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Ed Kuepper and Jim White

Ed Kuepper and Jim White Announce First U.S. Shows With Mick Harvey

by Paul Cashmere

Ed Kuepper, twice inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame as a founding member of both The Saints and Laughing Clowns, will finally bring his acclaimed collaboration with Dirty Three drummer Jim White to the United States for the first time this November. The pair will perform in Los Angeles on November 4 and New York on November 17, with support from none other than Mick Harvey of The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds.

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Skunkhour 2025

Skunkhour To Celebrate 30 Years Of ‘Up To Our Necks In It’ With National Tour

by Noise11.com

Skunkhour will mark three decades since the release of one of Australia’s most enduring funk-rock singles with the Up To Our Necks In It national tour this October and November. The tour celebrates the 1995 breakthrough hit Up To Our Necks In It, a track that helped Skunkhour break from the Sydney underground into national recognition.

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Electric Pandas secret warmup gig at Paddo RSL 2025 photo by Glen Morgan

Electric Pandas Reform for 2025 With November Shows Alongside James Reyne

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney’s Electric Pandas, the cult pop-rock outfit who made their mark in the mid-80s with one album and a hit song ‘Big Girls’, are officially back together. Lin Buckfield has revived the Pandas for 2025 with a refreshed line-up, and they’ll share the stage with James Reyne this November.

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Dallas Crane

Dallas Crane Are On the Cusp of Album Number Six After 10 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s own Dallas Crane are back in the studio crafting their sixth studio album. In a nod to their signature blend of swagger and grit, they have already unveiled the lead single, “Trouble Knows My Name,” offering fans a raw taste of what’s to come.

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Camp Cope photo by Genna Alexopoulos

Camp Cope To Release Final Sydney Opera House Show On Vinyl And Bandcamp

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s beloved power-emo trio Camp Cope have announced the launch of their final live performance on vinyl and digital formats – a fitting farewell to one of Australia’s most fiercely independent bands.

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Bleak Squad by Felix Oliver

Bleak Squad Premiere Third Single ‘Blue Signs’

by Noise11.com

Melbourne’s newly formed art-rock collective Bleak Squad—comprised of four luminaries from the Australian music scene—have unveiled their third single and music video, “Blue Signs”, ahead of their debut album Strange Love.

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Dog Trumpet Under Water

Every Mental As Anything Song Pete and Reg Wrote Plus A New Dog Trumpet Track

by Noise11.com

Reg Mombassa and Peter O’Doherty have pretty much tied their Mental As Anything album output (especially counting the double album Medicated Spirits as two records).

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The Temper Trap photo by Alberto Zimmerman

The Temper Trap Premiere First Song In Nine Years ‘Lucky Dimes’

by Noise11.com

‘Lucky Dimes’ is the first new music for The Temper Trap in nine years.

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Ethel Cain (supplied by Frontier Touring)

Ethel Cain To Perform Australia and New Zealand Dates in 2026

by Labelle Hayes

Ethel Cain has added Australia and New Zealand to her world tour dates for 2026.

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Bill Leimbach photo from the Lime Cordiale Instagram

Condolences To Lime Cordiale Brothers Louis and Oliver Leimbach On The Passing of Their Father Bill

by Paul Cashmere

Louis and Oliver Leimbach of Lime Cordiale have released an affection statement announcing that their father, filmmaker Bill Leimbach has passed away.

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Adalita Named Australian Musician’s Musician of the Month

by Paul Cashmere

Former Magic Dirt, now Bleak Squad member and most often out solo Aussie artist Adalita has been named Musician of the Month by Australian Musician for August 2025.

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The Black Keys

The Black Keys Release 13th Album “No Rain, No Flowers” After Cancelling 2024 Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Following the cancellation of their 2024 North American tour, The Black Keys turned adversity into artistry. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney produced their thirteenth studio album, No Rain, No Flowers, going outside the square to collaborate with less mainstream but respected songwriters like Rick Nowels and Scott Storch.

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Regurgitator 2025

Regurgitator Rack Up The Singles For The ‘Jukeboxxin’ Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Brisbane’s Regurgitator have released over 50 singles. Think about it. If you were to list all of the Regurgitator singles by A side and B side there are enough songs for Regurgitator to have a Regurgitator Hottest 100 of just Regurgitator songs.

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Pale Waves

UK Band Pale Waves To Tour “Overlooked Places”

by Labelle Hayes

UK indie/rock band Pale Waves have announced a tour of UK and Ireland but taking it to the obscure this time.

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Teddy Swims by Claire Marie Vogel supplied Frontier Touring

Matt Corby Added To Teddy Swims Australia and New Zealand Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Australian singer songwriter Matt Corby has been announced as special guest for the Teddy Swims 2025 Australia and New Zealand ‘I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy’ tour.

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Paul Dempsey by Ashley Ludkin

Paul Dempsey To Release Solo Album ‘Shotgun Karaoke Vol. II’

by Paul Cashmere

Paul Dempsey’s next solo album will be extension to his second solo album ‘Shotgun Karaoke’, released in 2013.

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Kram Spiderbait ADOTG at Mt Duneed Winery near Geelong featuring The Fauves, Tumbleweed, The Lemondheads, Veruca Salt, Spiderbait, The Living End. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Melbourne’s Croxton Bandroom Is Having A Two Day ‘Block Party’

by Noise11.com

Melbourne’s legendary Croxton Bandroom will celebrate a decade of live music in its current setup with a two-day Block Party in November.

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Davey Lane Noise11 interview

Davey Lane Borrows An Album Cover Idea From Rod Stewart

by Paul Cashmere

When Davey Lane started thinking of album cover ideas for his fourth solo album ‘Finally, A Party Record’, he looked no further than Rod Stewart’s ‘Atlantic Crossing’.

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Reg Mombassa of Dog Trumpet photo by Ros O'Gorman

Dog Trumpet To Headline Final Nimbin Roots Festival

by Paul Cashmere

Pete and Reg’s Dog Trumpet has taken top billing for the 10th birthday of the Nimbin Roots Festival but there is some bad news attached, it will also be the last year of the festival.

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The Lumineers Shout

The Lumineers Reinvent The Tears For Fears Classic ‘Shout’ For The Institute

by Labelle Hayes

In a bold reinterpretation of a classic 80s anthem, The Lumineers have delivered a hauntingly stripped-back cover of Tears for Fears’ “Shout” being used as the theme for psychological Stephen King thriller series ‘The Institute’.

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The Charlatans 2025 supplied

Charlatans 14th Album Is ‘We Are Love’

by Music-News.com

Esteemed indie legends The Charlatans today usher in a new era with the announcement of their 14th studio album, ‘We Are Love,’ set for release on October 31st via BMG. The news arrives alongside the album’s vibrant title track and lead single, ‘We Are Love,’ which the band recently debuted live to an ecstatic hometown crowd at Castlefield Bowl.

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Dog Trumpet Live Forever

Reg Mombassa and Peter O’Doherty Go Track By Track Through Dog Trumpet’s ‘Live Forever’

by Paul Cashmere

On 11 July 2025 Dog Trumpet will release their ninth album ‘Live Forever’.

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Wave To Earth supplied Frontier Touring

South Korean Band Wave To Earth Sets First Australia and New Zealand Dates

by Paul Cashmere

South Korean indie rock band Wave To Earth will tour Australia for the first time in December 2025.

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The White Stripes by Ewan Spencer supplied

The White Stripes Premiere ‘Red Rain’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

The White Stripes have premiered a video for the ‘Red Rain’ from the 20th anniversary edition of the 2005 album ‘Get Behind Me Satan’.

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Chris Cheney and Scott Owen of The Living End at Red Hot Summer 2024. Photo by Peter Walsh, son of Peter Walsh

The Living End Premiere Second New Song of 2025 ‘Strange Place’

by Paul Cashmere

The Living End has another new song for 2025. ‘Strange Place’ is starting to piece together the upcoming and still yet untitled ninth album for the band.

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Killing Heidi

Killing Heidi and Little Birdy Have Number One and Two Vinyl Albums In Australia This Week

by Paul Cashmere

The 25th anniversary release of Killing Heidi’s ‘Reflector’ and the 20th anniversary release of Little Birdy’s ‘BigBigLove’ albums are the number one and number two vinyl selling albums in Australia this week.

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The Beths photo by Frances Carter

The Beths Channeled Stephen King and Olivia Rodrigo For Fourth Album ‘Straight Line Was A Lie’

by Paul Cashmere

New Zealand’s The Beths have a new song ‘No Joy’ ahead of the fourth album ‘Straight Line Was A Lie’ coming in August.

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Patrick Walden of Babyshambes from Babyshambles socials

Babyshambles Guitarist Patrick Walden Dead at 46

by Paul Cashmere

Patrick Walden, the guitarist for UK band Babyshambles, has died at the age of 46. The cause of death has not been released at this stage.

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British India (photo supplied Mushroom Group)

British India Premiere First Song In Eight Years ‘The Gospel of Luke’

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s British India have reformed with their first new music in eight years and a national tour to go with it.

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End of Fashion (supplied)

How Justin Burford Transitioned From The Sleepy Jackson Into End of Fashion

by Paul Cashmere

With new End of Fashion dates for August, Justin Burford explained to Noise11 how he evolved out of The Sleepy Jackson to form End of Fashion and the crossover when he was in both bands simultaneously.

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