One of Australia’s most sought-after comedy writers, 1996 Comic Of The Year Bruce Griffiths’ resume includes Good News Week, The Glass House, Denton, and writing for the BBC with American funnyman Rich Hall. Bruce joins Henry Rollins as opening act for all four sold-out Australian shows performing at 8.00pm each night. Don’t miss him! Continue reading →

Having reached the half-century mark the everyman-of-all-trades, HENRY ROLLINS, gears up for a new talking tour this March hitting intimate venues in Australia and around the world to share stories from, and reflections on, his first 50 years and the chaos that has surrounded him.Continue reading →

Wed 16th: Brisbane, The Zoo + Giants of Science & Loomer
Thu 17th: Melbourne, Gershwin Room + Love of Diagrams & Demon Parade
Fri 18th: Sydney, Metro + special guests TUMBLEWEED plus The Laurels
Sat 19th: Melbourne, Corner Htl + Beaches & The Laurels
Sun 20th: Perth International Arts Festival Becks Bar + The Leap Year & DJ Moogy.

And check the cover story in this weeks Sydney Drum Media for an in depth interview with Swervedriver main man Adam Franklin here.

Lloyd Cole fans will be chuffed to learn that the Small Ensemble will be appearing sans support and instead will perform two full sets of their own each night. That’s up to 29 songs and almost 2 hrs of Lloyd Cole goodness each show. Crikey!

In other LC news it has been confirmed that the new studio album, Broken Records, has found local distribution and should be available in shops shortly. Grab a sample here: http://www.myspace.com/lloydcolemusician

Enjoy!

Despite the Brisbane Powerhouse sitting on the edge of Brisbane River it has escaped relatively unscathed and the scheduled Cat Power show on January 28th in the Powerhouse Theatre will go ahead. The ticketing malfunctions that happened last week have now been fixed and tickets are on sale as per normal. Support comes from Brisbane songwriter Ben Salter (frontman for Giants of Science and the Gin Club). The show at Coolangatta Hotel on Jan 29th will also go ahead.

Full ticketing details here.

Fresh off the back of their first east coast tour in years Tumbleweed are chuffed to announce they will now team up with Swervedriver as special guests for their UK legends Sydney show: Friday 18th February at The Metro. Local act The Laurels also join the bill for a night of sonic bliss. Get your wah wahs out indeed!

Tickets and info here