THE CANING ALBUM ON THE WAY
I’ve been checking out the forthcoming album by Melbourne rockers The Caning, recorded in September at Sing Sing with producer Tim Gilles. The first track (Burn Out, Fade Away) is already available to check out on their website. If you’re into riff-driven hard rock, classic rock and 70s metal you’ll love this! Their next gig is at the St. Kilda Festival on Thursday February 6 at the Elephant & Wheelbarrow with Riot In Toytown and Transience as part of the Live ‘N’ Local contingent. You can find The Caning on all the usual social media channels.
DOOMY STONE PSYCHE AT THE BENDIGO
The Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood is offering up a slab of awesome upcoming local stoner-doom-psyche riffery this Thursday January 16 with Watchtower, The Highdrifters, The Sweaters and Turqminus.
THE DEAD DAISIES HIT THE ROAD
The Dead Daisies – the supergroup combining members of Guns N’ Roses, Noiseworks, Whitesnak, The Cult and more, will kick off a series of shows next month to support the February 7 release of their self-titled debut album. The line-up for the Australian dates will feature Jon Stevens (INXS/Noiseworks), David Lowy (Red Phoenix/Mink), Richard Fortus (Guns N’ Roses/Psychedelic Furs), Dizzy Reed (Guns N’ Roses/Hookers & Blow), Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy/Whitesnake) and newcomer to the band, John Tempesta (The Cult/Rob Zombie). “I’m really excited about the release of The Dead Daisies debut album in Australia,” Stevens says. “We’ve been on tour in the US and UK over the last six months and can’t wait to play shows at home all through February.” Those overseas dates included a tour with Aerosmith, a headlining slot on the Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival alongside Alice in Chains and Jane’s Addiction, and sell out shows throughout the UK & Israel. The Dead Daisies are also set to play a series of dates across the country. They’ll be at Rochford Wines Day On The Green on Saturday February 15 and The Espy on Sunday the 16th.
GIG ALERT: TV COLOURS
Canberra band TV Colours are buzzing from the positive reaction to their album Purple Skies, Toxic River and their recent European tour, and they’ll kick off 2014 with a show at The Bridge Hotel Castlemaine on January 25 with The Stevens – who released their own amazing album in 2013 – and Castlemaine/Melbourne band Beat Disease. Doors at 8:30, entry is $10.
STAR-STUDDED LED ZEPPELIN TRIBUTE
For one night only, a group of talented Australian artists are uniting at The Corner Hotel in Richmond to recreate the sounds of Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones and Robert Plant – Led Zeppelin, of course – played at Kooyong back in 1972. The team of musicians coming together to perform the set list of the legendary rock group includes Ash Naylor (Even), Danny Leo (King of the North), Stephen Hadley (Tex Perkins), Bruce Haymes (Renee Geyer), Dave Larkin (Dallas Crane), Vika Bull (Vika & Linda), Pat Carmody (My Dynamite) and Talei & Eliza Wolfgramm. It is sure to be a rockin’ celebration of the first and only time Led Zeppelin graced Melbourne with their presence. Ramble on down (ha!) on Friday January 31.
NEW INSANITV
The first edition of InsaniTV for 2014 is the best one yet, featuring Hadal Maw, Cube, Ravenous, Eye Of The Enemy, Brighter Than A Thousand Suns, Paradigm and The Advent Equation. Check it out at youtube/HMV8Fn9mP4Y
PALACE OF THE KING EP LAUNCH
Rock lives! And you can see it come to life when Palace Of The King launch their new EP Moon & Mountain at Cherry Bar on February 1. The band has an interesting story. At the end of 2012 they approached Tim Henwood (The Androids, The Superjesus) after seeing him sing with former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick. The band needed a singer but Tim had no intention of joining any other bands and so he offered to help them find a frontman. Then he heard the instrumental versions of the songs that ended up on the first EP. Tim liked them so much that he felt compelled to get involved with the band. “When I heard the tunes, I thought, ‘I’m not gonna help anyone else get this gig!’” Tim added his vocals and returned the songs with a simple message: “I’m in.”
IF YOU’RE SUBMITTING NEWS..
This week I’m flying out to Los Angeles for a couple of weeks – yes mum, I’ll send a postcard – so if you have news to submit please try to get it in a little earlier than the usual Sunday night cut-off. By Saturday afternoon would be utterly awesome.
