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Mark Lanegan Touring Australia – July 2010

In an announcement that has been long awaited by rock fans, Mark Lanegan will perform a series of shows across Australia and New Zealand for The Frontier Touring Company. The July shows will be his first solo tour since 2004, sharing with us an array of his impressive and extensive back catalogue.

With a musical career spawning from the early Seattle ‘grunge’ days, Mark Lanegan is a creature of undying integrity and an ever existing nuance. He has been noted as a poetic misfit whose lyrics remain forever etched in your memory long past first hearing them. Continue reading Mark Lanegan Touring Australia – July 2010 →

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Macabre (USA) Australian Tour – July 2010

  Macabre blends elements of true crime, math rock, nursery rhymes, punk, thrash, folk melodies, death metal, jazz fusion, black metal and more into an energetic, catchy and unmistakable amalgam, refers to Macabre’s signature style. It’s a genre of one. The all-too-true tales of man’s inhumanity to man are delivered with knife-edge precision, interspersed with Corporate Death’s patented (back when he was a toddler) screech.

Fast and heavy, with a focus on things that make happy shiny people cringe, the original members, Corporate Death (guitar and vocals), Nefarious (bass and vocals) and Dennis the Menace (drums) are still together. Macabre have brought mayhem to the world in the past decade, playing dozens countries over the years.

Macabre’s rabid fans, including members of bands ranging from Carcass to Slipknot, relish the band’s tight and increasingly sophisticated music; they exult in their musical chops as much as in the band’s sense of humor, their killer music, and its deadly subjects.
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World Press Photo 2010 @ Brisbane Powerhouse

World Press Photo 2010 marks the fourth year the exhibition has made Brisbane Powerhouse one of its world tour destinations. The annual photojournalism competition that captures ‘the year that was’ will visit the venue from Saturday 5 June to Sunday 27 June. Continue reading World Press Photo 2010 @ Brisbane Powerhouse →

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POWDERFINGER announce YOU AM I will join them at the final Brisbane show!

Powderfinger announced their good mates, You Am I, will be joining them at the final Brisbane show alongside Jet at the Riverstage on Saturday 13th November. Tim and the boys have been massive supporters and friends from the very beginning, taking Powderfinger on tour when no one else would. We’re honoured to have them as very special guests at the final ever gig!

Tickets for Sunsets – The Farewell Tour are on sale now in Tamworth, Hobart, Darwin, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Canberra, Albury and Bendigo.

Powderfinger Fan Club pre sale commences for new shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth at 12 noon on Friday, 14 May, 2010 and closes at midnight.

Tickets for the new shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Cairns go on sale at 9.00am on Monday, 17 May, 2010.

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EELS tour August 2010 [News]

  “You have to rank Everett amongst John Lennon and Kurt Cobain. That’s how good he is” – The Sunday Times

You never know what to expect at an Eels concert. One year it’s vocoders and synthesizers and the next it’s gritty garage rock. None of this is designed for the sake of versatility so much as it is answering the deep-rooted creative needs of E.

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BRISBANE VINTAGE FASHION & DECOR FAIR on 7-8 May 2010

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Photo: Mike Hilburger		   Brisbane Vintage Fashion & Decor Fair

VINTAGE FAIR DATES & HOURS
Friday 7th May 2010 – 6pm – 10pm
Saturday 8th May 2010 – 9.30am -4.30pm

EAGLE FARM RACECOURSE
Only 1 minute walk from Ascot Station.
Plenty of parking available.

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Deborah Conway & Willy Zygier ‘Half Man Half Woman’ Tour 2010

  Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier announced a national tour to celebrate the launch of their latest album Half Man Half Woman, out early May.

A record half full of acoustic instruments and half full of the space that’s left in between the notes, Half Man Half Woman chronicles love in the middle ages, life in the 21st century and the human condition of now, then and what will be. It’s an album that gives equal weight to an eight minute rant, a 90 second instrumental miniature and a song sung by their three young daughters.

Ever since Conway and Zygier joined forces they have pursued a career of musical unpredictability. From the folk rock, platinum selling String of Pearls to the critically acclaimed electronica of My Third Husband, to the woody

warmth, country tinged Summertown, there have been roads less travelled and many musics explored in between. Continue reading Deborah Conway & Willy Zygier ‘Half Man Half Woman’ Tour 2010 →

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Darker Half – Touring July/August 2010

  Darker Half play METAL: drawing on the roots of classic heavy metal, they have been inspired by thrash, power, death, speed and more to build a unique style all their own.

Darker Half come from Sydney Australia. The band is based around the dual guitars of Vo Simpson and Brad Dickson. The guitar harmonies of Vo and Brad intertwine searing lead breaks with Vo’s screaming power vocals and brutal doom growl across the solid yet adventurous bass and drums of Simon Hamilton and Dom Simpson.

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BALL PARK MUSIC “Conquer the Town, Easy as Cake” EP Launch @ The Zoo, Brisbane on the 21st May 2010

Do you want a double pass to the BALL PARK MUSIC – Conquer the Town, Easy as Cake EP Launch @ The Zoo, Brisbane on the 21st May 2010? See below for details.

Ball Park Music   As the freshest faces on the Brisbane rock block, Ball Park Music have quickly developed a reputation as one of the most exciting bands around. Just ask the likes of fellow pop-purveyors Philadelphia Grand Jury, Deep Sea Arcade, Boy & Bear, Hungry Kids of Hungary and The Boat People and they will tell you that the six-headed pop juggernaut are an onstage force to be reckoned with.

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BILL BAILEY Australian National Tour – July 2010

Bill Bailey   Following his hugely successful 2008 Australian live tour of his hit show Tinselworm, British comic and musician Bill Bailey returns down under with his brand new live show, Bill Bailey Live.

Kicking off on Thursday, 1 July in Newcastle, the tour will take in Newcastle, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Launceston, Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney, before culminating in Canberra on Friday 30 July.

Following his performances at London’s Royal Albert Hall and the resulting critically acclaimed BBC2 television broadcast, last autumn Bill enjoyed a very successful UK tour of his

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VIOLENT SOHO album release + homecoming tour dates

Brisbane-reared, Brooklyn-based noise merchants Violent Soho have announced long awaited homecoming dates to celebrate the release of their self titled new album.

Violent Soho’s self titled album is being released worldwide in 2010 via Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace label and is without doubt one of the most powerful rock albums you will hear this year. Lead single ‘Jesus Stole My Girlfriend’ is already causing major waves on radio stations across the globe, and currently sits in the Billboard Top 40 rock songs chart and the Canadian Top 20 airplay chart. Continue reading VIOLENT SOHO album release + homecoming tour dates →

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Drawn from Bees International Showcases – USA, Hong Kong & UK

Drawn From Bees   Brisbane’s hardest-working purveyors of melodic rock Drawn from Bees are this week packing their finest cufflinks and vintage suits in preparation for their debut international appearances – first stop USA, followed by Hong Kong and UK.

Drawn from Bees were handpicked to represent Queensland in the international music stakes, kicking off the expedition for new audiences at West Hollywood’s Whiskey A Go Go this Sunday April 25 as part of Musexpo LA. Following up with further showcase invitations at Music Matters Hong Kong and Musexpo London, 2010 is set to be the international year for the quartet who have already picked up airplay across various stations in the USA.

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Kasabian – Australian tour announced!

“Kasabian conjures the ghosts of Brit rock titans for one of the decade’s most thrilling and memorable live experiences” – Channel [V]

Kasabian   Ounce for ounce, Kasabian are the most exciting British rock band of this decade.

Whether playing a secret show in a small pub in Ireland, The Glastonbury Festival or working a sold out Wembley Stadium, they come, they conquer and always metaphorically (and sometimes physically) destroy all that come before them. Continue reading Kasabian – Australian tour announced! →
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Ben Sherman Big British Sound 2010

Ben Sherman Big British Sound   In 2010 Ben Sherman return to present their annual live music love-in; the Ben Sherman Big British Sound. Following the huge success of the Big British Sound’s debut in Sydney last year, Ben Sherman have decided to take the show on the road, and will host the Big British Sound in Melbourne, as well as Sydney, for the first time this year.

What is the Ben Sherman Big British Sound exactly? Each year Ben Sherman selects a range of the best emerging artists in Australian independent music to come together and celebrate Ben Sherman’s British music heritage. Each band throws one or two covers into their set from British artists they are influenced by, or who they simply dig.

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The Cat Empire Announce New Album ‘Cinema’ and Tour

If there’s one band in this country who has sold in excess of half a million albums, singles, DVDs collectively across their relatively short career, it’s the always get on ya feet and dance, The Cat Empire!

EMI Music Australia proudly announced that Melbourne’s own The Cat Empire have re-signed with the label and set to celebrate their successful 6 year relationship with the release of their fourth studio album ‘Cinema’ on Friday June 25. Continue reading The Cat Empire Announce New Album ‘Cinema’ and Tour →

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