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Elbow Plan Something Different for Next Album

by Music-News.com

Elbow’s Guy Garvey has teased the band have gone in a “different” direction on new album ‘Giants of All Sizes’.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, Elbow, Guy Garvey, indie, progressive, rock, UK

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Pixies Drop their new song ‘Catfish Kate’

by Paul Cashmere

Pixie have released a second song from their upcoming album ‘Beneath The Eyrie’.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Come On Pilgrim, indie, Live Nation, Pixies, punk, rock, Surfer Roser, USA

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The Beasts to play more dates

by Paul Cashmere

The Beasts will hit the road again for a series of national dates in November and December.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Australia, indie, punk, rock, Tex Perkins, The Beasts, The Beasts of Bourbon

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Laura Imbruglia has a new song ‘Give Boys Pink Toys’

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne singer songwriter Laura Imbruglia has a new song ‘Give Boys Pink Toys’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, BigSound, indie, Laura Imbruglia, rock

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Pixies To Perform First Two Releases from Start to Finish for Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Pixies will return to Australia in 2020 for a special performance of their debut EP ‘Come On Pilgrim’ and first album ‘Surfer Rosa’.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Come On Pilgrim, indie, Live Nation, Pixies, punk, rock, Surfer Roser, USA

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New Haim Song Summer Girl Inspired by Cancer Battle

by Music-News.com

Haim’s new single Summer Girl was inspired by the cancer diagnosis of singer Danielle Haim’s partner.

Tagged as: 00s, Haim, indie, rock, USA

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Mac DeMarco 2019 Tour Dates With Pond and Chai

by Paul Cashmere

Mac DeMarco will tour Australia in January 2020 with special guests Pond and Chai and the East Coast. Cold Meat will support in Perth.

Tagged as: 10s, Canada, indie, Mac DeMarco, psychedelic, rock

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Matt Corby and Dann Hume win 2019 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition

by Paul Cashmere

Matt Corby and Dann Hume have won the 2019 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition for their song ‘Miracle Love’.

Tagged as: 00s, acoustic, Australia, contemporary, Dann Hume, folk, indie, Matt Corby, songwriting, Vanda & Young

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Bastille are working on a Cinema Project as another band

by Music-News.com

Bastille has another project and it won’t be under the Bastille name. Frontman Dan Smith’s first love was film and he has continued to drop references to his favourite flicks in their music over the years.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Bastille, folk, indie, pop, rock, UK

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John Hedigan, who has worked with Something For Kate, Clare Bowditch and Darren Middleton, has passed away

by Paul Cashmere

John Hedigan, the Melbourne music therapist who has worked with Something for Kate, Clare Bowditch and Darren Middleton, has succumbed to his battle with brain cancer.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, Clare Bowditch, Darren Middleton, indie, John hedigan, rock, Something For Kate

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XTC Fans Check Out TC&I

by Paul Cashmere

In 2017 Colin Moulding and Terry Chambers of XTC released the EP ‘Great Aspirations’ under the name TC&I. It was the first recording for Moulding since retiring in the 1980s and first for Moulding since XTC broke up in 2006.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Colin Moulding, indie, new wave, TC&I, Terry Chambers, UK, XTC

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Bastille have a song for Lewis Capaldi

by Music-News.com

Dan Smith and co brought the Scottish star out on stage as a special guest for a rendition of their hit song ‘Joy’ at Glastonbury last month and he also opened for the band across the UK and Europe earlier this year.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Bastille, folk, indie, Lewis Capaldi, pop, rock, UK

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Flaming Hands will do it one more time with The Aints

by Paul Cashmere

Julie Mostyn will put Flaming Hands back on stage for a show with Ed Kuepper’s The Aints in Sydney in August.

Tagged as: 80s, alternative, Australia, Flaming Hands, indie, rock

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Bat For Lashes previews Lost Girls album with Kids In The Dark video

by Paul Cashmere

Natasha Khan aka Bat For Lashes has a new song ‘Kids In The Dark’ ahead of her next album ‘Lost Girls’ in September.

Tagged as: 00s, art pop, Bat For Lashes, dream-pop, indie, Natasha Khan, pop, UK

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Dallas Green to perform one Australian City and Colour Show for Brisbane

by Paul Cashmere

Dallas Green’s alter-ego City and Colour will perform one Australian show only in Brisbane in September.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, alternative, City & Colour, City And Colour, Dallas Green, indie, pop, rock

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Middle Kids to head out of tour in November

by Paul Cashmere

Middle Kids will play Australian dates in November.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, indie, Middle Kids, pop, rock

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Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend Claims Rock Is Dead

by Music-News.com

Vampire Weekend musician Ezra Koenig believes the decline in popularity of guitar music has taken the pressure off fronting a rock band.

Tagged as: 00s, indie, pop, rock, USA, Vampire Weekend

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Your Smith ‘Wild Wild Woman’ Inspired by Laurel Canyon

by Paul Cashmere

Caroline Smith (aka Your Smith) may just every well be the latest of the “ladies of the canyon’.

Tagged as: 10s, alternative, contemporary, indie, pop, USA, Your Smith

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The Cat Empire Tour Will Raise Money for Children’s Ground

by Paul Cashmere

The Cat Empire play their next round of Australian shows in October and November with proceeds going to Children’s Ground.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, indie, Latin, reggae, rock, ska, The Cat Empire

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Check Out New DZ Deathrays ‘In-To-It’ VIDEO Directed By SPOD

by Paul Cashmere

Spod has directed the new DZ Deathrays video ‘In-To-It’ with help from Alexander Orlando Smith.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Brisbane, dance, DZ Deathrays, indie, noise, punk

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Emma Louise Sets A Run of September Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Emma Louise has set aside September for her Lilac Everything tour.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Emma Louise, indie, pop

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Crystal Cities debut first song in two years ‘Under the Cold Light of the Moon’

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney’s Crystal Cities recorded their new song ‘Under the Cold Light of the Moon’ at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London. It is the band’s first new music in two years.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Crystal Cities, indie, pop, rock

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Middle Kids Kick Off North American Tour In Vancouver Tonight

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney’s Middle Kids will start a North American tour in Vancouver tonight (15 May) as they prepare for the release of their six track EP ‘New Songs For Old Problems’.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, indie, Middle Kids, rock

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Charles Jenkins sets up a round of ‘When I Was On The Moon’ live dates

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne singer songwriter Charles Jenkins will perform a series of dates in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland over the coming months to introduce songs from his new album ‘When I Was On The Moon’.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Australia, Charles Jenkins, folk, Ice Cream Hands, Icecream Hands, indie, singer, songwriter

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JJ Abrams Gets Into The Music Biz

by Paul Cashmere

Stars Wars director JJ Abrams says he will start an indie record label Loud Robot.

Tagged as: Bad Robot, indie, JJ Abrams, Loud Robot, music industry, soundtrack, USA

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Triple J’s 11th Annual Unearthed Finalists Revealed

by Announcement

Now in its 11th year, triple j’s annual search for Australia’s best high school act is close to its finale and we’re excited to announce a new crop of supreme Unearthed High finalists.

Tagged as: alternative, Australia, independent, indie, music industry, triple j, unearthed

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