NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE Australian tour kicks off with triumphant performance in Perth‏

The Australian and New Zealand tour kicked off in Perth over the weekend leaving both critics and fans inspired.

“Young and Crazy Horse displayed the kind of energy and enthusiasm for their craft that should make some of their younger contemporaries hang up their guitars and think again… one of the best rock n roll shows most of us have ever had the privilege of seeing.” – The Sunday Times
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Wide Open Road at SXSW 2013 Announcing The Big Day Out Evolution Grant‏

Big Day Out, Sounds Australia, Screen Producers Association of Australia and C3 present
WIDE OPEN ROAD at SXSW 2013
THE INAUGURAL RECEPTION FOR THE DRIVERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

For the first time as part of SXSW we are bringing Australian Interactive, Film and Music Delegates together to encourage a cross pollination of ideas between these mediums. Where else in the world are all these minds in the one city at the one time?
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Live Review: Soundwave Festival, Melbourne – 1st March 2013

Review by Billy Geary
Soundwave. Yes, it’s that time of year again. Where, for two weeks rock fans across the country come out of the woodwork to celebrate all things heavy, following one of Australia’s biggest travelling music festivals around the country. Due to it being the festival’s 10-year anniversary, the line up for this edition was as big as it gets, featuring giants of many different genres of heavy music. Add to this a monumental amount of ticket sales and the usual assortment of controversies in the festival’s lead up and the result is an absolute behemoth of a day.
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Live Review: Periphery and Crossfaith @ The Espy, Melbourne – 25 February 2013

Review by Billy Geary
Photo by Stuart Blythe
The last time Periphery played in Melbourne, back in 2011, they sold out the Hi-Fi Bar weeks in advance, highlighting just how popular the band is in the land down under. It appeared a similar occurrence was on the cards for their Soundwave sideshow held at the famous Esplanade Hotel in St Kilda. Well before doors had even opened, the line of fans waiting to enter the venue had snaked through the front bar and outside along The Esplanade quite away. As such, the early indication was that Periphery’s love affair with Australia and the local fans was by no means over.
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Live Review: Slayer, Anthrax & Kingdom of Sorrow @ Big Top – Luna Park, Sydney – 25 February 2013

Review and photos by Ben Hosking
Ahh, the annual Soundwave cavalcade. A time for sunburn, aching legs, aching livers and severe tinnitus. For those with average bank accounts, Soundwave is usually a choice between the main festival and the many and varied accompanying ‘Sidewave’ shows.

For some, the choice to purchase tickets to a Sidewave is more about being able to see their favourite bands in a more intimate environment with a few thousand other die-hards instead of tens of thousands. We’re left in no doubt tonight that many of the punters filling Luna Park’s Bog Top in Sydney fall squarely into the third category: those who feel compelled to spend up and see their favourite band/s in both arenas. Tonight’s Sidewave, starring Slayer, Anthrax and Kingdom of Sorrow is truly an exceptional line up of talent for one intimate venue and it comes as no surprise to find a long line of black-clad dudes stretching out past the big open mouth of the amusement park.
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Photos! Slayer, Anthrax & Kingdom of Sorrow @ Big Top – Luna Park, Sydney – 25 February 2013

Photographer: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au

Photographer: Ben Hosking – www.hoskingindustries.com.au

Bands: Slayer, Anthrax, Kingdom of Sorrow
Venue: Big Top – Luna Park, Sydney
Date: 25 February 2013
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THE RUBENS sell out Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane – 2nd shows announced!

** UPDATE **
Ivy League have confirmed that Menangle wunderkinds THE RUBENS have SOLD OUT the Forum Theatre, Enmore Theatre and The Tivoli shows on their Never Be The Same tour and second shows for each of these venues are on sale NOW.

This is a massive achievement and welcome news for the boys, who return home after a month long stint in Europe and the US, playing debut headline shows and SXSW.

Representing the exciting new breed of artists to come out of our fair land at their SXSW showcases, it wasn’t long before the buzz surrounding the band caught up internationally, with The New York Times describing their sound as “Coldplay sensibility and Radiohead edginess” going on to say “I predict that The Rubens will not be a baby band for long”.
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Live Review: My Bloody Valentine @ The Palace Theatre, Melbourne – 22 February 2013

Review by Billy Geary
Walking through The Palace’s somewhat decrepit door way from the hustle and bustle of Bourke Street into the sizable band room on Friday night carried with it a considerable amount of anticipation and also trepidation. Anticipation was high given the show marked My Bloody Valentine’s long awaited return to Australian shores. Subsequently, there was a degree of trepidation in the lead up, rooted in the question of whether My Bloody Valentine would truly be able to live up to their reputation as a live band that has inflated in their absence.
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Iggy & The Stooges follow-up album ‘Ready to Die’ to follow Australian Tour

Better 40 years later than never: The follow-up to the first record ever to bear the Iggy and the Stooges logo–the immortal proto-punk masterpiece Raw Power–will finally be out April 26, when Warner Music Australia and Fat Possum Records releases the all-new Iggy and the Stooges studio album, Ready To Die. The album will follow the band’s latest Australian tour (including Bluesfest appearances) by a matter of weeks.
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