BLUE KING BROWN – TWO SPECIAL HEADLINE SHOWS – October 2010

  Blue King Brown, Australia’s premier live Urban roots crew, are Comin’ to conquer! Fresh off the back of a national run with the John Butler Trio, they are now bringing their hot new International sound to the stage for two special headline Victorian concerts in celebration of the release of their new album!

With the drop of their new record WORLDWIZE Part 1 North & South, (receiving a string of 4 & 5 star reviews across the Nation) they have established themselves as one of Australia’s most engaging, unique & quality acts.

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Nicholas Roy “In A Shoebox Under The Bed” – LP Review

Review: Ben Connolly


In a Shoebox Under the Bed - Nicholas RoyNicholas Roy
  It’s a great romantic ideal, isn’t it? A fresh-faced boy with a heart of gold, a far-away stare and a modicum of musical ability notches up a home recording completed in his dreary Melbourne abode. Everything about it screams eyes-rolling type cliche, that we’ve read the story a million times to know it backwards and that nothing new or exciting can ever come out of that set up again. But that’s exactly what Melbourne lad Nicholas Roy has attempted in his first long player Nicholas Roy, released in August through indie label Little Tribe. And it’s a solid effort which manages to take a slightly different route than the troubled singer-songwriter path, but has it worked?

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HALLOWEEN MONSTER MASH 2010 @ Metro Theatre, Sydney 30 October 2010

  HALLOWEEN MONSTER MASH 2010
@ Metro Theatre, Sydney
30 October 2010

Feat. DAPPLED CITIES & SPOD
Supported by Last Dinosaurs, The Laurels, Guinea Fowl, Magnetic Heads, Fishing + whothehell DJ’s

Dress in your best ghoulish costume and get into the ‘spirit’ because Sydney’s premiere Halloween event, Halloween Monster Mash is back this October This is not a trick, it’s a treat

Following on from the successfully sold-out event last year, this exciting live music event will bring Sydney’s ghosts & goblins together for one night inside the make-shift bat cave (and Sydney’s most iconic local venue), The Metro, on Saturday 30th October.
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HELLFEST 2011 First Announcement

  Summer 2010, which was more than ever filled with extreme music, is over and we’re all back at work getting ready for a new season! We hope that you all found the time and energy to visit lots of festivals and get your dose of decibels to go back to work feeling good and revitalized!

After a great edition in 2010, all the Hellfest team is back in business and working hard on the next festival. We would like to remind you that Hellfest 2011, which will be held on the 17th, 18th and 19th of June, will be the last on these grounds. In 2012, Hellfest will move to a new place… We will not say anything else today but you can expect some great surprises…
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Blame Ringo “In A Hurricane” – Single Review

Review: Ben Connolly
Brisbane band Blame Ringo is a band steeped in its own curio past, to the point of it almost being written off as a comic band. The name itself, and the mileage the group got over the official rebuke from Ringo Starr over its previous name, set it up early on as a tongue-in-cheek piss-take. They followed that through with curious film clip for single “Garble Arch” off its first long player – which became a bona fide Youtube viral phenomena – and then a cute tour concept of playing in laundromats; an audience would be forgiven for thinking this band’s interest was firmly in taking the mickey, rather than solid songwriting. And there would be nothing wrong with that; there are plenty of decent and long-lived acts in this land and abroad who could stake their claim firmly in piss-takery, whilst still holding credible assertions of musicianship (think The Fauves, TISM or, further afield, The Duckworth Lewis Method).
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THE FUMES – East Coast Tour – October 2010 w/ Elliot Brood

The Fumes arrive home to OZ and announce their very first headline tour of the year with special guest Elliot Brood from Canada.

  Sure, they toured with Clutch, Calexico and the Hoodoo Gurus this year all before they shook down venues the US again with their signature gritty performances, but true to form The Fumes are eager to be back in front of local fans this time with Elliot Brood who owns his own set of accolades and stays close to the road, touring relentlessly. The Brood will be on tour to support their debut album release.

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The New Pornographers – “Together” Australian Tour November 2010 [Tour News]

  In celebration of their fifth album, “Together”, Canadian-US super-collective The New Pornographers are primed to make their return to Australia this November. As perfect a pop outfit as you’re ever likely to find, The New Pornographers have always dreamed of finding a middle ground between Led Zeppelin and The 5th Dimension, which as it turns out is actually quite a good way of describing their mix of deceptively complex songwriting combined with glimmering hooks and arena-like power.

And as Australian punters are more than aware the bright yet often bittersweet nature of what they do, including all those wonderful vocal harmonies, is an even better experience in the live setting.
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Interpol Melbourne & Sydney Sideshows Announced!

  Interpol – Australian Tour December 2010 / January 2011
Having been announced as headliner of Falls Festival, Sunset Sounds and Southbound this Summer, Handsome Tours are very pleased to announce that Interpol will be performing two exclusive sideshows in support of their highly-acclaimed, self-titled fourth record.

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Philadelphia Grand Jury ‘Save Our Town’ Australian Tour – Nov/Dec 2010

  By the time Philadelphia Grand Jury come back to Australia in November for the ‘Save Our Town’ tour they will have spent the 6 months prior to that doing the following: living and recording in London; setting up a studio; they will have crossed the USA no less than 3 times; played over 50 dates in the UK; toured South Africa; and even ducked back to Australia to play the main stage at Splendour in the Grass.

Now the Philly Jays are set to release their newly recorded single ‘Save our Town’. The track will be side A on a limited edition seven inch vinyl release, which will also feature as a B side the newly recorded version of a live crowd favourite – the punk cover version of Jay-Z’s ’99 Problems’.
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Parklife 2010 – Brisbane – Groove Armada and New Young Pony Club – Photo Gallery

Photographer: Matt Palmer
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Angus and Julia Stone @ The Tivoli, Brisbane – 25 September 2010 with Luluc – Live Review

Review: Victoria Nugent

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[Photo: Naomi Rahim]
  Captivating. Atmospheric. Amazing.
All of these are words that describe Angus & Julia Stone’s performance at The Tivoli on the weekend.

The night started off with another talented boy girl duo, with support act Luluc taking to the stage with a series of folky acoustic songs. Zoe Randall and Steve Hassett played songs that soared with Randall’s full sounding vocals taking centre stage.

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Open Arms Festival 2010 – Double Pass Giveaway!

Open Arms Festival 2010 – Double Pass Giveaway: See below for details.

The Open Arms Festival is back for 2010; hitting The Coffs Harbour Showgrounds, Coffs Harbour NSW on Saturday November 20th 2010 with an awesome band lineup and we have Double Passes to giveaway!

Returning to the sunny mid-north NSW coast town of Coffs Harbour and proudly presented by triple j, The Open Arms Festival showcases Australia’s biggest artists together with a blend of our best young bands. From Rock, Indie and Hip Hop to Electronica through to Roots artists, DJ’s and local performers – it’s all inclusive.
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Wayne Brady – Making S%!t Up 2010 Australian Tour

  The multi-talented Wayne Brady returns to Australia with his hit Las Vegas Show ‘Making S%!t Up’.

Heralded as “pure genius,” “hysterically funny” and “amazing,” Brady’s show is a guaranteed hit Since he started performing Making S%!t Up in April 2007, Brady has lived up to its title. Not only does he create a different show each night with improv partner Jonathan Mangum, he is also constantly adding new elements to the line-up, making each show an original. Brady is well known for his hilarious improvised antics, unique musical talents and limitless impersonation skills as showcased on the hit show “Whose Line is it Anyway?” and the syndicated talk show “The Wayne Brady Show.”

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Filter “The Trouble with Angels” – CD Review

Review: Ben Hosking

  At least in this country, Filter has never attained the level of success that they deserve. Besides a couple of chart-bothering flirtations with tracks like ‘Hey Man, Nice Shot’ and ‘Take a Picture’ way back in the mid-to-late 1990s, Richard Patrick and company have travelled unfairly under the radar. Hopefully the Cleveland, Ohio group’s luck will change with the release of their fifth studio album, The Trouble with Angels.

For those not familiar with Richard Patrick’s talent, take note: he began his professional career with industrial genius Trent Reznor as a touring guitarist

with Nine inch Nails between 1989 and 1993. After this he started Filter in 1995; Patrick’s bread and butter ever since – although certainly not his only musical preoccupation.
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Parklife 2010 – Brisbane – The Dandy Warhols, Soulwax, The Wombats, Wolf gang, Dan Black – Photo Gallery

Photographer: Stuart Blythe
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