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COASTER festival lineup announcement

by KevinJune 10, 2009
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Coaster, The Central Coast’s very own music festival is back for the second year in a row! After last year’s amazing sold out event, this year promises to be even bigger and better! With a jaw-dropping line-up featuring international acts and including a who’s who of the best bands Australia has to offer, Coaster is [...]

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Dash and Will are getting Out Of Control in Newcastle

by KevinJune 4, 2009
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock during 2008 then no doubt you have heard of Melbourne indie pop duo Dash & Will. 2008 and 2009 saw the girls playing at Falls and Southbound then touring with The Ting Tings and The Kooks. Dash & Will have decided to take centre stage and are ripping [...]

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Pico launches new album in Newcastle

by KevinJune 3, 2009
Pico launches new album in Newcastle

For Pico’s latest album, Morning Sun, producer Paul Di Giacomo enlisted the talents of some highly regarded Australian musicians. Notably, Martin Rotsey and Rob Hirst (Midnight Oil), Lee Moloney (Diesel/Jimmy Barnes band) and Tim Gaze (Tamam Shud).

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Skipping Girl Vinegar, touring all the cold places

by MatMay 28, 2009
Skipping Girl Vinegar, touring all the cold places

Australia’s finest proponent of indie, folk rock & alt acoustic pop, Melbourne’s Skipping Girl Vinegar have just announced their national “Music From Cold Places” Tour. Hitting the road this winter, the “Music From Cold Places” Tour references Skipping Girl Vinegar’s beautifully crafted debut album Sift The Noise and it’s genesis over 4 years [...]

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1233 ABC Newcastle Music Awards, we’re back babeh!

by MatMay 28, 2009
1233 ABC Newcastle Music Awards, we're back babeh!

In its eight year history the 1233 ABC Newcastle Music Awards has attracted close to 3500 entries with more than 1000 tracks being added to the 1233 ABC Newcastle play list. Entries for 2009 open Monday 25 May and close Friday 3 July 2009.
The prestigious ABC Music Artist of the Year Award provides the [...]

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The Presets reschedule Newcastle & Wollongong shows!

by MatMay 28, 2009
The Presets

Due to illness The Presets have been forced to reschedule two headline shows in Wollongong (this Thursday May 28) and Newcastle (this Friday May 29).
Both shows have been rescheduled to next week.
Please note that their shows in Sydney, Gold Coast and Brisbane will remain unchanged.
During las night’s show at the AIS Centre in [...]

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2009 APRA Music Award Nominees

by MatMay 27, 2009
2009 APRA Music Award Nominees

APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) is proud to announce details of the nominees for the 2009 APRA Music Awards, which will be held at the Peninsula in Melbourne on Tuesday June 23rd. These nominees, across 8 categories including the peer voted APRA SONG OF THE YEAR, represent the songwriters behind the most successful works of [...]

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Vaudeville, on tour this June!

by MatMay 27, 2009
Vaudeville, on tour this June!

2008 was a massive year for the Novocastrian rock outfit Vaudeville. Notable accomplishments include the release of their self-titled EP, Triple J airplay and support slots with several distinguished Australian bands - The Butterfly Effect, Grinspoon, Birds of Tokyo, Cog, and The Dirty Secrets. Vaudeville has earned themselves the reputation of one of [...]

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Katy Perry is Complex

by MatMay 27, 2009
Katy Perry, steamy Complex photo shoot

Everyone’s favourite girl-kisser Katy Perry steams up the pages of Complex.com with an S&M inspired photo shoot, and interview. If you like a bit of Katy action head on over to Complex.com and check out all the pics.

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Van She, Ze Vemixes Tour

by MatMay 26, 2009
Van She, Ze Vemixes Tour

Van She released one of 2008’s more thrilling debut record trips in the shape of V. A collection of spacey, proggy dance sonics with it’s foot firmly planted in the pop world, V delivered on the promise Van She have been showing since their inception to be one of Australia’s more adventurous new wave of [...]

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Dash and Will, out of control

by MatMay 25, 2009
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“Dash and Will grew out of friendship and our mutual obsession with music” contends Charlie Thorpe.
“It was just us spending every spare minute banging away on our guitars, singing our favourite songs and trying to write a few of our own” continues Josie DeSousa-Reay.
Charlie (a.k.a Dash) and Josie (a.k.a Will) first met at an inner-city [...]

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Funkoars, Snowball Hangover

by MatMay 25, 2009

Scoring a coveted Triple J feature album spot for their third album The Hangover and subsequently selling out many of the dates on the national tour earlier this year, it was inevitable that Funkoars would saddle up to reign down on the Australian masses once again. This time, Trials, Sesta, Hons & DJ Reflux are [...]

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