Coachella gets a new date
Hearted on Wednesday
Planning a US expedition in 2009 – economic crisis be damned? Well, make a note in your diary that the legendary Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival has moved its dates.
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Muse, Muse and Muse, Radiohead, Bloc Party, Karnivool, Tori Amos, Dresden Dolls, Arcade Fire, Gotye, Sigur Ros, Killers, Rage Against the Machine, Queens of the Stone Age, The Basics, Sarah Blasko, Midenight Juggernauts, Editors, Dead Letter Circus, Cog, Bushido, Mammal, Schelite, Sleep Parade, Thom Yorke
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Hearted on Wednesday
Planning a US expedition in 2009 – economic crisis be damned? Well, make a note in your diary that the legendary Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival has moved its dates.
Hearted last fortnight
The Living End showered the punters tonight with a dazzling performance of new and old songs to a sold out crowd in Melbourne.
Hearted last month on the 26th
The Byron Bay Arts and Music Festival will regrettably no longer be happening this summer, but there's a new festival to soften the blow!
Hearted last month on the 25th
Following on from our discovery that festival behemoth All Tomorrow's Parties is coming to Victoria, details for Sydney and Brisbane are here!
Hearted last month on the 25th
The first Badlands festival was a fine endorsement for Aussie rock and metal. If you missed it, I suggest you start kicking yourself.
Hearted last month on the 25th
With the Sydney and Melbourne shows selling out in five minutes, Bloc Party have added second shows in both cities.
Hearted last month on the 25th
The rumours have been circulating for a whole year - finally we have the line-up.
Hearted last month on the 22nd
With their hotly anticipated new album 'Only By The Night' now in stores, Nashville rockers the Kings Of Leon have been on the campaign trail talking it up to all who will listen of late.
Hearted last month on the 20th
To celebrate the inaugural Festival Awards, FL looks back at the hits and misses that transpire when an Aussie festival takes a gamble.
Hearted last month on the 17th
Since stepping down as Madonna’s musical advisor, gun-for-hire Stuart Price has lent his talents to The Killers' new album 'Day & Age'.
Hearted last month on the 17th
Bright lights of this year's St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, wide-eyed indie-pop collective Stars will return in January 2009.
Hearted last month on the 16th
A music-lover’s Mecca, the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival is making its return in February 2009. And this time Perth is invited to the party!
Hearted last month on the 11th
The Falls Music and Arts and Southbound Festivals have pulled another stack of musical rabbits out their hats for part three of the line-up.
Hearted last month on the 11th
Gather round...it’s time to pick apart the honour roll for the 2008 ARIA Awards; a list sure to divide FLers more than a Simple Plan tour.
Hearted last month on the 10th
UK indie-rock bastions Bloc Party are back on our shores in November for five headline shows, joyously presented by FasterLouder.
Hearted last month on the 10th
In the first of a series of event profiles to celebrate the inaugural Festival Awards, FL throws a few questions the way of The Falls Festival.
Hearted last month on the 7th
Rage Against The Machine was prevented from performing an impromptu set at an anti-Republican rally this week, so they used a bit of ingenuity.
Hearted last month on the 3rd
Owencord talks to Clint Boge about their upcoming tour and crafting their highly anticipated new album "Final Conversations Of Kings"
Hearted last month on the 3rd
Do you spend all of your time on the FL forums blagging about festivals you love (and the ones you just love to hate)? Well it is time that Australia hears what you have to say.
Hearted last month on the 3rd
With their ninth studio album imminent, various reports suggest stadium rock gods Metallica are planning a visit to our shores very soon.
Hearted last month on the 3rd
To celebrate the launch of the inaugural Festival Awards, FL has put together our ten most memorable Australian festival moments.
Hearted last month on the 3rd
The rumours are true - legendary festival kingpin All Tomorrow's Parties is expanding its reach to Australia with a three-day festival in January 09.
Hearted last month on the 3rd
FL has been busy taking note of all the artists we’ve heard (and several we hope) might be making the pilgrimage down under for Big Day Out 2009.
Hearted last month on the 3rd
After months of speculation, Neil Young has been locked in for three headline shows alongside My Morning Jacket! Oh, and Big Day Out too...
Hearted on the 26th Aug, 2008
In a move sure to surprise as many fans as it delights, Queens Of The Stone Age man Josh Homme is entering the studio with Arctic Monkeys.
Hearted on the 21st Aug, 2008
Last Tuesday, Bloc Party revealed its third album 'Intimacy' would be available in just over a week's time. FL got the story from Kele Okereke.
Hearted on the 21st Aug, 2008
With anticipation mounting for the release of 'Death Magnetic', Metallica has announced a show at the O2 Arena in London with tickets at just £5 a pop.
Hearted on the 18th Aug, 2008
While one of V Festival’s dual sites wallowed in mud and torrential rain over the weekend, the other enjoyed uninterrupted sunshine. Both, however, got to enjoy sets from Muse, The Verve, Kings Of Leon, Kaiser Chiefs and many more festival greats.
Hearted on the 18th Aug, 2008
If a new Dutch mobile application has its way, you’ll never make the wrong choice of act or stage at a festival again.
Hearted on the 18th Aug, 2008
After playing the Big Day Out earlier this year, touring with RATM and expressing their love for Billy Bragg, politico-punk outfit Anti-Flag are returning to Australia in December.
Hearted on the 16th Aug, 2008
On its fifth album, 'White Noise', The Living End is "psyched and ready to go". FL checks in with the boys as they prepare for a cross-country tour.
Hearted on the 11th Aug, 2008
Following the heady excitement of Foreshore and Stonefest, Trackside have just dropped another stellar line-up bring the best bands in Australia to Canberra this November.
Hearted on the 11th Aug, 2008
Tunde Adebimpe, frontman for New Yorkers TV On The Radio, is appearing in a lead role in the new film from acclaimed director Jonathan Demme.
Hearted on the 7th Aug, 2008
When the Republican National Convention touches down in Minneapolis this September, so too will Rage Against The Machine. Let the games begin.
Hearted on the 6th Aug, 2008
Splendour In The Grass 2008 gets a fevered first day, with highlight sets from Gyroscope, The Cold War Kids and Devo.
Hearted on the 6th Aug, 2008
The Grates, Vampire Weekend and Sigur Ros are just some of the highlights on this festival's mammoth second day.
Hearted on the 29th Jul, 2008
In the lead-up to Splendour In The Grass, FasterLouder quizzed a bunch of the headliners about what gets their festival mojo racing.
Hearted on the 28th Jul, 2008
Winter’s most anticipated music festival is only a few days away, and after months of meticulous planning it’s now up to Mother Nature to decide if she’ll smile upon the Splendour faithful with a weekend of sunshine.
Hearted on the 28th Jul, 2008
Albert Hammond Jr. has been forced to call off his tour of Australia, including a slot at Splendour, due to a “severe throat infection”.
Hearted on the 28th Jul, 2008
The Grates' second album is not just as good as their debut - it's a step up.
Hearted on the 26th Jul, 2008
The fabulous Splendour In The Grass is just around the corner - and now you can plan your weekend with the official map and timetable.
Hearted on the 16th Jul, 2008
If Barack Obama is elected US president, Rage Against The Machine will at last know a leader they don’t want to rally against (with a pocket full of shells).
Hearted on the 8th Jul, 2008
It appears there is life for Zach De La Rocha after (during?) Rage Against The Machine. The man has a new band with ex-Mars Volta member Jon Theodore.
Hearted on the 5th Jul, 2008
Set to be the biggest ever rock / hip hop / dance music festival to be held in Geelong featuring over twenty-five of the biggest Australian bands including Grinspoon, Faker, Shihad, Operator Please and Dukes of Windsor.
Hearted on the 1st Jul, 2008
Bazaar is set to reclaim the Queensbridge Hotel with Mammal, Deal Letter Circus and Trial Kennedy all headlining one huge night.
Hearted on the 28th Jun, 2008
One of Australia’s hardest-gigging bands, Birds Of Tokyo is again loading up the Tarago for a national tour - proudly presented by FasterLouder.
Hearted on the 28th Jun, 2008
Bona-fide pros of the live circuit, The Living End are getting back to what they do best this September with a run of theatre shows.
Hearted on the 28th Jun, 2008
Radiohead take their In Rainbows tour to Milano, Italy and FasterLouder's on the ground to review and photograph the spectacular show .
Hearted on the 12th Jun, 2008
The Great Escape is back this year - same location, different date and one helluva line-up to boot.
Hearted on the 9th Jun, 2008
Little Red reveal the process behind their new album, and discuss the awesomeness that is backstage transportation.
Hearted on the 9th Jun, 2008
The toff sees a triumphant return to the stage from former Klinger star Ben Birchall and the birthing of a new bunch of rock legends, Howl.
Hearted ages ago
For Muse singer Matt Bellamy, a once-a-year indulgence in hallucinogens “opens new doorways”. Side-effects may include falling into a Supermassive Black Hole.
Hearted ages ago
In the lead-up to the June release of Radiohead: The Best Of by the band’s former label EMI, vocalist Thom Yorke has voiced his inevitable disappointment. "We haven't really had any hits,” he told The Word, “so what exactly is the purpose?"
Hearted ages ago
Already set to send shivers of delight through Splendour, Sigur Rós has now added headline performances in Melbourne and Sydney.
Hearted ages ago
Muse pocket rocket Matt Bellamy has plenty of admirers – but one in particular has got a little close for comfort. The singer admits to being “freaked out” by a male stalker/poet who pays visits to his house in Lake Como, Italy.
Hearted ages ago
Hours outside the official announcement, the 45th Annual Lollapalooza line-up has been released in full.
Hearted ages ago
Melbourne’s V Festival proved itself as a worthy contender in the Australian big name festivals, with enough highlights to immediately rival Big Day Out.
Hearted ages ago
Here’s some tour news to make heads spin. Rock anarchists The Mars Volta are returning to our shores to promote their most unhinged, next-level album to date.
Hearted ages ago
The Reading and Leeds double-header returns in August, with both festivals sharing the same acts over one mammoth weekend. The banner names are suitably colossal: among them Rage Against The Machine, The Killers, Metallica and Bloc Party.
Hearted ages ago
Last night at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory, the four state finalists in the Garage to V went head-to-head to decide who would claim the coveted V Festival slot. All the bands have talent to burn, but only one could prevail…
Hearted ages ago
FasterLouder gets a whopping eight minutes with Gyroscope guitarist Zoran Trivic to talk new experiences in recording, dodgy reviews and pleasing the fans.
Hearted ages ago
Boasting a lineup that has “more rock than a mineshaft”, Push Over 2008 is on the horizon. The mere fact that the festival takes place at the Abbotsford Convent should have you excited. Seriously, when can you say you’ve rocked out inside a convent?
Hearted ages ago
In a minor coup, Muse claimed top spot in the Triple J Hottest 100 over the weekend - seizing the mantle from what’s typically an Australian act. The kings of pomp romped it in with Knights Of Cydonia, closely followed by silverchair at No. 2.
Hearted ages ago
Recovered from all your New Year shenanigans yet? Well there’s no rest of the wicked because it’s already time to start thinking about how you’re going to plan your adventures when the Big Day Out rolls into town later this month.
Hearted ages ago
After touring debut album Themata around the US for two months, Karnivool are heading home.
Hearted ages ago
Undoubtedly one of the most exciting tour announcements of December is the news that Arcade Fire will be performing sideshows adjunct to their Big Day Out appearances next year. The tour will mark the band's first Australian dates.
Hearted ages ago
Following their win for ‘Sticky Carpet's Best New Artist’, local trio Midnight Juggernauts will headline some of Australia’s finest venues in March 2008, joined by soon-to-be-announced special guests.
Hearted ages ago
Muse kick off their national tour in Perth with an epic performance underneath the stars at Supreme Court Gardens.
Hearted ages ago
WIth Bjork confirmed to perform at next year's Sydney Festival in January, is a Big Day Out slot now also a shoe-in for the singer?
Hearted ages ago
Two of the nation's best loved pop-rock outfits, The Cops and Expatriate, are set to go head to head as they embark on a national co-headlining tour. FasterLouder jumps on board for the ride.
There doesn't seem to be any…
Something With Numbers are definitely living up to their tag as a band to watch in 2007.
Back from the US and with their debut album about to hit the shops, Expatriate are about to embark on a national tour. Recorded by the band in Seattle, In the Midst of This will be on the shelves on A
Fans of Cold War Kids’ jangly guitar sounds will be pleased to hear that the band will finally be making the trek to Australia from hometown Fullerton, California. Influenced by the likes of Dylan and the Velevet Underground, the four pals have craft
Bloc Party are coming back to Oz to play for you their second studio album, A Weekend in the City. Two years after their debut and produced by Jacknife Lee, the boys are well rested and ready to get back on the road.
Indie rockers, The Shins visit here so often they should apply for residency. James Mercer and co. will land on our shores for their fourth tour this August – serving up a lashing of lofi goodness at Splendour as well as a series of national sideshows.
Karnivool hit the Hifi Bar & Ballroom as part of the venue’s ten year birthday celebrations.
Cog hit the Hifi Bar & Ballroom as part of their Boomerang Tour and the venue’s ten year birthday celebrations.
Already set to send shivers of delight through Splendour, Sigur Rós has now added headline performances in Melbourne and Sydney.
BAZAAR – Mammal + Dead Letter Circus + Trial Kennedy
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