Sugar Army Release New Single
Sugar Army have released Hooks For Hands, the first single from their forthcoming second album, which is due for release later this year. The album was recorded in Sydney in July and August last year at Big Jesus Burger Studios with producer Eric J, who has worked with Weezer and the John Spencer Blues Explosion. It was mixed by Scott Horscroft, who has manned the board for Silverchair and The Preserts. Hooks For Handscan be downloaded for free at the band’s official website, sugararmy.com.au.
New Welcome To The Numb Single
Melbourne hard rockers Welcome To The Numb have released a video for their single Sister. Produced by Morgan Evans and Guy Richards and filmed by SAE Institute, with stunts by AUSTUNTS Australia and effects by ©SFX Australia, it’s a world-class video that you really should check out at their YouTube channel, youtube.com/WTTNROCK. The song is from their album Songs For Sleepwalkers.
Heaven The Axe Need Video Extras
Heaven The Axe are shooting a video for the song Enemy from their album Sex, Chugs & Rock ‘N’ Rollat Smythesdale Courthouse, 10 minutes outside of Ballarat, on Saturday March 3. Shooting kicks off at 12.30pm until around 4pm, and the band is looking for some rockers as well as some folks in suits to be involved in a courtroom scene where the band are put on trial against a judge who doesn’t turn out to be quite what you think he is in the end. Sounds badarse. Hit their Facebook page to RSVP for the event. Free Monster drinks will be handed out throughout the day to keep the jury on their toes.
New Psychroptic Album
Hobart’s Psychroptic released The Inherited Repression last week. Guitarist Joe Haley is pretty damn fond of the new one: “The Inherited Repressionis far and away my favourite Psychroptic album thus far – all of us in the band think this. It’s the age-old cliché from bands when they talk about their current album as being the best of their career, blah, blah, but I have to say it because it’s true. We wouldn’t think there is a point of going on if we couldn’t outdo each album prior.” Haley says the band has really blown up everything to do with their sound on this one: the fast bits are faster, the slow bits are slower, and the contrast between dark and light more pronounced. Bam.
Cool Band Alert: Neon City
Check out Albury’s Neon City. These guys seem to be picking up all the good support slots in the Albury/Wodonga region with their post-grunge rock. They’re listenable and melodic without being too wimpy, and they have a knack for big-ass choruses and cool production. Visit them at neoncity.com.au.
Gig Alert: Melody Black
Sydney’s Melody Black released their debut album, Love Your Demons, last year to some pretty heavy acclaim. The video for lead track Pretty Uglywas hammered on MTV and Rage. They toured their arses off. Then they stopped for a few months. Now they kick off the Love Your Demons Tour: Part II, hitting Revolver Upstairs on April 21. More info and a new video coming soon at melodyblack.com.
Gig Alert: Rock The Bay
You’re going to Rock The Bay at the Espy on Saturday February 18, right? Dead Letter Circus, F L O A T I N G M E, Twelve Foot Ninja, Bellusira, Tim McMillan Band, Ten Thousand, Bugdust, New Skinn, I Said The Sparrow, Moroccan Kings, Poetikook Justice, Freestate, I Am Duckeye, Rhymada, Signet Mae, Tabula Rasa, Phil Para, Decorticaand many more. Tickets are $45+bf from Oztix.com.au, The Espy, Polyester, Greville Records, Fist 2 Face, The Nash in Geelong and Karova Lounge in Ballarat.
Gig Alert: Sybreed
European industrial groovers Sybreed will bring their rhythmic, melodic brand of metal to Australia in March, their first ever visit to the antipodes. Support for the whole tour is from Anno Domini, but the jaunt takes in a few festival dates as well, including @MOSHPHERE in Melbourne and Brisbane. Catch Sybreed and Anno Domini on March 11 at the Hi HiFi with Eye of The Enemy, Elysian, Circles, , Synthetic Breed, Hatchet Dawn, Aeon of Horus, Internal Nightmare, House of Thumbs, Naberus, Deliverance We Prey, Decimatus, Beserkerfox, Mastiff and DJ Lady London.
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