Three of the country’s most talented solo performers have been touring together this week just past and Melbourne can expect their own dose of morose, soulful acoustic balladry shortly. Lincoln Le Fevre, Jen Buxton and Lucy Wilson will bring the Lemon, Lime and Jitters tour to The Reverence on Sunday October 27. The show will also serve as the official launch of Lucy’s new EP (one of the best this year) Full To The Brim. It had been several months since I saw Wilson perform live when I finally caught her set at The Rev’s Boonananza last week. This Melbourne local has one of the most staggering voices in the country and when it soars through her collection of wry, and heartfelt tunes- and you feel the entire room quiver under the weight of their goosebumps – I cant help but feel that Wilson is one of the most endearing and promising musicians we’ve seen ‘round these parts in a while.
Warped Tour will announce a second round of bands this month, though no definite dates have been set and fans have been sent to scour the internet for any definitive word on which punk rock bands will be making the trip over for the iconic tour this December. Promoter AJ Maddah also promised a new round of Soundwave acts before the end of the month.
Black metal band Mayhem will celebrate their 30th anniversary by touring Australia this January. See these Norwegians in the flesh (and probably a great deal hotter than they’re used to being), on January 10 at The Hi-Fi. Tickets on sale from October 10.
Suicide Silence have revealed that they’re going to carry on as a band after the death of their front man Mitch Lucker in a motorcycle accident last November. The new vocalist will be All Shall Perish singer Hernan “Eddie” Hermida. The band have insisted “this is what Mitch would have wanted. He would want his brothers to stick together and carry forward what he helped create. Every time we step on stage will be in his honour and for his legacy.”
NOFX have decided to release a cheeky new 7” and digital EP called Stoke Extinguisher. The guys have also been recording a follow up to the most excellent Backstage Passport DVD which documented some of their most dicey tours to date.
Every Time I Die will be accompanied by I Exist and Surrender when they arrive in Melbourne on October 20. The band is finally on their way out here for a headlining tour in support of last year’s ripping album Ex-Lives. Tickets are still available.
Pee Records will bring Swedish hardcore quintet Cedrom out here for the release of their new album Chased By Shades. You can see them play at Footscray’s Wrangler Studios on December 1.
Lostprophets have officially split up. There really weren’t a lot of options left for these guys after their vocalist Ian Watkins was arrested and charged for child sex and abuse. The band confirmed they’ve known for “some time” that they would no longer be continuing and acknowledge “nearly a year of coming to terms with our heartache”.
