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Die! Die! Die! announce April shows
Ahead of the release of their highly anticipated new album, The New Zealand Ruckus MachineTM will be embarking on a quick lap around the country.
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Pedestrian vs the 2009 Australian Music Prize
Ash from Pedestrian dusts off his Investigative Journalist Pants and uncovers the conspiracy behind the 2009 AMP.
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Splendour In The Grass 2010 rumours (part 2)
A few more names added to the list, including Jay-Z, Girls, BRMC, A-Ha, Sum 41, The Offspring, Surfer Blood and Picklecrack.
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Tours: Seja, Otouto, Pikelet, Mother and Father
Fans of 'gentle music' (and grunge revivalists) have plenty of options during March and April.
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Playing times for Dinosaur Jr tonight
Sydney scamps, Bed Wettin' Bad Boys, have been added as the last minute opening act. Triple treats!
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Julian Casablancas is coming to Australia
While we are still waiting for confirmation to the rumour that The Strokes' will be here for Splendour in July, we now at least know we'll be getting one (beautiful) Stroker visiting our shores this year.
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Raekwon adds second Sydney show
Update (11/03): Errrr... um... this is kinda embarrassing.. but, as it turns out, this is Beach Road Hotel in Bryon Bay NOT in Bondi... sorry chaps/ladies - our bad. Thanks to PeteStvns in the comments for the heads up.
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Tickets still available for Dinosaur Jr this Thursday
Last week the Metro Theatre website advertised that Thursday's Dinosaur Jr show was sold out. It turns out they may have shot their load a little early and/or found a few more spare ones somewhere behind the couch, because now there are tickets available via the Metro website, as well as Ticketek and OzTix.
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The Thermals are a bunch of pull out bros
If you were hoping to get down to the Oxford Art Factory tonight to catch some biblical-themed theatrics, courtesy of Portland's The Thermals, then you better start making new plans (ie. Deerhoof at Spectrum).
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Splendour In The Grass 2010 rumours
The Strokes, Corgs & The Pumpkin Smashers, Pixies, LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip and Bat For Lashes all rumoured to be heading our way in July.
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Further are going to be playing more new songs tonight
Via their last minute Facebook event page:
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Lil Wayne sentencing postponed, giving him a few more days to try and get some pussy
Yesterday Lil Wayne seemed a little bit bummed about the fact he was spending his last two days of freedom making shitloads of videos and suffering in pain (eight root canals, mudda phuckers).
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Guru suffers heart attack
Update: (03/03) Via DJ Premier's Twitter - "Good news: #guru surgery was successful, keep sending him love"
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Kitchen's Floor tour kicks off tonight
Brisbane's finest "dirtier than the chick you boned at Rav's crazy house party" punks, Kitchen's Floor, are playing a bunch of shows over the next month or so, in celebration of the release of their new 7".
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Danimals headline The Revenant Club tonight
The Revenant Club is a new irregular night at Oxford Art Factory, put on by the heroes that used to organise the Exquisite Corpse shows.
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New Hold Steady album in May
The Hold Steady (aka everyone's drunk best friend) have announced that they'll be releasing their new album, Heaven is Whenever, on May 3 (UK, Europe) and May 4 (US). Presumably the Australian release through Shock will be happening around the same time.
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Surf City and Songs team up for double headline tour
In what surely is a match made in the Popfrenzy board room heaven, New Zealand slop-punks Surf City and Sydney's undefeated champs of the Hard To Google Award, Songs, are joining forces for a handful of shows.
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Download Hira Hira's debut EP for FREE
Sydney screamo champs Hira Hira have made their brilliant 2009 debut EP, We. Are. All. Xray. Pricks. No. Talent. Fuck. Off, available as a FREE download on their Bandcamp page.
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New date and venue for last ever Ghosts Of Television show
Nathan from GOTV dropped this info in the comments of this article, but just in case you missed it...
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Our Favourite Artists Of The Decade: Die! Die! Die!
We continue our ongoing/never-ending 'special' series on our favourite artists of the past 10 years, with a polite head nod in the direction of the New Zealand wild punks - and probably the world's best live act - Die! Die! Die!
Interview: Ghoul
About a month ago we snuggled up next to Ivan Vizintin from Sydney band Ghoul, on a long distance train from Mexico to Disneyland (Tokyo). To kill the time we discussed many things, including Ghoul's long awaited debut album, the current state of local music and the awesomeness of Dr Dre's 2001.
Ten Questions: The Kill Devil Hills
We fire ten 'hot ones' at Brendon Humphries of Western Australian band The Kill Devil Hills and he politely returns serve with some responses that give a lil' insight as to what peeps attending shows on their upcoming national tour should maybe expect.
Interview: Frightened Rabbit
The other day we sat down inside the magical bubble world called Twitter and spoke to lovely Scottish lads, Frightened Rabbit, about their upcoming new album, the general acceptance of the 'cunt' word and Kevin Bloody Wilson.
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March, 2010
- Die! Die! Die! announce April shows
- Pedestrian vs the 2009 Australian Music Prize
- Splendour In The Grass 2010 rumours (part 2)
- Tours: Seja, Otouto, Pikelet, Mother and Father
- Playing times for Dinosaur Jr tonight
- Julian Casablancas is coming to Australia
- Raekwon adds second Sydney show
- Tickets still available for Dinosaur Jr this Thursday
- The Thermals are a bunch of pull out bros
- Splendour In The Grass 2010 rumours
- Further are going to be playing more new songs tonight
- Lil Wayne sentencing postponed, giving him a few more days to try and get some pussy
- Guru suffers heart attack
February, 2010
- Kitchen's Floor tour kicks off tonight
- Danimals headline The Revenant Club tonight
- New Hold Steady album in May
- Surf City and Songs team up for double headline tour
- Download Hira Hira's debut EP for FREE
- New date and venue for last ever Ghosts Of Television show
- Spoon are playing at Coolangatta
- Australian Music Prize 2009 shortlist - no sign of The Stabs, Tucker B's or Talons
- Deerhoof are coming to Australia?
- Ghosts Of Television need a venue for their last ever show
- The Kill Devil Hills vs Tucker B's
- Win a double pass to The Dodos this Saturday
- Lil Wayne jail sentencing delayed
- Vampire Weekend 'big city' tour
- Eddy Current Suppression Ring national tour
- Jay Reatard cause of death revealed
- The Go Roll Your Bones kick off residency this Friday
- Groovin' The Moo line-up 'announced'
- Tours tours tours: The Mess Hall, The Drones, The Kill Devil Hills
January, 2010
- Sydney Laneway Festival is happening this Sunday
- We are interviewing Frightened Rabbit via Twitter on Monday
- Eddy Current to play two Annandale Hotel shows in May
- Tucker B's are supporting The Kill Devil Hills, updating their website, maybe playing some shows
- Win a double pass to Hockey tomorrow night
- Change of date and venue for Echo & The Bunnymen show
- LOOK OUT! 2010 playing times
- Massive Attack announce Australian tour
- Stream: Four Tet - There Is Love In You
- Raekwon announces solo tour
- Purple Sneakers finally reveal new location
- Frightened Rabbit added to Laneway
- Jay Reatard was murdered?
- Jay Reatard dead at 29
- Local supports announced for The Dodos and Pavement tours
- Eddy Current Suppression Ring reveal new album details
- More new Frightened Rabbit songs
- The Weekend Edition (like New Edition but with 40% less Bobby Brown)
- Raekwon to release two new albums in 2010
- Win a double pass to Amanda Blank at Hyde Park Barracks
- Royal Headache are supporting every band that is coming to Australia over the next couple of months
- King Khan & The Shrines and Future Of The Left release limited edition tour singles
- Ponytail added to Slopfrenzy
December, 2009
- Purple Sneakers NYE House Party playing times
- Rowland S Howard R.I.P.
- My Disco to release new single in February
- WIN a double pass to the Purple Sneakers NYE House Party
- Rage Against The Pop Star Contest
- Why? is on tonight!!!
- DZ bleed into the new year
- This weekend in Sydney: Animal Collective, Modular Xmas Party, Hard-Ons 25th anniversary show
- YourGigs' guide to Meredith
- In case you missed it news: Crocodiles, The Jezabels, Children Collide
- Mess + Noise readers poll
- More acts added to Laneway
- Homebake via Twitter
- Said The Gramophone's best songs of 2009
- The Middle East named Triple J Unearthed Artist Of The Year.
- Byron Bay’s Blues & Roots 2nd announcement
- Playground Weekender 2010 line-up drops, doesn’t feature Royksopp
November, 2009
- Laneway Festival sideshows - Echo and the Bunnymen, Florence & the Machine, Wild Beasts, Hockey
- Laneway Festival Sydney sells out
- Things I would do this weekend if I wasn't getting married: Ghosts Of Television, Songs, The UV Race
- Ghosts Of Television give away debut album
- Homebake timetable released
- Ghosts Of Television call it quits
- Lightning Bolt 'secret' show details
- Tours tours tours: Dinosaur Jr sideshows, Wilco 2010 tour
- Life is full of changes
- Beck's Festival Bar full line-up
- Summer shows update - The Big Pink, Mastadon, Passion Pit, Dizzee Rascal
- The Strokes' Is This It named #1 in NME's Top 100 Albums Of The Decade list
- The Dodos February tour
- Final J Award nominations: Oh Mercy, Philadelphia Grand Jury, Lisa Mitchell and Paul Dempsey
- Free download of new Eels song
- The Vines sneak back onto the live scene
- HEALTH sideshows!!
- Summer shows wrap-up
- The Dead Weather are coming to Australia in March
- The E.L.F to support Chairlift and The Phenomenal Handclap Band
- Royal Headache need drivers, aren't supporting You Am I
- Oh Mercy win 2009 SOYA music award
- Fridays in November: Mountain Fold + Goodgod Small Club
- Happy International Casiotone For The Painfully Alone Day!!!
- Perth International Arts Festival line-up - Antony and the Johnsons, Dirty Three, HEALTH, Yo La Tengo
- Golden Plains 2010 line-up - Pavement, Dinosaur Jr, Dirty Projectors, The Big Pink
- Pavement add second Sydney show
- The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart announce debut Australian tour
- Sydney Festival 2010 program - Al Green, Dirty Three, Laughing Clowns, Severed Heads, The Reels, DJ Yoda, Camera Obscura
- Girl Talk Sydney sideshow announced
- Billboard: Lil Wayne on Rebirth
- NY Times: Ratitude
- Hoboogestapo: Steve Aoki @ Roxanne Parlour
- Undercover: Jay-Z Wants To Play Weddings Parties Anything
- Triple J launch new all-Australian radio station