There’s always plenty of concerts and gigs for live music lovers to see all around Australia. Get all the latest info on dates, venues, and tickets for announced upcoming tours from The Love Junkies, Super Best Friends, Luca Brasi, Sunbeam Sound Machine, and Palmarama – a joint tour from Palms and Gooch Palms.
The Love Junkies Australian Tour 2014
It’s been a bumper 2013 for Perth grunge rockers The Love Junkies. They’ve released their debut album Maybelene, featuring its nationally spun singles ‘Oxymoron’ and ‘Baby, Come Home’, embarked on their first national tours including a performance at the BigSound festival and won two awards at the 2013 WAMi Festival, the rock dilettantes walking away with Rock Act Of The Year and Best Breakthrough Act trophies. Having been handpicked by Triple J as one of the Top 20 Aussie artists to watch for 2014, The Love Junkies are now wrapping up the year and kicking off the new one with another national tour.
Saturday, 21st Dec
Not So Silent Night @ The Rosemount Hotel, North Perth WA
Monday 30th December
Over The Hill Festival, VIC
Tuesday 31st December 2013
NYE @ Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 1st January, 2014
Vic On The Park, Marrickville, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 2nd January 2014
Young Henry’s live project @ Marlborough Hotel, Newtown, NSW
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Friday 3rd January 2014
The Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor, NSW
Saturday 4th January 2014
“WASTED YEARS” @ Exchange Hotel, Oxford Street, Sydney, NSW
Tickets & info at www.thelovejunkiesmusic.com
Palms & Gooch Palms Team Up For ‘Palmarama’ Australian Tour 2014
It’s happened! Palms and The Gooch Palms are hitting the road together for a big fat national tour from late February all through March. They not only share a common word in their bands’ names, but also a love of touring and great friendship to boot! So it was a no-brainer when they got together to arrange the long awaited Palmarama National Tour. Having both released their debut albums in late 2013 (Step Brothers and Novo’s respectively) to rave reviews, the Palmarama tour is the perfect double headliner to start the new year.
Over the past couple of years both bands have played the Big Day Out, featured on the Aussie remake of the Nuggets comp, each toured the country up and down, shared beers, laughs and lounges to crash on, they’ve even shared a member (Leroy from The Gooch Palms was once the bass player in Palms and contributed a bass line or two on Step Brothers) but these guys have somehow never shared a stage or played on the same bill, so it’s a big deal! And to keep it exciting, the bands will battle it out with a thumb war each night to see who will play last. Don’t miss Palmarama 2014!
Friday, 28th February – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Tickets $10+bf from moshtix.com.au or $15 on the door
Sponsored by FBi
Thursday, 6th March – Mojo’s, Fremantle
Tickets $10 on the door
Friday, 7th March – The Bird, Perth
Tickets $5 on the door
Friday, 14th March – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
Tickets $10+bf from northcotesocialclub.com or $15 on the door
Saturday, 15th March – The Phoenix, Canberra
Tickets $10 on the door
Friday, 21st March – Elsewhere, Gold Coast
Tickets $10 on the door
Saturday, 22nd March – The Underdog, Brisbane
Tickets $15 on the door
Friday, 28th March – Rad, Wollongong
Tickets $10 on the door
Saturday, 29th March – Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
Tickets $10 on the door
Super Best Friends Australian Tour 2014 Announced
Canberra trio Super Best Friends have announced a killer run of shows in January, including a support slot with British rockers Future Of The Left in Sydney, and for the first time shows in Hobart and Batemans Bay.This will be the last chance for audiences to catch them live for a few months before they go on a short hiatus to travel, increase the world’s population and hibernate in the studio to record an album.
The tour will see the Bestie Boys road test a swag of new material, as well as playing a selection of tracks from their two EPs along, including last year’s ‘Round & Round’ single, along with its amazing video that starred the real-life Australian political elite during the election campaign in September. Celebrate the new year with your besties before they hide away to write!
January 3– Factory Theatre, Sydney
w/ Future Of The Left & Damn Terran
January 10 – The Old Bar, Melbourne
w/ Sincerely Grizzly, Tape Off & Darts
January 11 – The Brisbane, Hobart
w/ Clowns, Taberah & more
January 25 – Mariners, Batemans Bay
w/ Gay Paris, Born Lion & more
Tour info and tickets: www.facebook.com/superbestfriends
Luca Brasi Australian Tour 2014 Announced
Celebrated and unassuming Tasmanian punk rock quartet Luca Brasi are set to unwrap their second album By A Thread via Poison City Records this March. This second album highlights the vocals skill of Tyler Richardson and his everyman lyrical refrains and the signature guitar work of Tom Busby.The record was mixed by US veteran Matt Bayles, whose production and mixing work can be heard on albums by Pearl Jam, Murder City Devils and, Isis and many more.
Having toured Australia relentlessly already, Luc Brasi are set to do it again, joining forces with Poison City Records labelmates Postblue to launch the new album across Australia by way of a huge national tour next March. Somehow, they’ll also find the time for appearances on the Breath Of Life and Push Over Festivals. Be proud Tassie.
SAT MARCH 8th – BREATH OF LIFE FESTIVAL, Launceston *All-Ages*
MON MARCH 10th – PUSHOVER FESTIVAL, Melbourne *All-Ages*
FRI MARCH 14 – MAGPIES CLUB, Canberra
SAT MARCH 15 – HERMANN’S BAR, Sydney
SUN MARCH 16 – BEATDISC RECORDS, Sydney/ Parramatta *All-Ages*
FRI MARCH 21 – JOHN CURTIN HOTEL, Melbourne
SAT MARCH 22 – CROWBAR, Brisbane
SUN MARCH 23 – THE LAB, Brisbane *All-Ages*
THU APRIL 3 – THE CRANKA, Adelaide ** Postblue Not Appearing **
FRI APRIL 11 – BRISBANE HOTEL, Hobart
SAT APRIL 12 – SECRET VENUE, Hobart *All-Ages*
SAT APRIL 12 – ROYAL OAK HOTEL, Launceston
Sunbeam Sound Machine Announces More Melbourne Dates
Melbourne dream-pop outfit Sunbeam Sound Machine have today premiered their brand new film clip for single ‘Cosmic Love Affair’. The colourful psych trip of a video was produced and directed by Tobias Willis at Monster & Bear Production Studio in Melbourne (watch the video here). After completing their first ever live shows during a month long residency at The Tote in November, (when they were the subject of Tone Deaf’s The Profile) Sunbeam Sound Machine are excited to announce a whole swag of Melbourne show dates for the early months of 2014.
SATURDAY JANUARY 11 – DING DONG LOUNGE, MELBOURNE
Supporting New Gods
THURSDAY JANUARY 16 – THE OLD BAR, MELBOURNE
Supporting Rabble Rouser
SATURDAY JANUARY 25 – THE WORKERS CLUB, MELBOURNE
Supporting D.D Dumbo
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 22 – SHEBEEM, MELBOURNE
Supporting Teeth & Tongue
