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Athlete begin work on new album
[source: NME.com] Athlete have begun work on their new album, according to a posting on their official site. The album will be the follow-up to 2005's Tourist. "It's coming along soooooo well… Just can't wait to get in now. It's been a good week all round. Joel [Pott, singer/guitarist], Tim [Wanstall, keyboards] and I got together to play each other our ideals and do a little recording and we've booked into a rehearsal studio for two days next week so we can all start playing over ideas together," bassist Carey Willetts wrote. The album is expected sometime in 2007.
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Chris Isaak announces promo visit
Chris Isaak has announced he will visit Sydney and Melbourne in early June to promote his first ever best-of set. The Best Of Chris Isaak showcases Isaak's numerous musical personas, from the rockabilly rebel ("Dancin'", "Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing", "Speak Of The Devil") to brokenhearted crooner ("Wicked Game", "Somebody's Crying") and acoustic storyteller ("San Francisco Days", "Two Hearts"). As we've come to expect, it also includes two brand new songs (the elegant "King Without A Castle" and break-up exhortation "Let's Have A Party"). There are two covers included on the album: Cheap Trick's power-pop anthem "I Want You To Want Me" (a live favourite previously unavailable on any of his Cds) and an inspired version of his hero Roy Orbison's classic lovelorn ballad "Only The Lonely". There's also a stirring never-before-heard acoustic version of "Forever Blue".
Isaak: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3500348
Cheap trick: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3500138
Orbison: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3501854
The Exploders get The Silents treatment
This month two of the country's freshest young bands are joining forces and taking to the highways to bring their rock to the sweaty hordes. The Exploders will showcase material from their recently re-released self titled debut, while The Silents - currently receiving airplay on Triple J for their track "Nightcrawl" - will perform their first shows outside Western Australia. Tour dates:
Thursday April 27 – Enigma, Adelaide
Friday April 28 – National Hotel, Geelong
Saturday April 29 – Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne
Wednesday May 3 – Sodens, Albury
Thursday May 4 – ANU, Canberra
Friday May 5 – Northern Star, Newcastle
Saturday May 6 – Spectrum, Sydney
Sunday May 7 – Oxford Tavern, Wollongong
Wednesday May 10 – Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Thursday May 11 – Great Northern, Byron Bay
Friday May 12 – Sol Bar, Coolum
Saturday May 13 – Ric's Bar, Brisbane
Exploders: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3539754
Evermore announce intimate theatre tour, set release date
Evermore are set to drop their massively anticipated second album, Real Life, on Sunday July 9. Meanwhile, they've announced a series of intimate theatre shows for May, with a full national arena tour to follow in June. Fans who attend the May shows will also receive a limited edition EP containing the track "My Guiding Light" from Real Life, as well as two exclusive B-sides and a track from support act The Exploders. Evermore recorded Real Life in a studio near a lake in Massachusetts with producer Jon Alagia (Dave Matthews, Ben Folds). Drummer Dann Hume describes the album as "sounding like a brother to [debut album] Dreams. An older, cooler brother who owns a car instead of a bike. Or something like that. A few tunes have rocked up since we took them over - and some are half as long!" Tour dates:
Theatre shows:
Thursday May 18 – QPAC Playhouse, Brisbane
Friday May 19 – York Theatre (Seymour Centre), Sydney
Saturday May 20 – National Theatre, St. Kilda
Friday May 26 – The Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide
Saturday May 27 – Octagon Theatre (Uni of WA), Perth
Arena shows:
Wednesday June 7 – Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Thursday June 8 – Sydney Entertainment Centre
Friday June 9 – Sydney Entertainment Centre
Sunday June 11 – Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
Monday June 12 – Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
Wednesday June 14 – Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Friday June 16 – Perth Burswood Dome
Evermore: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3506453
Matthews: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3501533
Folds: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3502066
Michael Jackson starts work on new album
[source: NME.com] Michael Jackson has begun recording his first new material since 2001. The singer is releasing the album through Bahrain-based label Two Seals. According to a statement from the label, Jackson has signed a deal with Abdulla Hamad Al-Khalifa, a member of the Bahraini royal family. "I'm enjoying being back in the studio making music," Jackson said in a statement, adding that he was "incredibly excited" about the new album. Jackson has been living in the Middle East since being acquitted of child abuse charges in 2005. The star has been charting regularly in the UK this year after his classic singles were the subject of a reissue program similar to the one Elvis Presley enjoyed last year.
MJ: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3500107
Elvis: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=35015800
[source: NME.com] Athlete have begun work on their new album, according to a posting on their official site. The album will be the follow-up to 2005's Tourist. "It's coming along soooooo well… Just can't wait to get in now. It's been a good week all round. Joel [Pott, singer/guitarist], Tim [Wanstall, keyboards] and I got together to play each other our ideals and do a little recording and we've booked into a rehearsal studio for two days next week so we can all start playing over ideas together," bassist Carey Willetts wrote. The album is expected sometime in 2007.
/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3502011
Chris Isaak announces promo visit
Chris Isaak has announced he will visit Sydney and Melbourne in early June to promote his first ever best-of set. The Best Of Chris Isaak showcases Isaak's numerous musical personas, from the rockabilly rebel ("Dancin'", "Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing", "Speak Of The Devil") to brokenhearted crooner ("Wicked Game", "Somebody's Crying") and acoustic storyteller ("San Francisco Days", "Two Hearts"). As we've come to expect, it also includes two brand new songs (the elegant "King Without A Castle" and break-up exhortation "Let's Have A Party"). There are two covers included on the album: Cheap Trick's power-pop anthem "I Want You To Want Me" (a live favourite previously unavailable on any of his Cds) and an inspired version of his hero Roy Orbison's classic lovelorn ballad "Only The Lonely". There's also a stirring never-before-heard acoustic version of "Forever Blue".
Isaak: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3500348
Cheap trick: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3500138
Orbison: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3501854
The Exploders get The Silents treatment
This month two of the country's freshest young bands are joining forces and taking to the highways to bring their rock to the sweaty hordes. The Exploders will showcase material from their recently re-released self titled debut, while The Silents - currently receiving airplay on Triple J for their track "Nightcrawl" - will perform their first shows outside Western Australia. Tour dates:
Thursday April 27 – Enigma, Adelaide
Friday April 28 – National Hotel, Geelong
Saturday April 29 – Evelyn Hotel, Melbourne
Wednesday May 3 – Sodens, Albury
Thursday May 4 – ANU, Canberra
Friday May 5 – Northern Star, Newcastle
Saturday May 6 – Spectrum, Sydney
Sunday May 7 – Oxford Tavern, Wollongong
Wednesday May 10 – Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Thursday May 11 – Great Northern, Byron Bay
Friday May 12 – Sol Bar, Coolum
Saturday May 13 – Ric's Bar, Brisbane
Exploders: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3539754
Evermore announce intimate theatre tour, set release date
Evermore are set to drop their massively anticipated second album, Real Life, on Sunday July 9. Meanwhile, they've announced a series of intimate theatre shows for May, with a full national arena tour to follow in June. Fans who attend the May shows will also receive a limited edition EP containing the track "My Guiding Light" from Real Life, as well as two exclusive B-sides and a track from support act The Exploders. Evermore recorded Real Life in a studio near a lake in Massachusetts with producer Jon Alagia (Dave Matthews, Ben Folds). Drummer Dann Hume describes the album as "sounding like a brother to [debut album] Dreams. An older, cooler brother who owns a car instead of a bike. Or something like that. A few tunes have rocked up since we took them over - and some are half as long!" Tour dates:
Theatre shows:
Thursday May 18 – QPAC Playhouse, Brisbane
Friday May 19 – York Theatre (Seymour Centre), Sydney
Saturday May 20 – National Theatre, St. Kilda
Friday May 26 – The Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide
Saturday May 27 – Octagon Theatre (Uni of WA), Perth
Arena shows:
Wednesday June 7 – Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Thursday June 8 – Sydney Entertainment Centre
Friday June 9 – Sydney Entertainment Centre
Sunday June 11 – Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
Monday June 12 – Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
Wednesday June 14 – Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Friday June 16 – Perth Burswood Dome
Evermore: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3506453
Matthews: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3501533
Folds: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3502066
Michael Jackson starts work on new album
[source: NME.com] Michael Jackson has begun recording his first new material since 2001. The singer is releasing the album through Bahrain-based label Two Seals. According to a statement from the label, Jackson has signed a deal with Abdulla Hamad Al-Khalifa, a member of the Bahraini royal family. "I'm enjoying being back in the studio making music," Jackson said in a statement, adding that he was "incredibly excited" about the new album. Jackson has been living in the Middle East since being acquitted of child abuse charges in 2005. The star has been charting regularly in the UK this year after his classic singles were the subject of a reissue program similar to the one Elvis Presley enjoyed last year.
MJ: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3500107
Elvis: /artistDisplay.asp?artistid=35015800
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