September 2009

Week 4 30/09/09 Just been tinkering with the look for The Point's site. As you can see, we are now working in conjunction with Tsunami Magazine, so support the local street press. Both The Point and Tsunami aim to support the local music scene, so get behind those who bring you the local music news. Planning has started on the first The Point party coming up, but it's all classified information at this stage. Huge All Ages gig coming up on Sunday with Blessed By a Broken Heart, Shadows Chasing Ghosts, Mourning Tide, Wingspan, Panda Panda Panda, & Forever March. So, if you like your stuff heavy (and half local), then head down to the Black Box in Nambour. Tickets are $20 and doors open 2pm. The Marsden Lees are playing at Uni Night at the Sands tomorrow night, then supporting Drawcard and Violent Flames at the Kings Beach Tavern on Friday night (entry to that is FREE). Podcast will be up and running tomorrow night after a week's break. 28/09/09 RUMOUR HAS IT: That a certain well-known Coast metal act could possibly be working with a prominent Coast producer for their next recording. The Point will follow this up and get some verification. If it is, indeed, true, this will make for a very exciting release. Technical Symplicity guitarist, (and one of The Point's brain-trusts) Rohan Nitschke will be doing his solo thing at the Music Kafe in Brisbane's West End on October 5th (that's a Monday night). Good luck, mate! Man, those Floating Bridges boys have been busy, securing a very healthy residence at the Music Kafe as well. Their debut EP has been mastered, and early reports are that it features some very tasty sounds. The Marsden Lees are playing Uni Night at the Sands Tavern this Thursday night, plus DJ MontyG. 27/09/09 U-Tribe Festival is on today in Conondale. Awesome to hear that Melodyssey 'impressed the crowd with a kick-arse, energetic set' yesterday at Sounds of Spring. There's now a review up on the Dead Letter Circus/Sydonia/Technical Symplicity show from Friday night. You can check it out here. 26/09/09 Sounds of Spring on today, but chances are most of you already know this and are on your way there. Apparently the Children Collide/The Scare show at the Sands Tavern on Thursday night was huge. Good work Sunshine Coast. Last night's Dead Letter Circus/Sydonia/Technical Symplicity was a great testimony to how much we love our local music. A strong 200+ crowd turned up for last night's show. Review of the show will be up later today. Tonight Panda Panda Panda & Tomb of Doom play with Lysergic, The Lytic Cycle and Giger at the Sands Tavern. While on holidays in Sydney, The Point caught up with ex-Coast DJ, Ryzer, so be sure to tune in to this week's podcast as we have a pretty interesting interview with Ryzer coming up. 22/09/09 Don't forget this week is a big week of gigs, capping off with Sounds of Spring (Melodyssey, The Scare, and Dead Letter Circus are all appearing), but if you've been unlucky in getting tickets to that, then the Sands Tavern has a rough and tumble night of metal on Saturday night from 7pm. Panda Panda Panda & Tomb of Domb play with Lysergic, The Lytic Cycle and Giger for $12. The Point is now going on holidays, so there will be no news updates until Saturday. Keep sending in your profiles, gig listings, and news though, as I will get to put them up on the weekend. Don't miss this week's massive line-up of gigs, and I will hopefully see a lot of you at the Dead Letter Circus/Sydonia/Technical Symplicity show on Friday night.

Week 3 21/09/09 The Scare return to the Sunshine Coast on Thursday night with Children Collide at the Sands Tavern. Tickets are available online at www.oztix.com and they're $19.50 + booking fee. Dead Letter Circus, Sydonia and Technical Symplicity then hit the Sands Tavern the following night, this Friday. Tickets available from the venue, or online from oztix.com for $14.50 + booking fee. It's coming up to busy season for bands, with a lot more gigs & festivals approaching, so now's the time to hone in on those PR skills. The FoxPR blog can help you with that, so have a read at some of the entries here, then look at examples of band press releases here & here. 20/09/09 Two new reviews up right now - Dunsinane at Kings Beach Tavern on September 18, and the Gigahertz Presents gig (featuring Technical Symplicity, Adonis and more) that was on last night. If you weren't at these shows, go have a read and see what you missed. Just head to the reviews page. 19/09/09 MASC in the Park is on RIGHT now at Cotton Tree Park. The Point went past there this morning as they were setting up. They are located at the Eastern point of the park close to the pool. You can catch Forever March, All Strings Attached and more, for FREE. After that, there's a FREE show tonight at the Sands Tavern where you can catch Technical Symplicity, Chamberland, Adonis, World's Fastest, and Zenith Thomas. Doors should open at 7pm. The Point had a chat with those legends down at Shake It Up Music in Nambour yesterday, and they report that the renovations for the downstairs studios/rehearsal rooms are nearly finished. Also, they will be providing a new rockband mentoring program at the start of the new year for the next generation of Sunshine Coast rockstars, as well as a Weekend Warrior program for the older muso's. Head down to Shake It Up and talk to them about it now. 18/09/09 CORRECTION: The Mayfair/Trigger Theory/Fall to Earth show is tonight at the Sands Tavern - $10. Sorry for any confusion. Tranzluzid, Dunsinane, and Temple Mount are doing a free show tonight at the Kings Beach Tavern. Diamond Trade have joined The Point, so we'd like to welcome them to the fray. They have a few shows coming up, so be sure to check them out. Drawcard have quite a few shows coming up, so check out the shows page to see where you can catch them. MASC in the Park tomorrow, folks. Free music down at Cotton Tree Park all day long. Gigahertz presents another FREE rock show at the Sands Tavern tomorrow night with Technical Symplicity, Chamberland, Adonis, World's Fastest, and Zenith Thomas. Doors open at 7pm in the back room. 16/09/09 This week's podcast is now loading, so you should be able to check it out shortly. The Point has been contacted by a new band on the Coast - Diamond Trade - so hopefully we'll have their profile up soon. A whole swag of shows this week (a lot of them FREE too), starting with Dunsinane at Rosies in Brisbane. Check out the shows page for more info. Mayfair playing with Trigger Theory and Fall to Earth tomorrow night at the Sands Tavern. That's $10 to get in to see that one. 15/09/09 The Point welcomes roots/alternative band, The Flumes to the database. Go check them out here.

Week 2 14/09/09 The Ailment has a huge gig this Saturday night at Kallangur with Burn Athena, Outrage, Aversions Crown and more. It's All Ages and $10 to get in. Dunsinane are hitting Rosies in Brisbane this Wednesday night, so you can catch them, Stonemason and Yorke for FREE. Forever March have put a message out today - they're playing at MASC in the Park at Cotton Tree on Saturday at 11.40am in a bid to play the Caloundra Music Festival next month. They're also getting ready to go into the studio in Sydney to record the debut album, which will hopefully be ready for release next year. 13/09/09 Local punk legends, Firedriver have their new album Dead End River out now, and you can grab a copy from those other legends at Moshpit Music in Maroochydore. Big week of gigs coming up with shows on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night for local rock acts. Check the shows page for details. 11/09/09 Meat Snorkel are playing their 2nd last show of the year tonight at the Del Plaza in the Gold Coast. Make it a BIG one, lads. Meat Snorkel's bassist, Huddo (also in Excruciate, Universal Veil and more) has been helping out a new band on the Coast, providing some RAWK vocals. Will be interesting to see how that turns out. Tranzluzid now have their video for Master of Disguise up on their myspace...but you can also check it out below.   10/09/09 All Strings Attached are playing MASC in the Park at Cottontree on Saturday 19th of September. They will be on at 1:30pm. They also will be opening U Tribe at 12:30pm on Friday 25th of September on the MASC stage at Greens Park, Connondale. Keltica is in the finals for the King of Song Competition at the Buderim Tavern on Thursday night 17th September. Go and support your local gypsy! 09/09/09 UPDATE: The Point Podcast is now up featuring Dunsinane and Morning Gloree. Interesting day today, as the world celebrates Nine Nine Nine (09/09/09 - or as the Germans would translate to the No day...No No No). This week's podcast should be up tonight and we will be checking out some fresh new talent on the Coast. Pine Cone Throat apologises to his loyal followers for no video this month, as the lad's been busy with all this Dead Kelly material that keeps coming out. The Point will try and catch up with him soon to at least answer some of the questions we've been getting in the emails. There is some very big news coming soon from the Dead Kelly camp, but we'll leave that to Pine Cone Throat to release. Meat Snorkel will be playing their 2nd last show of the year at the Gold Coast this Friday night. These guys have had a very busy year. Dead Letter Circus released The Space On the Wall on iTunes last Friday, so if you haven't bought and downloaded a copy yet, do so now! 08/09/09 The Woombye Pub has cancelled this Thursday's Hell City Glamour gig (which The Vagrant City Scandal were on as well), as they are wanting to cut back on live music. Boo, Woombye Pub, boo. Tranzluzid's filmclip to Master of Disguise is now up on their myspace. The Point will try and get it up on their profile soon. The Point has decided to accept any and all fan photos that anyone wants to put up of their favourite Sunshine Coast bands. Please email them to editor@thepointsunshinecoast.com.au and we'll put them up on their own page.

Week 1 06/09/09 Happy Father's Day to all those Sunshine Coast musicians that are Dads, Grandads, or Dads-to-be. Pass that musical knowledge onto your kids to keep the talent on the Sunshine Coast rockin. Also, Happy Birthday to Kelly, one of The Point's international followers. There's a new review up now of the Grand Atlantic/The Vagrant City Scandal/The Marsden Lees show last Friday night. 05/09/09 Moshpit Music has The Ailment's EP in stock now for $15 each. The Point went to Grand Atlantic, The Vagrant City Scandal and The Marsden Lees at the Sands Tavern last night. Review will be up soon. 04/09/09 Former Sunshine Coast DJ, Ryzer has been announced as one of the acts at this year's Earthdance in Sydney at the end of the month. Over the past decade Earthdance has become renowned around the world as a celebration of cultural diversity, music and the arts. Since launching in Sydney in 2004 the popularity of Earthdance has increased rapidly, with a huge attendance of 40,000+ people making last year the biggest Sydney Earthdance yet. This year we expect an equally large turnout, and with Prince Alfred Park a limited capacity venue we recommend arriving early to avoid disappointment. For those that missed Meat Snorkel play with Shanghai at the Sands last month...here's a bit of brilliance for you.     03/09/09 The Point podcast for this week may be delayed for a few days. Don't forget to check out The Vagrant City Scandal and The Marsden Lees as they support Grand Atlantic tomorrow night at the Sands Tavern, from 7pm. If you happen to be in Brisbane this weekend, go support Dunsinane at Bar 388 in the Valley. They'll be performing a showcase, so the more support the better. 02/09/09 Tranzluzid, Dunsinane and Temple Mount hit the Kings Beach Tavern on Friday, September 18. You can catch them for FREE from 7.30pm. 01/09/09 Woo! First day of Spring for 09. The Point has learned that this week, The Sands Tavern will re-open the big room to bands, with Uni night being the first to relish in big room glory! Well done, Sands Tav. Technical Symplicity guitarist, Rohan Nitschke has been performing as a soloist, playing the Blues in support of The Floating Bridges, as well as starting to secure his own gigs.