Tag: "The Corner"

The Jungle Giants Announce Single Tour
0 Comments. 116 Views. Posted 17 May 2013 @ 12:33pm.
Before they hit this year's massive Splendour In The Grass, rising Brisbane outfit The Jungle Giants will set off around the country to launch their latest single, I Am What You Want Me To Be. The band’s debut EP and its 2012 follow up both received generous praise and saw the band emerge with a solid and ever-growing fanbase, further fueled by a series of choice supports, festival spots and... Read More
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
0 Comments. 82 Views. Posted 17 May 2013 @ 10:46am.
Austin’s long-running …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead have developed a cult following over the course of 15 years and eight albums. However, none of those albums garnered quite as much love and critical adulation as 2002’s Source Tags And Codes, which famously received a 10 rating from Pitchfork. Ahead of their Australian tour, which will see the band play Source Tags And... Read More
Frenzal Rhomb Announce 2013 Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 277 Views. Posted 15 May 2013 @ 10:23am.
After announcing a run of national dates sans any Victorian appearances, the mighty Frenzal Rhomb have finally made good by locking in a Melbourne date. The show comes after the band were forced to pull out of this year's Descendents tour due to some really fucked up shit involving tapeworm larvae in frontman Jay's head. Still, the setback has not hampered Frenzal's ability to put on a sick show... Read More
Funeral For A Friend
0 Comments. 161 Views. Posted 14 May 2013 @ 10:21am.
Welsh post-hardcore luminaries Funeral For A Friend have been in the game for over 12 years. For those people who suffer from the syndrome whereby you think the ‘90s was only ten years ago, it’s almost impossible to believe the clock has ticked so many times since FFAF released Casually Dressed & Deep In Conversation. Currently touring their sixth studio album, Conduit, FFAF have... Read More
Hungry Kids Of Hungary @ The Corner
0 Comments. 152 Views. Posted 7 May 2013 @ 2:42pm.
Having not yet recovered from the penetrating and enigmatic gaze of The Preatures' vocalist Isabella Manfred and her sexually-charged chemistry with co-vocalist and guitarist Gideon Bensen, Hungry Kids Of Hungary were received on stage by an energised crowd. The five-piece Brisbane band kicked into What In The World, the opening track of their sophomore album, You're A Shadow. The boys were... Read More
Airbourne Announce Splendour 2013 Sideshow
0 Comments. 273 Views. Posted 7 May 2013 @ 11:44am.
Set to be one of the loudest acts gracing this year's Splendour In The Grass, Warrny boys made good Airbourne will also be performing their first headline Melbourne show in a long while. Currently gearing up to release their third album Black Dog Barking, the hard rocking outfit will be primed to tear a few faces off when they bring their wall of amps to The Corner this July. Read More
Wavves & Unknown Mortal Orchestra Team Up For Splendour Sideshow
0 Comments. 283 Views. Posted 7 May 2013 @ 10:50am.
Garage punk kings Wavves and psych-jam masters Unknown Mortal Orchestra are joining forces for what's set to be an incredibly tasty double headline Splendour sideshow. Both bands have released pretty sick albums in 2013, with UMO releasing the sprawling sophomore LP II and Wavves putting forth the very excellent Afraid Of Heights.   Don't miss your chance to double dip into two renowned... Read More
FIDLAR Announced Splendour Sideshow
0 Comments. 233 Views. Posted 6 May 2013 @ 9:25am.
LA skate-punk brats FIDLAR will be bonging on down Melbourne way as well as hitting up this year's Splendour In The Grass. With their ethos on show in their acronymous moniker (fuck it dog, life's a risk), FIDLAR are guaranteed to get the party started when they blaze The Corner this July. Read More
Jake Bugg Announces Melbourne Headline Show
0 Comments. 285 Views. Posted 6 May 2013 @ 9:25am.
It was no surprise to see British troubadour Jake Bugg on the mammoth Splendour In The Grass lineup, considering his track Two Fingers soundtracked the intial venue announcement video.  Now Melbourne fans can see exactly what the Bugg buzz is about with the announcement of a headline sideshow.    The 19 year-old Briton has been making waves since last year's release of his self-... Read More
Villagers Announce Melbourne Splendour Sideshow
0 Comments. 305 Views. Posted 3 May 2013 @ 3:05pm.
Already announced on the freshly sold-out Splendour In The Grass lineup, Irish outfit Villagers will head down Melbourne way for a Melbourne headline show. Having already visited Australia in two-piece formation, Dublin troubadour Conor O'Brien (aka Villagers) will be bringing his full band to our shores for the first time.   Villagers have just released their highly anticipated second... Read More
TOY Announce Australian Debut
0 Comments. 205 Views. Posted 1 May 2013 @ 10:27am.
London-based quintet TOY will head to Australia for the very first time this June. Making waves last year with their self-titled debut album, TOY craft rock 'n' roll kaleidoscopes, blending psychedelic waves and visceral Detroit-rock flourishes. Don't miss your chance to catch these rising Britons in a relatively intimate setting, as they're sure to blow up sometime in the near future. Read More
Jello Biafra
0 Comments. 382 Views. Posted 30 Apr 2013 @ 11:45am.
Jello Biafra isn’t shy to offer an opinion on anything, whether it’s the extra-territorial activities of the American military, the evils of corporate excess, the patronising antics of the mainstream music industry or the seemingly endless swarm of malicious government programs that purport to limit the lives of the modern citizen. “I’m grateful my parents didn’t change the TV channel when... Read More
Julian Marley
0 Comments. 1,007 Views. Posted 26 Apr 2013 @ 7:32am.
It’s a name that doesn’t come much bigger in reggae, or music in general for that matter. Establishing himself as a formidable talent in his own right, Julian ‘Juju’ Marley has spread the good word of reggae across the globe and released three solid full-length LPs. As for when Julian first knew he wanted to be a musician, the answer is simple. “From the time I came out of my mother and started... Read More
Deathstars
0 Comments. 174 Views. Posted 24 Apr 2013 @ 11:57am.
Whiplasher, lead vocalist from Swedish goth metal outfit Deathstars, has one very simple reason for wanting to come and tour Australia in a few weeks. He is looking forward to it so much that he is going to stick around for a little while after the tour is done. And so are most of the rest of the band. “It’s perfect actually,” he says, having just woken up, and sounding like it, from his home in... Read More
Japandroids Add Second Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 190 Views. Posted 23 Apr 2013 @ 11:44am.
After a shit-hot Laneway-exclusive Australian debut earlier in the year, firebrand two-piece Japandroids announced a swift return for a headline tour this August.  Demand predictably ran high, with a headline show at The Corner selling out quick smart. Now Japandroids will bring their Celebration Rock to a second Melbourne date.   Get in quick ay. Read More
Dick Diver Announce Calendar Days Tour
0 Comments. 296 Views. Posted 18 Apr 2013 @ 10:04am.
Following on from a sold-out hometown hootenanny at The Tote this Friday, Dick Diver will head across the country for a sizable headline tour later this year.  With their sophomore album receiving critical acclaim (check out our review from Patrick Emery here), Dick Diver have established themselves as one of Australia's preeminent guitar-pop outfits.   Support at the Melbourne show... Read More
Cloud Control To Perform Album Preview Show
0 Comments. 213 Views. Posted 17 Apr 2013 @ 12:04pm.
Already announced as part of Sydney's Vivid LIVE, Cloud Control will make the journey down to Melbourne to preview material from their upcoming album. Following the success of their award winning debut album Bliss Release in Australia the band relocated to London to support the release in the Northern Hemisphere, picking up a swag of taste-makers and fans and supporting the likes of Arcade... Read More
MDC Announce 2013 Australian Tour
0 Comments. 233 Views. Posted 17 Apr 2013 @ 10:49am.
Hardcore punk legends MDC (née Millions Of Dead Cops) have announced a 2013 Australian tour.  Lauded as one of the most politacally vocal acts of the 1980s hardcore movement, MDC will tour Australia for the very first time this August.    Over 30 years after their formation, MDC are still full of break neck, old school, punk rock energy and loaded on furious guitar riffs - singing... Read More
Bardo Pond To Tour Australia
0 Comments. 219 Views. Posted 17 Apr 2013 @ 10:15am.
After making a singular appearance at the 2010 Vivid LIVE festival in Sydney, Bardo Pond have finally announced their first ever full Australian tour. For over 20 years, the Philadelphian based space rock ensemble, better known as Bardo Pond, have been creating mind expanding acid glazed psychedelic rock, with out a hint of irony, and an ounce of compromise. Read More
Jake Shimabukuro @ The Corner
0 Comments. 132 Views. Posted 16 Apr 2013 @ 3:09pm.
One of the first true YouTube sensations - courtesy of his much-viewed cover of George Harrison's While My Guitar Gently Weeps back in 2006 - you could say that ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro has definitively shattered preconceptions of his chosen instrument as merely an implement of simple folk music. But to characterise him as some kind of genre-bending 'novelty' artist would also be doing... Read More
Ben Howard @ The Corner
0 Comments. 219 Views. Posted 16 Apr 2013 @ 3:04pm.
We are 13 years past the millennium, if you are a folky singer-songwriter, finger plucking your way into the hearts of women, you start at minus ten. And if you are ever to gain any credibility, you need to be able to bring something fresh to a table that has almost been hacked to kindling by the mediocrity of Mumford & Sons. With this in mind, Ben Howard cuts an interesting... Read More
They Might Be Giants
0 Comments. 198 Views. Posted 16 Apr 2013 @ 1:32pm.
In 1977 a young John Flansburgh – subsequently, one-half of New York quirky-pop band They Might Be Giants – travelled across the Atlantic to London to see what was happening in the English punk scene. “That visit had a very direct impact on me – I probably wouldn’t have learnt how to play guitar if I hadn’t gone there,” Flansburgh recalls. Flansburgh had grown up in Massachusetts which, courtesy... Read More
Big Scary
0 Comments. 196 Views. Posted 16 Apr 2013 @ 1:19pm.
It was a pent-up, volcanic build towards Vacation, the debut album from affable Melbourne duo Big Scary. The lead-up to the full-length featured a bevy of EP-oriented material, most notably the stellar compilation Four Seasons. After an intensely prolific nascent burst, Tom Iansek and Jo Syme have established a relatively measured approach for their keenly anticipated second LP proper,... Read More
British India
0 Comments. 253 Views. Posted 12 Apr 2013 @ 8:12am.
"Making money has never been our goal, that’s why we signed to Liberation." British India have returned from the mists with a new label and a new album,Controller. Across the table at Liberation head-quarters sits vocalist and guitarist Declan Melia and drummer Matt O'Gorman. Melia mentions it’s been "a weird couple of years" for the Melbourne band. "Ever since Guillotine, we’d been on the... Read More
Frightened Rabbit
0 Comments. 302 Views. Posted 11 Apr 2013 @ 1:19pm.
There’s a certain freewheelin’ romanticism to the idea of a band on tour, spending weeks driving from gig to gig in a shitty old van, singing along toTiny Dancer and hurling good-natured abuse back and forth. But eventually you realise that you’re essentially confining a handful of people to the same room – all day, every day, for weeks, sometimes months at a time – at which point the idea... Read More
Hungry Kids Of Hungary
0 Comments. 186 Views. Posted 11 Apr 2013 @ 1:13pm.
It’s the calm before the storm for Hungry Kids Of Hungary, fresh from the release of their second studio album, You’re A Shadow. What lies ahead are countless live shows, critical and fan acclaim and all the other welcomed trappings that come with being a successful indie band. While the dreaded sophomore jinx would be an issue for a band in a similar position, frontman Dean McGrath revealed... Read More
Q&A: Self Is A Seed
0 Comments. 96 Views. Posted 11 Apr 2013 @ 10:23am.
Name: Craig Smith.   Define your genre in five words or less: Aggressive, prog-ish rock'n'roll.   What do you love about making music? The entire process is constantly rewarding in such a variety of ways. From alone in your room writing a riff to the collaboration in the jam space with your band, to playing it live and then laying it down in the studio. It's a journey and always a real... Read More
Owl Eyes
0 Comments. 563 Views. Posted 10 Apr 2013 @ 5:15pm.
The young lady behind the luscious indie-pop stylings of Owl Eyes is about to release her first full length record, and it’s a pretty incredible offering. Brooke Addamo has used synths fat and thin, percussion that sounds like it’s been squeezed through a bunch of rubber tubes or is being bashed by a gorilla-man, and all manner of little electronic details to provide the backdrop for her sweet... Read More
Tiki Taane Announces 2013 Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 344 Views. Posted 9 Apr 2013 @ 4:14pm.
After a standout recent collaboration with an 18- piece string section filmed live at Wellington’s Old St. Paul’s church, “King of the Dubs” Tiki Taane has been successfully pursuing a solo career since leaving the front man position of Salmonella Dub in 2007. Multi-platinum award winning artist and considered a pioneer in the New Zealand music scene with a career spanning 20 years, Tiki is... Read More
Thy Art Is Murder Announce 2013 Headline Tour
0 Comments. 182 Views. Posted 9 Apr 2013 @ 3:56pm.
After tearing it up in the States, Sydney's Thy Art Is Murder will bring the Hate back home for a national headline tour. The tour will support their groundbreaking 2012 release Hate.   Joining Thy Art Is Murder at their shows will be Cattle Decapitation, King Parrot and Aversions Crown. Read More
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