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Muse, Rise Against, Mastodon, Mars Volta, Lily Allen join Big Day Out 2010
The lineup for next year's BIg Day Out lineup has announced. For its 18th iteration, Australia’s largest travelling music festival has recruited Muse, The Decemberists, The Mars Volta, Lily Allen, Peaches,…
To the North / La Dispute (Australia)
Australia's To the North will embark on a tour of their homeland in July with Grand Rapids, MI's La Dispute. To the North have a new 12" EP on the way, while La Dispute issued Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair in 2008 on No…
Frenzal Rhomb guitarist joins Lagwagon for Australian tour
Lagwagon's Australian tour started with a little twist last night as immigration problems kept guitarist Chris Flippin from entering the country. The band was instead joined by Frenzal Rhomb's Lindsay McDougall, who will be playing with the band through the rest of the Australian tour. There is no word on whether Flippin will be with the band when they continue on to…
The Living End: live in Sydney
The Living End's recent gig at Sydney's Enmore Theatre is now streaming online. The show was in support of the band's 2008 album, White Noise. Check out the entire performance…
The Living End: "How Do We Know"
The Living End have posted a stream as well as a free download of their new track "How Do We Know." The song comes from their upcoming album, White Noise which is due out July 19, 2008 in Australia. Frontman Chris Cheney commented: [We] thought it would be cool to connect with people quicker – without all the lead up time and let people hear something immediately I know what it’s like to wait around for a record to come out and it sucks! Fear not, it’s almost done, and in the mean time…
The Living End talk "White Noise"
According to reports from Bombshellzine.com, Australia's finest, The Living End, will be releasing their new album, White Noise on July 19, 2008 in Australia through Dew Process Records. Frontman Chris Cheney added: A lot of the songs have a depth and weight to them that people havent neccesarily heard from us before. The songs sound really huge. I wouldn't say heavy metal as such, although there are definatly a bunch of metal licks and influences in there. There's more of a hard rock…
Rage 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…

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