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Umlaut manager/mother hen Jean “Umlaut Lady” Lizza has just announced a Christmas miracle on facebook, the news that Umlaut will for the first time venture forth off Australian shores for tours through South America and possibly France and Norway in 2011, along with a full Aussie tour.

She also mentioned that they will be hitting the studio in the New Year to record some of the loads of music Bar has up his sleeve. Good news all round!

“Hey Umlaut fans!

Everyone here at camp Umlaut would like to extend our humble gratitude for all your support over the last 12 months!

Some cool stuff coming up for Umlaut in the new year: Looks as though some promoters are going to take this motley crew overseas in 2011. Expect a three country South American tour next year sometime and I am hoping to get the guys to France, Norway (fingers crossed) and national touring within Australia.

Bar is keen to get back into the studio and record some of the VAULT of music he has hidden away all these years. Some of it is starting to surface. Check out this live track from the most recent show:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGc_DgRYxM8

Just recently I was walking down a street here in Melbourne and I saw a dude wearing an Umlaut hoodie and it made my heart sing! We’d love to see some pics of y’all wearing hoodies and such. We are not so big time not to appreciate it. Each week I post shit all over the world and it spins me out.

Whether it’s Christmas, Hanukkah or Giftmas, we’d like to wish all of you a great festive season and we’ll see you in the new year!”

Finally! An Umlaut Australian Tour! They won’t be hitting every stink hole in oz, but then again who cares? I finally get to see Umlaut! (at their own headline show. That Sydney Les show doesn’t count).

The Dates:

JUNE
FRI          11         THE NATIONAL, GEELONG
SAT        12         THE SPANISH CLUB, MELBOURNE
SAT        19         THE BRISBANE HOTEL, HOBART
FRI         25        ANU, CANBERRA
SAT        26        THE FACTORY, SYDNEY
SUN        27        THE CROATION CLUB, NEWCASTLE

JULY
THUR    1           KAROVA LOUNGE, BALLARAT
SAT        3          FOWLERS LIVE, ADELAIDE

And the official press release:

“Umlaut vs. Dr El Suavo 2010 Tour!

Umlaut, the brainchild of Bär McKinnon (ex-Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3), have joined forces with the irrepressible, parlour magician extraordinaire, Dr El Suavo, for a rollicking Australian tour this June!

With the release of Umlaut’s debut album late last year, the band is keen to hit the road and bring their whimsical, soundtrack inspired tunes to the stage. The offbeat mix of shimmering keyboards, woodwinds, quirky percussion and surf guitar has garnered international praise from both Bunglelophiles and music critics alike. The band have played some killer shows with Secret Chiefs 3, The Melvins, Tango Saloon and Neil Hamburger and are thrilled to be on tour with the world’s crankiest magician, Dr El Suavo!

Umlaut’s intricate, dark, pop tunes are the perfect compliment to Dr El Suavo’s disgraceful, yet astounding magic tricks. Not to be missed.

www.myspace.com/umlautbarmckinnon“

I heard a rumour there may also be a special support act at the upcoming Sex on Toast gig as well….

Sweet mate! Care of SLW, we have confirmation that The Dillinger Escape Plan will be returning to Australian shores. Seems like they can’t keep away, we have been lucky enough to get a DEP tour pretty much every year for the passed few years.

They will be rupturing our ear drums in May supported by Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and The Red Shore. Tix onsale 9am Friday 19 March.

The Dates:

SUNDAY 16 PERTH, THE CAPITOL – 18+
www.moshtix.com.au

TUESDAY 18 ADELAIDE, FOWLERS – Lic A/A
www.moshtix.com.au

WEDNESDAY 19 MELBOURNE, THE PALACE – 18+
www.ticketek.com.au

FRIDAY 21 SYDNEY, THE METRO – Lic A/A
www.ticketek.com.au

SATURDAY 22 SYDNEY, THE METRO – Lic A/A
www.ticketek.com.au

SUNDAY 23 BRISBANE, THE HI-FI – 18+
www.ticketek.com.au / www.thehifi.com.au

In a recent interview with Metal Injection, Dave Lombardo was asked whether he would ever rejoin Fantomas. Not only did he say that it will happen, but that he has also been in recent email contact with Mike:

“(5.26) I just emailed Mike Patton and we are in constant contact, that door will never close. I had so much fun working within the Fantomas music and its something I’ll never ever want to close. I’m sure in the future because he did mention hey we need to work together again. We’re both busy with Faith No More and me with slayer and it’s been like that for a while, but i see it coming.”

This is great news for us dedicated Fantomas obsessees as things were looking a little dire there for a while!

Slayer are on the brink of an Australian tour, and for one special Sydney show will be performing Reign in Blood in it’s entirety.

http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/3538/dave-lombardo-of-slayer-interview-at-mayhem-fest-2009

In a stubbadub exclusive, Billy Gould has been in direct contact with us and has revealed that the band expect to be heading down under between Dec and February!

At this stage, the bassist told us, there is an 85% chance of an Australian tour. Another source close to the band has said Puffy is really looking forward to some Australian dates and has been pushing for the reunion for well over a year.

Australia is looking pretty definite as far as tour plans go, but the guys will have to see how the European tour pans out. We’ve waited this long, I’d say we can wait a few more months.

You heard it here first! We’ll keep you updated if there are any developments on this front.

Serj and Fantomas, The Tivoli, Brisbane @ Fasterlouder

“First up, as promised, Fantomas delivered the whole kit and caboodle, the full length, original version with no editing, director’s cut of their album The Director’s Cut. The boys come on stage donned in white cricketers get-up. I don’t know why. Front man, Mike Patton, complete with white glove mitts comes on stage and promptly leaps into a perfectly executed theme to The Godfather.

Patton moves with the music, acting as conductor to the band, changing the tempo, melody and even style of the song with just a twinkle of the eye or an expert swish of his arms. With drummer Dave Lombardo (of Slayer fame) missing from the band tonight, you can tell that Patton is more than ever keeping it together. And he does it well. He reveals his excitement when a pace change goes to plan, and skillfully hides a mishap by ad-libbing.

Besides this, Fantomas deliver an almost flawless set. The Serj Tankian fans are in awe, and everyone wants more. A crowd favourite is the haunting song, Rosemary’s Baby, adapted from the film’s theme song. Patton’s voice is truly amazing. In this song, he makes the simple words ‘la la la la’ sound deadly and then innocent and then creepy and then vacant. His screamo voice is also nothing to contend with. Using his whole body, he thrusts the words forward into his highly movable microphone, like he’s possessed and needs to get it out. It is a great sight to see such a musician in action.

The boys finish with the second song on the album, Der Golem, a tune from the 1920s German silent horror film. The crowd is astounded, and the die-hard fans are relieved that this song wasn’t glazed over. One guy, who obviously knows the album from back to front, says to his friend, “I was worried for a moment. I thought they’d forgotten this one, but no, they just pulled it out right at the end’. What a relief.”

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DEP have added a couple of solo shows to their upcoming Soundwave Australian tour. The details are:

DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN + POISON THE WELL + EVERY TIME I DIE + EVERGREEN TERRACE
Tickets $38.
50 + fees and charges

SYDNEY
Tuesday February 24
The Forum
cnr Bent St & Errol Flynn Blvd, Moore Park NSW 1363
www.moshtix.com.au & www.ticketek.com.au 132849

MELBOURNE -
Wednesday February 25
The Epsy,
11 The Esplanade, St.
Kilda VIC 3182
www.oztix.com.au

So Ipecac’s official word on the Fantomas Australian tour early next year so far is as follows:

“Fantômas set to bring “The Director’s Cut” to Australia!
G’day Fantômas Fans,

You read right, the mighty Fantômas are bringing “The Director’s Cut” down under in January 2009.
They’re opening for their good friend Serj Tankian! Here are the dates:

Jan 21, 2009: Brisbane, QLD
Jan 24, 2009: Sydney, NSW
Jan 25, 2009: Melbourne, VIC

*We’ll post the venues when we get them, but we wanted to let you all know about these shows.”

UPDATE: word is venues are as follows:

21 Jan The Tivoli QLD
24 Jan Enmore Theatre NSW
25 Jan The Palace Theatre VIC

photo credit: gregoryperez

Well sorta. Melbourne metallers Five Star Prison Cell have scored the support role for the Perth and Melbourne legs of the Dillinger Escape Plan‘s upcoming Australian tour.

Full dates here