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Urge Overkill Interview

Urge Overkill released one of the great albums of the 90’s with Saturation containing ridiculously great rock songs like Sister Havana, Positive Bleeding, Tequila Sunrise and Bottle of Fur. They appeared in Pulp Fiction, had a huge hit with a cover of Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon and toured with Nirvana and Pearl Jam. And before all that they had a series of very cool albums on the independent... Read the full story

Fiona Apple – New Album Coming

It’s been a long time between albums by the prodigiously talented Fiona Apple but it looks like our patience my be rewarded. Last week Epic Records chairman and CEO L.A. Reid promised that the follow-up to Apple’s 2005 album Extraordinary Machine will hit stores sometime in early 2012. “Lots of good music coming from @Epic_Records in the next few weeks. Stay tuned music fans. Welcome... Read the full story

Craig Finn – Clear Heart Full Eyes (Vagrant)

Craig Finn, singer and songwriter for American indie-rock saviors The Hold Steady, is adept at writing songs about having his daily life colored by the fact that he is, first and foremost, “in a band”. It’s been his identity, his point of reference and the source of many of his most goofily triumphant songs with The Hold Steady. But from the first song on this solo album, Apollo Bay, (which incidentally... Read the full story

Suzy Connolly – Night Larks (Laughing Outlaw)

Filing the debut solo album from Sydney guitarist and songwriter Suzy Connolly on the melodic guitar-pop shelf next to artists such as Aimee Mann and Matthew Sweet, who it turn draw their inspiration from Big Star and The Beatles wouldn’t be offensive to any of those artists. But there are moments on her debut album when she manages to transcend her musical lineage and come up with some surprising... Read the full story

Ruthie Foster – Let It Burn (Fuse)

While Ruthie Foster is best known in her home town of Austin, Tx, it makes perfect sense that she chose to make this album in New Orleans, with a cast of musicians from the musically resurgent Crescent City. Foster who performed at last years Bluesfest and Byron Bay, continues to build a great reputation that can only be enhanced by this album. The dominant sound on this album is the Hammond B3 of... Read the full story

Hoodoo Gurus Host Party – We’re Invited

How would it be if you could program your own mini-festival – and then be the headline act? Such is the fun of being Hoodoo Gurus. The great Australian band will celebrate their 30th anniversary by doing just that. And while it will be a lot of fun for the band of eternal music fans, its going to be absolutely unmissable for the rest of us. ‘Dig It Up! The Hoodoo Gurus Invitational’ will feature... Read the full story

Bruce Springsteen New Album Announced

Bruce Springsteen has announced he will release a new album this March, with the first single, ‘We Take Care Of Our Own,’ available now via Amazon. You can see a clip for the song here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Bz0d2xm7U&feature=youtu.be The album Wrecking Ball will be made available on UK iTunes from March 5 and will be his first album release since 2009′s Working On... Read the full story

Joseph Arthur New Double Album

One of this website’s favorite artists, Joseph Arthur has released his new album Redemption City on his website, allowing fans to download the 24 track effort for free and then deciding what they want to pay for it. I’ve been listening to it for the first time tonight and let me tell you. I’ll be going back and making a substantial donation. On early listening it’s an incredible piece of... Read the full story

Sisters of Mercy Sideshow

On February 28 2012, UK post-punk legends, The Sisters Of Mercy, will play a very special headline performance at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne. Tickets will go fast and if you get one remember not to wear a pastel coloured polo shirt to the gig. The show will be the only headline performance for the band in Australia, who is touring as a part of the Soundwave Festival in February and March. “Be... Read the full story

Lou Barlow Tours

Having just wrapped up a triumphant come-back tour with Sebadoh in September, one of the most prolific and influential songwriters of his generation Lou Barlow returns to Australia in solo mode this April. A founding member of Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh, two of the most acclaimed rock bands of the late 80s / early 90s, Lou is considered a pioneer of the lo-fi movement. After parting ways with Dinosaur... Read the full story

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