The Living End, John Butler Trio, The Cat Empire to headline!
Friday – The Living End
Saturday – John Butler Trio
Sunday – The Cat Empire.
And that’s just for starters.
Throw in Ball Park Music, Lanie Lane, The Whitlams, Boom Crash Opera, The Beards, the USA’s Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and you’ve got the makings of one of the best line-ups of any festival in the country.
Photo: Clave Contra Clave Brisbane Heat 2011, by Jacques Maudy
Playing Caribbean beats and sultry Salsa classics might seem like a pretty good gig, but for the best Latin musicians around the country, it’s serious business. Come October, Latin bands will be getting their trumpets in tune and their claves ready as ClaveContra-Clave, Australia’s only national live Latin band competition, goes on tour.
In its second year, the national competition showcases Australia’s leading Latin entertainers from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with the Grand Finale being held at the Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre on Saturday-the-27th-of-October.
Continue reading Clave Contra Clave 2012 – Heating Up With Latin Fever
FIRST LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Original Wailers (Jamaica)
Prince Alla (Jamaica) with Mr Savona
JPod (Canada)
Gaudi (Italy/UK)
Chant Down Sound
Kooii
The Upsteppers
Ganga Giri
Antiheros
Rhythm Collision Sound
plus many many more to announced!!
Island Vibe Festival returns for its 7th year, retaining its reputation as the absolute finest reggae, soul and dub event in not just Australia, but the entire the South Pacific. The first line-up announcement sees The Original Wailers gracing the beachside succulence that is Island Vibe with pioneering members Junior Marvin, Al Anderson & Desi Hyson backed up by a wealth of Jamaican and genre heavyweights.
The Original Wailers will be joined by fellow Jamaican Prince Alla with Mr Savona (Australia), Canadian beatsmith JPod with Italian dubmaster Gaudi. These internationals join Australian favorites Chant Down Sound, Kooii, The Upsteppers, Ganga Giri, Antiheroes and Rhythm Collision Sound. This announcement is just the very tip of the iceberg though, with many more artists and performers to be announced in the next few months.
With a strong eco and cultural focus, Island Vibe is held at the magnificent beachside location of Point Lookout, Stradbroke Island – or Minjerribah as it is known to the Quandamooka people indigenous to the region.
Continue reading Festival News: Island Vibe Festival 2012 – First Lineup Announcement
Check below for your chance to win a double pass to Jordie Lane – Solo Tour show in either Adelaide or Sydney*
Jordie Lane returns from the US this June/July for an intimate run of solo shows.
Kicking off in Brisbane on June 27th, Jordie will play five shows in five days, traveling down the East Coast before finishing in Adelaide on July 1st.
This tour follows a hectic few months in North America, which have included showcasing at Canadian Music Week, traversing the United States by caravan, and recording with Grammy Award winning producer Tom Biller (Kayne West, Beck, Fiona Apple) and renowned drummer/producer Matt Chamberlain (Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel).
Continue reading Double Pass Giveaway: Jordie Lane – Solo Tour | June-July 2012
Following their seven-year hiatus, the return to Australia of Canadian rockers THE TEA PARTY this July sees the band welcomed back with open arms.
Thanks to the overwhelming support by fans in Melbourne & Brisbane, the SOLD OUT sign is up at The Palais & The Tivoli, with the other states soon to follow suit. For those lucky folk in Melbourne however, The Tea Party are set to rock the southern state once more with a 2nd show on Sunday July 15 at The Hi-Fi. Stuart Chatwood says, “We asked Paul Dainty, the promoter, if he could accommodate a club show for us on this tour. While we love doing theatres, there’s something about rolling up your sleeves and playing a packed rock club. It speaks to the roots of this band, the immediacy, the excitement…. we wanted to give fans the opportunity to see us in a different environment as opposed to just doing a repeat of the first SOLD OUT show at the Palais”. Tickets for The Hi-Fi show go on sale Monday July 2.
Continue reading Tour News: The Tea Party Australian Tour – July 2012
One of our nation’s most iconic voices, Xavier Rudd, is excited to announce the SPIRIT BIRD Australian Tour – his most extensive tour yet!
To celebrate the anticipated release of his striking seventh studio album, the tour will take Xavier Rudd to 28 cities and regional centers around the country, from Airlie Beach to Albany. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Thursday 21 June.
Already producing his highest-selling single to date with the beautiful Follow The Sun; Spirit Bird is Xavier’s deepest and most explorative album, finding the ever socially-conscience Rudd delving into his musical and spiritual ancestry.
Continue reading Tour News: XAVIER RUDD – The ‘Spirit Bird’ Tour | August-September 2012
By Natalie Salvo
Barry Morgan’s a piano man but he’s not singing songs. The man who put the “organ” into “Morgan” is the alter ego of comedian, Stephen Teakle, who originally rose to fame on Spicks & Specks. On his debut album, The Touch Of You he pulls out all the stops (that’s an organ joke) with eight instrumental songs that sound as big as his wind-swept hairdo and as wide as his enthusiastic smile.
For most people the organ is typically associated with the sounds of church or hold music, like muzak. But here we get a retro guy from the city of churches (we’re told his shop is in Adelaide’s Sunnyside Mall) and some rather real sounding music. Consider that he couples warm and velvety tangos with some lounge-style grooves and a few sultry bossa novas, for a start.
Continue reading Album Review: Barry Morgan – The Touch Of You
After entrancing a lucky audience at his outstanding sold out performance in Sydney earlier this year; The Frontier Touring Company has announced an East Coast tour for the incredible singer-songwriter, James Morrison.
Morrison will be visiting Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as part of ‘The Awakening World Tour’ which will see the much loved Englishman perform crowd favourites including ‘I Won’t Let You Go’, ‘You Make It Real’ and the song that started it all, ‘You Give Me Something’.
Continue reading Tour News: UK’S James Morrison returning to Australia – September 2012
Due to the large amount of rain over the last week and the upcoming forecast, we have made the hard discussion to postpone the festival and use our reschedule date, Saturday 25th August.
The inaugural Home Festival at Raymond Park, Kangaroo Point, will be the community’s ‘home’ for a day. Guests will feel the power of a place where you are included, safe, and welcome to join in with a wealth of creative energy.
Settle into the Pineapple Lounge or check out the Shed for live music including local talents of gypsy outfit Greshka and the gorgeous guitars of The Deckchairs, with many more performers yet to be announced. Enjoy a beer, wine or sip on the famous champine in the lounge bar area.
Visit the Kitchen for delicious, healthy food from local vendors. Dive into the Garage Sale for a monster Suitcase Rummage. Children are welcome to build a cubby in the Backyard, with materials supplied by Reverse Garbage. And finally, sit back as the sun goes down for a free outdoor screening of The Castle – the quintessential Aussie story of home.
Continue reading Festival News: Home Festival – Kangaroo Point, Brisbane – 25th July 2012
‘Waste Me’ is a commanding slice of frantic-paced pop, once again featuring the fervent vocal of the group’s co-lead vocalist Hannah Shepherd and bolstered by the savvy production muscle of Brisbane’s Matt Redlich (Hungry Kids of Hungary, Ball Park Music, emma louise) – it certainly is Charlie Mayfair like you’ve never heard them before. Since the percussive ‘Tell Her’ laced national and community radio airwaves, the guitars have been turned up, the drums have become more feverish and the melodies have been sharpened to pop supremacy.
Continue reading Charlie Mayfair – ‘Waste Me’ [Official Music Video]
12 Weeks Only. Melbourne Only.
Her Majesty’s Theatre – From 20 October 2012
Academy®, Tony® and Emmy Award® winner Geoffrey Rush returns to his true home on stage in the absurdly funny musical A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum.
With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, under the direction of Simon Phillips (Priscilla Queen of the Desert), this shamelessly retro musical pays homage to vintage vaudeville in an orgy of classic theatrical comedy, bawdy stage high jinks and sensational slapstick.
Geoffrey Rush bounds onto stage as the scheming slave Pseudolus, attempting to win his freedom from the henpecked Senex and his overbearing wife, Domina. When he learns his master’s dim-witted son has fallen in love with a virgin courtesan, he seizes the opportunity to secure his release.
Continue reading Geoffrey Rush in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum – 12 Weeks Only. Melbourne Only.
The Owls are a four-piece indie rock band from Newcastle, Australia. The Triple J Unearthed winners have been at it since 2008, touring with the likes of Gyroscope, The Living End, The Jezabels, Cloud Control and Phrase to name a few.
The Owls have taken the fast-paced elements of alternative rock, thrown in a liberal lashing of progressive southern dustiness and mixed in touches of ethereal dissonance to make a style all their own.
Continue reading The Owls
Cool video #guitar lesson: “All Along the Watchtower”…
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All Along the Watchtower
Mike Pachelli will help you learn all the parts to “All Along the Watchtower” by Jimi Hendrix. The song was written and recorded by Bob Dylan in 1967, but Hendrix recorded it a year later. The recording of “All Along the Watchtower” began at Olympia Studios in London early 1968, but was finished in the summer of ’68 at the Record Plant in New York City. Hendrix wasn’t satisfied with what he had recorded in London, so in order to complete the song, many tracks had to be erased to make room for new takes.
Mike plays a Gibson Custom Les Paul Axcess Standard in this lesson.
Cool video #guitar lesson: “All Along the Watchtower”…
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