Shihad

The most excellent Kiwi boys Shihad are having a busy last half of the year. They recently sold out their run of dates, they are about to come back as supports for KoRn and now they're announcing yet another run of shows.

As seen on the drum kit above, they were also known as Pacifier for a while, to try and avoid conflict with the term "jihad". I still consider their album the General Electric one of the finest rock albums to be ever made in the Australasia region. Big call, I know, but I love it.

Come January, we'll have 3 shows in our area:
6th - Beer Gardens, Surfers Paradise [18+]
7th - Villa Noosa, Sunshine Coast [18+]
8th - The Zoo, Brisbane [18+]

Make sure you catch them, they're still writing and producing excellent music after all these years.

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That 1 Guy

Imagine Les Claypool (of Primus fame) playing pipes that he constructed himself. Like PVC plumbing pipes. And you get That 1 Guy:


Don and I saw him by accident play the Big Day Out a few years ago and ever since I've been totally enthralled. But that may also have something to do with how much he reminds me of Les Claypool and how rarely I get to see the mighty Les.

Apparently he's tweaked his instruments and added some new pipes and is coming to spend two months in Australia. We get him in our area on these dates:

Wednesday 1st December – Villa Noosa, Noosa
Thursday 2nd December – Miami Sharks, Gold Coast
Friday 3rd December – Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
Saturday 4th December – Globe Theatre, Brisbane
Monday 27th December – Woodford Folk Festival, Woodfordia

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