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Redd Kross And The Hard-Ons Announce Melbourne Venue Upgrade And Full Australian Tour Details

Redd Kross and The Hard-Ons have upgraded their Melbourne Saturday night show and revealed full support details and documentary screenings ahead of their March 2026 Australian tour.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, live music, power pop, Punk rock, Redd Kross, The Hard-Ons, Tim Rogers

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Redd Kross And The Hard-Ons Unite For 2026 Australian Tour

by Noise11.com

Redd Kross and The Hard-Ons will reunite in March 2026 for a co-headline Australian tour celebrating more than four decades of punk and power-pop history.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, power pop, Punk rock, Redd Kross, The Hard-Ons, Tim Rogers

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Peter Freebairn Finds New Light With ‘Sweet Emotion’

by Paul Cashmere

Peter Freebairn launches Sweet Emotion, his uplifting new power-pop anthem, following his acclaimed debut Silhouettes & Cigarettes.

Tagged as: Australian music, new releases, Peter Freebairn, power pop, Sweet Emotion

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Benny J Ward releases debut solo album Super! through Cheersquad Records & Tapes and Kool Kat Musik

Benny J Ward Steps Out With Debut Solo Album Super! A Garage-Pop Triumph Two Years in the Making

by Paul Cashmere

Perth’s Benny J Ward, best known for Rinehearts, releases his debut solo album Super! — a bright and melodic garage-pop gem through Cheersquad Records & Tapes and Kool Kat Musik.

Tagged as: Australian rock, Benny J Ward, Cheersquad Records, Dom Mariani, garage pop, Kool Kat Musik, Link Meanie, power pop, Rinehearts, Super

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Ben Folds And A Piano Australian Tour Dates Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

Ben Folds will perform his ‘Ben Folds and a Piano’ tour for Australia in February and March 2026.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australian Tour, Ben Folds, power pop, rock, USA

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Custard Open The Suburban Curtains A Little Wider With ‘Heart Attacks

by Paul Cashmere

Custard have premiered the third video from the ‘Suburban Curtains’ with ‘Heart Attacks’

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Custard, Heart Attacks, indie, power pop, rock, Suburban Curtains, USA

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Peter Freebairn To Release New Song ‘World You Choose On Friday 2 August 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Power Pop performer Peter Freebairn will release another new song ‘World You Choose’ from his ‘Silhouettes & Cigarettes’ this Friday (2 August).

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, Peter Freebairn, power pop, Radio Vertigo, Silhouettes & Cigarettes, Sl, The Wish, World You Choose

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Peter Freebairn On How Power Pop Carved His Early Influences

by Paul Cashmere

For the past two decades Australian singer songwriter Peter Freebairn was with various bands including The Wish and Radio Vertigo. The common thread with Peter’s various bands of the years has been Power Pop. On his first solo record ‘Silhouettes & Cigarettes’, Peter continues the Power Pop tradition.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Peter Freebairn, power pop, Radio Vertigo, rock, Silhouettes & Cigarettes, The Wish

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Eric Carmen Of The Raspberries Dies At 74

by Paul Cashmere

Eric Carmen, the frontman for power pop group The Raspberries, and later a stack of solo hits including ‘All By Myself’ and ‘Dirty Dancing’s ‘Hungry Eyes’, has died at the age of 74.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Eric Carmen, pop, power pop, rock, the Raspberries, USA

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Here Is Some New Australian Power Pop From Peter Freebairn – I Got Lucky (I Got You)

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne singer songwriter Peter Freebairn is heading towards that long overdue solo debut album following the 2019 release of the self-titled EP.

Tagged as: 20s, I Got You, Peter Freebairn, pop, Pop Preservation Society, power pop, The Wish Australia

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Bill Mumy (aka Will Robinson) Action Skulls Premiere ‘Find The Good’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Action Skulls, the supergroup featuring Bill Mumy (Will Robinson from Lost In Space), Vicki Peterson, guitarist for The Bangles and John Cowsill, singer and drummer for The Cowsills, have a new song ‘Find The Girl’.

Tagged as: 20s, Action Skulls, Billy Mumy, John Cowslil, pop, power pop, rock, The Bangles, The Cowslips, USA, Vicki Peterson

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‘Hanging On The Telephone’ Songwriter Jack Lee Dead at 71

by Paul Cashmere

Jack Lee, a member of The Nerves and best known for his song ‘Hanging On The Telephone’, covered by Blondie, has died at age 71.

Tagged as: 70s, Blondie, Hanging On The Telephone, Jack Lee, Paul Collins, power pop, rock, The Beat, The Nerves, USA

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Tony Lewis of The Outfield Dies Aged 62

by Paul Cashmere

Tony Lewis, singer for The Outfield, has died at age 62.

Tagged as: 80s, pop, power pop, rock, The Outfield, Tony Lewis, UK

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Brian D’Addario of The Lemon Twigs Talks Songs for the General Public with Karen Freedman

by Karen Freedman

Those poor Lemon Twigs. There they were, ready to bring out a new album, with a release date of 1st May and a bunch of shows booked across North America. And then, 2020 happened.

Tagged as: 20s, Brian D'Addario, Michael D'Addario, power pop, rock, The Lemon Twigs, Todd Rundgren

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Icecream Hands Debut First New Music In 13 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s Icecream Hands last album ‘The Good China’ was 13 years ago in 2007. A new album is coming and the new song ‘No Weapon But Love’ was dropped on us this week.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, Charles Jenkins, Icecream Hands, indie, power pop

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Roy Loney of Flamin’ Groovies Passes At Age 73

by Paul Cashmere

Roy Loney, the original frontman for San Francisco Power-Pop band Flamin’ Groovies, has died at the age of 73.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Flamin Groovies, power pop, rock, Roy Loney, USA

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The Hard-Ons Reveal New Album and National Tour Details

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney 80s punk band The Hard-Ons will back up the release of their 12th album with a national tour in November and December.

Tagged as: 80s, Australia, Hard-Ons, power pop, punk, Sydney

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Todd Rundgren Adds 2nd Melbourne Show

by Karen Freedman

The first Todd Rundgren Melbourne gig has sold out, and a second show has been added for Tuesday 30 October at the John Curtin Hotel.

Tagged as: 1970s, Brett Wolfenden, Davey Lane, Luke Hodgson, Michele Rundgren, power pop, rock, Todd Rundgren, Todd-A-Roo, Tony Featherstone, USA

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Todd Rundgren, Trak, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Todd Rundgren And Todd-A-Roo Coming To Australia

by Karen Freedman

Great news for fans of the uber-talented Todd Rundgren. In 2008, for a week on the glorious isle of Kauai, in Hawaii, about 300 fans from all over the world joined the Rundgrens at their incredible home to celebrate his 60th birthday. This became known as ToddStock; a week of camping, drinking, singing and celebrating.

Tagged as: 1970s, Brett Wolfenden, Davey Lane, Luke Hodgson, Michele Rundgren, power pop, rock, Todd Rundgren, Todd-A-Roo, Tony Featherstone, USA

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The Best Of Big Star Scheduled For Stax 60th

by Paul Cashmere

Big Star, arguably one of America’s great power pop bands, will have a new Best Of as part of the roll-out for the Stax 60th Anniversary.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Big Star, pop, power pop, rock

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Big Star ‘Thank You Friends’ To Premiere At SXSW

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The SXSW Film Festival will premiere ‘Thank You, Friends: Big Star’s Third Live …And More’.

Tagged as: 70s, Big Star, power pop, rock, SXSW, USA

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Big Star Nothing Can Hurt Me Doco To Screen In UK

by Music-News.com

Big Star’s ‘Nothing Can Hurt Me’ documentary will screen across the UK in August.

Tagged as: 70s, Alex Chilton, Big Star, documentary, movie, music news, Nothing Can Hurt Me, pop, power pop, rock, UK, USA

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Todd Rundgren Turns On Melbourne’s TRAK

by Karen Freedman

He really should need no introduction, and in a perfect world, Todd Rundgren would be a household name.

Tagged as: 1970s, 2010s, Badfinger, Blue-Eyed Soul, Cheap Trick, Dragon, Hall & Oates, Jefferson Starship, Jesse Gresse, John Ferenzik, Journey, Kasim Sultan, Meat Loaf, Melbourne, Patti Smith, power pop, Prairie Prince, Prog Rock, rock, Shaun Cassidy, The Tubes, Todd Rundgren, Trak, U.S.A., Utopia, XTC

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Badfinger’s Pete Ham To Be Honoured With Blue Plaque

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The late Pete Ham, who found success with Badfinger, will be honoured in his hometown of Swansea, Wales with one of Britain’s Blue Plaques.

Tagged as: 1960s, Apple Records, Badfinger, Blue Plaque, Bob Jackson, David Jenkins, Harry Nilsson, Pete Ham, power pop, Ron Griffiths, The Beatles, the Iveys, Tom Evans, U.K.

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Gin Blossoms Announce Their First Australian Tour

by Andrew Tijs

College rock stayers Gin Blossoms tour Australia for the first time ever next February.

Tagged as: College rock, Gin Blossoms, indie, power pop

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JEFF The Brotherhood Book Big Day Out Sideshows

by Andrew Tijs

Fuzzy power pop heroes JEFF The Brotherhood put together a nice group of Big Day Out sideshows.

Tagged as: Big Day Out, garage, JEFF The Brotherhood, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, Nashville, power pop, rock, sideshows

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The Patriots Win Red Bull Bedroom Jam Buzz Chart

by Andrew Tijs

Newcastle four-piece The Patriots have topped the final Buzz Chart in the Red Bull Bedroom Jam competition.

Tagged as: Bedroom Jam, Buzz Chart, competition, Newcastle, power pop, Red Bull, rock, The Patriots

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Everclear Announce Competition For Aussie Support Slots

by Andrew Tijs

Portland alt-rockers Everclear are asking for Australian bands to pitch themselves as supports.

Tagged as: alternative, Everclear, Portland, power pop, rock

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JEFF The Brotherhood Prep Hypnotic Nights

by Andrew Tijs

Nashville scuzz-rock duo JEFF The Brotherhood prepare their Dan Auerbach-produced new album.

Tagged as: Dan Auerbach, JEFF The Brotherhood, Nashville, power pop, rock, The Black Keys

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Redd Kross Announce Details Of Their Long-Awaited New Album

by Andrew Tijs

LA power pop rockers Redd Kross return with their first album in 15 years, Researching The Blues.

Tagged as: LA, power pop, Redd Kross, rock

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