Review by Michelle O’Rance
The Hi-Fi in Brisbane has filled up early in preparation for the first of the Brisbane sidewaves ahead of the festival on the weekend.
All attention quickly turned to the stage as local band Malakyte launched into their opening track ‘Zero Hour’ and the speed and ferocity of the music roars out over the crowd enticing everyone to bang their heads to their balls-out brand of pure thrash metal.
Continue reading Live Review – Anthrax @ The Hi-Fi, Brisbane with Malakyte – 21 February 2013
Searching for Sugarman, the British-Swedish documentary about the life of Sixto Rodriguez has won the 2013 Academy Award for ‘Best Documentary’ in LA today. 
As if the inclusion of international heavyweights Blue Oyster Cult, Flamin’ Groovies, Buzzcocks, and Peter Case of The Nerves ain’t enough, the Hoodoo Gurus have gone and selected a whole swag of local acts (starting with The Stems), embracing a huge range of eras and styles so long as it rocks (and rolls). From the green-fuzz of Sydney’s Lime Spiders to the bump and grind of Melbourne’s nefarious The Moodists via the snot and bile of Sydney punks Straight Arrows and on to Melbourne’s two-girl garage queens Super Wild Horses. It’s dirty and mean and mighty unclean and it’s all tailor-made for Dig it Up! Get the next dose here…
British India’s much anticipated fourth LP Controller is due for release on March 22. And if this isn’t enough to seriously whet fans’ appetites, the band have also confirmed a national headline tour for April. The extensive tour will take Controller live to both city and regional centres across the country. 
Dubbed “the Hendrix of the Sahara” by All Music Guide, Vieux Farka Toure is one of the hottest talents on the African music scene. Son of the late maestro and two-time Grammy Award-winner Ali Farka Toure, Vieux’s music heralds a new generation of Malian desert blues. A gifted guitarist, singer, songwriter and percussionist, Vieux has reinvented the fusion music his father created—bringing funk, reggae, and jam music to the desert-blues genre and carrying this new sound worldwide.
Last in Australia in 2011 with sold out shows at the inaugural Just For Laughs At Sydney Opera House Festival, the undisputed queen of transgressive humour and not-so-subtle subversion, Margaret Cho, returns to Australia with an all new stand up show, MOTHER. 
This April, The Drones are heading out in the I See Seaweed Tour, playing some of the most iconic venues they’ve set foot in to date, including a night that’s likely to become one of those legendary shows people talk about for years afterwards, at the Sydney Opera House.
After a six year absence from Stand-Up, Jack Dee is back, agonizing over the slightest of annoyances and misdemeanors. Why is he touring again? “I want to spend less time with my family” says Jack.
Over the last decade