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8-piece The Black Seeds' fourth studio album Solid Ground
was written and work-shopped in Wellington over the 07/08 summer
months, and recorded with Dr Lee Prebble at The Surgery Studio
in Wellington. Joined for the first time on an album by trumpet
player Andrew Christiansen and keyboardist Nigel Patterson, the
new album has come on the back of 2 years of extensive international
live touring .... You Am I release their much anticipated
eighth studio album Dilettantes on September 13. The band’s long-time
producer Greg Wales produced the album .... Ash Grunwald will
release a new album, Fish Out Of Water, later this year. The album
was produced by Grunwald and Countbounce from TZU .... Sophie
Koh will release her much anticipated second album 'All Shook
Up', on August 9. Koh has teamed with producer and musician J
Walker on her new record ....The Drones' fourth album,
Havilah, in store September 20th ... Xavier Rudd's seventh
album Dark Shades of Blue is released in Australia on August 16th.
Described as Loud and psychedelic, Dark Shades of Blue highlights
was mixed by Joe Barresi (Tool, Queens of the Stone Age) ….‘…And
Then Tomorrow Came’ is the highly anticipated 3rd full length
album from Melbourne hip hop duo Muph & Plutonic.... As
well as re-releasing the classic 'Face to Face' the Angels
are releasing a DVD/CD comprised of never before released live
concert filmed at La Trobe University Melbourne in 1979, a bonus
interview, and CD of the same live concert …Original AC/DC singer
Dave Evans will release his new album 'Judgement Day' in July.
The album fills a 5-year gap since the release of 'Sinner' in
2003. Evans recorded 'Judgement Day' in Brisbane with producer
Mark Tinson .... Something With Numbers return with their
new album 'Rngineering The Soul'' on September 6 ....
Magic Dirt's new album 'Girl' was recorded at Birdland Studios....
The Spazzys new album, Dumb Is Forever. was recorded in
the US with producer Charles Fisher (Savage Garden, Hoodoo Gurus
and more) ….The fourth Rocket Science album is calleed
'Different Like You' ....independent Melbourne folk-rock-orchestra
Lamplight have released their self-titled second album
... Beautiful Hum” is the debut album from Brisbane Rock band
Small Mercies... NZ's Elemeno P spent the last half
of 2007 in hiding, recording their third , self-titled album in
a self-built home studio ... .Titled ‘Book of Lies’, the new End
Of Fashion album will be released in September. This time
around, they recorded in their hometown of Perth with Australian
Producer Magoo (Midnight Oil, Powderfinger, Regurgitator), who
co-produced their first EP .... Stephen Cummings
forthcoming album will be called 'Happiest Man Alive' ...
Steele
works
While Katy
Steele is returning to work with her group Little Birdy after
a number of solo international shows which sparked rumours of
a slit, Katy's brother Luke is putting his mind to several side
projects away which mean that Sleepy Jackson has temporarily been
put to rest. Luke and Pnau member Nick Littlemore are ready to
release an album as Empire Of The Sun, and another project in
the works for the eccentric and multi-talented Luke is an album
with Silverchair's Daniel Johns. Steele and Johns' project is
to be named Hathaway and Palmer after William Hathaway and Walter
Palmer. Go figure. Katy and her band in the meantime has started
work on Little Birdy's third album at Melbourne's Sing Sing studios
with producer Steven Schram. (August 25)
Come back
again
The Badloves
are the latest band to announce a reunion, following comebacks
from The Models, CDB, and in New Zealand, the Headless Chickens.
Badloves singer
Michael Spiby plans to get back together with most of the band's
former members for performances starting in September, and there
may even be a another album. Inspired by seventies roots rockers
like the Dingoes, The Badloves quickly established themselves
as one of Australia's favourite live attractions, backup with
their debut album 'Get On Board'.
The Models
- featuring Sean Kelly and James Freud - will play two shows in
Melbourne and Sydney in September to coincide with the band's
30th anniversary. Joining them for these shows are another legendary
reformed band from that era The Reels. The Models started out
as an experimental alternative band who shared stages (and a single)
with Nick Cave's Boys Next Door, and became 80s pop heroes scoring
a national No.1 hit with 'Out Of Mind Out Of Sight'
Vocal CDB
took 'Let's Groove to No.1 in 1995. Gary Pinto, Andrew De Silva,
Brad Pinto and Danny Williams have reunited and will soon release
`The Funk Sessions`. CDB recorded two albums in the 90s but broke
up after the release of `Lifted` in 1997 after Gary Pinto left
the band.
Kiwi rock
act Headless Chickens, fronted by former NZ Idol judge Fiona McDonald,
have announced they will reform for the Homebake Festival in Sydney
on December 6. The band released three albums.(August 18)
Stars on
the move
In one of
the biggest Australian music shake-ups in years manager John Watson
is moving his stable of artists - Silverchair, Missy Higgins,
Little Birdy, Kisschasy and Paul Mac - from EMI to Universal.
Watson's Eleven record company joins Modular records (Wolfmother,
Cut Copy, The Presets) and Dew Process (Powderfinger, Sarah Blasko,
The Living End) at Universal giving the company by far the most
impressive local music roster. Until the Living End joined Dew
Process for their latest album they were also distributed through
EMI. Universal also releases the Ralph Carr managed family of
artists including Kate Ceberano, Vanessa Amorosi and Carl Riseley.
The Eleven team join Universal on September 1. In another corporate
move former George singer Katie Noonan has shifted from Warners
to Sony BMG. (August 5)
Juggernauts
and the hip hop legend
After conquering
the legendary Glastonbury festival last month, Melbourne indie
electronic trio the Midnight Juggernauts continue their assault
on the world with more live performances and plans for a new EP
of remixes, including one from hip hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash.
The band's 'Into The Galaxy' will also feature remixes from UK
outfit Metronomy, French producer Danger, Architecture in Helsinki,
Parisian outfit Chateau Marmont and New York's Shychild . The
EP will be released internationally on August 11 on a limited
edition 12" while Australian fans will have access to the release
through iTunes. (July 17)
Local and/or
general
*The Datsuns are in the final stages of their 4th studio
album.
*The Drones
have signed a management deal with Sydney- based Bill Cullen of
One Louder Management (Paul Kelly, End of Fashion, Sarah Blasko).
*The
Butterfly Effect have already named the album they have just
started recording. Due for release in September the album will
be called 'Final Conversations Of Kings' …
* .Tthree years since Savage's 'Swing' was riding high
in the Kiwi charts the track is about to get a new lease of life
after being featured in last year's hit comedy 'Knocked Up'.
We can
get together
Ben Lee is
recording with Missy Higgins, and Silverchair's Daniel Johns is
writing songs with Luke Steele of Sleepy Jackson. In a post on
Bee Lee's myspace.com/benlee the singer has revealed that he and
Missy Higgins have recorded two tracks towards his next album.
"My good buddy Missy Higgins came by the studio to hang out and
added a sweet vocal hook to 'I Love Pop Music'. She sounds great
on the track. Its the most political song I've ever written'.
Missy also appears on a track called 'Yoko Ono'. In a separate
online posting on Silverchair's website it's been confirmed that
"Silverchair's Daniel Johns and The Sleepy Jackson's Luke Steele
have been writing and recording songs together over the past few
months". The plans for those sessions is not yet clear. (July
4)
Jet and
Iggy are Wild Ones
Jet have collaborated
with Iggy Pop at the Hit Factory Studios in Miami on a new version
of Johnny O'Keefe's 'The Wild One' for an upcoming tribute album
to the Australian rock pioneer. It coincides with the Australian
Recording Industry Association (ARIA) choosing 'The Wild One'
as the moment to celebrate for the 50th anniversary of rock and
roll in Australia. There are those who argue that "I'm The Wild
One" wasn't first, that there were previous events in Australian
rock and roll history. It wasn't even JOK's first release. But
'The Wild One' IS the moment when Australian rock left its mark
for all time. It was O'Keefe's national breakthrough. Buddy Holly
and the Crickets were on tour in Australia, heard 'I'm The Wild
One' and drummer Jerry Allison recorded a version as 'Real Wild
Child'. Jerry Lee Lewis also recorded it for an album and it was
THAT version Iggy Pop remembered in 1987, not realizing the tribute
he was paying Australia's original rocker hero. 'Real Wild Child
(Wild One)' had become part of rock and roll's fabric, not just
in Australia but internationally. -Ed.Nimmervoll (June 30)
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