Future Music Festival 2008 announced

Get ready kids, the powerhouses of electro-dance such as The Chemical Brothers, Roger Sanchez, John Digweed and Sven Vath, will be joining the likes of Shapeshifters, Who Made Who, Diplo, Aesop Rock and Kid Koala at next years Future Music Festival.

The festival will be held at both Melbourne's Myer Music Bowl (March 8th) and Sydney's Royal Randwick Racecourse (March 9th).

Tix on sale 9am December 10 through ticketmaster. Other cities may be announced soon.

V Festival 2008 announced

The 2nd annual V Festival was announced today with a myriad of rock gods filling the first announcement.

As previously reported on Music Universe, Smashing Pumpkins will be headlining, but the festival will also feature 80s pop legends Duran Duran, the iconic Jesus and Mary Chain, French insomnia curers Air, the ballsiest rock 'n' roll band in the world today Queens of the Stone Age, brazil's latest electro-rock sensation CSS, Australia's latest dance duo The Presets and more .

Most importantly, this year's festival won't feature the debarcle of last year's "Best Of the V Festival", where Melbourne and Adelaide were given a split version of the festival over two days and charged almost the same amount as other cities for each show.

This time Adelaide will miss out, but Melbourne and Perth will get the full festival treatment.

The full list of bands is: Smashing Pumpkins, Duran Duran, Jesus and Mary Chain, Air, Queens of the Stoneage, The Presets, CSS, Mika, The Tough Alliance, Plug In City.

Dates are:

MARCH
29 – Centennial Park, Sydney
30 – Avica Resort, Gold Coast

APRIL
5 – Showgrounds, Melbourne
6 – The Esplanade (City), Perth

Tickets are on sale Thursday December 6 from www.vfestival.com.au.

Stars finally tour Australia

For those who’ve been following the gleaming pop career of Montreal spawned quintet Stars - an Australian tour has been a long time coming. And now with the release of their fourth album, In Our Bedroom After The War, indie rock dreams will finally come true as Stars make their way to Australia for the first time in February 2008.

In Our Bedroom After The War is available now through Shiny Records via Inertia.

Laneway Festival presents.....

STARS

Wednesday, 27 February - Spectrum - Sydney
Thursday, 28 February - East Brunswick Club - Melbourne

Bondo do Role to break up?

Brazilian party-starters Bonde do Role are due to play a string of festival dates over the Australian summer, but Rodrigo Gorky has suggested the band is in limbo at the moment.

In an interview with the UK's Radio 1’s Annie Mac, the DJ/beatmaker was candid. “We are having internal problems,” he revealed. “We are trying to sort things out but meanwhile we are just going to have to cancel some of the shows… We are sorting things out right now.”

“We played at our normal sold out crowd yesterday at La Scala (London), everyone loved it!” he continued. “We had a stage invasion and all that, it was super fun, but all the stress hit us after that…it became a really nasty thing, let’s see if time heals things.”

It will be a real shame if they were to end things so soon. A real shame.

Radiohead announce first "In Rainbows" shows

Radiohead have announced their first shows since releasing their much publicised album 'In Rainbows'.

The band will play two German festivals, Southside and Hurricane, both taking place from June 20 – 22 next year.

The sister festivals, which each share lineups will take place in Scheeßel (Southside) and Neuhausen ob Eck (Hurricane) which is somewhere between Munich, Stuttgart and Freiburg.

I've heard whispers of the band performing at a certain American juggernaut of a festival too.

Black Crowes to tour

The Black Crowes will be returning to Australia in March and April for their first tour down under since their explosive 1991 tour.

Dates are:

MARCH
24 – Byron Bay Blues and Roots Festival, Byron Bay
26 – Challenge Stadium, Perth
28 – Barton Theatre, Adelaide
29 – Palais Theatre, Melbourne
30 – Horden Pavillion, Sydney

APRIL
1 – WIN Centre, Wollongong
2 – Royal Theatre, Canberra
3 – Civic Theatre, Newcastle

Tickets to all shows are on sale through Ticketek on December 7 except the Blues Festival, which is on sale now.

Lily Allen calling it quits

Singer Lily Allen is planning on quitting music.

Allen has previously said she only wants to be in this game for a short while, then marry someone very rich and settle down and have a family.

"It's a great job but it doesn't leave time for what's important - like having a family," she told The Sun (UK).

"I'm only going to do one more album. I just want to make some money - maybe I could retire at 25."

If only we could all have the luxury of retiring at 25!!!

Smashing Pumpkins for V Festival 2008?

Smashing Pumpkins are tipped to headline the 2nd annual V Festival in Australia, starting March 29, 2008 in Sydney.

Billy Corgan resurrected a new version of the Pumpkins in '07 with fellow original member Jimmy Chamberlain.

In July '07, the Pumpkins released "the comeback album" 'Zeitgeist.

While capturing the sound of the original Smashing Pumpkin, fans have been somewhat guarded of the band because of the exclusion of original bass player D'Arcy Wretzky and guitarist James Iha.

V Festival dates are:

March 29, 2008 – Sydney
March 30, 2008 – Gold Coast
April 5, 2008 – Melbourne
April 6, 2008 – Perth

Jack Johnson Australian tour 2008

Hawaiian modern day folkster Jack Johnson is set to return to Australia, playing venues that prove his popularity hasn't dropped an inch.

It's been three years since Jack last toured Australia (although he was on the Sydney leg of the Live 8 shows).

His latest single is 'If I Had Eyes' and it comes from his fourth studio album 'Sleep Through The Static'. The album will be released in Australia just in time for the tour, on February 2.

Check him out at:

MARCH
13 – WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
15 – Centennial Park, Sydney
16 – Avica Resort, Gold Coast
25 – Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
27 – Memorial Drive, Adelaide
29 – Members Equity Stadium, Perth

Foo Fighters to tour Australia again

It is with great pleasure that I can confirm that the Foos will be landing in Australia in 2008.

The last time the Foo Fighters were in Australia they wowed a select number of fans with their brilliant acoustic shows at Sydney Opera House, showcasing the intimate interpretations of their catalogue documented on the live Skin & Bones album.

This time around the Foo Fighters will be planning an all out assault when they bring their biggest stage production ever to arenas in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Auckland from April 21- May 5 2008.

The band will be serving up tracks from their sixth studio effort the platinum selling Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace .

Don’t miss this chance to see Foo Fighters live show. Tickets on sale Wednesday December 5, 2007 at 9am.

Frontier Touring Presents Foo Fighters Echoes Silence, Patience and Grace Tour

Pre-sale tickets available from frontiertouring.com
from noon AEDT (2pm NZ) Nov 29 to noon AEDT (2pm NZ) Nov 30
(or until the pre-sale allocation is exhausted)

Monday 21 AprilBurswood Dome, Perth
Thursday 24 April Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Friday 25 AprilRod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Tuesday 29 April Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Tuesday 2 May Acer Arena, Sydney
Monday 5 May Vector Arena, Auckland

Led Zeppelin 2008 tour

Led Zeppelin will tour in 2008, according to Ian Astbury, frontman of The Cult.

Apparently The Cult will be supporting Led Zepplin on their tour next year. According to Billboard, during a recent gig in Cincinnati, Astbury said "We'll be back next year, becuase we're opening for a band you may have heard of. The name starts with 'L' and has a 'Z' in it." A fan in the audience shouted "Led Zeppelin" and Astbury nodded his head and raised a fist in the air. Led Zeppelin are yet to announce an official tour.

In the meantime, to mark their reunion, Led Zeppelin recently released a new compilation, 'Mothership', which contains all the classics that every fan will be happy with.

Iron and Wine returns to Australia

Fans of Iron and Wine (aka Sam Beam) have been patiently awaiting his third full-length album, The Shepherd’s Dog for a while. Those of us here in Australia have had to exercise even more patience, as he hasn’t been seen live down under since 2004. The good news is—the wait is now over, as his March 2008 tour has just been announced. Coincidentally, Beam will be embarking on his third visit here to support his third album. The Shepherd’s Dog samples a heap of instruments and in order to do the album justice Beam will introduce a full Iron and Wine line-up for the tour. Only three shows are scheduled, so be sure to get your tickets when they go on sale November 30.

Iron and Wine 2008 Australia Tour

Fri March 7 @ The Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne

Sun March 9 @ The Zoo, Brisbane

Tue March 11 @ The Manning Bar, Sydney

10th Anniversary of the death of Michael Hutchence

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of INXS frontman, Michael Hutchence. Michael Hutchence's died on November 22, 1997 in Sydney, Australia. The band had recently returned home to embark on a tour to promote their 'Elegantly Wasted" album. 37 year old Hutchence was found dead in a Sydney hotel room. He died from strangling in what looks like a sexual act gone wrong. While there was initial talk that the death was a suicide, the coroner fell short of a conclusion. Autoerotic Asphyxiation (the act of strangling yourself during sex) is a possible cause of his death.

Michael's stage presence was likened to those of mick Jagger and Jim Morrison. He dated the likes of singer, Kylie Minogue and supermodel, Helena Christiansen. In 1987, INXS released 'Kick', which was to become their most successful album. By 1989, they were playing in front of 75,000 people at London's Wembley Stadium, where they actually recorded a live performance "Live Baby Live". INXS were sensational.

A few years later, Michael met British personality, Paula Yates, with whom he would eventually have a daughter, Heavenley Tiger Lily Hutchence in 1996. His final years ended in bitter legal, custodial feuds with Sir Bob Geldof and dabbling too much in Prozac.

Hit singles such as "Need You Tonight", "New Sensation", "Never Tear Us Apart", "Mystify", "Suicide Blonde" and "Original Sin" will live on forever. Michael was a very special, sensitive, soul who is missed by many in the industry, including myself.

Red Hot Chili Peppers sue 'Californication'

It was a lawsuit waiting to happen, and sure enough The Red Hot Chili Peppers have sued Showtime Networks over the name of its television series Californication. Californication was an instant hit with viewers in the US on cable and in Australia on Network 10 when he ran its 12 weeks course recently. Tho show stars David Duchovny as the main character and also Madeline Zima, who viewers knew as cute and innocent little Grace Sheffield in The Nanny. 22 year old Zima was basically playing a 16 year old devious slut. Californication was known for never being short on sex scenes, the threesome of episode 10 left viewers gobsmacked. I loved the series.

However, as we all know (and probably noted sagely as soon as the TV show promos begun on Channel Ten), Californication was already the name of the RHCP’s 1999 album and its lead single.

The lawsuit alleges unfair competition, dilution of the value of the name and unjust enrichment, claiming the title is “inherently distinctive, famous … and immediately associated in the mind of the consumer” with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Frontman Anthony Kiedis issued a statement reprimanding Showtime. “Californication is the signature CD, video and song of the band’s career,” he writes, “and for some TV show to come along and steal our identity is not right.”

The lawsuit also draws attention to the fact that one of the show’s characters is called Dani California, the name of a 2006 Chili Peppers song. The band are seeking damages and a permanent injunction barring Showtime and its associates from using the title Californication.

Wilco announce Australian sideshows 2008

Wilco will branch out after its Byron Bay Bluesfest gig to drop into a few Australian towns for a mini-tour.
The band has announced shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne over March.
The tour plants Wilco back in Australia for the second tour since the release of their recent 'Sky Blue Sky' album.
Tickets go on sale on November 26th.

Dates are:
March 18, 2008 Sydney, Enmore

March 19, 2008 Brisbane, The Tivoli

March 26, 2008, Melbourne, Metro

Big Day Out 2nd announcement

Well, the Big Day Out team have finally announced the second lot of acts for 2008. I, for one, am truly disappointed. I expected bigger and better acts. Anyways, here's the list. The acts in bold are the better ones of the lot I think.

New additions to BIG DAY OUT 2008 include: silverchair, Spoon, Augie March, Brand New, Regurgitator, Anti-Flag, Karnivool, Carl Cox, Pnau, Kate Nash, Josh Pyke, beXta, Shy Child, Gyroscope, Enter Shikari, Operator Please, Unkle (live), Goodwill, Krafty Kuts & MC Dynamite, Die! Die! Die!, The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello acoustic),Blue King Brown, Dr Octagon with Kutmaster Kurt, British India, Aceyalone, Krill.

These acts join the already announced: Rage Against the Machine, Bjork, Grinspoon, Arcade Fire, Hilltop Hoods, Billy Bragg, Paul Kelly, LCD Soundsystem, Sarah Blasko, Faker, Midnight Juggernauts, Dizzee Rascal, Something With Numbers, Battles, Cut Off Your Hands.

Enjoy kids.

Beirut heads to Australia

21 year old wunderkind Zach Condon will be bringing his 8 piece band, Beirut, to Australia for the very first time. Beirut's 2006 album Gulag Orkestar was one of the biggest surprise hits of recent times, innovatively combining Balkan folk music, pop melodies, & lo fi homemade psychedelic experimentation into something fresh. What was even more surprising was that it was the work of someone just 19 years old. Roll forward to October 2007 & Beirut have just released their second album, The Flying Club Cup, which, whilst losing none of it's predecessor's charms, signifies a shift, sounding this time like a love letter to French culture, again melding such diverse instrumentation as accordion, keyboards, saxophone, clarinet, mandolin, ukulele, horns, glockespiel & percussion into an entity that still sounds remarkable, contemporary yet timeless.

Sydney - Wednesday March 5 - Manning Bar
Brisbane - Thursday March 6 - The Zoo
Melbourne - Tuesday March 11 - The Corner Hotel

Also appearing at the Golden Plains Festival (www.goldenplains.com.au)

SPOTLIGHT: Mew

Mew formed in seventh grade at elementary school during a group artistic project. They chose to make a film about man's destruction of mother earth. They made the film and composed the background music. That is how it all began...

At their very first gig an agent for a book publishing company caught them and was so impressed he convinced his company to completely change their business plan to record and release the debut Mew album, 'A Triumph For Man' (1997). Limited to 2000 copies it's now a highly-valued rarity and was a critical hit in Denmark.

By the time second album 'Half The World Is Watching Me' was ready for its release in 2000, Mew's relationship with their parent company was fraying at the edges, so the band created their own label, Evil Office, to release it. No sooner did it get an initial limited release in Sweden, however, than they were snapped up by Sony for a world-wide deal and decided to pull the new record and re-record the best of their catalogue for an international audience. The result was 'Frengers', a tenfold leap in sales figures and suddenly Mew found themselves thrust into the 'big time' of one-bedroom London squat-holes and lengthy Transit van tours of the M6. It was whilst on their tour of the UK that the apocalyptic art boys wrote and recorded their 4th album. Their fourth record 'And the Glass Handed Kites' is an even greater leap into the unknown. Redefining the concept of an 'album' - and, indeed, of a 'concept album' - And the Glass Handed Kites is an eccentric 60 minute rock headfuck, flinging musical ideas, distorted nightmare images and heartbreak choruses at the listener with what at first seems to be a random ferocity.

The best band to have come out of Denmark in recent years - Mew - should be the effervescene of everybody's life. Get into them now!!

N.B. Mew have toured with the likes of Robbie Williams, Sigur Rós, Manic Street Preachers, Kashmir, Cooper Temple Clause, R.E.M. and Elbow. They also received the 2003 Danish Music Critics "Album of the Year" and "Band of the Year" awards.

Dresden doll performs solo tour

You might recognize Amanda Palmer from the critically acclaimed Boston based duo The Dresden Dolls. Together with drummer Brian Viglione, Palmer has extensively toured the States, Europe, Australia, and has made it on the bill at big name festivals such as Coachella and Glastonbury. Of recent, Palmer has been stepping out on her own, embarking on a tour across Europe and leaving rave reviews in her wake. This December Palmer is bringing her unique blend of unlikely cover songs and material off of her solo debut Who Killer Amanda Palmer to Australia. Shows at Melbourne’s Spiegeltent are already lined up, but it is now confirmed she is adding shows in Brisbane and Sydney as well.

AMANDA PALMER AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES – DECEMBER 2007
Mon - Thurs Dec 10-13 - Melbourne@ Spiegeltent, Melbourne
Fri Dec 14 - Meredith Music Festival - Meredith, Victoria
Sun Dec 16 – Brisbane @ The Zoo, Fortitude Valley
Mon Dec 17 – Sydney @ The Factory, Enmore
Tickets go on sale November 20.

Kangaroos benefit gig

Tim Rogers (You Am I, Tex 'n' Tim, Temperance Union) is not only a musician, but an avid North Melbourne supporter (that's an AFL team for those of you from out of Australia).

North Melbourne are potentially going to move north, to Queensland, and we just can't have that. The good thing about this sporting predicament, however, is when one of Australia's most loved singers is such an avid supporter, he gets together with some of his best mates to do something about it.

At the Prince of Wales on November 29 in Melbourne, join The Wrights (Nic Cester of Jet, Kram of Spiderbait, Davey Lane of The Pictures/You Am I, Chris Cheney of The Living End and Pat from Dallas Crane), You Am I, Something For Kate, Tex Perkins, The Rockmount Five, Mick Thomas & Squeezebox Wally, Bouncer, Rob Clarkson, comics, guest speakers and DJ's.

Each band will play just a short set and all proceeds are going to the North Melbourne football club. So, whether you give a rats arse about football or not, how can you miss a line up like this?

Tickets are forty bucks and on sale now from the Prince Bandroom (http://www.princebandroom.com.au).

Kanye West cries over mama

Kanye West began crying on stage in Paris as he launched his European tour, just one week after the death of his mother.
He played for one hour, then was about to play the track 'Hey Mama' – a dedication to his mother, Donda West from 'Late Registration' – but couldn't go through with it.
Le Parisien journalist Meddy Magloire said to people.com "He said the word, 'Mother,' and just couldn't go any further. A back-up singer, the DJ and a guitar player came over to console him. It looked like he might collapse. He just couldn't continue. He just stood there in a spotlight, crying, while the band continued playing."
At this stage, the remaining tour dates are going ahead as scheduled.

Built To Spill announce debut Australian tour

A few weeks back Built To Spill announced their debut Australian tour in support of their first release in over five years, You In Reverse. At the time their opening acts were not confirmed, something which sparked a barrage of bands to vie for the spots. In the end only six lucky bands were picked; The Crayon Fields and Garreth Liddiard for Melbourne, The John Steel Singers and Del Toro for Brisbane and 78 Saab and Skull Squadron for Sydney. Tickets for all shows are on sale now.
Sat 29 Dec: Melbourne @ Corner Hotel + The Crayon Fields & Gareth Liddiard (solo)
Wed 2 Jan: Brisbane @ The Zoo + The John Steel Singers & Del Toro
Thu 3 Jan: Sydney @ The Metro + 78 Saab & Skull Squadron

Hot Chip "Made In The Dark" out Feb 5th

Inclusiveness and studio improvising were the key factors in making British electro-pop band Hot Chip's third studio record "Made in the Dark." Due out Feb. 5 via Astralwerks.

"We started the whole process when the other record ['The Warning'] was being released," says lead vocalist Alex "And for the first time, we wrote songs in band practices. For us, these subtle changes make a big difference. We went quite awhile without being inclusive, in having everyone play on the previous records."

Several tracks were done outside the confines of their home studios, also a first. "We recorded six demos in January, and that was our first experience being in a studio other than a room or a basement," Taylor explains. "I remember a lot of discussion about improvising in the studio, and listening to bands like This Heat," he continues. "We wanted to take it away from the computer; it became more about recording everything we do, and piecing it together later."

Fans of Hot Chip's club hit "Over and Over," will find similar heavy dance grooves on cuts such as the fast, guitar-driven "Out at the Pictures," and the bass-heavy "Hold On." But there's also a return to the balladry that early listeners heard on the group's first EP, "Mexico."

Although dates are still being confirmed, Hot Chip plans to kick off a massive tour Feb. 14 in the U.K., with a North American visit being planned for April.

Girl Talk visits Australia for New Years!

Girl Talk is the pseudonym of DJ and remixer Greg Gillis. A Pittsburgh native who works as a biomedical research engineer during the day, Gillis channels his other creative energies into Girl Talk, whose sample-based dance tracks have made him the John Oswald of the mash-up generation: each of his songs are built on recognizable samples of recent hit singles, recontextualized into an entirely new piece. Not just a geeky studio boffin, Gillis is also a manic, intense live performer known for his high-speed exhortations into the mic and tendency to strip to his underwear on-stage while dancing circles around his laptop and DJ setup. Mix the likes of M.I.A, LCD Soundsystem, Kanye West with Oasis, Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters and add a splash of Madonna, Stevie Wonder, James Brown - you get Girl Talk. If you want to rock ur socks off, what better way to begin 2008 than with a night with Girl Talk.

Dec 30th Lorne, Australia - Falls Festival
Dec 31st Marion Bay, Australia - Falls Festival
Jan 1st Sydney, Australia - Field Day Festival
Jan 3rd Brisbane, Australia - The Troubador
Jan 5th Busselton, Australia - Southbound Festival
Jan 10th Sydney, Australia - Oxford Arts Factory
Jan 11th Melbourne, Australia - Miss Libertine

We Are Scientists lecture classes

New York rock act We Are Scientists will bring more than music to their UK university tour this autumn, offering students a chance to make their lives nearly 100% better, in almost all ways. At select dates, the band will offer a powerful self-improvement seminar, BRAIN THRUST MASTERY, in addition to their acclaimed live music performance.

'Everyone grows up with an idea of where they'd like to end up one day,' says Keith Murray, W.A.S.'s guitarist and lead singer. 'We created BRAIN THRUST MASTERY as a way to help people not only color in that original plan, but to add exciting embellishments that, as a small child, they might never have imagined for themselves.'

Leveraging concepts such as 'MIND SOUND', 'TIME VISION PERFORMANCE', and 'GOAL MEMORY BELIEF AWARENESS', We Are Scientists will show students the path toward taking instantaneous control of their physical, academic, sexual, medical, psychological, historical, emotional, intellectual, financial, theoretical, and automotive destiny.

Golden Plains Festival 2008

Everyone, take a deep breath....

The lineup is official for the second ever Golden Plains Festival (March 8-10 2008). There are way too many to talk about, but here is the low-down on why I am excited.

If you haven’t heard already the weird and wonderful Ween will be making their way Downunder in March and making a pit-stop at the Nolan Farm. If that news isn’t exciting enough, the fact that they will be gracing the GP crowd with a two hour set, may be just enough to make you flip your skirts.

Don’t flip them too early though kids – there are more wonders to come.

All the way from Detroit city, the great- grandchildren of garage rock – The Dirtbombs – are coming to scare the cows and rock the punters. Joining them from that side of the Pacific will be NYC soul swingers Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings.

Back in 2006 The Vines returned to the scene with a secret set at Splendour in the Grass that stole the festival. So we are damn excited that these crazed kids are trekking on down to do their thing at GP in 2008 too. Another auzzie band on the bill who are climbing up walls is British India.

Also, the glorious Iron and Wine will be filling the sky with his beautiful voice, whilst all those who are as obsessed with Eastern Europe as me will be tingling that the beautiful Beirut is also coming to town.

What a spanking lineup – I am going breathe.

The first allocation of tix for the festivla will be sold via ballot before they go on sale to the general public. To enter the Ballot, visit www.goldenplains.com.au before midnight on Wednesday 14 November.

Stay tuned to Music Universe for ticket updates and further announcements.

At the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre, Meredith, Victoria

March 8-10, 2008

With: Ween Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, The Vines, Iron and Wine, The Dirtbombs, Beirut, The Bang Gang DJS, Optimo, British India, Buffalo, Tom, Crookers, The Bamboos, Future of the Left, South Rakka Crew, The Scientists of Modern Music, Jane Badler and Sir, Jay Reatard, Pikelet, Kamikaze Trio, The Sea and Cake and many more

Radiohead's 'Faust Arp'

One of the most beautiful Radiohead songs in a very long time.

I cried.

Radiohead's '15 Step' vs 'SE7EN - the movie'

Short, but geniously perfect.

Explosions In The Sky tour Australia Feb 08'

If your musical taste leans towards symphonic aural soundscapes then no doubt you will be please to hear that Explosions in the Sky will be heading our way for their first ever Australian tour next February.

West Coast punters haven’t been neglected either with the band scheduled to perform at the Perth Festival.

After their breakthrough album, 2003’s The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place, the band took nearly two years to write and re-write and record and re-record their fourth album, All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone. Recorded by John Congleton (The Roots, The Mountain Goats) this amazing instrumental album gained four star reviews in Spin Magazine and Rolling Stone.

Expect these show dates to dazzle and inspire. Tickets on sale November 23.

Handsome Tours present Explosions in The Sky
All of A Sudden I Miss Everyone Tour

14 February 2008, Thursday, Brisbane, The Zoo
15 February 2008, Friday, Sydney, Manning Bar
16 February 2008, Saturday, Melbourne, Corner Hotel