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Wheatus Australian Tour Opening Acts Have Been Revealed

Wheatus have chosen four Australian acts to open for them on the 2025 acoustic tour.

Tagged as: 90s, Aimee Isobel, alternative, Australia, Brendan B Brown, indie, Salt & Steal, Savanah Solomon, Then Jolene, USA, Wheatus

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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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The Return of The Cure and ‘Songs of a Lost World’

by Noise11.com

The long-awaited return of The Cure has set the music world abuzz with excitement and anticipation with ‘Songs of a Lost Work’ debuting at the top of international charts this week.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, rock, Songs of a Lost World, The Cure, UK

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Davey Lane Has A New Song ‘God, I’m F*cked Up Over You’

by Paul Cashmere

Davey Lane’s new song ‘God I’m Fucked Up Over You’ comes at a crucial time for America. Davey used footage from his recent US trip to construct the video.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Davey Lane, rock, You Am I

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Morrissey Ends Concert Suddenly When Fan Jumps On Stage

by Music-News.com

Morrissey abruptly ended his concert in Texas on Saturday after he became crowded by a mob of stage invaders.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Morrissey, punk, The Smiths, UK

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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Release “The Other 10 Songs”

by Noise11.com

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have 10 more new songs, from the sessions for the 26th album ‘Flight b741’ where they recorded 20 songs and only released 10.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, Australia, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, rock

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Underground Lovers Drummer Richard Andrew Has Passed Away At Age 58

by Paul Cashmere

Drummer Richard Andrew of Melbourne band Underground Lovers has died of lung cancer aged 58.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Richard Andrew, Underground Lovers

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Band of Horses To Play Headline Show In Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

Band Of Horses will play a one-off headline show in Sydney.

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, Band Of Horses, indie, USA

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New Order To Return To Australia In 2025

by Paul Cashmere

New Order will play their first Australian dates since 2020.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, dance, Joy Division, New Order, punk, synths rock, UK

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Talking Heads Becomes A Jeopardy Category

by Paul Cashmere

Talking Heads have become culturally significant. They have become their own category in an episode of Jeopardy, aired this week in the USA.

Tagged as: 70s, alternative, Jeopardy, rock, Talking Heads, USA

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PJ Harvey to Play Golden Plains, Womadelaide and Her Own Shows In Australia in 2025

by Paul Cashmere

PJ Harvey will perform in Australia in March 2025 including a headline performance at Golden Plains, a performance at Womadelaide and shows in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Tagged as: alternative, Australia, Golden Plains, music festival, PJ Harvey, WOMADelaide

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The Cure vocalist and guitarist Robert Smith performs at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on 12 August 2007.

The Cure’s Robert Smith Calls Dynamic Ticket Pricing “a Scam”

by Music-News.com

Robert Smith thinks dynamic ticket pricing is just a way to “scam” fans.

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

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Porno For Pyros To Release Vinyl Only Best Of

by Paul Cashmere

Porno For Pyros will release a best of titled ‘Pyrotechnics: Porno for Pyros’ Latest & Greatest’ on 25 October 2024.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Perry Farrell, Porno For Pyros, rock, USA

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The Cure photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

The Cure Premiere Second New Song for 2024 ‘A Fragile Thing’

by Paul Cashmere

The Cure have released a second song from the upcoming ‘Songs from a Lost World’ album.

Tagged as: 80s, A Fragile Thing, Alone, alternative, Songs From A Lost World, The Cure, UK

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The Fauves Dust Off 1997 VHS and Use It For 2024 Music Video ‘un-Australians’

by Paul Cashmere

The Fauves will deliver their 13th album ‘Tropical Strength’ on November 1 and as a teaser have given us a preview with the song ‘un-Australians’, featuring a video made from very old VHS footage.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, rock, The Fauves

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The Cruel Sea To Release First Album In 23 Years

by Paul Cashmere

In March 2025 The Cruel Sea will release their first album in 23 years. ‘Straight Into The Sun’ is coming 7 March 2025. Check out the title track ‘Straight Into The Sun’ right now.

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

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Boom Crash Opera Live at The Tivoli Sydney 1986 Coming Friday

by Paul Cashmere

A historic recording from Boom Crash Opera recorded live at The Tivoli in Sydney in 1986 will be released this coming Friday (4 October 2024)

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, Boom Crash Opera, Dale Ryder, Maz, Peter Farnan, rock, The Tivoli

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Marianne Faithful Is The Subject of an Old Mentals and New Dog Trumpet Song

by Paul Cashmere

Dog Trumpet’s new song ‘Marianne’ is about the icon Marianne Faithfull but the song itself is an old Mental As Anything song.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Dog Trumpet, Marianne, Marianne Faithfull, Mental As Anything, rock

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Custard Premiere ‘Someday’ With Serena Ryder

by Paul Cashmere

Custard have flicked fans another taste of the upcoming double album ‘Suburban Cinemas’. ‘Someday’ features Canadian singer/songwriter Serena Ryder.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Custard, rock

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The Cure To Premiere First Song In 16 Years This Friday

by Paul Cashmere

The Cure will release their first song in 16 years on Friday. It is titled ‘Alone’.

Tagged as: 80s, Alone, alternative, Songs From A Lost World, The Cure, UK

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Joan As Police Woman To Return To Australia in 2025

by Paul Cashmere

Joan As Police Woman will return to Australia in 2025, three years after her 2022 tour.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Joan As Police Woman, rock, The Dambuilders, USA

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Jane's Addiction in Melbourne 2023 photo by Bron Robinson

Perry Farrell Seeks Medical Treatment After On-Stage Meltdown

by Music-News.com

Perry Farrell’s wife has revealed the Jane’s Addiction frontman has sought medical help after his onstage attack on bandmate Dave Navarro.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Jane's Addiction, USA

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Jane’s Addiction Drop New Music ‘True Love’ As Band Implodes

by Paul Cashmere

Right at the moment Jane’s Addiction has imploded following the punch-up by Perry Farrell with Dave Navarro comes a new song ‘True Love’.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, rock, USA

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Talking Heads ’77 Given The Expanded Deluxe Makeover

by Paul Cashmere

Talking Heads debut album ‘Talking Heads ‘77’ is being expanded for a deluxe edition.

Tagged as: 70s, alternative, punk, rock, Talking Heads, Talking Heads '77, USA

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Was This The Final Jane’s Addiction Setlist?

by Paul Cashmere

This was the aborted setlist at the Jane’s Addiction Boston show in 13 September before the ‘shit hit the fan’ (or more to the point Perry Farrell hit Dave Navarro) and brought the show and band to an end.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, USA

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Johnny Marr performs at the Forum in Melbourne on Wednesday 22 July 2015. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Johnny Marr Corrects Morrissey Dummy Spit Over The Smiths Reunion

by Paul Cashmere

The Smiths co-founder Johnny Marr has addressed the recent Morrissey dummy spit.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, indie, Johnny Marr, Morrissey, punk, rock, The Smiths, UK

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Jane’s Addiction Cancel US Tour After On-Stage Punch-up

by Music-News.com

Jane’s Addiction have cancelled their North American tour following an on-stage altercation between Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Dave Navarro, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, rock

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The Smiths’ Andy Rouse To Be Honoured With Manchester Mural

by Music-News.com

The Smiths’ Mike Joyce has launched a fundraiser for a permanent mural of late bandmate Andy Rourke in Manchester.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Andy Rourke, Johnny Marr, Mike Joyce, Morrissey, punk, Smiths, UK

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Jane’s Addiction Apologise for On Stage Brawl

by Paul Cashmere

Jane’s Addiction have apologised to fans and cancelled their upcoming gig following an incident in which lead singer Perry Farrell punched guitarist Dave Navarro during a concert in Boston on Friday night.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Jane's Addiction, Perry Farrell, rock, USA

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The Cure Tease First Album in 16 Years ‘Songs of a Lost World’

by Paul Cashmere

The Cure have confirmed their first album in 16 years ‘Songs of a Lost World’ is coming on November 1, 2024.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, rock, Songs of a Lost World, The Cure, UK

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George Clinton, Parliament: Photo Ros O'Gorman

George Clinton Is Bringing Parliament-Funkadelic Back To Australia

Funk legend George Clinton is bring Parliament-Funkadelic back to Australia in September 2025 with dates in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Gold Coast.

March 26, 2025