Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia’s BUSBY MAROU started as two friends playing cover songs in pubs. Those two friends are Thomas Busby (lead vocals/guitar) and Jeremy Marou (backup vocals/guitar/ukulele), now backed by Mike Cavendish (bass) and DJ Syme (percussion). They were the first signing to Warner Music Australia’s indie imprint Footstomp Records, and their self-titled debut album which was just released in the US, has been making a splash on music charts and at award shows in Australia. We talked to Jeremy Marou about the band’s future plans.

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The FREE and all ages Sounds Loud Festival is proudly returning to Melbourne’s Queens Park on Saturday the 9^th of April 2011.

Last year’s event saw over 9,000 people descend on the beautiful surrounds of Queens Park in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne to witness Australia’s hottest acts and next big things grace the Sounds Loud Festival stages - and this year’s festival promises to be bigger and better than ever.

Run by Moonee Valley City Council and completely non-profit, the Sounds Loud Festival aims to provide people of all ages free access to quality live music in a safe, supervised and alcohol-free environment.

The Sounds Loud Festival is proudly brought to you by Moonee Valley City Council, Yarra Trams and Bendigo Bank, and supported by Beat Magazine and FReeZa.

Positivexposure have the privilege of being at this event once again this year, so come say hi if you see our photographer around and she’ll even take your photo!

Sounds Loud Festival

Saturday the 9^th of April 2011

@ Queens Park

Cnr Mount Alexander Rd and Kellaway Avenue, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, VIC

FREE ENTRY

All Ages

Drug, Alcohol and Smoke-free

For more information visit www.soundsloudfestival.com

This show was the first all ages show that Closure In Moscow have played since being back in Melbourne, and it was no surprise that it sold out. Organised by The Push, a non-profit entertainment organisation that focuses on events for young people, the gig took place in Melbourne’s ACDC Lane. And despite some light rain, that didn’t stop everyone from having a good time.

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Another year, another youthie. Except this year the annual free outdoor concert underwent a major revamp and became the Sounds Loud festival and boasted its biggest line up yet. These events are great for discovering new bands and for bands to open up to an audience that they might not otherwise be exposed to. And the best part that is all for free. I must admit that it is a very long day and that even after 6 years of attending, I’d never stayed for the whole day. But Queens Park is perfectly located so that if you did get a little bored you could wonder off and get coffee or go for a walk down to the shops. Having a stage of bands, a dance stage and an rnb stage meant that there was a little bit of everything for everyone.

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Firstly, I’d like to say that I should not be allowed to review my favourite band. I grew up listening to Brand New, so all of their songs are attached to specific memories and moments in my life. I’ve been told that I can gush about this as much as I want, but I’ll try to be as objective as possible. So with that aside, this show was AH-MA-ZING! Everything about the night was perfect; the venue, the crowd, the support band, the headliner. I think Brand New sold out (or came close to selling out) every show on this tour, something that neither of their last two headlining tours managed.

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Getting to this show, and not getting lost and being stranded in the middle of nowhere, was our first concern. I always hear of people in America travelling 5hrs to get to shows, but here, travelling for over an hour is a big effort (unless you’re going interstate). So we got the train to the other side of town and thankfully, found our way quite easily. Once the stress of having to find the venue was erased, we grabbed some food before the show at the local Subway.

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Hey there guys. So this is my attempt at an Aussie version of Brits & Pieces. I thought rather than clog up the page with an entry every time I had news to report, I’d try and do a weekly report. I’m based in Melbourne, so naturally my reports will be more Melbourne orientated, but I’ll try and give you news from the rest of Australia too.

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After a year in the US, Closure In Moscow returned to Australia and this show at Bang was their first show back home, how fitting that it would be in their hometown of Melbourne. Taking place at a venue that is better known as an alternative club than a venue, many younger fans were begrudged at Closure’s only Melbourne show being an overage show.

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