The Good Ship are proud to announce the release of their second album “O’ Exquisite Corpse”, a work of dark, sweaty, heaving beauty, featuring the band’s trademark blend of sweet melodies and debauched lyrics. The Good Ship have created an album steeped in rich harmonies and lush instrumentation, all the while retaining the shambolic glory of their live show.

Two years have passed since their debut album “Avast! Wretched Sea”, a work that saw them snag a legion of dedicated fans, play to packed houses around the country, rack up over 100,000 YouTube views, and perform at major festivals including Woodford and Brisbane Festival. With “O’ Exquisite Corpse” the band expands upon their sea shanty roots and explores new territory; although there’s still enough porn and pirate to satisfy their hardcore fans.
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For ten years The Beautiful Girls has been the vehicle that has taken Mat. McHugh and his boot-full of songs from country to country, stage to stage and heart to heart. It’s been a decade long road trip, filled as it should, with shades of poetry that would have made Kerouac nod in approval: weariness birthing blessings, victories amidst exhaustion.
Continue reading Tour News: An Evening With The Beautiful Girls – August-October 2012 →

There will be no shortage of family friendly activities at this year’s Royal Queensland Show (Ekka) with the return of old favourites and the introduction of some brand new shows.

A trip to the Ekka remains Queensland’s number one great family value event with hundreds of free attractions and activities to experience once you’re inside the gates. More than 70 per cent of the showgrounds are dedicated to free activities. This includes 10,000 animals, performances by hit television series dirtgirl, hilarious comedy skits by The Crackup Sisters, singalongs with Farmer Rob and Sunny the Sunflower and the show stopping two hour night-time entertainment program.
Continue reading Event News: Family fun at Queensland’s largest event! →

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After a sold out 2010 Australian tour, New York native and quirky vocalist sensation Ingrid Michaelson returns to our shores for her sophomore tour this September. Bringing along her uniquely endearing stage presence, self-deprecating humour, heartfelt lyrics and pristine vocals, Ingrid Michaelson is set to once again wow Australian audiences.
Continue reading Tour News: Ingrid Michaelson Australian Shows – September 2012 →

Chicago instrumental five-piece, TORTOISE, are heading to Australia in October to play their astonishing amalgamation of rock, dub, dance, jazz, techno and minimalism in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.

While they’ve been around for over two decades and released six critically acclaimed studio albums, when blog, The Line Of Best Fit reviewed Tortoise playing a show in London in 2009 and said: “All talk of age is useless – up there is a bunch of kids having the time of their lives and making some of the most vital music anywhere in the world…”
Continue reading Tour News: Tortoise Australian Tour – October 2012 →

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In what could be one of the worst kept secrets of 2012 we can now confirm Massachusetts band Defeater will indeed be returning to Australia this September just over a year since they were here last. Defeater will be joined by none other than Philadelphia’s ever evolving Blacklisted, touring Australia for the first time since 2008.

Defeater are a band that play by their own rules; they write narrative songs about fictional characters, release concept albums, mix melodic hardcore with acoustic ballads – all the while tapping into issues such as social awareness and environmental activism. Since their formation over four years ago, Defeater have released two full-lengths (2008’s Travels and 2011’s double-LP Empty Days & Sleepless Nights) and an EP (2009’s Lost Ground) that all follow a story-telling songwriting style the band has developed about a family set in post-WWII America in a working class town in New Jersey.
Continue reading Tour News: Defeater / Blacklisted Australian Tour | September-October 2012 →