Photographer: KristaBella Photography
Photographer: KristaBella Photography
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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Live Review: Slayer, Anthrax & Kingdom of Sorrow @ Big Top – Luna Park, Sydney – 25 February 2013
Review and photos by Ben Hosking
Ahh, the annual Soundwave cavalcade. A time for sunburn, aching legs, aching livers and severe tinnitus. For those with average bank accounts, Soundwave is usually a choice between the main festival and the many and varied accompanying ‘Sidewave’ shows.
For some, the choice to purchase tickets to a Sidewave is more about being able to see their favourite bands in a more intimate environment with a few thousand other die-hards instead of tens of thousands. We’re left in no doubt tonight that many of the punters filling Luna Park’s Bog Top in Sydney fall squarely into the third category: those who feel compelled to spend up and see their favourite band/s in both arenas. Tonight’s Sidewave, starring Slayer, Anthrax and Kingdom of Sorrow is truly an exceptional line up of talent for one intimate venue and it comes as no surprise to find a long line of black-clad dudes stretching out past the big open mouth of the amusement park.
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Photos! Slayer, Anthrax & Kingdom of Sorrow @ Big Top – Luna Park, Sydney – 25 February 2013
Photographer: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au
Photographer: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au
Bands: Slayer, Anthrax, Kingdom of Sorrow
Venue: Big Top – Luna Park, Sydney
Date: 25 February 2013
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THE RUBENS sell out Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane – 2nd shows announced!
** UPDATE **
Ivy League have confirmed that Menangle wunderkinds THE RUBENS have SOLD OUT the Forum Theatre, Enmore Theatre and The Tivoli shows on their Never Be The Same tour and second shows for each of these venues are on sale NOW.
This is a massive achievement and welcome news for the boys, who return home after a month long stint in Europe and the US, playing debut headline shows and SXSW.
Representing the exciting new breed of artists to come out of our fair land at their SXSW showcases, it wasn’t long before the buzz surrounding the band caught up internationally, with The New York Times describing their sound as “Coldplay sensibility and Radiohead edginess” going on to say “I predict that The Rubens will not be a baby band for long”.
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Live Review: My Bloody Valentine @ The Palace Theatre, Melbourne – 22 February 2013
Review by Billy Geary
Walking through The Palace’s somewhat decrepit door way from the hustle and bustle of Bourke Street into the sizable band room on Friday night carried with it a considerable amount of anticipation and also trepidation. Anticipation was high given the show marked My Bloody Valentine’s long awaited return to Australian shores. Subsequently, there was a degree of trepidation in the lead up, rooted in the question of whether My Bloody Valentine would truly be able to live up to their reputation as a live band that has inflated in their absence.
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Iggy & The Stooges follow-up album ‘Ready to Die’ to follow Australian Tour
Better 40 years later than never: The follow-up to the first record ever to bear the Iggy and the Stooges logo–the immortal proto-punk masterpiece Raw Power–will finally be out April 26, when Warner Music Australia and Fat Possum Records releases the all-new Iggy and the Stooges studio album, Ready To Die. The album will follow the band’s latest Australian tour (including Bluesfest appearances) by a matter of weeks.
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Photos! Paramore @ Soundwave Festival – Sydney – February 2013
Photos! The Offspring @ Soundwave Festival Sydney – February 2013
The Delta Riggs – Hex.Lover.Killer National Album Tour – April 2013
“Melbourne turns out a truckload of wannabe rock stars… these guys are something else altogether – ferocious and infectious” – Beat Magazine
“Serious stage presence… no other performance comes close over the whole festival” – Inpress (Pyramid Rock Review)
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Photos! Blink-182 @ Soundwave Festival Sydney – 24 February 2013
Live Review – Anthrax @ The Hi-Fi, Brisbane with Malakyte – 21 February 2013
Review by Michelle O’Rance
The Hi-Fi in Brisbane has filled up early in preparation for the first of the Brisbane sidewaves ahead of the festival on the weekend.
All attention quickly turned to the stage as local band Malakyte launched into their opening track ‘Zero Hour’ and the speed and ferocity of the music roars out over the crowd enticing everyone to bang their heads to their balls-out brand of pure thrash metal.
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Oscar Win For Bluesfest Artist – Rodriguez
Searching for Sugarman, the British-Swedish documentary about the life of Sixto Rodriguez has won the 2013 Academy Award for ‘Best Documentary’ in LA today. Continue reading Oscar Win For Bluesfest Artist – Rodriguez
KISS and Mötley Crüe – Monster Tour – Australia – February/March 2013!
THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ROCK BANDS ON ONE STAGE
Rock’n’roll doesn’t get any bigger than this!
KISS and Mötley Crüe. On the same stage. On the same night.
It‘s the news Australian fans have been waiting for with the spectacle of all spectacles announced today, KISS with very special guests Mötley Crüe will tour Australia in March 2013.
Presented by McManus Entertainment, the summer’s biggest, baddest rock tour will hit Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Mackay and Adelaide with guests Irish rockers Thin Lizzy along for the ride (*except Adelaide).
KISS and Mötley Crüe’s 45 show US summer tour has already gone down as one helluva rock’n’roll extravaganza and now, finally, its Australia’s turn!
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DIG IT UP! Hoodoo Gurus Invitational 2013 2nd Line Up Announcement: The Local Chapter
As if the inclusion of international heavyweights Blue Oyster Cult, Flamin’ Groovies, Buzzcocks, and Peter Case of The Nerves ain’t enough, the Hoodoo Gurus have gone and selected a whole swag of local acts (starting with The Stems), embracing a huge range of eras and styles so long as it rocks (and rolls). From the green-fuzz of Sydney’s Lime Spiders to the bump and grind of Melbourne’s nefarious The Moodists via the snot and bile of Sydney punks Straight Arrows and on to Melbourne’s two-girl garage queens Super Wild Horses. It’s dirty and mean and mighty unclean and it’s all tailor-made for Dig it Up! Get the next dose here…
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BRITISH INDIA announce April 2013 album tour!
British India’s much anticipated fourth LP Controller is due for release on March 22. And if this isn’t enough to seriously whet fans’ appetites, the band have also confirmed a national headline tour for April. The extensive tour will take Controller live to both city and regional centres across the country. Continue reading BRITISH INDIA announce April 2013 album tour!