Tour News: The Growl “Douse The Lamps” National Single Tour

The Growl’s Douse The Lamps National Tour kicks of this September and caps off a huge year of national and international success for the band.

Douse The Lamps is the third track to be taken from the band’s debut LP What Would Christ Do?? and will be released digitally on Friday 16th August through MGM. In true The Growl style front-man and songwriter Cameron Avery hides the track’s subtle sexual core beneath layers of hand claps and raw percussion.

Douse The Lamps follows on from the success of the debut LP, that saw The Growl debut as the seventh most added artist on the USA College Radio charts and spend six weeks in the top 200.
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Tour News: The Snowdroppers Present The ‘Moving Out’ Tour!

After your excellent feedback and some excellent band meetings (held over the finest cans of European export lager), we’ve decided the third and final single from our sexy second sophomore album “Moving Out of Eden” will be “So Much Better”, and we’ve organised a national tour to bring you it live!

“So Much Better” (at making each other feel worse) is a dancy little ditty about how much easier it is to twist a knife into someone when they’re someone you love. It’s celebrating the fact that as we learn to love, we learn to hurt. The Snowdroppers endorse learning in all its facets. It also has some sweet bass licks in the outro.
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SURES unleash “Waste” and announce September 2013 tour dates

Sydney’s SURES are set to celebrate the release of their forthcoming EP, THE NIGHT HERO WASTE TIME GETTING BETTER (TNHWTGB) out 23 August, on a co-headline tour with Brisbane alchemic all-girl quartet, Go Violets in September for what promises to be a rowdy run of shows.

Making their way through the east coast on five-date run of shows, SURES will be treating punters to a swag of new material, taken from their forthcoming EP.
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Tour News: Mind Over Matter – ‘Somebody’s Love’ Tour – September/October 2013

Shock Records have announced the signing of Sydney hip hop duo Mind Over Matter to their imprint label Permanent Records.

Mind Over Matter are: Willow AKA Rowan Lockyer and Smiles AKA Martin Brown. After meeting as year 7 classmates in the school yard at St Pius X College, the duo began practicing their freestyle skills together and have been putting in the hard yards ever since touring with the likes of Bliss N Eso, 360, Pez and Drapht and releasing two LPs. Renowned for their narrative wit, smooth moves and dynamic live shows, Willow and Smiles have recently spent time in the studio together working on the release of their third album.

The duo’s forthcoming and might we add, highly anticipated album features triple J airplay smash and lead single ‘Real Life’. The track features Melbourne’s K.I.K.I on vocals and was the highest selling Australian Hip Hop track for two weeks running in June, peaking at #8 on the iTunes Hip Hop charts.
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Tour News: The Arachnids “Lack of Control” Tour – August/September 2013

This August sees moderation fly out the window, hang-ups forgotten and restraints become a thing of the past. Supporting the release of their second EP “Lack Of Control” the four Brisbane lads are pumped up for another east coast tour de force.

Following on from the success of their lead single “Daydreaming” on community radio and amazingly well-received accompanying film clip, the band has crafted 4 more tracks that stay true to their substance over style attitude.
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BIGSOUND Announces Gurrumul for Keynote Speech, Releases Program

Australia’s global music industry gathering BIGSOUND has thrown its cards on the table today with the announcement of final speakers for 2013 as well as the unveiling of the BIGSOUND festival program.

The event, held in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley September 10-13, is pleased and honoured to announce an exclusive keynote interview session and performance from the artist Rolling Stone dubbed Australia’s most important voice, Gurrumul. Appearing alongside his friends (and Australian of the Year nominees), Skinnyfish Music’s Mark Grose and Michael Honhen, the session will unpack the complexity and artistry behind Gurrumul. It will explore both the culture and the business decisions which led to a blind Indigenous prodigy who writes and sings in language making the leap from remote Elcho Island, to performing at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations and achieving a couple of multi-platinum albums along the way.
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Live Review: Karnivool + Northlane @ Big Top, Sydney – August 4, 2013

Words and Pics: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au
Sydney only recently enjoyed a year-ending gig from Perth’s mighty Karnivool – comfortably selling out the Metro and captivating all in attendance. But, with new album ‘Asymmetry’ fresh on the shelves, we’ve been blessed with another breathtaking performance by the prog-rock/metal wunderkinds and we don’t see anyone complaining.

First up on tonight’s short bill is Sydney five-piece Northlane.
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Big Day Out issues a “2014 Souvenir Ticket” Update

Big Day Out members pre-sale tickets have sold out nationally with most fans choosing to purchase Souvenir tickets.

Due to the huge uptake on Souvenir tickets we wanted to make fans aware of the following:

Souvenir tickets are limited and the unexpected high demand demonstrated in the pre-sale means we expect them to sell out extremely quickly in the general sale this week.
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