The Black Angels To Tour

Austin’s The Black Angels are heading to Australia for the first time this June and July.

The band will be bringing their hazy vocals and wall of guitars to the country in support of their third album ‘Phosphene Dream’, which has seen the band continue their tradition of psychedelic dreamy indie rock.

The sultry neo-psychedelic sound of the Black Angels came together in spring 2004. Hailing from Austin, TX, Stephanie Bailey (drums), Christian Bland (guitar), Alex Maas (vocals), Jennifer Raines (organ), and Nathan Ryan (bass) took their name from a Velvet Underground classic, “The Black Angel’s Death Song.” The band’s self-titled debut EP was released in late 2005.

In 2005, the Black Angels were featured on a dual-disc compilation album of psychedelic music called Psychedelica Vol.1 from Northern Star Records. This, along with the growing popularity of their MySpace page, gave the band a big jump in popularity in the underground scene.

Since then the Black Angles have toured with the likes of The Black Keys, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Warlocks, Roky Erickson, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Queens of the Stone Age, The Raveonettes and Wolfmother.

The band created their own festival  called Austin Psych Fest , which has now been running for three years. Bands topping the 43-band bill included The Raveonettes, Pink Mountaintops, The Warlocks, The Gaslamp Killer, Warpaint, Night Beats and vintage psych legends Silver Apples.

DATES

JUNE

30 – The Hi-Fi, Brisbane, QLD

JULY

1 – Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW

2 – The Hi-Fi, Melbourne, VIC

Tickets on sale at 9am, Wednesday May 11.

Soundwave Is Big and Heavy, Surprised?

The full line-up for the 2011 Soundwave festival has been released and it’s a pretty heavy duty list.

Iron Maiden will headline joined by Slayer, Queens of the Stone Age, Melvins, The Gaslight Anthem, Slash, 30 Seconds to Mars (Full list below)

As usual this website hasn’t heard of many of the more hardcore acts but there are plenty that grab our attention.

With their new album The Final Frontier due out next week, Iron Maiden simply refuse to turn off the creative taps and allow age to take its toll. Iron Maiden will be bringing their full stage show to Australia for the Soundwave festivals and will even be taking in a couple of side shows on the east coast. Having just come off tour in North America where they played to more than 400,000 fans over 25 dates, Iron Maiden should be in fighting form by the time they get here.

Queens of the Stone Age, Primus, Slash, Social Distortion, Rob Zombie, Gang of Four, Pennywise, Monster Magnet and Sevendust are all veteran acts that are still holding their own with the young guns.

The Gaslight Anthem are  a sensational newer band with a couple of outstanding albums to their credit. I’ll be looking for them to do a sideshow.

SOUNDWAVE SHOWS AND VENUES – FEBRUARY/MARCH 2011

SATURDAY 26 BRISBANE, RNA SHOWGROUNDS

SUNDAY 27 SYDNEY, EASTERN CREEK RACEWAY

FRIDAY 4 MELBOURNE, SHOWGROUNDS

SATURDAY 5 ADELAIDE, BONYTHON PARK

MONDAY 7 PERTH, STEEL BLUE OVAL

To be eligible for the Soundwave Festival members pre sale you must be registered as a member on the Festival website www.soundwavefestival.com

Soundwave member’s pre sale:

Tuesday 17 August 9am, Brisbane
Wednesday 18 August 9am, Sydney
Thursday 19 August 9am, Melbourne
Friday 20 August 9am, Adelaide and Perth

Soundwave Festival 2011 Line-up:

Iron Maiden
Slayer
Queens of the Stone Age
Primus
Slash
Social Distortion
Rob Zombie
Avenged Sevenfold
30 Seconds To Mars
Stone Sour
Gang of Four
New Found Glory
Pennywise
Sum 41
Annberlin
The Gaslight Anthem
Third Eye Blind
Devildriver
Sevendust
Less Than Jake
The Bronx
Monster Magnet
Terror
MXPX
Protest The Hero
Melvins
30 Crazyfists
Ill Nino
The Ataris
The Starting Line
Bayside
Madd Caddies
The Maine
Trash Talk
May Day Parade
Foxy Shazam
Never Shout Never
The Blackout
Alesana
Asking Alexandria
All That Remains
High On Fire
Dommin
The Sword
Kylesa
A Skylit Drive
There For Tomorrow
Breathe Carolina
Taking Dawn
I See Stars
Rise To Remain
Nonpoint
Veara
Every Avenue