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Aussie Spotlight: Call the Shots
Pop-punk has seen many evolutions over its time and is still growing today. With the incorporation of breakdowns and down-tuned guitars being part of the latest craze, the genre has seen many different spin-offs. The new wave of emo takes a play from the pop-punk handbook to create some mighty gems. But we're not here to talk about that. We're here to talk about straight up pop-punk. Yes, the high-fiving, friend loving, ex-girlfriend loathing, pizza eating genre that has gained a cult following is what this month's Aussie Spotlight focuses on; more specifically, Brisbane locals,Call the Shots. While 2011's 'Crank Up the Happy' saw the Brisbane upstarts break into the world with their catchy and hook infused punk driven tracks, it wasn't until 2013 the band captured the attention of local listeners. "2013 was an amazing year for us,” guitarist Dion Cerreto tells us. "We smashed out four tours in the last six months of the year, which was awesome. We even did our own headline tour an...
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Interview - DZ Deathrays
We talk the birth of Black Rat ahead of its May 2 release and a massive tour.. Currently tearing the UK a new one celebrating the upcoming release of their new album Black Rat, Shane from DZ Deathrays was kind enough to take a quick break to talk about the new album, SXSW, their expanded line-up for live shows and drinking wine/playing golf. Hi Shane, you have just come back from SXSW. How was it this time around?  It was good but very hectic this year. This was definitely the most intense year for us. We did 10 shows in four days so we were pretty ruined by the end of it all. You get a little bit sick of setting up all your gear, racing through songs, packing it all down and moving it somewhere else. We played a couple of really good shows and we saw some really good bands. We had a couple of days off which was nice to just kick back, eat food, drink beer, and hang out. You didn’t get kicked off stage for being ‘too loud’ this time like in 2012? No not this time, they put us on norma