Sleep (USA) Australian Tour – Supports Announced

In October 2013, seminal stoner/doom band, Sleep will play two sideshows in Sydney and Perth following their appearance at ATP’s Release The Bats, and the support acts to join them have now been revealed.

In Sydney, the experienced Summonus will capture the right tone of the night with their killer riffs and mixture of doom, sludge, stoner rock, crust punk and death metal. Since 2007 the band have shared the stage with the esteemed High on Fire, Mastodon, Baroness, Acid King, Black Cobra and Eagle Twin to name but a few.
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Trivium announce their eagerly awaited new album, Vengeance Falls

Trivium have announced the release of their eagerly awaited new album, Vengeance Falls produced by David Draiman (Disturbed, Device) on October 11, 2013.

The first single Strife will be available as an instant download with all pre-orders. For fans who can’t wait for a taste of new Trivium, the album opening Brave This Storm is available as a free MP3 download now at www.Trivium.fm.

“Vengeance Falls is the culmination of everything we’ve gone through; the representation of struggle endured from within and experienced from the world. Every failure and every success has led us to this moment. Vengeance Falls is this moment in time…” said Trivium vocalist and guitarist Matt Heafy.
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Japandroids supports announced, Sydney and Adelaide shows sell out

In addition to their already sold out Melbourne show on the 30th of August, powerhouse Vancouver duo Japandroids have now sold out their Sydney and Adelaide shows. Limited tickets are available for Brisbane, Perth and the second Melbourne show.

Supporting Japandroids in Sydney will be Buzz Kull, Sincerely, Grizzly will open in Adelaide and Perth locals HAMJAM will warm up the Rosemount. Velociraptor will join the band in Brisbane, and Melbourne support comes from Drunk Mums on Wednesday the 28th and The Frowning Clouds and Black Night Crash DJs on Friday the 30th.
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triple j Unearthed High 2013 Finalists

Now in its sixth year, Unearthed High is triple j’s initiative to unearth the best high school music acts across the country and introduce them to a wider audience. In May we put the call out to high school students all over the country to put their best original songs on triplejunearthed.com. A panel comprised of triple j and triple j Unearthed representatives deliberated over nearly 900 entries in what was an extremely competitive year.

Now let us to introduce you to the six best high school acts in Australia…
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Fuzzy’s Listen Out 2013 line-up!

Bringing the party to you! Fuzzy recently announced no Parklife this year, however the crew behind the festival and other great events such as Field Day, Harbourlife and Shore Thing, has launched an exciting smaller party (not festival) – Listen Out – Australia’s IDM (intelligent dance music) party.

Fuzzy is excited to announce the first ever line-up for 2013:
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Moonsorrow – Dark Souls Intertwining Australian Tour – November 2013!

Hailing from the darkest depths of Finland, the crusaders of epic heathen metal, Moonsorrow have forged a metal art with a solid touch of national romanticism and a distinctively pagan approach that transcends the reconceived barriers of folk metal and for the very first time, they will be venturing down under to darken Australia’s shores with it.

Moonsorrow have allured the masses with their lengthy musical sagas (many exceed the ten minute mark!) that are performed in their native Finnish tongue and effectively weave tales that take the listener on a journey through heathen times which translate flawlessly to the stage resulting in a live show that has to be seen to truly be believed.
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ACMI partners with DreamWorks Animation for 2014 Melbourne Winter Masterpieces

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and Los Angeles-based studio, DreamWorks Animation, announced an historic collaboration on the first large-scale, behind-the-scenes exhibition to celebrate 20 years of the studio’s much loved feature films, and the talented artists who created them.

DreamWorks Animation: The Exhibition will have its world premiere at ACMI in Melbourne in April 2014 as part of the Victorian Government’s prestigious Melbourne Winter Masterpieces (MWM) series, before commencing an international tour.
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Michael Bublé Returns to Allphones Arena – May 2014

Australia’s favourite super crooner, Michael Bublé, is set to return to Allphones Arena for two very special shows Friday 9 and Saturday 10 May 2014.

The thinking woman’s favourite Canadian pop star has had quite the love affair with Australian audiences since the release of his self-titled debut album 10 years ago, sales of which have reached seven times platinum status. 2005’s follow up album, It’s Time, 2007’s Call Me Irresponsible and the 2009 offering, Crazy Love have each incredibly gone five times platinum and Michael’s Christmas album, which continues to be a favourite every December has to date reached seven times platinum accreditation.
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CLOUD CONTROL announce “Dream Cave” National Tour – August/September 2013

Ivy League have announced that CLOUD CONTROL’s highly anticipated second album, DREAM CAVE, is next week’s TRIPLE J FEATURE ALBUM and FBi’s ALBUM OF THE WEEK! Tune in to hear tracks off the album, out FRIDAY 9 AUGUST.

In the meantime, CLOUD CONTROL have released their second single ‘SCAR’, another choice cut off DREAM CAVE. With swirling keys and stripped back opening, ‘SCAR’ (https://soundcloud.com/cloud-control/scar-2) builds into a joyous, anthemic chorus that will no doubt be chanted at every show to follow its release and has now landed in the top 10 most popular tracks on Hype Machine.
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