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Rochester, New York’s Such Gold have gained a huge fan base in just a few short years, only increasing with the 2012 release of their debut full length, Misadventures. The band toured Australia recently as part of the Soundwave line-up, and Killyourstereo.com caught up with guitarist Nate Derby to discuss the tour, as well as the band’s plans for new material.

Sydney heavy-hitters Sienna Skies are currently travelling the country supporting Silverstein on their headline Australian tour. Killyourstereo.com is proud to host the exclusive tour blog for the local band, starting with part one written by guitarist Michael Sankey. So I will start by introducing myself, My name is Michael and I play guitar in Sydney’s “Sienna Skies” (I am the sun challenged one). We are currently on tour with Canada’s “Silverstein” thanks to the people at Destroy All Lines and Killyourstereo.com and right now we are in a van heading to the third show of the tour in Sydney. Every band dreams of sharing the stage with acts that inspired them to play music and follow the touring dream, and this is the second time since we released our second album “The Constant Climb” in November that we have been fortunate enough to do so. Starting this band was heavily influenced by Silverstein and being given the opportunity to tour our country with them is amazing. With the ...

“I thought, Okay, so these guys discover Detroit now again... For the young kids this is something completely new and they really like it because it’s just timeless, good music."

“I just don’t have enough songs that are frenetic and crazy enough to satisfy my desire to make it crazy."

Take some new Daft Punk, add two splashes of Wu-Tang, a twist of Bleeding Knees Club and just a tiny dash of Wilco and you have some Sick fuckin' Tunes.

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"A lot of the time when you do local gigs it’s really underground, the Aboriginal music scene, and it’s the same audience."

“I was really kind of stand-offish about putting it on the album at first, but I just thought, Nah, let’s go for it – let’s do it. You only live once.”

“In the early Ultravox days, we kind of had to invent how we performed live with the technology."

"We fight like cats and dog when we’re working together like a fucking married couple, but I like the way he records and he knows how to record me and it’s a pretty effortless situation."

One of the most anticipated albums of the past two years, 'Free The Universe' from Major Lazer, landed in Australia this week. Read about it here!