ROB CRAW, LITTLE MURDERS & JOHN DOWLER
Saturday May 2 sees a triple bill of Oz rock legends appearing at the Bridge Hotel Castlemaine. Starting proceedings will be Huxton Creepers front man Rob Craw, playing a bunch of new stuff with a few Creepers classics thrown in. Next up are legendary mod rockers Little Murders, still playing rocking gigs 25 years later. To finish the night is John Dowler’s Vanity Project. Dowler’s fronted classic bands such as Young Modern and the Zimmermen, penning the classic tune Don’t Go To Sydney. Dowler’s material has been recorded by artists such as Paul Kelly and Mick Thomas. It promises to be a great night of old school pub rock. Bands start at 8.30 sharp.
COFFIN CAROUSEL & DARKC3LL AT CHERRY
Coffin Carousel are releasing their Fiend EP with a big launch at Cherry Bar on Friday 24. It’s a dual EP launch with Brisbane’s Darkc3ll, who are unleashing their new DEVOLVE:DESTROY EP.
TEN THOUSAND ANNOUNCE LONG-AWAITED DEBUT ALBUM
It’s been a long time coming but frigging world-class Melbourne rockers Ten Thousand have announced the release of their debut full length album First Light, a 13 track extravaganza which will hit the streets and the interwebs (and on custom USBs from tenthousandofficial.com) on May 15. The self-produced and self-engineered First Light aims to drag you into Ten Thousand’s spacey world of retro-futuristic rock and tells a story that spans the whole album.
THY ART IS MURDER REVEAL COVER ART
Thy Art Is Murder have revealed the cover art and track listing to their upcoming third studio album entitled, Holy War, shot by band photographer Thomas Savage. Produced and mixed by Will Putney (Suicide Silence, Exhumed, The Acacia Strain), Holy War is the band’s second release for Nuclear Blast Entertainment. It will be available in various formats (digital; limited digi-pak + bonus track; assorted colour vinyl; exclusive mail-order picture disc) and unleashed in North America on June 30, in Europe and Australia on June 26, and in the U.K. on June 29. Guitarist Andrew Marsh says, “Finally the cat is out of the bag. Late last year, we entered the studio in secret to create our follow up to Hate, free of expectation and public pressure. What we came out with was a reaction to things going on around the world that crawl under our skin, that make us feel sick to be alive. Musically it is darker, faster and more technical than anything we’ve done in the past and it hits hard lyrically. We wrote about concerns of ours, real issues, and hardships that people are facing around the world today. Of course it wouldn’t be a Thy Art record if a lot of those affairs weren’t rooted in religion somehow, and what better way to sum up the state of all things than by entitling our album – Holy War. This is our war on racism, homophobia, child abuse, animal cruelty and all evil born of religious immunity, indoctrination, and ignorance. It is ultimately a push for secularism and humanism. Without it, we will be left in the hands of mad men.”
WHAT’S ON AT THE BENDIGO?
On Friday April 24 at The Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood, Eye of the Enemy are set for their first Melbourne headline show for the year alongside thrash maniacs Harlott who are launching their second full length album. Joining them is Demonhead who will also be launching their album Bring On The Doom. Hidden Intent are heading over from Adelaide to party along with Espionage who are launching their self-titled EP.
Then on Saturday April 25 catch Midnight, Cleveland’s hooded prophets of mayhemic destruction, returning to Australia for the first time since 2012. Hot off the release of their No Mercy for Mayhem album, Midnight are ready to rip, shit, and bust in New Zealand and Australia. Joining them on all dates are New Zealand’s Bulletbelt, fresh from their 2014 support slots with Sepultura, Ringworm, Primate, and The Seekers. Bulletbelt are hitting Australia for the second time in six months, touring behind their well-received Rise of the Banshee album. Sydney’s Black ’n’ Roll kings Bastardizer join the party for the Australian shows. The band’s debut LP, Enforcers of Evil, was released through Heavy Forces (Germany) and Hells Vomit (New Zealand) in early 2014, and Bastardizer are ready to unleash their hellish attack. Also on this killer line up is Black Jesus and Kromosom.
TRAGIC EARTH EP LAUNCH MEDIA RELEASE
Those who liked to party and hated their livers a few years back might remember classic Melbourne heavy funkers The Upperhand, with Dima Shafro on vocals. Oh and me on guitar for the last few years there. This Thursday April 30 at Brunswick’s Whole Lotta Love Bar you can catch the launch of the self-titled EP by Dima’s new band, Tragic Earth, with in your face support from Brockway Lights and Pegbucket. Since debuting on the live scene in October 2014, Tragic Earth have played regionally and interstate notching up 30+ shows, and will head overseas mid-year for their first taste of international stages. The band has also signed a distribution deal with Third Verse to release the EP and the band’s debut album, due out at the end of 2016. The band’s first two singles from the EP, Feels Good, Could Be Better and Obsessive Depressive received much airplay both locally and overseas, and are available now from iTunes, Google Play and more. Entry is an extraordinarily cheap price of FREE, doors open at 7pm, bands kick off at 8pm, come join Tragic Earth as a new chapter is set to be written.
