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Steve Harley
Cockney Rebel Singer Steve Harley Passes Away
Greta wrote in a statement (via BBC ). “His home has been filled with the sounds and laughter of his four grandchildren.” Harley is best known for the 1970s Cockney Rebel ... sound engineer on The Beatles ’ Abbey Road and Let It Be and Pink Floyd ’s The Dark Side Of The Moon ). The album landed at #62 in Australia. Cockney Rebel
Reviews / Live
Thee Sacred Souls
Live Review: Thee Sacred Souls, Setwun & La Foxy Fuzz @ City Recital Hall, Sydney
buttering up of the crowd: “I don’t want to make the rest of Australia jealous, but this would be the best audience we’ve had.” Another woo. Then Lane ... banging tracks that welcomed and warmed up the spirited supporters of the sweet soul sound
Features / Interviews
Peter Garrett
Peter Garrett: 'I Am Feeling The Greatest Sense Of Urgency Right Now'
This place is precious. We have to look after it. “That northern expanse of Australia is a place of great cultural importance and significance for first Australians and a place ... there was an election on. I was picking up on the sights and sounds and trying to take an imaginative leap to marry those powerful forces into a tune
Features / Music
Catching Up With COTERIE's Lush Leopard
Image credit: Supplied 22 shows. 10 weeks. 2 countries. Sounds like a wild time? Just ask Boorloo/Perth-based, NZ-born band of brothers, COTERIE , who have done just that as they ... wrap up their delightfully named Lush Leopard Tour across New Zealand and Australia. Kicking off at the end of 2023, the tour followed on from the band’s many recent
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Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa Announces Highly Anticipated New Album 'Radical Optimism'
Future Nostalgia , which mined a disco-pop influence, Radical Optimism finds Lipa inputting sounds and feelings of 1970s-era psychedelia and ‘90s trip-hop acts like Massive Attack , as well ... Radical Optimism is available to pre-order and pre-save now, with Warner Music Australia selling the album on curacao-coloured vinyl and CD. Pre-order/pre-save your copy here
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Karl Wallinger in World Party's 'Is It Like Today?' music video
World Party, The Waterboys' Karl Wallinger Passes Away, Aged 66
their third album, playing a significant part in the band’s reputed “Big Music” sound. Wallinger was replaced by future collaborator Guy Chambers after departing the band and went ... albums: 1987’s Private Revolution (ARIA #13 album), 1990’s Goodbye Jumbo (#70 in Australia), 1993’s Bang! (#40 in Australia), 1997’s Egyptology , and 2000’s Dumbing
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Northside Records Melbourne
Record Store Day Australia: Here Are The Local Albums You Can Find
Island by Gorillaz on limited pink vinyl, Pearl Jam ’s new album, Dark Matter , Australia’s own Sia ’s third album Colour The Small One on white/transparent vinyl, Sophie Ellis ... double LP compilation of Australian music called  Time Capsule. Australian Sounds. 1985-1994.  In exciting news, Montaigne’s debut album, Glorious Heights , is arriving on saffron yellow vinyl
Industry / Feature
Bruce Springsteen @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Superfans To Pay More At Live Events As ‘Dynamic Pricing’ Heads To Australia
wildlife photographer synced his video of a wild electrical storm in the Pilbara, Western Australia, with Fred’s beats and posted it on Instagram. On the weekend, 31,500 descended ... connect more deeply and personalise the concert experience more. A1 fine-tunes the sound for the best effect, even to the “worst seat” in the house, and transfers spectacular lighting
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Hoodoo Gurus
The Amazing True Story Of Hoodoo Gurus’ Debut Album
charts, as well as cracking the Top 40 in Sweden and New Zealand. In Australia, Stoneage Romeos reached #29 and won Best Debut Album at the Countdown Awards, beating Pseudo ... time it was very unpopular what we were doing. We were supposed to sound like Pseudo Echo or something like that, the latest synth-pop thing.” When Stoneage Romeos
Reviews / Live
The Human League
Live Review: The Human League @ Palais Theatre, Melbourne
Gloria Jones/Soft Cell standard Tainted Love . Back in 2009 The Human League headlined Australia's last V Festival alongside The Killers and Tame Impala (with an electric side ... Smith – and, though they haven't obviously rearranged their classics, the songs do sound contemporary, the instrumentation allowed to breathe. (Keep Feeling) Fascination is punchier – and funkier. Heart Like
Reviews / Live
Harrison Storm
Live Review: Harrison Storm @ The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide
singer, just continuing to prove how much musical talent is around in South Australia. Not to sound biassed or anything! After a bit of an intermission, Storm immediately grabbed
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Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde Teases Aus Tour
exclusive pre-sale on Wednesday, 13 March. Embedded Content Wilde’s upcoming return to Australia will be a Greatest Hits Tour . For more information, stay tuned to Metropolis Touring ... Cambodia ,  View From A Bridge  and  Child Come Away  still sound cutting-edge today”. Embedded Content