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Pixies New Music ‘You’re So Impatient’ and ‘Que Sera Sera’

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Pixies’ new double A-side single was inspired by the feel of movie zombie attacks and a sci-fi “monster epic”.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Pixies, Que Sera Sera, Tou're So Impatient, USA

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Thom Yorke To Play Solo Dates in Japan, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke will perform 15 solo dates in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and Japan in October and November.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, UK

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Lime Cordiale and Ball Park Music Team For 2024 Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Lime Cordiale and Ball Park Music will perform shows in Australia and New Zealand from October.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Australia, Ball Park Music, Lime Cordiale, rock

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Jeff Tweedy of Wilco photo by Ros O'Gorman

Wilco To Release Six Track ‘Hot Sun Cold Shroud’ in July

by Paul Cashmere

Wilco have six new songs set to go in June a head of their performance at Solid Sound Festival in Massachusetts in June. ‘Hot Sun Cold Shroud’ will be released in time for the festival.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Americana, Hot Sun Cold Shroud, USA, Wilco

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Dog Trumpet Premiere ‘Space and Time’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

The video for the new Dog Trumpet song is here. ‘Space and Time’ is the first taste of the upcoming ninth album for Dog Trumpet. This one is a Reg Mombassa song.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Dog Trumpet, Mental As Anything, Peter O'Doherty, Reg Mombassa, rock

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Love and Rockets To Continue Reunion On Janes Addiction American Tour

by Paul Cashmere

80s alt-rock indie band Love and Rockets have announced more dates for 2024, opening for Janes Addiction’s U.S. tour.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Janes Addicition, Love and Rockets, rock, USA

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Dan Auerbach, The Black Keys: Photo By Ros O'Gorman

The Black Keys Explain Tour Cancellation

by Music-News.com

The Black Keys cancelled their upcoming North American tour because they want to make the shows more “exciting” and “intimate”.

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, Black Keys, blues, Dan Auerbach, rock, swamp, USA

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Jesus and Mary Chain Premiere ‘Silver Strings’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Jesus and Mary Chain have premiered a video for ‘Silver Strings ahead of their Australian tour in August.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, indie, Jesus and Mary Chain, noise, shoe gaze, UK

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The Whitlams. Tim Freedman Picture: Scott Gelston

The Whitlams Black Stump Tour Expands

by Paul Cashmere

The Whitlams Black Stump tour has extended into September.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Kookaburra, rock, The Whitlams, The Whitlams Black Stump, Tim Freedman

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Dog Trumpet Preview ‘Space and time’ Ahead of Tour Kick Off This Week

by Paul Cashmere

On Friday May 24, Dog Trumpet will release new music and perform new music. The song ‘Space and Time’ is the first new song since the release of the ‘Shadowland’ album in 2022.

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

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The The To Release First Album In 25 Years

by Paul Cashmere

The The will release their first album in 25 years in September.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Electronic, Ensoulment, The The, UK

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Regurgitator’s Quan Yeomans Recounts Uncanny Meeting With Martin Lee After 25 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Quan Yeomans of Regurgitator had “a one in a billion’ chance meeting with former Regurgitator drummer Martin Lee when he bumped into him in a guitar shop in Melbourne a few months back.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, art-rock, Australia, Invader, Martin Lee, Quan Yeomans, Regurgitator

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Victor Stranges and The Futurists To Perform The Songs of Elvis Costello

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne musician Victor Stranges is putting The Futurists back on stage for ‘The Songs of Elvis Costello’ in Belgrave on 26 May.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Australia, Elvis Costello, new wave, punk, rock, Sookie Lounge, UK, Victor Stranges and the Futurists

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Famed Audio Engineer Steve Albini Dies At Age 61

by Paul Cashmere

Audio engineer and producer Steve Albini has died at age 61 of a heart attack while working in his home studio.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, audio, grunge, producer, rock, Steve Albini, USA

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Ignatius Jones at the Countdown Spectacular 2 Rod Laver Arena photo by Ros O'Gorman

R.I.P. Ignatius Jones AM of Jimmy and the Boys and Pardon Me Boys

by Paul Cashmere

Ignatius Jones, best known as the singer of Jimmy and the Boys, jazz cabaret act ‘Pardon Me Boys’ and then director of major events including the City of Sydney Millennium Celebrations and Sydney Olympic Games Opening Ceremony segment (horses) has died at his home in the Philippines.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Australia, Ignatius Jones, Jimmy and the Boys, Pardon Me Boys, pop, rock

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Regurgitator To Kick Of ‘it’s so invasive’ Tour In Hobart This Week

by Paul Cashmere

Regurgitator will begin their 2024 ‘its so invasive’ tour with three dates in Tasmania this weekend.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Invader, its so invasive, Regurgitator, rock

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Talking Heads Everyones Getting Involved

Talking Heads Tribute ‘Everyone’s Getting Involved’ Artists and Tracklisting Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

The full tracklisting for the tribute to the Talking Heads ‘Stop Making Sense’ movie has finally been revealed with Miley Cyrus and Lorde in there with appearances from Norah Jones and Money Mark along the way.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Everyone Getting Involved, Lorde, Miley Cyrus, Norah Jones, Paramore, pop, rock, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, USA

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Hayley Mary Premieres ‘One Last Drag’

by Paul Cashmere

Hayley Mary’s new song ‘One Last Drag’ was co-written with her husband, Johnny Took of DMA’s.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Australia, DMAs, Hayley Mary, rock, The Jezebels

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Simple Minds at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2024 photo by Winston Robinson

Jim Kerr of Simple Minds Wins Award for Jim Morrison Documentary

by Music-News.com

This week at the New York Festivals International Radio Awards in NYC ‘Jim Kerr on Jim Morrison’ was awarded the Gold Medal for Best Documentary in the Culture & The Arts category.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Jim Kerr, rock, Simple Minds, UK

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Incubus Play First Show For 2024 Australia/New Zealand Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Incubus and Live have a few shows in New Zealand this week before they hit Australia for the Lookout Festival, starting Saturday in Queensland.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, Face To Face Touring, Incubus, live, rock, USA

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Ed Kowalczyk of Live Melbourne 2015 photo by Ros O'Gorman

Live Perform In New Zealand Ahead Of Lookout Festival in Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Live have performed in New Zealand before heading to Australia for the first of the Lookout Festival shows with Incubus in Queensland on Saturday.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Face To Face Touring, Incubus, live, Lookout Festival, rock, USA

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Elbow Score UK No 1 For Fourth Time

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Bury boys Elbow earn their fourth Official Number 1 album with AUDIO VERTIGO this week.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, art, Audio Vertigo, Elbow, indie, rock, UK

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The Stems To Mark 40th Anniversary With Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

The original members of The Stems, Dom Mariani, Julian Matthews, and Dave Shaw as well as guitarist Ashley Naylor, will tour the capitals in August and September to mark the 40th anniversary of The Stems.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, The Stems

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The Rubens To Play Their Black Balloon Queensland Tour

by Paul Cashmere

The Rubens will tour Queensland like it’s a country (and many Queenslanders think it is) when they play the Black Balloon tour.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Australia, Black Balloon, rock, The Rubens

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Regurgitator Have A New Song And It Features Peaches

by Paul Cashmere

Peaches joins Regurgitator for their new song’ ‘This Is Not A Pop Song’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, Electronic, pop, Regurgitator, rock

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Deborah Harry Joins The Dandy Warhols For New Song ‘I Will Never Stop Loving You’

by Paul Cashmere

The Dandy Warhols have a number of special guests on their new album ‘Rockmaker’ but the one they are treating up to today is the Deborah Harry collaboration ‘I Will Never Stop Loving’.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Dandy Warhols, Deborah Harry, I Will Never Stop Loving You, rock, Rockmaker, USA

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Split Enz ‘Murder’ Is A Brand New Enz Video For 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Spilt Enz, there is a new Enz video for 2024 featuring the 1979 unreleased track ‘Murder’.

Tagged as: 70s, alternative, Australia, Frenzy, murder, Mushroom, New Zealand, rock, Split Enz, Tim Finn

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Two Door Cinema Club Premiere New Song Happy Customers

by Music-News.com

Two Door Cinema Club have shared their brand new single ‘Happy Customers’. The joyous new track is led with an essence of sunshine nostalgia which takes a trip back to the band’s early soundscapes. Amongst a backdrop of Two Door Cinema Club goodness, lead singer Alex Trimble’s vocals are at their most versatile, taking on mezzo-soprano vocal range, which go on to erupt into an instantly recognisable anthemic chorus.

Tagged as: 00s, Alex Trimble, alternative, Happy Customers, rock, Two Door Cinema Club, USA

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Announces ‘Wild God’ Album Six Months In Advance

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will release their 18th album Wild God more than six months from now in August and have gifted us the title track now.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Australia, Bad Seeds, Nick Cave, rock, Warren Ellis, Wild God

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‘Oh Shit’ The Libertines Are Back

by Paul Cashmere

The Libertines release a fabulous new single (quite possibly the most Libertines single ever!) on Wednesday 6th March. Entitled Oh Shit it is an earworm anthem for these economically challenging times and is taken from their eagerly awaited new album All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade which hits the streets on April 5th.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Oh Shit, punk, rock, The Libertines, UK

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