Concrete Playground

The co-headline tour has become the staple diet of Aus indie bands. You save money on hire cars, always have at least a whole band to watch your set at quiet regional shows, get more booze in your rider and hopefully pick up some new fans along the way. Sometimes the combination of bands doesn't quite work, but there are sonic similarities and shared melodic ideas aplenty between Newcastle's the Seabellies and Sydney band Parades.

They have joined forces for party times and to launch new singles off their upcoming debut albums. Both bands put on great live shows with layered vocals and instrument swapping galore. The Seabellies are launching 'Young Cubs', continuing to bang out songs with percussion and horns over great melodies and guitar-driven foundations. Parades (featuring the young and seemingly very productive Jonathan Boulet, who just released his own solo debut album) are celebrating the single 'Past Lives'. They also dip into melodic indie-rock, but put some synth glitches and drum loops into the mix over powerful, dynamic rhythm and noisy guitars. The support band du jour, Sydney's Megastick Fanfare, will be starting the party with their percussive indie jams.