Category Archives: Melbourne

Ash Grunwald | Australian Autumn Tour 2014 announced

AshHot off the stomping, hairy heels of Ash’s GARGANTUA album release and tour with Scott and Andy from The Living End, Ash is returning to the pavement as the lone troubadour, to pound his way up and down his favourite haunts. Renowned for the most incredibly, thumping live shows to come out of single human being, Ash is super excited about being back on the stomp box and reaffirming his decade long reputation as being the loudest one-man-band around.

During Ash’s time with Scott and Andy – one of the country’s most skilled rhythm sections, he was forced to step things up and do something he’d never done before – practice! The excitement of the challenge – the fear almost of playing with two such musical entities – spawned in Ash a passion for musical self-betterment he hadn’t felt since that all consuming, all too common teenage obsession of wanting to become the greatest musician in the world.
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Scottish Comic Kevin Bridges announces Australian Tour

KevinBridgesKevin Bridges is Scotland’s favourite stand up comic! He tours Australia for the first time in March with shows in Melbourne Brisbane and Sydney.

Despite having not set foot in a comedy club before his first open mic spot in 2004, Kevin’s natural gift for comedy ensured he quickly became a regular at major comedy clubs up and down the country.

In 2006 Kevin performed his first full-length solo show at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, to a sold out audience and much critical acclaim. Moving into bigger venues every year, Kevin continued to sell out his hometown festival in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
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Volbeat + Filter + Hacktivist | Soundwave Sidewaves shows announced!

filterAfter being catapulted into the spotlight following an invitation to tour with Metallica in 2009, their fifth album has done nothing to stop the band’s ever-growing domination of the genre. VOLBEAT has been touring worldwide, taking inspiration from death, the dark arts and other terrifying and controversial experiences, and is finally bring its highly acclaimed live show to Aussie fans. Join the creators behind Denmark’s #1 rock album on a journey through mysterious and sinister territories on Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies. Rich stories laden with fictional characters such as outlaws and erotic dancers interweave between the tracks of VOLBEAT’S latest offering, all the while encompassing their signature rebellious spirit of metal, rockabilly and country and western.
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Buried In Verona | Announce National Tour for Faceless

BIVFollowing on from the news that Buried In Verona will release their new album “Faceless”, the Sydney metal band are excited to announce their national album shows. The Faceless Tour will see them play 10 dates nationally to launch their new album of the same name.

Fans have already been given a taste of “Faceless”, out Friday 7th of March through UNFD, via lead singles “Splintered” and “Illuminate”. “Faceless” delivers the same lyrical in your-face confrontation as it 2012 predecessor “Notorious”, with a bigger and more diverse sound than BIV fans are accustomed to.
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La Dispute announce Australian Tour with Balance and Composure

La DisputeNot many people make art for the sake of art anymore. In an age of dwindling attention spans and pop songs based on samples of what came before them, we need bands like La Dispute more than ever—and their third full-length Rooms Of The House is evidence of why.

The band—which features vocalist Jordan Dreyer, guitarists Kevin Whittemore and Chad Morgan-Sterenberg, bassist Adam Vass and drummer Brad Vander Lugt—began work on Rooms Of The House in April of 2013 by renting a cabin in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. “The area where we were was pretty remote so we could focus on playing and not much else,” Vass explains. “It was just the five of us working on writing every single day for a month and pretty much the entire album came out of those sessions.”
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GOOD LIFE 2014 | Perth venue move to Claremont Showgrounds | new acts added

GoodLife2014Good Life Music Festival, along with Future Music, Frontier Touring and Mellen Events, have always prioritised the demands of WA music fans and work hard to create the best festival experience for the public. It’s important to us that fans of different genres are able to experience the best festivals on offer in WA.

With this in mind, Good Life Festival has agreed to move our Monday 3 March event in WA from our original site of Joondalup Arena to Claremont Showgrounds, with the support of the venue and the local Council. We felt strongly about assisting Soundwave with the logistical issues they were faced with, as our finishing time is much earlier than Soundwave. This allows Soundwave to fully utilise Joondalup Arena and offer the experience they envision for their festival patrons.
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Pennywise + Stiff Little Fingers + Trash Talk + Authority Zero – Soundwave Sidewaves Show announced

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Get ready to watch history being made, as four game-changing international punk rock bands hit our shores for what’s sure to be an unforgettable night.
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Gwar + Amon Amarth + Satyricon + The Black Dahlia Murder – Soundwave Sidewaves Announced

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A lineup to satiate the most discerning black metal fan is here.

Combining the most ferocious talents from every corner of the globe, Soundwave Touring is delighted to reveal two Sidewaves for GWAR, AMON AMARTH, SATYRICON and THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER.
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A Day To Remember + The Ghost Inside + I Killed The Prom Queen – Soundwave Sidewaves announced!

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Metalcore fans beware: the following lineup may cause dizziness, dilated pupils and increased heart rate as A DAY TO REMEMBER, THE GHOST INSIDE and I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN announce Sidewave shows

Florida’s pop-mosh lords, A DAY TO REMEMBER are back and they will be bringing their crushing live show to Sidewaves in Sydney and Melbourne.

With 5 albums under their belt, each one further cementing the band’s reign as true leaders of the genre, ADTR effortlessly blend pop-punk riffs and earth-shattering heavy breakdowns. Their new studio album (released in Australia by 3Wise)
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VANCE JOY announces Groovin The Moo sideshows

Vance Joy2014 has started extremely well for Vance Joy, coming in at #1 on triple J’s Hottest 100 countdown, making it into the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, performing his first Laneway shows and recently announced on the line-up for this year’s Groovin The Moo.

Vance Joy has confirmed a series of capital city shows during April and May. The shows will take Vance to Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne in between his Groovin The Moo performances.
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SuicideGirls “Blackheart Burlesque” Australian Tour

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SuicideGirls – the sexiest, smartest, most dangerous collection of outsider women in the world are bringing their full Blackheart Burlesque Tour to Australia.

This unique tour is unlike any other Burlesque show.

“This show was something else. The girls, besides being gorgeous as hell, are amazing and talented on stage.” 
(The Age Of Metal)
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Event News | CherryRock014 Melbourne | May 25, 2014

MeatPuppets - photo credit Jaime ButlerBrant Bjork rises from the Californian Desert to co-headline CherryRock014, beside the legendary Meat Puppets. Also added to the final line-up are High Tension and Powerline Sneakers.

And because of the 108 Flinders Street residential development and new Peruvian restaurant at the base of ACD/DC Lane, this must be the final CherryRock Festival as we know it!

Brant Bjorkis revered for his impeccable stoner rock pedigree in KYUSS and Fu Manchu on drums. Brant Bjork has taken lead vocals and guitar via the Californian Desert to a new transcendental high on his seminal stoner albums ‘Somera Sol’, ‘Punk Rock Guilt’ and ‘Gods & Goddesses’. The man is an icon and is as cool as a cactus in the midnight desert.

Playing Times
AC/DC Lane Stage
Meat Puppets (USA) 8:05-9:20pm
Brant Bjork (USA) 6:20 – 7:20pm
King Of The North 4:55 – 5:40pm
Redcoats 3:35 – 4:15pm
Beastwars (NZ) 2:20 – 3:00pm
Bitter Sweet Kicks 1:10 – 1:40pm
The Harlots 12:10 – 12:40pm

Cherry Bar Stage
Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk 7:20 – 8:05pm
Child 5:40 – 6:20pm
Drunk Mums 4:15 – 4:55pm
High Tension 3:00 – 3:35pm
Don Fernando 1:40 – 2:20pm
Powerline Sneakers 12:40 – 1:10pm

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Playing their first show in Australia in over twenty years Meat Puppets will headline CherryRock014 in AC/DC Lane this year.

The Kirkwood Brothers were made famous when just 138 days before his tragic death in 1993 Kurt Cobain invited them to perform with him on MTV Unplugged and Nirvana covered three classic Meat Puppets’ songs, ‘Plateau’, ‘Oh Me’ and ‘Lake of Fire’.
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Twelve Foot Ninja announce ‘Troll Burger’ Tour

ninjaIn honour of their much anticipated crowd funded video, Twelve Foot Ninja have announced an Australian headline tour this March/April.

Twelve Foot Ninja broke crowd funding records when they raised $52,600 to make their new video clip – successfully crowd funding the highest financial target for a music video. As the controversial anti-cyber bullying video spreads like wildfire online, the band have announced an Australian headline tour aptly named ‘The Troll Burger’ tour in March/April, before making their grand return to the U.S. for a handful of festivals including Rock On The Range and Carolina Rebellion.
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The Dead Daisies – 2014 Australian Tour

TDDAustralia will have the chance to welcome back one of their hottest musical exports in years when The Dead Daisies kick off a series of shows supporting the February 7th release of their anticipated Debut self-titled Album, “The Dead Daisies”.

The line-up for the Australian dates will feature Jon Stevens (INXS/Noiseworks), David Lowy (Red Phoenix/Mink), Richard Fortus (Guns N’ Roses/Psychedelic Furs), Dizzy Reed (Guns N’ Roses/Hookers & Blow), Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy/Whitesnake) and newcomer to the band, John Tempesta (The Cult/Rob Zombie).
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