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Concert cornucopia time once again for Aussie kids: The Lemonheads are doing It’s a Shame About Ray “Don’t Look Back” style. Last seen in these parts by Webcuts in 1993 we’re looking forward in re-visiting the past a-la “Hot Tub Time Machine” with The Lemonheads in November. Meanwhile in January Junip featuring the gentle Swede Jose González are playing Sunset Sounds and doing two sideshows, likewise Interpol. Finally classic loving Canadian Owen Pallett who in a perplexing move is not doing any festival slots or classic albums in full at all but just coming out here to play a normal run of shows. Hurrah!

We told you about the bounty of international acts coming Australia’s way in the next few months a couple of weeks back, now after an announcement they would play the Meredith music festival in Victoria got those in other states chomping at the bit it’s now official — Mark E Smith and his current cohorts known as The Fall are playing headline shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne on the back of this year’s Your Future, Our Clutter album. Also tour dates for San Fran’s Girls and Canadian indie supergroup The New Pornographers.

Okkervil River The Zoo, Brisbane 3rd May 2009 “No one wants to hear about your 97th tear” offers Will Sheff, he of red beard, bookish glasses and shaggy hair, during tonight’s opening rhyme heavy “Plus Ones”. Oh but we do. We want to hear ninety odd minutes of heartbreak and loss, songs about self harm, [...]

V Festival The behemoth of the V Festival roles into the country at the end of the month. It features the usual mix of mainstream and up and coming rock/pop and electronic acts including The Killers, Snow Patrol, Kaiser Chiefs, Elbow, The Human League, Madness, M83, Louis XIV, Howling Bells, The Kills and more. Apr [...]

of Montreal The Zoo, Brisbane 4 March 2009 It’s just before the encore that things start getting really weird: Two guys in animal masks start playing — Mr Fish is on drums while Mr Lion roars into the microphone, garnering the requisite response from the crowd necessary in encore type situations — leading me to [...]

We shan’t be coy: We’ve adored Okkervil River ever since Black Sheep Boy crept up on us almost four years ago. 2007′s The Stage Names was named one of our favourite albums of that year and likewise last year’s The Stand In’s also received a coverted placing in our top 25 poll. The fabulous Austin [...]