BATS magazine

UK band DELPHIC are heading down under for their very first Australian tour, presented by Modular, this month. Their Brisbane show is next Thursday March 25 at The Hi-Fi Bar with Bag Raiders (DJ set), Matt Van Schie (Van She) and Modular DJs.

FANS however are turning 1 and their gift to you is a banging party with a preview of their new space - the new Club House (previously known as Valley Studios). This Saturday March 13, the doors of the Club House will open to reveal their new venue and what we can expect later on in the year when it swings into full gear. Helping FANS celebrating their birthday will be:

1st round tickets have already sold out and 2nd round tickets are still available at oztix.com.au

Fortunately FANS have given us 2 double passes to giveaway to what looks to be a sold out show!

To enter: email win@batsmagazine.com with the subject as 'HAPPY BDAY FANS' along with your full name.

For more information please visit:

Horse Meat Disco are heading to Brisbane this Friday March 12 at The Empire Hotel for a sideshow after their Mardi Gras festivities. Helping HMD fly their rainbow flag will be Whiskey Tears who are back from the UK for a couple of parties, and a whole lineup of acts including:

Thanks to Lick It Media, we have 2 double passes to giveaway!

To WIN 1 of the 2 passes, email win@batsmagazine.com with the subject as 'HMD' along with your full name to enter!

Pre-sale tickets are $10 and are available from moshtix and oztix with the special code 'HMD', for fans of Horse Meat Disco.

for more information please visit:

Tickets are only 5 bones, but thanks to our friends at Bedroom Suck Records, we have two double passes to giveaway - that will be hand drawn by Joe from Yardhand who does the best little illustrations and drawings, whoever wins these should treasure these tickets!

After releasing his album 'Power' last year in October, BOYS NOIZE is currently on a world tour bringing the sounds of Power to clubs, venues, bars, and even toilets around the globe. If you missed his set at Future Music Festival, now is your chance to see him in a more intimate setting - away from the crowds of fake tan and midrifts - next Thursday March  at The Met. Supporting the German Dj will be HOUSEMEISTER and AJAX, as well as a bunch of great Queensland DJs.

With his last show being completely sound out, and tickets selling fast, you must make sure you don't miss this one! Pre sale tickets are available online now at www.moshtix.com.au for $25

Thanks to +he Arcade Crea+ive we have 2 double passes to giveaway to this show!

To win 1 of the 2 passes, simply email win@batsmagazine.com with the subject as 'POWER' along with your full name to enter.

The night will include sick beats from DJs:

Brisbane band, Montpelier will be launching their debut EP at The Zoo next Saturday March 5 with support from Tin Can Radio and Timothy Carroll. The boys travelled to LA last year to record their debut with producer Kevin Augunas, and will be touring the country in March. You can check out the dates of their tour on their website: www.montpeliermusic.net


We have 2 x double pass to giveaway to Montpelier's EP launch!
To enter: simply email win@batsmagazine.com with the subject as 'MONTPELIER'
- winners must be 18+ - winners will be notified by email -

For more details: RSVP to the Facebook Event
or view the poster below:

Having only been around for a very short time (try August last year), Brisbane based Mapletons have created quite a buzz for themselves having supported the likes of Whitley an Howling Bells. And it's a surprise in such a short time that they are set to release a six-track EP this Saturday Febuary 27 at The Troubadour.

Their EP Origami Army will be available on the night (and for free for the first 20 people through the door!) and is up on their myspace for listening: www.myspace.com/mapletons

I'm currently listening to 'Seaside' as I write this and it is honestly so relaxing and sweet. Thank you Anita for making me forget my anxiety of Uni starting next week and the fact that I am too poor to buy sushi. Very enchanting. Fans of Sarah Blasko will adore.

Joining the Mapletons on Saturday night will be McKisko and Edward Guglielmino and The Show.

The charming boys behind Thrashingteens and the No Waves Art Exhibition, are bringing another reason for kids on the Gold Coast to get out of bed or another reason for pale Brisbane kids to catch the airport train and brave surfers paradise.

GRAVES club night will be launching at Elsewhere on Friday the 5th of March.

Join GRAVES for their first party ever, with a lineup including:

✞GIVEAWAY ✞

We have 1 x double pass to giveaway to the very first GRAVES!

To enter: simply email win@batsmagazine.com with the subject as 'LONG LIVE THE DEAD' along with your full name.

RSVP to the Facebook Event for details

The Lost Weekend Festival is coming to Brisbane in March for it's very first year. Just looking at the lineup gets us incredibly excited and the knowing fact that the it is now an ALL AGES event is more than enough reason to support this newborn festival. 

The lineup sees a refreshing array of local and international acts that sets this festival apart from the more common dance festivals this summer. 

plus Brisbane locals: DZ, Toy Balloon, Last Dinosaurs, The Gin Club, Little Scout, Blank Realm, No Anchor, Nikko, The John Steel Singers, Oh Ye Denver Birds, Buick Six, Tape/Off, Do The Robot & Bigstrongbrute and lots more!

Thanks to the promoters of the festival, we have a double pass to giveaway!

TO WIN: simply email win@batsmagazine.com with the subject as 'THE LOST WEEKEND FESTIVAL' and tell us something you've lost and what you would do to get it back.

The Lost Weekend Festival will be held at the Brisbane Riverstage and The Botanical Gardens on the 6th and 7th of March. Tickets are $150 for both days. The prices of 1 day tickets vary. For more information and to buy your tickets please visit The Lost Weekend Festival website here.

Thanks to AXXONN we have [2x] DOUBLE PASS + a copy of their brand new LP to giveaway!

To enter, simply email win@batsmagazine.com with the subject as "BELOW THE DEAD ONES" along with your full name. ***THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW ENDED***

What were the reasons behind putting your LP on cassette tapes? I know my walkman is long gone...
Cassettes are beautiful objects; I loved them a lot when I was younger and still do with the memories still being fond and vivid. Back in 1989 I got a Walkman and ‘Smash Hits ‘89’ on Cassette, on it was the Mötley Crüe single ‘Dr. Feelgood’ I listened to that endlessly, re-winding and listening again and again until soon after the tape was completely stuffed, since that Christmas I’ve always loved tapes and always loved Mötley Crüe so it’s only fitting that I have a few cassette released throughout my career (we’re also cheating a little as they all come with a download coupon for the mp3’s).

How will this LP compare to the one you released last year?
This Cassette is about embracing the underlying drone held within most of our tracks, teasing it out like an untamed beast whilst trying not to let it bite you and then letting it loose at the most inappropriate time through a few too many distortion pedals.

What was the recording process like for this LP? What's it like recording with
local Brisbane label Bedroom Suck Records, is it very DIY?
Basically this album came together why I (Tom) was in San Francisco over the last 4-months of last year. I had a bunch of stuff that needed to be brought together sonically, I moved in with a guy Scott Arford (a super prominent sound/video artist for like the last 20 years) who had the most amazing studio chocked full of insane analog gear, he threw me the keys to his studio and said take it for a drive, at first I thought I can’t touch this expensive analog hardware, but soon temptation got the better of me (and the cold weather) so I pretty much turned it all on at once (it heated the studio up considerably) and got to work making what I feel are some of my most accomplished drone orientated tracks to date.

Bedroom Suck Records, fucking awesome dudes and perfectly DIY, I am super stoked that these tracks are being put out by Joe and not some schmuck who wants to make a quick buck but someone who has a genuine passion for the sound AXXONN creates. Joe embraces everything that is awesome about DIY, the choice to make something unique and on a personal level, I’m super into this release and 110% behind Bedroom Suck Records!

What can we expect at the launch next Saturday?
A ridiculous amount of amplification, a smoke machine, a small spotlight and more distortion pedals than you could poke a stick at in Tyms Guitars. But all that aside, some big heavy euphoric sound to nod your head to…

Where can our readers get their hands on the cassette after your launch?
The best bet is to support Bedroom Suck Records direct by hitting Joe up on their myspace (http://www.myspace.com/bedroomsuckrecords) and he’ll get one to you ASAP and probably with a big smile, failing that you can go to Rocking Horse or www.axxonnband.com - but definitely hit Joe up first.

What are AXXONN's plans for the rest of the year?
AXXONN has some rad international supports coming up in Brisbane with ISIS and HEALTH, both fantastic bands from Los Angeles. Then we hit Japan for a couple of festival slots in Tokyo. Mid year sees our debut full-length LP coming out in the UK so from then onwards AXXONN will be on the road with tours in the USA, EU, UK and then back to the USA. We pretty much won’t have time to breathe from July onwards. But man I will miss Brisbane…it’s the best city in the World!!


And lastly, what's it like to share your band name with one of the leading manufacturers of Patio Furniture?
As it happens I dig the shit out of patio furniture, I mean there’s been numerous BBQ’s I’ve attended where it’s become the basis for the bonfire, keeping everyone warm, why wouldn’t you be proud? I mean I wonder if they’re David Lynch fans too?!

AXXONN play The Step Inn next Saturday February 13 w/  Blank Realm, Heart Flew Like An Arrow and Per Purpose. Tickets are $5 on the door.

AXXONN will also be supporting HEALTH at The Stepp Inn on Thursday Febuary 25.

Festival season is well and truly upon us. You can't escape it, you can't fight it, so you might as well give up, get a tan, buy some sunnies and tickets to the summer festivals with are bursting with musical goodness. Good Vibrations is back for its 7th year this January and is certainly bringing the ruckus with a lineup featuring some amazing international and national acts. What particularly caught our eye was the mix of dance, rock and 80s hip hop artists that were blended onto the bill, that and the girl on the poster, who the hell is she?

Good Vibrations festival will be coming to the Gold Coast Parklands on Saturday the 20th of February and will set to sell out again with a lineup including the best of the best: The Killers, Basement Jaxx, Armand Van Helden, Gossip, Busta Ryhmes, Friendly Fires and Salt-n-Pepa to name a few. Check out the full lineup here or on the poster below.

Thanks to Jam/Good Vibrations we have TWO DOUBLE PASSES to giveaway to the Gold Coast leg of the festival. To enter our competition simply become a fan of BATS magazine on Facebook and write on our wall telling us your worst or best festival experience. You can be as detailed or blunt as you want.