GRINDERMAN

Nick Cave And The Goodbye Band

Nick Cave’s ‘other’ outfit is back with a new album called Grinderman 2. BOB GORDON speaks with drummer, Jim Sclavunos.

FOLLOWING SEA

Calm Before The Storm

Hailing from Melbourne, Following Sea have had a busy year, touring almost non-stop in the lead-up to the release of their debut 7” later this month.

SOULFLY

Mad Max

Soulfly and City Of Fire storm Perth this week, playing Capitol on Tuesday, September 14. Max Cavalera explains his continued campaign to take Soulfly back to his extreme metal roots.

FEAR FACTORY

The F Factor

Mechanize, the follow-up to Fear Factory’s 2005 release Transgression, sees the return of these longstanding metal/industrial crossover stalwarts to their glorious days of yore.

UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US
Black Heart

Music. Arson. Suicide. Murder. Art. Black metal. Until The Light Takes Us is the first feature length documentary chronicling the history, ideology and aesthetic of the infamous Norwegian musical subculture.

OLD MAN RIVER

In Old We Trust

Old Man River isn’t ashamed to admit that listeners may only be vaguely familiar with one or two of his previous tunes; in particular 2007’s joyful pop anthem La.

ASH GRUNWALD

Surfin’ WA

Despite kicking around for more than 10 years on countless live stages from Byron Bay to Belgium, veteran Aussie blues ’n’ roots troubadour Ash Grunwald shows no sign of slowing down.

THE VERSES

Hooperunknown

The Hoopers have killed Heidi and are now stepping out with their new album, Seasons, as The Verses. BOB GORDON speaks with Ella Hooper.

DISTURBED

Seeking Asylum

Formed in Chicago in 1996, Disturbed have sold 11 million albums and six million digital tracks worldwide over the course of their career.

CALLING ALL CARS
Boys In Blue

Fresh from their recent tour with AC/DC, Calling All Cars are finally ready to launch their debut album Hold, Hold, Fire, and indeed do so this weekend with shows at Prince Of Wales on Friday, September 3; The Rosemount Hotel on Saturday, September 4; and all ages Hyper Fest at the Midland Railway Workshops on Sunday, September 5. BEN WATSON spoke to vocalist, guitarist and pianist Haydn Ing.