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Wavves kicks off Australian tour
Music News

Wavves kicks off Australian tour

Wavves is the musical outlet for the charmingly careless Nathan Williams. Having just completed a new music video for the title track off King Of The Beach, the skateboarding, video gaming, Seinfeld enthusiast will be making his highly anticipated...
7 March 2011
Steve Earle - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Blogs

Steve Earle - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

A week ago Suze Rotolo passed away aged 67. An artist in her own right, Rotolo was perhaps best known as Bob Dylan's girlfriend upon bursting onto the Greenwhich Village folk scene in the early 1960s. She'll go down in history as the soothing pres...
4 March 2011
Blogs

Dan Kelly - Gap Year Blues

Dan Kelly's back with another film clip from his latest album Dan Kelly's Dream. Gap Year Blues quickly surfaces as one of the better tracks amongst an album of standouts. Heartfelt yet off-kilter, Kelly delivers a film clip to match:
4 March 2011
Blogs

New single from Paul Simon

The April release date of Paul Simon's highly anticipated new album 'So Beautiful Or What' creeps closer and closer. To tempt us more Simon has dropped the second single from the album, a funky number that builds musically on the pulsati...
26 February 2011
The Waifs return with Temptation
Music News

The Waifs return with Temptation

The much-anticipated followup to 2006's acclaimed Sun, Dirt, Water, Temptation is the latest from Australian folk legends The Waifs. The group are supporting the release the only way they know how -- by hitting the road for an exhaustive national ...
16 February 2011
Black Dub
Album Reviews

Black Dub

Daniel Lanois might be best known as legendary producer; his credits include some of U2's best selling albums, some of Bob Dylan's best albums of the past 20 years and most recently from Neil Young the tormented Le Noise (its n...
8 February 2011
Win Daniel Lanois's Black Dub on vinyl
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Win Daniel Lanois's Black Dub on vinyl

Famed producer Daniel Lanois has released his latest album Black Dub, the self-titled debut from his new band. To celebrate we're streaming the album in its entirety, and  have a copy of the album on vinyl to give away.
7 February 2011
Steve Poltz
Interviews

Steve Poltz

Shortly after the first performance of his January Austrlaian tour at Sydney's Peats Ridge festival, we sat down with Steve Poltz for a chat.
1 February 2011
Bluesfest adds sixth day with Dylan, Costello, Kelly, Finn and more
Music News

Bluesfest adds sixth day with Dylan, Costello, Kelly, Finn and more

Following a speedy sellout of Bluesfest's Monday and a fierce battle of words via the nation's media over council approval for a sixth day at Bluesfest, organisers have today unveiled their plans for the Anzac Day holiday at the Tyagarah home of B...
1 February 2011
Blogs

Wanda Jackson - Thunder On The Mountain (Dylan cover)

As Jack White was preparing songs for Wanda Jackson's latest album, he gave his friend Bob Dylan a ring, asking if he had any songs that he thought would suit the album White was producing. Bob's suggestion was Thunder On The Mountain, the rollick...
20 January 2011
The Trews (CAN) return next month
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The Trews (CAN) return next month

The Trews will return to Australia in 2011 for the second time since their September 2010 album release.   This four-week long visit will see the Canadian rock outfit settling into multiple residency performances in both Sydney and Melbo...
20 January 2011
Bob Dylan Australian tour announced
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Bob Dylan Australian tour announced

Returning to Australian shores for the first time in four years as part of headline appearances at the 2011 Bluesfest and West Coast Blues 'n' Roots festivals, a run of tour dates have been announced for April, including a special appearance in Ad...
19 January 2011
Steve Poltz, Jason Collett join forces for Sydney show in wake of Queensland floods
Music News

Steve Poltz, Jason Collett join forces for Sydney show in wake of Queensland floods

With Steve Poltz and Jason Collett both cancelling their Queensland tour dates planned for this weekend in light of the floods, the two Canadians have joined forces for a special show in Sydney this weekend.
12 January 2011
Jason Collett cancels remainder of Australian tour
Music News

Jason Collett cancels remainder of Australian tour

Flooding has taken its toll on east coast touring, with Jason Collett annoucing the cancellation of his Queensland and Northern-NSW tour dates with Zeus and Dead Letter Chorus.
12 January 2011
Mark Sultan (BBQ) tours this February
Music News

Mark Sultan (BBQ) tours this February

Canadian one-man band Mark Sultan aka BBQ is returning to Australian shores in February armed with his unique hybrid of soul-punk-doo-wop-garage-rock.
5 January 2011