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 | Australia and New Zealand Artists with releases on this label: Recent ReviewsRecent NewsRage Against the Machine, Battles, Billy Bragg at Big Day Out 2008 The organizers of the Australia/New Zealand-based Big Day Out have assembled another major lineup, this time for the 2008 edition of the travelling festival. Set to take place in the Australian summer, the event will include Billy Bragg, Rage Against The…Mad Sin (Australian) German psychobilly six piece Mad Sin are headed to Australia this October, playing shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and wrapping up in Perth. They'll be joined on the tour with Australian act Zombie Ghost Train. That band is touring in support of their recent release Dealing The Death Card.…The City On Film (Australia) The City On Film (that's Bob Nanna of Braid and Hey Mercedes of course) will tour Australia for the first time in August. Mr. Nanna will be supporting the recent Australian release of In Formal Introduction, put out by indie Hobbledehoy Records earlier this year with bonus material.…Consider The Meek post new track Aussie-rockers Consider The Meek have posted a new unmastered track online. The song "The Shit Talk Doesn't Stop" and will be released on next year's full length Above The System. The band also recently announced plans for a three-way split with Fat Wreck Chords bands Strung Out and No Use For A Name. You can hear "The Shit Talk Doesn't Stop" at the band's…New music from Miles Away posted Australian melodic hardcore act Miles Away has posted the mastered version of the track "Affidavit," as well as the brand new song "Outrage," online. Both tracks will appear on the band's new Resist Records release Rewind, Repeat.... You can check out the new songs on MySpace…Consider The Meek planning 2008 release, split with No Use and Strung Out Kev Lee of Consider the Meek has laid out some teasers for upcoming releases in a recent MySpace blog post. In it he titles the band's next full length Above The System and estimates a 2008 release. He also lets loose news of a 3-way split between the Meek and veteran Fat-rockers No Use For A Name and…Kisschasy: "Opinions Won't Keep You Warm At Night" Australia's Kisschasy have posted the first single from their upcoming album which is due out in July. While friendly musically, the video takes sharp aim at the relationship between George Bush, Tony Blair and Australia's own leader John Howard. Kim Jong-Il even makes an…The City on Film to tour Australia Bob Nanna's The City On Film have announced plans for tours of both Australia and the UK. The tour coincides with the Australian and UK releases of the band's debut full length, In Formal Introduction. Both reissues include three bonus tracks. For the UK dates, Bob will be joined by Owen. Support for the Australian tour, as well as dates, are expected shortly. The disc was released by Hobbledehoy…The Used (Australia) The Used have announced three shows in Australia set to kick off late May. The band previously visited the continent and country in 2005 while on the Taste of Chaos tour, They are touring in support of their upcoming album, Lies for the Liars which is due out May 19th. The promoters note that the band's previous foray to the country had them selling out 2000 tickets for in just five minutes, forcing the show to be moved to the larger Hordern Pavilion, where all 5500 tickets were snapped up…Reel Big Fish / Guttermouth / Bagster (Australia) Reel Big Fish has announced a trip to Australia in March. The trip represents the ska/punk act's first trip down under since 2005's Crouching Fish Hidden Finger tour. The band is touring in support of their new live album, Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album and their new split EP, Duet All Night Long. Supporting the tour will be Guttermouth, who are supporting their album, Shave the Planet. Finally, local… |
