are proud to announce a third show for the Perthians that missed out on tickets to the duo's two sold-out Perth shows. Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement will take the stage at Challenge Stadium for a th... [more]
Yeasayer
Yeasayer are back and are set to release their new album, 'Fragrant World' on Friday 17 August. 'Fragrant World' is the follow up to their 2010's 'Odd Blood'. Produced by Yeasayer, 'Fragrant World... [more]
Bluesfest 2013
The iconic Music Festival Bluesfest today announced that Early Bird tickets to the 2013 Festival, to be held from Thursday 28th March to Monday 1st April 2013 at the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, in beautiful Byron Shire, NSW, have officially g... [more]
Toby Martin
Following 10 years and four albums with rock band Youth Group, singer/songwriter Toby Martin is excited to announce his debut solo album, 'Love's Shadow' on July 27. The songs on 'Love's Shadow' were writte... [more]
Earth
Seattle drone doom outfit Earth are excited to announce their very first performances on Aussie shores this September. Earth formed in 1990 and led by guitarist Dylan Carlson. Mostly instrumental, their early work grew out of the Seattl... [more]
DZ Deathrays
It is with great excitement that we today announce CALL THE COPS. To put it simply, it's a group of friends throwing two wild parties in Sydney and Melbourne the weekend before their bender continues at Splendour in the Grass where all th... [more]
Steel Panther
It took Melbourne a mere 13 minutes to completely sell out Steel Panther’s huge Palace show. The spandex army has spoken, so Melbourne’s Sunday 7 October Steel Panther show will now move to Festival Hall. All tickets remain valid and ne... [more]
Patrick Wolf
After selling out his first Sydney show this morning, Patrick Wolf is thrilled to announce a second show at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday 9 September. These shows will see Wolf taking the stage playing grand piano, Celtic harp, dulci... [more]
The Jed Rowe Band
The Victorian-based three-piece outfit The Jed Rowe Band are releasing their 2nd album, 'The Ember & The Afterglow' on July 6 this year, with an East Coast tour announced to support the release. Fronted by singer-songwrite... [more]
The Good Ship
Eight-piece outfit The Good Ship are proud to announce the release of their second album, "O' Exquisite Corpse", an album steeped in rich harmonies and lush instrumentation, all the while retaining the shambolic glory of th... [more]
Kid Mac
Having just won Artist of the Year and Best Video at the 2012 Music Oz Awards, Kid Mac will celebrate the release of his highly anticipated album, 'No Man's Land' with a national tour that will kick off on June 29. '... [more]
Reef
Due to a bereavement in the Reef family, it is with great regret that the UK band are cancelling their Australian tour which was set to start on June 1. There are no plans to reschedule at this point so fans will be able to get a full r... [more]
Money For Rope, Damn Terran & Kingswood
This June/July the eastward states will burn in the best possible way as Melbourne rock maestros Kingswood, Money For Rope and Damn Terran combine forces to create a three headed assault machine to take their rock largesse to th... [more]
Cameras
Epic indie quartet, Cameras will tour the East Coast of Australia during July 2012 in support of their debut LP ‘In Your Room’ out now on Speak N Spell through Inertia. Following the success of their first single ‘Defeatist’ and their c... [more]
Robin Gibb
Legendary Bee Gees member Robin Gibb passed away today (May 20 at 10.47pm UK time) after intestinal surgery and a long fight with cancer. A message from the family spokesman, Doug Wright came out: “The family of Robin Gibb, of th... [more]
Xavier Rudd
Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd is set to release his highly anticipated seventh studio album, 'Spirit Bird', and to celebrate, he will be heading off to cities and regional centres around the country from Ai... [more]
Tom Dickins
Once upon a time it was unheard of to be a successful independent musician. In the past, a band/artist needed to sign to a record company, who would in turn front the cash for the production, distribution and marketing of an album. These days,... [more]
Wolf & Cub
With the release of Wolf & Cub's first double A-side single ‘See The Light // All Through The Night” in February 2012 comes double A-side single N#2, “Shut Me Out // Got Nothing Coming”. And once again the tracks are following in... [more]