KAT O SOLO
Kat O from Kill TV is playing her punk songs with just her voice and acoustic guitar on Tuesday April 5 at the Prince Public Bar for the Taste of Indie Songwriter Sessions. The music starts at 7.30pm and entry is free.
NEW SPIRITUAL BEGGARS OUT NOW
Swedish vintage style hard rock pioneers Spiritual Beggars have released their ninth studio album, Sunrise To Sundown, via InsideOutMusic. They’ve just released a video for Dark Light Child, and guitarist and main composer Michael Amott says, “I’ve had the music for this song a couple of years already, but we started jamming it again recently and everything fell into place when Per (Wiberg, keys) helped me finish it up with a great lyric and vocal arrangement.”
CAMP COPE ALBUM LAUNCH
Melbourne’s Camp Cope are set to release their self-titled album on Friday April 22 via Poison Records, and will hit the road for a five-date tour in May in support. Their latest single Jet Fuel Can’t Melt Steel Beams has fast become a favourite around the country, scoring an add to FBi and support from numerous triple j presenters. You can catch them at the John Curtin Hotel on Friday May 13.
PRIMAL FEAR NAME LOCAL SUPPORTS
Touring Australia for the very first time in their distinguished and illustrious career, Primal Fear have one single mission on hand: perform the best show they can ever perform for Australia. Now, Primal Fear has locked in the local supports for their brief two-show Australian tour. The mighty Black Majesty will open the show in Melbourne on Saturday June 11 at the Northcote Social Club, and if you’re up for a road trip (I imagine many hardcore fans will be hitting both shows), Hazmat will open the show in Sydney on Sunday June 12 at Newtown Social Club.
NEW GOATSOUND RELEASES
Melbourne label Goatsound Records have just unleashed four releases: Hard-Ons’ Dickcheese Reinterpretation, Looking Glass’s Volume 4, Birdcage’s self-titled album and Battlesick’s Questions, Comments? They’re all available now, and all proceeds from the Hard-Ons album go to Camp Quality.
NEW FILTER ALBUM NEXT WEEK
Filter will release their seventh full-length album, Crazy Eyes, on Wind-up Records/Caroline Australia on Friday April 8. Rather than partner with a producer, Filter mastermind Richard Patrick took the reins and oversaw production himself. “You recognise it’s us from my aggression and singing, but the instrumentation had to change,” he says. “It wasn’t about just stacking guitars like we might’ve done on the last couple records. There are way more electronics and sound design.”
