Original Wolfmother members now part of The Slew
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Just in case you were wondering what the other boys from the original Wolfmother lineup were doing, well they are now touring members of the band The Slew.The Slew is Canadian DJ Kid Koala and his friend Dynomite D who on the road now expand to...
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Gossip and Friendly Fires to perform special Adeaide gig
Three piece indie rock band Gossip, fronted by the one and only Beth Ditto, will be hitting Australia on the Good Vibrations tour next year and are planning to surprise Adelaide with a special side show gig.With their Rick Rubin produced 'Music...
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Playground Weekender announces first lineup
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Sydney's favourite boutique festival the Playground Weekender Festival has just announced its lineup. The festival takes place over several days at Wisemans Ferry in February. As always the line-up boasts an impressive blend of bands and dance...
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Torrent site Mininova has been forced to go legal
In May 2009, the Dutch copyright enforcement organization BREIN started a civil procedure against Mininova, the worlds largest torrent sharing site, demanding it starts filtering torrent files pointing to copyright protected works from its...
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Echo and The Bunnymen to play Laneway sideshows
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Echo & The Bunnymen return to Australia in early 2010 to headline the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival across Australia along with headline dates in Sydney at the Enmore Theatre and the Palais Theatre in Melbourne.The Bunnymen formed when Ian...
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Empire of The Sun the big ARIA winners for 2009
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Artist:Luke Steel
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Album:Walking on a Dream
Experimental-pop sensations Empire of the Sun have blitzed this year's ARIA Awards, taking home three of the evening's biggest awards.The electro super-group picked up Album of the Year for their debut 'Walking on a Dream' and Single of the Year...
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Brian Jonestown Massacre announce Australian tour
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Album:Who Killed Sgt Pepper
Brian Jonestown Massacre (BJM) will be playing both Playground and The Lost Weekend in 2010, and now they've announced an additional string of sideshows for their February tour dowunder.Their latest album 'Who Killed Sergeant Pepper?' is by far...
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Dirty Projectors announce Australian tour
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Brooklyn, New York sensations Dirty Projectors are perhaps the only band in the world that could attract the praise of everyone from Bjork to The Roots to David Byrne to Julian Casablancas. They have inspired pop star Solange Knowles to record a...
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Pete Doherty's heart stopped in hospital
Pete Doherty has said that he was in hospital on a life support machine in October when he had to cancel a series of Irish solo live dates. The Babyshambles man told NME that rather than "exhaustion", which was the official line given when he...
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Massive Attack to release new album 'Heligoland'
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Almost seven years after their last studio album, 2003's '100th Window', trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack are ready to release more dubby darkness into the world. The world believed that '100th Window' would be their swansong album after they...
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Splendour in The Grass is moving to Woodford, QLD!
Australian peeps and especially Splendour in The Grass fans have we got some very interesting news for you.The best winter festival in Australia, Splendour In The Grass, has intended on moving from their present home of Belongil Fields in Byron...
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Jack Johnson and Ozomatli added to Bluesfest
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Jack Johnson, Ozomatli, Donovan Frankenreiter and Matt Costa have been added to the already stellar Bluesfest lineup.These guys will be kicking things off on the Thursday of the festival with the likes of the Avett Brothers, The Gipsy Kings,...
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The Dead Weather plan new album release for 2010
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Jack White supergroup the Dead Weather is already planning a 2010 sophomore record release, even though their debut, 'Horehound', has been out for less than a year.“We can’t tell you that much about it except that it’s gonna be really expansive,...
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