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Ruffcut Records and thedwarf.com.au present… The rise and return of...
SAUL WILLIAMS Live onstage with his band of intergalactic sound surgeons, now bringing his amazing show to Hobart, Tasmania.
The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart
Fri... [more]
Saul Williams, hip-hop MC, writer, actor and poet, has announced a December Australian tour to coincide with his new album,
The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust, produced by Trent Reznor.
SAUL WILLIAMS Au... [more]
With the planet in peril,
Dan Kelly has taken time off recording his third album to team up with Melbourne’s premier faux Hawaiian duo,
The Ukeladies, to release
The S.U.V Song, which is available as a free download f... [more]
With their debut album Eon out now, Sydney electronic-rock trio
Grafton Primary announce a sequel to the stage-invading adventures of their national album launch tour!
Indie-whiz The E.L.F. (aka Darren Cross from Gerling) will be suppor... [more]
Over the summer of 2007/2008,
The Go Set was a standout live act to thousands of festival-goers at the Woodford, Pyramid Rock, St Kilda, Port Fairy, and Queenscliff Festivals among others.
Rising is The Go Set’s fourth al... [more]
Alex Lloyd returns with a brand new album
Good In The Face Of A Strangerwhich will be released November 1through Inertia Distribution. This will be Alex’s first ever independent release. Written, recorded and produced in London by Al... [more]
In 3 years, one of Tasmanian's biggest music festival's
msfest has built a reputation as an event not to be missed.
With last year's event selling out prior to the day, this year looks to be heading in the same direction... [more]
This summer,
All Tomorrow's Parties Festival will visit Australia for the first time presenting events in three different locations.
1. A two day event at Mt Buller, Victoria over the weekend of January 9 & 10 with both on sit... [more]
Providing Australia with the largest touring festival in Australia for th past seventeen years, the Big Day Out returns this year once again with a cracking line-up.
I'm sure you don't need to hear any more of my waffling about Aus... [more]
After a whirlwind start to the year with his sell out 10 Year Reunion Tour with Weddings, Parties, Anything,
Mick Thomas goes Back To The Future this December with a tour that covers his exceptional back catalogue of songs while in... [more]
Melbourne’s
Winterpark will independently release its second album
Falling Men and Flying Dreams via MGM on 18 October 2008.
Featuring a perfect slice of electro pop in the form of radio single ‘Hooked’, the album takes the listene... [more]
Mei Lai Swan will embark on a national tour with her new band to coincide with the exclusive iTunes release of her new single,
Calling The Sky on October 12th. Be sure to catch Mei Lai Swan enchanting folk across the country... [more]
Trial Kennedy are very excited to announce a run of shows around sunny Australia this October & November, including the Grazzhopper and Sounds of Spring festivals, as well as supporting pals The Butterfly Effect on their Old Pl... [more]
On top of the recent revelation that Nick Cave curated All Tomorrow's Parties (ATP) festival is heading to Victoria, more details have come to light on the ATP website revealing plans for Sydney and Brisbane also:
This summer All T... [more]
After the unfortunate cancellation of their April 2008 Australian tour due to main-man John Darnielle’s bout with the dreaded tinnitus,
The Mountain Goats return to Australia for a national run of dates.
Hitting Australia with their dru... [more]
The
Nine Inch Nails are set to return to the festival circuit in Australia next year with the announcement overnight they are set to headline the
Soundwave Festival across Australian in February / March next year.
Next year's... [more]
Not content with just completing a sold out national album tour,
Little Red have hardly any time to unpack before hitting the road once again for a bunch of University dates in October. Since the release of the debut album
L... [more]
The 2009
St Jerome's Laneway Festival is fast approaching! Returning to
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and heading for the very first time to
Perth, indie music fans nationally can expect some of the most interesting... [more]
Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member
Richard Wright has died, aged 65, from cancer.
The self taught pianist/ keyboardist Wright appeared on the group's first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967 alongside le... [more]
October 4th 2008 sees the release of
The Go Set's fourth album, titled
Rising. To celebrate, they'll head out on a massive tour, bringing their punk/rockabilly sailor antics to cities all over the country. Get into... [more]