Get ready to be blasted into oblivion when The Killgirls launch the ANIMAL EP at the Queens Theatre in Adelaide this Saturday, October 22. Supported by ADL heavy hitters The Rules, Loot and Plunder, Bottle Rockets (DJ Set), AJ Sound, The Kings and General Admission this launch is going to eclipse their last mind imprinting launch event. The Killgirls: ANIMAL was produced, mixed and mastered entirely by lead vocalist Mario Spate, and recorded by the band – Nick O’Connor on bass, Hamish Cox playing synths, Tony Irish on drums, Rusty Hutchinson on guitar – the EP is the sound of The Killgirls unleashed. The first single, ‘Astronaut’, is a bass driven dance floor anthem at the ready, and it’s coming your way. The Killgirls make music with teeth, for party people. They have played up to the ecstatic mayhem of the 2010 Fringe Opening Party in front of 40,000 people, scored a Boiler Room spot at the Big Day Out in 2011; rocked Parklife 2011 and played The Clipsal 500 2011, as well as many other shows around the country. They have shared stages with Crystal Castles, MSTRKRFT, Die Antwoord, Bloody Beetroots, Art VS Science and Oh Mercy!; have enjoyed syncs with Suburu, The Commonwealth Games and the AFL; will be taking the stage at the 2011 Parklife in Adelaide on October 3; are supporting Dead Letter Circus on the NO FRACKING WAY Tour in November, and this, as they say, is just the beginning.

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Dan Wheldon after his Indianapolis 500 victory in May

There has been a sad build-up to this weekend’s Armor All Gold Coast 600 with the tragic death of English driver Dan Wheldon in the final round of the IZOD IndyCar Series in Las Vegas this morning. 33-year-old Wheldon, who was set to drive with his good mate James Courtney in a Toll Holden Racing Team Commodore at this weekend’s race, was involved in a 15-car pile-up just 12 laps into the 200-lap race.

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Photographer: Stephen Goodwin

Photographer: Stephen Goodwin
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Photographer: Stuart Blythe

Photographer: Stuart Blythe
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Photographer: Stuart Blythe

Photographer: Stuart Blythe
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Celebrating 35 years of living dead, UK gothic punk rockers, the Damned, make a triumphant return to Australia in January 2012. Lead by original members, guitarist/singer Captain Sensible and theatrical singer Dave Vanian, as well as long time members Monty Oxy Moron, Pinch and Stu West, the Damned return with one mission in mind: to wreak anarchy, chaos and destruction across the nation. Continue reading THE DAMNED Australian Tour, January 2012 →

Hot off the back of their recent BIGSOUND performance, Brisbane 4 piece Laneous & The Family Yah’s SCISSORS EP has been added to over 100 stations across the American College Radio Network, featuring in numerous Top 30 Charts and receiving plays on some of its biggest stations including KCRW in LA and WNYU in New York.

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If superbly-crafted pop-rock and great songwriting is your thing,
then look no further than Steve Lane and The Autocrats…

Rapidly gathering a reputation as a live act not to be missed, you couldn’t ask for a band with a better music pedigree. It includes frontman Steve Lane (voicepopfoible), a prolific musician and music producer; the “Earl Of Bass” Edmondo Amendola (Augie March); “Gentlemanly Purveyor Of Beats” Dave Williams (Augie March, Dan Kelly); coconspirator Jimmy Williams (Paul Kelly & The Dots, The Shedshakers) and “Rhythmic Axeman” Pete Slater (Dalriada).
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To use a sporting analogy, Rockhampton’s favourite sons BUSBY MAROU are heading into the business end of the season with the wind well and truly in their sails.

After scoring high rotation slots from Triple J and NOVA, BUSBY MAROU’S debut self-titled album reached #24 on the ARIA album charts and #5 on the Australian artist charts. The boys are also making their presence felt with strong showings in the nominations at the AIR, Deadly and Queensland Music Awards.
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2011 is coming to an end and Melbourne’s CALLING ALL CARS have been drawn back to the white lines of the music industry…

…the white lines of the roads that they’ll navigate between venues.

A month after launching their latest album ‘Dancing With A Dead Man’ ( Read our album review here) on an action-packed national tour CALLING ALL CARS have finally been let out to play again! That tour, throughout August and September, launched ‘Dancing With A Dead Man’ and the album was crowned a “triple j feature album” in the week of its release! That tour also introduced new comers Redcoats and Boy in a Box to a national audience.
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Serena Williams will start her 2012 season at the Brisbane International in January 2012.

The 13-time Grand Slam champion and 39 WTA career title holder will join Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters and Sam Stosur in what is shaping up to be the strongest women’s event leading up to the Australian Open.

The former No.1 and five-time Australian Open champion is excited to be playing in her first Brisbane International.
“Well, I never played in Brisbane and I have never been to Brisbane [but I have] heard great things about it,” Williams said.

“It is the first tournament there [in Australia] … and it is the big one there this year.
“It is brand new [for me] so all that is going to be really exciting and it will help me with my seeding going into the Australian Open too so that would be good.

“I’m really excited to see everything, like how people are, you know my fans, I have such a great fan base in Australia, it’s my favourite Slam [the Australian Open] to play so I [am] really looking forward to going to Brisbane.”

“This is the ultimate endorsement of the event,” Brisbane International Tournament Director Cameron Pearson said today.

“Serena is arguably one of the best female tennis players in history and the fact that she has chosen to play in Brisbane just demonstrates the reputation the event has built with players on the tour.
“I look forward to welcoming Serena to Brisbane in January.”

“With its world-class facilities, a great playing atmosphere, friendly staff and enthusiastic tennis fans, the event is attracting the world’s best tennis players and Serena’s attendance is just confirmation of this.
“What a line-up we have, with Serena joining Maria Sharapova, Samantha Stosur, Kim Clijsters and Ana Ivanoivic in a star-studded field. Expect some heated battles on the court this coming January.”

Williams has been ranked World No.1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became No.1 for the first time on 8 July 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on 2 November 2009.

The American is considered to be one of the greatest women’s tennis players of all time with 27 Grand Slam titles placing her ninth on the all-time list. She has recorded 13 Grand Slam singles titles, 12 in women’s doubles, and two in mixed doubles.

She is the most recent player, male or female, to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously and is only the fifth woman in history to do so.

Williams was also the first woman, along with sister Venus, to hold all four Grand Slam doubles titles simultaneously since Martina Hingis did so in 1998.

Her 13 Grand Slam singles titles puts Williams sixth on the all-time list and ranks her fourth in Grand Slam women’s singles titles won during the Open era, behind Steffi Graf (22 titles) and Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova (18 titles each).

Williams has won more major titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles than any other active player, male or female, and she has won more career prize money than any other female athlete in history, earning just under $35 million.

Queensland Sport Minister Phil Reeves said the 2012 Brisbane International will showcase the brightest stars on the tennis circuit.

“Serena Williams is an absolute powerhouse and her recent form at the US Open is set to excite fans, which will hopefully translate to a full house at the Queensland Tennis Centre,” Mr Reeves said.
“Having stars like Serena at the Brisbane International just a year after the floods demonstrates that Brisbane, and Queensland, is open for business.
“That’s why the Bligh Government, through Events Queensland, supports the Brisbane International. It provides a massive boost to the economy and tourism industry, and highlights our reputation as the Champions State and the Events State as well.”

The Brisbane International commenced in 2009 with world-class talent including Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, Robin Soderling, Kim Clijsters, Ana Ivanovic and Justine Henin competing over the past three years.
Prize money for this combined ATP-WTA tour event will increase to USD$1.1million in 2012, a 63 per cent increase, then to USD$1.55 million in 2013.

Brisbane International 2012 series packages and single sessions are on sale now.
Tickets start from as little as $14.90 for ground passes and can be purchased online at www.ticketek.com.au/brisbaneinternational or call 1300 888 104.

CinemaLive and Universal Music Australia are excited to announce the world exclusive red carpet premiere of “THE STORY OF SHORT STACK”, beamed LIVE via satellite around the country to cinemas for one night only on October 27 at 7pm AEDT.

Short Stack fans across the country will get an exclusive first look into the lives and rise of the music teen sensation in their self-made documentary.
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