Photographer: Stuart Blythe
Photographer: Stuart Blythe
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Photo Gallery : Byron Bay Bluesfest 2011 – Day 1
Photographer: Stuart Blythe
Photographer: Stuart Blythe
Artists: ZZ Top, Ben Harper, Xavier Rudd
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BENJALU ‘Shadows In The Sun’ Tour – April/May 2011 [Tour News]
Budding roots rock outfit BENJALU win over fans with a new approach on their new ‘Shadows in the Sun’ EP and tour.
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Four musician mates from Newcastle, collectively known as BENJALU, will release their third EP ‘Shadows In The Sun’ on April 15 via MGM’s Green label, and this week they’ll set off on another lengthy tour returning to fans in venues across New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and the ACT.
With new media changing the way musicians approach releasing their music, speculation has been growing about the status of the long player release and BENJALU believe offering music lovers a slice of solid new sounds on a regular basis is the best approach. As a young independent self funded band, by releasing EP’s it allows them to tour more often and share their music with their fans more regularly which in turn helps them build a solid fan base. |
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19th Annual Brisbane Blues Festival @ Tempo Hotel – May 14, 2011 [Event News]
What started as an annual gathering of local blues fans has now turned into one of our River City’s most eagerly awaited musical events. Each year hard-core fans as well as a surprising number of people new to the blues attend the festival. They all come along to enjoy a day of music that can touch your soul as well as make your body move.
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Come Together 2011 – Luna Park Big Top, Sydney – 11 June 2011 [Festival News]
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After seven years of providing a distinctly domestic soundtrack to June long weekend, Come Together keeps its focus on showcasing the best of homegrown talent with an exciting new twist for its eighth incarnation. Come Together returns in 2011, for one day only on Saturday June 11th. |
We’ve revamped, refreshed, recharged, renovated and are ready to roll out the musical movers and shakers with an all Australian hip hop line-up set to have the Big Top jumping.
Lining up front and center & fresh from nailing down the highest ranked hip hop single at number 12 on the Triple J Hottest 100, is hip-hop artist on the rise Drapht. Hailing from Perth, Drapht emerged onto the scene alongside fellow WA heavy hitters Downsyde and Fdel and has since established himself as an MC on the up having polished his on-stage antics alongside the likes of the Hilltop Hoods, Dilated Peoples and Koolism amongst others.
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Sampology’s Super Visual Monster Mash – April/May 2011 [Tour News]
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Sampology mixes YouTube clips, exerts from films, TV shows and vintage VHS finds, turning your ordinary club night into a crazy AVDJ mashup.
The technical aspect to Sampology’s Super Visual AVDJ shows is pretty darned impressive. He’s madly manipulating video via two turntables and a mixer and triggering animations from his drum machine, all projected live onto a big-ass widescreen. But it’s Sampology’s cheeky sense of humour, sprinkled across the exerts from film and TV shows, filmclips, YouTube clips and vintage VHS finds that takes your ordinary club night and turns it into a stupidly exciting and crazy fun visual mashup. |
Its like dancing your butt off at your favourite movie of all time, and laughing the whole way through.
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DANIELLE SPENCER TO JOIN SIR BOB GELDOF & JON STEVENS FOR ROCK AND REBUILD CHARITY CONCERT IN SYDNEY! May 2011
Australian singer/songwriter Danielle Spencer will join Sir Bob Geldof & Jon Stevens for the Rock & Rebuild one-off charity concert at Lyric Theatre Sydney on May 1. Spencer and band will open the evening performing songs from her debut album ‘White Monkey’ and her current album ‘Calling All Magicians’.
In an effort to provide hope and inspiration to communities affected by recent natural disasters in Australia, New Zealand and Japan, all monies raised through ticket sales and donations will support; the Australian Red Cross for their Victoria Floods Appeal, New Zealand Earthquake Appeal and Japan and Pacific Disaster Appeal as well as to the Queensland Premier’s Disaster Relief Fund.
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QUIET RIOT + WARRANT + LA GUNS “Metal Health 2011” Australia Tour CANCELLED [Tour News]
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Heavy metallers QUIET RIOT announced the cancellation of their forthcoming Australian and New Zealand tour.
Metal Health 2011 was scheduled to kick off next Friday, the 29th of April in Melbourne and featured not only Quiet Riot, but their fellow Californian rockers L.A Guns and Warrant. In a facebook announcement, the band commented: QUIET RIOT, WARRANT AND L.A. GUNS REGRET TO INFORM THEIR FANS AND THE PUBLIC THAT AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE PROMOTER’S BREACH OF CONTRACT THE “METAL HEALTH TOUR” SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 2011 IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN CANCELLED.” Visit QUIET RIOT facebook page for more. |
Future Music Festival 2011 :: Timelapse
The Sydney leg of the all conquering Future Music Festival was held at Royal Randwick Racecourse on 12th March 2011 and encompassed 9 stages, 2 big-tops, 2 inflatable tents all set up over 5 days.
Music: Chemical Brothers – Escape Velocity
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The Holidays @ The Zoo, Brisbane – April 15, 2011 w/ Gold Fields & Young Men Dead [Photo Gallery]
Photographer: Chris Dornan Photography
Photographer: Chris Dornan Photography
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British India @ The Zoo, Brisbane – April 14, 2011 with Boy In A Box and City Riots [Photo Gallery]
Photographer: Chris Dornan Photography
Photographer: Chris Dornan Photography
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DATAROCK Announce Australian Supports – May 2011 [Tour News]
Norway’s red tracksuit party masters Datarock are excited to announce Australian supports…
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Wednesday 4th May @ The Zoo in Brisbane: Mitzi and Tortoiseshell
Thursday 5th May @ Oxford Art Factory in Sydney: Goldfields Thursday 12th May @ East Brunswick Club Melbourne: Wearefans |
For the past decade DATAROCK have melded indie dance, new wave, pop, and funk into a custom sound responsible for a steady stream of unforgettable tracks and performances.
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Reggie Watts @ The Tivoli, Brisbane – April 12, 2011 [Photo Gallery]
Photographer: Charlyn Cameron
Artist: Reggie Watts
Venue: The Tivoli, Brisbane
Date: April 12, 2011
Photographer: Charlyn Cameron
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Sparkadia @ The Hi-Fi, Brisbane – April 08, 2011 [Live Review]
Review by: Lauren Sherritt
I headed to Sparkadia’s show on Friday April 8 at the Hi Fi in Brisbane with much the same feeling of trepidation that I had on hearing that the band was releasing a new album in March this year. Technically, I knew that the songs on the record were superb, just as I knew that the hype building about the The Great Impression tour and Sparkadia’s new live show had to mean something. I was troubled, though, by clear memories of a gig on the eighteenth of September in 2008 that had changed the way I viewed live music and made me worried that there was only disappointment to come by way of comparison.
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Destroy Music feat. The Amity Affliction and I Killed The Prom Queen – May 2011 [Tour News]
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Heavy music fans in Australia are set for yet another treat this year with Destroy Music – a festival headlined by The Amity Affliction and a recently reformed I Killed the Prom Queen. The undercard is just as unrelenting, featuring Deez Nuts and US band Of Mice and Men. |
For The Amity Affliction, Destroy Music marks the band’s first Australian capital cities headline tour since hitting the road last July on the back of their sophomore release “Youngbloods”. Since then they have notched up two UK tours, a mainland European run and returned home to play to tens of thousands of people on the recently completed Soundwave Festival, where they turned heads as the Australian heroes on a 70 band bill. They’ve scored a #6 ARIA debut, multiple magazine covers, topped almost every heavy music poll, had Triple J singles and garnered ARIA and AIR nominations for “Youngbloods”. The Amity Affliction juggernaut is showing no sign of slowing down either. In March and April they will embark on their first ever US tour, taking in close to 40 dates, including SXSW, before returning to Australian shores for Destroy Music.
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