Midnight Juggernauts 'This New Technology' Australian tour

Do you feel like partying like it's New Years Eve 1999 again? Then this is the gig for you. Melbourne electro-pop, synth-rock group Midnight Juggernauts are set to blow your socks off this November.

To celebrate the release of their upcoming single, 'This New Technology', Midnight Juggernauts are back with their first headline shows since March 2008!

The first taste of the Melbourne band’s eagerly anticipated second album, 'This New Technology' will hit the airwaves in late September and sees the band play single launches across Perth, Newcastle, Sydney, Wollongong, Melbourne, Frankston, Brisbane, Canberra, and Adelaide during October and November.

The trio has recently been busy putting the finishing touches on its second album recorded at Melbourne’s Sing Sing Studios with assistance from USA based sound engineer Christopher Moore (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV On The Radio, Yeasayer and Foals). Known for creating expansive sound-scapes with hypnotic vocals, expect the most thrilling journey yet from Midnight Juggernauts when their new album hits the shelves in early 2010.

Supporting Midnight Juggernauts at all shows will be New Zealand pop quintet Cut Off Your Hands.

Dates:
Oct 31st - Capitol, Perth WA
Nov 5th - Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle NSW
Nov 6th - Metro Theatre, Sydney NSW
Nov 7th - Waves (Towradgi Beach Hotel), Wollongong NSW
Nov 13th - Billboard, Melbourne VIC
Nov 14th - Pier Live, Frankston VIC
Nov 20th - The Hi Fi, Brisbane QLD
Nov 27th - Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Adelaide SA

www.midnightjuggernauts.com

Falls Festival lineup leaked!!!

The lineup for this years Falls Music & Arts Festival has been leaked and let's just say it is sensational!

Moby, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Editors and Grizzly Bear set to play at the festival.

The full line-up so far for Lorne is (awesome acts are in bold):

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Moby
Hilltop Hoods
Grizzly Bear
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
The Temper Trap
Xavier Rudd
Emiliana Torrini
Little Birdy
Midnight Juggernauts
Andrew Bird
Lyrics Born
Chairlift
King Khan and the Shrines
Editors
Philadelphia Grand Jury
Kaki King
Sarah Blasko
Art Vs. Science
DJ Yoda
Liam Finn
Lisa Mitchell
Major Lazer (Soundsystem)
Patrick Watson
Seasick Steve
The View
White Rabbits
Future of the Left
Killaqueenz
Yves Klein Blue
The John Steel Singers

Punters are able to subscribe for a ticket ballot to increase their chances of access to tickets. For info on how that works, go to the falls website.

More news to follow......

Falls Festival
Lorne, VIC
29th December - 1st January
www.fallsfestival.com

Homebake 2009 - 15th Anniversary

This year's Homebake festival is celebrating its 15th anniversary. To mark this amazingly achieved feat, the festival have announced Powderfinger as their biggest drawcard.

Brisbane boys Powderfinger have not played at Homebake since 1999 and haven't released an album since 'Dream Days at The Hotel Existence' (2007), but are apparently working on a new one as we write this. One can only expect a set jam packed with classic hits and a couple of newbies.

Joining The Finger are three other Aussie heavyweights, Jet (new album 'Shaka Rock' out soon), Hilltop Hoods and Eskimo Joe. There will be a special performance from Tim Finn as well as a couple of bands getting back together for a one-off performance including Tumbleweed and The Underground Lovers.

Daniel Merriweather will make the girls scream, Eddy Current Suppression Ring will make the boys mosh and the Midnight Juggernauts will hopefully get them dancing together.

HOMEBAKE 2009 – The Fifteenth Anniversary
Saturday December 5th, 2009
The Domain, Royal Botanic Gardens

Here’s how the line-up looks so far. Tickets on sale 9am Monday 17 August.

POWDERFINGER
JET
HILLTOP HOODS
ESKIMO JOE
SIA
DANIEL MERRIWEATHER
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
SARAH BLASKO
A special best of performance by TIM FINN
CLOSURE IN MOSCOW
TIKI TAANE (NZ)
SHORT STACK
UNDERGROUND LOVERS (original line-up)
PHRASE
DECODER RING
BUMBLEBEEZ
TUMBLEWEED (original line-up)
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING
ROWLAND S HOWARD (together with Mick Harvey, JP Shiloh & Lindsay Gravina)
THE FUNKOARS
THE MIDDLE EAST
THE ASTON SHUFFLE
SUGAR ARMY
RECORD PRODUCER
SHOCKONE

www.homebake.com.au

Splendour in The Grass 2009 - First announcement

Yes folks, its that time of the year again already. It's Splendour time baby!

The team from the Splendour in The Grass festival have just released their first announcement on who's going to be performing at this year's show. Before we get to the names however, we at Music Universe would like to add our two cents in.

MU's two cents: Our gut instinct when we were told about the lineup was......meh. Yes it has a couple of huge headliners, but there's also a few acts that normally would be considered headliners but because they've played in Australia a number of times or recently it just makes the lineup a little.......meh. There was always going to be the standard and obvious 'let's play at every festival' aussie contingent, but on the flip side there's also a couple of new up n comers (which in our eyes are very important) that round out the first announcement.

So, to the lineup........semi, soft drumroll please I guess......

Main headliners announced so far are Jane's Addiction and The Flaming Lips. Solid headliners for any festival no matter where in the world. Bloc Party and MGMT return to play their only Australian shows at the festival. Been there, done that. Next!

Old schoolers and celebrating their 30th anniversary, The Specials, are making there way over too. Along the same theme of 'old schoolers' but with an Australian flavour to it, Grinspoon will make yet another appearance to try and rev the crowd up. The kings of revving the crowd and token hip-hop act, The Hilltop Hoods, will be reemerging. Also, after riding their wave of success off the back of their stunning debut, Midnight Juggernauts will be venturing out to hopefully play some new tunes.

As for the up n comers that we at Music Universe are very interested in seeing, the likes of Friendly Fires, White Lies, The Gutter Twins and Manchester Orchestra will be making their first appearances in the country. Rounding out the announcement are the standard stock boring Australian bands like Augie March, Bob Evans, Little Birdy, Birds of Tokyo and Yves Klein Blue. The singer/songwriter's list looks dull with Sarah Blasko, Josh Pyke and Kram wasting space on the schedule.

Anyway, here's hoping the second announcement brings out the big guns. Please.

SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2009 – 1ST LINEUP
Bloc Party (in their ONLY Australian show), The Flaming Lips, Jane’s Addiction, MGMT (also in their ONLY Australian show), Hilltop Hoods, Grinspoon, Midnight Juggernauts, The Specials, Sarah Blasko, Augie March, Josh Pyke, Friendly Fires, Little Birdy, Birds Of Tokyo, The Gutter Twins, Manchester Orchestra, Yuksek, Bob Evans, White Lies, Kram, Yves Klein Blue, Decoder Ring, Lost Valentinos, Leader Cheetah, Jack Ladder, The Middle East, Polaroid Fame and Glass Towers

SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2009 TICKET PRICES
Event ticket: $240.00 (inc gst) + bf
Carbon Offset Ticket: $245.95 (inc gst) + bf
Camping ticket: $132.00 (inc gst) + bf

TICKETS ON SALE
9.00am sharp on Thursday May 14th - Internet sales only – www.qjump.com.au

SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS 2009
Sat July 25th and Sunday July 26th
Belongil Fields,
Byron Bay

For all event info and updates please go to:
www.splendourinthegrass.com

Come Together festival 2009

In June, over the long weekend, the Come Together festival will return to Luna Park for the 6th time and will once again deliver unlimited free rides, fresh new talent and two full days of non stop music for all ages.

How could you not put on a party without the likes of Bliss n Eso? They have taken Australia by storm and turned a mass audience at Sound Relief into one hell of a party. These guys are one of the hottest acts in the country right now and surely will turn Luna Park upside down on the Saturday.

Along with BnE, Midnight Juggernauts will make a triumphant return to the live stage. After a huge success with their debut album 'Dystopia' and special mentions from electronic duo's Justice and Daft Punk, the Juggs will hopefully through in some new tunes to keep the crowd sweating on the Sunday.

Joining these two popular acts will be the likes of Datarock, Dukes of Windsor, Art vs. Science, Quan (from Regurgitator), Pez, Cloud Control, Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!, Wolf & Cub, Muph and Plutonic, Red Riders, Kram (from Spiderbait), Phrase and many many more.

Come Together 2009
Luna Park, Sydney NSW
June 6th-7th

Tickets on sale now.

www.cometogether.com.au

Midnight Juggernauts sell out Melbourne

Good news for the Midnight Juggernauts. Their farewell show on Wednesday March 12 at The Forum in Melbourne has sold out!

This will be the last chance for their hometown fans to say goodbye and good luck before the band relocates to Europe for extensive touring across the UK, France, USA and Japan, following the international release of their debut album 'Dystopia'.

Wednesday March 12 – Forum Theatre, Melbourne SOLD OUT!
with special Guests M83 (France) and Damn Arms DJs

www.midnightjuggernauts.com

Midnight Juggernauts sign to EMI

Melbourne's Midnight Juggernauts have signed an international licensing deal with EMI for all territories outside Australia.

The band, who have had a massive year in Australia, have signed an international licensing deal for their label Siberia Records.

It breaks down like this, Astralwerks will get their album 'Dystopia' in the USA, Virgin will get it in the U.K. and Japan, Capitol will get it in France and EMI will take the remaining territories.

In an e-mail sent by the band to friends, they said of the deal "'...the overseas EMI deal is a licensing deal for their own label Siberia, and all the midnight juggernauts work is still produced and controlled by Siberia Records (Midnight Juggernauts) and released on this label, though distributed through the EMI network worldwide (outside of australia).

"because of this the band were able to get quite an amazing deal in regards to ownership, creative control and percentages which reflect and maintain the ''indie'' nature of their approach along the way.

"Basically the band are just happy that they won't have to compromise their path but will now get their music across to a larger audience overseas.''

Check the band out at:
JANUARY
20 – Big Day Out, Gold Coast, Australia
25 – Big Day Out, Sydney, Australia
28 – Big Day Out, Melbourne, Australia

FEBRUARY
1 – Big Day Out, Adelaide, Australia
3 – Big Day Out, Perth, Australia

MARCH
1 – Duranbah Beach, Gold Coast, Australia
11 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia
12 – Forum Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
14 – The Tivoli, Brisbane, Australia
20 – Scala, London UK

APRIL
23 – Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
29 – Hi Dive, Denver, CO

MAY
2 – Double Door, Chicago, IL
3 – Anti, Toronto, ON
4 – Les Saints, Montreal, Quebec
6 – 9.30 Club, Washington, D.C.
7 – Johnny Brendas, Philadelphia, PA
9 – Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY

Followed by a Japanese tour, with dates TBC.

Midnight Juggernauts to tour March 2008

The Midnight Juggernauts have become one of the most talked about acts in the dance music world over the past couple of years, and now you have a chance to see why. Touring with the likes of Justice and Digitalism, Midnight Nuggernauts make a triumphant return to their home shores in 2008.

The band will embark on an east coast tour of Australia at some of the country's most renowned venues.

Check them out in March at:

11 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney
12 – The Forum, Melbourne
14 – The Tivoli, Brisbane