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Bryan Ferry Adds More 2019 Dates With A Gaping Hole Left For Australia

Bryan Ferry has added a stack of dates for Europe starting 22 May after his previously announced two dates in South Africa, which makes it look a lot like Australia could be in the gap.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, art-rock, Bryan Ferry, rock, Roxy Music, UK

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Courtney Barnett . Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Laneway Reveals Aussie Headlining Line Up For 2019

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney’s Gang of Youths and Melbourne’s Courtney Barnett will headline Laneway 2019.

Tagged as: alternative, Australia, Courtney Barnett, Gang of Youths, music festival, Skegss

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Friends of Luke Liang To Host A Bright Light Tribute

by Paul Cashmere

The friends of Luke Laing will host the tribute show ‘A Bright Light’ for Luke in Sydney on October 4.

Tagged as: 00s, A Bright Light, alternative, Australia, Luke Liang, Papa VS Pretty, rock

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R.E.M. To Release 9 Disc BBC Collection

by Paul Cashmere

R.E.M. will release a massive 9 disc box set of sessions, concerts and interviews conducted at the BBC.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, R.E.M., REM, rock, USA

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Nick Cave Pays Tribute To Conway Savage

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Cave has paid tribute to his former Bad Seeds bandmate Conway Savage who died Sunday from a brain tumour.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, Conway Savage, Nick Cave, rock

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Conway Savage of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1960-2018 R.I.P.

by Paul Cashmere

Conway Savage, piano and organ player for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, has died at age 58.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, Conway Savage, Nick Cave, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Muse Announce Eighth Album ‘Simulation Theory’

by Paul Cashmere

Muse have previewed their new album ‘Simulation Theory’ with the new song ‘Dark Side’.

Tagged as: 90s, alt-rock, alternative, electronica, Muse, progressive, rock, Simulation Theory, UK

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The Amity Affliction Kick Off National In-Store Tour

by Noise11.com

The Amity Affliction will spend the week heading around Australia talking to fans with met & greets in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, Australia, Heavy Rock, metal, Misery, rock, The Amity Affliction, Warner Music

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Dead Letter Circus Set Dates To Support Self Titled Album

by Noise11.com

Brisbane’s Dead Letter Circus will head out on tour in November in support of their upcoming self-titled album.

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, Australia, Dead Letter Circus, rock

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R.I.P. Spencer P. Jones 1956-2018

by Paul Cashmere

Spencer P. Jones, at one time guitarist for The Johnnys, Beasts of Bourbon and Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, has lost his battle with cancer.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, Beasts of Bourbon, rock, Spencer P Jones, The Johnnys

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Teenage Fanclub To Tour Australia and New Zealand In 2019 Without Gerard Love

by Paul Cashmere

Teenage Fanclub are coming back to Australia and New Zealand but without founding bass player Gerard Love.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, rock, Teenage Fanclub, UK

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The Jungle Giants To Headline Wollongong’s Yours & Owls Festival 2018

by Noise11.com

The Jungle Giants will headline the 2018 Yours & Owls Festival in Wollongong.

Tagged as: alternative, Australia, Mallrat, music festival, The Jungle Giants, Yours & Owls

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The Velvet Underground Experience Exhibition To Open In New York

by Paul Cashmere

New York City will be the next stop on the first global exhibition to be dedicated to The Velvet Underground.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, alternative, art-rock, New York, punk, rock, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground Experience, USA

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Courtney Barnett performs in the ABC Melbourne Studio Foyer celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Archie Roach album Charcoal Road. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Courtney Barnett Covers Elyse Weinberg’s ‘Houses’

by Paul Cashmere

Courtney Barnett has released a limited edition vinyl of a rare Canadian find, Elyse Weinberg’s ‘Houses’.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, Australia, Courtney Barnett, rock

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Thom Yorke Is Heading Out Solo Again

by Paul Cashmere

Thom Yorke will take time off Radiohead to head out on a solo tour with his long-time collaborator Nigel Godrich.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, electronica, Radiohead, rock, Thom Yorke, UK

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Living Colour Announce Australian Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Living Colour will return to Australia for a week of pre-Christmas dates in December.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Living Colour, rock, USA

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$Tex Perkins of The Cruel Sea. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.$

Tex Perkins and Matt Walker Team For Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Tex Perkins and Matt Walker have announced a series of dates together which could see Perkins dusting off a few classic Cruel Sea songs for the tour.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Matt Walker, rock, Tex Perkins

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The Kite Machine Release New Song And Announce Tour Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Geelong’s The Kite Machine have a new song ‘Sinister Sound’ with a video shot in the middle of the night in the middle of winter and then they’ll tour.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, Australia, funk, Geelong, rock, The Kite Machine

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Yoko Ono. Photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Yoko Ono Releases Next Music Instalment For 2018 ‘Hey Mr President’

by Paul Cashmere

Yoko Ono has released ‘Hey Mr President’ with John Palumbo as his new single.

Tagged as: 60s, alternative, art-rock, Japan, John Palumbo, Yoko Ono

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Bob Evans Is Hitting The Road To Play Up ‘Full Circle’

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Evans is about to head out on tour in support of his new compilation ‘Full Circle’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Bob Evans, Jebediah, rock

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Triple J’s 11th Annual Unearthed Finalists Revealed

by Announcement

Now in its 11th year, triple j’s annual search for Australia’s best high school act is close to its finale and we’re excited to announce a new crop of supreme Unearthed High finalists.

Tagged as: alternative, Australia, independent, indie, music industry, triple j, unearthed

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Yoko Ono Shares New Track Hell In Paradise

by Paul Cashmere

Yoko Ono is previewing a new song every week with this week’s instalment being ‘Hell In Paradise’.

Tagged as: 70s, alternative, art-rock, Japan, rock, Yoko Ono

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Cash Savage ‘Good Citizens’ Is An Album With A Message

by Paul Cashmere

Cash Savage is talking up about the state of the world on her new album ‘Good Citizens’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, alternative, Australia, blues, Cash Savage and Last Drinks, country, folk, rock

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Jen Cloher at the 2015 Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards held in Melbourne at the Meat Market on Thursday 22 October 2015. Photo Ros O'Gorman

Jen Cloher Has New Music and A Stack of Euro and US Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne singer songwriter Jen Cloher has a new E.P. ‘Live At The Loft and Loews’ as a prelude to her North America and European dates.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Jen Cloher, rock

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Peter Gabriel Ground Breaking Sledgehammer Video Remastered In 4K

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Gabriel’s innovative ‘Sledgehammer’ video from 1986 has been remastered in high definition 4K.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Peter Gabriel, rock, Sledgehammer, UK

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My Friend The Chocolate Cake perform at the Recital Centre in Melbourne on 16 June 2017. Photo by Ros OGorman

My Friend The Chocolate Cake Will Breakup After This Current Tour

by Paul Cashmere

My Friend The Chocolate Cake will cease performing after their Perth show on August 17 and its pretty final stuff.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, contemporary, My Friend The Chocolate Cake, rock

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Elvis Costello Cancels Shows After Cancer Surgery

by Paul Cashmere

Elvis Costello has cancelled his upcoming UK and Euro tour after being diagnosed, then treated, for cancer.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Elvis Costello, new wave, punk, rock, UK

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The Church To Perform Starfish To Mark 30th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

The Church will do a round of theatre shows in Australia in November and December to mark the 30th anniversary of the classic ‘Starfish’ album.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, rock, Starfish, Steve Kilbey, The Church

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R.I.P. Richard Swift of The Shins and Black Keys 1977-2018

by Music-News.com

Producer and musician Richard Swift, a former member of the Shins and touring bassist with The Black Keys, has died, aged 41. He was also a member of The Arcs with Dan Auerbach.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, alt-rock, alternative, blues, Dan Auerbach, Richard Swift, rock, The Arcs, The Black Keys, USA

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Custard Regroup For 2018 Shows

by Noise11.com

Custard will tour again in September.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Custard, pop, rock

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