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In 2004, The Sure Shot Hunters reared onto the scene as a promising trio. Led by multi-instrumentalist Zevon Hiltz on guitar and vocals, Alejandro Adams on drums and Nick Delaney on the bass guitar.

By 2007 having already independently released their debut album ‘After Midnight’, the trio started turning heads and being recognized for their blues infused style. Gigging at Melbourne’s premier venues and national festivals – Broadbeach Blues Festival, St Kilda Festival totalling over 700 shows to date; ‘…Great Stage presence, great gear and a cool big blues band sound…’ (Helen Jennings, PBS).

The Hunters sound was put by lead singer/songwriter Ryan Richie from hip hop jazz-fusion group True Live as “Muscle Blues”, the Hunters catchy & infectious contemporary blues sound caught the eye of infamous Australian producer Josh Abrahams. Kings & Queens EP was recorded and produced by Abraham’s at Fishtank studio. In addition, engineer Forrester Savell (Butterfly Effect, Dallas Frasca) discovered the band on myspace and added the final touches to the mix and mastering the EP at Sing Sing Studio.

Raw emotion, heavy blues/ rock grooves, catchy lyrics and super funky guitar chops depict the bands forthcoming release. “…After working alongside these producers and studio cats, we cant wait to get these tracks out to the public to get there hands on…” Today recognized as one of Australia’s tightest and gifted trio’s.

Tickets $15 + BF on sale from Moshtix – phone: 1300 GET TIX (438 849), on-line: www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix outlets including Polyester (City & Fitzroy) / $20 with signed CD on door. Doors 7.30 – 11.00pm.
www.thesureshothunters.com
www.myspace.com/thesureshothunters
www.myspace.com/sibmusic

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Australian melodic power metal band Black Majesty will release their new cd titled ‘In Your Honour’ in Europe on the 14th of May 2010 through their Limb Music label. The band worked with Roland Grapow of Masterplan/ex Helloween who produced the album at Grapow Studios in Slovakia. The art work for the new album was again handled by Dirk Illing (Scorpions, Wizard) which continues the theme of the bands past works.

‘In Your Honour’ track listing includes :

01. Far Beyond

02. God Of War

03. Millenium

04. Break These Chains

05. Further Than Insane

06. End Of Time

07. Wish You Well

08. Follow

09. Witching Hour

*The European digipack will include two bonus tracks :

10. Two Hearts

11. Silent Company – acoustic version.

www.blackmajesty.com

www.myspace.com/blackmajesty

www.limb-music.de

Set for release nationally on April 16th, their debut full length album ‘A Room Full of Beggars’ was recorded with ex-Rocket Science guitarist Paul Maybury at ‘New market Studios’ and features their current singles ‘Right Side of You’ and ‘Killer In Me’.

The Dead River Deeps launch ‘A Room Full of Beggars’ on Friday May 7th at ‘The East Brunswick Club’ with support by The Dacios & The Voodoo Economic, definitely a show not to be missed!

DEBUT ALBUM IN STORES APRIL 16th
(GreenMedia/MGM)

Purchase LP online:
HYPERLINK

Waterfrontrecords

ALBUM LAUNCH
FRIDAY 7TH MAY
‘THE EAST BRUNSWICK CLUB’
(280 Lygon St, East Brunswick, 3057 Ph: 03 9388 2777)
SUPPORTS:THE DACIOS,THE VOODOO ECONOMIC
DOORS: 8:30PM, ENTRY $12
For full release details and tour dates check out the website
www.deadriverdeeps.com www.myspace.com/deadriverdeeps
contact@deadriverdeeps.com Ph: Lincoln MacKinnon 0422 035 429

Taken from their own announcement here

We are very happy to announce the full details of the Victorian Leg of our upcoming SEDUCTION 2010 TOUR to support the release of our new SEDUCTION DEMO. The Victorian Tour Leg will consist of FOUR SHOWS and feature no less than TEN BANDS including us! The intention is that every night will have a slightly different “vibe” with the only constant being “Absence of State”.

The dates and shows will be as follows:

THURSDAY 8th APRIL – BRUNSWICK HOTEL – BRUNSWICK
Supported by:
Husk – www.myspace.com/huskaudio
The Ocean Canvas – www.myspace.com/theoceancanvas
Triumphs of Oriana – www.myspace.com/triumphsoforiana
Show starts at 8:00pm, and it’s FREE ENTRY so you have no excuse to miss this one!
General theme of this night will be more heavy and progressive for the most part.

FRIDAY 9th APRIL – EASTERN STATION HOTEL – BALLARAT
Supported by:
23rd of Elvis – www.myspace.com/23rdofelvis
Show starts at 9:30pm and will only go until midnight. Entry for this one will be $5.
It will be short and sweet, a barrage of dirty rock n’ roll just for you good people of Ballarat and anyone else who wants to travel out!

SATURDAY 10th APRIL – BARWON CLUB – GEELONG
Supported by:
Cast Iron Pinata – www.myspace.com/castironpinatamusic
The Houses – www.myspace.com/thehouses
23rd of Elvis – www.myspace.com/23rdofelvis
Show starts at 9:00pm and entry will only be $4. This is the BIG NIGHT, if you are not gonna come to all our shows then at least come to this one!!!
This one will have a bit of an indie rock theme, and there should be something for everyone here. Amazing local bands playing, so make sure you check it out!

SUNDAY 11th APRIL – THE BLUE TILE LOUNGE – FITZROY
Supported by:
A Friend of Mine – www.myspace.com/internetwhores
The Pass Outs – www.myspace.com/thepassouts
Shoot the Sun – www.myspace.com/shootthesun1
Show starts early at 7:00pm, so for those who don’t like to stay out too late, but still want a taste of the devils music this is a good one!!! Entry will be $8.
Gonna be a real variety night, a bit of grunge, some straight rock, post-punk and a maybe a slight progressive edge. And it won’t be as loud as the other shows for those who have sensitive ears…

So GET KEEN and come out and support us and all of these great Melbourne area bands!

We will look forward to seeing you all there!!!

Questions and comments are welcome.

Peace,
Absence of State

Taken directly from their own announcement

The tiny little videos are for listening to only. Please visit the links to fully enjoy them.

The Beautiful Girls (not one of which is in fact a girl) will announce their full Australian Tour on their Facebook page on Monday the 29th. Be the first to know the who, what, when and wheres of it all.

Dan Webb will go to the studio next week to begin recording his second EP. The as yet untitled EP will be the follow up to his “Capitulation” EP from 2009. Dan is a keyboard player who plays great rock without a guitar to be heard. Perhaps some vague similarities could be drawn with Emerson Lake and Palmer.

Operator Please have announced a tour to support their album “Gloves”. The “Gloves Off” tour will kick off on the 18th of June and end on the 3rd of July. They will be supported by Tim & Dean and Chaingang. Visit their page for dates and venues. The album will be available on the 23rd of April, however you can pre order it here signed and all for under 20 bucks.

The Rough Diamonds have just completed the launch for their debut album, “Free To Be”. Known as much for their unflappable community spirit as they are for their traditional country music, these lovely ladies have decided to donate 20% of their merchandise sales to the Autism & Aspergers Support Group Inc. No matter how you slice and dice it, that is a wonderful gesture and the girls are to be commended.

Visit this link for details on how to purchase their album.

The video for Sarah Kay’s debut song, “Feel The Rain” is here. It was filmed on Queensland’s Fraser Island.

The song was produced by Michael Flanders and written by Nashville writers, Chaise Flanders, Pam Wolfe and Jason Carson.

(facebook readers will have to click here to watch the video)

The Butterfly Effect have just announced a massive Australian tour

This Winter will see us hitting the road for the ‘Four Wheels and a Heartbeat’ tour. It’s going to take in many of the towns that we’ve been unable to get to on any of the tours we’ve done in support of ‘Final Conversation of Kings’ thus far.
We’ve been looking forward to hitting the regional towns because they really are some of our favourite places to play and we haven’t done some of these towns since we toured with Grinspoon in 2003 (Mildura, I’m looking at you). So, yeah, it’s kinda going to be fun. Come and have a beer and say hi…

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Pioneers Of Flight are launching their EP “A Gentleman’s Agreement” on Wedensday the 4th of April at Brisbane’s Troubadour. Supporting them will be Eleanor Angel and Spring Skier.

Charming audiences with catchy, heartfelt ditties, matadors of the stage, Pioneers of Flight have built up an intimate and revealing show that is coloured with a subtle blend of alt-country twang. Drawing on musical influences such as John Lennon and Neil Young, combined with the effects of red wine and recording in the rural surrounds of Esk, the duo have created what appears on surface level to be happy sounding tunes, yet purvey more serious undertones of melancholy and longing. The result, their debut EP, A Gentlemen’s Agreement will be launched in true alt-country fashion at the Brisbane’s very own Troubadour on Wednesday 14th April.

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Addictive Breed are just getting their train rolling again after a couple of years off. They have rejuvenated themselves and are hard at work on an album possibly ready for release late this year/early next year. You can hear this work in progress at their myspace page. They have some shows coming up in Melbourne very soon. Watch their Myspace page and this site for more details.

Unitopia is proud to announce the release of their brand new album entitled “Artificial” on May 3rd 2010 in Europe and May 4th 2010 in the USA. The follow-up to “The Garden” will be the band’s second official release on Inside Out music, and their third album release. Their first album, “More Than a Dream”, was previously released on Unicorn Digital records.

“Artificial” uses symphonic, progressive, world, jazz and art rock elements to illustrate the dichotomy of an artificial world that is developing within our real world and how we as human beings relate to each of these worlds.

A few changes in the band have occurred this year. Mark Trueack (Lead and backing vocals), Sean Timms (Keyboards/backing vocals), Matt Williams (Guitars/backing vocals), Tim Irrgang (Percussion), remain from the original formation preserving the original and innovative “Unitopian” sound, while Jamie Jones (Drums), Shaun Duncan (Bass) and Peter Raidel (Saxes), bring an exciting dimension to the new tracks adding an even more emotional aspect to the music than before, if possible.

This first and special Edition of “Artifical” will feature a 20 pages booklet plus three bonus tracks and we are pleased to announce those attending RoSfest 2010 will be able to purchase this special Edition directly from the stand on May 1st.

Ed Unitsky is signing on once again to do the magnificent artwork for the album. Ed is known for his complex and captivating Surrealistic Images that expand the mind creating an imaginary place where one can journey into the fantastic realms of the imagination.

Ed’s art has been compared with the likes of Roger Dean, H.R. Giger, Rodney Matthews, Storm Thorgerson, Paul Whitehead and many other prestigious master fantasy artists and he is being touted as a modern day Dali. Ed’s creative range is remarkable. His unique signature style resonates an old world Russian influence with an innovative Pop Culture flair. Many seem to believe it is inspired from the divine.

Samples of the new songs will be available to hear in early April at www.unitopiamusic.com, and at www.myspace.com/unitopiaband. Please visit our website for the track listing.

For more info : http://www.insideout.de/catalog/index.php?language=en&osCsid=232f906569c985ba67dbc523299c4bd6

Artificial track listing

Suffocation (1:40)
Artificial World (5:42)
Nothing Last Forever (5:31)
Not Human Anymore (5:22)
Tesla (13:21)
Reflections (3:18)
The Power of 3 (1:22)
Rule of 3′s (4:10)
Gone in a blink of an eye (5:49)
The Great Reward (6:38)

Bonus tracks

What kind of world (9:36)
This Time I Think We Got It Right (3:51)
Relative To Me (3:01)

(Taken as is from their own announcement)

On Friday the 19th of March, John Williamson released a double album of hits to commemorate his 40th year in the music business.

Also on the album are fellow country music stars Troy Cassar-Daley, Kasey Chambers, Beccy Cole, Tommy Emmanuel, Adam Harvey, Gina Jeffreys, Wendy Matthews, James Reyne, Sara & Greg Storer, The Waifs and John’s musical daughter Ami Williamson and Shannon Noll on the duet song “Island Of Oceans” which John describes as “an anthem aimed to inspire pride in our place on earth”.

Jet, still trying to reclaim the heights they reached with their debut album, have released their brand new video for the song “17″. (Facebook readers will have to click here to watch the video)

It’s always difficult to follow up a monster debut album. Wolfmother are in the same boat. I guess all you can do is what you do best and see how the cards fall. I for one am hoping they fall favorably for Jet (and “da Mudder”). The world needs more real rock n roll.