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Arctic Monkeys To Get Heavy for Album #5

by Tim Cashmere

The Arctic Monkeys have revealed that they are getting heavy for their as-yet-untitled fifth album.

Tagged as: Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys

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Katy Perry To “Face Reality” On Next Album

by Andrew Tijs

Katy Perry says that her next album is going to be more serious, following her divorce from Russell Brand.

Tagged as: dance, Katy Perry, pop, Russell Brand

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ABC Music Stays Universal

by Paul Cashmere

ABC Music, the ABC’s contemporary and classical music labels, has re-signed its distribution agreement with Universal Music and has expanded the deal to bring its ABC Kids Music label into the partnership.

Tagged as: ABC Music, Bananas In Pyjamas, George Ash, The Wiggles, Universal

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New Sigur Ros Video Doesn’t Feature Shia LaBeouf’s Penis

by Andrew Tijs

Icelandic post-rock act Sigur Ros have delivered their second video from Valtari, which is penis-free.

Tagged as: Iceland, post-rock, Rembihnútur, Sigur Ros, Valtari, video

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Justin Bieber Graduates High School

by Andrew Tijs

With little fanfare, international pop star Justin Bieber has graduated from his Ontario high school.

Tagged as: Justin Bieber, pop, R&B

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Blur Release Lyric Videos For Two New Songs

by Andrew Tijs

After playing their live Twitter show, Blur have delivered lyric videos for new songs ‘Under The Westway’ and ‘The Puritan’.

Tagged as: Blur, Britpop, lyric video, The Puritan, Under The Westway

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Kiss Release Hell Of Hallelujah COMPLETE SONG

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Hell or Hallelujah is the first track released from KISS’ upcoming album Monster and its a full rocking anthem.

Tagged as: Gene Simmons, Hell or Hallelujah, Kiss, Monster, Paul Stanley

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Kanye West Airs New Song With Pusha T

by Andrew Tijs

The new Kanye West tune ‘New God Flow’ with Pusha T hits the airwaves, as well as a compilation release date.

Tagged as: 2 Chainz, Big Sean, Cruel Summer, G.O.O.D. Music, hip-hop, Kanye West, Pusha-T, rap

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Gurrumul’s Rrakala Goes Platinum

by Andrew Tijs

Indigenous star Gurrumul’s second album Rrakala has hit platinum sales in Australia.

Tagged as: Bayini, Gurrumul, indigenous, platinum, Rrakala, Sarah Blasko, world

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Van Halen Drop America But Pick Up Japan

by Paul Cashmere

Days after Van Halen cancelled 31 upcoming shows on their North American tour a Japanese tour has been announced.

Tagged as: A Different Kind Of Truth, America, Australia, Japan, Van Halen

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Falls Festival Line-up Includes The Flaming Lips, The Vaccines, Coolio

by Paul Cashmere

The Falls Festival line-up has been announced with The Flaming Lips, The Vaccines and Coolio on the bill.

Tagged as: Beach House, Best Coast, Boy & Bear, Coolio, Falls Festival, Flaming Lips, Sampology. SBTRKT, Vaccines

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Queen + Adam Lambert Play Kiev VIDEO

by Paul Cashmere

Queen played Kiev in the Ukraine on the weekend with Adam Lambert on vocals.

Tagged as: Adam Lambert, Elton John, Kiev, Moscow, Queen

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Kelis Airs New Song With Dubstep Producer Skream

by Andrew Tijs

US neo-soul artist Kelis reveals the new tune ‘Distance’, co-written by UK dubstep hero Skream.

Tagged as: dubstep, hip-hop, Kelis, producer, R&B, Skream, soul

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Cosmic Psychos Doco To Crowdsource Funding

by Tim Cashmere

Cosmic Psychos. Pub rock doesn’t get much more iconic than them. For thirty years the band have been touring relentlessly with thirteen albums under their belt and some fans in high places.

Tagged as: Butch Vig, Cosmic Psychos, Mudhoney, Pearl Jam

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Brand New Heavies Tour The East Coast In September

by Andrew Tijs

British soul-funksters Brand New Heavies return to Australia for three shows in September.

Tagged as: Brand New Heavies, funk, soul

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Vampire Weekend Have “80 Percent” Of New Album Songs

by Andrew Tijs

Vampire Weekend singer Ezra Koenig reveals that the band are close to having a new album written.

Tagged as: The Walkmen, Vampire Weekend

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Van Morrison And Don Was Collaborated For New Van Record

by Paul Cashmere

Don Was has produced the next Van Morrison album ‘Born To Sing: No Plan B’.

Tagged as: Aaron Neville, Don Was, Keith Richards, Rolling Stones, Van Morrison

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The Best Of The Go-Betweens Album Coming Soon

by Andrew Tijs

Look out for a Go-Betweens ‘Best Of’ hand-picked by Forster, Morrison, Brown and Vickers, complete with a live disc.

Tagged as: Amanda Brown, best of, indie, Lindy Morrison, Robert Forster, Robert Vickers, The Go-Betweens

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Pope To Visit Melbourne Chapel

by Andrew Tijs

American YouTube balladeer Ron Pope will play Melbourne’s Chapel Off Chapel, as well as Sydney and Brisbane.

Tagged as: Chapel Off Chapel, Ron Pope, viral, YouTube

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Chris Brown Slams Drake On New Tune, Still A Douchenozzle

by Tim Cashmere

Chris Brown has taken a stab at Canadian rapper Drake in a verse he added to The Game’s remix of a Chief Keef tune.

Tagged as: Chief Keef, Chris Brown, DJ Orator, Douchenozzle, Drake, new song, The Game

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Ben Harper Books His First National Acoustic Tour

by Andrew Tijs

Roots star Ben Harper will play three East Coast shows in his first headlining Australian acoustic tour.

Tagged as: acoustic, Ben Harper, blues, rock, roots

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The Vaccines Announce Their Second Album With A Video

by Andrew Tijs

The Vaccines Come Of Age will be the Brit-rockers second album and they’ve delivered a video for ‘No Hope’.

Tagged as: Come Of Age, indie, No Hope, The Vaccines, UK

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The Living End Announce Their Landmark Retrospective Tour

by Andrew Tijs

The Living End will play each of their six albums in full in week-long residencies around the country. Wow.

Tagged as: retrospective, rock, rockabilly, The Living End

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CNN Kills Gotye

by Paul Cashmere

Gotye has had to deny his death in a Twitter post after a comment was posted on the CNN website stating that the Australian singer had killed himself.

Tagged as: CNN, Gotye, Somebody That I Used To Know, Wally De Backer

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The Voice, Australia’s Music Chart Road Kill Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

The Voice gave this week’s Australian chart a number of firsts and they were all bad. Never before have so many songs debuted one week and disappeared the next.

Tagged as: ARIA, Darren Percival, Karise Eden, The Voice

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Flaming Lips Smash Jay-Z Guinness World Record

by Music-News.com

The Flaming Lips have successfully smashed the Guinness World Record previously held by Jay-Z for most concerts performed in multiple cities after a historic road trip through the Mississippi Delta region which now ranks as the most-viewed digitally driven event in Viacom Music & Logo Group history, including generating more than 43 million votes.

Tagged as: Guinness Book Of Records, Jay-Z, The Flaming Lips

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Glenn Wheatley To Manage Natasha Duarté

by Paul Cashmere

17-year old Melbourne singer/songwriter Natasha Duarté has signed a management deal with Australian uber-manager Glenn Wheatley.

Tagged as: Australian Crawl, Glenn Wheatley, John Farnham, Little River Band, Natasha Duarte

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Tim Wheatley’s Crooked Saint Gets Hot & Heavy

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne via Sydney via L.A.’s Tim Wheatley has just released a new double A-side ‘Hot & Heavy / Outta Sight Outta Mind’ under his guise of Crooked Saint.

Tagged as: Crooked Saint, Josh Pyke, Paul McKercher, Tim Wheatley

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Van Halen Tour Officially Cancelled

by Paul Cashmere

The Van Halen dates postponed last month have now been officially cancelled.

Tagged as: A Different Kind Of Truth, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Van Halen

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EMI Publishing Sold For $2.2B To Sony

by Paul Cashmere

Sony has paid $2.2 billion for a 50% share of EMI Publishing.

Tagged as: EMI, Michael Jackson, Sony, The Beatles, Universal Music

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Deadmau5 and Astralwerks Form Mau5Trap Partnership

Deadmau5 has launched a partnership with EMI’s Astralwerks. Under the deal the new label Mau5trap has been created and the Deadmau5 catalogue will now go through Astralwerks.

October 15, 2013