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Vanessa Amorosi the Noise11 interview
Vanessa Amorosi

Since the age of 17, Vanessa Amorosi has maintained a success that has given her a dozen hit songs and platinum albums while evolving from her pop origins to the blues and gospel template she has today.

February 21, 2022
Gavin Rossdale of Bush
Gavin Rossdale of Bush

2022 will mark the 30th anniversary of when Gavin Rossdale formed Bush in London. 2021 marked the 20th anniversary of the fourth Bush album ‘Golden State’ leading to a 10 year gap for new music from the band.

February 21, 2022
Eddie Rayner of Forenzics and Split Enz
Eddie Rayner, Forenzics

For Forenzics, Split Enz founding members Tim Finn and Eddie Rayner have revisiting Enz DNA and recreated new music based on the origins.

February 18, 2022
Leo Sayer Northern Songs
Leo Sayer, Northern Songs

Leo Sayer’s ‘Northern Songs’ is a labour of love that has been a work in process for years. ‘Northern Songs’ is Leo’s tribute to The Beatles.

January 26, 2022
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello

The new Elvis Costello album ‘The Boy Named If’ is named after an imaginary friend.

January 11, 2022
Kav Temperley of Eskimo Joe, the Noise11 interview
Eskimo Joe

Eskimo Joe formed in Fremantle, Western Australia in 1997. Stuart McLeod, Joel Quartermain and Kavyen Temperley has been the rock solid line-up for the band since it began.

December 20, 2021
Damian Costin of Motor Ace

In 2001 Melbourne band Motor Ace released their debut album ‘Five Star Laundry’. It came at a vibrant time in Australian rock, just after Powderfinger and The Living End, just before Jet and The Vines.

December 18, 2021
Rose Tattoo play Palms Melbourne on Friday 27 October 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Angry Anderson, Rose Tattoo

Australian rock legend Angry Anderson has two bands now.

December 6, 2021
Joan As Police Woman
Joan As Police Woman

Yet another international show has popped up for Australia. Joan As Police Woman will return in 2022.

December 1, 2021
Martin Cilia, Mental As Anything

Australian guitarist Martin Cilia has driven three of Australia's greatest live bands with his unique surf guitar style.

November 17, 2021
The Screaming Jets

The Screaming Jets debut album ‘All For One’ clocked up its 30th anniversary this year so to celebrate, the band went back into the studio with the challenge of recapturing the spark again.

October 31, 2021
Motorhead the Noise11 interview with Mikkey Dee
Motörhead

‘Everything Louder Forever’ loads up 40 years of Motörhead into one compilation.

October 19, 2021
Benmont Tench of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Benmont Tench, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers will see its theatrical release on October 20 (Tom’s birthday) for a one-night global celebration via Trafalgar Releasing, with encore screenings in select cinemas on October 21.

October 18, 2021
Ben Barnes
Ben Barnes

Ben Barnes is a face you know from television and movies. He is the star of ‘Shadow and Bone’, Marvel’s ‘The Punisher’, ‘Westworld’, ‘Dorian Gray’ and ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’.

October 14, 2021
Jon Toogood of Shihad at Noise11.com
Shihad

The 10th Shihad album ‘Old Gods’ is a statement about the world today. Songs like ‘Tear Down Those Names’ ‘The Hill Song’, ‘Empire Falling’ and ‘The Wreakage’ speak to the insanity of a political world gone completely off the rails.

October 10, 2021
Ben Lee
Ben Lee

Since 1993 Ben Lee has done nothing but music. He was 15 then. He is 43 now.

September 26, 2021
Vanilla Fudge Stop In The Name of Love
Vanilla Fudge

In 2020 the original members of Vanilla Fudge, Mark Stein, Carmine Appice, Vincent Martel and Tim Bogert, came together for one last time.

September 25, 2021
Los Lobos
Los Lobos

For new music Los Lobos decided to pay tribute to the artists who influenced them and their origins in East Los Angeles.

September 24, 2021
Tim Finn and Phil Manzanera
Tim Finn and Phil Manzanera

Tim Finn and Phil Manzanera first met in 1975 with Split Enz supported Roxy Music on their Australian tour. The following year Phil produced the Split Enz ‘Second Thoughts’ album. Now more than 40 years later Finn and Manzanera have reunited for a remarkable album of multi-genre, multi-generational and multi-national songs. ‘Caught By The Heart’.

September 22, 2021
Vika and Linda
Vika & Linda ‘The Wait’

Vika and Linda have released the ‘The Wait’, their first album of original songs since 2002.

September 14, 2021
Lil Band O Gold at Noise11.com photo image
Lil’ Band O’ Gold

Louisiana supergroup Lil’ Band O’ Gold have just released their tribute album to Fats Domino ‘Lil’ Band O’ Gold Play Fats’ with an all-star cast including Robert Plant, Lucinda Williams, Jimmy Barnes and Tim Rogers.

September 8, 2021
Jeanne Pratt and Ken Mackenzie-Forbes The Production Company photo by Ros O'Gorman
The Production Company

After 21 years and 65 productions Australia’s The Production Company has ceased production but the history goes on.

August 29, 2021
The Black Sorrows the Noise11 interview
The Black Sorrows

With The Black Sorrows ‘Saint Georges Road’ Joe Camilleri is clocking up his 50th studio album.

August 13, 2021
David Duchovny Noise11 interview
David Duchovny

Some know him as Fox Mulder, others as Hank Moody. The truth (out there) is that David Duchovny is an actor, an author and a musician. It’s the latter qualification that why summons here today.

August 11, 2021
Steve Kilbey of The Church, the Noise11 interview
Steve Kilbey, The Church

Steve Kilbey has had a remarkable creative output. In around 40 years he has released around 70 albums … but who is really counting?

August 2, 2021
Musexpo 2022 with Sat Bisla

Our the music industry continues to evolve with new technologies, the Musexpo conference in Los Angeles has been the leading gathering for open discussion of the evolution.

July 31, 2021
Something for Kate Noise11 interview
Something for Kate – Echolalia

Like everyone Something for Kate were grounded as a live act across most of the Covid lockdowns.

July 28, 2021
Jack Chrome
Rick Springfield and Russell Morris

Rick Springfield and Russell Morris have been working on a new music concept called ‘Jack Chrome and the Darkness Waltz’ over the extended Covid lockdown period.

July 25, 2021
Ellen Foley at Noise11
Ellen Foley

Ellen Foley is heading towards the release of her fifth album. ‘Fighting Words’ is coming in August.

July 24, 2021
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne ‘Downhill From Everywhere’ is an observation on society. It is a 2021 snapshot of the world by health, by environment, but politics and by culture.

July 23, 2021