Paul Cashmere

R.I.P. Paul Barrere of Little Feat 1948-2019

by Paul Cashmere

Little Feat guitarist Paul Barrere has passed away at the age of 71.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Americana, blues, country rock, Little Feat, Paul Barrere, southern rock, USA

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Kiss Extend End of the Road Farewell Tour Another Two Years

by Paul Cashmere

If you thought Australia was the end of the road for Kiss’ End of the Road farewell tour then think again. Kiss have extended the tour another two years.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, End of the Road, Gene Simmons, Kiss, Paul Stanley, rock, USA

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Green Day’s ‘Fire Ready Aim’ Is The Theme For Wednesday Night Hockey

by Paul Cashmere

NBC Sports’ Wednesday Night Hockey is using Green Day’s new song ‘Fire, Ready, Aim’ as its 2019/2020 theme.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Fire Ready Aim, Green Day, hockey, NBC, punk, rock, USA

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Rod Stewart Replaces Tina Turner With Robbie Williams For New ‘It Takes Two’

by Paul Cashmere

Rod Stewart has popped out his all-new Robbie Williams duet of ‘It Takes Two’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Kim Weston, Marvin Gaye, Robbie Williams, rock, Rod Stewart, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Tina Turner, UK

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Pink Floyd Preview The Later Years with ‘One Slip’ Remix

by Paul Cashmere

Pink Floyd have dropped another sampler of the upcoming ‘The Later Years’ with a remix of ‘One Slip’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, classic rock, David Gilmour, Pink Floyd, rock, The Later Years, UK

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Colin Hay performs at the Recital Centre in Melbourne on 11 February 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Colin Hay Has Written Ringo Starr’s New ‘Whats My Name’

by Paul Cashmere

Sir Richard Starkey wants you to know his name is ‘Ringo’ and we know that with thanks to Men At Work’s Colin Hay. Colin has written the title tracks for Ringo’s new album ‘What’s My Name’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, classic rock, Colin Hay, Joe Walsh, Men At Work, Ringo Starr, rock, rock and roll, The Beatles, UK

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Bluesfest List The Top 7 America Live Songs

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has compiled the list of seven best songs America perform live. Dispute if you will.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, America, folk, rock, USA

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Jeremy Oxley, Sunnyboys. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Sunnyboys Announce Dates for 40th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

Sunnyboys will perform 2020 dates to mark the 40 years since the band formed in 1980.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, punk, rock, Sunnyboys

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Melbourne Airport Presents The Boarding Pass Music Festival

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne International Airport is set to follow in the cultural path of Austin, Nashville and New Orleans in the USA with the Boarding Pass Music Festival.

Tagged as: Andrew Gardiner, andrew watt, Australia, Davey Lane, Fenn Wilson, Melbourne Airport, music industry

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Eurythmics to Reform for Sting’s Rainforest Concert

by Paul Cashmere

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart will become Eurythmics one more time for Sting’s Rainforest Benefit.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, Eurythmics, pop, rock, UK

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Coldplay Release Two Songs From Upcoming ‘Everyday Life’

by Paul Cashmere

Coldplay have continued their roll-out of the upcoming ‘Everyday Life’ album with two new songs ‘Orphans’ and ‘Arabesque’ delivered this week.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Coldplay, Everyday Life, rock, UK

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Gary Numan Never Expected Tubeway Army ‘Replicas’ To Be A Hit

by Paul Cashmere

Gary Numan had no expectations for success before the release of his Tubeway Army ‘Relicas’ album in 1979.

Tagged as: 70s, 90s, electonic, electronica, Gary Numan, Tubeway Army, UK

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Coldplay Take Out A Newspaper Ad To Deliver New Album Tracklisting

by Paul Cashmere

Coldplay have gone all out 20th century to tell fans the tracklisting for their upcoming album ‘Everyday Life’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Coldplay, Everyday Life, rock, UK

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Tex Perkins, Beasts Of Boubon. Photo By Ros O'Gorman

The Beasts ‘Still Here’ Was Designed As A Final Statement for Spencer P. Jones

by Paul Cashmere

Tex Perkins says The Beasts 2019 release ‘Still Here’ was made as a final statement for his Beasts of Bourbon co-founder Spencer P. Jones.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, alternative, Australia, rock, Spencer P Jones, Tex Perkins, The Beasts, The Beasts of Bourbon

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N.Y.C.K’s new Video is ‘Threes’

by Paul Cashmere

N.Y.C.K. have a video for ‘Threes’ with St. South from the new album ‘Wild Streak’.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, N.Y.C.K., pop

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DZ Deathrays Debut Snakes Video and Spod Directed It

by Paul Cashmere

DZ Deathrays latest video ‘Snakes’ was directed by Spod.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, DZ Deathrays, electronica, indie, metal

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Owl Eyes Returns With ‘You Don’t Know Love’

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne singer songwriter Owl Eyes has a new song ‘You Don’t Know Love’ featuring TAPZ ahead of her ‘Invisible Woman’ EP coming in January.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, indie, Owl Eyes, pop

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Kim Salmon Has A Stack Of Shows With Different Line-ups All Over The Place

by Paul Cashmere

Kim Salmon will end 2019 like this … with a book launch, a Hall of Fame induction, two new solo songs and a Beasts tour.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Kim Salmon, rock, The Beasts, The Beasts of Bourbon, The Scientists

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Chris Martin, Coldplay, Melbourne. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Coldplay Bring Hiatus To An End With New Album

by Paul Cashmere

Coldplay have confirmed their time off is coming to an end and that they are about to head to active duty. What was a letter written to a fan mentioning a new album has been confirmed by the band as authentic.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Coldplay, Everyday Life, rock, UK

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Listen To Bob Dylan’s Alternate ‘Wanted Man’ Johnny Cash Duet

by Paul Cashmere

Bob Dylan has released an alternative version of ‘Wanted Man’ from the upcoming ‘The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin’ Thru’.

Tagged as: 60s, Bob Dylan, country, folk, Johnny Cash, Travelin Through, USA

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Jason Singh’s The Voices Supergroup To Perform At Memo Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

The Voices Supergroup featuring Shannon Noll, Jason Singh, Andrew De Silva and Tim Watson will perform the music of Tom Petty, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Roy Orbison, Jim Morrison, John Lennon, George Michael, David Bowie, Michael Hutchence, Amy Winehouse, Prince, Elvis, Whitney Houston in their new show Heaven’s Greatest Hits at Memo Music Hall St Kilda on 15 November.

Tagged as: Amy Winehouse, Andrew De Silva and Tim Watson will perform the music of Tom Petty, Australia, David Bowie, Elvis, George Michael, Jason Singh, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Marvin Gaye, Michael Hutchence, Prince, Roy Orbison, Shannon Noll, The Voice Supergroup, Whitney Houston

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Live Music Awards Nominees Announced

by Paul Cashmere

The 2019 Live Music Awards nominees have been announced with Stella Donnelly and Electric Fields leading the list with six and five noms, respectively.

Tagged as: Australia, Electric Fields, Live Music Awards, music industry, Stella Donnelly

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Todd Rundgren Donates Braille Book To Library of Congress

by Paul Cashmere

Todd Rundgren has donated a braille copy of his book to the Library of Congress in Washington DC.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, rock, Todd Rundgren, USA

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How’s This for a Top 20 – October 26 1979

by Paul Cashmere

The Top 20 hits for 26 October 1979 according to Melbourne’s 3XY Chart were:

Tagged as: 3XY, Australia, Billy Miller, Brian Mannix, Grant Hanson, live music, Memo Music Hall, Monique Brumby, Nina Ferro

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Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Patti Smith to Bluesfest Perform Shows for Sydney, Melbourne and Christchurch and Auckland

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith says she had ever intent of her last Australian tour being her last Australian tour ever but she had too good a time and so she is coming back.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, bluesfest, Patti Smith, punk, rock, USA

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Andrew Stockdale, Wolfmother, 2013, Music Bowl, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Andrew Stockdale’s Next Wolfmother Song Features Jet’s Chris Cester

by Paul Cashmere

Andrew Stockdale’s next Wolfmother song ‘Chase The Feeling’ features a guest appearance from Chris Cester of Jet on vocals.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Andrew Stockdale, Australia, Chris Cester, Heavy Rock, Jet, rock

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David Furnish Drank To Escape Elton John’s Fame

by Paul Cashmere

Elton John’s husband David Furnish hit the bottle because he could not cope with his partner’s worldwide fame.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, contemporary, David Furnish, Elton John, piano, pop, rock, songwriter, UK

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Zoe Kravitz Is The New Catwoman

by Paul Cashmere

Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Lenny Kravitz, granddaughter of Roxie Roker, has been cast as Catwoman for the 2021 Batman movie ‘The Batman’.

Tagged as: 10s, Batman, Catwoman, Lenny Kravitz, rock, USA, Zoe Kravitz

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Perth To Stage AC/DC Bon Scott Tribute on the Real Highway To Hell The Canning Highway

by Paul Cashmere

Perth’s actual Highway To Hell, the Canning Highway, will become the stage for a tribute to the city’s most famous son, former AC/DC singer Bon Scott.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 70s, 80s, 90s, AC/DC, Australia, Bon Scott, Highway To Hell, metal, rock