Review: Billy Geary
Having made the trip out here for last year’s infamous Counter Revolution festival, Yellowcard are far from strangers to Australia and its fans. This time around, the Californian quintet is touring in support of their new album Southern Air, the band’s best album since 2006’s Lights and Sounds.

Supporting Yellowcard for their East Coast tour were Sydneysiders Heroes for Hire who, after releasing their second album Take One For The Team last year, have taken huge strides in Australia. Their set at The Hi-Fi was no different, getting a great response with their ultra energetic pop punk. By the end of their set it was obvious that there were a number of new fans in attendance.
Continue reading Live Review: Yellowcard @ The Hi-Fi, Melbourne – 20 September 2012 →

Photographer: Serena Ho

Photographer: Serena Ho

Artist: Nada Surf
Venue: The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Date: 21 September 2012

Continue reading Photo Gallery: Nada Surf @ The Corner Hotel, Melbourne – 21 September 2012 →

Photographer: David Burness

Photographer: David Burness
Continue reading Photos: Nada Surf @ Spiegeltent, Brisbane Festival – 18 September 2012 →

Few high profile artists will have a schedule that’s not bulging in the spreadsheet, after all, they didn’t get where they are by sitting around in a deck chair all day sipping daiquiris out of a coconut – that comes later. But there’s busy, and then there’s Mike Patton.

Songwriter and frontman for bands as original and influential as Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Tomahawk, Fantomas and Peeping Tom, it seemed there were few terrains that this sonic adventurer had not scaled. And then came MIKE PATTON’S MONDO CANE; a new entity for the inimitable vocalist that marries his instrument-like voice with an orchestra, choir, band and popular Italian music from yesteryear. Of course.

MONDO CANE is unlike any of Mike Patton’s previous projects. First, and most obviously, MONDO CANE is an Italian language release. Secondly it finds the singer paying homage to other songwriters, an unusual path for a man that will need lifetimes to make a dent in the mountain of his own ideas. “My purpose in revisiting these pieces,” he explains, “is not to relive the past, not for nostalgia, but more to illustrate through modern and adventurous interpretation exactly how vital and important this music still is.”

In November, MIKE PATTON’S MONDO CANE will be performing one headlining show only. Wherever you live around the country, drive, sail, fly, whatever it takes, do not miss MIKE PATTON’S MONDO CANE at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre.

MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER MELBOURNE, REGENT THEATRE 18+
www.ticketmaster.com.au

TICKETS ON-SALE FRIDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER, 9AM AEST

http://harvestfestival.com.au/
http://www.facebook.com/HarvestPresents

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** Read our Mike Patton – “Mondo Cane” album review here…

Soundwave Brisbane 2010 – Faith No More and Jane’s Addiction [PHOTO GALLERY]

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Regular John are inviting you to take a trip when they bring their Strange Flowers to life this September.

Strange Flowers is the second album from the Sydney based four piece. The follow up to 2009s ARIA nominated The Peaceful Atom is a Bomb is out now!

With the intoxicating sweetness of spring unfolding across Australia, the timing for a tour couldn’t be more perfect.
  Continue reading Tour News: Regular John – “The Strange Flowers” 2012 Spring Tour →

Low High is the first single taken from Ella Hooper’s debut solo album, ‘In Tongues.’

Produced & recorded by Jan Skubizewski (Owl Eyes, Illy, Way Of The Eagle) chiefly in his Smith St Collingwood studio, the track features guest performances by horror-country act Graveyard Train.

Low High is a rhythmic call and answer affair, that marks the first solo effort from Ella who’s previous credits include lead vocals in iconic Australian pop punk band Killing Heidi and alt-country act The Verses.
Continue reading Ella Hooper – Low High (Official Music Video) →

Bluesfest, Australia’s multi-award winning 5 Day Festival, presents its 1st artist announcement for Easter 2013 (March 28 – April 1) held in beautiful Byron Shire, at its dedicated event site, the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm.

“This is our Year” says Peter Noble, Festival Director. “We are delivering one of our absolute best artist line-ups ever, and the first announcement is only the beginning.
Continue reading Ben Harper, Santana, Iggy & The Stooges, Chris Isaak, Bonnie Raitt and more announced for Byron Bay Bluesfest 2013! →

BIG DAY OUT PRESENTS 2013 SIDESHOWS
On Sale 9am Friday 21 September at www.bigdayout.com

The Big Day Out 2013 sideshows have been announced! The Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Band Of Horses, Bloody Beetroots, Alabama Shakes and Crystal Castles are hitting venues around the country to offer fans a second opportunity to see them outside of the Big Day Out. Don’t blink you might miss the chance to attend what are sure to be the most talked-about gigs in January!

THE KILLERS
SUPER INTIMATE SHOWS!
With their roll call of anthems THE KILLERS are renowned for their epic stadium shows but, after a two year hiatus and a new album in Battle Born, the band are offering Australian audiences a unique live experience with these intimate sideshows.

Sydney: Wednesday 16 January at The Metro
Melbourne: Tuesday 22 January at The Palace
On Sale 9am Friday 21 September at www.bigdayout.com

Continue reading BIG DAY OUT 2013 – Sideshows Announced! →

New Single – Was It Worth It
In Store September 28th 2012
Talisman Tour 2012

Out of the studio and on the road, Fremantle’s soulful raconteur Mama Kin, is bringing her new sound and expanded line-up to a venue near you.

With a widespread reputation for stirring live shows, Mama Kin returns to the stage with a swag of new songs that confront the veil between darkness and light.
Continue reading News: Mama Kin – Talisman Tour 2012 and New Single – “Was It Worth It” →

Free movies

Charles Laughton plays Kidd, a merchant captain who cons the King of England (Henry Daniell) into allowing him to take to the sea to recover a lost treasure and escort a ship back to London.
Continue reading Movie: Captain Kidd (1945) →

Image of American guitarist Jimi Hendrix taken by Rob Bosboom
Source: Dutch National Archives, The Hague, Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau

On This Day: September 18, 1970 James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix died in his London apartment at the age of 27
Continue reading September 18, 1970 – James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix died in his London apartment →

The film centers on the life of Tod Lubitch (John Travolta), who was born with an improperly functioning immune system. This means that contact with unfiltered air may kill him, so he must live out his life in incubator conditions.
He lives with his parents, since they decided to move him from the hospital where he was being kept as a boy.
He is constricted to staying in his room all his life, where he eats, learns, reads and exercises, while being protected from the outside world by various coverings.
Continue reading Movie: The Boy In The Plastic Bubble (1976 – With John Travolta, Glynnis O’Connor, Robert Reed, Diana Hyland) →