Byron Bay Hardcore

Hardcore Halloween 2011 Video

// May 2nd, 2012 // No Comments » // Misc

A retrospective look back at Hardcore Halloween 2011, what a great show.
Footage thanks to Mitch Pinney.

Parkway Drive Photos

// March 25th, 2012 // No Comments » // Misc

Some photo’s of the Parkway Drive show at Byron YAC on Feb 18th thanks to Mitch Pinney and Jordan Compte.

Bitter End Australian Tour

// February 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // Shows

Resist Presents

Bitter End Australian Tour May 2012

Influenced by the metallic New York Hardcore bands of the late 80′s and early 90′s, San Antonio’s Bitter End have established themselves as a brute force in the hardcore community.

With all the makings of a contemporary hardcore classic, 2010′s “Guilty As Charged” bruises and batters with dynamic riffing, potent vocals/lyrics, and bone shaking breakdowns. Songs like “Unjust” and the title track “Guilty As Charged” showcase this hybrid brand of hard hitting thrash and hardcore. A tried and tested formula that Bitter End not only embrace, but continue to improve upon in their own vicious way.

This May they make there way to Australia for the first time where they will be joined by Perth’s Blkout.

with special guests Blkout

May 19th

YAC Byron Bay AA

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Parkway Drive Sick Summer Tour II

// November 13th, 2011 // No Comments » // Shows, Tours

Kicking off the new year touring as part of the Big Day Out, Parkway Drive has announced a run of regional dates for February and March. The Sick Summer II Tour commences on the Sunshine Coast on February 16 and will visit towns along the East Coast before it’s last stop at Melbourne’s Push Over Fest on March 12.

“Summer time in Australia. Is there any other place you’d want to be? Frontman Winston McCall comments. “For us it means a chance to hit the road in the country we love and play as many of those places we don’t get to stop at as much. We figure the major cities have had their chance so its time to bring the show back to regional Australia, and lets see how crazy the small towns can get. These tours always end up some of the funnest shows we play anywhere. Sweaty venues, stage dives, sing alongs, beach hang outs. Sick Summer indeed. Grab a board and be part of the mayhem.”

All shows all ages. Tickets on sale November 18.

Thur Feb 16 Lake Kawana Sunshine Coast
Tickets from Lake Kawana box office, (07) 5413 1400 and www.scvenueandevents.com.au

Fri Feb 17 Powerhouse, Toowoomba
Tickets from Oztix.com.au and Oztix outlets.

Sat Feb 18 YAC Ampitheatre, Byron Bay
Tickets from Oztix.com.au, Oztix outlets and All Music And Vision

Sun Feb 19 Twin Towns, Tweed Heads
Tickets from Twin Towns, 1800 014 014 and www.twintowns.com.au

Wed Feb 22  Panthers, Port Macquarie
Tickets from the venue and Moshtix.com.au

Thur Feb 23 Bateau Bay PCYC, Bateau Bay
Tickets from Oztix.com.au and Network Communications Lake Haven

Fri Feb 24 Sutherland Entertainment Centre, Sutherland
Tickets from Moshtix.com.au, Resist and Moshtix outlets

Sat Feb 25 Panthers, Penrith
Tickets from 1800 061 991 and penrith.panthers.com.au

Sun Feb 26 Dubbo RSL Auditorium, Dubbo
Tickets from the venue and www.dubborsl.com.au

Wed Feb 29 Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre, Nowra
Tickets from the Box Office, 1300 788 503 and shoalhavenentertainment.com.au

Thur Mar 1  UC Refectory, Canberra AA
Tickets from Moshtix.com.au and Landspeed

Fri Mar 2 Albury Entertainment Centre, Albury
Tickets from the Box Office, (02) 6043 5610 and www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/entertainment

Sat March 3 Naturaliste Community Centre, Dunsborough
Tickets from Blue 62 in Busselton and Oztix.com.au

Sun March 4 Eaton Recreation Centre, Eaton
Tickets from D-ranged Shop Bunbury and Oztix.com.au

Wed Mar 7 Shadows Entertainment Complex, Mt Gambier
Tickets from Oztix.com.au and Rocky Shore Surf and Skate

Fri Mar 9 Bended Elbow, Geelong
Tickets from Oztix.com.au and Bended Elbow

Sun Mar 11  Breath Of Life Festival, Launceston
Tickets from Oztix.com.au

Mon March 12 Push Over Festival, Melbourne
Tickets from Ticketek.com.au, 13 28 49, Oztix.com.au or Moshtix.com.au

All shows all ages. Tickets on sale November 18.

Toy Boats joins the Resist Records family

// October 17th, 2011 // No Comments » // Misc

Emerging from past Byron bands such as Word Up & The Dead Ends, local dude Hugo Costin-Neilsen AKA Toy Boats has emerged with a new acoustic project that has turned more than a few heads. In the space of a few months he has gone from only playing a handful of shows, to gaining the attention of Sydney based Resist Records.

“Finding an artist that furnishes the heart with something authentically euphonious is a rarity, however with the latest edition to the Resist Records family we have found just that. Echoing the warmth of his hometown Byron Bay, Hugo Costin-Neilsen, performing under the name of Toy Boats, delivers placid acoustic tracks that delight the spirit.

Enveloping the grace of a young Bon Iver and eliminating the agony of Bright Eyes, Toy Boats embodies a nostalgic journey where we are all invited, stopping to smell the blossoms along the way.

Make sure to keep an ear out for his Resist Records debut early next year and in the mean time head over to his site to get a preview of what’s to come.”

Brisbane people can catch the man at Snitch this Thursday.

Antagonist AD

// October 5th, 2011 // No Comments » // Misc

New Zealands’ Antagonist AD will be returning to Australia this coming week for ‘The Long Way Home Tour’.

The band released ‘Old Bones Make New Blooms’ earlier this year through Trial & Error Records and have spent the remainder of the year criss-crossing back & fourth between Australia & NZ in support of the release. This tour marks the bands first full east coast run in some time, so be sure to come and check out arguably one of the best bands to come out of NZ ever.