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Dog Trumpet Add A Few Extra Guests For the 2023 Shadowland Tour

Peter O’Doherty and Reg Mombassa had expanded their upcoming Dog Trumpet Tour with a few special guests opening on certain shows.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, Clare Moore, Dave Graney, Dog Trumpet, indie, Peter O'Doherty, Reg Mombassa, rock, Stephen Cummings

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Tex Perkins Premieres ‘(I Wanna Be) Close To You’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Tex Perkins and the Fat Rubber Band has a new song ‘(I Wanna Be) Close To You)’ and an explanation for the song.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, Fat Rubber Band, indie, rock, Tex Perkins

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Courtney Barnett performs in the ABC Melbourne Studio Foyer celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Archie Roach album Charcoal Road. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Courtney Barnett Doco Is Going To Streaming Services

by Paul Cashmere

Following a well-received cinema release in December, Anonymous Club – the ‘inspirational’ (MOJO), ‘deeply intimate’ (The Guardian) and ‘bruisingly candid’ (The Observer) portrait of enigmatic Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett, streams in the UK and Ireland from 30 January.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, Courtney Barnett, indie, rock

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Darren Middleton, Powderfinger, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Powerfinger’s Darren Middleton Releases Solo Song With Suzi Quatro On Bass

by Paul Cashmere

Darren Middleton’s new song ‘The Stars Where You Dwell’ features rock legend Suzi Quatro on bass and Ash Mannix on vocals.

Tagged as: 20s, Ash Mannix, Australia, Darren Middleton, indie, Powderfinger, rock, Suzi Quatro

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Alan Rankine of The Associates Dead At 64

by Paul Cashmere

Alan Rankine, the co-founder of Scottish rock band The Associates, has died at age 64.

Tagged as: 80s, Alan Rankine, electronica, indie, rock, The Associates, UK

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Michael Stipe To Release First Solo Album in 2023

by Paul Cashmere

R.E.M. co-founder and singer Michael Stipe will release his very first solo album in 2023.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, indie, Michael Stipe, R.E.M., REM, rock, USA

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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Spent 2022 Breaking The Rules

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard released their 19th studio album this year … and their 20th … and their 21st … and their 22nd … and their 23rd.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, indie, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, rick

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Reg Mombassa Warns of Technology Surveillance In New Dog Trumpet Video ‘Shadowland’

by Paul Cashmere

Dog Trumpet has a new music video for the title track of the ‘Shadowland’ album.

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

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Dog Trumpet To Take Shadowland Out For An East Coast Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Peter O’Doherty and Reg Mombassa will take Dog Trumpet on the road in 2023 for a major trek along the east coast and into Tasmania.

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

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Dog Trumpet’s Peter O’Doherty Can Thank Nina Simone For His 35 Years of Marriage

by Paul Cashmere

Dog Trumpet’s Peter O’Doherty can thank Nina Simone for playing a part in his last 35 years.

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

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Santigold Cancels All Upcoming Shows on Holified Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Santigold has cancelled all dates on her upcoming Holified tour.

Tagged as: 00s, Electronic, indie, Santigold, USA

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Phoenix, Thomas Mars - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Phoenix Team With Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig

by Paul Cashmere

Phoenix have debuted a new song ‘Tonight’ featuring Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig and with a new video shot in August in Tokyo and Paris.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Ezra Koenig, France, indie, new wave, Phoenix, pop, Vampire Weekend

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Cash Savage & The Last Drinks Premiere New Song ‘Push’

by Paul Cashmere

Cash Savage & The Last Drinks has previewed the new song ‘Push’ ahead of its vinyl release next week.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, Cash Savage, indie, rock, The Last Drinks

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Hamish Cowan Of Cordrazine Performs For Jane Gazzo and Andrew P. Street ‘Sound As Ever’ Book Launch

by Paul Cashmere

Magic was happening on a rainy night in Melbourne’s northern suburbs this week when Cordrazine’s Hamish Cowan picked up his guitar to perform at the launch of the Jane Gazzo and Andrew P. Street book ‘Sound As Ever’.

Tagged as: 90s, Andrew P Street, Australia, Cordrazine, Hamish Cowan, indie, Jane Gazzo, Sound As Ever

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Meg Mac Has A New Song ‘Understand’

by Paul Cashmere

Meg Mac has continued previewing of her upcoming album ‘Matter of Time’ with another new song titled ‘Understand’.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, indie, Meg Mac, pop, soul

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Julia Jacklin To Release Third Album ‘Pre Pleasure’

by Paul Cashmere

Julia Jacklin will launch her third album ‘Pre Pleasure’ with three Australian theatre shows in February.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, folk, indie, Julia Jacklin, pop

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The Butterfly Effect Have A New Song Ahead of Album IV

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s The Butterfly Effect have a new song ‘Visiting Hours’ as a preview to their upcoming album.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, indie, rock, The Butterfly Effect, Visiting Hours

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Thom Yorke’s The Smile Debuts New Song ‘Bending Hectic’

by Music-News.com

Thom Yorke’s Radiohead side project The Smile, have debuted a new song ‘Bending Hectic’ at the Montreux Jazz festival.

Tagged as: 90s, indie, Radiohead, rock, The Smile, Thom Yorke, UK

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Meg Mac Has Something New For You

by Paul Cashmere

Meg Mac has released a new song ‘Letter’ and given us details of her upcoming album ‘Matter of Time’.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, indie, Meg Mac, pop

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Vance Joy Drops Out Of The Footy Because of Covid

by Paul Cashmere

If you are heading to the Collingwood vs Melbourne match at the MCG today, you won’t be seeing Vance Joy perform. He has Covid.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, Covid, indie, pop, songwriter, Vance Joy

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The Killjoys To Reform To Perform ‘Ruby’ In Full

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s The Killjoys will reform for a one-off show in June to perform their ‘Ruby’ album in full for Leaps and Bounds.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Australia, independent, indie, Leaps and Bounds, rock, Ruby, The Killjoys

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Stella Donnelly Tests Positive To Covid And Postpones Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Yet another Australian tour has been sidelines. Stella Donnelly has had to postpone her Sydney and Wollongong shows this week after testing positive to Covid-19.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, COVID-19, folk, indie, pop, rock, Stella Donnelly

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Phil Jamieson, The Fauves, Regurgitator To Pay Flood Benefit For Lismore

by Noise11.com

Phil Jamieson, The Fauves, Regurgitator To Pay Flood Benefit For Lismore

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, floods, indie, industrial, Lismore, Phil Jamieson, Regurgitator, rock, The Fauves

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UK Charts: Bastille Have The Number One Album

by Music-News.com

Bastille secure their third Number 1 album this week, as Give Me The Future rules over the Official Albums Chart.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Bastille, indie, pop, rock, UK

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Regurgitator Postpone Shows To May

by Noise11.com

Regurgitator are the latest act to put shows on hold until after Omicron fizzles down.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, indie, industrial, Regurgitator, rock

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Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst Continue Work With Christian Lee Huston

by Paul Cashmere

Christian Lee Hutson’s fourth album ‘Quitters’ has once again utilized the services of Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst.

Tagged as: 20s, Alex Lahey, Bright Eyes, Christian Lee Hutson, Conor Oberst, folk, indie, Phoebe Bridgers, rock, USA

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Missy Higgins AWITG on Sunday 19 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Missy Higgins Debuts New Music ‘Edge of Something’

by Paul Cashmere

Missy Higgins has delivered a new song ‘Edge of Something’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, acoustic, Australia, contemporary, indie, Missy Higgins, rock

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Kimbra, BDO 2012 - image by Ros O'Gorman

Kimbra Launches Digital Artworks Through Start-Up Company KLKTN

by Paul Cashmere

Kimbra has launched a series of digital artworks combining her music and visuals into a unique art form.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, indie, Kevin Woo, Kimbra, KLKTN, Miyavi, New Zealand, pop, R&B

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Australia Albums: Ruby Fields ‘Been Doin It For A Bit’ Debuts At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

For the fifth time in 2021, a debut studio album has entered in the top spot of the ARIA Albums Chart, this week local artist Ruby Fields enters at No.1 with “Been Doin’ it for a Bit”.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, contemporary, indie, pop, rock, Ruby Fields

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DZ Deathrays Postpone Tour Due To #Gladyscluster

by Paul Cashmere

DZ Deathrays have postponed their upcoming Australian tour due to the #Gladyscluster sweeping the nation.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, DZ Deathrays, indie, Nerve, punk, rap, rock

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The Dead Daisies Cover John Lee Hooker’s ‘Boom Boom’

David Lowy’s rock collective The Dead Daisies has reached back to John Lee Hooker’s 1962 blues classic ‘Boom Boom’ and put their own slant on the song.

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Loyle Carner To Perform In Australia December 2025

UK hip hop act Loyle Carner will performer four shows in Australia in December 2025.

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Check Out The Final Work Of Stuart ‘Chet’ Fraser With Horizon

The final studio work for the late Stuart ‘Chet’ Fraser of Noiseworks was captured for Horizon. The band features John Farnham band alumni Brett Garsed (guitar) and Angus Burchall (drums) with Stuart of guitar, Lee Bradshaw on vocals and Richard Panaia on bass.

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Holy Holy To Release Final Album ‘Sweet Bitter Sweet’ Before Hiatus

Aussie due Holy Holy are about to call it quits bout 14 years. Timothy Carroll and Oscar Dawson have announced a hiatus for Holy Holy with a final album ‘Sweet Bitter Sweet’ on the way.

6 days ago