Adelaide got some loving from the Sugar Mountain Festival sideshows with New Yorkers Woods putting on a grand performance at the hipster art space; Format.

Serena Ho takes us to the annual Sugar Mountain Festival in Melbourne featuring Dirty Projectors, HTRK, Hunx and his Punx, Jonti, Boomgates and many, many more...

In this Issue:Amanda Palmer postpones her Aussie tour, Carole King announces a new show, the Deadshits! Festival line-up is announced, extra seats are made for Mariah Carey and much more!

Amanda Palmer Postpones Tour

Gig Announcements: Dan Brodie, Ultramagnetic MCs, Jay Hoad, Woods and more!

In this issue: Dan Brodie back in Australia, Ultramagnetic MCs to hit the Espy, Jay Hoad to perform at Workers Club, Woods announce Melbourne show and much more!

Dan Brodie is back in Austraia

New York group Woods have just released their new album Bend Beyond. They'll be playing bits and bobs from it in and around our town soon as they come for their first Australian tour and the Sugar Mountain Festival. El spoke to the boys about their gigs as well as 'flip flops' ....what?

This week we have new release news from The Rolling Stones, Swedish House Mafia, Woods, City Riots, Redcoats, Birds Of Tokyo, Coldplay and more! Check it all out below.

Eerily sombre and heroes of lo-fi rock, Brooklyn band Woods spill their dark vocal imagery as they bring their live show to Australia next January. For the first time ever, Australian audiences will become part of the journey through a beautiful collision of melodies and haunting energy.

WOODS
AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2013

FRIDAY 18TH JANUARY – THE NATIONAL HOTEL – GEELONG

SATURDAY 19TH JANUARY – SUGAR MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL – MELBOURNE*

Sugar Mountain, Melbourne's boutique music and arts festival is returning to the city's CBD next year and have released a line up sure to impress! Held over multiple days in January, Sugar Mountain will be utilising The Forum, ACMI, Rooftop Bar, Polyester Records and Melbourne Central to showcase an impressive array of talent, both local and international.

The first artist announcement is as follows:

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ACTION BRONSON
KIRIN J CALLINAN X KRIS MOYES

We've got a huge update here, with about 50 releases getting mentions this week. There's literally something for everyone in this list, so take a look and see what catches your eye!

NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS

Melbourne contributor Rob Pechar recently travelled overseas, and brings us two reviews from his adventures - the first, No Age in New York City, and the second, Franz Ferdinand in London. Indeed, this is a tale of two vastly different gigs in two vastly different countries. We hope you enjoy it!