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La Dispute - Rooms Of The House
"La Dispute have raised the bar of the post-hardcore genre...". La Dispute are known as a heavy and emotive post-hardcore band. You either scream your soul out along with them or dismiss them as being “too angst-y”. But with their third full-length album, Rooms Of The House, La Dispute have raised the bar of the post-hardcore genre, and in doing so have left very little room for criticism. Work for Rooms... began in the woodlands of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where the band retreated to a hidden cabin and formed their own creative nook, pouring themselves over writing the record. The solitude appears to have worked wonders for the group. Rooms Of The House begins as a story about a fictional couple. As the album proceeds it becomes a sweeping description about the history of common spaces and the history of sentimental objects. Essentially, the album is a narrative about the meaning of objects and places and how they are appropriated as relationships change and dissolves. They leave t
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Toy Boats Feature #16
From Issue #16 of Pilerats Magazine.. This excerpt has been taken from Issue #16 of Pilerats Magazine. To experience the full interactive feature download it HERE. Location: The east coast of Australia. Members: Riley McEvoy, Jonathan Niclair, Shaun Allen, Kelly Greenhalgh and myself. Releases: We have a demo titled 2AM Bones and an EP titled Diamond Teeth, and we just released our debut full-length, Wedding Town. How are you? What’s on your mind at the moment? I’m really good thanks! I’m in the middle of writing a story for uni at the moment so I’m trying to think up some plot points haha.  I lurked your facey account and you posted the latest Nun single (Uri Gellar).. How good is it! I saw it on Rage a couple of weekends ago and have been obsessed ever since.. It’s great! My friend that I used to live with really likes them and took me to see them for the first time at The Tote for the Miles Brown release show a few months ago. I was totally blown away and I loved it. I picked up th
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Grasshoppers Launch Party
The devils behind Cant Say want more party, and we have passes to giveaway.. The lads over at killer Melbs club night Cant Say are combining forces with the Witching Hour Order and Collarts for a new monthly party at Ding Dong lounge - GRASSHOPPERS. Drifting away from the bangers & trap you might associate with Cant Say, Grasshoppers is putting the focus on more experimental bizness, with forward-thinking live acts for your ears and dancing feet. Round one launches Tuesday 20 May, and looks a bit like this: Click on the poster above to head along to the Facebook event, and sling Grasshoppers a like on FACEBOOK if this is tickling you in all the right places. We've got some double passes to giveaway, flick us an email ([email protected]) with GRASSHOPPERS in the subject header to get involved. Not sold? Here's a bit of what to expect musically:
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Onra Feature #16
From Issue #16 of Pilerats Magazine.. This excerpt has been taken from Issue #16 of Pilerats Magazine. To experience the full interactive feature download it HERE. Are you an artist that feels strongly about solo work and not into collobrations? Not really, I'm down for anything, over my seven official releases, three of them are collaborations. We've got old 7"'s of yours at our place, when your making a record, do you always try and deliver it in physical format? Yes, I like to see it coming out on physical format, it makes more sense this way. Does your music have a stronger audience outside of France, or are they feeling your stuff their too? Yes my audience is very worldwide spread, rather than just France. Which is a great thing, I'm proud it appeals to any kind of people all over the world. I would never trade this for more local support.  How was your last Australian tour, what was the highlight? Australia is always awesome, people are nice and it's usually packed. And now I h
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Faim - Means To Their Ends Single Tour
A national tour in celebration of a new single for the WA punkers.. 2013 WAM Award nominees for Punk Act Of The Year, Perth five-piece punk-rockers FAIM have just announced a cracker-jack new single in Means To Their Ends, and are celebrating with a little trip around the country. Means To Their Ends packs in all the theatrical, crazed and frenetic punky pace we've come to expect from the outfit: The tour kicks off in Brisbane in a couple of weeks, and probably hits a town near you from there. Like 'em on FACEBOOK to try and keep up to speeeeed. Friday May 23 – Chardon’s Corner Hotel, Brisbane Saturday May 24 – Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle Sunday May 25 – Crate Records, Sydney Wednesday May 28 – The Bendigo Hotel, Melbourne Thursday May 29 – The Reverence Hotel, Melbourne Saturday May 31 – Crown & Anchor, Adelaide Monday June 2 – The Astor Theatre, Perth (w/The Hard Ons, Meat Puppets, Brant Bjork) Friday June 13 – Flyrite, Perth
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Allday - Right Now National Tour
Alldeezy is takin' his tricks on the road this May/June.. Aus' hip hop prince (or is that jester?) is touring the country once again this month with his party-starting flavour of hip-hop and good times on a 10-date tour, including regional stops and underage shows, with support from up-and-comers Jackie Onassis and Mikey Hundred. Coming hot off the release of his latest single Right Now and receiving national airplay as well as a rap battle challenge from 360, dope will do when it comes to descriptors for what it's gon' be like. You might even get some samples from his upcoming debut album, which is getting the finishing touches put on it in Los Angeles. Click the picture above to grab whatever tickets are left, and below you can check an interview we did with the Adelaide hip hopper on a previous tour to the west. And speaking of the west, we have some double passes to giveaway to the FLYRITE SHOW, just flick us an email ([email protected]) with ALLDEEZY MY NEEZY in the subject heade
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Stwo, Sango & Pomo Aus' Tour
Three currently-killing-it future-beatsmiths are headed our way.. You know it’s a good day when Future Classic and BBE announce a triple headline Australian and NZ tour, featuring three of the biggest rising stars in the beats and electronic world. Arriving on our shores at the end of May and playing a handful of shows all across Australia and one in Auckland will be STWO (FRA), SANGO (USA) and POMO (CAN). They will each be bringing their unique beats and rad live sets for one epic series of shows. STWO A 20-year-old producer from Paris and signee to LA’s taste making label, Soulection, Stwo has been impressing his quickly growing fan base with his SoundCloud account, his EPs (Moans and Beyond) and his impressive live set that will surely leave your hands in the air. His plans to take his smooth sounds all over the world have brought him to our doorstep. SANGO Mostly known for his remarkable list of remixes which range from Nas to Little Dragon, this Michigan based producer is impres