For anyone who ever thought that making good music was a lost art, LAURA compels you to think again. On October 14 the Melbourne five piece release their long-awaited third album, TWELVE HUNDRED TIMES.

Of the new album, LAURA’s Andrew Yardley says ”’Cutting the fat’ – was the mantra applied to every aspect of creating TWELVE HUNDRED TIMES. Focused and obsessed, we were brutal in refining every note of every song. Songs and sounds became territorial, aggressively fighting for space. The weak were cut or cannibalised. Emotion was a scarce treat, allowed in small potions but neurotic self-restraint ensured it didn’t weaken our vision. Any reward songs gave us along the way was immediately ploughed

back into the earth. TWELVE HUNDRED TIMES is lean and sharp as planned but is ultimately more sentimental then we envisioned.”
Continue reading Laura ‘Twelve Hundred Times’ Tour – November 2011 →

Based around the core of front-man Rival MC (aka Fred Leone) and DJ Returnagain (aka James Vincent), Impossible Odds are an Indigenous Hip Hop/Soul group from Brisbane. Their long awaited debut album “Against All odds” has just been released.

Continue reading IMPOSSIBLE ODDS – “AGAINST ALL ODDS” Album and Tour – 2011 →

Get ready to be blasted into oblivion when The Killgirls launch the ANIMAL EP at the Queens Theatre in Adelaide this Saturday, October 22. Supported by ADL heavy hitters The Rules, Loot and Plunder, Bottle Rockets (DJ Set), AJ Sound, The Kings and General Admission this launch is going to eclipse their last mind imprinting launch event. The Killgirls: ANIMAL was produced, mixed and mastered entirely by lead vocalist Mario Spate, and recorded by the band – Nick O’Connor on bass, Hamish Cox playing synths, Tony Irish on drums, Rusty Hutchinson on guitar – the EP is the sound of The Killgirls unleashed. The first single, ‘Astronaut’, is a bass driven dance floor anthem at the ready, and it’s coming your way. The Killgirls make music with teeth, for party people. They have played up to the ecstatic mayhem of the 2010 Fringe Opening Party in front of 40,000 people, scored a Boiler Room spot at the Big Day Out in 2011; rocked Parklife 2011 and played The Clipsal 500 2011, as well as many other shows around the country. They have shared stages with Crystal Castles, MSTRKRFT, Die Antwoord, Bloody Beetroots, Art VS Science and Oh Mercy!; have enjoyed syncs with Suburu, The Commonwealth Games and the AFL; will be taking the stage at the 2011 Parklife in Adelaide on October 3; are supporting Dead Letter Circus on the NO FRACKING WAY Tour in November, and this, as they say, is just the beginning.

Continue reading The Killgirls ANIMAL EP LAUNCH – Queens Theatre, Adelaide – This Saturday October 22nd, 2011 →

Dan Wheldon after his Indianapolis 500 victory in May

There has been a sad build-up to this weekend’s Armor All Gold Coast 600 with the tragic death of English driver Dan Wheldon in the final round of the IZOD IndyCar Series in Las Vegas this morning. 33-year-old Wheldon, who was set to drive with his good mate James Courtney in a Toll Holden Racing Team Commodore at this weekend’s race, was involved in a 15-car pile-up just 12 laps into the 200-lap race.

Continue reading TRAGEDY STRIKES INDYCAR FINALE IN LAS VEGAS →

Photographer: Stephen Goodwin

Photographer: Stephen Goodwin
Continue reading Mono @ Hi-Fi, Brisbane with No Anchor, Secret Birds – 05 October 2011 | Photo Gallery and Review →

Photographer: Stuart Blythe

Photographer: Stuart Blythe
Continue reading HITS, Velociraptor @ The Hi-Fi, Brisbane – 13 October 2011 | Photo Gallery →

Photographer: Stuart Blythe

Photographer: Stuart Blythe
Continue reading New York Dolls @ The Hi-Fi, Brisbane – 13 October 2011 | Photo Gallery →

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Celebrating 35 years of living dead, UK gothic punk rockers, the Damned, make a triumphant return to Australia in January 2012. Lead by original members, guitarist/singer Captain Sensible and theatrical singer Dave Vanian, as well as long time members Monty Oxy Moron, Pinch and Stu West, the Damned return with one mission in mind: to wreak anarchy, chaos and destruction across the nation. Continue reading THE DAMNED Australian Tour, January 2012 →

Hot off the back of their recent BIGSOUND performance, Brisbane 4 piece Laneous & The Family Yah’s SCISSORS EP has been added to over 100 stations across the American College Radio Network, featuring in numerous Top 30 Charts and receiving plays on some of its biggest stations including KCRW in LA and WNYU in New York.

Continue reading Laneous & The Family Yah “Oh She” Tour – November 2011 →

If superbly-crafted pop-rock and great songwriting is your thing,
then look no further than Steve Lane and The Autocrats…

Rapidly gathering a reputation as a live act not to be missed, you couldn’t ask for a band with a better music pedigree. It includes frontman Steve Lane (voicepopfoible), a prolific musician and music producer; the “Earl Of Bass” Edmondo Amendola (Augie March); “Gentlemanly Purveyor Of Beats” Dave Williams (Augie March, Dan Kelly); coconspirator Jimmy Williams (Paul Kelly & The Dots, The Shedshakers) and “Rhythmic Axeman” Pete Slater (Dalriada).
Continue reading Steve Lane and The Autocrats – The Romance of Communication Album Launch Tour – Oct/Nov 2011 →

To use a sporting analogy, Rockhampton’s favourite sons BUSBY MAROU are heading into the business end of the season with the wind well and truly in their sails.

After scoring high rotation slots from Triple J and NOVA, BUSBY MAROU’S debut self-titled album reached #24 on the ARIA album charts and #5 on the Australian artist charts. The boys are also making their presence felt with strong showings in the nominations at the AIR, Deadly and Queensland Music Awards.
Continue reading BUSBY MAROU THE “UNDERLYING MESSAGE” TOUR – Nov/Dec 2011 →

2011 is coming to an end and Melbourne’s CALLING ALL CARS have been drawn back to the white lines of the music industry…

…the white lines of the roads that they’ll navigate between venues.

A month after launching their latest album ‘Dancing With A Dead Man’ ( Read our album review here) on an action-packed national tour CALLING ALL CARS have finally been let out to play again! That tour, throughout August and September, launched ‘Dancing With A Dead Man’ and the album was crowned a “triple j feature album” in the week of its release! That tour also introduced new comers Redcoats and Boy in a Box to a national audience.
Continue reading CALLING ALL CARS – 2011…But wait! There’s more! →