Passion Pit are on their way to Australia this month and are very happy to announce their local supports.
Sydney’s PVT, sonic innovators of genre-bending guitar music who have been turning heads worldwide since the release of 2010’s Church With No Magic, will be supporting Passion Pit at their Australian shows.
“Don’t Miss: PVT. Experimental rock aficionados rejoice!” – NME
Their latest album Homosapien, released early 2013, again garnered widespread attention, with Pitchfork stating that it “sounds remarkably like a collision between the Postal Service and the Knife.”
NZ local electronic duo PleasePlease will open proceedings in Auckland.
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Zero Through Nine present ‘Love is Rare’, the first track to be taken from the upcoming collaborative EP from Tom Day and Monsoonsiren. ‘Love is Rare’, the opening song from the EP, is a triumphant example of Tom’s more ambient productions, as well as Nathan’s (Monsoonsiren) soaring falsetto, which serve as the building blocks for their collaborations.
Seminal stoner/doom band, Sleep from San Jose, California will play two shows in Sydney and Perth following their appearance at ATP’s Release The Bats, Melbourne in October 2013.
One of the UK’s most exciting new bands, rock quartet Peace, is gearing up to tour Australia for the first time, playing east coast shows throughout September. Being nominated as BBC’s Artist of 2013 and NME’s Best New Band is just a start for these four young upstarts from Birmingham.
Brisbane’s Cub Scouts return this week with the title track from their upcoming EP “Paradise”. 
Global YouTube phenomenon Lindsey Stirling will make her debut trip to Australia this August hot on the heels of the July 12 Australian release of her self-titled debut album.
After the critical and commercial success from debut EP On Your Lips We Roared, Sydney 5-piece Louis London have been hard at work in the studio, crafting their sound, honing their art and manifesting their extraordinary potential. It was their maiden EP that kicked in the doors of the scene, receiving love from industry tastemakers such as triple j and FBi, setting them up for EP number 2.
Blue King Brown; renegades of global urban roots music, rize again with a first pumpin’ reggae jam Rize Up.
KillRockStar Big Dog Entertainment presents the return of infamous hip hop party boy Mickey Avalon back in Australia in 2013 playing tracks from his brand new EP I Get Even along with all his favourites along with a killer cast of local acts.
Fat As Butter has announced big plans for 2013.
El Grande Festival is returning to The Grand Hotel, Gladstone on Saturday August 3rd – and early line-up announcements ensured that excitement for the return of the event was at a fever pitch. Now it has become simply EPIC with the addition of Melbourne’s THE GETAWAY PLAN, as well as local and touring acts to round out the day’s festivities.
Australia’s biggest festival of tomorrow’s hottest artists BIGSOUND has today unveiled another 80 artists joining its lineup for 2013. Presented by Oztix, BIGSOUND’s Live program takes over Fortitude Valley over 2 nights and 12 stages this year from September 11-12 2013, with performances from some of the world’s most exciting new acts. 
The Mark Of Cain have released a vinyl version of their best selling Songs Of The Third And Fifth album and to celebrate they will perform two shows in Adelaide this September.