The Dead Daisies have announced their arrival onto the International rock circuit with the release of a brand new interactive short film to accompany their heavy hitting debut single Lock ‘N’ Load featuring Slash.

Jon Stevens’ trademark vocals are plastered powerfully atop signature guitar

riffs from Slash, however that’s as far as the familiarity goes. The Lock ‘N’ Load film tells a wrenching post-apocalyptic story using a concept that makes clever use of the interactive capabilities of the YouTube platform. A split ending to the film allows the viewer to dictate the fate of the story’s warrior & protagonist in a style reminiscent of the once popular ‘choose your own ending’ novels. The most popular ending will also be used in the Official TV release of the video, making Lock ‘N’ Load a truly interactive experience for fans.

The lead role was played by 15 year old up & coming actor from Melbourne,

Australia, Rory Trobbiani, who said he was rapt to be a part of a music project featuring one of his favorite guitarists, Slash. An avid skater and musician, Trobbiani has also been featured in shoots for top fashion labels and photographic art projects around the country.

Lock ‘N’ Load was directed by award winning Melbourne filmmaker Summer DeRoche, daughter of screenwriter Everett DeRoche, whose work has been seen & embraced right across the globe. The clip was produced by Oh Yeah Wow, a reative powerhouse of unlicensed pyrotechnicians, unappreciated comedians and unknown celebrities who have worked alongside internationally renowned artists such as Gotye, Clubfeet, Bombay Bicycle Club, Aloe Blacc and Wax Tailor.

Watch the of*icial ‘Lock ‘N’ Load’ Trailer here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvVxy257tgw&feature=youtu.be

Lock ‘N’ Load’

Is available for download on iTunes internationally now.

‘Lock ‘N’ Load’ iTunes link here:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/lock-­n-­load-­feat.-­slash-­single/id633396380

Listen to a full stream of ‘Lock ‘N’ Load’ here:

https://soundcloud.com/thedeaddaisies/the-­dead-­daisies-­locknload-­ft-­slash/s-­nXHRo

Take a Behind-­The-­Scenes look at The Dead Daisies on tour with ZZ Top:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVAe2cP0-­HU

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If it's six-string pyrotechnics that you crave, then you simply have to attend one of the upcoming shows that will feature one of metal's most talented up-and-coming guitarists, Ethan Brosh, and one of the genre's most renowned and respected figures, Yngwie Malmsteen. The tour will take in 25 cities in the US and Canada, and is sure to introduce Brosh to a whole new legion of fans.

And there is good reason why Brosh is hitting the road - he has an all-new album coming out later this year, 'Live the Dream.' His second all-instrumental album overall, the album was mixed by Max Norman (Ozzy, Megadeth), and features the talents of world class bassist Dave Ellefson, as well as the mastering of Bob Ludwig (Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden), and an album cover painting by Joe Petagno (Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd).

Thus far, Brosh has constructed an extremely impressive resume, as his last album, 2009's 'Out of Oblivion' featured the likes of Mike Mangini (Dream Theater, Extreme, Steve Vai), as well as guest appearances by George Lynch (Dokken), Greg Howe (Michael Jackson), and even artwork by Derek Riggs (Iron Maiden), while production duties were handled by Chris Tsangarides (Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne).

Brosh is also the guitarist of the group Angels of Babylon (which includes Ellefson and drummer Rhino), and has toured with Eddie Money, Joey Molland (Badfinger), Kelly Keeling (Alice Cooper, Malmsteen, Trans Siberian Orchestra), Terry Illous (XYZ) and Pat Travers, and has opened for Lynch Mob, Michael Schenker, Enuff Z'nuff, Danger Danger, and many more.

Ethan will also feature the other band he's a part of, Burning Heat on their first national tour on the second half of the Yngwie tour.
Burning Heat is a melodic Rock N Roll band sure to raise interest in music lovers who miss well written songs with big choruses and great playing.

It's not often that two incredibly talented heavy metal guitarists unite and tour together.
This spring, metalheads will get the opportunity to enjoy an evening of amazing guitar playing, when Ethan Brosh and Yngwie Malmsteen hit the road together.

Confirmed tour dates include:

04/24/13        CLEVELAND, OH           HOUSE OF BLUES
04/25/13        DETROIT, MI                             ST. ANDREW’S HALL
04/26/13        TORONTO, ON                     PHOENIX THEATRE
04/27/13        HARTFORD, CT                    THE WEBSTER THEATER
04/28/13        MUNHALL, PA                     CARNEGIE LIBRARY MUSIC HALL OF HOMESTEAD
04/29/13        BOSTON, MA                      THE WILBUR THEATRE
04/30/13        NEW YORK, NY                    IRVING PLAZA
05/03/13        MEMPHIS, TN                     TOM LEE PARK – BEALE STREET MUSIC FESTIVAL
05/04/13        CHICAGO, IL                     HOUSE OF BLUES
05/05/13        ST. CHARLES, IL                 THE ARCADA THEATRE
05/07/13        DENVER, CO                      THE SUMMIT MUSIC HALL
05/09/13        ANAHEIM, CA                     HOUSE OF BLUES
05/10/13        W. HOLLYWOOD, CA                HOUSE OF BLUES
05/11/13        FRESNO, CA                      TOWER THEATRE
05/12/13        VENTURA, CA                     MAJESTIC VENTURA THEATER
05/13/13        SAN FRANCISCO, CA       THE REGENCY BALLROOM
05/14/13        SAN DIEGO, CA                   HOUSE OF BLUES
05/16/13        DALLAS, TX                              GRANADA THEATER
05/17/13        SAN ANTONIO, TX         BACKSTAGE LIVE – OUTDOORS
05/18/13        HOUSTON, TX                     OUTDOORS HOUSTON GUITAR FESTIVAL
5/21/13         SAUGET, IL                              POPS
5/23/13         NEW ORLEANS, LA         HOUSE OF BLUES
5/24/13         ORLANDO, FL                     PLAZA THEATRE
5/25/13         MIAMI, FL                               GRAND CENTRAL
5/26/13         TAMPA, FL                               ORPHEUM THEATRE


For more info, visit www.ethanbrosh.com

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‘’TRP will change how you think about ANY live performance. They will take you on a journey into the future with a vibrant and visionary performance that is sure to impact your mind and senses alike!’’ - Time Off Magazine
 
“Their haunting lyrics and arrangements play games with your head until Stockholm syndrome finally creeps in. I couldn’t blink, let alone tap my feet. By the encore I was totally fucking mesmerized. These guys could have told me to have sex with the cigarette machine, and I would have, transformed out of all recognition.”  - Blunt Magazine
 
www.theredpaintings.com

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‘Feel’ is the anthemic new single from the Gold Coast's garage-pop bombshells Bleeding Knees Club, and is the first fresh material from the band since last year's acclaimed debut album ‘Nothing To Do’. The puppy-packed film clip for ‘Feel’ just dropped this morning and is currently doing the rounds online.

Produced by Melbourne-based legend Lindsay Gravina (Violent Soho, Magic Dirt), ‘Feel’ is the sound of Bleeding Knees Club gaining confidence and branching out. Mess+Noise has already enthused "It's still intoned with nasal earnestness over crashing bubblegum punk, but it could just be a sign of a more grown-up band". 

From a duo whose first EP was recorded in the back of a shoe shop in their hometown, Bleeding Knees Club have come a long way in their short but busy existence. After a flurry of early international attention, 2012's ‘Nothing To Do’ album was recorded in New York City with producer Dev Hynes (aka Blood Orange). More recently frontman Alex Wall unveiled the self-produced solo record from his gonzo-punk alter-ego Wax Witches in February.

‘Nothing To Do’ was released a little over 12 months ago to a rapturous reception. In Australia, triple j Mag awarded it 9/10 and said it was "an album you can't help but love", while UK music bible NME hailed the band's "undeniable knack for turning out two-minute garage-pop songs". The duo supported it with two massive national headline tours in 2012, alongside slots at the Splendour In The Grass and Falls Festivals, as well as their run of chaotic Call The Cops shows with best buds DZ Deathrays and Yacht Club DJ's.

Bleeding Knees Club will launch "Feel" on a four-date tour in late May and early June. Joining them as special guests for all shows will be Sydney surf-pop sensations SURES, who are currently putting the finishing touches on their own new EP. Tickets are on sale from 9am local time this Monday 29th of April.

BLEEDING KNEES CLUB

with special guest SURES

MAY/JUNE 2013

Tickets on sale 9am local time, Monday 29^th April, 2013

Fri 31 May      Cats @ Rocket Bar, Adelaide, SA              18+

With Console Warrios - Tickets available at the door

Sat 1 Jun        Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne, VIC          18+

With Atolls – Tickets available from Oztix

Thur 6 Jun     Alhambra Lounge, Brisbane, QLD             18+

With Major Leagues – Tickets available from Oztix

Fri 7 Jun         GoodGod Small Club, Sydney, NSW         18+

With Black Zeros – Tickets available from Moshtix

‘FEEL’ AVAILABLE NOW DIGITALLY THROUGH I OH YOU #FROTHING

www.bleedingkneesclub.com | www.facebook.com/bleedingkneesclub

www.iohyou.com

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Melbourne’s own gifted vocalist, guitarist and prolific songwriter, Hamish Anderson is set to release his impressive self-titled debut EP featuring many notable musicians including members of Foo Fighters, The Wallflowers and Angus & Julia Stone.   The EP and lead single, Howl will be released on April 19 and Hamish will be celebrating with a launch show at The Toff In Town on Wednesday May 1.

Having made a name for himself across the local scene for his impressive live show that encompasses a mix of blues, rock and folk with moments of loud, electric blues-soaked songs as well as delicate acoustic balladry, Hamish comes armed with a host of noteworthy tunes and a songwriting and vocal maturity well beyond his twenty-one years. 

After topping JJJ’s Unearthed charts in the pop/rock category with a demo track, Hamish picked up his guitar and headed to Sydney to record a five-track EP in BJB Studio with producer Eric J. Dubowsky (Art vs. Science, Weezer, Bluejuice).  The EP was engineered by Jean-Paul Fung (Birds of Tokyo, Last Dinosaurs, Silverchair) and mastered by Brian Lucey (The Black Keys, Dr John, The Shins).

After hearing a few of Hamish’s songs, the passionate Rami Jaffee (keyboardist for Foo Fighters and founding member of The Wallflowers) stopped past the studio (while on tour in Australia with Foo Fighters) to record organ and piano, alongside bass player Rob Calder (Angus & Julia Stone) and drummer James Hauptman (Bluejuice). 

Lead single Howl is a song about human passion and provides a great first taste for listeners discovering Hamish Anderson.  “It was written reasonably fast, I heard the riff in my head and that really drove the entire song and its feel,” explains Hamish.  “During the recording the drummer’s symbol split from being belted soo hard and I blew up an old Vox Guitar amp!” he exclaims,showing just how much gusto went in to recording the track in just one live take.

With plans to release an album sometime in the future, for now Hamish is keen to work on an EP-basis, saying “I very much like the idea of releasing EP’s as little snap shots of where I’m at musically.”  And he isn’t wasting any time, having already headed back in to the studio to record a few new tracks with Jeff Buckley’s drummer Matt Johnson.

Listen to Howl on soundcloud:: https://soundcloud.com/hamishandersonmusic

View the clip for Howl:: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SqHCCJuTYY

“When the smoky, raw and gritty guitar comes slinking towards you and an almost eerie vocal joins the mix, you’ll hear a voice that sounds like it has already experienced a lot.”  Ara Jansen – The West Australian

NEW SINGLE  |  HOWL|  NEW SELF-TITLED EP  |  AVAILABLE ON ITUNES APRIL 19

www.hamishanderson.com.au              http://www.facebook.com/hamishandersonmusic

http://www.youtube.com/user/hamishandersonmusic     http://www.triplejunearthed.com.au/HamishAnderson

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After nearly a decade on the road with Wolfmother, winning a Grammy and numerous ARIA Awards along the way, Andrew Stockdale returns to us with a surge of creativity in the shape of Keep Moving, his first self-produced studio album, under his own name.

Stockdale spent the last three years writing in and out of studios and hotel rooms, recording with a variety of musicians and fine-tuning the record to a point where he felt he gelled with it. “I’m really happy with it,” Stockdale says of the new album. “Totally, absolutely, I love it. I can live with it. I’ve listened to it 1,000 times.”

The first single, “Long Way To Go,” is released as part of a 4-track EP entitled, Keep Moving (EP) out TODAY in Australia, April 26th. For Andrew Stockdale, the track came together in a flash – a songwriter’s dream. The song grapples with the theme of others’ expectations. “It’s about when people pigeonhole you, and categorise you. It’s not up to anyone else to tell you the way your dreams can be fulfilled. It’s up to you to follow your heart and try make things happen. Whatever someone thinks you can or can’t do, it’s not up to them. It’s up to the individual. And if someone thinks they’ve got me all worked out, well, hey, I’ve got a long way to go.”

CLICK HERE  TO WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “LONG WAY TO GO”

Keep Moving is an honest exposé of Stockdale’s poetic point of view within his day-to-day experiences and relationships with people.  Players and engineers involved in the making of this record featured musicians from the old Wolfmother camp as well as new artists and crew that Stockdale met along the way. Some of them include: Ian Peres (Bass, Keys); Vin Steele (Rhythm Guitar); Elliott Hammond (Wurly, Harp); Hamish Rosser (Drums); Will Rockwell-Scott (Drums) and Dave Atkins (Recording and Drums). Keep Moving was mixed by Vance Powell at Sputnik Sound in Nashville, and the album was mastered by Chris Athens Masters in Nashville.

Stockdale admits there was pressure to continue playing as Wolfmother, a name created with earlier collaborators. “It was a name, a brand everyone knows. But I don’t feel comfortable playing as Wolfmother,” Stockdale says. “When you write a song, what’s on your mind comes out, what’s in your heart and soul comes out. It’s about your life experiences. I’ve been getting stuff off my chest, expressing ideas and experiences that are personal to me and I don’t want to keep then applying that to the Wolfmother name. I had pressure on my shoulders.”

Now there’s a new pressure -- facing the music world as Andrew Stockdale. “It’s a good pressure,”

Stockdale admits, “because it asks that question: is it any good? Do you like this music, do you like the film clips, the artwork. What’s it about? I’ve put my heart and soul into it, and I believe in it.”

Andrew Stockdale

Single – Long Way To Go and Keep Moving EP – OUT NOW

CLICK HERE

Album – Keep Moving – 7^th June

GLOBAL RELEASE DATES

EP Friday 26th April AU

EP Monday 29th April UK

EP Tuesday 30th April US

LP Friday 7th June AU

LP Monday 10th June UK

LP Tuesday 11th June US

TOURING NATIONALLY IN JUNE 

Thursday June 6^th - Newcastle University, NSW

Friday June 7^th - The Metro Sydney, NSW

Saturday June 8^th -  Waves Nightclub Wollongong, NSW

Thursday June 13^th - The Ferntree Gully Melbourne, VIC

Friday June 14^th -  The Hi Fi Melbourne, VIC

Saturday June 15^th - The Wool Exchange Geelong, VIC

Sunday June 16^th -  Pier Street Live Frankston, VIC

Wednesday June 19^th - The Gov Adelaide, SA

Thursday June 20^th - The Bakery Perth, WA

Friday June 21^st -  Fly By Night Club Fremantle, WA

Saturday June 22^nd - Prince Of Wales Bunbury, WA

Thursday June 27^th - The Hi Fi Brisbane, QLD

Friday June 28^th - Coolangatta Hotel Gold Coast, QLD

Saturday June 29^th - The Northern Byron Bay, QLD

Ticketing details to be announced shortly

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“…the sweet-yet-tortured tones of Evanescence with the angry wails of Lacuna Coil” – Rag Magazine

Flyleaf are set for their long-awaited first headline tour of Australia this August.

Flyleaf’s style of hard rock is reminiscent of Deftones, Evanescence and Chevelle. Heavy riffs, thrilling arrangements, memorable melodies and mammoth choruses all blazing with a fresh fire and uncontainable energy, spreading positivity and encouraging hope in their fans.

Flyleaf released their acclaimed self-titled album in 2005. The band supported the album touring through 2006-7 on the Family Values Tour with Stone Sour and Disturbed in the US and an appearance on Australia’s Soundwave.
Rolling Stone Magazine proclaimed Flyleaf as one of the breakout bands of 2008. In 2009, Flyleaf released their sophomore album, “Memento Mori” to even wider acclaim.

The band’s latest album, “New Horizons” was released in 2012 and is the band’s most explosive, expansive, and enigmatic work yet. The band’s subsequent tour introduced fans to new vocalist, Kirsten May formerly of Vedera.

The band’s live performance has been described as “energetic, fiery, passionate and manic, a ludicrously energized live performance”. “Shattered, chiming chords and intertwined lead guitar lines were belted out with aplomb, held up by a bombastic rhythm section. Perhaps most thrilling though was the animated, dynamic performance of new vocalist Kristen May.”  -Cleveland Sound

Flyleaf return to our shores with a setlist full of anthems including “All Around Me”, “Cassie”, “I’m So Sick”, “Fully Alive” and “Again” to name but a few. Guaranteed to keep their diehard fans happy and impress a whole stack of new ones.

Flyleaf – New Horizons Australian Tour 2013
Thurs, August 15 – Brisbane - Hi Fi
Friday, August 16 – Melbourne - Hi Fi
Saturday, August 17 – Sydney Metro – All Ages

Tickets for all shows are available from metropolistouring.com and the venues.
Check the bands new video for Call You Out

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You heard right, the Baby Animals are back with their third studio album, the first in twenty years. This Is Not The End will be released on Friday 31st May via Social Family Records.  To celebrate the release of the album the band have announced today that they will tour the East Coast of Australia this June, with tickets going on sale from Monday 29th April.

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Following his critically acclaimed new album Thank You Mr Churchill, and his successful 35th Anniversary Tour of his multi-platinum selling live album Frampton Comes Alive!, Grammy®-winning guitarist and songwriter Peter Frampton will play a rare UK concert at the London Camden Roundhouse on Tuesday 5th November.  

Planet Rock will run an exclusive 48-hour ticket presale from 9am on Wednesday 24th April via www.planetrock.com.  Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday 26th April from www.kililive.com or by calling 0844 871 8803 and 0844 482 8008.

This special one-off UK concert will see Frampton performing songs from his extensive catalogue.  FCA! 35: An Evening with Peter Frampton, a live 2DVD, Blu-ray and 3CD set of the 35th Anniversary of Frampton Comes Alive! was released last November by Eagle Rock Entertainment. On the DVD, Peter performed the best selling live album in its entirety along with a second set including songs from his Grammy®-winning career.

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