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Blink-182 Confirmed For Soundwave 2013

Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah has tweeted that all three members of pop-punk heroes Blink-182 will be in Australia in 2013.

Tagged as: AJ Maddah, Blink-182, festival, pop, punk, Rancid, Soundwave

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King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard Drop New Single

by Andrew Tijs

Victorian surf-punk buzzband King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard drop raw new single ‘Elbow’.

Tagged as: garage, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, punk, surf

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Nekromantix Book October Tour

by Andrew Tijs

Danish psychobilly leaders Nekromantix will head out to Australia this October.

Tagged as: Denmark, Nekromantix, psychobilly, punk, rockabilly

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Bad Religion Hit The Studio For Album Number Sixteen

by Andrew Tijs

Californian punk legends Bad Religion take some time off from their many projects to record their new album.

Tagged as: Bad Religion, California, hardcore, punk, rock

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Plan B Apologises For Neo-Nazi Tee-Shirt, Plans To Tag London

by Andrew Tijs

UK rapper Plan B will project graffitied fans’ tweets around London but has had to apologise for wearing a tee-shirt referencing a neo-Nazi band.

Tagged as: hip-hop, neo-Nazi, Plan B, punk, rap, Skrewdriver

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The Gaslight Anthem Deliver Video For ‘Handwritten’

by Andrew Tijs

New Jersey folk punk upstarts The Gaslight Anthem release a video for the title track of their fourth album Handwritten.

Tagged as: folk, Handwritten, New Jersey, punk, The Gaslight Anthem, video

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Luke Yeoward, King Cannons - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

King Cannons Book Big East Coast Tour

by Andrew Tijs

Righteous Melbourne rebel rockers King Cannons book a huge East Coast tour with UK act All The Young.

Tagged as: All The Young, King Cannons, punk, rock, soul, The Hello Morning, The Strums, Transistors

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Good Charlotte Book Melbourne And Sydney Shows

by Andrew Tijs

Those pop-punk twins from Good Charlotte are bringing the band to Melbourne and Sydney.

Tagged as: Benji, Good Charlotte, Joel, Madden, punk, rock

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Cro-Mags Members Stabbed By Former Bassist At Festival

by Andrew Tijs

The former bassist for New York hardcore act Cro-Mags has shown up at a CBGBs festival and stabbed his ex-bandmates.

Tagged as: CBGBs, Cro-Mags, hardcore, Harley Flanagan, Michael “The Gook” Couls, punk, William Berario

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The Smith Street Band Announce Second Album And National Tour

by Andrew Tijs

Acclaimed husky Melbourne punks The Smith Street Band announce their follow-up and a national tour.

Tagged as: Frank Turner, Fucked Up, La Dispute, punk, Sunshine And Technology, The Smith Street Band

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Gallows Offer Free New Song And Announce Next Album

by Andrew Tijs

UK hardcore punks Gallows off their first single as a free download and announce their self-titled third album.

Tagged as: download, free, Gallows, hardcore, punk, UK

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Children Collide Debut Animated Clip And Add Dates

by Andrew Tijs

Children Collide get a Harry Potter animator to make a stop-motiony video and add extra shows on their Monument tour.

Tagged as: animation, Children Collide, grunge, Krautrock, post, punk, video

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Russian Protest Punk Act Pussy Riot To Remain In Jail

by Andrew Tijs

Members of anti-Putin punk act Pussy Riot were arrested in March and have now been told they will remain in jail.

Tagged as: arrest, jail, protest, punk, Pussy Riot, Putin, Russia

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The Offspring Defend Their ‘Cruising California’ Single

by Andrew Tijs

Dexter and Noodles from The Offspring discuss their notorious new ‘Cruising California (Bumpin’ In My Trunk)’ single.

Tagged as: Cruising California (Bumpin’ In My Trunk), Dexter Holland, Noodles, punk, The Offspring

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Shock Launches New Heavy Music Label Halfcut Records

by Andrew Tijs

Shock launches their new Halfcut label with heavyweight releases from Gallows, Heroes For Hire and While She Sleeps.

Tagged as: Gallows, Halfcut Records, hardcore, Heroes For Hire, metal, punk, Shock Records, Stu Harvey, While She Sleeps

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Cancer Bats Announce Australian Tour

by Andrew Tijs

Canadian hardcore rock brutes Cancer Bats announce an Aussie tour on the back of Dead Set On Living.

Tagged as: Cancer Bats, Dead set on living, hardcore, metal, punk

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Franz Ferdinand Play Four New Songs Live

by Andrew Tijs

Four new Franz Ferdinand songs, and a Donna Summer cover, have been captured by Irish concert-goers.

Tagged as: Brief Encounters, cover, Donna Summer, Franz Ferdinand, Fresh Strawberries, indie, live, new, pop, post-punk, punk, Right Thoughts, Scotland, songs, Trees & Animals, YouTube

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Hard-Ons Guitarist Hospitalised After Attack, Benefit Gigs Planned

by Tim Cashmere

Peter “Blackie” Black of legendary Sydney punk band The Hard-Ons is in hospital suffering a fractured skull and bruising of the brain after being attacked earlier this week.

Tagged as: Attack, Australian, Hard-Ons, hospitalised, hospitalized, Peter Black, pub rock, punk, rock

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Japandroids Announce Their Second Album

by Andrew Tijs

Canadian punk rockers Japandroids announce their follow-up to the acclaimed debut Post-Nothing.

Tagged as: album, Canada, Celebration Rock, Japandroids, punk, rock, second, single, The House That Heaven Built

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Mudhoney Announce A Sole Splendour Sideshow

by Andrew Tijs

Grunge pioneers Mudhoney will play a single Splendour In The Grass sideshow in July.

Tagged as: blues, Corner Hotel, grunge, July, Mudhoney, punk, rock, sideshow, Splendour In The Grass, tickets

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Tom Gabel Of Against Me! Plans To Live As A Woman

by Andrew Tijs

Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel has revealed that he is transgender and plans to start living as a woman.

Tagged as: Against Me!, dysphoria, gender, Laura Jane Grace, punk, rock, Tom Gabel, Transgender, woman

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The Offspring Release Their New Single… Which We Hope Is A Joke

by Andrew Tijs

Cali pop-punks The Offspring have released a ludicrously corny new single ‘Cruising California (Bumpin’ In My Trunk)’.

Tagged as: album, California, Cruising California (Bumpin’ In My Trunk), Days Go By, new, pop, punk, single, The Offspring

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REVIEW: The 5.6.7.8’s, The Tote Hotel, Melbourne, April 24, 2012

by Zak Hepburn

As the 5.6.7.8’s took their places on the infamous stage of Melbourne’s iconic Tote Band Room, the sold out audience was rife for the distinct brand of powderpuff rockabilly the Japanese rockers are known for.

Tagged as: 5678s, Band room, hotel, Japan, Melbourne, punk, review, rock, the 5.6.7.8's, Tote

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The Exploited Cancel Australian Tour

by Andrew Tijs

A “family situation” has caused Scottish punk legends The Exploited to cancel their Australian tour.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, cancel, Chainsaw Hookers, Corner Hotel, Glen and The Peanutbutter Men, Last Call, Oi, punk, rock, Scotland, The Exploited, The Worst, Wolfpack

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INTERVIEW: Rock Pioneers The Sonics Return At Full Strength

by Andrew Tijs

‘The first punk band’ – Washington’s The Sonics – are revered by all your favourite rockers, but they wouldn’t have reformed if it wasn’t right.

Tagged as: 60s, Dig It Up, garage, grunge, influential, punk, reunion, rock, The Sonics

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Listen To The New Joey Ramone Single

by Andrew Tijs

Joey Ramone’s posthumous solo album is coming and a clip for the first single ‘Rock N Roll Is The Answer’ is online.

Tagged as: album, clip, Joey Ramone, listen, online, posthumous, power pop, punk, Ramones, Rock N Roll Is The Answer, single, solo, video

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The English Beat Announce Their First Ever Australian Tour

by Andrew Tijs

The English Beat will bring thirty years worth of reggae, ska and pop to Australia and New Zealand.

Tagged as: Australia, Dave Wakeling, New Zealand, pop, punk, reggae, rock, ska, The English Beat, tour, UK

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Serj Tankian From System Of A Down Finishes Third Solo Album

by Andrew Tijs

Frontman for experimental nu-metal act System Of A Down, Serj Tankian, has finished his third solo album Harakiri.

Tagged as: album, experimental, frontman, Harakiri, nu-metal, punk, rock, Serj Tankian, solo, System Of A Down, third, US

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Patti Smith Delivers The First Single From Her New Album

by Andrew Tijs

Patti Smith delivers the first single, ‘April Fool’, from her forthcoming album, featuring songs for Johnny Depp and Amy Winehouse.

Tagged as: 70s, album, Amy Winehouse, April Fool, Benga, folk, Johnny Depp, Patti Smith, punk, rock, single, Tom Verlaine

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Green Day Post New Studio Clip

by Andrew Tijs

Green Day are back in the studio and they’ve posted yet another mash-up teaser video online.

Tagged as: album, Green Day, new, punk, recording, rock, stadium, studio, teaser, US, video

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Keith Richards Confirms New Music And A Tour On The Way For The Rolling Stones

Keith Richards is a few weeks late to the (New Years Eve) party but he has finally turned up to wish us all a Happy New Year and confirm new music and a tour is on the way.

January 12, 2023

Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien Releases Solo Album Preview

Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien has revealed Brasil - a solo piece under the name EOB - to accompany a nine-minute short film.

December 6, 2019

Stone Temple Pilots Announce New Music

Stone Temple Pilots will release new music in 2020 with their first acoustic album, Perdida.

December 3, 2019

Intimate Gary Moore Performance To Be Released

Back in 2009, Gary Moore played an intimate gig to a few hundred fans in London. Now that show is finally going to see the light of day.

November 27, 2019

ARIA Albums: Beyoncé Tops First Chart Of 2014

With the Christmas season over, it allows regular albums to reclaim the charts, and this week the self-titled fifth album for Beyonce climbs back up two places to give her the first ARIA No.1 album of her career.

January 4, 2014

Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Second Bernard Fanning Solo Album Due In June

Former Powderfinger singer Bernard Fanning will release his second solo album in June.

April 3, 2013

New U2 Coming Sooner Or Later

A new U2 album could be with or without you in 2013, then again maybe not. Bono says the band has been working on a follow-up to 2009’s ‘No Line On The Horizon’ but doesn’t care if it takes 10 years to produce.

January 17, 2013