Australian post-punk band Cable Ties is set to embark on a thrilling tour across the country to promote their upcoming album, All Her Plans. Known for their electrifying energy and raw passion, theyre set to showcase their new material and classics from their previous releases. Catch them when they head to Anglesea on 28 July and Castlemaine on 29 July.

Cable Ties Australian tour dates

• June 23 Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide w/ Bad//Dreems
• July 28 Sound Doctor, Anglesea w/ Our Carlson
• July 29 Theatre Royal, Castlemaine w/ Our Carlson
• August 4 Max Watts, Melbourne w/ Our Carlson
• August 5 The Zoo, Brisbane w/ Our Carlson
• August 6 Eltham Hotel, Eltham w/ Our Carlson
• August 10 Tanswells, Beechworth
• August 11 The Shaking Hand, Canberra w/ Our Carlson
• August 12 The Lansdowne, Sydney w/ Our Carlson
• August 13 The Servo, Port Kembla w/ Our Carlson

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Fans can expect to hear new tracks from the upcoming LP, including the recently released single, Change, which delves into the lingering effects of patriarchal violence and the frustration with the slow progress of social change.

Change is about how to keep surviving and fighting even when it feels like were going backwards, says Cable Ties guitarist and lead vocalist Jenny McKechnie.

It contrasts the traumatisation of victim/survivors by the so-called justice system with the solidarity and hope I have found talking to mothers, friends and strangers, who have connected with the songs Ive screamed into the abyss.

 

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Ian Moss is a national treasure. His monumental work with Cold Chisel, partnered with his brilliantly fruitful solo career, has been embedded into Australian culture.

Still etching his name into the Australian music industry, Moss returns now with his forthcoming eighth studio album, Rivers Run Dry, and the Rivers Run Dry Tour in August through Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. The tour will see Moss performing songs from the new album and the songs that have made Mossy one of the most captivating musicians on the planet.

Ian Moss Rivers Run Dry Tour

Saturday, 5 August 2023: The Tivoli, Brisbane QLD

Friday, 11 August 2023: Palais Theatre, St Kilda VIC

Saturday, 12 August 2023: Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW

Friday, 18 August 2023: The Regal Theatre, Perth WA

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The album, Rivers Run Dry, is due for release on Friday, 21 July 2023 and features 12 songs and largely recorded over ten days at Rancom St Studios in Sydney. Rivers Run Dry is a musical feast once more displaying Mossys well-documented guitar-playing genius and a voice that floats like a butterfly and yet can pack the punch of a Mallee bull. Either way, it is unforgettable.

Co-produced by Ian and Brent Clark, who also engineered the album, it was recorded with the core band of Zoe Hauptman Bass (Neil Finn, Paul Kelly, Missy Higgins), Clayton Doley Keys (Joe Bonamassa, Jimmy Barnes) and Kerry Jacobson Drums (Dragon, Mondo Rock) with special guests Julian Moss sharing vocals on the Stevie Wonder classic Blame it On the Sun, and multiple award-winning songwriter and recording artist, Kasey Chambers, on the roots inspired Bury Me.

The song selection for Rivers Run Dry was focused on simply finding good songs, regardless of the style or genre they may have initially presented, and the result is an album that covers straight-ahead rock, Latin, funk, country, blues & unapologetic pop and yet we still ended up with an album that sounds very cohesive, Moss says.

I dont think any of us feel we have any What the fuck is that song doing on this album? moments.

Rivers Run Dry is released on Friday, 21 July 2023 through Universal Music Australia. General public tickets go on sale at 9.00am (local times) on Thursday, 4 May 2023 from here.

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ARIA and 8x Golden Guitar award-winning country artist and singer-songwriter Fanny Lumsden is heading out on a huge Australian tour this year, to celebrate the release of HEY DAWN, her much anticipated fourth studio album and follow-up to 2020s watershed Top 10, 5x Golden Guitar and ARIA Award-winning album Fallow.

Kicking off on July 28 in Bendigo, Lumsden and her incredible band The Prawn Stars will be visiting cities and regional centres across the country through July, August and September.

HEY DAWN National Album Tour

July 28 Bendigo, Bendigo Bank Theatre, VIC

July 29 Ballarat, Mechanics Institute, VIC

July 30 Anglesea, The Sound Doctor, VIC

Aug 4 Canberra, Street Theatre, ACT

Aug 5 Wagga, Wagga Civic Theatre, NSW

Aug 6 Benalla, Benalla Town Hall, VIC

Aug 9 Brunswick Heads, Brunswick Picture House, NSW

Aug 10 Pomona, Majestic Theatre, QLD

Aug 11 Maryborough, Maryborough Sports Club, QLD

Aug 12 Toowoomba, The Power House, QLD

Aug 13 Brisbane, The Triffid, QLD

Aug 25 Melbourne, Memo Music Hall, VIC

Aug 26 Meeniyan, Meeniyan Town Hall, VIC

Aug 27 Bundalaguah, Live at the Bundy, VIC

Sept 1 Milton, Milton Theatre, NSW

Sept 2 Sydney, Factory Theatre, NSW

Sept 3 Newcastle, Lizottes, NSW

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Due for release in August, Hey Dawn is a rich character study, with the singer-songwriter reflecting on the stories that have shaped her and those around her. Its also a more sonically diverse outing than Lumsdens previous records, incorporating elements such as guitar-based indie-pop into her trademark world of gorgeously crafted, emotionally rich acoustic songwriting.

I wanted it to feel good, I wanted to have fun, she smiles. I didnt want to think too hard about it I just wanted to feel.

Hey Dawn is, in short, Lumsdens most complete offering to date. But it took a while to get there.

Following the release of Fallow, Lumsden spent an exhausting 18 months navigating the logistical nightmare of touring in a time of COVID-related border closures and show cancellations. When combined with the residual trauma of the 2020 bushfires that nearly claimed her property in the Snowy Valleys region of New South Wales I literally drove out to Tamworth while the side of the road was still burning the desire to write music temporarily deserted her.

When it finally returned it did so on the coast of Western Australia, as Lumsden and her husband (and bandmate) Dan Freeman navi...