CALLING ALL CARS will be Dancing With A Dead Man!

CALLING ALL CARS have just finished a blistering four-date tour to launch their new single ‘Reptile’, and now that they’re off the road and beginning to get the jitters again, Australia’s best and most hard-rockin’ three-piece, are jumping out of their skins to announce their next run of dates AND…insert drum roll here please James…their new, second album DANCING WITH A DEAD MAN due for release on Friday 5 August.

Joining Calling All Cars on the road will be two of the country’s most promising up-and-comers. Zeitgeist punk rockers BOY IN A BOX, currently riding high on the back of their triple j powered hot single ‘Glitter, Gold, Ruin’ and head wagging noise-niks REDCOATS will be warming up the crowds on this lengthy national tour, promising it to be one of the loudest and sweatiest for the year.

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By on June 13th, 2011
All You Gotta Do is listen to SPLIT SECONDS

They say winners and grinners, and if that’s true then SPLIT SECONDS might need facial surgery to remove the smiles from their faces. The hotly-tipped indie group walked away with a sackful of gongs at the recent WAMi Awards, incredibly outscoring every other WA-based band. Among their accolades included awards for MOST PROMISING NEW ACT and BEST INDIE POP ACT, as well as BEST VOCALIST for frontman Sean Pollard. Not bad for a band who only formed just over a year ago…

It’s certainly good enough for fellow Perth natives THE PANICS, who have asked Split Seconds to join them on the road as they launch their brand new single ‘Majesty’ around the country this July. If you’re yet to experience Split Seconds’ captivating live show, here’s your chance to catch them alongside one of Australia’s finest….click me to go to the tour page. Full Story >>

By on June 13th, 2011
SHE CAN’T STOP RAIDING US

Currently at the tail end of her ‘Raiders’ single launch tour, Owl Eyes has just dropped the accompanying music video for the track. In it our intrepid protagonist shows off her archery skills, does some star-gazing and battles (befriends?) some sort of shrub-like boogie monster. We are reliably informed that this creature is in fact a ‘Raider’. The clip premiered exlusively on Dom Alessio’s Home & Hosed blog over at triple j, and is now streaming below.

And while we’re on the topic of Owl Eyes and triple j, the two have once again be united for Like A Version on Breakfast with Tom & Alex this Friday. Watch Owl Eyes belt out a very smooth and sultry version of Foster The People’s ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ over at the triple j website.

By on June 7th, 2011
Who says there’s no prize for Second?

Who would you say is the most heralded band in Western Australia? Eskimo Joe? Birds Of Tokyo? Tame Impala? Wrong, wrong and wrong. In 2011 the answer would have to be our very own Shiny boys Split Seconds, who topped the winner’s list at the annual WAMi Awards with no less than five gongs to their name.  The Perth-based group took home the the publicy-voted FAVOURITE NEWCOMER award, as well as the industry-voted accolades for MOST PROMISING NEW ACT and BEST INDIE POP ACT. On top of this, frontman Sean Pollard was announced as BEST MALE VOCALIST and drummer Todd Pickett was proclaimed the BEST DRUMMER in the land.

And while we’re on the topic, a big, fat congratulations also goes out to Boom! Bap! Pow!, who took home the WAMi for BEST FUNK ACT. The WAMi’s have never looked so Shiny!

By on May 30th, 2011