Yeah so no one really breaks up anymore do they? Refused seem to have open the floodgates for band that swore never to return, to reform in triumphant fashion. Good Riddance announced a reformation last week and while it’s a welcome one I can’t help but roll your eyes at this shit. I remember the sadness with which Good Riddance bowed out of the music scene in May 2007. Their announcement stated, “We have seen bands burn out and we have seen bands slowly decline. It is our ultimate goal to be able to walk away from this with a degree of grace and dignity…We have no desire to limp along until some outside force has the good sense to put us out of our misery”. It was bittersweet… a modest and graceful departure. Which makes their return –like Refused – one hell of an awkward contradiction. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll be there front and center when they take their newly reformed live show on the road, but let us all remember that when bands bit us adieu, it’s not forever- it’s until they generate enough sentimentality to fund a profitable return. Yeh…totally went there.
Deez Nuts are hitting the road again for the first time since last year’s wildly successful Destroy The Music tour. The Fuck The World Australian Tour will do a thorough lap of Victoria this April including EV’s Youth Center on April 12 (AA), The Espy’s Gershwin Room on April 13, Karova Lounge on April 14 and Musicman Megastore in Bendigo on April 17. Sydney bands The Bride and Phantoms have secured supports.
Murder By Death, due to arrive in Melbourne this week, have had to postpone their Australian tour due to ‘scheduling and time constraints’. Sounds like turkey talk to me. Some new dates have been scheduled for May, several venues have been changed and main supports Eleventh He Reaches London are no longer available. Melbourne’s show will now take place at The Evelyn Hotel on Thursday May 17. If you bought tickets for The Hi-Fi you can get them refunded at the point of purchase.
Killswitch Engage have confirmed that former singer Jesse Leach has rejoined the band after vocalist Howard Jones left the band in January. They’ve assured fans that the decision was based on “talent and not familiarity” though KSE fans world-over seem to be rejoicing in the decision.
CORE GIG GUIDE
Wednesday February 22: River of Snakes, Graveltones at Cherry Bar
The Agents of Abhorrence, Extortion, Internal Rot, Aeroflot at The Bendigo Hotel
Thursday February 23: Harmony, Spod, Deep Heat at Yah Yahs
Ikarii, Acrasia, Like Royalty at Next
Primitive Calculators, Scrap Museum, Beat Disease and more at The Tote
Friday February 24: Mindset, Backlash, Declaration, Landshark at The Gasometer
City Of Sirens, Death By Deathray and more at The Bendigo Hotel
Saturday February 25: Luca Brasi, The Smith Street Band, Hoodlum Shouts, Cavalcade at The Gasometer
The Go Set, The The Stutterers at The National, Geelong
Wish For Wings, The Rose Line, Breaking Tradition at Bang
Admiral Ackbar’s Dishonourable Discharge, Breakout Boulevard, Polygasm, Dixon Cider at The Bendigo Hotel
Monday February 27: Bad Religion, Strung Out, Street Dogs, The Menzingers at The Palace
Attack! Attack!, The Cab, River City Extension at The Espy
Cobra Starship, Forever The Sickest Kids, These Kids Wear Crowns, Kill Hannah at The Forum
Underoath, Dream On, Dreamer, The Smoking Hearts at The HiFi
Mastadon, Gojira, Kvelertak at Billboard The Venue
Tuesday February 28: Machine Head, Chimaira, Shadows Fall, Times Of Grace at The Palace
Four Year Strong, I Am The Avalanche, Fireworks, Conditions at The Hi-Fi Bar
Enter Shikari, Letlive, Your Demise at Billboards
Black Label Society, Hellyeah, Black Tide, Holy Grail at The Forum
Unearth, IN This Moment, Kittie, Heaven Shall Burn at The Espy
The Sisters of Mercy at The Corner Hotel
The Barons Of Tang, Mikelangelo & The Tin Star, Go Girl Gadget Go Go at The East Brunswick Club
