2016 is shaping up to be RÜFÜS’ biggest year yet; with BLOOM topping the ARIA charts with a #1 debut in Jan, booting Adele from the top spot that she’d held for months. The album’s two lead singles landed in triple j’s Hottest 100 countdown (You Were Right #12 and Like An Animal #28) and the fellas are currently in the middle of their mostly sold out European/UK/US/CAN tour, which is set to see them play on the coveted Coachella line up later this month..
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Tag Archives: April 2016
Q&A with Tom Bloomfield – WAAX
With a reputation for delivering blistering live performances and their latest EP ‘Holy Sick’ in tow, WAAX will be hitting the stage at the 2016 ‘The Blurst Of Times” Festival. We caught up with WAAX drummer Tom Bloomfield for a chat.
First of all, congratulations on the release of your 2015 EP ‘Holy Sick’.
Thankyaaaa
‘Holy Sick’ has been extremely well received. Do you enjoy the writing/recording process or prefer touring and playing live shows?
That’s a toughy, I think we love them both for different reasons, playing live probably has our collective heart though.
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Album Review : Black Stone Cherry – ‘Kentucky’
Photos & Review : Peter Coates
From the grungy opening chords of The Way of the Future all the way to the heartfelt soulful close of The Rambler, this is an album that wears its heart right on its Southern Frock-coat sleeve. The fifth full-length release from Kentucky born and bred rockers Black Stone Cherry sees them continue to stay loyal to their deep southern roots, while delivering probably their heaviest riffs, and most soulful ballad on the same record.
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Art Exhibition: “In the garden of Alex” – Richard Randall Studio, Mt Coot-tha – 16/17 April 2016
Alex Crombie-Van Ewyk is a young Brisbane artist with a strong interest in Japanese culture and tradition, and passion for colour and design. In the garden of Alex is an art exhibition of artwork is based on nature and the gardens.
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Trivium Announce Australian Tour – April 2016 *Supports Announced*
*** TOUR UPDATE ***
LOCAL TOUR SUPPORTS ANNOUNCED
The much anticipated return of US metal monoliths TRIVIUM is but one week away now, and promoters have revealed a series of quality local openers for the tour, complementing already announced main support ORPHEUS OMEGA.
Primed and eager to tread the boards alongside one of the most significant and exciting names in modern metal will be a selection of curated local acts. Melbourne scores prog-metal up’n’comers Orsome Welles and the popular Envenomed. Sydney gets energetic melodic hardcore act Polaris. Brisbane will include death metal maestros Eternal Rest, whilst Fremantle and Adelaide will catch Make Way For Man and Dyssidia respectively. All awesome ambassadors for our thriving local metal scene.
There’s no doubt this tour will yield will be one of the most thrill inducing live metal experiences to be had on Australian shores this year. More shows are on the cusp of selling out, so be decisive and head to tickets.destroyalllines.com immediately to secure tickets.
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Ivan Ooze Announces National Tour 2016
To coincide with the launch of his brand new mix tape ’93 KFC Rotisserie GOLD, Ivan Ooze has announced a national headline tour that will take the young rapper across the country to showcase the tracks featured on his long-awaited 2nd release.
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Twin Haus Release Sophomore EP “Nothing Lavish”
After the success of their debut EP, Waxen Myriad, in 2014, Brisbane band Twin Haus began this year recording their awaited follow up, set to be released on March 22nd through Bedlam Records. Whilst continuing to reaffirm their status as one of the best live bands that their city has to offer, the four piece bunkered down for most of 2015 in a preparatory writing mode for their latest release.
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Devon Sproule (US/CAN) – Announces Australian Tour – April 2016
DEVON SPROULE returns to Australia in April 2016 for a 10-date tour including two festivals – Fairbridge & The Gum Ball – and a host of cities in between.
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Richard Clapton takes us to The House of Orange – New Album out 8 April 2016
Richard Clapton is one of Australia’s foremost singer/songwriters and has paved the way for three generations of songwriters to write about the experience of being Australian.
Songs like Girls on the Avenue, I Am an Island, Deep Water, Capricorn Dancer and The Best Years of Our Lives are absolute classics and are part of Australia’s cultural history.
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Millencolin Add Grenadiers As National Tour Supports – April/May 2016
Hard and fast Adelaide punk rock’n’rollers GRENADIERS have been announced as main support in Millencolin‘s fast approaching April/May national tour.
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THE BLURST OF TIMES FESTIVAL Returns For 2016
It was the best of times, it was The Blurst of Times. And it’s back. Exclusive to Brisbane for 2016, the one day rager expands its on-ground capacity, taking over not two, but three venues: The Brightside, The Zoo and The Foundry on Saturday April 16 2016.
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Hailmary Announce New EP & Australian Tour April 2016
Hailmary have announced a new EP titled Evolve Disolve will be released on April 9 and they will be touring around the country in support.
Australia has produced some quality hard rock in the last 50 years and that honest, straight up no bulls##t rock n roll attitude is still prevalent and very much a part of today’s music scene.
Hailmary live and breath it. The blood, sweat and tears, the denim and leather, the wall of sound. Stand in front of this band when they play and you cant help but get moving!
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The Last Waltz Revisited set list confirmed!
Following the announcement last month of The Last Waltz Revisited shows at the Sydney Opera House, there’s been lots of online chatter about which songs will be performed by which members of the cast when they revisit one of the most significant rock and roll events in music history on 1 and 2 April, 2016.
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HEDGE FUND – Summer’s Getting Shorter Tour – March/April 2016
Aiming to carry on with the momentum created in 2015, Sydney-based indie-post-rock outfit Hedge Fund have just unveiled East Coast tour dates and premiered new single ‘Summer’s Getting Shorter’ via Indie Shuffle – Another DIY self-produced effort by vocalist Will Colvin at Free Energy Studios, Sydney.
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Mayfair Kytes announce new single ‘Sleepyhead’ and Album Launch shows
Melbourne four-piece, Mayfair Kytes have announced the release of their debut album, Animus (out April 1), alongside quirky and musically dazzling single, Sleepyhead (out March 18). The folk-art-pop band will be hitting the road to celebrate the release with album launch shows at The Workers Club (Melb) on April 8 and The Vanguard (Syd) on April 28.
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