Tag: "Perth"

Dave : Red Eye
0 Comments. 857 Views. Posted 19 Sep 2012 @ 6:04am.
The lead singer from Perth four-piece Dave can hold a tune, sounding something like the centre of a Paul Weller-Morrissey-Simon Le Bon Venn diagram. Tipping their collective hat to pretty much all of the post-punk greats, Dave are pretty content with entrenching themselves within the imitative. And hey, that’s all right by me. Read More
Sugar Army Announce Tour
0 Comments. 835 Views. Posted 23 May 2012 @ 10:34am.
In celebration of new single Hooks For Hands, Perth lads Sugar Army will be returning to Melbourne. Their upcoming run of shows will be the first the band have performed live as a five-piece, with the addition of Chris Simmons on Bass and Ben Pooley on keys and guitar since the release of their last album, The Parallels Amongst Ourselves in 2009.   Hooks For Hands is the first single... Read More
Bellusira Vs. I, Said The Sparrow
0 Comments. 791 Views. Posted 14 Feb 2012 @ 11:39am.
  Crystal (Bellusira) questions Sean (I, Said The Sparrow)...   You guys are from Perth, a rich area for bands to come out of. Is the scene still thriving over there? The scene is definitely thriving here. I've always thought that because we have a dwindling number of venues to perform at, bands are in a way forced to get their game to a higher level so there is a demand for them to... Read More
Pendulum
0 Comments. 2,051 Views. Posted 13 Dec 2011 @ 1:23pm.
Close your eyes for one second and an entire decade passes you by - well, that's how it feels, anyway, according to Gareth McGrillen of drum and bass kings Pendulum. In retrospect, it seems one minute the ex-Perth lads were conjuring up drum and bass tracks in their tiny home basement with hopes of attracting a handful of local punters, the next minute they were moving to the UK and blowing... Read More
Sonic Forge, Saturday November 26, The Esplanade Hotel
0 Comments. 1,164 Views. Posted 29 Nov 2011 @ 12:50pm.
The world of djent metal is a difficult market to compete in, given the ridiculously high standards of musicianship, songwriting and production set by such acts as Periphery, Tesseract, Animals as Leaders and the rest, but compete, and compete very strongly, in that space Melbourne band Circles do. And in a more melodic and ear pleasing manner. Their music still packs a massive wallop though,... Read More
Lil Wayne Postpones Solo Show
0 Comments. 2,623 Views. Posted 24 Nov 2011 @ 3:23pm.
Set to drop down in Australia for his debut tour later next week, Lil Wayne has been forced to postpone his solo shows. A statement released has said:   "It is with regret that Dainty Group announces that the Australian solo shows for Lil Wayne, which were scheduled for Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, have now been postponed due to scheduling conflicts. Lil Wayne will be unable to arrive in... Read More
Black Lips Sideshow
0 Comments. 1,723 Views. Posted 2 Nov 2011 @ 9:12am.
Black Lips, the hell-raising rock’n’roll quartet from Atlanta, make their welcome return to Australi this March.  Already announced for Golden Plains and Adelaide Festival, this national tour marks the third by the Lips following their raucous inaugural dates way back in 2007. They have continued to tear apart stages all over the world and their upcoming tour shall be no different as the... Read More
Occupy Melbourne
2 Comments. 18,855 Views. Posted 6 Oct 2011 @ 3:22pm.
After much organisation and deliberation, a date and location has finally been decided for Occupy Melbourne - the international day of protest. It has been decided that the rally will begin at City Square on Saturday October 15, commencing at 10am. Occupy Melbourne is a non-violent protest as a means of sending a message to the financial sector worldwide. This day will be an international... Read More
New Navy Setting Sail Across Australia
0 Comments. 1,417 Views. Posted 30 Sep 2011 @ 4:42pm.
Sydney-based indie and dance act New Navy have only just released their first EP Uluwatu, but already they’ve claimed a number-one slot on Triple J Unearthed, shared stages alongside Wolfmother, the Midnight Juggernaughts and The Holidays.  Impressive. But listening to it, it’s easy to see why: a sugar-sweet and stylish mix of sparkly guitars, international influences and frontman... Read More
Kill Teen Angst
0 Comments. 1,515 Views. Posted 24 Aug 2011 @ 10:55am.
Name/Band: Brenton/Kill Teen Angst. Define your genre in five words or less: Indie Punk Rock.   So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? Who the fuck are these guys? They're great!   How long have you been gigging and writing? Kill Teen Angst has been around for about 5 years, the original... Read More
The Fireballs To Set The Hi-Fi Alight
0 Comments. 2,146 Views. Posted 4 Aug 2011 @ 10:21am.
They've been labelled as the first psychobilly band in our country. If your band was labelled as the first-anything band in any country, that would be something to be proud of, right?  We think so. The Fireballs have recently announced that they'll be touring the country as part of the upcoming Mad Sin tour of Australia. The sad thing about this is the fact that they're only playing two... Read More
Metalocalypse
0 Comments. 2,254 Views. Posted 27 Jul 2011 @ 3:23pm.
RAWR!   So Avenged Sevenfold are on the Soundwave Revolution tour and that's awesome, right? Not for those fans in Perth it isn't. A7X have elected not to play the WA leg of the tour, releasing a useless statement (that offered no explanation and was obviously penned by their management) as quietly as they could in the hope that nobody would notice. Weeell, I noticed, and that's fucked.... Read More
More Tickets For Bear
0 Comments. 3,320 Views. Posted 21 Jun 2011 @ 3:54pm.
Edward Grylls is what you would call a man’s man. Known the world over as “Bear”, he has overcome extreme odds to break records, climb mountains, and become an international superstar. No wonder his Australian live shows have been embraced with such zeal. While most famous for his television work – notably the worldwide smash Man vs. Wild – Grylls will be doing things differently this September.... Read More
The Grace Darling Hosts The Emperors
0 Comments. 1,942 Views. Posted 14 Apr 2011 @ 1:15pm.
Emperors won Triple J Unearthed and played Perth Big Day Out on only their tenth gig. That’s rad. That’s because they are quite good. Rolling Stone told us to watch them last year, and we did, and now they’re playing, so we’re going to watch them in real life.   This group of Western Australian youngsters are doing pretty well for themselves. Securing a Big Day Out spot without even... Read More
Bombs Away : Swagger
0 Comments. 2,290 Views. Posted 12 Apr 2011 @ 2:21pm.
What is swagger? I personally believe it's that undeniable feeling you get when someone of presence, freshness and quality walks into a room. This is not the feeling I get when I listen to Swagger from Perth duo Bombs Away. I know Perth are occasionally behind the scene, but this track sounds like it's straight outta the 80's! Read More
Fantine : Rubberoom
0 Comments. 1,098 Views. Posted 12 Apr 2011 @ 1:55pm.
Fantine is a Dominican Australian who grew up in Perth and now lives in Sydney. She has a decent commercial funk sound – a big, soulful voice with neat pop glitch backing her up. It’s not radically interesting, musically, but it isn’t bad – a reasonable imitation of Christina Aguilera. Read More
Architecture In Helskini Are Go
0 Comments. 1,116 Views. Posted 5 Apr 2011 @ 2:55pm.
It's been three years since we saw an album from these Australian pop-meisters, but at long last our patience has been rewarded. The new album, Moment Bends, has been put up for full streaming from today on the Triple J website. And it's going to stay there until the album is released, this Friday, April 8. Oh ye faithful, your long suffering patience has been acknowledged and paid off. Not... Read More
Jess McAvoy
0 Comments. 2,251 Views. Posted 24 Mar 2011 @ 10:22am.
She's been one of the darlings of Australia's indie-pop scene since the tender age of 16, but in 2011, Jess McAvoy is all grown up and has a firm plan in mind to conquer North America. And no, she insists, this time she's not running away.   "When I moved from Perth to Melbourne, to a large extent I was running away," confesses McAvoy of her relocation at the age... Read More
Jebediah Announce Second Show
0 Comments. 1,256 Views. Posted 11 Mar 2011 @ 3:40pm.
Perth’s purveyors of punk-rock, Jebediah, have sold out their Melbourne show at The Corner Hotel on Friday May 6 and have immediately added a second show to The Corner Hotel’s calendar on Thursday May 5.   Jebediah’s single, She’s Like A Comet, is receiving some serious airplay all over the country, so it’s little wonder this tour is selling fast. For those... Read More
Last Chance To See Stonefield Before International Tour
0 Comments. 3,173 Views. Posted 23 Feb 2011 @ 4:38pm.
The Stonefield sisters are heading to the UK to rock Glastonbury and The Great Escape but just before they do they're giving you one last opportunity to see them before they embark on international greatness.   Stonefield first came to the attention of the public when they were involved in Triple J's Unearthed High competition and performed at the One Movement Festival in Perth. They've had... Read More
60 Seconds With I, said the sparrow
0 Comments. 2,159 Views. Posted 18 Feb 2011 @ 11:45pm.
So then, what's the band name and what do you 'do' in the band?   "The band is called i, said the sparrow; I do vocals and other miscellaneous instrumentation."   Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?   "People will say we sound like 3Oh3! bred with Nine Inch Nails, The Killers and some... Read More
Tim & Jean : I Can Show You
3 Comments. 3,029 Views. Posted 8 Feb 2011 @ 10:07am.
A B-grade MGMT rip from a recently 'Unearthed' band from Perth, featuring dope-arse lyrics such as "no time for conversation, life is full of modulation." Modulation! That's a technical term, kids. In this instance, it means whacking off. Out Now on Universal Read More
Oz Soul Sundays At The Toff
2 Comments. 1,851 Views. Posted 9 Feb 2011 @ 9:54am.
Get in early for the Oz Soul Collective at The Toff in Town!   Another massive showcase of 15 acts for the sixth Oz Soul Sundays is in stall for Sunday February 20.   This time round you'll see the likes of Ella Thompson, along with Perth's production prince Able, and Queensland's electronik duo Killbot Kindergarten who fuse old soul and futuristic synth pop, creating... Read More
Boom! Bap! Pow!
0 Comments. 3,042 Views. Posted 21 Jan 2011 @ 1:14pm.
Here is an increasingly rare commodity: a talented band that don’t take themselves too seriously. This isn’t to imply that the band aren’t serious musicians, with some serious chops, it’s just that they wield them with a sense of fun. Perth outfit Boom! Bap! Pow! play a note-perfect if tongue-in-cheek throwback brand of soul and doo-wop that harks to a time... Read More
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