John Steel Singers drop new single ahead of tour dates

Brisbane’s favourite sons are back with the latest single to be taken from their sophomore album Everything’s A Thread. ‘MJ’s On Fire Again’ sees the John Steel Singers reach for that falsetto and hit the ground running.

Hitting the road with Jeremy Neale for the Boys Gone Wild tour later this month, JSS are sure to swoon your faces off with the latest track.

Check out the video below.

BOYS GONE WILD East coast tour:

Thursday 20 February Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane
Tickets via www.oztix.com.au 

Friday 21 February Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane
Tickets via www.oztix.com.au 

Saturday 22 February Good God Small Club, Sydney
Tickets via www.moshtix.com.au 

Sunday 23 February The Lair @ The Metro, Sydney (All ages)
Tickets via www.metrotheatre.com.au

Friday 28 February Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
Tickets via www.northcotesocialclub.com

Saturday 1 March Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
Tickets via www.northcotesocialclub.com

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The Maccabees Aussie tour:

WEDNESDAY 9TH MAY, THE HI FI, BRISBANE
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THURSDAY 10TH MAY, METRO THEATRE, SYDNEY
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WEDNESDAY 16TH MAY, THE HI FI, MELBOURNE
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FRIDAY 18TH MAY, CAPITOL, PERTH
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New Track: Missy Higgins – Unashamed Desire

Missy Higgins is back with her first new track in over 5 years: Unashamed Desire.

The track (which you can check out below) is fricken awesome. Its a bolder, darker Higgins this time around. Really excited to check out the new album ‘The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle’ when it drops June 1st.

Speaking of new albums, Higgins has also announced a tour in support of her newest creation:

‘The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle’ Tour

Fri June 1                 Adelaide, Her Majesty’s Theatre  Tickets: www.bass.net.au / 131 246

Sat June 2                Perth, Astor Theatre  Tickets: www.bocsticketing.com.au / 08 9484 1133 / 1800 193 300

Wed June 6              Brisbane, The Tivoli  Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au / 132 849

Fri June 8             Sydney, York Theatre, Seymour Centre Tickets: http://sydney.edu.au/seymour / 02 9351 7940

Mon June 11           Wollongong, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre  Tickets: www.merrigong.com.au / 02 4224 5999

Wed June 13            Newcastle,  Newcastle  City Hall  Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au / 132 849

Thu June 14             Canberra, The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre  Tickets: www.canberratheatrecentre.com.au  / 02 6275 2700

Fri June 15           Geelong, Costa Hall, Geelong Performing Arts Centre  Tickets: www.gpac.org.au / 03 5225 1200

Sat June 16          Melbourne, Her Majesty’s Theatre  Tickets: www.ticketek.com.au / 132 849

Fri July 27             Mackay, Mackay Entertainment Centre  Tickets: www.mackaytix.com.au / 07 4961 9777

Sat July 28            Rockhampton, The Pilbeam Theatre  Tickets: www.pilbeamtheatre.com.au / 07 4927 4111

Sun July 29           Splendour In The Grass, Bryon Bay Tickets: moshtix.com.au / 1300 GET TIX (438 849) from 9am AEST Friday 27 April

The Shins announce Splendour sideshows

The Shins will be bringing their very lovely selves back to Australia this July as part of Splendour In The Grass, and have just announced headline shows at Festival Hall in Melbourne and the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney.

It’s been a busy start to the year for the Portland based five piece, with the band currently in the midst of an extensive US tour to celebrate the release of Port Of Morrow. The album has been five years in the making, following on from their 2007 LP Wincing The Night Away, and was recorded throughout 2011.

This tour will mark The Shins’ fifth visit to our shores since 2003. Very special guests for both the Melbourne and Sydney shows will be the warm, harmony soaked sounds of Melbourne quartet Husky.

The Shins
w/ special guests Husky

Tickets on sale 11.00am AEST Monday the 30th of April.

Monday 23 July – Festival Hall – Melbourne
Tickets: Ticketmaster 136 100 and www.ticketmaster.com.au or Festival Hall Box Office, 288 Rosslyn St, West Melbourne

Wednesday 25 July – Hordern Pavilion – Sydney
Tickets: Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Flight Of The Conchords add new shows

Arena shows have been announced for Flight of The Conchords in Sydney & Melbourne following over whelming demand.

The new shows, which hare scheduled for Friday 6^th July in Sydney and Sun 15 July in Melbourne will allow those crazy Conchord fans the chance to pull up their business socks and get down to some serious rhymenosaurusing.

They will go on sale Thursday 26 April at 9am.

Full tour dates:

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS

Thu 5 July      Sydney Opera House NSW                                     SOLD OUT!

sydneyoperahouse.com | Ph: (02) 9250 7777

Fri 6 July        Sydney Entertainment Centre  NSW                      NEW SHOW!

ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100

Sat 7 July       Brisbane Entertainment Centre QLD                     All Ages

ticketek.com.au  │ 132 849

Tue 10 July    Newcastle Entertainment Centre NSW                  All Ages

ticketek.com.au  │132 849

Wed 11 July   WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong NSW     All Ages

ticketek.com.au  │ 132 849

Fri 13 July      Adelaide Entertainment Centre SA                        All Ages

ticketek.com.au  │ 132 849

Sat 14 July     The Plenary, Melbourne VIC                                   SOLD OUT!

ticketmaster.com.au  │ 136 100

Sun 15 July    Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne VIC                           NEW SHOW!

ticketek.com.au  │ 132 849

Wed 18 July   Challenge Stadium, Perth WA                                SOLD OUT!

ticketmaster.com.au  │ 136 100

Thu 19 July    Challenge Stadium, Perth WA                                SOLD OUT!

ticketmaster.com.au  │ 136 100

Flight Of The Conchords announce tour

New Zealand’s much loved folk comedy duo Flight Of The Conchords are finally coming to Australia! Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement will bring the funny to our shores this July.

Jemaine said of the announcement; “We are finally returning to Australia. Mostly to apologise.”

It’s hard to pinpoint what has kept the duo from touring our shores all this time, was it band manager Murray’s inability to get the guys a gig outside of an aquarium, Bret’s commitments to his sign holding job or Jemaine’s fear that his Aussie ex-girlfriend Keitha would be waiting eagerly for his arrival? Regardless, one thing’s for sure – it’s going to be one heck of a good time.

General public on sale from 9am local time, Tuesday 17 April

Thu 5 July Sydney Opera House NSW

Sat 7 July Brisbane Entertainment Centre QLD

Tue 10 July Newcastle Entertainment Centre NSW

Wed 11 July WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong NSW     

Fri 13 July Adelaide Entertainment Centre SA  

Sat 14 July The Plenary, Melbourne VIC    

Wed 18 July Challenge Stadium, Perth WA  

Splendour Sideshow Bonanza

For all those who weren’t willing to shell out their first born for a Splendour ticket this year, never gear as the first official Splendour In The Grass sideshows for 2011 have just been announced!

All tickets for the following shows will go on sale at 9am Friday 27^th May from usual outlets or www.splendoursideshows.com

This year, a portion of all tickets purchased on www.splendoursideshows.com will go toward the Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal, which helps Queenslanders affected by the devastation of the recent floods and Tropical Cyclone Yasi.

So I’ll see you all at Grouplove and DZ Deathrays?

PULP
Wed 27 July – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Fri 29 July – Festival Hall, Melbourne

FOSTER THE PEOPLE
w/  GUINEAFOWL
Wed 27 July – The Hi-Fi, Melbourne
Fri 29 July – Metro Theatre, Sydney

JAMES BLAKE
Tues 26 July – Prince Bandroom, Melbourne
Thu 28 July – Factory Theatre, Sydney

GROUPLOVE
w/ YOUNG THE GIANT
Tues 2 Aug – Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Wed 3 Aug – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney

THE VACCINES
Tues 2 Aug – Metro Theatre, Sydney
Wed 3 Aug – The Hi-Fi, Melbourne

THE HIVES
w/ THE GRATES
Mon 25 July – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
Wed 27 July – Festival Hall, Melbourne
Thurs 28 July – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney

FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS
w/ LANIE LANE
Wed 27 July – The Basement, Sydney
Fri 29 July – Red Bennies, Melbourne

DANANANANAYKROYD
w/ DZ DEATHRAYS
Fri 29 July – Annandale Hotel, Sydney
Mon 1 Aug – East Brunswick Club, Melbourne

NOAH AND THE WHALE
Tues 2 Aug – Factory Theatre, Sydney
Wed 3 Aug – Corner Hotel, Melbourne

KELE
w/ STRANGE TALK
Tues 2 Aug – Billboard, Melbourne
Wed 3 Aug – Metro Theatre, Sydney
Fri 5 Aug – HQ, Adelaide
Thurs 6 Aug – Villa, Perth

MONA
Tues 26 July – East Brunswick Club, Melbourne
Thurs 28 July – Annandale Hotel, Sydney

Funeral Party for Splendour?

The most excellent LA 5 piece Funeral Party, have announced their first headling Australian tour, and the dates line up just so that they seem to be a shoe in for addition to the Splendour In The Grass line up.

Funeral Party, who released their debut album Golden Age of Knowhere to wide acclaim in late January 2011, will play the east coast and Perth in early August – directly after Splendour wraps up.

The Splendour Lineup, which is due out Wednesday morning (13^th April) has had the rumour mill working in overdrive with the likes of Kanye West, Radiohead, the Kills, Jamie Woon and the Vaccines all expected to be announced.

Check out Funeral Party at the following dates:

Tuesday August 2   Perth – Capitol
Friday August 5     Sydney – Metro Theatre
Saturday August 6 Melbourne – Hi Fi Bar
Tuesday August 9    Brisbane – Hi Fi Bar

And stay tuned to Lost In Suburbia for all your Splendour updates.

White Lies cancel Sydney & Melbourne shows

The Frontier Touring Company have today regretfully announced the cancellation of White Lies’ Melbourne and Sydney shows originally scheduled for April.

A release from the promoters says:

“The band were very much looking forward to visiting Melbourne and Sydney after their Japan dates but with those shows now cancelled following recent disasters, it is unfortunately no longer financially viable to perform the two headline shows here.

The UK band are working towards lining up a full tour of Australia in the future and apologise to Australian fans for the cancellation.”

Tickets bought from Ticketek with a credit card will automatically be refunded back to the same card. Any tickets paid for with cash or eftpos will need to be returned to point of purchase to receive a refund.

If you purchased your ticket for Melbourne online or over the phone through moshtix, your ticket will be automatically refunded back to your credit card/PayPal account – which normally takes about 3 business days to process.

If you purchased your ticket from a moshtix retail outlet you will need to return to the outlet with your ticket to receive your refund.

More ticket questions? Call 1300 GET TIX (438 849) during office hours 9am – 7pm EST weekdays email ticketsupport@moshtix.com.au

WHITE LIES – APRIL 2011

Thursday 7 April          Metro Theatre, Sydney                        18+       CANCELLED
Friday 8 April               Prince Bandroom, Melbourne             18+       CANCELLED

Sad day

Gig Review: Sydney Future Music Festival @ Randwick Racecourse (12/03/11)

Arriving around 3pm, I wandered around the now massive complex that is the Sydney edition of Future Music Festival. And it is massive. Last time I attended was the last time Chemical Brothers played, a good few years back. A time when acts such as Tame Impala and Ke$ha having slots would’ve seemed wack! …. Well actually, them being on the bill is pretty far from Future’s electronic origins, but in keeping up with the eclectic-line-up-trend Aussie festivals are taking I guess this isn’t really too much of a surprise.

So first it was the junior Perthians that can’t seem to put a foot wrong. Tame Impala rolled out their dream sequence rock much to the crowd’s delight and with this came the sunshine from behind the clouds that had threatened all morning. They handled the festival stage with as much ease as they do a small pub and like all good acts made connecting with crowd look so effortless. No one should ever say Tame Impala are here, lock up your daughters. Fathers out there should be helping their daughters try to bag one of these lovable legends to be.

Mark Ronson and the Business Int. were on next and was welcomed with open arms and squealing girls. Although mainly on the electronic drums, Ronson was clearly the musical emperor of his tight outfit. He and his band pumped out hits from both albums with the help of Spank Rock (Boom!) and Miike Snow (double Boom!) they had the crowd frothing. A Ronnie DJ intermission broke the set up nicely and when the band returned with a few more, in particular – Bang Bang Bang the place went off!

By 5pm as it started to cool, we were treated with an epic injection of 90s house and techno from all-time dance visionaries Leftfield. A full band and experimental instrumentation had the big tent throbbing with massive beats and pumping fists.

Sven Vath was next and boy does the unofficial patron saint of Future have his sets down to a tee. He knows what he’s doing and he’s not afraid to have a bit of fun with it. Surrounded by frolicking females, he was dominating, dropped track after track of ear pleasing goodness for over 2 hours. “Whoa we’ve been here for so long man” was heard more than once… yes you have my friend, you’ve been seduced by Sven.

Staying on for Richie Hawtin was quickly overruled by the thought of viewing The Chemical Brothers visual spectacular. Popular Block Rocking Beats style hits and darker lesser known gems spanning the last 15 years were served on an chest buzzing platter of electric gold. The platter was not without its Swoon cheese, but who cared? No one that’s who. Professionals, stalwarts, pioneers; a perfect way to end a festival. The cheer for ‘one more!’ didn’t last long as it seemed everyone had given it their all and was ready for bed… or at least ready to kick on in the comfort of a house.

– Niall Roeder