Year: 2011

Music Video: Radiohead "Lotus Flower"

Their new album has come out of nowhere, in spite of reports in recent years that the band intended to never release another full length record. But alas, thankfully, here we are. Radiohead are back with The King of Limbs. and while we give it the review treatment (unlike some publications, we are encouraging our…

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Win your way to Hollywood thanks to Michael Bublé!

Thanks to the release of Michael Bublé’s Crazy Love (Hollywood Edition) – and the brand new Michael Bublé Australia iPhone app – one lucky fan will have their chance to win their way to Hollywood! While completing a series of Michael Bublé themed challenges, fans will be able to use the app to take photos…

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Live Review: Future Music Festival – Rymill Park, Adelaide (14.03.11)

March in Adelaide is truly a magical time. Unicorns? Perhaps not, but there are a number of amazing, back-to-back festivals. The Fringe Festival is still a warm corpse in the ground, and we are about to dance upon its grave. The “Garden” has transformed, with six stages having sprouted up overnight, across Rymill Park. The…

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Immigrant Union + Stonefield – The Tote (17.02.11)

I’ve been a Dandy Warhols fan since heroin was so passé, and after running into Brent DeBoer in the crowd at Laneway Festival and chatting about his new Melbourne-based side project Immigrant Union, a trip to the The Tote was in order to check out their live show. Sharing the Thursday night residency were Triple…

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Erland & The Carnival To Release New Album, 'Nightingale'

It may be just a year since Erland & The Carnival released their eponymous debut, but the London-based trio – fronted by statuesque Orcadian singer Erland Cooper – aren’t waiting to let the grass grow: they’re about to return with a second album that’s darkly poppy, more direct, more electronic and more twisted. ‘Nightingale’ is…

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The Dandy Warhols to return to Australia in May!

THE DANDY WARHOLS first garnered international attention in 1997 with the world’s catchiest anti-heroin song, “Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth.” However it was their brilliant third album ‘Thirteen-tales-from-urban-bohemia’ that catapulted them into the stratosphere. Alternative Press called it “a scattershot bagful of wild rides and demented ditties and an album of…

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Brisbane’s Last Dinosaurs team up with Sydney’s Papa Vs Pretty for a quickfire co-headline tour.

Keeping with the summer festive spirit, Brisbane’s Last Dinosaurs have teamed up with Sydney’s Papa Vs Pretty for a quickfire co-headline tour. This hot melding of music will be hitting all the metros as well as a few lucky regional towns, lending a chance for these bright young things to show why right NOW is…

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Angus and Julia Stone & The Temper Trap join The Arcade Fire and more as nominees for the 2011 Indie Awards.

Canadian Music Week is proud to present the nominees for the 11th Annual Independent Music Awards, “The Indies”. Presented in association with Astral Radio and XM Satellite Radio, the awards will be handed out on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at the legendary Canadian Ballroom in the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto, as part of Canadian…

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Fergus Brown to support Tunng at Sydney and Melbourne sideshows!

Civil Society is thrilled to announce that Tunng will be joined on their Australian headline tour by the intelligent pop of Sydney’s Fergus Brown. Described as a “bloody awesome… pop volcano” by triple j’s Vijay Khurana, Fergus joins Tunng with a handful of awards in his pocket, including the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, Qantas Spirit…

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South By Southwest (SXSW) Announces Yoko Ono as Featured Speaker.

South By Southwest (SXSW) is thrilled to announce Yoko Ono as a very special featured speaker for the 25th Music Conference and Festival. Ms. Ono will sit down with Jody Denberg for a SXSW Interview on Friday, March 18th. From her pioneering work in the Fluxus movement of the 1960s to the recent Imagine Peace…

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Good Vibrations Festival Ticket deal: Bring a friend for free!

Jam Music is offering festival fans in the Gold Coast and Perth two special ticket deals for the final two shows of the 2011 Good Vibration Festival. Bring a friend for free Existing tickets holders for the Gold Coast and Perth events can now bring a friend for FREE! Arrive with your friend on the…

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The Night Terrors and Matt Bailey to support Black Mountain on Australian tour – kicking off tomorrow!

“Though the songs and tone may be different, there is a distinct, familiar sound that makes this undoubtedly a Black Mountain record-and that’s a wonderful thing.” Filter magazine After sharing the stage multiple times together in Europe last year, Canadian psych-rock five piece Black Mountain have invited mind-melting Melbourne trio The Night Terrors to join…

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US duo High Places support The Books and play free show in Bondi tonight!

We are really thrilled to welcome back to our shores US duo HIGH PLACES, as special guests of THE BOOKS on their Australian tour kicking off on Friday night. High Places – aka Robert Barber and Mary Pearson – are very recent visitors, having bowled us over with their magnificent performances on their co-headline tour…

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the AU interview: Aloe Blacc (Los Angeles)

Charismatic, gentlemanly, articulate and well dressed. These were my first impressions of Mr. Aloe Blacc as we sat down together ahead of his appearance at the Good Vibrations Festival in Sydney (of which he was a last minute addition). I was starved of sleep, and he was beaming with creative energy. This is a man…

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Sydney's Cameras sign to Manimal Vinyl and announce Australian national tour with Roxy Music!

Fresh from a sizzling performance at the Big Day Out CAMERAS are proud to announce that they are gearing up for international release in the USA and Europe later this year having inked a deal with LA based indie label Manimal Vinyl. Manimal Vinyl owner Paul Beahan is proud to announce the Sydney 3 piece…

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Datarock announce May 2011 Groovin' The Moo Sideshows!

Norway’s red tracksuit party masters Datarock are excited to announce they will be returning to Australia in May for Groovin’ the Moo and will be partying it up with special headline shows along the east coast. Datarock will be performing at The Zoo in Brisbane Wednesday 4th May, Oxford Art Factory in Sydney Thursday 5th…

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the AU interview at FUSE: The Paper Scissors (Sydney)

Another Fuse Festival act, Sydney’s The Paper Scissors, took some time out to chat with us… Thanks for taking the time to talk to us guys! I’ve heard you call this current stage of your bands musical career as “version 2.0” (or something along those lines). It certainly feels like you guys have been given…

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the AU interview at FUSE: Damian Cazaly of Blackchords (Melbourne)

We continue our Fuse Festival chats, this time with guitarist Damian Cazaly of Melbourne quintet Blackchords. We chat primarily about their forthcoming album, music inspirations and more! for taking the time to talk to us today! I understand you’ve been busy working on the follow up to your debut album – how’s that going? Really…

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Your Take Sessions: Cloud Control at the Adelaide Laneway Festival

Adelaide based Your Take Sessions headed backstage at the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival to have a chat with the Sydney based band – as well as get in a beautiful acoustic performance of their Hottest 100 track “There’s Nothing In The Water We Can’t Fight”. Alister even gets in a bit of Led Zeppelin jam….

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Timbaland, T-Pain, Busta Rhymes, Ciara, New Boyz, Benny D and more added to Supafest 2011!

Supafest 2011 has just gotten bigger with the announcement of Timbaland, T-Pain, Busta Rhymes, Ciara, New Boyz, Benny D and local artists Israel, Miracle & DJ Nino Brown, who join Snoop Dogg, Nelly, Taio Cruz and Bow Wow! Australian urban music fans will be treated to over 9 hours of live music by some of…

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The Wombats announce Groovin' The Moo sideshows in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide.

Liverpool trio The Wombats will soon be back on Australian shores in April/May, performing at the Groovin The Moo Festivals and their own headline shows around the country. Their ridiculously catchy single ‘Let’s Dance To Joy Division’ (winner of the 2008 NME Award for Best Dancefloor Filler), and #12 position in Triple J’s HOTTEST 100,…

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Electric Empire announce Sydney and Melbourne album release shows.

Fast becoming one of Australia’s foremost Soul act, the charismatic Electric Empire have just announced two special shows to celebrate the upcoming release of their self titled debut album in stores – which features lead single Baby Your Lovin’. They’ll be hitting Sydney on Friday 18 March at Oxford Art Factory and Melbourne on Friday…

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the AU interview at FUSE: Simon Meli of The Widowbirds (Sydney)

Another artist to play this week’s Fuse Festival in Adelaide, we caught up with Simon Meli of Sydney’s The Widowbirds to chat about their tour with Paul Weller, their forthcoming LP and more! Thanks for taking the time to chat with us! You’re about to play Fuse Festival – have you been down for the…

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Fuse Festival announces The Cairos – Triple J Unearthed band for Fuse @ Fringe, Feb 18th

This year, Fuse has officially joined forces with the Adelaide Fringe with the Fuse @ Fringe stage as part of opening night celebrations at Rymill Park on Friday, February 18th. Having worked along side and supported the Festival over the last six years, the Adelaide Fringe and Fuse have united, adding a second stage to…

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De La Soul + Prince Paul at Billboard The Venue (11.02.2011)

It’s been 20 years since the release of De La Soul’s ground breaking record De La Soul Is Dead and to celebrate, Posdnous, Trugoy and Maseo threw one hell of a party at Melbourne’s Billboard Nightclub. Legendary hip hop producer and one half of the illustrious Handsome Boy Modelling School Prince Paul kicked off the…

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the AU interview at FUSE: Matt Walters (Melbourne)

This Thursday, Matt Walters (best known for his track “I Would Die For You, which features Megan Washington) will be playing the Fuse Festival in Adelaide. Ahead of his appearance, Arno Billard caught up with the Melbourne based performer. Last year was marked by the release of your 2nd EP(Talking in my sleep). What’s in…

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Radiohead announce the imminent release of their eighth studio album ‘The King Of Limbs’.

The band have begun taking pre-orders for ‘The King Of Limbs’ exclusively from their website, www.radiohead.com. Fans will be able to digitally download the album as early as the end of this week, Saturday 19 February. For the next few weeks ‘The King Of Limbs’ will be exclusively available from the band’s website in two…

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Fuse Festival kicks off this Wednesday in Adelaide!

Kicking off this week, Fuse Festival 2011 will be running over three days from 16th – 18th February, with Masterclasses (16th) and the conference (17th & 18th) running during the day and at night, Adelaide will come alive with music with over 80 bands from interstate and locally showcasing at venues across the city. Held…

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New Music Video: Yeasayer "I Remember"

Yeasayer have wished the world a Happy Valentine’s Day by releasing their new music video “I Remember”! It features an amazing moustache! Amazing! Send to your friend with the EP for free! http://yeasayer.net/valentines/

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Furry Red Records presents The Best of RADelaide (2010 LP) – Part One

Furry Red Records has put out a compilation album entitled “The Best of RADelaide”. We look now at 8 tracks off the album. We’ll be looking at the rest in the coming weeks… Spencer Jayne – A Woman Scorned “A Woman Scorned” by Spencer Jayne is this delightfully dark song which manages to take an…

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