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No Better Than This – John Mellencamp (Rounder)

On this his twenty-fifth album, the restless creative soul of John Mellencamp takes a ramble down another path, and this time it’s a path that winds deep into the past and arrives at a location that makes the most possible contemporary sense. Mind you if you are going to go wandering down dark paths into the past of American music its best you take a knowledgeable tour guide and there is no better... Read the full story

Neil Young and Daniel Lanois Combine

Neil Young recently announced on his Facebook page that his new Daniel Lanois produced album will be out on September 28. Said Young, “Le Noise” is complete. It is a solo record. Playbacks are happening now. Release date is September 28th. It will be available in Vinyl, CD and I tunes in the first edition, followed by Blu-Ray, and an APP for I-Phone and I-Pad a month or so later. The app will be... Read the full story

Roger Hodgson’s Live Album

After his extremely successful Australian tour earlier this year former Supertramp singer and major songwriter Roger Hodgson is going to release a new album showcasing his performances of the great hits he’s been playing on tour. Classics Live is a spectacular collection of live performances from around the world this year with band, orchestra and solo. It’s something Roger’s been wanting to... Read the full story

Heart Returns With New Album

Before Heart turned kinda cheesy in the 80’s they were a truly great rock n’ roll band. Albums like Dreamboat Annie, Little Queen, Dog and Butterfly, Private Audition and Bebe le Strange were full of great hard rock songs, stunning ballads and Ann Wilson surely was one of the best female rock singers to ever grace the stage and to be committed to vinyl. A series of big hits with formulaic ballads... Read the full story

Springsteen’s ‘The Promise’ Might Be The Release Of The Year

I know what I’m getting myself for Christmas. Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story’ will be released on Nov 16. The Deluxe Package comprises over six hours of film and more than two hours of audio across 3 CDs and 3 DVDs. The media contents are packaged within an 80-page notebook containing facsimiles from Springsteen’s original notebooks... Read the full story

Ray Davies New Album Sound Very Cool

Ray Davies is rightly revered as one of the great songwriters in rock n’ roll history as well as being one of its more interesting characters. Thus it comes as no surprise when it came to recording his new album a fascinating cast of guests have been happy to appear. Various confirmed and unconfirmed stories seem to suggest that some of these suggestions are close to the truth. In 2009 Davies recorded... Read the full story

Brian Wilson Replaces Peter Gabriel

You win some, you lose some. The bad news is that Peter Gabriel will no longer be headlining the November 1st Concert at Intimate Arena Mode, Etihad Stadium. The cancellation is said to be due to scheduling issues. But there’s a very bright silver lining to this dark cloud. Brian Wilson will replace Gabriel on the November 1st Concert as the headline international guest. Australian fans can expect... Read the full story

Martha and the Muffins

I wasn’t expecting to be talking to Martha and the Muffins in 2010. Like just about everyone else in the western world I was enchanted by their huge hit from 1980 Echo Beach and I was aware that they had continued to be an important recording act in various parts of the world although never again reaching the commercial heights of that iconic song. They went on to record seven albums and in Canada... Read the full story

Lloyd Cole – Broken Record (Tapete)

Lloyd Cole is either a brave or a humorous artist – and, in all likelihood, he’s both. The opening line on his new, independently recorded album is “Not that I have that much dignity left anyway” and a repeated line in the title track is “starting to sound like a broken record”. It almost invites the suggestion that Cole has devolved from a cutting edge, highly lauded, mainstream, popular... Read the full story

U2 Announced For Australia

U2 will bring the 360 degree tour to Australia and New Zealand from November. Tickets for the shows have also been priced for every budget starting at $39.90. General admission floor tickets start at $99.90. ‘U2 has alays been at their best when surrounded by their audience, and this extraordinary production makes that happens in stadiums,” says U2 manager Paul McGuiness. “It was important to... Read the full story

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