Tool tour mate and Parabola star Tricky is coming down to Australia to do his Trip-hoppy type stuff, and as well as playing the Splendour in the Grass festival (which is sold out), he’ll be playing several dates in the Eastern Capitals. That’s right, as usual Adelaide and Perth miss out, and I’m not sure that NZ get any love either. Here’s the dates: JULY30 – The Metro, Sydney31 –… Read More »Tricky Tours Australia
A couple of quick ones today. Blair has advised us via Toolband/Army that Vicarious took the 100th spot in Rolling Stones recent Top 100 Guitar Songs list. Why Vicarious beat a whole shitload of other Tool songs is bound to be a source of debate. Also, Blabbermouth are reporting that Fuse will be broadcasting Mastodon‘s set from Bonnaroo live on the web on Sunday evening US time (Monday morning for… Read More »Rolling Stone Top 100, Mastodon Live
Usquan from Toolarmy has posted these further details on the upcoming Nightmare Before Christmas festival, curated by Mike Patton & The Melvins. As expected, Ipecac bands feature quite heavily: All Tomorrow’s Parties takes great pleasure in announcing that the next curators for the Nightmare Before Christmas this December 2008 will be Mike Patton and Melvins. Both are hugely influential, innovative and vital productive forces, and we’re very very pleased to… Read More »More details on the Nightmare Before Christmas
According to a recent post on Rock-a-Rolla, Mike Patton and The Melvins will be curating the Nightmare Before Christmas festival in Minehead, UK. Mike Patton and Melvins are set to curate this year’s Nightmare Before Christmas, ATP’s annual festival held in Minehead, UK in December. Previous years have seen the likes of Thurston Moore and Portishead invite their personal favourites to perform over three days. Sources close to Ipecac, the… Read More »Mike Patton & The Melvins curate Nightmare Before Xmas
Looks like Isis are embarking on a tour of Europe, including an opening date in Moscow: Apr 13 – Ikra Club, Moscow Apr 15 – Uebel & Gefaehrlich w/ Jakob, Hamburg Apr 16 – Conne Island w/ Jakob, Leipzig Apr 17 – Forum w/ Jakob & The Austerity Program, Bielefeld Apr 18 – ROADBURN Fest w/ Celtic Frost, Electric Wizard, etc., Tilburg Apr 19 – Grenslandhallen – POLSSLAG FESTIVAL, Hasselt… Read More »Isis Tour Dates
I headed out to the Adelaide Showgrounds for the annual Big Day Out festival yesterday, and here is the obligatory review post. For those that want to short version, highlights were Rage Against The Machine, Battles and the Electronic Drumming Robot. Lowlights include crowds and aged rockers slowing down. For those that want the long version – read on! Arrival My two friends and I decided that we’d plan to… Read More »Review: Big Day Out 2008
Last week I asked who, apart from RATM are you looking forward to seeing the most at the 2008 Big Day Out. I was a little surprised to see Bjork on top of that list. I’m looking forward to seeing her, but picked Battles as my #1 choice. Some other silly people voted for Silverchair. To see how far they’ve fallen 9though personally I don’t really think they ever got… Read More »Poll Results: Who are you most excited about seeing at the Big Day Out?
Tool tourmates Isis have just announced a European tour according to Blabbermouth. The tour, which is scheduled for April will include: Apr. 13 – Moscow, RU @ Ikra Club Apr. 15 – Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefaehrlich Apr. 16 – Leipzig, DE @ Conne Island Apr. 18 – Tilburg, NL @ 013 (Roadburn Festival) Apr. 20 – Karlsruhe, DE @ Substage Apr. 22 – Vienna, AT @ Arena Apr.… Read More »Isis European Tour
There’s an interesting video interview with a couple of the guys from Meshuggah on Blabbermouth.net for those of you who want to know more about obZen and their recording style. Worth checking out if you’re a fan. Blair posted some Australian and New Zealand tour dates for recent Tool touring partners Trans-Am on Toolband/Army. As usual they skip Adelaide. For some reason they’re playing in Levin, NZ though! I’m not… Read More »Meshuggah, Trans-Am
I checked Toolarmy this morning and there are now some confirmed Tool US Tour dates. For those of you in Houston and New Orleans who were frantically praying that those tour dates weren’t a cruel hoax; you’re prayers have been answered! The rescheduled LA dates at the Nokia Centre also appear on the list. 11/14 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center (onsale 10/5) 11/16 – Houston, TX @ Toyota… Read More »Confirmed US Tour Dates