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08.05.12 LIVE REVIEW: FU MANCHU
Influential Californian stoner rock dudes Fu Manchu delivered their trademark scuzz sounds at Fowler's Live last week.
04.05.12 DEVILDRIVER CANCEL AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Due to their lead singer experiencing a nasty bout of pneumonia, Californian metal band DevilDriver have had to cancel all dates on their impending Australian tour.
03.05.12 INTERVIEW: WAVVES
Frontman of Californian surf punk/noise rock outfit Wavves, Nathan Williams, has never been one to deny a penchant for illicit substances.
26.03.12 THE MORNING BENDERS CHANGE NAME TO ‘POP ETC’
After much deliberation over their current "offensive" moniker, Californian outfit The Morning Benders are officially changing their names to POP ETC.
15.09.11 INCUBUS RISE FROM THE DEPTHS FOR OZ TOUR
After a long break, which saw guitarist Mike Einziger attend Harvard Music School, Incubus is back in 2011 with a new album If Not Now, When? and as an extra bonus for local fans of the indie funk rock troupe, the Californians will be playing the AEC Theatre on Mon Feb 6.
02.08.11 INTERVIEW: STEEL PANTHER
If you took their biographical material as gospel, it would appear US outfit Steel Panther have been around for more than 20 years, just missing the heyday of eighties rock and staying 'underground' until now.
02.08.11 INTERVIEW: WARPAINT
(Check out the live review of Warpaint at Jive here).
04.03.11 Interview: Lady Strangelove
Tonight (Fri Mar 4) sees notorious Melbourne party collective Tone Deaf infiltrate the Adelaide scene with their first of many club nights at Rocket Bar.
30.11.10 Michael Franti bringing the sunshine to Australia
World renowned roots artist Michael Franti and his band Spearhead will return to Australia for a headline tour next April.
15.11.10 Doobie Brothers for Clipsal 2011
The forgotten sons of California rock The Doobie Brothers will make a surprise return to Australian shores next year off the back of their 13th studio album World Gone Crazy, which was released a few months ago.
10.11.10 Heavy Heavy Low Low say hello and goodbye
Not for the first time this year, an American group will tour Australia for the first and last time in 2010.
25.10.10 Katy Perry is Australia Dreaming
Katy Perry has announced the Australian dates on her California Dreams world tour.
16.09.10 Linkin Park: Starting Again
A decade into their career, California’s Linkin Park have discarded the hard rock blueprint that has delivered them global album sales skyward of 50 million and started afresh.
04.08.10 Guttermouth playing Fowler's...again
There are promises of a new album in the pipeline, but until then we'll have to settle for a greatest hits offering from veteran California punks Guttermouth when they drop into the country this October.
02.07.10 First Listen: Wavves - King Of The Beach
We were both disappointed and elated when the new album from Wavves, aka slacker punk hero Nathan Williams, was leaked onto the internet.
