http://www.tonedeaf.com.au The Home Of Australian Music Thu, 23 May 2013 13:06:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307887/jungle-giants-announce-single-tour.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307887/jungle-giants-announce-single-tour.htm#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 07:34:54 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=307887 Following their addition tot the lineups for Splendour In The Grass and Spin-Off Festivals, Brisbane’s The Jungle Giants have more exciting goodness for fans, in the form of their newest single ‘I Am What You Want Me To Be’ and a series of tour dates this July. The new song – available now from iTunes [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307887/jungle-giants-announce-single-tour.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307884/queenscliff-music-festival-announce-acts-winter-warmup-2013.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307884/queenscliff-music-festival-announce-acts-winter-warmup-2013.htm#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 07:05:57 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=307884 Following on from its bumper summer edition to celebrate its sweet 16, which earned much praise from our Tone Deaf reviewer, the organisers of Queenscliff Music Festival will once again be bringing some summer sun in the winter months with their musical Winter Warmup, on Saturday 22nd June at the Queenscliff Town Hall. The first [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307884/queenscliff-music-festival-announce-acts-winter-warmup-2013.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307880/udays-tiger-announce-ep-2013-tour-dates.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307880/udays-tiger-announce-ep-2013-tour-dates.htm#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 06:55:13 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=307880 Noise rock two-piece Udays Tiger launch their second EP Dead Attention June 14th. Just like their first release Sinners in 2011, the QLD ex pats returned to Brisbane with the reputable Neil Coombe at the wheel once more (DZ Deathrays, Robert Forster, The Grates). This time, they spent a week up on Mt Nebo, just [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307880/udays-tiger-announce-ep-2013-tour-dates.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307877/sterephonics-add-perth-show-2013-australian-tour.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307877/sterephonics-add-perth-show-2013-australian-tour.htm#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 06:43:10 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=307877 Returning for their first Australian tour since 2010, Welsh rock veterans Stereophonics are returning this July, touching down in three East Coast cities and taking Adelaide locals, Atlas Genius along for the ride. Today, promoters Live Nation proudly announce that the long-running rock band are extending their July Tour to include a one-off show in [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307877/sterephonics-add-perth-show-2013-australian-tour.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307873/senses-fail-announce-2013-australian-tour.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307873/senses-fail-announce-2013-australian-tour.htm#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 06:37:59 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=307873 New Jersey’s Senses Fail have made great leaps and bounds since their formative years as a post-hardcore quintet, and there’s no greater proof of their successful evolution than their latest long-player, Renancer. Their heaviest and most sophisticated work to date, Renancer finds the group aiming to redefine their sonic attack and presentation, which they’ve done with great [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307873/senses-fail-announce-2013-australian-tour.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307869/converse-announce-free-gig-series-with-dz-deathrays-the-laurels-king-khan.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307869/converse-announce-free-gig-series-with-dz-deathrays-the-laurels-king-khan.htm#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 06:21:56 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=307869 Hip shoe makers, Converse have announced a new free concert series, the Converse Get Loud Gigs, trotting through five cities and showcasing performances from 12 of the nation’s most exciting emerging music talent and international artists. The series kick starts on Thursday 13th June in Sydney with a live show from the ever-enthusiastic The King [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307869/converse-announce-free-gig-series-with-dz-deathrays-the-laurels-king-khan.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307798/fear-factory-2013-australian-tour-announced.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307798/fear-factory-2013-australian-tour-announced.htm#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 03:59:43 +0000 Esther Semo http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=307798 Fear Factory’s Demanufacture has been described as a landmark of 90s metal that defied categorisation and remains a touchstone of the genre. Metallica’s Black Album may have set the marker for highest selling metal album on the 90s, but only one record can lay claim to being the decade’s most innovative and revolutionary: Fear Factory’s [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307798/fear-factory-2013-australian-tour-announced.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307796/whitley-announces-new-album-single-and-splendour-2013-sideshows.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307796/whitley-announces-new-album-single-and-splendour-2013-sideshows.htm#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 03:53:02 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=307796 In amongst the 77-strong lineup of Splendour In The Grass 2013 and its equally impressive lineup of Australian bands and artists was someone who the collective music world hasn’t heard of in nearly three years, singer-songwriter Lawrence Greenwood – better known as Whitley. Whitley went on ‘indefinite hiatus’ in 2010 despite the critical acclaimed that followed [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307796/whitley-announces-new-album-single-and-splendour-2013-sideshows.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307608/clairy-browne-the-bangin-rackettes-announce-2013-australian-tour.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307608/clairy-browne-the-bangin-rackettes-announce-2013-australian-tour.htm#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 08:25:38 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=307608 Following the band’s recent headline tour of America, Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes return home to embark on a leisurely ‘Walk Of Shame’ (or stride of pride) around Australia, including an appearance at Splendour in the Grass. Armed with some new songs (including a limited edition 7” vinyl of their new song ‘Walk of [...]]]> http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307608/clairy-browne-the-bangin-rackettes-announce-2013-australian-tour.htm/feed 0 http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307602/fat-freddys-drop-announce-2013-australian-tour-in-support-of-new-album.htm http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/tournews/307602/fat-freddys-drop-announce-2013-australian-tour-in-support-of-new-album.htm#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 08:15:01 +0000 Al Newstead http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/?p=307602 Following on from their breathtaking audio-visual album preview at Sydney Opera House for Graphic 2012 (shortlisted by Sydney Morning Herald as one of the best live shows of the year), Fat Freddy’s Drop return to Australia with a brand new album, Blackbird, in tow, proving that good things come to those who wait. 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