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Liddiard Announces National Solo Tour
Thursday, September 2 2010
The Drones’ Gareth Liddiard will take his debut solo album, Strange Tourist, out on the road in November. The album was recorded in an isolated mans…Read News
Forthcoming: Bombazine Black
Thursday, September 2 2010
What: Motion Picture by Bombazine Black. When: September 3 through Youthful Chaos with distribution by new artist-run label Letters & Tapes. Key notes: Second album for Melbourne-based instrumental band led by Gersey founding member Matt Davis. Features members of Gersey, Art of Fighting, Th…Read News
Hobart + Music = Yeah! This Weekend
Thursday, September 2 2010
For the second year straight, Hobart + Music = Yeah! will run as part of the Amplified music industry summit in Tassie this weekend. The event started in January 2009 as a one-day festival designed to showcase underground local bands, but aligned with Amplified for its second event at Salamanca Arts Centre last July. This year, founders Jordan Marson and Jonothan McCarth…Read News
Howard In Line For Independent Music Award
Wednesday, September 1 2010
After missing out on an Australian Music Prize, the late Rowland S Howard is in line for a posthumous honour in the form of a Jagermeister Independent Music Award. Howard has been nominated for Best Independent Album for his second LP Pop Crimes in a strong field that also includes Cloud Control for Bliss Release, Dan Kelly for Dan Kelly’s Dream, Dan Sultan for *Get Ou…Read News
Festival Smackdown: Washington 11, Cloud Control 9
Wednesday, September 1 2010
The competition to play the most festivals this spring/summer is heating up, with Megan Washington edging ahead of Cloud Control by clinching a spot on the Mullum Music Festival bill. Washington was confirmed in the first round of acts for the festival, which will be held in Mullumbimby on the NSW north coast from November 25-28. She’s part of a largely roots-based bill that…Read News
John Butler Involved In Mid-Air Scare
Tuesday, August 31 2010
John Butler was told to put his head between his knees last night but it wasn’t for the usual reasons. (We mean yoga, you creeps.) Butler and his trio were en route to South Australia when the Qantas jet they were travelling in had some trouble with its landing gear. All passengers, including Butler, his bandmates Nicky Bomba and Byron Luiters (the guys obscured in the press…Read News
Forthcoming: kyü
Tuesday, August 31 2010
What: kyü by kyü. When: September 17 on Popfrenzy. Key notes: Debut album for Sydney duo Freya Berkhout and Alyx Dennison, who began making music together in mid-2009. Recorded over five days in early 2010 at Audioloc Sound Design in NSW with engineer/producer Daniell Johnston. The pair took …Read News
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