Tour Guide: Hellions, Horrorshow, Hayden James

We’re traversing hardcore, electronica and hip-hop genres in today’s tour guide with shows from Sydney hardcore outfit Hellions, a national Hayden James tour in support of his new single, Something About You and an unplugged tour for hip-hop group Horrorshow.

Hellions National Album Tour

Sydney hardcore outfit Hellions are only weeks away from the release of their sophomore album, Indian Summer, and to celebrate they’re heading out on the road. The 11-date tour will see them play songs from the new album and also drop some favourites from their debut record, Die Young.

As if a huge tour announcement wasn’t enough, the band have teased the album with new track Creasy. Guitarist, Matthew Gravolin, says the track is about “hedonistic excess and its cognitive consequence; the incongruous duality of the fearful and fearsome within one”.

The tour is set to kick off in Brisbane on 6th March before wrapping up in Melbourne on 22nd March. Tickets go on sale 9am tomorrow.

Watch: Hellions – Creasy

Hellions National Album Tour Dates

Friday, 6th March

The Lab, Brisbane

Tickets: Oztix

Saturday, 7th March

The Brightside, Brisbane

Tickets: Oztix

Sunday, 8th March

Yac, Byron Bay

Tickets: Oztix

Wednesday, 11th March

Hombre Records, Newcastle

Tickets: Oztix

Thursday, 12th March

Magpies, Canberra

Tickets: Oztix

Friday, 13th March

Lansdowne Hotel, Sydney

Tickets: Oztix

Saturday, 14th March

Towradgi slsc, Wollongong

Tickets: Oztix

Sunday, 15th March

Masonic Hall, Blacktown

Tickets: Oztix

Friday, 20th March

Black Market, Adelaide

Tickets: Oztix

Saturday, 21st March

Reverence Hall, Melbourne

Tickets: Oztix

Sunday, 22nd March

Phoenix yc, Melbourne

Tickets: Oztix

Horrorshow ‘The Listen Close’ Tour

Last year Horrorshow sold out acoustic shows in Sydney and Brisbane so they’ve decided to take their intimate unplugged tour around the country.

The tour will see the songs stripped back to their core focussing on the flows, the instrumentation and the singing. Of late, Horrorshow, have been playing shows with their hip-hop group side-project, One Day, which also features Spit Syndicate, Joyride, and Jackie Onassis. Their last album as Horrorshow was 2013’s King Amongst Many.

Along for the ride, supporting each show, is Tuka from Thundamentals and beatbox master Tom Thum. The tour will start in Bulli on Thursday, 12th March.

Watch: Horrorshow – Dead Star Shine

Horrorshow – ‘Listen Close’ Tour Dates

Thursday, 12th March

The Heritage, Bulli

Tickets: The Heritage

Friday, 13th March

Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle

Tickets: Bigtix

Saturday, 14th March

Giant Dwarf, Sydney

Tickets: Eventbrite

Friday, 20th March

Ormond Hall, Melbourne

Tickets: Oztix

Thursday, 26th March

Sol Bar, Maroochydore

Tickets: Oztix

Friday, 27th March

The Triffid, Brisbane

Tickets: Oztix

Thursday, 2nd April

Settlers Tavern, Margaret River

Tickets: Oztix

Saturday, 4th April

The Bakery, Perth

Tickets: The Bakery

Hayden James ‘Something About You’ National Live Tour

Future Classic artist Hayden James is finally back with a new single, Something About You, and is heading out on tour to showcase the new music he’s been working on.

Something About You is taken from Future Classic’s compilation, Teen Idols, which was released late last year and featured tracks by Touch Sensitive, Chet Faker and HWLS. James only started releasing music in 2013 and has already amassed over 6 million plays on his Soundcloud. If you want to hear velvet vocals alongside finessed electronic soundscapes then a Hayden James show is one not to be missed.

He’ll be joined on tour by Sydney artist Mickey Kojak on all dates except for St. Kilda Festival. James will kick off the tour next month in Melbourne.