Tim Cashmere

Arctic Monkeys. Photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

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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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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Chris Brown photo by Ros O'Gorman Noise11.com images

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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Liam Gallagher Plays Oasis Songs For The First Time In Years

by Tim Cashmere

Liam Gallagher’s band Beady Eye have always refused to include Oasis songs in their set, but after seeing Noel’s success the band have finally caved.

Tagged as: Beady Eye, Liam Gallagher, Oasis, Stone Roses, wailers

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Stephen Malkmus Brings The Jicks Back To Australia

by Tim Cashmere

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks are heading back to Australia for the first time since 2009 (although Malkmus was here with Pavement in 2010).

Tagged as: Beck, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, tour

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Tim Rogers and The Lil Band O' Gold (photo courtesy of Dust Devil Music)

Tim Rogers Joins Lil Band O Gold On Stage In Melbourne

by Tim Cashmere

You Am I frontman Tim Rogers joined New Orleans band Lil Band O’ Gold on stage at Melbourne’s beautiful Regal Ballroom last night.

Tagged as: Lil Band O Gold, Regal Ballroom, Tim Rogers, You Am I

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Tim and Eric’s Tim Heidecker Talks Comedy With Noise11

by Tim Cashmere

Tim and Eric were a surprise success. Their bizarre and unexpected style of humour was a huge hit around the world with the TV show Tim and Eric, Awesome Show, Great Job lasting five seasons, which was followed by Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie.

Tagged as: comedy, Tim and Eric

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Cam Butler Plans Multimedia Performance of ‘Save My Soul’ In Melbourne

by Tim Cashmere

Cam Butler of Ron Peno & The Superstitions has recently released a grandiose orchestral album Save My Soul and fans of the record will get a chance to experience the record in a multimedia performance at Melbourne ACMI Cinema.

Tagged as: ACMI, Cam Butler, cinema, Ron Peno, Ron Peno and the Superstitions, Save My Soul

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Charity Wins (and Football Loses) At The Community Cup 2012

by Tim Cashmere

I have lived in Melbourne since I was nine years old, yet the number of Community Cups I have attended adds up to about 90% of all of the football matches I have attended. AFL. It’s just not for me. Sorry everyone!

Tagged as: Blue Ruin, Boomgates, Bunny Monroe, Community Cup, Drunk Mums, Megahertz, PBS, Rock Dogs, RRR

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Black Crowes Frontman Unveils Details of New Band’s Debut

by Tim Cashmere

Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson is gearing up for the release of his new band’s debut record. The band is called The Chris Robinson Brotherhood and the album is Big Moon Ritual.

Tagged as: Big Moon Ritual, Black Crowes, Brotherhood, Chris Robinson, Chris Robinson Brotherhood

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Erykah Badu Not Happy With The Flaming Lips

by Tim Cashmere

Recently The Flaming Lips leaked an “unapproved” video of their cover of Roberta Flack’s The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Erykah Badu is not impressed.

Tagged as: Erykah Badu, Flaming Lips, Nayrok Badu, Roberta Flack, Wayne Coyne

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Prince Chaos Hits The Streets Of Melbourne

by Tim Cashmere

Prince’s Hi-Fi Bar after party turned Melbourne’s Swanston Street into chaos with punters lining up for hours to get into a show that might, or might not, have been happening.

Tagged as: After Party, hifi, Prince, tour, Welcome 2 Australia

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Beck and Sigur Ros Expected To Appear On Harvest Festival, 2012

by Tim Cashmere

Fans of Sigur Ros and Beck fans had better make sure they have some festival money lying around because the second annual Harvest Festival is expected to be announced soon and according to one industry insider, Sigur Ros and Beck going to be on it.

Tagged as: 2012, announcement, Beck, festival, Harvest, secret, Sigur Ros, tour

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Prince Takes To The Stage at Bennett’s Lane Jazz Club, Melboune

by Tim Cashmere

After weeks of rumours, Prince gave a tiny and lucky Melbourne crowd a stellar and extremely intimate performance at Bennett’s Lane Jazz Club tonight.

Tagged as: After Party, Bennett's Lane, Prince, Welcome 2 Australia

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Hard-Ons Guitarist Hospitalised After Attack, Benefit Gigs Planned

by Tim Cashmere

Peter “Blackie” Black of legendary Sydney punk band The Hard-Ons is in hospital suffering a fractured skull and bruising of the brain after being attacked earlier this week.

Tagged as: Attack, Australian, Hard-Ons, hospitalised, hospitalized, Peter Black, pub rock, punk, rock

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East 17 Announce Australian Tour

by Tim Cashmere

You read that headline correctly. East 17 are heading all over Australia this June ready to enthral once-young audiences with their east-London accents and early 90s pop gems.

Tagged as: East 17, John Hendy, Terry Coldwell, Tony Mortimer

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BigSound Announce Impressive First List Of Speakers and Artists For 2012

by Tim Cashmere

One of Australia’s premiere music industry conferences, BigSound have let the proverbial cat out of the bag listening a diverse and exciting first announcement of speakers and performers for their 2012 event.

Tagged as: Big Sound, BigSound, Eagle and the Worm, Kate Miller-Heidke, King Cannons, Kira Puru and the Bruise, Oliver Tank, The Cairos, The Paper Kites, The Trouble With Templeton, Violent Soho

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LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy Writing Novel

by Tim Cashmere

After the demise of LCD Soundsystem, James Murphy has reverted back to his academic roots – by writing a book.

Tagged as: James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem, novel

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Joni Mitchell Tries To Quit The Music Biz For Morgellons Sufferers

by Tim Cashmere

Legendary singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell has said she is “trying” to quit the music business to help out sufferers of Morgellons disease – an illness she first publicly admitted to having in 2010.

Tagged as: John Kelly, Joni Mitchell, Morgellons, Paved Paradise

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REVIEW: Golden Plains Festival, March 10 – 12, 2012

by Tim Cashmere

Golden Plains turned six on the weekend, and what better way to usher in a fairly insignificant birthday than with one of the greatest indie lineups ever put together in this country.

Tagged as: Ariel Pink, Bon Iver, Charles Bradley, Endless Boogie, First Aid Kit, Golden Plains, Harmony, Lost Animal, Meredith, Total Control, Urge Overkill, Wild Flag

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McCoy Tyner and Patti Austin Head Up Melbourne Jazz 2012

by Tim Cashmere

Soulful jazz-belter Patti Austin and legendary pianist McCoy Tyner head up a fantastic line up of local and international jazz for the Melbourne Jazz Festival, 2012.

Tagged as: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald, festival, Hiromi, jazz, John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman, McCoy Tyner, Melbourne, Melbourne Recital Centre, Patti Austin, Samuel Yirga, Terence Blanchard

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Sinead O’Connor Says Playboy Shoot Is On Her Bucket List

by Tim Cashmere

Sinead O’Connor has said that a shoot for men’s magazine Playboy is on her bucket list.

Tagged as: How About I Be Me And You Be You, Playboy, Sinead O'Connor

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Gorillaz, Andre 3000 and James Murphy Collab Is Just A Preview

by Tim Cashmere

The collaboration between Gorillaz, Andre 3000 and LCD Soundsystem mastermind James Murphy that we reported on yesterday is just a preview to a longer song.

Tagged as: Andre 3000, Converse, Gorillaz, James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem

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David Lynch Remixes Zola Jesus

by Tim Cashmere

Zola Jesus has had her song In Your Nature rebuilt by filmmaker turned musician David Lynch.

Tagged as: David Lynch, Julee Cruise, remix, Twin Peaks, Zola Jesus

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Women Guitarist Chris Reimer Dies At 26

by Tim Cashmere

Chris Reimer, guitarist for the Calgary, Canada based band Women died in his sleep earlier this week at 26 years old.

Tagged as: Chris Reimer, dead, JagJaguwar, Women

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Amy Winehouse DVD Recalled For Unlicensed Material

by Tim Cashmere

The Amy Winehouse DVD entitled Never Forgotten has been recalled after the licensor failed to clear some of the footage in the film.

Tagged as: Amy Winehouse, DVD, Never Forgotten

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Justin Timberlake Impersonates Bon Iver On SNL

by Tim Cashmere

I’ve gotta admit it, most of the time I don’t find SNL that funny. I mean sure, occasionally there’s a little chuckle, but not actual belly laughs. At least not until I saw Justin Timberlake impersonating Bon Iver welcoming Beyonce and Jay-Z’s new child into the world.

Tagged as: Beyonce, Bon Iver, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Nicki Minaj, Prince, Saturday Night Live, SNL, Taylor Swift

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