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This May will see their fourth Australian tour and third time in Byron. The band have been together for over 10 years, the tour will be Casey Jones‘ first and only time touring here and it’s Dropsaw‘s CD release tour. Sounds like a pretty good idea to get tickets now.

Added as support to the Mistake tour in Byron. Also have a few shows here and there at the moment. Check it out.

Photographic evidence of the pure choas that unfolded at the show last month. Check out more pictures on the afends blog.

We’ve posted about his artwork before and if you ever wondered who was behind the local show posters, as well as t-shirt designs from bands like Parkway Drive, 50 Lions & Word Up – it’s a guy named Johann. He’s povo and just put up a limited number of screen prints for sale, check them out here. If your interested in any artwork/design for anything at all check out his blog and get at him.

Confession are set to headline the inaugural Mistake Clothing tour this April/May. The band will head to Europe next week for a month long stint with Americans For The Fallen Dreams before returning home to kick off the tour with guests Thy Art Is Murder, Wish For Wings & Lovers Grave.

Confession w/Thy Art Is Murder, Wish For Wings & Lovers Grave @ Byron YAC

Thursday May 6 All Ages Doors 6pm.

Crime Scene head south in a few weeks with brissy mates Strength Through Purity here are the dates if you wanna catch them.

Thurs 11th – Hot Damn, Sydney
Fri 12th – The Warehouse, Canberra
Sat 13th – The Chilli Lounge, Wyong
Sat 13th – Liverpool PCYC, Liverpool
Thurs 18th – Snitch @ Club 299, Brisbane
Sat 20th – The Salvo Centre, Banora Point
Sun 21st – YAC, Byron Bay

Word Up have been holed up on the gold coast laying down some pre production jams, probably expect some new material from them late this year. They have a few dates here and there in the next few months along with heading to Sydney for a show with Spray.

March 3 @ Shed 5 Burleigh Heads w/Break Even

March 27 @ Rosies Brisbane w/In Hearts Wake & Snake Grills

April 1 @ Byron YAC w/Blkout, Spray & Shackles

April 15 @ Hot Dam Sydney

April 17 @ Sandringham Hotel Newtown w/The Dead Walk, Had It, Ill Brigade & Spray.

In Hearts Wake have joined Sydney based Collateral Management you can read more about the move on their blog. Catch them..

March 25 @ Northern Rivers Sound, Lismore

March 27 @ Rosies

April 18 @ Redcliff PCYC

The Dead Ends are hitting the expressive grounds on the Gold Coast this Saturday with Blight, Open Sea & Face Hate.

Retriever are also playing Shed 5 w/Break Even this Wednesday and have their demo available for free download for free right hurrr.

Everyone is still waiting for some tunes from new Byron band Shackles let’s hope they arrive soon.

Tickets

Tickets for the Ruiner tour are on sale now through All Music & Vision stores, Oztix Outlets and online here.

Tickets for the Evergreen Terrace go on sale March 5 through the same outlets.

These will prove to be big shows so snap up tickets as soon as you can.

Lastly 50 Lions will be heading to Japan for a short run (April 14-18) before their extensive Euro tour with Parkway (April 23-15 May).

Playing Byron in May with Evergreen Terrace, y’all ready for this?

You were probably as surprised as us recently when we heard Crime Scene were actually doing something productive. The band will be heading south next month to play a few shows with mates Strength Through Purity. There will be a Byron stop on the tour on Sunday March 21st with supports coming from Ghost Town & Snake Grills. Check the myspace for more info regarding the show.

Here are some pics courtesy of Nick Grant.