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One month out from arriving on our shores, The Pogues announce that their Melbourne show at Festival Hall has completely sold out. There are still a few tickets left to the Sydney show at Hordern Pavillion. The Pogues have been an indelible high watermark on the fickle tide of popular music for the last 30 years. Lead by the charismatic Shane MacGowan, The Pogues command an army of die-hard fans the world over, captivated by the power and conviction of one of the last true punk rock bands. For Australian members of said legion, the 23 year wait to see The Pogues on home shores will soon to be over, with the band - including Shane MacGowan, Jem Finer, Spider Stacy, James Fearnley, Darryl Hunt, Andrew Ranken, Philip Chevron, Terry Woods - announcing their first Australian tour since 1989, taking in Sydney, Melbourne, Byron Bay Blues Fest and West Coast Blues n Roots Festival.

The Alligators, which features Roger Miret of Agnostic Front and Rich Labbate, Steve Larson, and Barret Burt of Insted, have posted a track from their debut album online.

Canadian songstress Lights has announced that she will be supporting The Jezabels on their Australian tour in June. 

Sydney pop punk band Tonight Alive have released an acoustic version of their track 'Breaking And Entering'. The rising stars released their debut album 'What Are You So Scared Of?' last October.

Every Time I Die are streaming their new album 'Ex Lives' in full. The album is set to be released through Epitaph Records on March 3rd, and is their first LP since 2009's 'New Junk Aesthetic'.

Perhaps the heaviest hardcore band in recent years, Xibalba from Pomona, CA are on their way to Australia for the first time in April. Combining their love for hardcore, metal and everything heavy, Xiblaba have quickly risen in extreme music circles. Having released their first full length “Madre Mia Por Los Dias” on A389 Recordings last year, they followed it up with a cracking split with NY bruisers Incendiary on Closed Casket Activities and are now preparing for the release of new album “Hasta La Muerta” on the legendary Southern Lord. Their sound has been likened to Disembodied, Earth Crisis and Obituary, with aggressive speed giving way to apocalyptic breakdowns and brutality.Joining them on the tour will be Melbourne’s hardest Warbrain. The all star band has caught many an eye in Australia, with every new release they catch the attention of new audiences. Having previously toured with AYS (Germany) and fellow Melbourne thugs Iron Mind, Warbrain will take to the road in April o...

Brighton's Architects have just completed work on Daybreaker, the follow-up album to their highly successful The Here And Now. Daybreaker was produced with John Mitchell and Ben Humphreys at Outhouse Studios in Reading (Enter Shikari, You Me At Six, The Blackout, Funeral For A Friend) the same team that worked on Hollow Crown (2009). The stunning artwork for the album was done by Paul Jackson (Tank.Axe.Love). Daybreaker will be released on June 5 in the USA and May 28 in Europe. Right before embarking on a European tour supporting Rise Against, Architects (UK) are releasing The Here And Now 2012 Special Edition in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK, Benelux, France, Australia and New Zealand. The Here And Now 2012 Special Edition will include "Devil's Island" and "Untitled", all video clips ("Day In Day Out", "Learn To Live", "Heartburn", "Delete, Rewind" + "An Open Letter To Myself"), making-of's for "Learn To Live" and "Heartburn" and several online clips.

A few years back, singer-songwriter Tim Barry closed out an album by pondering his own death – and he didn't seem to mind leaving this earth too much. "Take what you want/I won't leave much," he sang. 2012 finds him in a very different place. Themes of resilience and hope flow through Barry's new record, "40 Miler," which will be released in Australia by Resist Records (licensed from Chunksaah) on April 6th. "If this record is uplifting compared to my old ones it's because I feel stronger from all the beat-downs and shit I've taken in the past," says the Richmond, Virginia-based artist. "40 Miler" also finds Barry taking his spare folk-country sound in a different direction. This time around Barry opts for more raucous, rocking approach on several tracks, adding more electric guitar, organ, piano, harmonica, as well as the gorgeous voice of Richmond songstress Julie Karr to the mix. Barry says the fresh sound was intentional. While he crafted the record's dozen tracks by himse...

Brisbanes own, Dollarosa have just release episode one of their studio diaries, fresh out of premier Australian recording studio, loose stones studios (Dead Letter Circus, Sunk Loto). The band are currently putting the final touches on their debut release with the new line up.

Scion A/V has partnered with the Melvins for a EP titled 'Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls & The Bees,' a five-song collection that marks the band's first original material since their 2010 album 'The Bride Screamed Murder.' The release will be available as a free download on Mar. 13 via Scion A/V's website

Influenced by the metallic New York Hardcore bands of the late 80's and early 90's, San Antonio's Bitter End have established themselves as a brute force in the hardcore community. With all the makings of a contemporary hardcore classic, 2010's "Guilty As Charged" bruises and batters with dynamic riffing, potent vocals/lyrics, and bone shaking breakdowns. Songs like "Unjust" and the title track "Guilty As Charged" showcase this hybrid brand of hard hitting thrash and hardcore. A tried and tested formula that Bitter End not only embrace, but continue to improve upon in their own vicious way. This May they make there way to Australia for the first time where they will be joined by Perth's Blkout. Bitter End Australian Tour May 2012 with special guests Blkout Thur May 17 Basement 243, Brisbane Fri May 18 Between the Walls Brisbane AA Sat May 19 YAC, Byron Bay AA Sun May 20 Live At The Wall, Sydney Lic / AA. Wed May 23 Bendigo Hotel, Melbourne Thu May 24 Phoenix Youth Centr...