Instrumental post-rockers sleepmakeswaves recently wrapped up a 55-date world tour at Sydney's Metro Theatre. This hometown show from June was recorded by by triple j for their longstanding live music segment, Live at the Wireless. Not bad for a proggy band with no vocals. Check it out the s ...
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Sydney's post-rockers WE LOST THE SEA have released their latest full-length record. Titled Departure Songs, the album is an exploration of human courage and the grief that often accompanies it. It was written and recorded after the band moved to an instrumental format after the tragic passi ...
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WE LOST THE SEA, one of Sydney's premier instrumental rock bands, have dropped the lead single from their upcoming record Departure Songs, available here. The title references Captain Lawrence "Titus" Oates. Part of an expedition that was rapidly running out of supplies and hope, the sick an ...
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Sydney's DUMBSAINT have just released 'Cold Call', the lead single from their upcoming full-length Panorama, in ten pieces. The song, and album pre-orders, are available for streaming and purchase here. The band is known for their unique juxtaposition of post-metal music with self-created a ...
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Instrumental rock outfit SOLKYRI are back from their first ever tour of Europe and launching their second album 'Sad Boys Club' with shows in Australia - kicking off tomorrow at Spectrum in Sydney alongside SEIMS and Troldhaugen. Their upbeat, expansive approach to post-rock has seen them hit ...
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American instrumental group THIS WILL DESTROY YOU are returning to Australia next week, after a series of sold out shows on their maiden visit in 2013. This time they’re also going to New Zealand and playing a couple of huge shows alongside our own sleepmakeswaves. The band’s rise after th ...
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…AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD have announced their return to Australia in August 2015 to perform shows celebrating their 20th anniversary in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. The band’s 20th anniversary tour has been traversing the world throughout 2015 with headline date ...
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Solkyri – ‘Sad Boys Club’ (Bird’s Robe Records) It feels like ages since I first saw Solkyri perform and hearing their new tracks, picked them for big things. Their 2013 debut full-length ‘Are You My Brother?’ delivered on that promise, but moving forward in the instrumental rock ...
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Following an incredibly successful first tour of Australia in August 2014, ANATHEMA are returning in October 2015 for a series of acoustic concerts. The tour includes the band's first ever shows in New Zealand, Adelaide and Perth. ANATHEMA’s reputation for both recorded and live output is ...
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Sydney instrumental post-rockers SOLKYRI have today released their new album Sad Boys Club. Their first record with their new guitarist Ryan Fitz-Henry, the album finds the guys further exploring and refining the balance of rhythm and texture that has always driven their music. Sad Boys ...
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