Tag: "The Corner"

Airbourne
0 Comments. 14 Views. Posted 23 May 2013 @ 6:48pm.
It’s been nearly a decade since Airbourne first emerged beer-drenched from the primordial rock‘n’roll ooze of Warrnambool’s pub circuit, with the high-octane outfit going on to establish themselves as one of Australia’s foremost hard rock exports. After taking a miniscule amount of time away from their formidable touring schedule, the four-piece have returned with their third riff-laden full-... Read More
Jen Cloher Announces Album Launch
0 Comments. 1 Views. Posted 23 May 2013 @ 4:52pm.
Jen Cloher has announced a launch party to celebrate the forthcoming release of her just-released third album In Blood Memory. Written over six months, recorded over a period of six days and supported by fans through a crowdfunding campaign, In Blood Memory is the long awaited follow up to Jen’s critically acclaimed second album Hidden Hands.   Also performing on the night will be special... Read More
Something For Kate
0 Comments. 758 Views. Posted 23 May 2013 @ 11:03am.
Having been such a mainstay for the last two decades, it’s almost hard to believe that it’s been six years in between Something for Kate albums, even as just about every other Australian band born from the alt-rock explosion of the early '90s has fallen by the wayside. Despite Paul Dempsey and Stephanie Ashworth upping stumps for New York, and Dempsey’s extensive solo work on the US club circuit... Read More
Senses Fail Announce Australian Tour
0 Comments. 71 Views. Posted 23 May 2013 @ 10:05am.
New Jersey outfit Senses Fail will bring their hard-hitting brand of post-hardcore to Australian fans this August. Senses Fail prevailed in the early 2000s and soon went on to help define the post-hardcore scene that was coming together around them. Latest record Renancer shows the band at their decidedly heaviest. Read More
Beach Fossils Announce 2013 Australian Tour
0 Comments. 170 Views. Posted 22 May 2013 @ 10:47am.
After dropping out of what was set to be their debut Australian tour last year, US indie outfit Beach Fossils have locked in a 2013 Melbourne show. Beach Fossils began in 2009 as a solo project, but before long a full band had manifested to bring dreamy washes of shoegaze to life. In 2010 they released their self-titled debut album and soon began building a buzz for their up-tempo and visceral... Read More
The Jungle Giants Announce Single Tour
0 Comments. 219 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. 182 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. 308 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. 164 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. 170 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. 283 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. 289 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. 248 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. 310 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. 321 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. 209 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. 390 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. 1,024 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. 181 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. 199 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. 310 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. 219 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. 243 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. 230 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. 148 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. 226 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. 205 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. 206 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. 256 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. 308 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
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