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Tim Finn Songs To Feature in MTC/STC Play, Poor Boy

The music of Tim Finn features in a new play called Poor Boy which is the new co-production between the Sydney & Melbourne Theatre Companies. Written by Australian playwright Matt Cameron, the play is derived from an original idea from Finn himself Poor Boy is directed by Simon Phillips and opens on January 26 at the MTC’s new theatre before moving to Sydney in July 2009. It will star renowned... Read the full story

Rare AC/DC Rennie Ellis Photos Uncovered

Rennie Ellis was a Melbourne photographer who changed the way pop culture was documented in Australia. He managed to blur the line between populism and art and helped us view celebrity in a new light and view society as a place where everyone was a celebrity – at least in the eyes of his camera. Since his death in 2003 a number of exhibitions of his work have been made to go along with a number of... Read the full story

Review – A Day On The Green – Oz Rock Legends

A Day On The Green has had a couple of weather issues in Victoria this year with John Mellencamp’s Rochford concert already having been abandoned before it started. Dark clouds greeted fans rolling up for last weekends Oz Rock legends concert and Hey Hey My My’s Andrew Rutter was amongst them. The 20th A Day on the Green concert was kicked off in fine style by Melbourne three-piece Even who rolled... Read the full story

The The – Infected

Infected was the 1986 second full length album by English artist Matt Johnson, under his adopted moniker The The. It followed the ground breaking Soul Mining which had been released in 1983. It’s fair to say that Johnson was a little bit ahead of his time. He was a product of the same mindset that had led to the likes of Echo & the Bunnymen, Joy Division, OMD and Scritti Politti but he was more... Read the full story

Neil Young Setlist Looks Promising

When Neil Young was announced as the headline act at the 2009 Big Day Out there was a little surprise and a fair amount of jubilation among veteran BDO goers. The next question that immediately occurred to most fans was – which Neil Young was going to show up? Young has a reputation for delivering the unexpected and going off on musical tangents that, although always interesting, can prove bewildering... Read the full story

Skid Row – Metalheads With A Heart

It was the early 90′s OK? Skid Row was the quintessential late 80’s hard rock band. They were formed in 1986 in New Jersey around guitarists and songwriters Dave “the Snake” Sabo and Rachel Bolan. Sabo was a mate of Jon Bon Jovi and it wasn’t long before Bon Jovi had arranged for them to be managed by Bon Jovi managers Doc and Scott McGhee. It wasn’t hard for McGhee to get them a record... Read the full story

Neil Finn’s Seven World’s Collide Project Returns

Neil Finn recently announced a follow up to the acclaimed Seven Worlds Collide project, and together with members of the original lineup and other artists, he will record an album of entirely new material in support of international development organization Oxfam. “Seven years ago I invited a few friends and fellow musicians to do a special series of concerts in New Zealand under the banner Seven... Read the full story

Caution Life Ahead – An Important Album Release

One of the best albums released in Australia in the last year is also one of the most important. Caution Life Ahead is a compilation of songs from 21 high profile Australian artists that share a common theme (to a greater or lesser extent) of recovery and hope. The purpose of the compilation is to raise money for The Buttery, a long standing drug rehabilitation centre near Byron Bay in NSW. The project... Read the full story

Jason Ringenberg of Jason & the Scorchers

Anyone who managed to see Jason and the Scorchers live during the eighties wont have forgotten the experience. I remember a show at The Palace that was simply one of the most intense live shows I’d ever seen. They were a ferocious live band. Jason Ringenberg was an authentic son of an Illinois hog farmer who was somehow infected with a punk rock aesthetic. He found his way to Nashville and with bolero... Read the full story

Gunners Go For The Doctor

We all know it has taken Axl Rose’s  Guns N Roses a fair while to get their album Chinese Democracy into the stores – about seventeen years to be exact. And we all know that pop culture obsessed American corporation love a publicity stunt. Put the two phenomenon together and you have a recipe for…. a monumental stuff up! In recognition of the ridiculous delays in releasing the album soft drink... Read the full story

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