April 2024 – Silver Tiger Media

April 30, 2024

STM

BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB Announce AUSTRALIAN TOUR

BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB
ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIAN TOUR
THIS NOVEMBER

British band Bombay Bicycle Club have announced they will be returning to our shores this November with the talented quartet, Jack Steadman, Jamie MacColl, Suren de Saram and Ed Nash playing headlining shows across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth.

Bombay Bicycle Club burst onto the scene in 2009 in their late teens with their acclaimed debut album, I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose featuring the hit single, ‘Always Like This’ captivating early adopters across the globe. A visceral guitar driven record, teeming with teenage angst and youthful abandonment – songs that spoke to thousands, and a heart on its sleeve statement of this young band’s intent earning them the coveted Best New Band award at the 2010 NME Awards.

Continuing to push musical boundaries, the band explored electronic and dance influences on their 2011 release, A Different Kind of Fix which featured the atmospheric lead single Shuffle.

Fast forward to June 2023, Bombay Bicycle Club unleashed their sixth album, My Big Day which swiftly climbed to #3 on the UK album charts marking their 3rd consecutive Top 5 and fifth Top 10 release. The album boasted an array of guest contributions from luminaries such as Damon Albarn of Blur, rising star Holly Humberstone, indie darling Jay Som and soul legend Chaka Khan.

Throughout Bombay Bicycle Club’s musical evolution over a seventeen-year journey, they’ve toured the globe and performed at some of the world’s most prestigious festivals including Leeds, Reading, Glastonbury, Coachella to name a few, and continue to be praised for their super high energy live shows.

Don’t miss out on getting your tickets early. Fans can jump the queue and sign up for priority access to Exclusive Fan Pre-sale HERE!

AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2024
Presented by SBM

Thu 14 Nov: Sydney, Metro Theatre
Fri 15 Nov: Brisbane, The Triffid
Sat 16 Nov: Melbourne, The Croxton
Sun 17 Nov: Adelaide, The Gov
Tue 19 Nov: Perth, The Rechabite

Fans can jump the queue and sign up for priority access to Exclusive Fan Pre-sale HERE!
Ticket Pre-sale starts, Thu 2nd May, 12pm [AEST]
General Public tickets go On Sale, Tue 7th May, 12pm [AEST]

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April 30, 2024

STM

Polaris Australian Regional Tour 2024 With Special Guests Ocean Grove, Bloom & Inertia

Destroy All Lines & Resist presents

POLARIS
AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL TOUR 2024

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
OCEAN GROVE
BLOOM & INERTIA

POLARIS are primed to return to Australian stages, today announcing a massive regional tour this June and July alongside special guests OCEAN GROVE and on select dates BLOOM and INERTIA.

Kicking off in Cairns on June 27, POLARIS will electrify stages across Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria, closing out on July 28 in Frankston.

“We’re super excited to be heading back out to Regional parts of Australia this June / July.

It’s been quite a few years since we’ve been to some of these places and we’re visiting some new towns also which is going to be really nice.

I feel very lucky to be able to visit so many different areas of our beautiful country and I love being able to play our music to people that don’t often get tours coming through their towns.” Jamie Hails, Polaris

Fear and its potent ability to divide and unite us beats at the core of POLARIS’s third album Fatalism, with the 2023 full length debuting at #1 on the ARIA Charts, and also garnering nominations for Australian Album of the Year at the 2023 J Awards and for the 2023 Australian Music Prize. Steeped in angst alongside underlying catharsis, Fatalism organically builds on the bleak imagery and hard-hitting soundscapes permeating Polaris’s previous release, 2020’s The Death of Me, while also galvanizing the Sydney five-piece’s trademark blend of melodic metalcore, lush post rock, electronic flourishes and beyond.

POLARIS had already firmly established their place as a fixture in the Australian heavy landscape via their first two albums, 2020’s ARIA Award-nominated The Death Of Me and 2017’s The Mortal Coil, which debuted in the Australian Top 10. Having been awarded a laundry list of accolades along with sold-out headline tours of Australia and previous tours across the globe, including headlining iconic Australian venues such as Fortitude Music Hall, Hordern Pavilion & Margaret Court Arena in September 2023 on their Fatalism album tour.

2024 will also see POLARIS appearing at multiple international festivals and supporting Beartooth for an epic Europe and UK tour starting in October.

Aussie fusion mavericks OCEAN GROVE are no strangers to merging rock, metal, grunge, hip-hop, Brit-pop influences and beyond, pioneering their own signature genre: Oddworld Music. Hailing from Melbourne, OCEAN GROVE released their third full-length album Up In The Air Forever in 2022 to critical acclaim, and have since been on a global assault, bringing their dynamic live show to audiences around the world. Recently appearing at Alpha Wolf’s curated CVLTFEST earlier this year, OCEAN GROVE also supported Don Broco across the UK in late 2023.

Sydney metalcore outfit BLOOM combine ferocity and impassioned lyricism, with their immersive catalogue centered on grief, love and exile. Releasing their brand new album Maybe In Another Life earlier this year, BLOOM flexed surging rhythms and memorable hooks, unforgettably snapshotting the group’s burgeoning strengths that has also led them to national tours supporting the likes of Thornhill, Holding Absence, While She Sleeps, ERRA, Ocean Grove and Bad Omens.

One of Australia’s most exciting alternative acts, Sydney’s INERTIA traverse the darkest corners of metal music, coated in elements of dark pop and soul and sprinklings of emo pop. Since emerging in 2017, INERTIA now sit faced towards their debut album, with their recent single Dominion capturing the group’s nuanced take on immersive existensialism beating at the core of their equally compelling live show, as seen alongside Dayseeker, Holding Absence, Caskets, Thousand Below and more.

With 22 dates locked and loaded across regional Australia this June and July, do not miss this all-Aussie heavy assault!

Early Bird Pre-Sale Tickets On Sale: Thursday 2 May @ 11am AEST time

Sign up to access early bird pre-sale tickets -> https://daltours.cc/24POLREGIONAL

General tickets on sale: Friday 3 May @ 10am Local Time
Tickets from www.destroyalllines.com

Destroy All Lines & Resist presents

POLARIS
AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL TOUR 2024

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
OCEAN GROVE
BLOOM^ & INERTIA*
TOUR DATES:

THURSDAY 27 JUNE: THE JACK, CAIRNS, QLD (18+)^
FRIDAY 28 JUNE: UNI BAR, TOWNSVILLE, QLD (18+)^
SATURDAY 29 JUNE: MAGNUMS, AIRLIE BEACH QLD (18+)^
SUNDAY 30 JUNE: HARVEY ROAD, GLADSTONE QLD (18+)^
THURSDAY 4 JULY: VENUE 114, SUNSHINE COAST QLD (18+)^
FRIDAY 5 JULY: POWERHOUSE, TOOWOOMBA QLD (18+)^
SATURDAY 6 JULY: SPOP, GOLD COAST QLD (18+)^
SUNDAY 7 JULY: C.EX COFFS, COFFS HARBOUR NSW (18+)^
WEDNESDAY 10 JULY: BLAZES SHOWROOM, TAMWORTH NSW (18+)^
THURSDAY 11 JULY: PANTERS, PENRITH NSW (18+)^
FRIDAY 12 JULY: WAVES, WOLLONGONG NSW (18+)^
SATURDAY 13 JULY: DRIFTERS WHARF, CENTRAL COAST NSW (18+)^
SUNDAY 14 JULY: BEER DELUXE, ALBURY NSW (18+)^
WEDNESDAY 17 JULY: PRINCE OF WALES, BUNBURY WA (18+)*
THURSDAY 18 JULY: SHELTERS BREWING, BUSSELTON WA (18+)*
FRIDAY 19 JULY: LOOP, JOONDALUP WA (18+)*
SATURDAY 20 JULY: BRIDGEWAY HOTEL, ADELAIDE SA (LIC AA)*
SUNDAY 21 JULY: CIVIC HALL, BALLARAT VIC (LIC AA)*
THURSDAY 25 JULY: ODEON THEATRE, HOBART TAS (LIC AA)*
FRIDAY 26 JULY: FORTH PUB, FORTH TAS (18+)*
SATURDAY 27 JULY: WOOL EXCHANGE, GEELONG VIC (18+)*
SUNDAY 28 JULY: THE PIER, FRANKSTON VIC (18+)*

^ with Bloom
* with Inertia

General tickets on sale: Friday 3 May @ 10am Local Time
Tickets from www.destroyalllines.com

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April 30, 2024

STM

Billie Eilish Announces HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR

BILLIE EILISH ANNOUNCES HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR
2024/25 DATES REVEALED FOR AUSTRALIA, NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE,
UNITED KINGDOM, AND IRELAND
AU PRE-SALE STARTS MAY 1 AND GENERAL ON-SALE BEGINS MAY 3

THIRD STUDIO ALBUM
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT OUT ON MAY 17
[DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE RECORDS]

Following the news of her highly anticipated third studio album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, set for release on May 17 (pre-order/add/save here), Billie Eilish has announced Australian arena dates, produced by Live Nation and Frontier Touring, for her HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR. Starting in North America in September 2024, Eilish will embark on an Australian leg in February 2025, ahead of her European, U.K., and Ireland arena shows. For a full list of tour dates, see below or visit billieeilish.com.

Tickets for BILLIE EILISH: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR will go on sale Friday 3 May – times staggered per market (see below in tour dates for full details).

American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning next Wednesday 1 May (while supplies last) – this is one of the many entertainment benefits American Express Card Members can access. Presale start + end times will vary by market, check your local listings at billieeilish.com for more information.

Vodafone customers can secure early tickets during a pre-sale commencing Thursday 2 May (times staggered, refer below). Head to Vodafone.com.au/ticket for more information.

In keeping with her commitment to making a difference in the environmental impacts of her music and touring, a limited number of Changemaker Tickets will be available for the Australia dates. A portion of the proceeds from the Changemaker Ticket will support OzHarvest and other not-for-profit organisations in collaboration with Support + Feed addressing the impacts of food insecurity and the climate crisis.

Please note all shows have been announced and will go on sale on Friday 3rd May – no further Australian shows to be added. Get in fast to avoid disappointment!

SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS

Billie Eilish will continue her long-standing partnership with environmental nonprofit REVERB on this tour, building on the success of previous efforts, which resulted in over $1 million donated to environmental, greenhouse gas reduction, and climate justice projects, more than 150,000 fan actions, and much more. Sustainability efforts on this tour will include reducing greenhouse gas pollution, decreasing single-use plastic waste, updating concession offerings to promote and encourage plant-based food options with Support+Feed, and supporting climate action.

ECO-VILLAGE

The Billie Eilish REVERB Eco-Villages will be set up at 2 locations in the main concourse of every show where fans can take part in the tour’s sustainability efforts, connect with nonprofits, and take meaningful action for people and the planet.

TRANSPORT

Fans are encouraged to join the effort to make the HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR more sustainable. Where possible, take public transportation and carpool to and from the shows to help reduce greenhouse gas pollution and encourage more public transportation options. Fans will receive information via email about public transportation options before the show.

VENUES

Venue partners are also helping to lessen the environmental footprint of the tour. In addition to efforts to decrease waste through reducing or eliminating single-use plastics and diverting landfill waste with compost and recycling, venues will be offering plant-based food options at all shows.

FAN PARTICIPATION

Bring an EMPTY reusable water bottle or donate for a custom RockNRefill Nalgene bottle to fill up at the free water refill stations located at each venue. The RockNRefill bottles and refill stations are located at the Eco-Villages located in the main concourse at all shows. Fight fast fashion by opting for thrifted, upcycled, or borrowed clothes instead of buying new clothing to wear to shows.

Billie Eilish’s forthcoming album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT was written by Billie Eilish and FINNEAS, her brother and long-time collaborator, who also produced the album. HIT ME HARD AND SOFT will be available on all digital platforms, and in a continued effort to minimize waste and combat climate change; across all physical formats in limited variants on the same day, with the same track-listing and using 100% recyclable materials. For more information on all sustainable practices for this album release, please visit HERE.

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT is out everywhere on May 17.

Pre-order/add/save here.

BILLIE EILISH
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR
AUSTRALIA
FEBRUARY & MARCH 2025
Presented by Live Nation and Frontier Touring

AMERICAN EXPRESS MEMBERS PRE-SALE
via www.Amex.com.au/Experiences
Wednesday 1 May – Thursday 2 May
Or until presale allocation exhausted
Presale timings staggered per show, visit website for more details

FRONTIER MEMBER PRESALE
via frontiertouring.com/billieeilish
Thursday 2 May – Friday 3 May
Or until presale allocation exhausted
Presale timings staggered per show, visit website for more details

LIVE NATION PRESALE
via livenation.com.au

Thursday 2 May – Friday 3 May
Or until presale allocation exhausted
Presale timings staggered per show, visit website for more detail

VODAFONE PRESALE
via Vodafone.com.au/ticket
Thursday 2 May – Friday 3 May
Or until presale allocation exhausted
Presale timings staggered per show, visit website for more details

TICKETS ON SALE
Begins: Friday 3 May (times staggered, see below)
ALL SHOWS ALL AGES
NO FURTHER SHOWS TO BE ADDED – GET IN FAST!

Tuesday 18 February
Brisbane Entertainment Centre | Brisbane, QLD
On sale: Friday 3 May (2pm AEST)
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Wednesday 19 February
Brisbane Entertainment Centre | Brisbane, QLD
On sale: Friday 3 May (2pm AEST)
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Friday 21 February
Brisbane Entertainment Centre | Brisbane, QLD
On sale: Friday 3 May (2pm AEST)
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Saturday 22 February
Brisbane Entertainment Centre | Brisbane, QLD
On sale: Friday 3 May (2pm AEST)
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Monday 24 February
Qudos Bank Arena | Sydney, NSW
On sale: Friday 3 May (1pm AEST)
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Tuesday 25 February
Qudos Bank Arena | Sydney, NSW
On sale: Friday 3 May (1pm AEST)
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Thursday 27 February
Qudos Bank Arena | Sydney, NSW
On sale: Friday 3 May (1pm AEST)
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Friday 28 February
Qudos Bank Arena | Sydney, NSW
On sale: Friday 3 May (1pm AEST)
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Tuesday 4 March
Rod Laver Arena | Melbourne, VI
On sale: Friday 3 May (3pm AEST)
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Wednesday 5 March
Rod Laver Arena | Melbourne, VIC
On sale: Friday 3 May (3pm AEST)
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Friday 7 March
Rod Laver Arena | Melbourne, VIC
On sale: Friday 3 May (3pm AEST)
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Saturday 8 March
Rod Laver Arena | Melbourne, VIC
On sale: Friday 3 May (3pm AEST)
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Photo credit for album artwork and press photo is William Drumm

Patrons are advised to purchase tickets only through authorised ticket sellers.

We cannot guarantee any ticket purchase made through any means other than the official ticketing agents.

FOLLOW BILLIE EILISH:

TOUR INFORMATION

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April 30, 2024

STM

CRADLE OF FILTH and INFECTED RAIN Announce Australian Invasion September 2024 Tour

A ThePhoenix.au & Metropolis Touring Presentation

CRADLE OF FILTH and INFECTED RAIN Australian Invasion September 2024 Tour

It has been many years since CRADLE OF FILTH last darkened our horizon and we can now hail their return this September to commemorate the release of their “Best Of” Live album, Trouble & Their Double.

Belched from the fiery depths into the rustic charms of the Witch County, Suffolk, UK, CRADLE OF FILTH are undisputed giants of the heavy metal realm. Imperious purveyors of a perennially unique strain of dark, dastardly and wilfully extreme metal, with deep roots in the worlds of gothic horror and occult curiosity. Led by the inimitable Dani Filth, the band has weathered decades of tumult and trial, earning a formidable reputation as both a singular creative force and one of the most riotously entertaining live bands the metal world has ever produced.

Thus far into their distinguished and highly influential career CRADLE OF FILTH continue to show their ferocious efficacy with no signs of slowing down as they maintain their unparalleled fusion of gothic grandeur and blackened metal. Filth’s influence is felt far and wide as Dani recently teamed up for a collaborative song with pop megastar Ed Sheeran, which is set to appear on their upcoming album.

No doubt CRADLE OF FILTH will ignite the flames of anticipation with their impending arrival as they descend on our land for a trip through the darkness as we embrace the chaos and bear witness to their infernal live presence.

And this time they will not be coming alone, rapidly rising Moldovans, INFECTED RAIN. will be chaperoned by the innovators of extreme for their debut tour of Australia.

INFECTED RAIN are led by the enigmatic, charismatic and multi-talented Lena Scissorhands, who has cemented her place as one of the greatest frontwomen in Metal. INFECTED RAIN accent the introspective musical journey as they wind between effectively-placed progressive, electronic and even nu-metal features amid ethereal passages, bolstered by subterranean heaviness and rhythmic grooves topped by Scissorhands’ hair-raising screams and haunting vocals.

CRADLE OF FILTH and INFECTED RAIN September 2024 Australian Tour Dates

Tuesday 24th – PERTH, Metropolis Fremantle

Wednesday 25th – ADELAIDE, The Gov

Friday 27th – MELBOURNE, Northcote Theatre

Saturday 28th – SYDNEY, The Metro

Sunday 29th – BRISBANE, The Triffid

Tickets:

Presale: Wednesday May 1st, 10:00am Local time

General Public: Thursday May 2nd, 10:00am Local time

From: https://metropolistouring.com/cradle-of-filth-2024/

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April 29, 2024

Megan Milner

The Amity Affliction Announce “Let The Ocean Take Me” 10th Anniversary Australia Tour With Special Guests Ice Nine Kills, We Came As Romans and Heavensgate

Metalcore giants The Amity Affliction will embark on a headline tour across the country this November for the 10th anniversary of their acclaimed album “Let the Ocean Take Me”. To celebrate their seminal fourth studio release, the band will be performing the album in its entirety each night along with fan favourites from their extensive catalogue. Joining The Amity Affliction across all dates will be Ice Nine Kills, We Came As Romans and Heavensgate.

Tickets go on sale at 12pm, Thursday May 2.

Vodafone customers can secure tickets during a presale commencing Tuesday 30 April at 12pm local. Visit vodafone.com.au/ticket to find out more.

Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in Australia starting from Tuesday 30 April, 12pm until Thursday 2 May, 11am. Preferred ticket access is available to Mastercard cardholders in Australia on Thursday 2 May, 12pm. Visit www.priceless.com/music to find out more.

For complete tour & ticket information, visit: livenation.com.au

THE AMITY AFFLICTION

LET THE OCEAN TAKE ME
10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR
AUSTRALIA 2024

RIVERSTAGE, BRISBANE – FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8

HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY – SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9

JOHN CAIN ARENA, MELBOURNE – THURSDAY NOVEMBER 14

THE DRIVE, ADELAIDE – FRIDAY NOVEMBER 15

RED HILL AUDITORIUM, PERTH – SATURDAY NOVEMBER 16

TICKETS ON SALE 12PM THURSDAY, MAY 2

Vodafone pre-sale: Tue Apr 30 12pm – Thu May 2, 11am

Mastercard pre-sale: Tue Apr 30 12pm – Thu May 2, 11am

For complete tour & ticket information, visit: livenation.com.au

ABOUT THE AMITY AFFLICTION:

Since emerging in 2008 with their debut Severed Ties, Metal Core powerhouse The Amity Affliction have consistently delivered. They’ve clocked four No. 1 records, earned multiple Gold and Platinum certifications in their home country and enjoyed a string of Top 30-charting albums on Billboard. Throughout their career, The Amity Affliction have remained a featured attraction on some of the biggest festivals in the world — from Download UK, Reading and Leeds, Wacken, Vans Warped Tour, Rock am Ring, Rock im park, Graspop, Sonic Temple, Welcome to Rockville, Hellfest, Slam Dunk, Jera on Air, and more! The band has sold out countless headline treks and have hit the road with everyone from A Day to Remember to Motionless in White to Silverstein to Sum 41 to Beartooth to PVRIS.

ABOUT ICE NINE KILLS:

Returning to Australia for the first time in 5 years, ICE NINE KILLS make music both timeless and timely, mixing metal, hardcore, and punk with accessible power. New hard-rock-and-horror anthems like “Hip to be Scared,” “Assault & Batteries,” “Take Your Pick,” and “Farewell II Flesh” demonstrate Spencer’s fascination with fright, pop culture obsession, and his expertise with inescapably wicked melodic hooks and clever twists of phrase.

ABOUT WE CAME AS ROMANS:

We Came As Romans’ initial ascent was quick and assured, catapulting the band (who met as teens) into the hearts of diehard fans immersed in the metalcore, post-hardcore, and Warped Tour subculture. Their hook-filled heavy music carried an uplifting message and connects with even greater urgency live.

ABOUT HEAVENSGATE:

Visceral in name and nature, HEAVENSGATE have hit the ground running with no signs of slowing down. With their widely regarded debut EP ‘AND ALL I LOVED, I LOVED ALONE’, HEAVENSGATE continues to expand on the strong foundations set ahead of them with a growing fanbase.

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April 25, 2024

Megan Milner

In Hearts Wake Announce Brand New Album ‘Incarnation’ Due Out July 12 & Share New Single/Video ‘Hollow Bone (pl ɹoʍ ǝɥʇ)’

IN HEARTS WAKE
ANNOUNCE BRAND NEW ALBUM
INCARNATION
DUE OUT JULY 12

SHARE NEW SINGLE/VIDEO
HOLLOW BONE (plɹoʍ ǝɥʇ)

TOURING NATIONALLY THIS SEPTEMBER

Today In Hearts Wake manifest a brand new chapter, announcing their sixth studio album, Incarnation, which will be released on July 12 via UNFD. This news follows the recent bittersweet announcement of long-time bassist and clean vocalist Kyle Erich‘s departure.

Speaking on the upcoming album, vocalist Jake Taylor shares:

“INCARNATION is the shadow counterpart and sequel to the band’s debut album DIVINATION, with each song inspired by the meaning and ideals of a particular Major Arcana Tarot card. There are 22 Major Arcana Tarot cards in every deck and 11 tracks on each record, bringing the vision to completion 12 years later.”

“But much like a coin with two sides, cards flipped upside down deliver the reversed meaning,” Taylor continues. “Polarised in every way, INCARNATION explores the dark underbelly to mirror and stand diametrically opposite to DIVINATION.”

In Hearts Wake have also dropped an official Incarnation Tarot-themed website that fans can visit throughout the album rollout for access to behind the scenes, sneak peaks at new music, exclusive info, and Incarnation announcements. For more info, visit https://incarnation.inheartswake.com/.

The hotly-anticipated follow up to 2020’s Kaliyuga, which debuted at #3 on the ARIA Album Charts, Incarnation is equally a powerful yet poignant step forward for the Byron Bay-hailing group, heralded today by the release of the fiery new single Hollow Bone (plɹoʍ ǝɥʇ).

Balancing spitfire guitars and searing textures, Hollow Bone (plɹoʍ ǝɥʇ) is a gripping ride that ricochets with polish and heaving dexterity, while also ultimately soldering the In Hearts Wake transformative spirit as vocalist Jake Taylor bellows “This cage is not my home.”

“Going through a death-of-sorts with Kyle having left the band, Hollow Bone became our reclamation anthem for the band to live on,” In Hearts Wake explain of their brand new single. “Since high school we’ve given everything and we weren’t about to give up. Not yet…”

“Picking up the microphone as a group, together we delivered a melodic chorus for the first time. We used actual bones as percussive instruments – symbolic of death’s transformation. This track acting as our stake in the ground. What would you die for?!”

Hailing from Byron Bay and now one of the leading acts in the Australian heavy scene, In Hearts Wake first roared into view via their 2012 debut album Divination; a tarot-inspired release, praised for its memorable breakdowns, melodic hooks, taut execution and a sea of features. Remaining a fan-favourite to this day, Divination also set the stage for a horde of headline shows, international tours, and appearances at Soundwave Festival, UNIFY Gathering, Groovin The Moo and beyond for In Hearts Wake.

Having previously released five hard-hitting albums, including 2014’s Earthwalker, 2015’s Skydancer, 2017’s Ark and 2020’s Kaliyuga, In Hearts Wake also routinely fuse themes of social and environmental justice into their palpitating brand of metalcore, with millions of streams and a dedicated fanbase across the globe flourishing alongside the band’s environmental endeavours, with the latter witnessed most recently via the 2022 feature-length documentary Green Is The New Black.

Boasting an ARIA Award-nominated soundtrack, Green Is The New Black focused on the making of Kaliyuga and In Hearts Wake‘s successful efforts to carbon offset the entire recording process. Critically-acclaimed, the film also explored the music industry’s relationship to the environment, generating an important conversation and viable solutions for the creative arts against the odds of the pandemic years.

Recently appearing at UNIFY Off The Record in 2023 and wowing audiences across Australia with their Decade Of Divination tour last year, In Hearts Wake now turn their gaze to a brand new album in 2024, and are also set to celebrate and farewell their journey to date with long-time bassist and vocalist Kyle Erich this September with a special Australian headline run that spans Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

In conjunction with announcing Erich‘s departure, In Hearts Wake also recently released a new single Farewell, with the track fittingly bringing to a close the monumental chapter for Erich and In Hearts Wake.

HOLLOW BONE (plɹoʍ ǝɥʇ) – OUT NOW
https://ihw.lnk.to/Incarnation

INCARNATION – OUT JULY 12
https://ihw.lnk.to/Incarnation

INCARNATION TRACK LISTING:
01. Spitting Nails (ǝunʇɹoɟ ɟo lǝǝɥʍ)
02. Hollow Bone (plɹoʍ ǝɥʇ)
03. The Flood (ǝɔᴉʇsnɾ)
04. Orphan (lᴉʌǝp ǝɥʇ)
05. Gen Doom (ʇuɐɥdoɹǝᴉɥ ǝɥʇ)
06. Shishigami シシ神 (ssǝɹdɯǝ ǝɥʇ)
07.Tyrant (ɹoɹǝdɯǝ ǝɥʇ)
08. Feeding The Dead (ǝɔuɐɹǝdɯǝʇ)
09. Michigama (uɐᴉɔᴉƃɐɯ ǝɥʇ)
10. Shellshock (ssǝʇsǝᴉɹd ɥƃᴉɥ ǝɥʇ)
11. Transmission (uns ǝɥʇ)

New World Artists & UNFD Presents

IN HEARTS WAKE

AUSTRALIA TOUR 2024

TOUR DATES:

THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2024 – KING STREET BANDROOM, NEWCASTLE 18+
FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2024 – LIBERTY HALL, SYDNEY 18+
SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2024 – THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE 18+
THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2024 – THE FORUM, MELBOURNE 18+
FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2024 – THE GOV, ADELAIDE 18+
SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2024 – MAGNET HOUSE, PERTH 18+

Tickets from inheartswake.com

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April 25, 2024

Megan Milner

GIRL IN RED – DOING IT AGAIN ASIA/OCEANIA TOUR 2024

Secret Sounds presents…
GIRL IN RED
DOING IT AGAIN ASIA/OCEANIA TOUR JULY 2024
PERTH | SYDNEY | MELBOURNE | BRISBANE
Presale available from 10am local time Friday 26 April
Tickets on sale to the general public from 10am local time Monday 29 April

After selling out her run of headline dates last year, Secret Sounds is excited to announce Norwegian alt-pop artist and songwriter girl in red is heading back down under and is set to play some of her biggest Australian shows yet this July. With her latest album, I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY! in tow, girl in red’s DOING IT AGAIN ASIA/OCEANIA TOUR will grace stages in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Since the release of girl in red’s chiming debut single “i wanna be your girlfriend” Marie Ulven has been at the forefront of alt-pop with biting songs about navigating the world as a young queer woman. Her honest lyrics and intimate production thrilled listeners around the world, making the Norway-born singer-songwriter one of the streaming era’s biggest grass-roots success stories.

Earlier this month, we saw the release of girl in red’s sophomore album I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!, which marks her debut with Columbia Records. The Oslo-based Ulven maintains her intimate songwriting while also broadening her sonic horizons. The new album highlights how Ulven’s songwriting has developed over the last five years, while the title track brings girl in red to an entirely new place.

The album comes after a long period where Ulven felt frustrated, despite commercial and critical acclaim, spots on Lollapalooza and Coachella, millions of streams for songs like the sweetly determined autumnal favourite “we fell in love in october” and a fiercely loyal fanbase. The new 10-song album chronicles Ulven’s last two and a half years with honesty and wit—and a healthy dose of what Ulven calls “ballsy shit” like the countrified, banjo-led breakdown on the swaggering title track. Ulven’s willingness to play around with her music and her image is, in her eyes, an evolution of the candour that has made her such a beloved musician.

Ulven’s successes so far have taken her a long way from the bedroom where she made her earliest records. She’s played popular festivals such as Oya and Glastonbury and toured with pop icons like Conan Gray, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift on the North American leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour. Along with multiple songs hitting nine-figure streams and winning prestigious awards such as BBC’s Sound of 2021 and the 2022 Telenor Culture Prize, girl in red has well and truly taken the world by storm.

With I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY! Ulven is ready to harness the experiences she’s had and build girl in red into something “more ambitious, and more exciting, and more idea-driven,” as she puts it.

“The past five years have been so insane, and that I’ve been given this opportunity is insane,” Ulven says. “But I think what’s really hitting me now is that I need to pursue music fully, and that’s something I want to do with this record. I just want to go all in on girl in red in 2024. I’m at a point where I’m willing to fly.”

Don’t miss girl in red spread her wings when she hits a city near you this July. Her 2023 Australian headline dates sold out well in advance, so jump on these tickets quick! Presale begins from 10am local time Friday 26 April and tickets to the general public are available from 10am local time Monday 29 April. As for Adelaide, sit tight for tour news coming your way soon. Sign up here to be the first in the know.

GIRL IN RED – DOING IT AGAIN ASIA/OCEANIA TOUR
Thu 11 Jul 2024 – Centenary, Perth
Sun 14 Jul 2024 – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Wed 17 Jul 2024 – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne
Sun 21 Jul 2024 – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane

TICKETS
Presale available from 10am local time Friday 26 April
Tickets on sale to the general public from 10am local time Monday 29 April

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April 25, 2024

Megan Milner

SHEPPARD ANNOUNCE THEIR FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘ZORA’ COMING OUT ON JUNE 21

SHEPPARD ANNOUNCE THEIR FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘ZORA’ COMING OUT ON JUNE 21, 2024

PLUS RUN OF USA HEADLINE AND FESTIVAL SHOWS

PRE-ORDER ALBUM HERE

ALBUM VISUAL ANNOUNCEMENT HERE

Australian pop superstars, Sheppard, today announce one of the most anticipated records of 2024. Zora, their fourth studio album, will be released worldwide on June 21st on the back of their move to Nashville, a run of headline shows in the US and the tenth anniversary of their global mega-hit Geronimo which has gone viral once again.

As one of Brisbane’s most successful bands of all time, Sheppard are enjoying a renaissance with recent singles lighting up charts on five continents while a new generation on social media discover the hits that have seen the sibling trio become certified 34 x Platinum and cross two billion streams worldwide.

Zora is the first studio album for the band since 2021’s Kaleidoscope Eyes (ARIA #2), 2018’s Watching the Sky (ARIA #1) and their debut LP in 2014, Bombs Away (ARIA #2). Preceded by the singles Good Time, Daylight, Dance on the Sun and Edge of the Earth, Zora contains 16 tracks that explore themes of resilience, hope, despair and strength, all underpinned by Sheppard’s trademark brand of anthemic pop designed to be turned up loud.

Band front man George Sheppard explains, “the album revolves around the rejuvenating nature of light and that no matter how dark life at times can feel, a new sunrise is just around the corner. Throughout any family ordeal or crisis (which no doubt every family goes through), we constantly look up to our Croatian Baba (grandma) whose name is Zora. Life has thrown her some monumental curveballs, but the way she’s always kept a smile on her face, shown nothing but love, positivity, and hope for the future in the face of tragedy is something we’ve always admired about her. This led to us consciously focus on gratitude and finding the positive in our own moments of crisis or loss. Instead of writing sad songs of self-pity and despair, we decided to set out to craft an album that was authentic to our emotion and real-life experiences, but could still be fun, uplifting, anthemic, and most importantly – hopeful.”

The stunning album artwork was brought to life by ARIA-nominated artist Giulia Giannini McGauran (Tones and I, Lime Cordiale) and graphic designer, Steve Lees, and was recently shot in icy waters off the coast of Melbourne.

Sheppard are currently back in Australia for the an iconic performance on the Great Barrier Reef as part of the Savannah on the Reefline-up this Saturday, before they return to the US for a string of shows in Texas, New York, Boston, Washington and Philadelphia. Following these five shows, they will head back to New York for a coveted slot at Summerstagein Central Park. European and Australian tour dates will be announced soon.

When asked how the name of the album came about, Amy Sheppard, herself an emerging successful solo country music artist who currently has the Number One ‘Independent Single on the US Country Radio Charts’ said, “in a way of honouring our Baba and paying some homage to our Croatian heritage, we decided to look up what “Dawn” was in Croatian. Incredibly, the word for “Dawn” in Croatian is “Zora”; our grandma’s name. It was a moment of serendipity that couldn’t be ignored. The album name had found us. Our hope is that Baba’s legacy of gratitude and love in defiance of anguish will live on in our music. That Zora will stand as a beacon of light for anybody who might feel like all is lost. A timely reminder that darkness is only temporary, and soon a new sunrise will arrive to paint the sky with colour once again.

Zora was largely written in Brisbane, LA and Stockholm by George and Amy Sheppard alongside long-time collaborator and founding Sheppard member, Jason Bovino. The new anticipated new album will be released on June 21st on compact disc, limited edition yellow double vinyl, limited edition yellow cassette, streaming and digital download. It is available for pre-order now from HERE!

Sheppard are George Sheppard (lead vocals, guitar), Amy Sheppard (lead vocals, keys) and Emma Sheppard (bass, backing vocals).

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April 24, 2024

Megan Milner

Cave In Announce Australian Headline Shows. Touring In June With The Ocean & LLNN

Destroy All Lines, Valhalla Touring & Strange Festival Presents

CAVE IN
ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN HEADLINE SHOWS

TOURING IN JUNE WITH THE OCEAN + LLNN

A pioneering and unique force of rock, metal and hardcore across multiple spectrums, CAVE IN will tour Australia and New Zealand for the very first time in their near 30-year history this June.

In addition to already announced dates supporting German post-metal titans The Ocean, the Massachusetts four-piece now announces a limited run of additional headline performances in Melbourne, Auckland, Wellington, and at the nascent Strange Festival in Perth. Though touring in support of their 2022 Relapse Records debut Heavy Pendulum, a critically acclaimed album described as everything from sludge metal to post-grunge, fans can expect a career-spanning set as CAVE IN finally touches down under.

Formed in 1995 in Massachusetts by singer/guitarist Stephen Brodsky, CAVE IN was ahead of its time from the very beginning, helping to define the then-primitive metalcore genre with a more creatively elevated slant on their 1998 debut album Until Your Heart Stops.

Not content to remain pigeonholed, the band veered into more accessible psychedelic ‘space rock’ sounds on subsequent releases before a brief hiatus in the mid 2000s. After the tragic death of bassist/vocalist Caleb Schofield in 2018, Converge bassist Nate Newton picked up his friend’s instrument and the band was able to continue on its legacy, resulting most recently in their seventh album, 2022’s Heavy Pendulum; a culmination of all the sounds the band had explored throughout their tenure and then some, with universal critical praise labeling it everything from sludge metal to post-grunge and even thrash.

Don’t miss the long-awaited debut Australian tour for CAVE IN this June – this will certainly be one for the ages!

Tickets on sale now from destroyalllines.com/tours/Cave-In

Destroy All Lines, Valhalla Touring & Strange Festival Presents

CAVE IN
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE 2024 – THE TRIFFID, BRISBANE*
THURSDAY 6 JUNE 2024 – HAMILTON STATION HOTEL, NEWCASTLE*
FRIDAY 7 JUNE 2024 – THE BASO, CANBERRA*
SATURDAY 8 JUNE 2024 – FACTORY THEATRE, SYDNEY*
SUNDAY 9 JUNE 2024 – STAY GOLD, MELBOURNE
WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE 2024 – VALHALLA, WELLINGTON
THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2024 – WHAMMY, AUCKLAND
FRIDAY 14 JUNE 2024 – 170 RUSSELL, MELBOURNE*
SATURDAY 15 JUNE 2024 – STRANGE FESTIVAL, PERTH
SUNDAY 16 JUNE 2024 – LION ARTS, ADELAIDE *

*Supporting The Ocean

Tickets on sale now from destroyalllines.com/tours/Cave-In