Australia’s soon-to-be favourite musical family, the 5-part vocal and multi-instrumental sensations The Perch Creek Family Jugband have invited their equally talented friends The Quarry Mountain Dead Rats and The Bearded Gypsy Band to take part in a travelling mini musical festival through February.

They’ve called it the Wooden Music Tour.
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She is Fremantle’s soulful raconteur; a sorcerer of free will and individuality; a troubadour of the human condition; and a performer who steals hearts. With foot-stomping live shows that combine New Orleans-inspired bass lines with ballads of open-hearted tenderness, it’s no wonder Mama Kin’s reputation precedes her.

Over the past few years Mama Kin has cemented herself as one of the darlings of the live circuit, delivering stirring shows across the country as fans become mesmerised by the Mama’s spell.

In March, April and May 2013 Mama Kin will be back on the road, playing songs from her highly anticipated sophomore album The Magician’s Daughter, in store February 22nd though MGM.
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No matter what people say, bigger is always better – especially when we’re talking about heavy metal. And heavy metal doesn’t get much bigger than FOZZY.

FOZZY, the band featuring WWE Wrestling Superstar CHRIS JERICHO and Stuck Mojo mastermind RICH ‘The Duke’ WARD will be joining DUFF McKAGAN’S LOADED and DANKO JONES in Sydney only. There is no doubt that FOZZY are one of the most dynamic and kick ass live acts on the scene making this a Sidewave not to be missed!

When names like Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver populate your résumé, you have a lot to live up to on your solo releases. DUFF McKAGAN not only lives up to it, but has cemented his legacy as one of Rock’s most unique figures.

DUFF McKAGAN and his gang have been building a sound full up with earthy ground and pound. Sure there’s an undeniable streak of the platinum level hookery and crookery that took Duff to the very top of the candy mountain and this is nowhere more evident than his third album, ‘The Taking’. They Will Rock You sum it up perfectly enthusing that it “provides the perfect soundtrack for a kicking, dragging, screaming return to the gutter so if you like your rock dark and dirty, this one is for you.”
Continue reading Duff McKagan’s Loaded + Danko Jones Sidewaves – February 2013 →

It’s gearing up to be a big 2013 for Something With Numbers. Last week the band announced their first new track in five years, “We Kill The Weekend”. This week, the Central Coasters announce their first run of live shows, hitting the East Coast Road in mid February.

In anticipation of their forthcoming album release later this year, the band will be play three intimate and sweaty shows at Brisbane’s Crowbar (Feb 14), Melbourne’s Northcote Social Club (Feb 15) and Sydney’s Annandale Hotel (Feb 22).
Continue reading Something With Numbers Announce Headline Shows – February 2013 →

When The Mark Of Cain presented their fifth studio LP, Songs of the Third and Fifth in November last year, the reaction of music lovers across the country was indicative of a fan base who had been starved of the style of music TMOC make for far too long.

They responded fast, making the record the highest selling album from the FUSE group in 2012, while the critics lavished it with praise and allocated slots on their ‘best of’ lists for the year …

“Six years in the making and worth every bit of the wait. A career high point” – Rolling Stone★★★★ .5
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Two divas, One extraordinary show.

Combine a guitar virtuoso, highly acclaimed songwriting and the inspiration for a legion of country alt singers across the world and you get rock royalty BONNIE RAITT.
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KillRockStar Big Dog Entertainment are thrilled to present Happy Mondays for the first time in Australia- the definitive original line-up!
Fusing the euphoric elements of acid house and rave with joyous indie guitar pop, Manchester’s Happy Mondays became one of the most influential UK bands of the later 20th century. Continue reading Happy Mondays Announce Australian Tour 2013‏ →

TV has soap operas, literature has Shakespeare, and metal – well, metal has ANTHRAX.

ANTHRAX are that fire-breathing, thrash-spitting, multi-headed beast of a band that – 30 years since the day Scott Ian and then-bassist Danny Lilker searched a biology textbook for the disease that would become their moniker – smiles back at you with a monstrous, upturned middle finger and refuses to fucking die.
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Acclaimed local four-piece Lowrider make an emphatic return this February with their third studio album, ‘Black Stones’. Recorded throughout 2012 between the famed Red Bull Studios in Los Angeles and Chapel Lane Studios in Adelaide, the album presents a bold and exciting sonic progression for the band. To celebrate the release of ‘Black Stones’, Lowrider will take their renowned live show on the road, hitting a series of spots all across the east coast throughout March and April and kicking things off in their hometown of Adelaide on Saturday February 16th.
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Destroy All Lines and Killyourstereo.com present
SILVERSTEIN
with SIENNA SKIES & GUESTS
THIS IS HOW THE WIND SHIFTS AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2013

There will be no time to rest for Silverstein as they return to Australia this April to unveil their seventh studio album This Is How The Wind Shifts (Roadrunner Records).

Formed in 2000 in Burlington, ON Canada, Silverstein has become as close to a household name as you can get in the post-hardcore scene. Having played more than 1500 shows in 34 countries Silverstein have been a staple on many festivals and tours. Which have included the likes of Vans Warped Tour, Take Action!, Taste of Chaos, Rock Am Ring (Germany), Soundwave, Give it a Name (UK), and also co-founded the Scream It Like You Mean It tour in 2010.
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The xx Australian tour announced – April 2013

Young UK indie trio The xx have quickly become one of the most in demand acts on the planet, and they’re bringing their incredibly atmospheric and captivating live show back Down Under this April. Tickets for the general public will go on sale Tuesday the 15th January, 12.00pm midday AEDT.

First hitting Australian shores as part of the Laneway Festival back in 2010, the precociously talented trio – Jamie Smith, Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim – pre-empted the release of Coexist in July of this year by playing two triumphant Australian shows which sold out in minutes. Not to be outdone, Smith – who under his alter-ego Jamie xx is rapidly building a global reputation as a formidable producer and remixer – also sold out two solo shows in the same cities in next to no time.
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Absolute Punk succinctly put what we all know about MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK.
“From the raw earnest of I Am the Movie to the brilliance of Commit This To Memory to the experimentalism of Even If It Kills Me to the pop-punk clinic of My Dinosaur Life, MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK has grown as musicians while never penning a disappointing album”

The journey continues with MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK as they are in the midst of a career renaissance with their latest release ‘Go’, the most mature and developed album of their fourteen-year career. ‘Go’ is triumph in every way imaginable, from its tight thematic coherence and smart exploration of an emotionally complex topic, to its whip-smart arrangements and hook-filled song writing…“it might just be the best album MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK have crafted to date.” – Property of Zack
Continue reading Motion City Soundtrack – Sidewave shows – February 2013 →

Photographer: CARBIE WARBIE – http://www.carbiewarbie.com

Photographer: CARBIE WARBIE – http://www.carbiewarbie.com
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