EP Launch: Nat Dunn to launch her debut EP‏ in Brisbane on May 15th 2013

NAT DUNN signed a publishing deal with Mushroom when she was just 16 years old.

A decade of growing up in public has seen Nat play all over the world while discovering and defining a sound that is truly hers. Nat is best known for her vocal chops but the last couple of years has seen her develop into a song-writer of substance and produce a sound that is unparalleled in the Female soloist category, which she affectionately calls “Rock n Soul”.

Her voice is best known from her collaboration with Aussie hip hop legends Urthboy on their seminal hit “Ready To Go”.

NAT is launching her debut EP at Black Bear Lodge on Wednesday May 15th with The Starry Field (Ex The Middle East) and RESPECT DJ’s providing support on the night.

Nat is a prominent fixture on the Brisbane music scene and also a founding member, and host of Brisbane’s singer songwriter forum ‘The Round’. This is a project she is very passionate about which regularly hosts some of the country’s biggest artists.
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Don McLean In Concert – 2013 Australian Tour Announced

Lennard Promotions present legendary songwriter Don McLean In Concert across Australia in August 2013.

Don McLean galvanised a generation with his timeless hit American Pie, as each generation since its release has discovered, the poignant lyricism and unforgettable melody stirs deep emotion and empathy from all who encounter it, once it has visited it never leaves the heart of the listener, burying itself like a familiar comforting memory only to be re awoken on subsequent encounters. A once in a lifetime song, from a once in a lifetime artist. This track along with the classic singles Vincent, Driedel, Everyday, The Legend of Andrew McCrew and numerous others confirmed McLean was a gifted storyteller with a talent that ascended his peers and rightfully earned him a place in the Song Writers Hall Of Fame.
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Tour News: Lorde announces first Australian shows‏ – May 2013

Lorde, the preternaturally talented artist hailing from New Zealand, is heading to Sydney and Melbourne this May for a couple of very special shows.

In the four months since Lorde posted her debut EP The Love Club online, she has attracted praise from the likes of Grimes and Diplo, piqued interest from all quarters and won a burgeoning fanbase from near all over the world. The five track EP – which includes new single Royals – announces the arrival of a significant new talent, one whose song structures and lyrical themes are matched by an incredible voice.

Check out the full EP on Soundcloud now.

These shows will sell out.

LORDE ‘THE LOVE CLUB’ TOUR:
Fri 17 May – The Workers Club, Melbourne VIC
Sat 18 May – GoodGod Small Club, Sydney NSW

Visit www.lorde.co.nz for more details

Tickets onsale now.

“In between harmonious choruses, R&B-esque verses and angelic sighs, it all just seems so effortless for her, a true indication of a girl with talent.” ~ Indie Shuffle

“If you listen to her debut The Love Club, though, you’ll notice that this isn’t a one-trick gimmick. Those deep swoops of melody and souped up bass drums that sound like they’ve been parsed through a bitcrusher are noticeable on every single track.” ~ One A Day

“A collection that sounds utterly contemporary while commenting on the moment with clear eyes” ~ Pigeons and Planes

“Everything about Lorde’s five-track debut EP oozes class” ~ NZ Herald

Tour News: OTEP – Sounds Like Armageddon – Australia – April 2013

KillRockStar Big Dog Entertainment are proud to present LA alternative metal activists Otep live in Australia in 2013.

Lead by artist, activist & intellectual loudmouth Otep Shamaya, Otep have been producing their own brand of uncompromising alternative metal since the later half of 2000. Showcasing a fearless passion for justice & the preservation of the arts, Otep create uncompromising soundscapes with heart and substance, not content to merely produce music that in itself is revolutionary, but art that has the ability to promote real change.
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Interview with Kim Schifino – Matt & Kim

Interview by Stuart Blythe

New York’s explosive dance punk duo Matt & Kim are heading to Australia as part of the national Groovin’ The Moo Festivals, along with their own headline shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. They’ll travel across Australia through April and May.

Life Music Media caught up with Kim for a chat.

LMM: Hi Kim, you’re heading to Australia to perform at Groovin’ The Moo along with your own headline shows. What can fans expect at the shows?

Kim: We want to give people a party. A night to let loose and forget about anything that has caused their day to be shitty.
 
 
LMM: What are you most looking forward to about doing Groovin’ In The Moo??
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Martha Wainwright touring Australia – May/June 2013: An evening of strength & vulnerability.‏

The wonderfully talented Martha Wainwright is heading to Australia with her band for a national tour beginning late May 2013. Fresh from warmly received performances in Europe and North America, Martha will represent material from across her career to date – show stoppers from her emotionally-charged debut album to her acclaimed tribute to Edith Piaf, and to Martha’s latest LP of original material, Come Home To Mama.
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Mat. McHugh & The Seperatista Soundsystem To Play Shows In Sydney and Brisbane‏

One of Australia’s most inspiring and soulful song writers, Mat McHugh has been wowing fans – old and new during his recent run of club shows and festival appearances performing songs from his incredibly popular album ‘LOVE COME SAVE ME’. Before he wraps up this impressive round of gigs that has taken him across the country and back again with his band, The Seperatista Soundsystem, Mat. and his crew will play two special shows in Brisbane and Sydney later this month.
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Live Review: PiL (Public Image Ltd) at The Hi-Fi, Brisbane – April 9th, 2013

Review by Wanda De Verelle-Hill
Photos by Photographer: Charlyn Cameron

Road still rising for British post punk band PiL

Age may have tamed the 2000 or so PiL fans that filled the Hi-Fi bar in Brisbane last night, but it hasn’t tamed John Lydon, PiL’s founder and front man. As soon as John hit the stage and opened his mouth, it was clear that immense energy flows loud and strong from this man. With slightly eerie vocal tones and his head tilted back, John summonsed his voice and cast it out over the crowd getting us ready for the ride ahead. Almost like a call to prayer, with the opening song This Is PiL. He quickly and gracefully dealt with Thatcher’s passing during this song by singing “I wish no one any evil… goodbye Maggie” which inspired cheering from the crowd.
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Seth Sentry makes history performing on US talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live.‏

Melbourne rapper SETH SENTRY made history when he because the first Australian rapper to perform on a US talk show. You can view his performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live below…:

Seth will return to Australia in time join The Rubens, Flume and Ball Park music in Dubbo for triple j’s One Night Stand in April http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/events/onenightstand/13, and for his biggest national tour to date, the Dear Science Tour, that starts in May.

Check out the official Dear Science video clip (directed by Grey Ghost and Nick Rieve) has been unleashed at www.sethsentry.com/videos

Dear Science is the third single taken from This Was Tomorrow, out now through High Score Records. Catch Seth Sentry as he performs in capital cities around the country this May. Stay tuned for supports to be announced.

Channel V, triple j & No Dice presents


SETH SENTRY ‘DEAR SCIENCE’ TOUR!


Tickets on sale now from sethsentry.com

thursday 9 May Breakers Bar Geraldton WA
(18+) 41 Chapman Rd Geraldton

friday 10 May Villa Perth WA
(18+) 187 Stirling St Perth

sunday 12 MAY NEWPORT HOTEL FREMANTLE WA
(18+) 2 South Terrace Fremantle

thursday 16 May The Gov Adelaide SA
(All Ages) 59 Port Rd Hindmarsh

friday 17 May The Forum Melbourne VIC
(18+) 154 Flinders St Melbourne

saturday 18 May Ding Dong Melbourne VIC
(U18) 18 Market Ln Melbourne

friday 24 May Metro Theatre Sydney NSW
(AA) 624 George St Sydney

saturday 25 May The HiFi Brisbane QLD
(18+) 125 Boundary St West End

Public Image Ltd – Australian Tour – April 2013

Just in; fascinating and illustrious local supports have been granted permission aboard the very fast approaching PiLAustralian tour! Let’s look at them…

The River City scores a measure of the raw, shoegazey, sumptuous sounds of WE SET SAIL. Uniform sporting, dancing punk/noise/rock/pop trio DEATH MATTEL will warm things up in Sydney, complete with iPod drummer in tow. And Melbourne’s fascinating and ethereal quad-vocalist featuring HARMONY will bring haunting campfire rock to the Melbourne show.

After a monumental 2012 that saw the band release their first album in two decades to broad critical acclaim, English post-rock band Public Image Ltd have announced a string of new tour dates for 2013, including three huge shows on Australia’s East Coast.

Flanked by their fearless leader, Sex Pistols vocalist John Lydon, PiL will make a triumphant return to Australia for the first time in 20 years to showcase tracks from their critically acclaimed new album This Is PiL as well as favourites from their vast back catalogue.
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Tour News: They Might Be Giants announce Sydney Encore Show

Australia cannot get enough of Brooklyn’s They Might Be Giants!! After selling out shows in both Melbourne and Brisbane, TMBG now announce a very special and intimate encore Sydney show, performing the album Flood in full at Upstairs Beresford on Thursday April 25. The capacity is strictly limited to only 400 tickets, on sale Wednsday April 3.

They Might Be Giants are John Linnell on keyboards and accordion and John Flansburgh on guitar, and their barn-storming live band includes Danny Weinkauf on bass, Marty Beller on drums and Dan “Solder” Miller on lead guitar. Linnell and Flansburgh became friends as kids in school in Massachusetts but only formed the band after moving to Brooklyn, New York. With their minimal stage show and innovative Dial-A-Song service, They Might Be Giants were prime movers in the mid- ‘80s explosion of visual art, music, and performance art that put New York’s East Village scene on the cultural map. “We’re fully aware of the musical worlds both to the left of us and to the right of us – we’ve heard avant gardé music, we’ve heard popular music,” says Flansburgh. “That’s given us the notion that we can be as original as we can be and still make worthwhile songs.”
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