The Week That Was - Brisbane edition
Hearted last fortnight
British India, Mess Hall and Unwritten Law kick off the first Brisbane edition of The Week That Was
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Alkaline Trio, NOFX, Bouncing Souls, Adelle, AFI, Less than Jake, MxPx, Against me!, At the drive in, Anti-flag, The Rocketsmiths, Mochesmo, Asweare, British India, Rise Against, Beastie Boys, Behind Crimson eyes, Blink (old blink), Blister, Bodjar, Buck-o-nine, Disturbed, Decendents, Dillinger 4, Dr 8Ball, Dropkick murphys, Face to face, Foo fighters, Frenzal Rhomb, Goldfinger, Guttermouth, Heavens, Hunters and Collectors, Incubus, Lagwagon, The Lawrence Arms, Lemonheads, The living end, The matches, Millencolin, Muse, New Found Glory, Nirvana, No use for a name, Rancid, Offspring, Osker, Pennywise, Placebo, Propaghandi, Reel Big Fish, Strung out, Snuff, Strike anywhere, Sugar Cult, Taking Back sunday, Van Morrison, Pulley, Bad religion, I against I, Unwritten Law, Bagster, Bomshell rocks, Sage Francis, Pennywise, The weaker thans, Rasied fist, No fun at all, Error, Straight faced, 59 times the pain, 10 Foot pole, Dwarves, Union 13, The coup, From first to last, This is me smiling, Western Addiction, The loved ones, Sainte Catherines, None more black, Smoke or fire, Love = Death, Social distortion, RX Bandits, Rage against the machine, Sick of it all, Me 1st and the gimme gimmes, Agnostic front, H20, Down by law, Useless ID, Diesel Boy, All, DOA, The Vandals, 7 Seconds, Mad Caddies, One man army, The criminals, Circle jerks, Swingin utters, Flogging Molly, Killswitch, Green Day, Spread, Consumed, Samiam, Good Riddance, Piebald, Hot water music, Tiger Army, Glasseater, Special Goodness, Death by Stereo, Openhand, Thrice, Thursday, Nekromantix, Refused and the hundreds of other bands I couldnt be bothered to type
Napoleon Dynamite, Super Troopers, Take away
High Society, Helter skelter, The invisible man, 1421, Hellfire, Mr Nasty, Angels and Demons
Hearted last fortnight
British India, Mess Hall and Unwritten Law kick off the first Brisbane edition of The Week That Was
Hearted last fortnight
After playing the Big Day Out earlier this year, touring with RATM and expressing their love for Billy Bragg, politico-punk outfit Anti-Flag are returning to Australia in December.
Hearted on the 14th
The Gin Club and James Grehan were the big winners at last night's Q Song 2008 awards ceremony, taking home three awards each.
Hearted on the 7th
The Grates, Vampire Weekend and Sigur Ros are just some of the highlights on this festival's mammoth second day.
Hearted on the 6th
With little fanfare, elusive dubstep hero Burial has shed his anonymity and let the world know his real name. Norman Cook, is that you?
Hearted last month on the 15th
Just another reason why the 'doof doof' is bad for you: 30 punters at a Russian rave were recently injured by a laser show, some quite severely.
Hearted on the 30th Jun, 2008
It’s been 15 years since veteran songwriter John Mellencamp last made the trek down under, but he’s on his way back alongside Sheryl Crow.
Hearted on the 24th Jun, 2008
With hotly-anticipated new record 'Agony and Irony' about to hit shelves, The Alkaline Trio talk new songs and their connection with fans.
Hearted on the 18th Jun, 2008
Goldfrapp. Soulwax. Peaches. Dizzee Rascal. Does It Offend You, Yeah?. Blackalicious. Yes indeed, the Parklife festival is looking smoking hot in '08.
Hearted on the 18th Jun, 2008
No stranger to the travails of touring, Yves Klein Blue frontman Michael Tomlinson shares some frequently hilarious tips for surviving on the road.
Hearted on the 12th Jun, 2008
The Great Escape is back this year - same location, different date and one helluva line-up to boot.
Hearted on the 12th Jun, 2008
The kings of Glam Metal and spandex are heading to Oz and FasterLouder is along for the ride.
Hearted on the 11th Jun, 2008
Splendour In The Grass have announced the final line-up for the festival - and boy are there some beauties!
Hearted on the 4th Jun, 2008
Punk veteran Tony Sly of No Use For A Name discusses the effects of touring for the last twenty odd years, and the phenomenon that is MySpace.
Hearted on the 30th May, 2008
Having conquered Wembley, what else is there for Muse to do but begin work on a fifth album?
Hearted on the 29th May, 2008
While 'Hits' delivers all New Found Glory's best known music, as well as a couple of rare and previously unavailable songs, it falls short of the mark.
Hearted on the 28th May, 2008
Sigur Ros has revealed the tracklisting for its forthcoming album, and there’s even a track called Gobbledigook. Bless their cotton mittens.
Hearted on the 27th May, 2008
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has re-joined the rehab merry-go-round. Unlike Winehouse et al. though, he was allegedly clean for 20 years.
Hearted on the 21st May, 2008
Brisbane buddies Yves Klein Blue and The John Steel Singers are pooling their resources for a stonking double-headline tour this June. Both acts have new music to flaunt, making this a very attractive two-for-one deal.
Hearted on the 20th May, 2008
For Muse singer Matt Bellamy, a once-a-year indulgence in hallucinogens “opens new doorways”. Side-effects may include falling into a Supermassive Black Hole.
Hearted on the 30th Apr, 2008
On Christmas Eve 2007, FasterLouder contributor dream_vs_scream announced to the forum massive that he would be auditioning for Big Brother. His audition video was a hit, and now dream_vs_scream - aka Ben - is kicking it in the BB house.
Hearted on the 23rd Apr, 2008
For many months the masses have been mumbling names under their breath, trawling the internet for clues, and making ever so bold presumptions – but finally the list is in!
Hearted on the 16th Apr, 2008
With their new album Apocalypso poised to send them stratospheric, The Presets are ready to "take on the big guns". One half of the duo Kim Moyes tells FasterLouder why he's feeling good.
Hearted ages ago
It's time to polish those gumboots and air out the tents kids because our favourite weekend of mid-winter musical mayhem, Splendour In The Grass, will be returning in its eighth year...
Hearted ages ago
Swedish pop-punkers Millencolin will return to our shores in April to promote forthcoming LP release Machine 15.
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The remainder of this summer's Big Day Out lineup has been announced, with Silverchair, Spoon and UNKLE topping the list of names.
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Celebrating its fifteenth year in Lorne and fifth year in Tassie The Falls Festival kicks off again over the New Year period with a phenomenal line-up that includes Kings of Leon, Black Rebel Motrocycle Club and Groove Armada.
Hearted ages ago
Following their killer performances at the Big Day Out earlier this year, Muse will be back in the country in November.
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The tap rocking quintet are set to play at this year’s Splendour in the Grass as well as headlining a series of sideshows this August. The dates mark the Omaha locals first trip to Australia and wil
Taste of Chaos is back for 2007, with Utah band The Used headlining the tour as it carves its way around the nation in October. The Used, whose Lies for the Liars album is released later this month, will top a bill also boasting the likes of Rise Again
Brisbane’s Dead Letter Circus will be joining powerful Chicago three-piece Chevelle and the mighty Butterfly Effect for a stash of dates across the country in July and August (except Perth). It’s been a massive year for this Brisbane four-piece. Th
Funeral for a Friend will be rocking their way to Oz in September. The band first toured Australia in 2005 performing at the Taste Of Chaos festival. They followed this up with a series of sold out headlining gigs last year. This time around the band will
Following their killer performances around the country for the Big Day Out festival earlier this year, Muse will be back in the country before the end of the year. Check below for dates! Muse are Matt Bellamy (vocals/guitar/keys) Chris Wolstenholme (ba
The agonising wait is now over. Bad Religion are finally returning to Australia. The L.A. band that sparked the punk boom in the 80’s and 90’s are finally coming back to our fair shores. And the timing could not be better, with Bad Religion riding
The Presets are returning to Australia for a tour of devastatingly epic and thrillingly visceral proportions for the one, the only, Apocalypso tour.
Returning to Australia this July for the first time since bringing their life-affirming music to our shores in the summer of 2005, THE POLYPHONIC SPREE will play three Splendour sideshows.
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