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Glen Campbell’s Final Album

Glen Campbell intends releasing one final album before retiring. The 74 year old will release the album entitled Ghost On A Canvas later this year. The album was recorded in 2010 in Los Angeles and features some remarkable songwriting contributions from the likes of Paul Westerberg (The Replacements), Jacob Dylan (The Wallflowers), Teddy Thompson, Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices) and Roger Manning... Read the full story

The Black Angels To Tour

Austin’s The Black Angels are heading to Australia for the first time this June and July. The band will be bringing their hazy vocals and wall of guitars to the country in support of their third album ‘Phosphene Dream’, which has seen the band continue their tradition of psychedelic dreamy indie rock. The sultry neo-psychedelic sound of the Black Angels came together in spring 2004. Hailing from... Read the full story

Mark Olson – Touring Australia

Mark Olson is known as one of the founders of The Jayhawks and by extension, one of the originators of the alt-country genre that came to be known as “Americana” Olson will be embarking on his second Australian tour in May in support of his most recent album, Many Colored Kite. Olson later played in The Creekdippers with his then partner Victoria Williams before going solo in 2007. His debut solo... Read the full story

Leon Russell & Little Feat – The Palais

As a sideshow from the Bluesfest there probably wasn’t a great deal of flexibility about the date of this show. But there’s no doubt that having the concert on Easter Monday, in the middle of the longest of long weekends probably contributed to the relatively disappointing turnout for this remarkable pairing of legendary artists. Those who weren’t there, missed out. The first half of the Little... Read the full story

The great Jimmy Webb to Play In Melbourne

Jimmy Webb, writer of some of the greatest songs of the popular genre and a truly important figure in the evolution of the pop song, will perform a unique show at the Melbourne Recital Centre in July 1 Jimmy Webb is arguably the finest American pop songwriter of his generation, who went from struggling composer to seeming overnight success in 1967 with such chart-topping renditions of his tunes as... Read the full story

Teeth and Tongue

Melbourne based band Teeth and Tongue are about to release their second album ‘Tambourine’. The band is a vehicle for Jess Cornelius, an interesting artist who seems, from my perspective,  to draw from the art-rock-pop sensibilities of the likes of Roxy Music and Bowie. Cornelius is a star in her own right but in this configuration she’s joined by Marc Regueiro-Mckelvie on guitar and Damian... Read the full story

Dutch Tilders R.I.P.

Australian blues legend Dutch Tilders died last weekend, aged 69, after a battle with cancer. Dutch Tilders was born in the Netherlands in 1941 and emigrated with his parents and siblings to Australia in 1955. As a child he had sung in school and church choirs, but later moved towards blues music, his first paying gig being on harmonica at Collingwood Town Hall at age 15, at a concert also featuring... Read the full story

Daltrey To Perform Tommy

Roger Daltrey will perform the rock opera made famous by his band The Who, in a series of shows in England later this year. Daltrey made the announcement this week saying, “It’s a Tommy show for today’s audience from a different perspective. Tommy, an album that tells a story about a “deaf, dumb, and blind boy” who becomes the leader of a messianic movement, will always be seen as... Read the full story

Graveyard Train Stopping All Stations

Our favorite gothic/country/horror swallywags Graveyard Train are embarking on an Australian tour co-inciding with the release of a new single, Dead Folk Dance. (I wonder if that refers to dead people dancing, or a very subdued folk dance style) The single will be released as a limited edition 7” single, which will be launched at Hi-Fi Bar in Melbourne. The following description from the bands performance... Read the full story

Buddy Holly Tribute Draws Cool Artist List

An upcoming tribute album to Buddy Holly, Rave On Buddy Holly, will feature the likes of My Morning Jacket, Fiona Apple and Jon Brion, The Black Keys, Modest Mouse, Nick Lowe, Florence + The Machine, Cee Lo Green, Paul McCartney, She & Him, Justin Townes Earle, Kid Rock, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Julian Casablancas and more. 19 songs are included in the collection, which will be released on Fantasy/Concord... Read the full story

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