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The Lemonheads To Play Two Classics Albums Live For Australia

The Lemonheads will perform their classic albums ‘It’s a Shame About Ray’ and ‘Come On Feel The Lemonheads’ in full in Australia in May.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Come On Feel The Lemonheads, Evan Dando, Its a Shame About Ray, The Lemonheads, USA

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Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age at LookOut Torquay photo by Winston Robinson

Queens of the Stone Age To Play Their Own Rock and Roll Circus

by Paul Cashmere

Queens of the Stone Age have resurrected The Rolling Stones concert name Rock N Roll Circus for their own circus in the UK in August.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Queens Of The Stone Age, Rock N Roll Circus, Sheffield, USA

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Counting Crows To Release First Album in 11 Years ‘Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets’

by Paul Cashmere

Counting Crows eighth album ‘Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets’ in coming 9 May 2025 and the new song ‘Spaceman In Tulsa’ is here now.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Butter Miracle The Complete Sweets, Counting Crows, rock, Spaceman In Tulsa, USA

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A Talking Heads When They Were Called The Artistics Tape Is To Be Released For Record Store Day

by Paul Cashmere

Before Talking Heads were Talking Heads they were The Artistics. Chris Frantz and David Byrne were the only Talks Heads members from The Artistics days before Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison became the band we all know today.

Tagged as: 70s, alternative, indie, Psycho Killer, rock, Talking Heads, The Artistics, USA

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The Superjesus Premiere New Song ‘Diamonds’

by Paul Cashmere

The Superjesus have released a new song ‘Diamonds’ just ahead of the long awaited self-titled fourth album.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Diamonds, indie, rock, The Superjesus

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Ben Folds Resigns As Artistic Director Of NSO Following F*cknuckle Appointing Himself Chairperson

by Paul Cashmere

Ben Folds has announced his resignation from the National Symphony Orchestra following President Adolf F*cknuckle appointing himself chairperson of the Kennedy Center.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Ben Fold Five, Ben Folds, Kennedy Center, National Symphony Orchestra, NSO, USA

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The Wombats To Headline Summersalt 2025

by Paul Cashmere

The Wombats will return to Australia in 2025 for Summersalt.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, Ball Park Music, Bea and her Business, Del Water Gap, DMAs, Face To Face, Ra Ra Viper, rock, Summersalt, The Wombats, UK

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You Am I’s ‘Hi Fi Way’ Is About To Turn 30

by Paul Cashmere

You Am I will celebrate 30 years since the February 20, 1995 release of ‘Hi Fi Way’ with an Aussie tour playing the entire album as well as the ‘Hourly Daily’ in full.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Hi Fi Way, Hourly Daily, indie, rock, Tim Rogers, You Am I

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So Much For The Devo Farewell Tour – It Has Been Extended

by Paul Cashmere

Devo seems to have learnt from Kiss, Cher and Motley Crue about the alternate meaning of the word “farewell”. The ’50 Years of De-Evolution’ tour has been given an extension.

Tagged as: 50 Years of De-Evolution, 70s, alternative, Devo, rock, USA

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Sparks To Release 28th Album ‘Mad!’ in 2025

by Paul Cashmere

Sparks will have a new album for 2025. ‘Mad!’ will be their first album on their new label Transgressive Records.

Tagged as: 70s, alternative, Do Things My Own Way, Mad, rock, Sparks, USA

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Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood To Join Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds For US Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Colin Greenwood of Radiohead will be the bass player for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on the upcoming US tour.

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

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Ed Kuepper Revisits His Old Music As New Music

by Paul Cashmere

Ed Kuepper has reached back to his days of The Saints, The Laughing Clowns and his solo works to reimagine his early works on his new album ‘After The Flood’.

Tagged as: 70s, alternative, Ed Kuepper, Jim White, rock, The Laughing Clowns, The Saints

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Mantra Of The Cosmos Show Cancelled Due To Zak Starkey Injury

by Music-News.com

Zak Starkey is suffering from a serious leg condition, which forced his band Mantra Of The Cosmos to pull out of their Soho party performance on Tuesday (21.01.25).

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, Happy Mondays, Mantra of the Cosmos, Oasis, rock, UK, Zak Starkey

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Björk Writes A Song Every Month Regardless Of Recording Them

by Music-News.com

Singer-songwriter-composer, producer Björk is the next artist to take the stage for Apple Music Live – the live performance series that gives the biggest stars in music a platform to connect with audiences around the world.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, avant-garde, Bjork, electronica, experimental, Iceland

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EMF To Perform In Australia For The First Time Since 1991

by Paul Cashmere

EMF, best known for the 1990 hit ‘Unbelievable’ will return to Australia for the first time since 1991 in July and August 2025.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, EMF, rock, UK

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The White Stripes To Release 20th Anniversary Edition of Get Behind Me Satan

by Paul Cashmere

The White Stripes will release a 20th anniversary edition of their fifth and second last album ‘Get Behind Me Satan’.

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, Get Behind Me Satan, rock, The White Stripes, USA

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Kim Salmon To Take Smoked Salmon Upstream For March/April Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Kim Salmon will take his new band Smoked Salmon out for dates from the West to the East and inbetween across Australia in March and April.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, Kim Salmon, rock, Smoked Salmon

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The Beasts Are Back With New Music for 2025

by Paul Cashmere

The Beasts, James Baker, Tex Perkins, Kim Salmon, Boris Sujdovic and Charlie Owen, have released a new album ‘Ultimo’ and it comes with a new video.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Boris Sujdovic, Charlie Owen, James Baker, Kim Salmon, Tex Perkins, The Beasts

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The Lumineers To Release New Album ‘Automatic’ for 2025

by Paul Cashmere

The Lumineers announce their highly anticipated new album, Automatic, available via Dualtone worldwide on Friday, February 14.

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, Automatic, folk, The Lumineers, USA

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Noel Gallagher Teams Up With Shaun Ryder and Zak Starkey for Supergroup

by Music-News.com

Noel Gallagher is featured on supergroup Mantra Of The Cosmos’ new tune ‘Domino Bones (Gets Dangerous)’.

Tagged as: 20s, alternative, Mantra of the Cosmos, Noel Gallagher, Shaun Ryder, UK, Zak Starkey

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Jane's Addiction in Melbourne 2023 photo by Bron Robinson

Jane’s Addiction Members Minus Perry Farrell Working on New Music

by Paul Cashmere

Three members of Jane’s Addiction, bass player Eric Avery, drummer Stephen Perkins and guitarist Dave Navarro, are working on new music together but have not revealed exactly what the project is all about.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, Stephen Perkins, USA

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Babyshambles To Reactivate In 2025

by Music-News.com

Pete Doherty has revealed plans for a Babyshambles tour in 2025.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Babyshambles, Pete Doherty, rock, UK

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Joan As Police Woman Joan Wassar On Her Time With The Dambuilders

by Paul Cashmere

Before Joan Wassar became Joan As Police Woman she was the violin player in The Dambuilders.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, indie, Joan As Police Woman, Joan Wassar, The Dambuilders

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Don’t Wait For A Nine Inch Nails Tour, Trent Reznor Is Staying With Soundtracks

by Music-News.com

Trent Reznor has been focusing on creating film scores in recent years because “the music world sucks”.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, industrial, Nine Inch Nails, rock, Trent Reznor, USA

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The Cruel Sea To Play Live At The Gardens

by Paul Cashmere

The Cruel Sea have announced their first event for 2025. The Cruel Sea will be perform in Melbourne’s Botanic Gardens for Live At The gardens in March.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, indie, rock, The Cruel Sea

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The Cure To Release Two More Albums Soon

by Music-News.com

Robert Smith has revealed that The Cure have a “companion piece” to ‘Songs of a Lost World’ in the pipeline.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, goth, punk, Robert Smith, rock, The Cure, UK

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Violent Femmes Perform First Two Albums and a Tribute to Spencer P. Jones

by Paul Cashmere

Milwaukee, USA may have given birth to Violent Femmes but Australia adopted them. That self-titled Violent Femmes debut album is a double platinum seller in Australia. The second album ‘Hallowed Ground’ had its biggest success in Australia and New Zealand.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Brian Ritchie, folk, Gordon Gano, punk, USA, Violent Femmes

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Need A Chuckle? Watch TISM Perform A Mash-up of ‘Clint Eastwood’ and ‘Tradies Get The Ladies’

by Noise11.com

TISM took to Spicks and Specks last week to perform a mash-up of Gorillaz ‘Clint Eastwood’ and their own ‘Tradies Get The Ladies’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, indie, rock, TISM

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The Cure To Release Songs of a Lost World Live Album

by Paul Cashmere

The Cure will release a live edition of their recent ‘Songs Of A Lost World’ album.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Robert Smith, rock, Songs From A Live World, Songs From A Lost World, The Cure, UK

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The Preatures To Reform And Play Their First Ever Venue Again

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney’s The Preatures are getting back together for a one-off show at The Lansdowne, the first venue they ever performed at.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, Australia, indie, The Preatures

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