If you were a kid in the 90s, THE OFFSPRING were one of those groups that made you shout and scream at life. Their ground-breaking album Ignition was that breath of fresh air that a generation needed.
To co-incide with their twentieth anniversary, THE OFFSPRING will be playing their 1992 album Ignition in its entirety along with a set full of new songs and classics!
Continue reading The Offspring Sidewaves announced! – March 2013
Continue reading The Amity Affliction Headlining Push Over’s 21st Birthday Bash – March 2013
Tom Araya / Kerry King / Jeff Hanneman / Dave Lombardo
Ten studio albums, thousands of live shows and nearly three decades into a career that’s made them one of the biggest and most important metal bands in the world, the members of SLAYER know exactly what kind of music they make—brutal but beautiful, punishing yet precise.
This is SLAYER. Do we really need to go on? The only other thing you need to know is that tickets go on sale Wednesday 19 December, 9am.
MONDAY 25 FEBRUARY
SYDNEY, BIG TOP LUNA PARK – 18+
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Presented by Soundwave Touring.
Continue reading Slayer Sidewave announced!
review by Helen Brown
The art of blending hip hop with a multitude of genres is on the rise and has recently been done by Bliss & Eso and East Londoner Plan B. The latest to be inducted into the fold is Chance Waters, a Sydney hip hop artist with a social conscience.
From crumbling societies and the end of the world, to the joys of young love, Chance Waters has collaborated with the likes of Kate Martin, Lilian Blue and Bertie Blackman among many others to produce Infinity, an album peppered with indie folk, bluesy guitars, piano organs and catchy heartfelt lyrics that fluctuate between bleak and hopeful.
‘Conjure Up A Fire’ is a stand out track reminding us that we have the power to make a difference, that we should never follow the masses and never be afraid to find our voice.
Continue reading Album Review: Chance Waters – Infinity
Photographer: Amy Lee Freshwater
Photographer: Amy Lee Freshwater
Continue reading Photo Gallery – HOMEBAKE Music, Film, Comedy & Arts Festival 2012
The Frontier Touring Company in association with Jacobsen International have announced that the legendary Jimmy Barnes and musical wunderkinds The Rubens will be joining Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as special guests for their Hanging Rock performance.
Jimmy Barnes is a performer who needs no introduction. Heralded as one of the most popular and best-selling Australian artists of all time, Barnes (JimmyBarnes.com) has tasted fame both as the front man of Cold Chisel and as a solo artist in his own right.
Across a career that spans almost four decades, Barnes has accumulated 9 #1 solo releases, sold hundreds of thousands of albums and scored two inductions into the ARIA Hall Of Fame.
Since bursting onto the scene with Cold Chisel in the late 1970s, Barnes has dominated the music charts and airwaves with instant classics like ‘Khe Sanh’, ‘Flame Trees and ‘Working Class Man’.
Continue reading BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & The E Street Band announce JIMMY BARNES & THE RUBENS as special guests for Hanging Rock show!
Photographer: Robert Geary Photography
Photographer: Robert Geary Photography
Artist: Joe Robinson – joerobinson.com
Venue: Toff In Town, Melbourne
Date: 8 December 2012
One of the world’s most popular instrumental groups, 65DAYSOFSTATIC, have announced their first ever visit to Australia, performing headline shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth as well as this year’s Peat’s Ridge Festival. The tour follows the recent announcement of the release of their back catalogue in Australia, beginning with their latest ‘We Were Exploding Anyway / Heavy Sky’ featuring Robert Smith (The Cure), followed by deluxe editions of their first 3 albums.
Formed in 2001 in Sheffield, 65daysofstatic quickly established themselves as one of the most influential post-rock exponents in the UK. Whilst their early EPs showed a band dabbling in electronica and dance-rock, the band was equally at home playing epic instrumentals and math-rock. The success of their 2004 debut LP The Fall Of Math and the follow up One Time For All Time earned the band a personal invitation to support The Cure on their 2007/08 arena tour around the world.
Continue reading 65daysofstatic Australian Tour 2013 – Supports Announced!
KIM CHURCHILL AUSTRALIAN SUMMER TOUR ANNOUNCED
National Tour kicks off January 5th, 2013, with special guest Steve Smyth
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Kim Churchill will return home to Australia this January, kicking his summer tour off with special guest Steve Smyth on January 5th, 2013 at Thornbury Theatre in Melbourne.
Kim is currently headlining a 26-date national tour of Canada that started less than a week after dates with The Beards and The Snowdroppers with his Australian tour covering five states through January and February.
Continue reading Kim Churchill Australian Summer Tour Announced
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E STREET BAND announce their return to Australia!
The Frontier Touring Company in association with Jacobsen International are proud to announce the first Australian tour dates for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in a decade. Confirmed to tour the East Coast of Australia in March 2013 with their ‘Wrecking Ball Tour’, the run will include indoor arena dates in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and a very special outdoor performance at Victoria’s iconic Hanging Rock.
Continue reading BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and the E STREET BAND announce their return to Australia!
FOR THOSE ABOUT TO MEREDITH ….this note’s for you. The Wait is finally over.
THREE DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS
Is a wonderful amount of time to spend on Serious Fun in the Greatest of Outdoors – so you need to make some Proper Plans. To assist, The Pocket Companion has Everything You Need To Know: playing times, maps, handy tips, what to bring (warm waterproof clothes, Photo ID) what not to bring (glass), and a bedside guide to interpreting water-skiing dreams.
If you are going to Be There, you need to Read, Print and Bring, the link is here.
Continue reading FOR THOSE ABOUT TO MEREDITH
With their pioneering blend of cleverly produced, electro pop-rock, GARBAGE were always ahead of their time. They have been writing the soundtrack to our angst and documenting our perversions since their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album in 1995.
With a treasure trove of awards (including 3 grammy nominations) on the shelf and over 12 million album sales GARBAGE are finally returning to Australia for the first time in 8 years as part of the sold out Soundwave Festivals.
Continue reading Garbage Sidewaves announced!
“On the group’s self-titled debut, the best of both bands can be heard: smart lyricism, enviable energy, finely tuned ears for melody and fantastic guitar sounds…. Not a second is wasted: at 39 minutes, the album feels tantalisingly brief and demands repeated listens. This is an absorbing and cathartic collection of songs performed by four accomplished musicians. Not to be missed.”
The Australian 4.5 Stars
It’s a group made in rock’n’roll heaven: Spencer P Jones, the redoubtable, life-hardened troubadour, and former member of The Johnnys, the Beasts of Bourbon and a host of other outfits; James Baker, Painkiller, original Scientist, Le Hoodoo Guru, Dubrovnik and Jones’ contemporary in the infamous Axeman’s Jazz line-up of the Beasts; and one half of The Drones, Gareth Liddiard, songwriter, guitarist, modern-day folk-punk poet and enigmatic bassist Fiona Kitschin.
Continue reading Spencer P Jones and The Nothing Butts Australian Tour – December 2012
Review by Helen Brown
Understated guitars and synth coupled with perfectly weighted vocals and harmonies make ‘Drones’ a solid third single from Sydney-based Nantes, and is an advanced taste of their debut album due in 2013.
First single ‘Fly’ launched Nantes from the obscurity of the masses of new artists on Triple J Unearthed to become part of the regular rotation of tracks on the airwaves in 2011, as did their second single ‘Satisfy’ earlier this year.
Continue reading Single Review: Nantes – “Drones”
Review by Sibel Kutlucan
Heroes For Hire have delivered again with a third full length album, No Apologies, which holds its ground as a great pop punk album.
No Apologies is enthralling and contagious, and is bound to appeal to many. Though a little bias, having liked most of Heroes For Hire’s music previously, it’s great to have a fantastic pop punk band representing Australia, and No Apologies has delivered such a fantastic pop punk album to make us proud.
Continue reading Album Review: Heroes For Hire – “No Apologies”