Your most memorable Festival moment or experience? Without a doubt seeing Heaven and Hell at Hellfest last summer. They were fantastic. Ronnie James Dio is incredible.
Favourite Artist you’ve seen at a Music Festival? Heaven and Hell.
What’s your ideal Festival line-up? Clutch, Heaven and Hell, and Kamchatka.
What are your tips for attending Music Festivals? Bring big bottles of water, plenty socks and a towel.
Dinsaur Jr.
Posted
on November 23 2009
Dinosaur Jr. announce Australian club shows!
Alt-rock one pioneers Dinosaur Jr. return to Australia in 2010 for a series of sideshows for the Lost Weekend Festival and Golden Plains Festival in March 2010.
The evergreen Dinosaur Jr will perform a series of headline shows throughout March 2010 and will also take pole position at both the Golden Plains Festival in Meredith, Victoria, and also at the debut of Brisbane's Lost Weekend Festival.
Earlier this year Dinosaur Jr released Farm, their most critically lauded effort since 1988's breakthrough effort, Bug. Featuring all three original Dinosaur Jr members: J Mascis, Lou Barlow & Murph, Farm captures the energy of a band 20 years their junior backed by the superior songwriting skills of both Mascis and Barlow in what many believe to be one of the band's finest works and an early contender for album of the year.
Dinosaur Jr. set the standard for convulsive indie-rock guitar fireworks in the Eighties. Incredibly, the band's original lineup--guitarist J Mascis, bassist Lou Barlow and drummer Murph--hasn't lost a thunderous step. - ROLLING STONE
How Dinosaur Jr. came to be this good – arguably better than their late 80s/early 90s heyday – shall remain a glorious mystery. - NOW
Farm sounds like the best alt-rock album that 1993 forgot. - THE ONION
The solos are majestic and Barlow even contributes a couple of thumpers. Nobody does this better. - UNCUT
Not being content with releasing one of the stand out albums of the year, Dinosaur Jr also saw fit to release our pick for video of the year with Over it.
Pre-grunge, pre-indie, pre-nurock, Dinosaur Jr are their own musical island. Bring your earplugs and get with the programme next March.
Tickets for all club shows will go on-sale November 30th.
Tour dates are:
Thursday 4th: Melbourne, Corner Hotel Saturday 6th: Meredith, Golden Plains Festival Sunday 7th: Brisbane, The Lost Weekend Festival Wednesday 10th: Byron Bay, Great Northern Hotel Thursday 11th: Sydney, Metro Theatre Friday 12th: Perth, Rosemount Hotel Saturday 13th: Adelaide, Fowlers Live Sunday 14th: Hobart, Moorilla
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Big Scary
Posted 27/02/2010
If we were hanging with you and your band backstage, what would we be getting up to?
Games of twister in our underwear, limbo and pillow fights in slow motion with feathers everywhere. Nah, not really, we tend to be pretty tame back stage, we just like to have a drink and a chat to calm the nerves. You might find Jo trying to decide which floral shirt looks the best and Tom working through a few blues licks on the guitar to warm his fingers up.
If you could request anything on your rider what would it be?
Tom: A selection of cured Italian meats and cheeses. And bison grass vodka with cloudy apple juice and lime would be the drink of choice
Give one of your personal favourite bands a plug.
JUST ONE?? The Eagle and The Worm is a group of super Melbourne musos led by Jarrad Brown from Custom Kings. They are tight, the music is very well written, and their gigs are good times! Bean is largely unknown but is perhaps one of Melbourne’s best kept secrets. She’s a singer/songwriter with an amazing voice and really interesting songs. She also knows how to really rock out. The Box Rockets are awesome! They’re prolific giggers and always blow us away.
What's your most essential item to take on tour?
Lumber support. Sounds dull, but seriously, hours and hours or driving can give you a really sore back. We discovered that if you fill a 1.25L plastic bottle with water and place it behind your bum in your seat, the back pain disappears, incredible! We should patent that.
What's your secret talent?
The ability to make a perfect Risotto.
AND... Where are we best to stalk you: MySpace, Facebook or Twitter? Which one's updated the most?
Myspace is definitely best.
New Empire
Since their formation, the Sydney four-piece have constantly been experimenting and fusing different styles to create their original and powerful brand of music. New Empire's high energy and powerful live show combined with their heartfelt and honest music makes them one of Sydney's most popular new bands. Awoe magazine has described New Empire as "the essentials of the rock pop culture", and this is clearly echoed by thousands of music lovers across the country.
Forming in the late Summer of 2003, Euphoria Audio are a Rock/Popular band from Wakefield, UK. They have worked closely with producers Stuart Epps (Oasis, Robbie Williams, Jimmy Page) and Steve Levine (Culture Club, The Beach Boys), and most recently have recorded in Trondheim, Norway with Universals D-sign Music (Kylie Minogue, Joe Cocker).
In 2010 the band showcased at the Musexpo music conference in Los Angeles in front of world-wide delegates as well as a performance at the legendary Viper Room.
