Watch Madonna‘s spectactular performance at the 2012 Super Bowl Halftime Show!

Madonna
Super Bowl 46 – Indianapolis, IN – February 5, 2012

There are great guitarists … superstar guitarists … legendary guitarists… and then there is BUDDY GUY.

An all-time favourite and an absolute legend! And if this wasn’t enough Buddy’s special guest for two very special shows in Melbourne & Sydney is guitar virtuoso JONNY LANG.

“BUDDY GUY was for me… what Elvis was for others”, said Eric Clapton… and he wasn’t alone in following his ‘mentor’“BUDDY GUY plays from a place that I’ve never heard anyone play” – Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Arguably the biggest pop/dance crossover acts of the 90’s, AQUA are making their long awaited return to Australia this summer to perform all of the number one hits that made them a household name the world over and saw them sell in excess of 33million albums and singles.

With songs like Barbie Girl, Doctor Jones and Lollypop (Candyman), sweet-toothed Australian pop fans embraced AQUA making this country one of the most successful markets for the group. Featuring the original line-up of vocalists Lene Nystrøm and René Dif, keyboard player Søren Rasted and Claus Norreen on guitar, AQUA are set to rekindle their Australian love affair by bringing the pure pop delight they are famous for to life right across the country.
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Photographer: Naomi Rahim

Photographer: Naomi Rahim
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When August Burns Red unleashed their 2009 breakout album, Constellations, they became a band that could no longer be ignored. They debuted in the Top 25, co-headlined the AP Tour, headlined Warped Tour and connected fiercely with a colossal legion of fans. Suddenly the Pennsylvania-based metalcore giants have found themselves in some rather unexpected places. From the cover of Alternative Press to Fox’s American Dad, from the sands of Dubai to Japan to South America.

Having briefly stopped by in 2010 to say G’Day to Aussie fans as part of the No Sleep Til tour, August Burns Red are now set to grace our shores once more in support of their fourth full-length album Leveler. Revolver Magazine concluded that the release set the standard for their entire scene in 2011, so it’s only fitting then, that the band brings some of the genre’s finest live bands along for the ride on their mammoth Australian tour.
Continue reading Tour News: August Burns Red & Blessthefall Australian Tour – April 2012 →

Review by Billy Geary
Remix albums for any band, be it a full blown electronic act or a big metal band are risky business. Rarely is a remix album put together that actually improves a bands sound or even adds a worthwhile extra dimension to the group’s music. In fact, with the exception of a couple of select releaseas (such as Gotye’s stunning Mixed Blood), most remix albums follow the general formula where there are a couple of great tracks, a couple of terrible tracks and a whole bunch of filler.

Much maligned metalcore band Asking Alexandria are the latest of a growing trend of metal bands going down the remix path, with a collection of remixes of tracks taken from their two albums to date. Unsurprisingly, Stepped Up and Scratched can be summarised in much the same way as any other remix album; there’s a couple of impressive interpretations mixed in with plenty of filler.
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Music Video for “Superbad” performed Live at the Roxy by Unwritten Law from the album Swan.

– By Helen Brown
One woman, one guitar and a whole lot of attitude. “F*ck you, and your untouchable face” unwittingly became a feminist catch cry of the mid 90s, and the lady who imparted these empowering words, Ani Difranco, is back with Which Side Are You On? after a three year break from recording. Drawing influences and support from many talented Louisianan musicians, each song is a story unto itself.

‘Splinter’ is one of the stronger tracks and is about keeping the balance between naturism and materialism, and not letting ourselves become consumed by living too comfortably: “Sweat in the summer, shiver in the winter / just enough to know you’re alive.” With an animated guitar and booming timpani, Difranco sounds down to earth as though she is practicing or experimenting in a home made recording studio. She also weaves medieval renaissance notes and cool little riffs into Which Side Are You On?, all the while maintaining clever lyrics and frantic sing-song melodies.
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Forget what you know about heavy metal. Masters of their craft, MACHINE HEAD have been redefining the genre for the better part of 15 years since their breakthrough classic ‘ Burn My Eyes’ blazed a path for all to follow.

In 2007 they created a masterpiece of modern metal, ‘The Blackening’ and delivered the knockout blow to the rest of the metal world. Critics and fans alike agreed that this was one of the purest, finest, most powerful expressions of modern heavy metal released.

Four years since the epic success of “The Blackening”, the MACHINE HEAD studio album “Unto The Locust” was released in June this year. It is simply their most innovative and ambitious offering to date displaying punishing brutality with Metal Hammer declaring ‘the album is a storm of complex arrangements and riffs, compiled by musicians who have gained absolute command of their vision. It’s breathtaking work.”
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