Pleased to say I stumbled into The Old Bar on Saturday night, expecting to do nothing but sink obscene amounts of Melbourne Bitter, and happily stumbled across my new favourite bands. Win! Please make sure you add local bands Ceres and Sinking Teeth to your list of bands to track down over the next couples weeks. Both are gigging on the regular and both are worthy of your time. Promise.
Aussie fuzz rock band Tumbleweed are releasing a new album Sounds From The Other Side on September 27 and they’ll chuck on a couple shows around town to celebrate. They’ll fill the Espy’s Gershwin Room on September 21.
After Soundwave made it clear Fall Out Boy would not be on their 2014 bill following a bit of a disagreement as to whether they qualify as a headlining band, FOB have gone and booked in their own headlining tour of the country. They’ll play at Melbourne’s Festival Hall on October 26. Tickets are on sale Friday August 9.
If you’re hunting for quality new local tunes then check out Restless Years’ compilation and zine. Complete with new tracks from Army Of Champions, Clowns, Japan For, Lucy Wilson and more, it’s a mighty fine way to get up to date. Head over to restlessyears.bandcamp.com to check it out!
Hold onto your hoodies. Kvelertak are touring Australia and they are going to tear shit up. If you didn’t get to witness their amazing live show at Soundwave a couple of years ago, you can finally witness their live glory at the Corner Hotel on Tuesday September 17. Their new album Meir is out now.
Looking for a quality way to spend your grand final day? Go to the Reverence for Boonanza! There’ll be a big screen showing the game and even some MCs to host the proceedings. Grenadiers, The Union Pacific, Kissing Booth, The Shadows League and stacks more will play across two stages. All on Saturday September 28.
Brisbane’s El Alamein have released a new EP No Bad Days online and they’re going to perform two more shows before they call it quits. Unfortunately their final Melbourne show is in support of The Smith Street Band and that shit is sold out. Melbourne’s Lucy Wilson has revealed that Jacknife will release her new EP Full To The Brim in September. New track Wake Up Alone is streaming online now. Have fun getting it out of your head.
