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]]> gig:1490 Coheed And Cambria - Metro Theatre, Sydney Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/iggy-and-the-stooges/hordern-pavilion-1469.aspx
A decade after the Godfathers of Punk reunited, IGGY AND THE STOOGES returned to Australia in March 2013 for three headline shows. Iconic frontman Iggy Pop once again lead guitarist James Williamson, drummer Toby Dammit, bassist Mike Watt and sax player Steve Mackay into rock and roll battle. THE STOOGES formed in Michigan in 1967 – killing off the hippie era and sparking the first wave of punk with wild, primal live shows and three albums: The Stooges, Fun House and Raw Power. They disbanded in 1974, but three decades later reformed, returning songs like I Wanna Be Your Dog, No Fun, Shake Appeal, 1970, Beyond the Law and Search and Destroy to their rightful place: loud and live on stage. In 2007 came new album The Weirdness. Two years later, guitarist Ron Asheton passed away, but the band powered on with Williamson, who was part of THE STOOGES family back in the ’70s. In 2010, IGGY AND THE STOOGES were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their influence crosses generations and the rock spectrum – from the hardcore Rollins to The Sex Pistols, The Birthday Party and Kurt Cobain. There is no taming of this stooge. In the past year, IGGY AND THE STOOGES have fired up their incendiary sludge-rock-proto-punk-blues on stages from Austin to Brussels, Chicago to Florence. Long may they reign. ]]> gig:1469 Iggy And The Stooges - Hordern Pavilion, Sydney Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/beasts-of-bourbon/hordern-pavilion-1470.aspx
Beasts of Bourbon are an Australian alternative rock, blues band formed in August 1983. The line up currently consists of Tex Perkins on vocals, Spencer P Jones on guitar, Brian Hooper on bass guitar, Charlie Owen on guitar and Tony Pola on drums.]]> gig:1470 Beasts of Bourbon - Hordern Pavilion, Sydney Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/public-image-ltd/enmore-theatre-1478.aspx
'Punk is love!' PiL frontman John Lydon declared early and there was plenty of both present at Sydney's Enmore Theatre. It was PiL's first Australian tour in 20 years and devoted fans, young and old, flocked to see the band's historic return. The new-look PiL didn't disappoint, channeling the best of their 2012 album 'This Is PiL' alongside immortal classics like 'Rise', 'This Is Not A Love Song', 'Public Image' and Lydon's Leftfield collaboration 'Open Up'.]]> gig:1478 Public Image Ltd - Enmore Theatre, Sydney Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/balkan-beat-box/webster-hall-1448.aspx
Fusing Middle Eastern and Eastern European instrumentation with vibrant electronics and a banging party pulse, these East-meets-West entertainers had their NYC hometown audience electrified from the start. Combining Jewish, Gypsy, Arabic and American elements with hip-hop beats and dancehall toasts, BBB's musical hitchhiking continues as they mix things up with dub and electronics, juxtaposed with ancient Moroccan and Mediterranean melodies. The band's uncategorizable sound gives equal weight to traditional timbres and digital rhythms creating a uniquely organic sound with electronic elements. ]]> gig:1448 Balkan Beat Box - Webster Hall, New York Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/bloc-party/hordern-pavillion-1444.aspx
Bloc Party are a British indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Russell Lissack (lead guitar), Gordon Moakes (bass guitar, synths, backing vocals, glockenspiel), and Matt Tong (drums, backing vocals). Their brand of music is said to have been drawn from such bands as The Cure,Mogwai,Siouxsie and the Banshees[3] and in their more recent work Radiohead. The band was formed at the 1999 Reading Festival by Okereke and Lissack. They went through a variety of names before settling on Bloc Party in 2003. Moakes joined the band after answering an advert in NME magazine, while Tong was picked via an audition. Bloc Party got their break by giving BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq and Franz Ferdinand's lead singer, Alex Kapranos, a copy of their demo "She's Hearing Voices". In February 2005, the band released their debut album Silent Alarm. It was critically acclaimed and was named 'Indie Album of the Year' at the 2006 PLUG Awards and NME Album of the year which both honour indie music. That year, the record was also certified platinum in Britain. The band built on this success in 2007 with the release of their second studio album, A Weekend in the City, which reached a peak of number two in the UK Albums Chart and number twelve in the Billboard 200. In August 2008, Bloc Party released their third studio record, Intimacy. The band went on a hiatus in October 2009 to focus on side projects, and reunited in September 2011, releasing their fourth album, Four, in 2012. As of May 2012, Bloc Party have sold two million albums worldwide.]]> gig:1444 Bloc Party - Hordern Pavillion, Sydney Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/motion-city-soundtrack/factory-theatre-1440.aspx
Motion City Soundtrack is an American rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 1997. The band consists of founding members Justin Pierre (lead vocals and guitar) and Joshua Cain (lead guitar and backing vocals), along with keyboardist and moog synthesist Jesse Johnson, bassist and backing vocalist Matthew Taylor, and drummer, percussionist and backing vocalist Tony Thaxton. Motion City Soundtrack has released five studio albums and sold almost 600,000 records throughout their career, including over half a million in the United States alone.]]> gig:1440 Motion City Soundtrack - Factory Theatre, Sydney Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/cancer-bats/koko-1447.aspx
Cancer Bats are a hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They have released four studio albums and six extended plays. The band is composed of vocalist Liam Cormier, guitarist Scott Middleton, drummer Mike Peters and bassist Jaye R. Schwarzer. Cancer Bats take a wide variety of influences from heavy metal sub-genres and fuse them into hardcore punk and punk rock, and include elements of sludge metal, and southern rock.The band has also been compared to metalcore bands of the 1990s like Converge and Hatebreed.]]> gig:1447 Cancer Bats - Koko, London Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/brutality-will-prevail/koko-1474.aspx
]]> gig:1474 Brutality Will Prevail - Koko, London Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/bullet-for-my-valentine/o2-academy-1445.aspx
Prepare for impact! Welsh metal masters Bullet For My Valentine kicked off their epic UK tour with a colossal show at Birmingham's O2 Academy - and Moshcam was there to film the whole freaken show! It was a full-on assault featuring killer cuts from their latest album 'Temper Temper' and fierce favourites including '4 Words (To Choke Upon)', 'Waking The Demon' and 'Scream Aim Fire'. Watch it now! New album 'Temper Temper' out now on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/TTAlbum?iqid=mosh]]> gig:1445 Bullet For My Valentine - O2 Academy, Birmingham Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/turbowolf/koko-1465.aspx
Turbowolf is a rock band founded in Bristol, UK whose members include Chris Georgiadis (Vocals / Synth), Andy Ghosh (Guitar), Joe Baker (Bass) & Blake Davies (Drums). They released their debut album (titled Turbowolf) on 11/11/11 on Hassle Records. Their sound contains elements of rock & roll, psychedelia, heavy metal, punk rock and electronica.]]> gig:1465 Turbowolf - Koko, London Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/deaf-havana/factory-theatre-1438.aspx
Deaf Havana was formed when the original members met at the King's Lynn campus of The College of West Anglia. The band's roots can, however, be traced back much further with Ryan Mellor, James Veck-Gilodi and Lee Wilson all attending Smithdon High School and playing together in various local scene bands. At college, these members were joined by Tom Ogden and Sebastian Spitz. This early lineup saw James singing and Ryan taking guitar and vocal duties. The name "Deaf Havana" came from former guitarist Sebastian Spitz, however the name itself has no literal meaning. The band wrote songs and a demo, White Lines But No Camera, was recorded in August 2006 at The Lodge, Northampton. The band toured this lineup until Pennells' replacing Spitz. Pennells was formerly a member of the band "Something About Dave". Around the same time, Mellor handed over guitar parts to Veck-Gilodi, and took on the lead role. In late 2006, the band began writing songs for their debut EP, entitled "Evangeline". Two songs were roughly recorded, titled "The Smiles Were Forced" and "Where It Begins", which were uploaded on to the band's Myspace page. The EP was soon recorded, with "The Smiles Were Forced" being dropped from the EP's tracklisting, but seeing the light of day at the beginning of 2007. Its artwork is by Josh Brown who later had a song dedicated to him by the band called "Josh Brown, Don't Talk to Strangers", which was actually an early demo for the song "They Call It the Easy Life", featured on "It's Called the Easy Life". "For Stories Sake" was previously featured on the band's debut digital EP "White Lines But No Camera" with the slightly altered title "For the Stories Sake", and "Tell Me More Georgie Boy" is the only song from any previous release to make it onto Meet Me Halfway, At Least, and is now called "Another Day in This House".]]> gig:1438 Deaf Havana - Factory Theatre, Sydney Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/the-early-november/factory-theatre-1441.aspx
In March of 2007 THE EARLY NOVEMBER called an ‘indefinite hiatus’ much to the dismay of fans across the globe. Everyone felt like the band had so much more to give… so much more life. In 2011 fans were rewarded with their patience as the band not only reformed for shows but also with plans for a new album. ‘In Currents’ is a record that could have only been made by this band, at this specific point in time. THE EARLY NOVEMBER had to have the experiences they did in the past 10 years which are documented on this new album. The band have grown up, lived life and seen both its beauty and dismay. “In Currents is an introspective and thought provoking record displaying a gamut of emotional territory. But if this is it, then In Currents is a hell of a way to go out.” – Absolute Punk]]> gig:1441 The Early November - Factory Theatre, Sydney Sun, 02 Dec 2012 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/aco-underground/the-standard-1416.aspx
Electro-acoustic collective ACO Underground is joined by specially curated guests in a one-night-only performance at New York loft-style music venue, The Standard in Surry Hills. Founder, curator and front-woman Satu Vänskä has put together a set list including ballads by David Bowie and R.E.M., a German cabaret number made famous by Marlene Dietrich, works for string quartet by Paganini and Crumb, and much more. ACO Underground's eclectic, genre-bending performances are like a history of music set to 'shuffle', featuring musicians from "badass classical band" (TimeOut New York) the Australian Chamber Orchestra.]]> gig:1416 ACO Underground - The Standard, Sydney Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/bob-log-iii/metro-theatre-1429.aspx
Bob Log III is an American slide guitar one-man band. During performances, he plays old Silvertone archtop guitars, wears a full body human cannonball suit, and a motorcycle helmet wired to a telephone receiver, which allows him to devote his hands and feet to guitar and drums. The spectacle has been described as a guitar dance party. He tours over 150 shows a year in more than 30 countries. Bob Log's version of quick Delta blues is a continuation of the sound that Bob Log and Thermos pioneered in the duo Doo Rag. The major differences are: greater emphasis on guitar showmanship, fingerpicking, and one-man-band-style drumming with his feet. Based in Tucson, Arizona, and Melbourne, Australia, he has made tours of North America, Europe, Japan and Australia, Mexico, and Iceland.]]> gig:1429 Bob Log III - Metro Theatre, Sydney Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/alabama-shakes/metro-theatre-1428.aspx
he story of the Alabama Shakes begins in a high school psychology class in Athens, Alabama. Brittany Howard, who had started playing guitar a few years earlier, approached Zac Cockrell and asked if he wanted to try making music together. “I just knew that he played bass and that he wore shirts with cool bands on them that nobody had heard of,” says Howard. They started to meet up after school and write songs sitting on Howard’s floor. “It had that rootsy feel, but there was some out-there stuff,” says Cockrell. “David Bowie-style things, prog-rock, lots of different stuff. We started to come across our own sound a little bit, though it’s evolved a lot since then.” Steve Johnson worked at the only music store in town, and Howard knew he played the drums. She invited him to a party where, she says, “he met everybody from our side of the tracks.” The three young musicians began working together, further expanding their style and approach. “Steve is kind of a punk-metal drummer,” says Howard, “so we embraced that edge he brings to everything he does.” The trio soon went into a studio in Decatur to record some of the songs they were working up, and this proto-demo found its way into the hands of Heath Fogg, with whom Howard had been familiar because he had been the lead guitarist in what she describes as “the best band in our high school.” Fogg, who by now had graduated from college, asked them to open a show for his band, which they agreed to do—on the condition that he play with them. The response was immediate: “That first show was really explosive,” says Howard.” Though they had been focusing on original material (“It’s just more fun to write than to learn someone else’s music,” says Cockrell), as the band—newly christened the Shakes—began playing out, they added more cover songs. They played classics by James Brown and Otis Redding, but also by Led Zeppelin and AC/DC. “We had to find music we could all agree on and figure out how to play together,” says Howard, “and that had a lot of influence on how we play now.” Attempting to record their songs with the honest sonic qualities they cherished, the Shakes bought a few microphones and a vintage Teac mixing board and set up in Howard’s house—which didn’t work, since she lived right next to some railroad tracks. They eventually found their way to a Nashville studio in early 2011, where the songs they cut included “You Ain’t Alone” and “I Found You.” When they appeared at a Nashville record store, people started to take notice of the group’s relentless, hard-charging live attack, and Howard’s magnetic stage presence. One especially ardent fan raved about the band to his friends, which included Justin Gage, the founder of the Aquarium Drunkard blog. Gage wrote to Howard, asking if he could post one of the Shakes’ songs. She sent back the yearning, intense “You Ain’t Alone,” which he put up in late July, calling it “a slice of the real.” And, literally overnight, all hell broke loose. “I woke up the next day to emails from record labels, managers, publishing companies,” says Howard. “At first I thought, everybody’s making a mistake!” Gage also emailed “You Ain’t Alone” to the Drive-By Truckers’ team. The band was immediately blown away and offered the Shakes an opening slot, sight unseen. (Patterson Hood of the Truckers later noted that the group “totally blew us off the stage in Winston-Salem.”) Yet even as the attention and the pressure were mounting, the band—who by now had changed their name to the Alabama Shakes—continued to break new ground musically. Their first single, the hypnotic, show-stopping plea “Hold On,” grew out of an on-stage improvisation. “We threw out that riff,” says Cockrell, “and Brittany started singing along, and the crowd started singing with her like it was a song they already knew.” In October, the Shakes gave a performance at the CMJ Festival in New York City that earned a glowing review from the New York Times. Jon Pareles described the band as “a thunderbolt dressed in bluejeans,” with music that’s “aching when it’s slow and growling and whooping when it’s fast.” NPR named them one of the best bands of 2011, while MTV called them one of the top bands to look for in 2012. As word of mouth spread, more offers to tour came in, and the band members were finally able to quit their day jobs; until this point, all the writing, recording, and touring had to be done around such responsibilities as Howard’s work as a mail carrier and Johnson’s hours toiling as a night watchman at a nuclear power plant. Now, with expectations at fever pitch, the Alabama Shakes have delivered Boys & Girls—six of the songs from that initial Nashville session, and another five recorded during the rest of the year. From the heart-rending title song to such stomps as “Rise to the Sun,” the album demonstrates the sense of groove and space the band learned from their idols, along with a blistering force and emotion that simply can’t be learned. Overwhelmed by the response they’ve already received, there is one perception of the band that they want to challenge. “A lot of people think we’re a soul revival act,” says Cockrell. “That’s an honor to me, classic R&B is my favorite kind of music, but everybody has their own influences. Brittany is way more into rock and roll—she likes things pretty amped up most of the time.” “Retro soul is not what we’re going for, though it’s understandable why people say it,” says Howard. “We take inspiration from that, but we all understand Black Sabbath, too. On the record, we left a lot of room for whatever we want to do in the future.” The release of Boys & Girls marks the arrival of a major new rock and roll band. To the members themselves, though, what’s been most exciting has been the reaction they have felt on stage, whether tiny local dates or under the glare of the media. “It seems like everyone can tell how into it we are,” says Cockrell. “Every show, people say they can feel how much we love what we’re doing.” ]]> gig:1428 Alabama Shakes - Metro Theatre, Sydney Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/off/the-annandale-hotel-1425.aspx
You know the names and pedigrees. Keith Morris (Black Flag, Circle Jerks), Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides), Steven McDonald (Redd Kross) and Mario Rubalcaba (Hot Snakes/Earthless/Rocket From The Crypt) are OFF! They are the force and spirit of L.A. punk circa ’78 resuscitated, reconstituted and re-imagined for a similarly uncertain age. The band released their debut 7”, 1st EP, in October of 2010. Three more would follow, all ultimately assembled in the First Four EPs vinyl box set & CD compilation: 16 tracks in just over 17 minutes, featuring inimitable cover art by Raymond Pettibon, the man & artist behind Black Flag’s visual mystique. The critical acclaim poured in—Pitchfork, NPR, the L.A. Times, etc.—followed by a slot on the prestigious Coachella Music Festival in Indio, CA, and riotous US, European, and Australian tours.]]> gig:1425 OFF! - The Annandale Hotel, Sydney Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/alexisonfire/hordern-pavilion-1417.aspx
Alexisonfire rose up out of the Southern Ontario underground in late 2001 like some monstrous and utterly captivating car-accident-in-progress. Hitting the ground with an immediate full head of steam, Dallas Green, George Pettit, Wade MacNeil, Chris Steele and Jordan Hastings have not only impressed the critics with their sour/sweet approach to performance and writing, but are recognized for their stellar musicianship, and the palpably pent-up tightness of the band live. They describe their music as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls in mid-knife-fight .When the band came out of the underground like an "utterly captivating car-accident-in-progress" in late 2001, it was enough to impress critics and attain a gold certification for their self-titled debut album. In August 2011, George posted a message to fans on the band's official website stating that with the departure of two members, Alexisonfire would issue several special releases and complete a farewell tour before parting ways. In terms of farewells, it was a fittingly fierce one. After ten years together, Canadian post-hardcore kings Alexisonfire called it a day in 2011, but they weren’t going out without a helluva party and one last tour. Australia was lucky enough to be one of just four countries they’d visit and Moshcam was lucky enough to capture their searing swansong in Sydney.]]> gig:1417 Alexisonfire: Farewell Tour - Hordern Pavilion, Sydney Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/hot-chip/enmore-theatre-1420.aspx
Since 2004, HOT CHIP has released a string of ambitious and creatively bold albums of soulful, lyrical and melodic electronic pop. The collective creative talents of Joe Goddard, Alexis Taylor, Felix Martin, Al Doyle and Owen Clarke have led to a stellar catalogue now stretching to five albums and several standout singles including mega dance hit Ready For The Floor – not to mention nominations at the Mercury Prize and Grammy Awards. Now widely regarded as one of the UK’s greatest exponents of quirky, compelling, electronic pop music, HOT CHIP have had a cracking year. Their fifth studio album In Our Heads has received critical acclaim around the world, being almost universally described as ‘joyful’, ‘exuberant’, ‘uplifting’ and ‘filled with infectious pop hooks’. It landed in the ARIA Top 20 and was featured by youth radio network triple j who described the album as ‘more HOT CHIP goodness; the perfect balance between tender and banging dance music.’ HOT CHIP has created a uniquely identifiable sound with a lexicon of influences that includes a diverse mix of soul, R&B, gospel, Detroit House, disco and funk. Described by the BBC as ‘dance music with feelings; beats in cardigans’ there’s nothing ordinary about HOT CHIP.]]> gig:1420 Hot Chip - Enmore Theatre, Sydney Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:00:00 +1000 http://www.moshcam.com/best-coast/metro-theatre-1418.aspx
It’s been a huge few years for Best Coast. The Cali outfit have collaborated with Iggy Pop on the True Blood soundtrack, had their video for ‘Our Deal’ directed by Drew Barrymore and burnt their name into the blogosphere with two great albums of breezy, beach indie-pop. Channeling the spirit of old school acts like The Ventures and The Beach Boys, Best Coast took us on a sweet surf-pop safari of its own at the Metro Theatre. Riding high on the release of their second record ‘The Only Place’ (rated #14 in Rolling Stone’s end of year poll), singer Bethany Cosentino, guitarist Bobb Bruno and band surged through their set of DIY hits like ‘Boyfriend’, ‘The Only Place’ and ‘Do You Love Me Like You Used To’ The endless summer starts now… enjoy the show!]]> gig:1418 Best Coast - Metro Theatre, Sydney