http://www.tonedeaf.com.au The Home Of Australian Music Fri, 24 May 2013 15:30:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/308129/smith-st-band-lead-reverence-hotels-1st-birthday-live-music-bash.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/308129/smith-st-band-lead-reverence-hotels-1st-birthday-live-music-bash.htm#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 08:18:40 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=308129 Has it really only been 12 months since The Reverence Hotel opened up Melbourne? It feels as if the Footscray venue has been rocking live music for a lot longer, so great is the strength for which it rocks Melboourne’s live music scene. So what better way to celebrate a 1st birthday than to invite [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/308129/smith-st-band-lead-reverence-hotels-1st-birthday-live-music-bash.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/308124/preatures-release-video-announce-extra-2013-tour-dates.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/308124/preatures-release-video-announce-extra-2013-tour-dates.htm#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 07:42:24 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=308124 Hot off the road supporting Hungry Kinds Of Hungary across the country for their latest national tour, The Preatures barely have time to wash their smalls before they pack their bags once more for their own set of headline shows. Performing their über-awesome new single, ‘Is This How You Feel?’, the Sydney five-piece are embarking on a national tour [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/308124/preatures-release-video-announce-extra-2013-tour-dates.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/308119/the-sinking-teeth-announce-single-launch-2013-tour-dates.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/308119/the-sinking-teeth-announce-single-launch-2013-tour-dates.htm#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 07:22:06 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=308119 Born out of a flat above a particularly shady pawnshop in Brunswick, Victoria, The Sinking Teeth have established themselves over the last 18 months as a welcomed and exciting approach to punk rock. The Melbourne natives have now finished recording their debut EP and announced the release of leading single ‘Temporary Living’ alongside a self-directed video clip. Landing somewhere [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/308119/the-sinking-teeth-announce-single-launch-2013-tour-dates.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/308111/time-announce-2013-australian-tour.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/308111/time-announce-2013-australian-tour.htm#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 06:47:32 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=308111 Pop punks All Time Low were in the country earlier this year as part of the mammoth Soundwave 2013 lineup, and they enjoyed it so much that they’re heading back to our shores without having to share stages with a bunch of other sweaty bands! Not many bands can keep laying claim to selling out shows [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/308111/time-announce-2013-australian-tour.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/308092/fans-go-daft-in-pursuit-for-daft-punk-helmets.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/308092/fans-go-daft-in-pursuit-for-daft-punk-helmets.htm#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 04:39:07 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=308092 The hype for Daft Punk’s latest album Random Access Memories seems to refuse to settle since the record leaked last week before turning up as a stream on iTunes, before 4,000 revellers descended on the rural town of Wee Waa for the album’s ‘global’ launch. Now, following on from leaking ‘One More Time’ in the form of [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/308092/fans-go-daft-in-pursuit-for-daft-punk-helmets.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/308058/kingswood-to-release-tarantino-esque-short-film-announce-2013-australian-tour.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/308058/kingswood-to-release-tarantino-esque-short-film-announce-2013-australian-tour.htm#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 02:41:59 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=308058 Wild gun shootouts. Bloodshed and Rock N’ Roll. What began as a Tarantino inspired video clip has evolved into a Spaghetti Western short film. Kingswood are one of the most exciting Australian rock bands going round, and having shot a stylish video for their latest single ‘Ohio’, the Melbourne quartet hit on such a good target [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/308058/kingswood-to-release-tarantino-esque-short-film-announce-2013-australian-tour.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/308050/from-guitarists-to-orchestras-100k-up-for-grabs-in-melbourne-prize-2013.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/308050/from-guitarists-to-orchestras-100k-up-for-grabs-in-melbourne-prize-2013.htm#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 02:20:58 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=308050 In music, all genres are created equal – at least, they should be. And a hefty cash prize from the Melbourne Prize Trust is treating all kinds of music – from bedroom-produced electronica to large-scale rock and roll to hip-hop and jazz – with equal stature. Coming around once every three years since 2001, the [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/308050/from-guitarists-to-orchestras-100k-up-for-grabs-in-melbourne-prize-2013.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/featured/308032/boards-of-canada-premiere-new-song-on-tokyo-building.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/featured/308032/boards-of-canada-premiere-new-song-on-tokyo-building.htm#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 01:24:06 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=308032 It might not be getting the blockbuster attention as the much-hyped marketing campaign for Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories or Kanye West’s new album Yeezus, but electronic luminaries Boards of Canada have been crafting an innovative marketing trail for their own latest studio album. News of the Scottish duo’s fourth studio effort, their first in nearly a decade, first [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/featured/308032/boards-of-canada-premiere-new-song-on-tokyo-building.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/308012/playing-guitar-makes-30-more-likely-to-get-a-date-says-study.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/308012/playing-guitar-makes-30-more-likely-to-get-a-date-says-study.htm#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 00:52:05 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=308012 “When you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.” Seems like someone should have told ol’ Tony ‘Scarface’ Montana to cut out the middle man and simply start a band. After all, everyone knows the old line goes that most guys start playing an instrument [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/international-news/308012/playing-guitar-makes-30-more-likely-to-get-a-date-says-study.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/308006/nick-cave-provides-soundtrack-for-barossa-valley-tourism-campaign.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/local-news/308006/nick-cave-provides-soundtrack-for-barossa-valley-tourism-campaign.htm#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 23:45:12 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=308006 South Australia’s Barossa Valley is far better known one of Australia’s most famous wine regions than it is moody murder ballads, but the latest tourism campaign   for the area isn’t so much concerned about accuracy as it is providing a stylistically grabbing promo. 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