Stereophonics confirm east coast tour with special guests Atlas Genius

Welsh rockers STEREOPHONICS make their eagerly awaited return to Australia this July – their first tour here since 2010 – touching down in three East Coast cities with special guests Atlas Genius.

Stereophonics, one of Britain’s most dynamic and celebrated live bands, will tour in support of one of their most revered releases to date, the critically acclaimed Graffiti on the Train.

With a stellar career history spanning 21 years – from 1998’s BRIT Award for Best New Band, through five consecutive UK #1 albums, to last month’s release of their eighth studio recording – Stereophonics have time and again cemented themselves as one of the UK’s greatest rock bands.
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Heavenly Antennas to Provide Musical Score for 2013 Vivid Sydney

Heavenly Antennas are a Sydney-based duo who collaborate to produce recording artists, film scores and huge sound-installations for multi-media events. Their music ranges from the arty and obscure – such as creating an entire score out of antique vibrators for an SBS documentary – to huge orchestral scores for immersive cross-media experiences such as the Shanghai Pavillion at World Expo, or the closing song of Doha Games, seen by 80 million people.
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Festival Review: THE GUM BALL Festival 2013

Review by Sian Hanigan
Photos by Amy Lee Freshwater
Driving out on a dusty dirt road, after passing the sleepy country towns of Cessnock and Branxton, we had reached our magical destination, ‘Dashville’, Lower Belford. The secluded bushy estate owned by the Johnston’s in the beautiful Hunter Valley, welcomed us with open arms. Local volunteers with cheek-to-cheek grins directed us to SPACIOUS camp areas nestled amongst the Australian gum-trees. Every person we pass, waving, like old friends.

And wait, only 10 minutes had passed and I knew it was my kind of festival. The camping situation was second to none, taking me back to childhood camp outs in east coast national parks. There was space, there were showers, there was the occasional melody of native birds through the music and it was BYO (definitely a bonus). People were friendly, an assortment of very young, very old and everyone in between. They were more than happy to offer you a cuppa from the billy, welcome you over for a sing-along, or in my case lend me their jumper leads to recharge my car… and the toilets were clean.
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Trail Of Dead announce “Source Tags & Codes” Australian Tour‏ – May 2013

…And You Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will return to Australia this May to perform what is arguably their best and most influential record, Source Tags & Codes, which the almighty Pitchfork awarded a perfect score of 10/10. The shows will take place in two parts: a complete performance of Source Tags & Codes, followed by a set of highlights from their extensive back catalogue.
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Freedom Fighter join Blue King Brown


FREEDOM FIGHTERS JOIN BKB
New line up additions ahead of new album

Ahead of the release of their new album to be released later this year, Blue King Brown add two new freedom fighting backing singers to their band.

Joining Natalie Pa’apa’a are the powerful vocals of Lea and Petra Rumwaropen; daughters of the late Agosto Rumwaropen, singer/songwriter behind one of West Papua’s most recognised and outspoken acts The Black Brothers.
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