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Talking Heads Tribute ‘Everyone’s Getting Involved’ Artists and Tracklisting Revealed

The full tracklisting for the tribute to the Talking Heads ‘Stop Making Sense’ movie has finally been revealed with Miley Cyrus and Lorde in there with appearances from Norah Jones and Money Mark along the way.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Everyone Getting Involved, Lorde, Miley Cyrus, Norah Jones, Paramore, pop, rock, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, USA

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Hayley Mary Premieres ‘One Last Drag’

by Paul Cashmere

Hayley Mary’s new song ‘One Last Drag’ was co-written with her husband, Johnny Took of DMA’s.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Australia, DMAs, Hayley Mary, rock, The Jezebels

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Simple Minds at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2024 photo by Winston Robinson

Jim Kerr of Simple Minds Wins Award for Jim Morrison Documentary

by Music-News.com

This week at the New York Festivals International Radio Awards in NYC ‘Jim Kerr on Jim Morrison’ was awarded the Gold Medal for Best Documentary in the Culture & The Arts category.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Jim Kerr, rock, Simple Minds, UK

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Incubus Play First Show For 2024 Australia/New Zealand Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Incubus and Live have a few shows in New Zealand this week before they hit Australia for the Lookout Festival, starting Saturday in Queensland.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, Face To Face Touring, Incubus, live, rock, USA

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Ed Kowalczyk of Live Melbourne 2015 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Live Perform In New Zealand Ahead Of Lookout Festival in Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Live have performed in New Zealand before heading to Australia for the first of the Lookout Festival shows with Incubus in Queensland on Saturday.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Face To Face Touring, Incubus, live, Lookout Festival, rock, USA

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Elbow Score UK No 1 For Fourth Time

by Music-News.com

Bury boys Elbow earn their fourth Official Number 1 album with AUDIO VERTIGO this week.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, art, Audio Vertigo, Elbow, indie, rock, UK

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The Stems To Mark 40th Anniversary With Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

The original members of The Stems, Dom Mariani, Julian Matthews, and Dave Shaw as well as guitarist Ashley Naylor, will tour the capitals in August and September to mark the 40th anniversary of The Stems.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, The Stems

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The Rubens To Play Their Black Balloon Queensland Tour

by Paul Cashmere

The Rubens will tour Queensland like it’s a country (and many Queenslanders think it is) when they play the Black Balloon tour.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Australia, Black Balloon, rock, The Rubens

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Regurgitator Have A New Song And It Features Peaches

by Paul Cashmere

Peaches joins Regurgitator for their new song’ ‘This Is Not A Pop Song’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Electronic, pop, Regurgitator, rock

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Deborah Harry Joins The Dandy Warhols For New Song ‘I Will Never Stop Loving You’

by Paul Cashmere

The Dandy Warhols have a number of special guests on their new album ‘Rockmaker’ but the one they are treating up to today is the Deborah Harry collaboration ‘I Will Never Stop Loving’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Dandy Warhols, Deborah Harry, I Will Never Stop Loving You, rock, Rockmaker, USA

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Split Enz ‘Murder’ Is A Brand New Enz Video For 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Spilt Enz, there is a new Enz video for 2024 featuring the 1979 unreleased track ‘Murder’.

Tagged as: 70s, alternative, Australia, Frenzy, murder, Mushroom, New Zealand, rock, Split Enz, Tim Finn

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Two Door Cinema Club Premiere New Song Happy Customers

by Music-News.com

Two Door Cinema Club have shared their brand new single ‘Happy Customers’. The joyous new track is led with an essence of sunshine nostalgia which takes a trip back to the band’s early soundscapes. Amongst a backdrop of Two Door Cinema Club goodness, lead singer Alex Trimble’s vocals are at their most versatile, taking on mezzo-soprano vocal range, which go on to erupt into an instantly recognisable anthemic chorus.

Tagged as: 00s, Alex Trimble, alternative, Happy Customers, rock, Two Door Cinema Club, USA

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Announces ‘Wild God’ Album Six Months In Advance

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will release their 18th album Wild God more than six months from now in August and have gifted us the title track now.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Bad Seeds, Nick Cave, rock, Warren Ellis, Wild God

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‘Oh Shit’ The Libertines Are Back

by Paul Cashmere

The Libertines release a fabulous new single (quite possibly the most Libertines single ever!) on Wednesday 6th March. Entitled Oh Shit it is an earworm anthem for these economically challenging times and is taken from their eagerly awaited new album All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade which hits the streets on April 5th.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Oh Shit, punk, rock, The Libertines, UK

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Hoodoo Gurus Manager Michael McMartin Leaves Band After 41 Years in the Job

by Paul Cashmere

Hoodoo Gurus manager Michael McMartin has stepped down from his role after 41 years, citing health issues as the reason for his sudden retirement.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Hoodoo Gurus, Michael McMartin, punk, rock

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Vampire Weekend To Head On Tour

by Music-News.com

Vampire Weekend has announced a 2024 tour.

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, rock, USA, Vampire Weekend

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Corey Glover of Living Colour Reveals His New Band Sonic Universe

by Paul Cashmere

Corey Glover of Living Colour has formed Sonic Animation, a new band featuring Mike Orlando (Adrenaline Mob), bassist Booker King and drummer Taykwuan Jackson.

Tagged as: 20s, Adrenaline Mob, alternative, Booker King, Corey Glover, Living Colour, Mike Orlando, rock, Sonic Universe, Taykwuan Jackson, USA

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Slash Helps Out The Dandy Warhols on ‘I’d Like To Help You With Your Problem’

by Paul Cashmere

Slash features on the new song for The Dandy Warhols, ‘I’d Like To Help You With Your Problem’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Guns n Roses, rock, Slash, The Dandy Warhols, USA

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Art Alexakis Is Preparing for Everclear’s Upcoming 30th Anniversaries

by Paul Cashmere

Everclear were a platinum selling band in Australia in the 90s and the three big albums are all coming up for the 30th anniversaries in coming years.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Art Alexakis, Everclear, rock, USA, Wheatus

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V. Spy V. Spy ‘Live At The Prince of Wales 1984’ Lands At Songland Canberra

by Paul Cashmere

Brian ‘Frog’ Harris of Songland Records in Canberra has received stock of what will be the extremely rare V. Spy V. Spy’ live album ‘Live At The Prince of Wales 1984’.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, rock, Spy Vs Spy, V Spy V Spy

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Jebediah To Release First Album in 13 Years ‘Oiks’

by Paul Cashmere

Jebediah will have a new album in April. ‘Oiks’, the sixth Jebediah album, will also be the first Jebediah album since ‘Kosciuszko’ was released in 2011.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Bob Evans, Jebediah, Kevin Mitchell, Motivation', Oiks, rock

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Dhani Harrison Premiers ‘I.C.U.’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Dhani Harrison has made a music video for his 2023 ‘Innerstanding’ album track ‘I.C.U.’.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Dhani Harrison, George Harrison, I.C.U., Innerstanding, Mereki, rock, UK

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Mojo Nixon Dies At Age 66

by Paul Cashmere

Musician, actor, DJ and cult hero Mojo Nixon has died at the age of 66.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, comedy, Mojo Nixon, rock, USA

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Steve Kilbey of The Church - photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Church Premiere New Song ‘A Strange Past’

by Paul Cashmere

The Church have made a video for the track ‘A Strange Past’ from the upcoming album ‘Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars’.

Tagged as: 80s, A Strange Past, alternative, Australia, Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars, rock, Steve Kilbey, The Church

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Have boygenius Just Gone Into Hiatus?

by Music-News.com

Boygenius have reportedly embarked on a hiatus after sweeping the Grammy Awards.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Boygenius, Grammy Awards, pop, rock, USA

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Talking Heads Stop Making Sense Tribute Album Artist List Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

The artists to feature on the forthcoming ‘Everyone’s Getting Involved A Tribute To Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense’ album have been revealed.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Paramore, rock, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, USA

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Tropical Fuck Storm Kickstart 2024 with Cellphone Honeymoon Tour

by Noise11.com

Tropical Fuck Storm will reactivate with guests for 2024 with the Cellphone Honeymoon tour.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Australia, rock, Tropical Fuck Storm

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 2013, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Nick Cave Adds Six More Shows Across Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Cave has added six more shows to his Solo Australian tour with one additional show for Sydney and Melbourne and new shows for Wollongong, Gold Coast, Canberra and Brisbane.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Colin Greenwood, Nick Cave, Radiohead, rock

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The Whitlams Tex-Mex Remake of ‘You Sound Like Louis Burdett’

by Paul Cashmere

The Whitlams have a brand new Tex-Mex version of their ‘You Sound Like Louis Burdett’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, rock, The Whitlams, Tim Freedman, You Sound Like Louis Burdett’

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Talking Heads Stop Making Sense Tribute Album On The Way

by Paul Cashmere

16 bands will perform the songs from the setlist of the Talking Heads ‘Stop Making Sense’ movie for a new tribute album.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Burning Down The House, Paramore, rock, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, USA

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