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Big Heavy Stuff
The Official Biography Of Big Heavy Stuff: Part One
music from the time, from shoegaze to Slint , leaving behind a lapsed contract with Australia’s most famously successful independent label and a session with Pixies producer Gil Norton . Piggybacking ... bridging the latter ‘80s indie guitar of the final Ups EP Rash with the sound of the new decade Big Heavy Stuff were now existing in. Lead guitarist Carolyn Polley
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Pantera, Disturbed
Knotfest Australia Setlists Revealed
look away now if you don’t like spoilers. Embedded Content Knotfest Australia setlists on Thursday, 21 March, Saturday, 23 March and Sunday, 24 March 2024: PANTERA A New Level ... Thousand Fists Prayer Bad Man Land Of Confusion ( Genesis cover) The Game The Sound Of Silence ( Simon & Garfunkel cover) Indestructible Don't Tell Me (with Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale
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Behani
Behani Signs To ADA/Warner Music Australia, Drops New Single 'Again & Again'
label, “We're extremely excited to welcome Behani to the ADA and Warner Music Australia family and look forward to working with her and her team so we can take ... love their dedication to choreography, vocal strength, and performance stamina. From a sound perspective, I’ve always admired The Weekend who has a lot of meaning and an element
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Photo Gallery: Golden Plains 2024
All images by Oliver Cafferky (@r.ollerdoor) After having to cancel both the 2021 and 2022 editions of the festival, Gold
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Premiere: DEM MOB - 'DIP'
ensemble rising from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in far north western South Australia, with their new one DIP , premiering a day ahead of release on Pilerats. Opening with ... them drop their single Soul Of The Lion , play Spain's iconic  Primavera Sound , and also scoop five awards at the 2023 SA Music Awards . Take
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A pile of CDs
How Giving Away CDs Helps Indie Acts Make New Fans
What’s more, these fans are pre-ordering their next album, Heathen Sound – which is due out on April 22 – at full price. This has never happened for them. Fans ... concerts. This is timely, as the band are embarking on a tour through Australia and New Zealand. Embedded Content Create Momentum For Australian bands who give away free
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PNAU
PNAU On Driving A Global Phenomenon: ‘How Could That Not Shift Things?’
industry standards, PNAU should be a legacy act. They DJed at Ministry Of Sound Australia's retro-themed Testament festival in 2021, albeit repping "The Now". But PNAU defy temporality ... kills fascists. I believe that pretty strongly." Nick concedes that such sentiments "can easily sound very New Age-y. don’t know if [we're] going to have a moment
Features / Interviews
Infectious Grooves
Jay Weinberg: Playing With Infectious Grooves Is A ‘Tremendous Honour’
Australia for the second time in a year – the first headlining the inaugural Knotfest Australia with his former bandmates, the second with Infectious Grooves – we caught up with the drummer ... some time on stage. I'm pumped.” Embedded Content As for what Weinberg will sound like with Infectious Grooves, he admits that his style has to be different while playing
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Eminem
Dr Dre: Eminem Is Working On A New Album 'Coming Out This Year'
Hollywood Walk of Fame (via Billboard ), “I’m most proud of elevating the sound and clarity of how we experience hip-hop. Getting that thing right ... rumour mill started up and suggested that Eminem is  preparing his return to Australia . He last toured here in 2019, breaking   the MCG’s live concert attendance record
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Trophy Eyes
Sound NSW Pledges $3 Million For New Touring & Recording Grants
upfront costs are often greater than the income generated for many musicians. Sound NSW is excited to help bridge this gap by providing this vital funding, removing these prohibitive barriers ... grants will support more new and original music from our musicians, enable tours across Australia and the world, and move NSW a step closer to being a global powerhouse
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La Dispute
La Dispute Celebrate 'Rooms Of The House' Anniversary With One-Off Aus Show
House , with a string of anniversary shows – including a one-off concert in Australia. Rooms Of The House was released in March 2014 via the band’s label, Better Living ... Music , Benny Doyle described Rooms Of The House as “homely” and “intelligent”, writing: Every sound you hear is deliberate, and the flow of the record makes more sense with every
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The Kid LAROI / Coldplay / Jimi Hendrix / Queen / Chance The Rapper
Ten Examples Of Musicians & Managers In Meltdown
four years. Record companies were not interested in the first Queen album. “The singer sounds like a bleating sheep,” sniffed one. After eight months of getting nowhere, Sheffield ... because Sheffield had an expensive lifestyle. Once Sheer Heart Attack broke globally (#17 in Australia), they left Trident and went to EMI, and signed with manager John Reid . “We were