Joe Satriani Clinic Tour
The one and only Joe Satriani is coming to Australia for a masterclass tour in April 2013 – the first time he’s done an extensive tour of this nature here. Joe will be talking technique and theory as well as sharing anecdotes about how various musical situations require different approaches to guitar. There’ll also be a meet-and-greet, and a contest where a few lucky players will get the chance to jam with Satch. The Melbourne date is Saturday April 13, 12pm to 3pm, at the George Wood Performing Arts Centre, Yarra Valley Grammar, Kalinda Road, Ringwood. Tickets are $80 per person, and there will be a range of giveaways on the night including pedals, strings and instruments. Joe will answer questions in each state, which must be emailed to organisers Thump Music at [email protected] to keep things flowing on the night. More info at bookings.thumpmusic.com.au
Gig Alert: After The Fall
NSW Central Coast’s After The Fall are at The Workers Club on Friday December 7 in support of their hard-won fourth album Bittersweet. Mostly recorded in houses that guitarist Mark Warner was house-sitting (booya, free electricity!), at their own pace, the band says “an image of four blokes recording long hours, sweating in our in their undies isn’t too far from reality.”
Gig Alert: The Bendigo
Short and to the point:
Quiet Child/Riot In Toytown/Before Days End/Get To The Chopper, Fri 26/10, 8PM. Intense Hammer Rage[Tas]/Whoretopsy/Beligerent Intent/Iconic Vivisect, Saturday 27/10.
Paramore Headliner Announced
Paramore have announced their only Australian headline show while they’re out here for Soundwave. It’s in Sydney, so if you’re a Paramore die-hard you know what that means: ROAD TRIP! The show is at the Enmore Theatre on Thursday February 21. Tickets are on sale Friday October 26 at 9am.
Korpiklaani Go Bilingual
Korpiklaani’s latest folk/pagan metal epic Manala is out now, complete with a bonus CD containing the album in English in addition to the regular Finnish version.
Aussie Metal Documentary In Development
Animus Industries is producing Metal Down Under, a feature length documentary about the history of metal music in Australia. The film will trace the origins of metal in Australia and explore this ever-evolving genre of extreme music, including grind-core, thrash, death metal, black metal, hardcore, doom, melodic metal, sludge, power metal and various sub genres. The film will be accompanied by an interactive website that will document the production of the film as well as profile and publicise many of the bands and identities involved. Released in conjunction with the documentary DVD will be a bonus DVD of music videos, interviews and extended material as well as a compilation CD. Want to help? Animus has launched a Pozible campaign to assist in funding the film. Go to pozible.com/metal for more info including incentives including DVDs, CDs, shirts, gift packs, music vouchers and more.
4ARM Headline Brutal Movember
The mighty 4ARM will headline Melbourne’s Brutal Movember festival in November at Ruby’s Lounge on Saturday November 17. 4ARM will be joined by Hands Of Hope, Am Farrows, Nosferatu’s Rest, The Grace Of Graves, Driven To The Verge, Able Tasman, A Sleepless Winter and The Empire.
Gruntbucket Scores EG Award Nomination
Congratulations to Gruntbucket, who have been nominated for an EG Award for Best Album 2012 for their release Songs From An Empty Room. The Age newspaper holds The EG awards annually, singling out the best in Victorian music as voted by the public. To win the band needs as many votes from the public as possible, so go to egawards.questionpro.com and in the Best Album category, vote for Gruntbucket – Songs From An Empty Room.
Between The Buried And Me Sells Out
Did you drag your feet in buying a ticket for Between The Buried And Me and Animals As Leaders? Well you probably feel like a bit of a dick right about now. The show at The Corner Hotel on Friday November 16 has sold out, more than four weeks in advance. Your closest shows are either Fowler’s in Adelaide on Wednesday November 14 or The Metro in Sydney on Saturday November 17. Between The Buried And Me’s Parallax II: Future Sequence is out now.
The Prague Closes Its Doors
This is from The Prague’s Facebook:
“It is with great sadness and heavy hearts, that we have to make the following announcement. As of today, Monday the 22nd of October, we have been left with no other option but to close our doors, and regrettably cancel all bookings and events from this point onwards. We were faced with a difficult economic climate, and did all we could to stay open for as long as possible. Sadly, our plan to see out the year didn’t work out, and those that know us, know just how hard we worked to try and achieve this, as well as the hard work offered to us by the various crew and techs making these last six months an enjoyable, however difficult, experience. We are very sorry for any and all inconvenience this is sure to cause, and will do our best to help out in any way possible. To all of you who supported us, drank with us, and worked with us, we appreciate you all whole heartedly, and thank you for the good times we were able to share, but for now, it is good bye.”
