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September 27th 2010 04:33

XAVIER RUDD takes off on his extensive tour through Australia over the months of November and December.

Having been making steady progress over the past five years or so Rudd has gone from scratching out his tours from pub to pub and interview stop-offs at community radio stations to having the machine behind him carving out the way.

It is a great situation for all concerned as Mr Rudd is astonishing to watch on stage. Xavier Rudd creates amazing music with texture and meaning, as well as a very watchable gig; he sits solo among his array of instruments and creates more ambient music and mood that anyone else I know.

For an alt.folk type to come so far in Australia in such a short time is no easy feat. If you have never had the joy of checking him out – this tour is a good time.

October 10
One Movement Festival
Perth WA

October 12
Wintersun Hotel
Geraldton WA

October 14
Dampier Mermaid Hotel
Dampier WA

October 15
Dampier Mermaid Hotel
Dampier WA

October 17
Mangrove Resort
Broome WA

October 20
Darwin Ski Club
Darwin NT

October 24
Alice Springs
Convention Centre
Alice Springs NT

October 27
Thebarton Theatre
Adelaide SA

December 11
Festival Of The Sun
Port Macquarie NSW

December 12
Laka Kawana Community Centre

Kawana QLD

December 14
Pilbeam Theatre
Rockhampton QLD

December 16
Magnums Hotel
Airlie Beach QLD

December 17
Mackay Entertainment Convention Centre
Mackay QLD

December 19
Kurunda Amphitheatre
Cairns QLD

December 31
Pyramid Festival
Phillip Island VIC

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KASEY CHAMBERS Tour

September 27th 2010 04:26

KASEY CHAMBERS is off on her Little Bird tour taking in the following stops along the route in October and November.

October

Wednesday 13
Capital Theatre
Bendigo VIC

Thursday 14
Horsham Town Hall
Horsham VIC

Friday 15
Frankston Performing Arts Centre
Frankston VIC

Saturday 16
Bullers Winery
Rutherglen VIC

Sunday 17
Griffith Regional Theatre
NSW

Wednesday 27
Warrnambool Entertainment Centre
Warrnambool VIC

Thursday 28
Barn Palais
Mt Gambier SA

Friday 29
Thebarton Theatre
Adelaide SA

Saturday 30
Arts & Convention Centre
Barossa Valley SA

November
Wednesday 3
Eastbank Centre
Sheppartion VIC

Thursday 4
Regent Theatre
Ballarat VIC

Friday 5
Costa Hall – GPAC
Geelong VIC

Saturday 6
Palais Theatre
St Kilda VIC

Sunday 14
Civic Theatre
Newcastle NSW

Friday 19
Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre
Shoalhaven NSW

Saturday 20
State Theatre
Sydney NSW

Sunday 21
Canberra Theatre
Canberra ACT

Wednesday 24
Moncrieff Theatre
Bundaberg QLD

Thursday 25
Concert hall – QPAC
QLD

Friday 26
Caloundra RSL
Sunshine Coast QLD

Saturday 27
Twin Towns Ex Services
Tweed Heads QLD

Sunday 28
Empire Theatre
Toowoomba QLD

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EL GUINCHO Tour

September 20th 2010 22:46

EL GUINCHO

Mistletone are happy as Larry to tour their long time friends El Guincho! Hailing from Barcelona, this will be El Guincho's third visit to our shores: this time around as a three piece, led as always by one-man, space-age exotica party machine, Pablo Diaz-Reixa.

El Guincho's infectious, ecstatic tribal beats and Spanish language chants make it literally impossible to feel sad! The syncopated beats and eternal pop sunshine hits are the aural equivalent of warm beach breezes from Pablo's native Canary Islands.

Having charmed the socks off Australian audiences on previous touring jaunts here (with Laneway Festival and Architecture in Helsinki), El Guincho returns hot on the heels of Pop Negro, the new album out now through Remote Control, currently Album of the Week on 3RRR and last week on FBi Radio.

You can download the super spicey new El Guincho track, FM Tan Sexy, from Stereogum right now too. Rejoice, sun-seekers: here comes El Guincho and here comes summer, just when we need them the most!

EL GUINCHO TOUR DATES

SYDNEY: FRIDAY 10 DECEMBER @ THE GAELIC w/ Catcall Megastick Fanfare. Tickets on sale now through Moshtix.

MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL: SATURDAY 11 DECEMBER. Sold out!

MELBOURNE: WEDNESDAY 15 DECEMBER @ EAST BRUNSWICK CLUB w/ Rat vs Possum Mark Barrage. Presented by Triple R. Tickets on sale now from the box office.

BRISBANE: THURSDAY 16 DECEMBER @ THE CLUBHOUSE (downstairs at Tempo Hotel). Co-presented by Fans Club Night. Tickets on sale now through Oztix.

PERTH: FRIDAY 17 DECEMBER @ THE BAKERY w/- smRts, Naik vs Kit Pop and DJ Rex Monsoon. Co-presented by Life is Noise and RTRFM. Tickets on sale next Monday, 27 September from Life is Noise, 78s, Mills and Planet.

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MICHAEL BOLTON TOUR Tx ON SALE NOW

March 30th 2010 21:26

MICHAEL BOLTON TO TOUR AUSTRALIA THIS MAY

Tickets to Michael Bolton’s, ‘One World, One Love’ tour will go on sale from Wednesday 31st March. The album, ‘One World, One Love’ is out now through Universal Music.

‘ONE WORLD, ONE LOVE’ TOUR 2010

Andrew McManus Presents is proud to announce that Grammy award-winning vocalist, Michael Bolton, will be touring Australia this May. Bolton is currently touring throughout America and Canada on his, One World, One Love Tour which will travel to Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this May; tickets will go on sale from Wednesday 31st March. It has been seventeen years since Michael Bolton last toured Australia.

This year, Michael Bolton released his 18th studio album titled, One World, One Love. The album was co-written and produced by Bolton and reverts back to his melodic songwriting, as well as featuring some notable collaborations with the likes of Ne-Yo and Lady Gaga. Michael Bolton is best known for his big ballads, tender vocals and timeless hits including ‘When a Man Loves a Woman’, ‘How am I Supposed to Live Without You’ and ‘Time, Love and Tenderness’.

Michael Bolton has sold more than 53 million records world wide, won multiple Grammys for Best Male Vocalist and countless other honors. Michael has earned a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, sold out arenas worldwide and sung with Luciano Pavarotti and Ray Charles. Bolton has written songs with Bob Dylan, Ne-Yo and Lady Gaga, penned hits for Barbra Streisand and KISS, played guitar with B.B. King and had his music recorded by hip-hop superstar Kanye West.

‘ONE WORLD, ONE LOVE’ AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES

PERTH – MELBOURNE – SYDNEY – BRISBANE

TICKETS ON SALE WEDNESDAY 31ST MARCH 2010

Wed 19 May
Perth Concert Hall
bocsticketing.com.au
(08) 9484 1133

Sat 22 May
Melbourne Palais Theatre

136 100

Mon 24 May
Sydney State Theatre
ticketmaster.com.au
136 100

Wed 26 May
Brisbane QPAC
qtix.com.au
136 246

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Tame Impala | May Tour

March 29th 2010 02:45

TAME IMPALA
INNERSPEAKER

DEBUT ALBUM OUT MAY 21 & NATIONAL TOUR

Modular announces that West Coast sonic wanderers Tame Impala will unveil their debut album InnerSpeaker on May 21, and are taking to the road in May for a National Tour.

It will be the first time much of the record is played live to an unsuspecting public and will showcase the gloriously dazzling results of one of planet earth’s most exciting bands absolutely going to town on their debut long player.

Following on from their debut, self-titled EP, InnerSpeaker is Tame Impala's chance to paint a far more extensive picture than before, and sure enough it redrafts the entire Tame Impala world as we knew it, into an explosive cosmic wonderland of ecstatic harmony and perfectly accessible journeys into inner space.

Recorded and produced by the band's own Kevin Parker with Death In Vegas’s Tim Holmes on the engineer duties, in an enormous mansion with 180 degree views of the Indian Ocean in the middle of buttfuck nowhere a few hours south of Perth, InnerSpeaker is ensconced with a kind of inspired vastness not dislike the place it was made.

It was then mixed in a completely different kind of nowhere, a log cabin surrounded by snow and deer in upstate New York, by renowned sonic maverick Dave Fridmann (MGMT / Flaming Lips).

Click HERE for your first glimpse inside the debut album, where magic and music abounds. with plenty more where that came from.

The resultant record will first be revealed with the single, Solitude Is Bliss, a joyous summertime romp through fields of honeyed harmony and crispy good times and is just the very tip of the amorphous cosmos that is InnerSpeaker.

InnerSpeaker is available for pre-order now from the Modular Shop (for local & international orders) and from Get Music in digital & physical formats (for Australians only).

Or as a special offer to live show fans, you will have an opportunity to pre-order the album with tickets purchased to the May National Tour.

Be the first to hear InnerSpeaker live at the dates below….

TAME IMPALA ‘INNERSPEAKER’ ALBUM TOUR
Presented by Modular Touring, Triple J & Video Hits

May 13 – Surfers Beer Garden / GOLD COAST
www.moshtix.com.au & 1300 438 849

May 14 – The Tivoli / BRISBANE
www.ticketek.com.au & www.thetivoli.net.au

May 15 – The Metro / SYDNEY
www.metrotheatre.com.au & 02 9550 3666

May 20 – The Gov / ADELAIDE
www.moshtix.com.au & 1300 438 849
May 21 – The Forum / MELBOURNE
www.ticketek.com.au & www.theforummelbourne.com.au

May 27 – The Metropolis Fremantle / FREMANTLE
www.heatseeker.com.au

* All shows with special guests The Silents

TAME IMPALA DEBUT ALBUM ‘INNERSPEAKER’ OUT MAY 21

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BATRIDER are back!

March 28th 2010 07:50

Batrider are back in Australia following 2 years of gigs, new friends, wild times and happy accidents in foreign lands. After splitting time between London sublets and European adventures, and losing their USA touring virginity the equivalent of behind a bush at a party when you’re 16, Batrider have now decided to settle in... Adelaide. YES ADELAIDE! And with barely enough time to wash the lint-of-a-thousand-couches from their tired bodies, Batrider are hitting the road again embarking on their first Australian tour in years.

The Batrider Beaks Tour takes the band’s fourth release Why We Cant Be Together (2009) around their adopted home of Australia, and also sees the release of a limited run of live recordings made while in the USA.

The new live record reflects the band’s current 3-piece incarnation and is the most direct, dynamic, melodic, and unique to date. Those familiar with Batrider’s sound will find its most compelling qualities more than intact, with the guitar and vocals of Sarah Mary Chadwick marking themselves as more clamourous and emotive than ever, with Steph Crase (Birth Glow, No Through Road) on drums and summery melancholic harmonies, and Sam Featherstone holding the whole mess together on bass.

Nonetheless, it wouldn’t really be fair to let you assume that Batrider aren’t still really really loud, and quite possibly one of the most viscerally confronting bands you’ll ever experience live. Would it?

2010 is another big year for Batrider with a new release to add to their now extensive back catalogue, reconnecting with both Australian and New Zealand watering holes, not to
mention enjoying the plethora of exciting tourist locations Adelaide has to offer. Wink.

"Why We Can't Be Together" out now on Low Transit Industries via Shock

Hobart
The Brisbane Hotel - Fri 30th April
Ivy St more

Melbourne
The Lithuanian Club - Fri 7th May
Pets With Pets Woollen Kits

Adelaide
Urtext Studios - Sat 8th May
The Twerps Bitch Prefect Pets
With Pets Banham

Brisbane
The Cubbyhole - Thur 20th May
Kitchen’s Floor more

Newcastle
The Croatian Club - Fri 21st May
Pets With Pets more

Sydney
Red Rattler - Sat 22nd May
Pets With Pets more

Canberra
The Phoenix - Sun 23rd May
Pets With Pets more

Fremantle
South Street Ale House
Saturday 29th May

Geelong
The Nash - Thur 3rd June
Supports TBA

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The SLEW

March 24th 2010 00:17

With excitement building for Kid Koala Presents The Slew hitting Australian stages for the first time in May, it is with great pleasure that we announce Seth Sentry as national support for the tour (except Perth).

After being Unearthed by triple j early last year and receiving a prestigious J Award nomination at year's end, the fresh faced Melbourne MC's highly celebrated and acclaimed track The Waitress Song (taken from the debut extended player The Waiter Minute EP ) set the record for the most downloaded track ever on triplejunearthed.com (over 46,000) and ended up taking out the 31st position in the world’s largest annual music poll, triple j's Hottest 100.

Supporting Kid Koala Presents The Slew alongside Seth Sentry, much celebrated DJ Bonez will make an appearance at the Melbourne show, with DJ James Dela Cruz on the decks in Sydney.

In one of the most exciting collaborations to grace the stage in years, Canadian turntable masters Kid Koala and Dynomite D team up with former Wolfmother crew Chris Ross and Myles Heskett to create a psych/heavy-rock-drenched project The Slew.

Kid Koala proudly presents The Slew Live featuring a hefty six turntables with Chris and Myles from Wolfmother on bass and drums. Hitting up major capital cities across Australia in May, it’s rock turntablism like you’ve never seen it before.

Four and a half years ago, Eric San (aka Kid Koala) and Dylan J. Frombach (aka Dynomite D) started working on a rock record. The pair, who met on the Beastie Boys tour in 1998, had been approached to soundtrack a documentary feature film. The film was eventually abandoned, but with Mario Caldato (longtime producer for Beastie Boys) on board for mixing, San and Frombach were already deep into the psych rock-influenced score and there was no turning back.

Teaming up with Chris Ross and Myles Heskett - the former rhythm section of Grammy Award-winning band Wolfmother - The Slew set out to put together a full-blown rock band experience to do justice to the material in a live setting. And justice was served: The truly excessive six turntables, drum, bass, keyboard and wall of amps that made their way across North America this October made for a full-on raw, pummeling rock experience. The Slew bring attitude back to the turntable unlike anything you’ve ever heard.

Presented by Handsome Tours, triple j, inthemix.com.au, 3D World, Beat and Scene Magazine
Kid Koala Presents The Slew: Live
Six turntables meets the Ex-Wolfmother Rhythm Section
TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Wednesday 5 May 2010
The Zoo, Brisbane
with special guest Seth Sentry
Tickets online from the venue and Oztix. In stores at Rockinghorse Records (City), Kill The Music (City), Butterbeats (City & Valley), Bombay Rock (Townsville), Cooly Hotel (Coolangatta), Disasterpiece (Southport), Gooble Warming
Presented by triple j, inthemix.com.au and Scene Magazine

Thursday 6 May 2010
Metro Theatre, Sydney
with special guests Seth Sentry and DJ James Dela Cruz
Tickets from Metro Theatre Box Office; 02 9550 2990 or Online, Ticketek and inthemix.com.au
Presented by triple j, inthemix.com.au and 3D World

Wednesday 12 May 2010
Corner Hotel, Melbourne
with special guests Seth Sentry and DJ Bonez
Tickets from Corner Box Office (57 Swan St Richmond 12-8 Mon-Sat), ph. 9427 9198 or online www.cornerhotel.com. Also available at Polyester Records (City & Fitzroy store)
Presented by triple j, inthemix.com.au and Beat

Friday 14 May 2010
The Rosemount, Perth
with special guests Naik and Squidink
Tickets from Heatseeker, Moshtix and 78 Records
Presented by Drum Media

The Slew are also appearing at Groovin The Moo Festival nationally.
Check www.groovinthemoo.com for more details

The Slew’s album ‘100%’ is out now through Ninja Tune/Inertia.
www.theslew.net

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John Cale's Keynote Online

February 18th 2010 09:14

Watch and Listen to John Cale's Keynote Online

On February 15 underground rock royalty and founding member of the Velvet Underground, John Cale, cut the red ribbon for Modular and Sydney Festival's Circa 1979: Signal to Noise with a Keynote speech at the Seymour Centre.

Hipsters rubbed shoulders with electronic pioneers in a packed out York Theatre as Cale showed off a few snaps and described working with the likes of Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Happy Mondays, The Stooges and LCD Soundsystem before capping things off with a mind blowing rendition of "Heart Break Hotel."

If you missed the speech or want to listen/watch it again, ABC's Big Ideas are streaming it online.

January 28, 2010 at 10:23am in circa 1979: signal to noise

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JONATHAN BOULET - NEW SINGLE TOUR RICE SHAKER

February 18th 2010 08:59

With Jonathan Boulet’s first ever Australian headline tour kicking off this week MODULAR are celebrating in charitable style. After wooing every man and his dog with his debut single "A Community Announcement", Jono is set to release single number two, the stirring "North To South East To You" on March 15.

Not being one to muck around, Jono re-recorded a ’stripped back’ version of the tune over the weekend in his garage, and sent to us to share with you all. This version will be included on the single release, alongside the music video.

Head HERE to download it.

There's a brand new interview and part one in a series of video tour diaries for you to enjoy, posted up on the ol’ Mod Peeps for your enjoyment. Also make sure you tune into triple j this coming Friday morning around 7.50 AM to hear Jono re-work a classic on Like A Version.

Not being one to rest, Jono has set his fans some homework. At his request, the young man would like you all to bring along your own homemade rice shaker to help get the festivities going. Don’t know how to make one? No problem - download Boulet’s simple how-to guide.

Those dates are:

Thursday February 18
Mona Vale Hotel, Mona Vale NSW
Tickets from moshtix.com.au - 1300 438 849

Friday February 19
Oxford Arts Factory, Sydney NSW
Tickets from moshtix.com.au - 1300 438 849

Wednesday February 24
The Harp, Wollongong NSW
Tickets from oztix.com.au - 1300 762 545

Thursday February 25
ANU, Canberra ACT

Friday February 26
Cambridge, Newcastle NSW
Tickets from moshtix.com.au - 1300 438 849

Wednesday March 3
Beach Road Hotel, Bondi NSW

Friday March 5
Rocket Bar, Adelaide SA
Tickets from venuetix.com.au

Saturday Mar 6
Fly By Night, Fremantle WA
Tickets from flybynight.org and the Box Office - 08 9430 5976

Thursday March 11
Great Northern, Byron Bay NSW
Tickets from oztix.com.au - 1300 762 545

Friday March 12
Elsewhere, Gold Coast QLD
Tickets from oztix.com.au - 1300 762 545

Saturday March 13
Fans, Brisbane QLD

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ART vs SCIENCE go GOLD

February 18th 2010 08:10

Fresh from loping in at #2 and #74 on triple j's Hottest 100, Sydney's ART vs SCIENCE have recently achieved Gold status in the ARIA Charts for their the eponymous debut EP (out through Green/MGM). The Hottest 100 result also effected the re-entry of the EP into the Top 5 on iTunes and back into the ARIA Top 40. It is currently sitting at no. 1 on the physical singles chart.

Released last May, the independently-released 5-track EP contains radio favourites Parlez-Vous Francais?, Hollywood, Flippers and Friend in the Field. Its performance in the charts was no doubt augmented by the three piece's scene-stealing live show, which has seen the band play at countless festivals and sold-out gigs around the country over the past 12 months.

ART vs SCIENCE have again teamed up with producer/engineer Berkfinger and are currently in the studio writing and recording their anticipated debut long-player. The album - to be released independently through Green/MGM, with label services assistance from Parallel Management - is due out in June 2010. Keep an ear out for the first single in April.

TOUR DATES

16 Feb 2010 ENMORE THEATRE supporting GOSSIP, Sydney - onstage 8.35pm

19 Feb 2010 ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT Adelaide

20 Feb 2010 GOOD VIBRATIONS @ PARKLANDS SHOWGROUNDS Gold Coast

21 Feb 2010 GOOD VIBRATIONS @ FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE Melbourne

11 Mar 2010 OFF THE RAILS @ PADDINGTON ALE HOUSE Perth

12 Mar 2010 OFF THE RAILS @ LIVE Adelaide

13 Mar 2010 OFF THE RAILS @ PADDY'S Albury

25 Mar 2010 BACARDI EXPRESS TOUR @ TIVOLI Queensland

26 Mar 2010 BACARDI EXPRESS TOUR @ CLUB COFFS Coffs Harbour

27 Mar 2010 BACARDI EXPRESS TOUR @ NEWCASTLE PANTHERS Newcastle

27 Mar 2010 BACARDI EXPRESS TOUR @ LUNA PARK Sydney

www.myspace.com/artvsscience

www.facebook.com/artvsscience

www.artvsscience.net

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