BRISBANE'S Dead Letter Circus kept fans waiting three years for the follow-up to their 2010 gold-selling debut album This Is the Warning. But, as a bonus, the five-piece is celebrating the release of follow-up The Catalyst Fire with a national tour, including a show in Newcastle on September 7.
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LIVE caught up with Dead Letter Circus drummer Luke Williams.
What's your earliest musical memory?
Going with my mum around to her best friend's house. Her husband was a drummer in a local covers band and used to have a drum kit set up at the house. I was always fascinated by it and I think it was a really big catalyst for me wanting to learn the drums properly.
First album you bought?
My mum used to buy me albums all the time for my birthday and Christmas. She knew I loved music and nurtured that sense by giving me all sorts of new music. Mainly hit compilations of the day - Best of '84, Hits of '85, that sort of thing. The first album or single I can remember buying was Open Up And Say . . . Ahh by Poison. They were my first "obsession" band, where I bought every single thing I could of theirs.
Last album you bought?
The most recent album I bought was Museum Of Consciousness by an electronic outfit called Shpongle. Those guys have been a favourite of mine for many years now because of their progressive take on world/psychedelic/electronic music.
Most memorable gig you've played?
The Big Day Out main stage tour 2011. It was a little "holy shit, we're really doing this" kind of moment. Big crowds, big PAs and a big drinks rider.
Something our fans don't know about Dead Letter Circus is. . .
A bunch of us travelled to the Amazon rainforest in Peru in late 2010 to visit some indigenous shamans. It was an eye-opening, spiritually uplifting experience that shaped our lives and the new album quite dramatically.
Dead Letter Circus play at The Cambridge Hotel on September 7. Tickets are on sale now at bigtix.com.au.
Adalita brings band on the road
MELBOURNE rock chick Adalita will embark on a major metro and regional tour in October.
The Magic Dirt frontwoman will play new material from her second solo album, All Day Venus, which is set for a September 20 release.
Adalita will have a full band with her for her headline tour, including former Paradise Motel bassist Matt Bailey.
"I can't wait to tour," Adalita said. "It's all I think about, it's all I want to do. I'm so hungry for it and I want to share that with the people that I bring on board for this band.
"I want to create a little universe that people can enter and really get involved in.
"I feel like it's going to be a real trip and an intense communion, both band-wise and audience-wise."
Opening for Adalita on the tour will be indie songstress, Laura Jean.
Adalita plays at The Great Northern on October 19. Tickets go on sale on Monday. For details, head to adalita.com.
Angry Oceano to finally touch down
HAILING from Chicago, deathcore outfit Oceano are set to make their Australian debut in October after postponing a trip to our shores last year. The band will touch down armed with their latest offering, Incisions, which is due out on October 1.
Self-described as one of the "angriest bands on earth", Oceano have toured with the likes of The Black Dahlia Murder, Devil Driver and Bleeding Through.
Catch the band in Newcastle at The Cambridge Hotel on October 9. Tickets are available online at bigtix.com.au.
The Game's concert rescheduled
UNITED STATES rapper The Game's Newcastle show has been rescheduled. The Los Angeles-born MC was due to play at Newcastle Panthers last night, but the show has been shifted to Sunday at the same venue.
Tickets are on sale now, including the option for a meet and greet and sound check with the rapper.
Triple treat in store for Novocastrians
THREE of Australia's most lauded singer-songwriters are coming together for the first time for a national tour that includes a stopover at Lizotte's Newcastle on November 2.
With 11 albums, ARIA Awards, Australian Music Prize short listings and countless other accolades among them, Mia Dyson, Liz Stringer and Jen Cloher are synonymous with great songs and powerful performances.
Dyson is riding high this year after the international release of her acclaimed 2012 album The Moment. Stringer is just back from Europe, where she toured her release Warm In the Darkness, and Cloher ia fresh from the release of her third album, In Blood Memory. Bookings online at lizottes.com.au.
Music industry forum to be repeated
MUSICNSW, in partnership with the University of Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, has announced the second event in its new series, The Newcastle Music Industry Forum.
The free Q&A panel and networking drinks will focus on all things recording and how to get heard when it is held at the Newcastle Conservatorium on September 26 from 6.30pm.
Guest speakers include Jason Whalley (Frenzal Rhomb), Dave Ruby Howe (triple j Unearthed), Paula Jones (Jones PR), Mark Dodds (A&R, Australian music manager at Inertia Records) and Lachlan Mitchell (producer). Entry is free and open to all ages. RSVP by emailing creativearts@newcastle.edu.au.
