June 2010

Week 4 30/06/10 Late update tonight, and hopefully a few of you are out at the Open Mic night (which we forgot to plug this week) at Club Envy right now. Uni Night tomorrow night at Club Envy with Birds of Prey, Former Lover Pirates and Hello Yoko. Doors open at 8pm. If you feel like bluesing up your night tomorrow, head to the Hotel Maroochydore for Alternative Music Night, featuring Those Old Soles, Dave Cosmo Duo and Pritchy Ray. Starts at 8pm. Diamonds Nights is only 2 nights away. Remember to say Moshpit Music at the door to get cheap entry to catch Mourning Tide, Skyway, A Strobe Light Summer and local support. And that's not the only live music to take in this Friday night. If you're feeling like helping out a great cause, Fusion of Music raising funds AND awareness for Cerebral Palsey is happening at Windsor down in Brisbane on Friday night with a great line-up featuring - MC Jester Royale, DNA duo Duigan & Goodchild, Matthew Mcdowell, Luna Junction, The Secret Whisper, The Reclaimers, Musico's from 6.30pm. See the Gigs page for details. Elsewhere in Brisbane at the Stepp Inn, The Outlook with Mr Boinkin will be playing with George & O'Sullivan (of Tijuana Cartel), Dj Stomp, and JSUN from 8pm. Closer to home, the Villa Noosa will be hosting another free night of local live music featuring The Unofficials, The Minor Elite and Tranzluzid from 9pm. Gold Coast visitors, The Mason Rack Band will be coming to the Tewantin RSL as well. They blew the roof off last week at the Nambour RSL, so if you missed that one, go see this! Peregian Originals is on again this weekend, featuring Kindread (launching their CD, Free World), the return of The Floating Bridges, and more. This will be a massive afternoon of groove... for FREE. You should all know where this event is and when it starts (in case you don't - behind the Peregian Beach Surf Club, starting at 1pm). 29/06/10 The Point welcomes As The Year Burns to the band database. These guys are an up and coming metalcore/hardcore act and are currently recording their debut EP. Technical Symplicity are losing their guitarist. Rohan has regrettably decided to step down as resident axeman, due to furthering commitments with The Floating Bridges. He will be honouring the last few gigs with Technical Symplicity already booked (see Gigs page). If you've got the chops, easy to get along with (*no 'rockstars' please - Ed) and have good gear, email editor@thepointsunshinecoast and let them know you're interested. Speaking of Technical Symplicity, they're playing this Sunday at the Globe Theatre in Brisbane from 4pm with Rob Stanley, Desolution, Embrace Eternity and 308. Tickets available on the door for $10. The Secret Whisper are playing The Zoo tomorrow night from 7.30pm for $6. Not long now until the next Diamond Nights at 240V. Friday night, catch Mourning Tide, Skyway and more for $15, or say Moshpit Music at the door and get in cheaper. Tranzluzid have joined the line-up with The Unofficials and The Minor Elite at Villa Noosa this Friday night. Once again it's a free show and doors open at 9pm. Want to catch 1/3 of The Floating Bridges and the Editor of The Point together on stage this week? Those Old Soles will be at Alternative Music Night this Thursday night at the Hotel Maroochydore (old Grinning Dog) along with Dave Cosmo Duo and Pritchy Ray from 8pm. It's bonus footage from The Point Party time! These guys were a complete surprise getting up on the stage and doing a quick set. Cleveland Blues & The Red Eye Junction stomped their way through a couple of songs on the night. Enjoy this track, 'Down by the Apple Tree' from the album of the same name. 28/06/10 July is really looking massive now for shows. Plenty to choose from on the weekend AND during the week. Go check out the Gigs page to see what we're on about. Touring acts Thy Art is Murder and House Vs Hurricane are coming in the next month to the Sunshine Coast, with Thy Art is Murder playing an All Ages show at the Black Box in Nambour with The Ailment and Signal the Firing Squad. House Vs Hurricane (spoiler alert) have been announced for the next Diamond Nights in August, with Heroes for Hire, Sleepers and Mayfair joing the party. MIA Entertainment has announced a 'Night of Rock' on July 9th at Club Envy, featuring The Vagrant City Scandal, Locavore, The Cilikis Progression Project and Lestrange, starting from 8pm for only $10. Gold Coast bands Electric Horse (featuring members of Sunk Loto) and Helm are coming to Kings Beach Tavern in September with support from Technical Symplicity and another act to be announced. This show will be on September 3rd, so you have some time to get the word out. The Secret Whisper are playing awesome Brisbane venue, The Zoo on Wednesday night from 7.30pm. $6 gets you The Secret Whisper, Riddles and Alibrandi. It's time again for the Full Moon Dance at Verrierdale Hall (Doonan) with Fyah Walk, Kingfisha and Brides of Groove all on the bill from 7pm for $20. A bit of a shout out to DJ Ryzer who is going absolutely OFF down in Sydney with a whole swag of gigs, including some slots with some touring Euro DJs. Awesome stuff. Alternative Music Night this Thursday night will feature Those Old Soles, Dave Cosmo Duo and Pritchy Ray from 8pm. It'll be a night of Blues, Roots and Funk. Don't forget, Diamond Nights for July this Friday night featuring Mourning Tide and Skyway from the Gold Coast, A Strobe Light Summer and local support. Doors 9pm, $15 at the door, say Moshpit Music for cheaper entry. Tonights footage from The Point Party features an acoustic version of The Busker's Anthem by Casey from The Outlook. These guys sound absolutely massive in their element, so be sure to catch them as they launch their album all over Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast in the next month. See the Gigs page for details. 27/06/10 A massive Happy Birthday to guitar maestro, Rob Stanley! Also, a Happy Birthday to Shayne from Villa Noosa - the man responsible for getting some awesome live music happening on the North side of the Coast. The Point has been spending a lazy Sunday editing the rest of the video footage from The Point Party. The last bits of footage will go up in the next few days. Just looking at the gig guide for July and you'll notice there's a whole heap of Gigs coming up in the next month. A few more dates are yet to be added for Club Envy, with a notable mention that MIA Entertainment returns to Envy in July. More info on that once line-ups are confirmed. Messiam are wrapping up tracks in the studio over the weekend. There's an All Ages show happening on Wednesday at the Black Box for all you kids into your heavier side of things. Catch 50 Lions, Blkout and Persist. Those Old Soles are playing Alternative Music Night at Hotel Maroochydore on Thursday night from 8pm, and on the other side of Maroochydore, Club Envy's Uni Night will feature Birds of Prey, Former Love Pirates, and Hello Yoko. Seeing as it is Rob Stanley's birthday, we here at The Point thought it would be fitting to have some footage of his performance at The Point Party up next. It's only a snippet, but an awesome one. You can catch Rob Stanley this coming Sunday, July 4 at The Globe Theatre in Brisbane with Technical Symplicity, Desolution, Embrace Eternity and 308, with doors opening at 4pm. $10 to get in. 26/06/10 All Ages show on tonight from 6pm at Chambers Island, Maroochydore. Catch Birds of Prey, Winehouse and Stryder for only $10. Sounds like Cleveland Blues & The Red Eye Junction's show at Kawana SLSC went absolutely off last night. These guys are definitely a must-see act. Bands/Artists don't forget your chance to get onto a surf fim soundtrack - Ben Wilson and his production crew are making surf films. They need a stock pile of music to put to the films and are seeking applications from Sunshine Coast Artists - an awesome opportunity to gain some international exposure.The latest movie released had 30,000 downloads in 1 month so it really is a good chance for bands to get there name out there. All music used will receive a credit within the film and an opportunity for advertising on the benwilsonsurf.com website. The production crew require: MP3 tracks to be emailed one at a time; Good quality recordings only please (no demos) just nice, shiny, mastered tracks, and and an email/letter from the artist stating that benwilsonsurf has rights to use the tracks in the movies. Email music@benwilsonsurf.com. There you go, guys. Jump onto this one. (Tell them The Point sent you). The Villa Noosa has sent through more gigs to add to the Gigs page (thanks Shayne!). Go check out the goods coming to Noosa next month! Some awesome FREE shows on Friday nights happening. Tranzluzid are playing The Globe tonight with Pandema, Ludavico and Gust of Gravity. The Outlook will be launching their CD next month and have some awesome dates added (again, check the Gigs page), but for the unitiated, go check out this clip of The Outlook with Mr Boinkin doing the track 'Change', which features on the CD. Wicked. Tonight's video footage of a live performance from the 2010 The Point Party is one of The Point's favourite bands - The Floating Bridges. Easily becoming one of the bigger acts on the Sunshine Coast, they'll get even the metalheads dancing. Enjoy this clip. 25/06/10 Gigs all over the place tonight. If you're in Brisbane, Meat Snorkel and more are playing at the Jubilee. The Kombi Killers, The Irrits, and Myrtle Place are at the Deception Bay Sports Club, Cleveland Blues & The Red Eye Junction are at Kawana SLSC (Free gig that one), 28 Days are at the Villa Noosa (tickets are $30 from the venue), and The Break are at Joes Waterhole... and that's just tonight. Tomorrow night there's an all ages show at Chambers Island, Maroochydore featuring Birds of Prey, Winehouse, and Stryder for $10, Club Envy hosts Devil Rides Out (WA), featuring Smokestack Orchestra, New Jack Rubys and The Unofficials from 7pm, and in Brisbane at The Globe you can catch Tranzluzid, Gust of Gravity, Pandema and Ludavico. Rumour has it that Rob Stanley is making a return to Club Envy at the end of July and is bringing some very special guests with him. More info on that once confirmed. The Floating Bridges have announced they will be supporting The Beards at Joes Waterhole on July 16th. That should be one hell of a stompin', groovin' time, so if you're a big Bridges fan, or only just stumbled upon them, go see this. This one will interest all you bands that have recorded (mastered too) material - Ben Wilson and his production crew are making surf films. They need a stock pile of music to put to the films and are seeking applications from Sunshine Coast Artists - an awesome opportunity to gain some international exposure.The latest movie released had 30,000 downloads in 1 month so it really is a good chance for bands to get there name out there. All music used will receive a credit within the film and an opportunity for advertising on the benwilsonsurf.com website. The production crew require: MP3 tracks to be emailed one at a time; Good quality recordings only please (no demos) just nice, shiny, mastered tracks, and and an email/letter from the artist stating that benwilsonsurf has rights to use the tracks in the movies. Email music@benwilsonsurf.com. There you go, guys. Jump onto this one. (Tell them The Point sent you) Time for another video of a live performance from the 2010 The Point Party. Tonight's video is brought to you by the letter, 'L'. Lending Her (who still have the highest visited Band profile on The Point database so far) did a set, minus their bassist. This is their track (and one of The Point's favourites at the moment) 'Lifeline', which you can also download the proper version from their profile page. Enjoy. 24/06/10 It's all happened quicker than expected. The Point Gold Coast is live! The music scene on the Gold Coast is going through the same motions as we are here on the Sunshine Coast, so they need support too. If you're a fan of The Point Sunshine Coast, and you're in a band on the Gold Coast, contact the editor, Shane, their at editor@thepointgoldcoast.com.au and feed through any news you have, or gigs. Go check it out now - www.thepointgoldcoast.com.au Alternative Music Night at Hotel Maroochydore is on NOW. Jude Lane, Lara Thompson & The Diamond Trade playing tonight for free. Next week, Those Old Soles will be playing. The Outlook have just dropped another date for The Point - August 14th will be the next Drop the Junk (#4 we believe) which features a massive line-up including In2Nation, The Green Room, and Kindread, all helping The Outlook with Mr Boinkin launch their CD. Coolum Beach Hotel, once again, will be hosting this great night of local hip hop, dub, and dubstep. Get your mank on. The Gathering is coming! Thanks to MIA Entertainment, two Coast heavyweights, Rob Stanley and Technical Symplicity are heading down to The Globe Theatre on Sunday July 4th to join the line-up featuring Embrace Eternity, 308 and Desolution. This starts earlier (around 4pm) and is $10. Cleveland Blues & The Red Eye Junction will be stompin' around at the Kawana SLSC tomorrow night for FREE. If you're still yet to see these guys live, here's a good opportunity (and get their CD... it's awesome). All you under 18's after a music fix, on Saturday there will be 3 bands playing at Chambers Island - Birds of Prey, Winehouse, and Stryder for $10. The Villa Noosa is hosting 28 Days tomorrow night. Hell, yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, for your viewing/listening pleasure, here is the latest installment of live performances from the 2010 The Point Party. This one features The Secret Whisper, who made an excellent impression on the night, dispite the evil lead buzz for most of the set (which was rectified during the last song). Enjoy. 23/06/10 The Point Gold Coast will be launched this week. Already there's a 'coming soon' page up now, so keep an eye on www.thepointgoldcoast.com.au ... it's coming. Alternative Music Night at Hotel Maroochydore tomorrow night, from 8pm. Jude Lane, Lara Thompson & The Diamond Trade all feature at this free night of music. Rap rock fans, the wait is nearly over with 28 Days playing this Friday night at Villa Noosa, with support Behind Crimson Eyes. Tickets could still be available from the venue. Joe's Waterhole is having a massive weekend with The Break (3/4 of Midnight Oil and 1/3 of the Violent Femmes) bringing their instrumental surf rock to the Sunshine Coast on Friday night, then the luscious voice of Katie Noonan (George) and the Captains on Saturday night. Diamond Nights is getting closer and closer. Mourning Tide and more coming to the Sunshine Coast on July 2nd at 240V. Say Moshpit Music at the door and get in cheaper. The next installment of performance footage from The Point Party is live, with tonight's video featuring a song from Rivalry. 22/06/10 Archdukes are playing Ric's in Brisbane tonight, with Hello Yoko. It's free and starts at 8.30pm. There's a big show coming up this Saturday night at Club Envy with Devil Rides Out, with Smokestack Orchestra, New Jack Rubys and The Unofficials. Doors open 7pm. There's only a little over a week left to go until the next Diamond Nights, featuring Gold Coast legends, Mourning Tide and guests. Tickets are $15 at the door, BUT, say Moshpit Music and get in for $12. Next Friday, July 2nd, folks. Coast prog outfit, Locavore are back at Dorm Nights at Club 299 in Brisbane next Wednesday, June 30th with Herd of Turtles and South City Sluts. Free entry to that one. You saw them on the latest Podcast, now go celebrate the launch of their CD. The Outlook with Mr Boinkin will be launching their CD on July 9th. It's an 'Evening with the Mank', and The Outlook will be supported by The Lady Throat Killers and DJ Stomp. If you like your beats BIG, then get there from 8pm. $10 at the door. There's some very cool All Ages gigs coming up in Nambour in August, thanks to MIA Entertainment. Go check the Gigs page for details. The Black Box is the place to be that month if you like your music and accesible by all ages. The next video up from The Point Party is Morning Gloree's performance. The lads did 4 songs on the day and had the dubious task of being the first band, which they passed with flying colours. Check out their performance below.

Week 3 21/06/10 Happy Birthday to Craig... he's a big supporter of The Point, fan of Morning Gloree, and raising one hell of a muso in young Jye. Idle Theory are still searching for a permanent bassist. While they have a temporary fill in for the bass position, they do need someone to stay for the long run. Think you've got the chops? Contact The Point and we'll put you in touch with Adam from Idle Theory. Anyone looking to form a prog band (from prog rock to heavier), contact guitarist Daniel via the Wanted page. A few more gigs added to the Gigs page, including a line-up for Fusion, a fundraiser for Cerebral Palsey, which will feature The Secret Whisper and more. There's a few All Ages shows coming up at the end of this month, including one at Chambers Island featuring Birds of Prey, Winehouse and Stryder, or for those with a taste for something heavy, 50 Lions, Persist and Blkout are coming to the Black Box on the 30th. For more info go to the Gigs page. There's so much footage from The Point Party, we're gradually getting through it and editing it all. What we have decided to do is try and release one video a night of either one band performing, or footage from it. Tonight, we have released the podcast from The Point Party, featuring co-presenters Rohan and the Editor, as well as The Outlook and some random footage. Go check it out on the Podcasts page. 20/06/10 A big happy birthday to Licka, drummer for Melodyssey and Dead Letter Circus! Another big week of live music coming up, starting on Wednesday Night with Circle of Sounds Open Mic Night at Club Envy featuring Zenith Thomas, Alys Longmate and Ben McGregor, and Autumn Sun. Doors open at 7pm, $2 entry, and open mic sessions start from 9.30pm. The really cool bit though? Landed TV (seen on Channel 10 on Saturday mornings) will be there. Gold Coast visitors, The Mason Rack Band will be dropping by the Nambour RSL this Thursday night for a show. This will be one of a few before they head off to Canada. Keep July 16th free as it will be a huge night of roots'n'reggae at the Kings Beach Tavern from 7pm. Pay $10 and you'll get Kindread, Cleveland & The Red Eye Junction, and Jack & The Giant Killers. Friday night there's a whole heap of gigs to choose from. Punk's your thing? The Kombi Killers, The Irrits, and Myrtle Place at Deception Bay Sports Club from 8pm. Want to blues it up? Head to Kawana SLSC and catch the ever-stompin' Cleveland Blues & The Red Eye Junction with Ryan Toohey for a free show. Villa Noosa will be hosting something very cool - 28 Days are back, and will be supported by Behind Crimson Eyes. Contact the venue for tickets. If you're down Brisbane way, head to the Jubilee Hotel and catch Meat Snorkel, Hate Disciple, Laceration Mantra, The C*nt Offensive. And that's just the start of the weekend. The Point spoke to a lot of bands at The Point Party last night, and have learnt that Rivalry's EP is getting very close to completion, Morning Gloree have finished their tracks for their next demo/EP, The Secret Whisper have to narrow down 12 tracks to 5 or 6 for their debut offering, due sometime in September, and Messiam have been busy finishing tracks as well. The Point Party. It came, it offered free beer and pizza, there were raffles, there was merchandise, there were 8 bands playing, and a sh*tload of grins at the end. Awesome night, and great to see bands of all genres mingling together. Congratulations to Cleveland Blues for taking home the $100 Gift Voucher and Merch Pack from Shake It Up Music Nambour, congratulations to Jess from The Secret Whisper for taking the double pass to 28 Days & Behind Crimson Eyes at the Villa Noosa this Friday (courtesy of the Villa Noosa), congratulations to Greg from Messiam for taking home the autographed (by all the attending bands) The Point t-shirt, with bonus beer-soaking courtesy of Adam from Idle Theory. A podcast was done on the night and will be up in the next 24 hours, but more importantly, not only were we celebrating 1 year of The Point, but also, due to the achievement of 1,500 hits average a month, there was a new jig to be done. Enjoy. 19/06/10 It's here! The Point's being updated early today due to The Point Party tonight. There's been a few bands sending through apologies for having to pull out last minute, but there have been a few more say they're coming now, so it will still be a pretty damn big night. The marquees would've got a little wet-test last night and the weatherman says it should be clear today/tonight. Melodyssey are working on new tracks this weekend, with vocalist Lance laying down vocal tracks today. A few more gigs have been added to the Gig Guide this morning, so go check it out. There's a very cool All Ages gig coming up on June 26 at Chambers Island (Maroochydore) featuring Birds of Prey, Winehouse and Stryder for $10 at 8pm. Birds of Prey actually have a busy week coming up with a show at Club Envy on July 1st, then at 240V on July 3rd. Technical Symplicity have finally added two new tracks to their myspace, to show that they haven't completely disappeared, but have been refining new material. The tracks 'Lights of Blinding' and 'Hypnic Jerk' (the latter recorded live at this year's Homegrown Festival) were both produced by Jake from Shotgun Studio. Go have a listen/download here. 18/06/10 Point Party Eve. The marquees are up, the lights are strung, and at 4pm tomorrow arvo, The Point Party will have begun. Do have a bit of sad news though - Emily Thompson has had to pull out due to illness AND due to Pine Cone Throat trekking with Norwaygian mates, he has had to pull out of tomorrow night's event too. Bummed, yes, but it shall still be a great night. Rob Stanley, Drawcard and Take Anthia are playing tonight at Villa Noosa from 9pm... for FREE. Take advantage of these Free Music nights that the Villa Noosa is putting on. Club Envy has pop/punk/electronica outfit, Flicks tonight from 8.30pm for $12, then Bang Bang Boss Kelly with David Flowers tomorrow night. Well worth checking out. The Secret Whisper have been booked for FUSION, and event raising money for Cerebral Palsey on July 2nd at Windsor, with more acts to be announced by MIA Entertainment soon. Big news today with Dead Letter Circus unleashing another awesome filmclip. If you haven't seen it yet, this is the film clip to the song 'One Step' from This is the Warning. If you're in a Sunshine Coast band (which means you have at least one member from the Sunshine Coast in it) and have a filmclip, let us know and we'll post it. 17/06/10 The Outlook with Mr Boinkin will be presenting 'An Evening with The Mank' to launch their CD on the Sunshine Coast at the Kings Beach Tavern on July 9th, with special guest DJ Styles. These guys are leading the charge of Sunshine Coast hip hop/dubstep and have been touring up the East Coast. Tonight, catch the Alternative Music Night at Hotel Maroochydore (the ol' Grinning Dog Tavern) with Ryan Toohey, Revolution and All Strings Attached. Don't forget to tune in to Noosa Community Radio (FM101.3) from 9.30am tomorrow to catch guitar whiz Rob Stanley live. Two more days until The Point Party 2010! Prizes/give-aways are sorted, the bands are ready, the beer has been bought and it shall be one hell of a night. To get you in the mood, The Point has prepared a little Pine Cone Throat remix. Download it here and get familiar with Pine Cone Throatisms. 16/06/10 Not into Origin? Club Envy has Open Mic Night tonight with The Firetree, Joshuan Deeble, and Papas Peddle Steel Band, as well as Live Art, this time featuring Leah Watts and Duka Nikolic. $2 entry and starts at 7pm. Kindread are playing tonight at Kings Beach Tavern at 7.30pm, so head on down for some dubby reggae, then go watch the game (if you chose) at the Tav. Alternative Music Night tomorrow night at Hotel Maroochydore from 8pm. This week features Ryan Toohey (he supported Cleveland Blues last Friday night), Revolution Sunday, and All Strings Attached. Hotel Maroochydore is the old Grinning Dog Tavern, in case you didn't know. THE Rob Stanley will be on Noosa Community Radio (FM101.3) Live from 9.30 on this Friday morning. How does guitar shredding get some local air time? Tune in and find out. MIA Entertainment's show on July 30th at Kings Beach Tavern (featuring Templemount, Fire Driver, Locavore, and Soothsayer) is now only $10 to get in, not $12 as previously stated. Bargain! The Outlook have more dates to confirm soon, so as soon as we know, you will. The Point Sunshine Coast shirts have finally arrived! The first batch will be displayed and up for sale at The Point Party this Saturday Night. $20 each. Go check them out on the Merch page. Diamond Nights is returning on July 2nd at 240V! Say Moshpit Music at the door and get cheaper entry! 15/06/10 Gold Coasters, Mason Rack Band are coming to the Sunshine Coast in June/July, before heading off to Canada. They're playing the Nambour RSL on June 24 from 8pm, then the Tewantin RSL on July 2. Birds of Prey, part of the new Indie movement on the Sunshine Coast, will be part of an All Ages show at the Maroochydore Sailing Club on Chambers Island on Saturday June 26. Entry will be $10. Nu-blues trio, Those Old Soles are playing tonight at the Music Kafe in Brisbane from 9pm. Free entry. Open Mic Night at Club Envy tomorrow night, with special guest performers Joshua Deeble and Papas Peddle Steel Band, and The Firetree. As per normal, $2 entry on the night, and guest artists on the night for the Live Art part will be Leah Watts and Duca Nikolic. Diamond Nights #2 is coming! July 2nd at 240V featuring Mourning Tide and more. The last one absolutely went off, so be sure to join in the metally goodness. Say Moshpit Music at the door for cheaper entry. Speaking of Moshpit Music, Phil and gang WILL BE OPEN on Friday (Sunshine Coast Show Holiday) from 10am to 3pm, and will be having a sale in store on all the good stuff (which is basically everything), except for the consignment stock. Not going to the Sunshine Coast Show? Then go annoy Phil and Mega. Another All Ages SCUM show coming up on July 24th in Nambour town featuring Grace is gone, Provoke, Abraxis, Toom of doom, Mayfair, All My Friends at Sea, Standorfall + more. All ages, $10 and it's from 2pm to 10pm! Technical Symplicity and The Vagrant City Scandal will be supporting touring band Mofo is Dead at the Villa Noosa on July 30th. The Friday night gigs are usually a free one, so don't miss that. Doors at 9pm.

Week 2 14/06/10 Slight correction. The Point was under the impression that Kindread were playing at Noosa Surf Club tonight. This is not the case. They are, however, playing Wednesday night at the Kings Beach Tavern from 7.30pm. The Unofficials are playing Ric's Bar in Brisbane tonight. If you're heading down to Brisbane tomorrow, catch Those Old Soles at the Music Kafe in Brisbane's West End from 9pm for FREE. The Point Podcast featuring the editor and Adam from Idle Theory has been ranked #82 video for music in Australia today. Doesn't sound to impressive, but we think that's a pretty cool achievement. If you haven't seen it yet, head to the Podcasts page and check it out. The Gathering is coming, July 4th at the Globe with 308, Embrace Eternity, Rob Stanley, Desolution, and Technical Symplicity (on the verge of releasing their new track - 'Lights of Blinding'). Interested in forming a progressive death metal band on the Sunshine Coast? Let us know and we'll get you in touch with someone that's looking for just that. Messiam have briefly put up a new track on their myspace page. Go check it out before it disappears. 13/06/10 A big thank you for the generous donation to The Point yesterday - this will go towards bettering our services. Infinite Thought Process, The Dumpers and The Headaches tonight at Club Envy from 8pm. Legendary bands. Tomorrow night at Ric's Bar in Brisbane, to cap off your Queen's Birthday Long Weekend, catch The Unofficials, or if you happen to be in Byron Bay, The Outlook will be appearing at Off The Beat'n'Track, and Kindread will be at the Noosa Surf Club from 8pm. Those Old Soles return to the Music Kafe in Brisbane's West End on Tuesday night from 9pm. Free entry. Big weekend coming up with a free show at the Villa Noosa on Friday night featuring Drawcard, Take Anthia, and the return of Rob Stanley. Bands should start from 9pm. The awesome venue that is Live @ Joe's Waterhole is hosting Ash Grunwald on Friday night. Then... on Saturday... it's the 2010 The Point Party! The new podcast is up on the Podcasts page, with special co-presenter Adam from Idle Theory. It's a pretty impromptu performance, and good for sh*ts and giggles, with some footage of Cleveland Blues and The Red Eye Junction from the Kings Beach Tavern. Go check it here. 12/06/10 Kindread's CD launch is on TONIGHT at Club Envy, so if you're bummed that you're not at the Dreaming Festival (just saw some shots from Rohan Nitschke of Dubmarine setting up and the crowd is massive!), and still need your intake of dubby reggae goodness... go see Kindread. Of course, if you already know about the band, you'll be down there anyway. $15. Review now up of the Cleveland Blues & The Red Eye Junction CD Launch last night. Awesome show. Finally, a new podcast is uploading to the site, and it should be online by 9pm tonight (hopefully). Special guest presenter, Adam from Idle Theory joins The Point for some news and, well, extra stuff. It'll be up on the Podcasts page later tonight. MIA Entertainment has announced ANOTHER gig, this time at The Globe in Brisbane on July 4th from 4pm ($10). Catch 308, Embrace Eternity, Rob Stanley, Desolution and Technical Symplicity. Massive line-up for a Sunday arvo. Got your dancing shoes on? Get up to Villa Noosa tonight for the Wildnights CD Launch, featuring Baby Gee. Looks like Rivalry are going into songwriting mode as their drummer, Andy heads overseas for a bit. 11/06/10 It's a long weekend, folks, and you know what that means? Let's get loose! Tonnes of music on offer tonight all over the Sunshine Coast - Kings Beach Tavern - Cleveland Blues & The Red Eye Junction CD Launch, with Transvaal Diamond Syndicate and Ryan Toohey Maleny Hall - Tijuana Cartel and Mr Boinkin. $15. Club Envy - Legless, with Entropy and He-man Woman Eaters Villa Noosa - The Rocketsmiths, Red Ink and The Marsden Lees for FREE (9pm start). Get out there and take it all in. Those of you who veg out on the couch on a Saturday and have noticed that Landed Music TV show on Channel 10, you will all be very keen to learn that they will be coming to film at Club Envy on June 23rd, doing a feature on the Live Art at Open Mic Nights. Yes, it is a Wednesday, but if you haven't been to one of these yet, try it! $2 entry and you get to discover all this new talent, plus witness art being made in front of you, courtesy of Renae Awen and her guest artists (this week just gone Laura Herman from OSKA Clothing was guest artist). Keen to get your mug on TV and support a very worthy night of music... then head out to Envy on this night. There's been a line-up change for the July 30th show at Kings Beach Tavern. Toxic Jungle has been replaced by Soothsayer. The Outlook has been confirmed for July 9th at the Kings Beach Tavern as well. Archdukes have a busy week coming up with a show at Ric's Bar in Bris with Hello Yoko on the 22nd, then a show at Kings Beach Tavern on the 23rd. Don't forget, Cleveland Blues & The Red Eye Junction will be shooting a filmclip at Club Envy on Saturday July 10 from 9.30am to 5.30pm. The band is wanting between 100 and 200 people there for the shoot, plus 6 Can Can girls. Kindread are launching their CD tomorrow night at Club Envy, so go get your reggae dub on. 10/06/10 MIA Entertainment's back with a vengence with some big shows coming up, including a 4-band line-up at Kings Beach Tavern (featuring Toxic Jungle, Locavore, Fire Driver and Templemount) at the end of July, and then into August with all-ages shows at the Black Box in Nambour on the 21st of August featuring 21st Roadside Burial (NSW), Excruciate, Tomb Of Doom and Countdown To Armagedon, and on the 28th with Dyscord(WA), Messiam, Inhailed and Raise The Fallen, with even more shows to be announced (including quite possibly a show with The Outlook and a side project from Tijuana Cartel). The Point would like to, er, point out a mistake. The Marsden Lees will be playing NEXT week at Uni Night at Club Envy. Tonight at Envy is Jager Promo night, so that means promo girls and other stuff. However, The Marsden Lees ARE playing at Alternative Music Night at Hotel Maroochydore (the ol' Grinning Dog Tavern) TONIGHT with other acts. It's Open Mic Night at Forty Five 51 in Caloundra tonight, plus their awesome food, so if you're down that way and looking for entertainment, head down. Tune into Hot91 (what's with Hot91 playing local music? That's wicked!) tonight and listen to a track from the Archdukes from 7.30pm. Their song, Beneath These Hours will be played, so have a listen and then let the band know what you think. The Point Party is getting closer and closer. We have now organised some pretty damn shpiffy items to raffle off on the night, including a double pass to 28 Days and Behind Crimson Eyes at the Villa Noosa (courtesy OF Villa Noosa), a $100 Gift Voucher from those champions down at Shake It Up Music, Nambour (thanks Mark and Elissa!), plus some other awesome goodies courtesy of The Point. Hells yeah. To those who have RSVP'd, directions to the invite-only event will be going out in the next 48 hours. 09/06/10 All you crazy kids that went and had a ball at Diamond Nights, you may have been digitally immortalised. Go check out the photos from the night here. Remember, the next one is on July 2nd with Mourning Tide and more. Open Mic Night tonight at Club Envy. Three guest performers, then it's open slather on the billboard. Pluck up the courage and have a go on stage. Backline provided. As per usual, live art will be taking place, with this week's guest artist Laura Herman. Idle Theory will be ripping a new hole at the Step Inn tonight, supporting Preference and more. Rivalry are at the Maroochydore Surf Club tonight from 7.50pn in the Function Room. Big night on Friday night at Club Envy with Legless - all girl punk - playing with Entropy and He-man Woman Eaters. Doors open 7pm. The Marsden Lees are special guest performers tomorrow night at Uni Night, Club Envy. Metal kids, No Mercy Marg have scored themselves endorsement from Boardstore. Nice one. Welcome Home Rob Stanley and Karen! 08/06/10 Want to be in a filmclip? Cleveland Blues and the Red Eye Junction will be shooting one at Club Envy on Saturday July 10 from 9.30am to 5.30pm. The band is wanting between 100 and 200 people there for the shoot, plus 6 Can Can girls. Cleveland Blues will also be launching their CD, 'Down by the Apple Tree' this Friday night at the Kings Beach Tavern. Doors open 7pm and supports are Transvaal Diamond Syndicate and Ryan Toohey. This Thursday night is Uni night at Club Envy, and The Marsden Lees will be providing their musical services for the evening. Great to hear musicians utilising the Wanted page and having success. Multi-muso's Beau and Huddo have been jamming with drummer Kris, who they found on the Wanted page, on a 'new' project, Transdimensional. Kindread, who will be launching their CD at Club Envy on Saturday, will be on Hot91 tonight with an interview and a song between 7pm and 9pm. Rivalry are 'playing some event' at the Maroochydore Surf Club tomorrow night, in the Function Room, from 7.50pm. Liked the last Diamond Nights? Well there's more coming in the next few months. Mourning Tide, Skyway,*insert band name here* and The Srobe Light Summer are scheduled for the next show which will be on July 2nd. Don't forget, those in Brisbane area, Idle Theory are playing tomorrow night at the Stepp Inn with Preference, Wornaway and Symbolic Weapon, from 9pm. Alternatively, you COULD support the Open Mic Night at Club Envy tomorrow night from 7pm.

Week 1 07/06/10 A big thank you to Georgina (rockin' mum to the Herman boys in Locavore, and the very talented Laura - arteeest extraordinare) for writing a smokin' review of the Dead Letter Circus/Sydonia/This Collision show at the Hi Fi. After reading it (if you didn't go) you'll be kicking yourself for not going (*yeah, I know, I am now - Ed). It's up now on the Reviews page. The Outlook have got more dates up, including some CD Launches. Definitely go see these guys, as they will change your perspective, particularly with how you think of Aussie Hip Hop/Dub Step. Speaking of the The Outlook, Mr Boinkin will be appearing with Tijuana Cartel and Darky Roots at the Maleny Community Centre this Friday night. Tickets are $15 and are available at the door. It's All Ages too, but there will be a bar, so ID will be required. Idle Theory are hitting Brisbane this Wednesday night at the Stepp Inn, with the return of Preference and more. Doors open at 9pm. Alternatively, Open Mic Night at Club Envy again this Wednesday with Emma Bosel, Revolution Sunday, and Shoeless Joe. $2 for 3 main bands, then a smorgasboard of open mic performers. MIA Entertainment is back with a big show at the Kings Beach Tavern on July 30 featuring Templemount, Toxic Jungle, FireDriver and Lovacore, in no particular order. That's one big night of rock, prog, punk in one tasty slab. 06/06/10 Happy Queensland Day. Sounds like the Dead Letter Circus/Sydonia/This Collision show at the Hi Fi Bar was OFF THE HOOK. We're sure there's a lot of people that came out of that show grinning from ear to ear. Those that still wanted some live music but stayed on the Coast last night most likely went to the Rivalry/Stryder/Diamond Trade show at Club Envy instead, which from all reports was a pretty damn good night as well. It's Sunday, time to chill out before the working week, so Peregian Originals has cooked up a tasty slab of music for all of you this afternoon. From about 1pm you'll get The Good Ship, Mardi Lumsden and the Rising Seas, JOEI with guitar lord, Skinny Benny, and new talent in the local scene - Craig Cole. Free music goodness to cap off your weekend. Another massive week of music coming up with an All Ages show in Nambour, Kindread's CD Launch at Club Envy, some techno goodness at Villa Noosa with Wild Nights CD Launch, Cleveland Blues & The Red Eye Junction CD Launch at Kings Beach Tavern (what's with all the CD Launches this week? - Ed.), a cracker of a gig on next Sunday with Infinite Thought Process, The Dumpers, and The Headaches, and heaps more. Just go check out the Gigs page. Heaps of shows to choose from. Don't forget your mid-week intake of music with Open Mic Night at Club Envy on Wednesday, with 3 special guest performers and then open slather from 9.30pm. Get there early to get your name up on the board. One of the easiest ways to get your sound out there, particularly if you haven't performed much before. 05/06/10 To all those that managed to score tickets to Dead Letter Circus at the Hi Fi tonight, have an epic night (*lucky buggers - Ed.) Congratulations to the Destroy All Lines team for putting on a succesful night last night. Diamond Nights debuted with a bang, with a near capacity crowd at 240V. The Point was there briefly to check it out. There's a new blog entry up now, about the last 3 nights of music The Point has experienced. Go have a read. The Point received and reviewed Australian Psycho's offering, Burn Every Bible. The review (and a track to listen to so you get the idea) is now up in the reviews section. Club Envy tonight - Rivalry, Stryder and Diamond Trade. It's a night of indie and rock. Doors at 7pm, and it's $10. Go check out the future generation of Sunshine Coast bands. Next Friday night at the Kings Beach Tavern, catch Cleveland Blues & The Red Eye Junction when they launch "Down by the Apple Tree", with Transvaal Diamond Syndicate and Ryan Toohey. Villa Noosa will be hosting The Rocketsmiths, acclaimed band Red Ink (VIC) and The Marsden Lees next Friday night... for FREE. The Point now has business cards. OMG. We're all, like, professional and stuff. Don't be surprised if one lands in your hand. Only 2 weeks left to go until The Point Party. RSVP's are now closed. Directions to the event will be sent out VIA EMAIL next weekend, so don't forget to check your emails. 04/06/10 Diamond Nights at 240V Diamond Nights at 240V Diamond Nights at 240V Diamond Nights at 240V The debut is tonight, so if you're craving some metallic goodness, head on down. $15 at the door, $12 if you know someone's list. There's been a date change for tomorrow night at Club Envy. Bang Bang Boss Kelly will be playing on June 19th. Tomorrow night, late notice, you'll get Rivalry, Stryder, and a special guest (rumoured to be either Take Anthia or Dunsinane). $10, and doors open 7pm. There's been a line-up change for the June 18 show at Villa Noosa. The Initiation, who were to be playing with Drawcard and Take Anthia, will be replaced by Rob Stanley. Those Old Soles had a cruising time at the Music Kafe last night, and will be back there again on June 15th. The Unofficials will be at Kings Beach Tavern tonight. For all you Sydney The Point-followers, Ryzer is getting some pretty cool gigs happening in the next month. Follow him on Facebook for details. 03/06/10 The Point got some footage of Open Mic Night at Club Envy last night. Music-lovers and musicians should really get behind events like these as 1). It's good practice, and 2). You meet some very cool like-minded musicians, both amateur and seasoned. Ratsnatas are looking for a drummer and a bassist that have a few screws loose to fit in with bunch of motley rockers. If you can keep up with the other lads, contact Philphy Phil on 0402 496099. Congratulations to The Vagrant City Scandal and The Firetree for getting through their heats for the Caloundra Music Festival last night. Those Old Soles playing Music Kafe tonight (not last night that was mistakingly published on Facebook somewhere) from 9pm. Entry is free. Diamond Nights at 240V tomorrow night. It sounds like it will be one MASSIVE night, so show your support if you want to keep heavy music alive on the Sunshine Coast. Meat Snorkel playing the Tempo Hotel in the Valley tomorrow night. Four bands for free at Villa Noosa from 9pm, tomorrow night. Pacha Mamma, The Jimmy Watts Band and special guests will be at Club Envy tomorrow night from 7pm. The Unofficials will be playing the Kings Beach Tavern tomorrow night. Cleveland Blues and the Red Eye Junction (who were at the Open Mic Night at Club Envy last night) will be having a CD Launch at Kings Beach Tavern next Friday, June 11 at the Kings Beach Tavern. Definitely check out this act, especially if low down dirty blues is your thing. 02/06/10 Busy busy busy. AMPED workshops are coming up and The Point highly recommends all you musicians between the ages of 15 and 30, get your applications in and attend these FREE workshops. Read this press release to find out more, then download the application forms here and here (individual and group). Messiam are looking at recording four more songs in four weeks to add to their track "Killing Breed" on Myspace etc, and are looking foward to getting them down and doing a EP later in the year. Local Hip Hoppers, High Knights are playing this weekend at the Nambour Showgrounds at 6pm fro the youth festival, Motivate. Archdukes are playing Kings Beach Tavern on June 23 with Freak Morice and Claire Quinn. It starts at 8pm, it's Free and... apparently it's All Ages. Another free night of music at the Villa Noosa this Friday from 9pm with Blind Fang McGee, Dead Shades, Hope Springs, & Lua. 2 more days to go until the debut of Diamond Nights. Are you ready? The Dead Letter Circus/Sydonia/This Collision show at the Hi Fi in Brisbane on Saturday is now officially SOLD OUT. Apparently it's going to be one of their biggest ever shows. 01/06/10 WTF? June already? A big Happy Birthday to Melodyssey's bassman... Danboy. Have a good one, champ. Open Mic night tomorrow night at Club Envy for just $2. Catch The Flumes, Harri Bandhu (Duo) and take your instrument for open mic sessions. Live art too. Those Old Soles are back and will be hitting the Music Kafe in Brisbane's West End this Thursday night from 9pm. Entry is free for that. Some big gigs coming up this month, especially at Joe's Waterhole with the killer venue hosting Ash Grunwald (18th), Ian Moss (19th), The Break (3 Midnight Oils, 1 Violent Femme on the 25th), and Katie Noonan and the Captions (26th). Not to mention Strung Out at Kings Beach Tavern with Mayfair and Dementia 13 on June 19th. Hmmm... big gigs around the same time as The Point Parth... interesting. Diamond Nights debuts THIS FRIDAY night, so if you want your intake of metal, head down to 240V to catch Confession (ex IKTPQ), City Escape, Therefore I Am (USA) and Signal the Firing Squad (go watch Pine Cone Throat's interview with them and brush up on your gravity blast skills). Apparently there are a few tickets left to Dead Letter Circus' show at the HiFi this Saturday night. You might want to get in quick if you want them though, as all previous shows on this tour SOLD OUT. Get your Mumford on this Saturday night at Club Envy as Bang Bang Boss Kelly come to the Coast for a special show before they disappear for a while. These folk punks put on a bit of a show. A night of blues, roots and reggae this FRIDAY night (if you don't want some metal in ya) at Club Envy with Pacha Mamma appearing with The Jimmy Watts Band. It's $15 at the door, and starts at 7pm.