Mike Noga returns home to Melbourne in March after six months of touring in Europe with The Drones to play a special one-off show on Sunday March 5 at The Spanish Club with Laura Jean, Kes, Grand Salvo, Francis Plagne, Princess One Point Five, and Oliver Mann. Mike will head overseas once again in May when The Drones return to the UK to play the All Tomorrows Parties Festival.
Pivot hits the road in March for its second tour of Melbourne in the past six months, and the its first tour of Western Australia: Fri March 3 at The Rosemount, Perth w/ The Tigers and Hoopers Store; Sat March 18 @ Northcote Social Club, Melbourne w/ Because Of Ghosts.
Brentford launches its EP, Welcome to Brentford, in Melbourne on Friday March 10 at Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy with special special guests Ben Birchall and Dave Rogers. The seven track extended player was recorded with Shane O'Mara at his Yikesville Studio.
TZU hits the road from late February till mid April for an east coast tour. The tour comes hot on the heels of the album Smiling At Strangers being announced as one of the eight shortlisted albums for the inaugural Australian Music Prize, with the winner to be announced in March. Further details »
Faker hit road in March and April in support of their new single Love For Sale. The single will be available from March 5 as an audio download and from March 12 as a video download – both will be available from iTunes. Main supports for the tour are Van She and The Valentinos, while opening the proceedings will be upcoming acts including Children Collide, My Sister The Cop, Teenagers In Tokyo, The Mean Streaks, and The Fondelles. Further details »
Sydney songwriter and multi-instrumentalist The Model School, aka Brendan Wixted, has signed a recording deal with Melbourne label Shiny Records. The first release will be the debut album Alarm Clock Radiation due out mid-April.
This Is Your Captain Speaking play two Australian shows before touring Europe in April and May: Saturday March 4 at The Studio, Sydney Opera House w/ Ubernudl & Essendon Airport; Friday March 31 at the Carlton Music Room, Melbourne w/ International Karate. The band's debut album Storyboard is released March 6 throughout Europe on UK label Resonant (Do Make Say Think, Kepler, Stafraenn Hákon, Blindfold, Library Tapes, Dialect). For more info visit www.resonantlabel.com and www.thisisyourcaptainspeaking.info
Tamas Wells releases his new album A Plea en Vendredi in stores March 6 through Popboomerang Records. Tamas launches the album with his band at the following dates: Sunday Feb 26 @ Spectrum, Sydney w/ Jack Ladder and Wons Phreely; Saturday Mar 4 @ Wesley Anne, Melbourne w/ Broken Flight and Mayfly.
Sixfthick launches its double A-side single Beat Myself / Hanging out to Dry in Melbourne on Friday March 10 at The Rob Roy Hotel w/ The Cheats and Sons Of Lee Marvin. The single is lifted from the forthcoming double album Cane Trash / Train Crash due for release on Spooky Records. The first disc Cane Trash is a studio album featuring thirteen tracks recorded in late 2005 at Atlantis Studios in Melbourne, while Train Crash is a live album recorded over two consecutive nights at The Annandale in Sydney and The Tote in Melbourne during late 2005.
Tucker B's and Further team up for a national tour kicking off March 17 in Brisbane and winding up April 8 in Bunbury. Further details »
Brian Hooper launches his debut album Lemon Lime & Bitter in Melbourne on Saturday February 25 at the Rob Roy Hotel supported by Conway Savage & Jon Michell. The album also features the talents of Dan Luscombe (Blackeyed Susans, Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males), Brett Poliness (Silver Ray, The Spoils) and Conrad Standish (The Devastations). Brian will begin recording a follow-up release in March, before heading over to Europe in April for another solo tour.
The Sparrows are set to release their debut self-titled EP in March. Before then the group the group hits the road for a run of east coast dates in February. This will be followed by appearances at the Byron Bay Blues n Roots Festival and the Apollo Bay Music Festival in April. Further details »
St Jeromes Laneway Festival organisers have announced a slight change in the line-up with Youthgroup pulling out of both the Sydney and Melbourne events. Replacing them in Melbourne will be Holly Throsby, and The Drones in Sydney. The Melbourne event, which is close to selling out, is set to happen Sunday February 26 at Caledonian Lane; while Sydney happens Sunday March 5 at Circular Quay. For more info visit www.stjeromesguidetosummer.com/laneway Further details »
Remake Remodel is calling it a day with a final show on Friday February 10 at Ding Dong, Melbourne supported by Legends Of Motorsport, Dr Invisiablo and Rusty James. To mark the occassion the group is launching a final album, Thanks 4 Nothing, which was recorded live at PBS and mixed by Lindsay Gravina in 2005 and features previously unreleased tracks as well as some old favourites. The album is a strictly limited release, each copy is individually numbered, and it will only be available at the Ding Dong show. Entry is $10 or $15 with a copy of the limited edition album.
Irrelevant hit the road from late February till mid March for an east coast tour. The album Ascension is out now on Resist Records. Further details »
The Lovetones second album Mediations, following its release in the US six months ago on Tee Pee Records, will be released in Australia on April 3 on Undercover Music. The first single from the album will be launched during late February: Thur Feb 23 @ Rob Roy, Melbourne w/ The Daytime Frequency + The Steinbecks; Fri Feb 24 @ Hopetoun, Sydney w/ Belles Will Ring + Loene Carmen. March will see the band head to the US to play at SXSW for the Tee Pee Records showcase.
The Bird release its new album Birdville Sessions in early February on Valve Records. The album features the new line up of Bobby Singh (Tabla) and Barry Hill (bass), who join Ben Walsh on drums and Simon Durrington on keys. Hermitude (Luke Dubber, El Gusto) also make a guest appearance on a few tracks. In support of the release the group will undertake a run of east shows in February. Further details »
Push Over 2006 is set to happen Monday March 13 at Luna Park, St Kilda. Performing at the all ages drug free event are Grinspoon, Frenzal Rhomb, The Hot Lies, Butterfingers, Parkway Drive, The Getaway Plan, The Gingers, Equills, Jezroc, and MC Mantra. Tickets are on sale now for $45 plus booking fee, which includes unlimited Luna Park rides all day. For more info visit www.thepush.asn.au
The Australian Music Prize (in its inaugural year - known as The Amp 2005) has announced the short list of eight albums in the running for the inaugural prize: Ben Lee "Awake Is The New Sleep", The Devastations "Coal", The Drones "Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Our Enemies Will Float By", The Go-Betweens "Oceans Apart", The Mess Hall "Notes From The Ceiling", Tex, Don & Charlie "All Is Forgiven", TZU "Smiling At Strangers", Wolfmother "Wolfmother". The winner, who will receive a cash prize of $25,000 in recognition of their music excellence, will be announced March 8 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. For more information on the shortlist visit www.bigpondmusic.com/shortlist8
Parkway Drive hit the road this March and April for an extensive all ages tour. All shows are all ages, drug and alcohol free events. Tickets for the tour are on sale now. In other news, the band's debut album of last year Killing With A Smile will be released in the US, UK, and Europe on March 7, and available in Japan in April. Further details »
Behind Crimson Eyes hit the road in February and March for a small run of all ages shows along the east coast plus a quick visit to Tasmania. The group is currently writing a new album pencilled in for release in mid 2006. Further details »
Bliss n Eso release the album Day Of The Dog in stores March 6 on Liberation Music. The album features guest appearances from Motley (UK), Mystro (UK), Hyjak and Kye with production from Weapon X, Suffa (Hilltop Hoods) M-Phazes and more. In support of the album the group hits the road for a national tour from March to May. Further details »
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