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Amandale Palmer and Brian Viglione have announced that they will bring their Dresden Dolls project to Australia for the first time in four years in January. The self-described Brechtian punk cabaret duo will undertake an extensive tour, stopping in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

Victoria’s longest-running all ages live music festival Push Over returns to Melbourne’s Abbotsford Convent on Monday 12th March with a killer line-up of upcoming Aussie talent, the freshest young Victorian acts, some of the country’s most fast and furious hardcore and metal bands and a full arena of bouncing hip hop music and break dance!

Japanese experimantal rockers Boris have announced a brief run of East Coast dates in February next year. The tour will mark the band's first return to Australia following their sold out appearances at 2010's Sydney Vivid Festival, and will see them performing intimate club shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Florida Christian metalcore band Underoath have announced via a revealing tweet that they have entered a hometown studio to begin recording new material. The songs will presumably be a part of the band's follow-up to 2010's well-received 'Disambiguation', which marked the first time the band had released an album without long-time drummer and vocalist Aaron Gillespie in tow.

Australian metalcore giants Parkway Drive have announced an extensive regional tour across the east coast this summer. The Sick Summer 2012 Tour will feature stops in many small towns that are neglected all too often by the touring circuit, kicking off in Lake Kawana on the Sunshine Coast on February 16th.The shows will mark a rare return to more intimate venues for the band, with many of the rooms holding little more than a few hundred kids. It's final stop will be Melbourne's Pushover Festival on March 12th.On the inspiration behind a second Sick Summer Tour, frontman Winston McCall said:"For us it means a chance to hit the road in the country we love and play as many of those places we don’t get to stop at as much. We figure the major cities have had their chance so its time to bring the show back to regional Australia, and lets see how crazy the small towns can get. These tours always end up some of the funnest shows we play anywhere. Sweaty venues, stage dives, sing alongs, bea...

Adelaide heavy band have posted a second video update from their debut album, "Chapters"

Ohio pop punkers Light Years have posted a stream of a new song called 'To Live and Die'. The song is taken from the band's upcoming EP 'Just Between Us', which will be released on December 22nd. 'To Live and Die' has also been released as a free download.

The Downtown Fiction have announced via Twitter that they have entered the studio to begin recording a new EP. The EP will be the follow-up to their third studio album, 'Let's Be Animals', which was released earlier this year via Photo Finish Records. 

  Attack Attack have released the music video for their song "Last Breath". The track is taken from the band's deluxe reissue of their self titled album. You can watch the video below. The video was shot during a performance at this years Vans Warped Tour and directed by Joey Creel.

 We Came As Romans have released their music video for track “Mis//Understanding”. The video is the first of a three part series of music videos for songs off of the band’s recently released album, Understanding What We’ve Grown To Be. We Came As Romans guitarist/lyricist Joshua Moore explained the concept behind the video "You see this guy running through the woods. There are scenes of him covered in mud, dirt, and grime. He's even running from himself. That's all going on in his mind. He's running away from the darkness that he sees. He's trying to break away and break out from that." "It goes along with the lyrics of the song—not understanding a lot of the things that happen and the negativity that seems mindless. There's no reason for it. Towards the end of the song, Dave says, "Don't give up on me. Take comfort in me." The song is ultimately about figuring out how to fix things within yourself and be happy. That's where it all starts." The two forthcoming videos will contin...

Diamond, the band which features members of Trapped Under Ice, Terror and Down To Nothing, have posted a new song onto their Facebook page.

What better way for hardcore punk ensemble Fucked Up to celebrate their third studio offering David Comes To Life (out now through Matador) by bringing their mind blowing performances to Australia as special guests of Foo Fighters and throwing in two intimate headline shows whilst in the country! As audiences and critics familiar with their shows can attest, this is not your usual punk gig. Fucked Up are much, much more than that: "Few bands today can match Fucked Up's electrifying stage presence Bodies collided and flew into the walls of more timid onlookers; but there was no violence felt, no desire to hurt one another. For all its musical aggression, Fucked Up's show is a positive experience." CLASH MUSIC "In the age of the tell-all confessional pop star blog or 'indie' bands who hire image consultants before they even sign a record deal, Toronto hardcore punk troupe Fucked Up possess that rare and precious thing: mystique Really, you can only wish that there were more bands a...