Tag Archives: July 2010

Birds Of Tokyo Announce Self-Titled New Album & 3D Video!

  The release of one of 2010’s most anticipated albums can now be announced with Birds Of Tokyo unleashing their self-titled new album on Friday July 23; along with the album artwork revealed above.

As fans come out in droves to see the band perform new material on their current national single tour, Birds Of Tokyo today also announce the release of their first 3D music video for the bands new single ’The Saddest Thing I Know’.

Using two DSLR cameras (7Ds) side by side, the boys of Birds Of Tokyo discovered a group of creative and innovative film makers who found their own way to create a 3D image, resulting in this unique 3D music video. Continue reading Birds Of Tokyo Announce Self-Titled New Album & 3D Video! →

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SCOTT REDFORD VS. MICHAEL ZAVROS @ Judith Wright Centre June-July 2010

Seemingly infuriated by the old avant-garde presumption that artworks should criticise and challenge their publics, the art world is currently enjoying a post-critical turn. Pop Life, a show which recently debuted at London’s Tate Modern, celebrates artists who aim to please and entertain, who embrace commercialism and populism, and want their audiences to like them. They include Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Damian Hirst, and Takashi Murakami. Scott Redford vs. Michael Zavros brings this idea home, pitting two local post-critical artists – both born and bred on the Gold Coast – against one another. Scott Redford is a former Queer artist who turned his back on social critique to assert the superior aesthetic of Surfers Paradise. Michael Zavros is a photo-realist painter famed for painting beautiful things beautifully: good shoes, bespoke suits, mansions, baroque interiors, pretty boys, and perfume bottles. Are Zavros and Redford simply affirmative and uncritical, or do their projects offer critical leverage on our desire for criticality? Continue reading SCOTT REDFORD VS. MICHAEL ZAVROS @ Judith Wright Centre June-July 2010 →

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C.W. Stoneking and the Primitive Horn Orchestra July 2010 Australian Tour

ARIA Award Winning King of Hokum and purveyor of the darkest Jungle Blues, C.W. Stoneking announces a rare Australian tour this July.

Across two full-length albums including King Hokum in 2006 and 2008’s ARIA winning Jungle Blues, C.W. Stoneking has rightfully earned the reputation as the leading voice on the Australian roots music scene. Revisiting and re-invigorating the pre-war blues, jazz, calypso and jungle sounds of the 20’s and 30’s, C.W. Stoneking has captured the imagination of a nation with his plaintive nostalgic voice and vivid narrations.
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Tashi returns to Brisbane Powerhouse June-July 2010

Tashi has done it again! Up to his old tricks and adventures, Tashi comes up against some of his biggest challenges in Tashi, the Swan and the Dragon and Tashi and the Big Stinker. Imaginary Theatre brings the magic of this lovable character back to life once again at Brisbane Powerhouse from 29 June – 12 July 2010 for Powerkidz.

Back by popular demand, Brisbane-based children’s theatre company Imaginary Theatre bring energy and imagination to these much loved stories by writer Anna Fienberg. Each story is a different mini adventure for Tashi and his audience of 4 – 8 year olds. Continue reading Tashi returns to Brisbane Powerhouse June-July 2010 →

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Rock For The Regent @ The Globe Theatre, Brisbane – July 2010

Odyssey Presents
Rock For The Regent #1 – with Edward Guglielmino
+ The Show with The Soundcasters + Punxie & the Poison Pens + The Persistence of Freud + Dunsinane
Thursday 08 July 2010 (opening 7pm)

Rock For The Regent #2 – with Wolfmother
+ Blonde on Blonde + The Medicine Show + Princess Rodeo + Miss Bertie Page
Saturday 10 July 2010 (opening 7pm)

Rock For The Regent #3 – with Katie Noonan
+ Tim Loydell & the Deckchairs + Bessy-Lou + Tara Simmons +Inland Sea + Mary-Jane Carpenter
Sunday 11 July 2010 (opening 4pm)

at The Globe Theatre, Brisbane
Ticket through OzTix

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BRITTLE Announce “THE OWLS” EP & National Tour July/Aug 2010

  There’s nothing more that Melbourne alternative rockers BRITTLE want to do but to capture their dynamic live sound and energy in their recordings and that’s exactly what they’ve achieved with legendary producer Mark Opitz at the helm on the band’s new five-track EP titled “The Owls” which will be unleashed on June 14 as a free digital download.

The EP will be backed by a massive tour of the same name that will see the band visiting all capital cities in June, July and August as well as a host of major regional centres around the country. It will be their largest Australian tour since the release of their debut EP ‘Chinese Whispers’ in 2008.

Continue reading BRITTLE Announce “THE OWLS” EP & National Tour July/Aug 2010 →

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Gosteleradio Album Launch & Tour [June-July 2010]

  Following the release of their stunning debut album Great Deeds Against The Dead –as featured on Edge Radio (Hobart), Three D Radio (Adelaide) and SYN FM (Melbourne) – Gosteleradio are pleased to announce the supports for their upcoming Melbourne album launch. Continue reading Gosteleradio Album Launch & Tour [June-July 2010] →
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Sally Seltmann ‘Heart That’s Pounding’ Album Launch Tour – July 2010

  Sally Seltmann is the award-winning songwriter and singer best known for her work as New Buffalo – the artist behind ‘intoxicating’ albums The Last Beautiful Day’ and ‘Somewhere, anywhere.’ Her new album is ‘Heart That’s Pounding’. After the stripped-back elegance of her previous albums, Sally’s new record is an album that resounds with confidence, megawatt melodies and energising joy.

Continue reading Sally Seltmann ‘Heart That’s Pounding’ Album Launch Tour – July 2010 →

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Florence and the Machine – extra shows for Sydney + Melbourne

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  Florence + The Machine is without a doubt one of the hottest acts touring Australia this year, with tickets for her Sydney and Melbourne Splendour In The Grass side shows selling out in no time, and a Perth sell out is imminent.

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HELLYEAH! Australian Tour – July 2010

An undeniable void exists in heavy metal… don’t fear… HELLYEAH are back to revive it in their true bombastic style!

  Brace yourself because metal’s baddest group of outlaws, Vinnie Paul (Pantera, Damageplan), Chad Gray (Mudvayne), Greg Tribbett (Mudvayne), Bob Zilla (Damageplan) and Tom Maxwell (Nothingface) are on the verge of releasing ‘Stampede’, the follow up to their 2007 self-titled debut. Chad Gray says of the album “I couldn’t wait to write this record. I can’t wait for our fans to hear it and I definitely can’t wait to hit the fucking stage and play it!

Stampede represents every emotion that you’ve ever had and everything that screams HELLYEAH! There’s no smoke and mirrors with what we are. What you see is what you get. And what your get is five guys bringin’ it, a head full of music and bleeding ears!” Continue reading HELLYEAH! Australian Tour – July 2010 →

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SCISSOR SISTERS – NIGHT WORKS TOUR – July 2010

  Scissor Sisters present their impeccable, infectious style of flamboyant pop to the people of Melbourne and Sydney at headline shows this July, in the lead up to their Splendour in the Grass appearance.

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL HALL MONDAY JULY 26 2010
SYDNEY BIG TOP at LUNA PARK TUESDAY JULY 27 2010

Continue reading SCISSOR SISTERS – NIGHT WORKS TOUR – July 2010 →

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Thirsty Merc “Mousetrap Heart” tour – July 2010

  Multi-platinum selling, ARIA & APRA nominated Sydney group Thirsty Merc have announced an 18-date national tour this June/July. Taking in eight states/territories, the MOUSETRAP HEART tour will showcase brand new tracks off Thirsty Merc’s forthcoming album, as well as reinterpret some of Australia’s favourite songs from the band’s first two albums.

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Midlake Australian Tour – July/August 2010


Midlake – Midlake 		  One of America’s most celebrated acts of recent times, Midlake, has just delivered their extraordinary third album “The Courage of Others”, and will soon embark on their second Australian tour.

Existing outside the plane of trends and time “The Courage of Others” is a truly committed statement to artistic independence. It is Midlake’s most complete & beautiful body of work yet, best appreciated as a whole in the old-fashioned sense of what an album should be.

Sharing the same gorgeously warm, analogue electro-acoustic template as its much revered predecessor, “The Trials of Van Occupanther” , the new album is definitely a slower, darker, eerier and dreamier, tinged with late 60s/early 70s British folk nuances. Looms of textured keyboards, flute, guitars and voice are woven into broad cloaks of sound, all riding the sound of songwriter Tim Smith’s sweeping vocals. Continue reading Midlake Australian Tour – July/August 2010 →

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Florence and the Machine Touring Australia – July/August 2010

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Australia has fallen hard for Florence and the Machine. Since her debut tour as this year’s St Jerome’s Laneway Festival headline act, the passion with which local fans have flocked to be a part of the Florence and the Machine experience, has been electric. Never one to disappoint, Florence and the Machine return to Australia this July for an encore tour that promises to be nothing short of spectacular. Continue reading Florence and the Machine Touring Australia – July/August 2010 →

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Band of Horses – National Tour July 2010

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  Band of Horses is Ben Bridwell, Creighton Barrett, Ryan Monroe, Tyler Ramsey and Bill Reynolds. Though the band formed in Seattle, the gents hail from the southeastern United States, specifically the Carolinas. ‘Infinite Arms’ is the follow up to the critically acclaimed ‘Everything All The Time’ (2006) and ‘Cease to Begin’ (2007), and marks the recording debut of Ramsey and Reynolds, both long time touring members of the group. The band have become a

cohesive force with all members making invaluable contributions to the unmistakable sound that Bridwell has crafted since the band’s inception. As Bridwell himself concedes, “in many ways, this is the first Band of Horses record.” Continue reading Band of Horses – National Tour July 2010 →

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