Tag: "sideshow"

Ms Mr Announce Splendour Sideshow
0 Comments. 298 Views. Posted 6 May 2013 @ 9:44am.
New York duo Ms Mr are set to perform in Melbourne this July as part of their visit here for Splendour. This will be the second Australian tour in 2013 for the beloved Ms Mr, having previously performed at Laneway in February. Following the release of the acclaimed Candy Bar Creep Show EP in 2012, the duo will release debut LP Secondhand Rapture later this month. Fans should... Read More
Beach House Announce Falls Sideshow
1 Comments. 1,186 Views. Posted 1 Oct 2012 @ 2:16pm.
After flooring audiences earlier in 2012, Beach House are returning to hit Falls Music And Arts Festival at the end of the year.  Riding high after releasing one of the standout records of 2012 in Bloom, Beach House will no doubt shine when they return to Australian stages, including a freshly announced run of sideshows.  Read More
OFF! Announce Big Day Out Sideshow
0 Comments. 754 Views. Posted 18 Sep 2012 @ 10:23am.
Hardcore punk revivalists OFF! will bring their intense live show to The Corner alongside their appearance at the 2013 Big Day Out. Made up of revered punks Keith Morris (Black Flag/Circle Jerks), Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides), Steven McDonald (Redd Kross), and Mario Rubalcaba (Earthless/Hot Snakes/Rocket From the Crypt), OFF! have gained a fervent following since their inception. Their many... Read More
The Bloody Beetroots Announce Big Day Out Sideshow
0 Comments. 1,061 Views. Posted 18 Sep 2012 @ 8:59am.
The Bloody Beetroots is Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo: the masked Italian who’s capable of synergising sonics and sensibilities from The Damned to Debussy, the anthemic wistfulness of new wave and primal screams of hardcore punk. The Bloody Beetroots will be premiering their new live show at Big Day Out 2013 including latest single Rocksteady. Get prepared for an in-your-face... Read More
Band Of Horses Announce Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 848 Views. Posted 18 Sep 2012 @ 8:59am.
South Carolina’s Band Of Horses are back with their high-lonesome harmonies and new album Mirage Rock. Produced by Glyn Johns (The Rolling Stones, The Who), Mirage Rock is arguably the band's most cohesive and accomplished set of compositions and performances to date. Now you can adjust your eyes to Mirage Rock in the live setting with the band announcing a headline show... Read More
Sleigh Bells I OH YOU Party
0 Comments. 746 Views. Posted 18 Sep 2012 @ 9:24am.
Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells are visiting Australian shores for Big Day Out, but the fun doesn't stop there. They'll also be playing a very special I OH YOU party in Melbourne to showcase their experimental and frenzied tracks. Don't miss buzz artists when they tear shit up at Billboard.   Joining Sleigh Bells will be ferocious Aussie two-piece DZ Deathrays. Read More
Alabama Shakes Big Day Out Sideshow
0 Comments. 1,228 Views. Posted 18 Sep 2012 @ 8:59am.
One of the most buzzed-about new bands in the world – Alabama Shakes – are gracing our shores for the first time. Fronted by Brittany Howard, whose soul-drenched howl falls somewhere between Howlin’ Wolf and Janis Joplin, Alabama Shakes have had a meteoric rise to the top.   Known for their electrifying live show, don’t miss them when they play their Big Day Out... Read More
Animal Collective Big Day Out Sideshow
0 Comments. 1,279 Views. Posted 18 Sep 2012 @ 8:59am.
Heading our way for the Big Day Out, third millennium psychedelic heroes and recent Beat cover stars Animal Collective have announced a Melbourne sideshow.  The enigmatic quartet have taught us to expect the unexpected across ten albums and more than ten years. Bursting with textures – radio snippets, advertising samples, broadcast static – and with a newfound rhythmic immediacy, their... Read More
The Killers Announce Melbourne Show
0 Comments. 2,292 Views. Posted 18 Sep 2012 @ 9:03am.
The Big Day Out sideshows start rolling in! With their roll call of anthems The Killers are renowned for their epic stadium shows but, after a two year hiatus and a new album in Battle Born, the band are offering Australian audiences a unique live experience. Fans can open up their eager eyes as the Las Vegas high rollers play an intimate gig outside of their Big Day Out 2013... Read More
Kaiser Chiefs @ The Palace
0 Comments. 807 Views. Posted 22 May 2012 @ 12:33pm.
There’s a fine line between a good gig and a true performance, and it’s a craft the Kaiser Chiefs have mastered over the years. Tonight’s visit to a surprisingly modest turnout at The Palace showed the band ticking all the boxes – delivering enough false endings, climbing crescendos and sing-along choruses to satisfy a spoilt six-year-old’s attention span.   Here for Groovin' The Moo, the... Read More
Mudhoney Melbourne Splendour Sideshow
0 Comments. 1,208 Views. Posted 8 May 2012 @ 9:53am.
One of the hardest rocking acts on this year's Splendour In The Grass lineup have announced their only Australian sideshow, and lucky for Melburnians, Mudhoney are heading our way. Last here for Meredith Music Festival, where they proved to be one of the standout acts, the seminal proto-grunge Seattleites con tinue to uphold their revered legacy well into the modern era. Led by the ever-... Read More
Metric Melbourne Sideshow
2 Comments. 2,436 Views. Posted 1 May 2012 @ 9:54am.
  Following on from yesterdays' cavalcade of Splendour sideshows, oft-lauded Canuck outfit Metric have joined in on the action in announcing a peripheral Melbourne date. The band's impending visit to our shores will come hot on the heels of the band's much-anticipated fifth studio record, Synthetica, which is due out mid-June.   Expect to har a sampling of that material, as well as... Read More
Roky Erickson Sideshow
0 Comments. 2,246 Views. Posted 27 Oct 2011 @ 9:36am.
Swiftly following the announcement of Ariel Pink's Golden Plains sideshow this morning, Roky Erickson has announced a Melbourne appearance to accompany his reign of the Supernatural Amphitheatre. The godfather of psychedelia will be making his debut appeareance in Australia early next year. A pioneer of the '60s San Francisco scene, 2010 saw the release of his first album material in well over a... Read More
Dum Dum Girls Announce Sideshow
0 Comments. 1,215 Views. Posted 12 Oct 2011 @ 9:27am.
As well as heading over to Australia for a select run of festival appearances, golden pop-rockers Dum Dum Girls have announced their own headline show. The tour comes hot on the heels of the release of the soaring follow-up full-length Only In Dreams, which marks a giant leap of progression for the once-lo-fi outfit.   As well as their sideshow at The Corner, Dee Dee and co. will be... Read More
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Sideshow Announced
0 Comments. 1,723 Views. Posted 14 Sep 2011 @ 11:14am.
After being announced in the ridiculously great second Harvest lineup announcement, long-dormant indie darlings Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have announced a very welcome Melbourne sideshow. The announcement is the first (and quite possibly the only) sideshow by a Harvest Presents: The Gathering to take place in Melbourne.   It will mark the band's first Australian appearance since touring as... Read More
Splendour Camping Sold Out
0 Comments. 2,273 Views. Posted 25 May 2011 @ 3:41pm.
I guess you should find a hotel, then... Splendour In The Grass 2011 may have struggled a little with the ticket sales (THANKS WESTPAC)* but camping tickets finally sold out today.   If you haven't got your tickets yet, leave your tent at home because it's day passes ONLY now.    If that doesn't sound up your alley, or driving to and from the site is just not gonna work for you,... Read More
The Freak and the Showgirl
0 Comments. 3,095 Views. Posted 18 Feb 2011 @ 10:35am.
We use the term "freak" in different ways. For example, those bible bashers on the steps of Flinders Street Station who scream in your face about your inevitable descent into the pits of hell - freaks! Or that girl who orders a parma without the ham and tomato sauce - one word… But the real meaning of the designation is soon to suffer the same modern fate as words... Read More
All your BDO Sideshows are belong to us.
0 Comments. 1,557 Views. Posted 25 Jan 2011 @ 3:13pm.
  Along with festival time there's sideshow time, so get into it. On top of the BDO itself, there's Crystal Castles at The Palace this Friday January 28, Jim Jones Revue at The Corner this Monday January 31, MIA and Die Antwoord at The Prince on Tuesday February 1… as well as Deftones, Plan B and Edward Sharpe. But who knows – we’ll be catatonic from all the booze... Read More
Queens Of The Stone Age Announce Sidewaves!
0 Comments. 3,427 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Queens of the Stone Age have just announced two Sidewaves in Melbourne and Sydney!   Playing in Sydney on March 2, then in Melbourne on March 3, Queens of the Stone Age have been one of the 21st century's most engaging and ambitious rock groups.    Led by Josh Homme, these hard rockers have pursued an agenda of moody, sexy, high-energy music that flaunts its danger and oddness,... Read More
Pantha Du Prince Melbourne Show
1 Comments. 2,639 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
New Guernica bar will host some ambient techno magic. For the first time, Pantha Du Prince is bringing his live show to Australia this Decemeber.   His minimalist indie techno album Black Noise features Panda Bear (Animal Collective), Tyler Pope (!!!) and LCD Soundsystem. Pantha du Prince’s mission with the latest album was to render what is unheard and unheard of: black noise, a frequency... Read More
!!! Sideshows Announced
0 Comments. 1,261 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:22am.
Californian psychedelic dance/punksters !!! will bring their high-renergy show to Melbourne in February 2011.   As an amazing crossbreed of indie, electronic dance and punk (with jumping around and sweating to boot), !!! (Chk Chk Chk) will bring their six-piece band for Laneway (you already know that). Their last album Strange Weather, Isn't It? has gone down a treat and is... Read More
The Antlers and Bear In Heaven Co-Headline Shows
0 Comments. 1,928 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
New York indie masters Bear In Heaven and post rock emotional wizards The Antlers will co-headline shows as Laneway Sideshows next year.   Stop hyperventilating, it's going to be OK. OK and awesome. Bear In Heaven's recent album Beast Forth Rest Mouth (like East North West South, you see?) combines incredible production with dense layers and wonderfully complex songwriting and its heavy... Read More
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