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Album Review: Supergroup Bleak Squad – Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Mess Esque), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, The Birthday Party), Adalita (Magic Dirt) and Marty Brown (Art of Fighting) – gather together to brew the spectacular ‘Strange Love’.

Naarm/Melbourne’s gothic noir Bleak Squad consists of living legends Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Mess Esque), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, The Birthday Party), Adalita (Magic Dirt) and Marty Brown (Art of…

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News: Jim White (Dirty Three) announces solo album and leads with the atmospheric title track ‘Inner Day’, with Australian and US dates ahead with Ed Kuepper

The premiere Australian percussionist and living icon Jim White – the power house engine behind the skins in Dirty Three, has announced the release of his second ever solo album…

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Track: Supergroup Bleak Squad( Adalita, Mick Harvey, Mick Turner, Marty Brown) release second single ‘Strange Love’ ahead of debut live shows, with tickets on sale today for Sydney shows with support from Ed Kuepper and Jim White

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News: Celebrating Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground & Nico – a stellar night with performances by Robert Foster, Mick Harvey, Dave Graney, Rob Snarski and Stefanie Duzel announced.

The Velvet Underground was always one of those bands that might have had less than spectacular commercial success, but probably directly influenced the favourite bands of anyone with respectable music…

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Track: Indie Naarm/Melbourne superlative group Bleak Squad (Adalita, Mick Harvey, Mick Turner and Marty Brown) announce debut album ‘Strange Love’ and unveil the frosty single ‘Lost My Head’.

You can’t get much more super than news of the new group, Naarm/Melbourne’s Bleak Squad, consisting of living legends Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Mess Esque), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave &…

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News: The Cruel Sea set sail on national tour with Mick Harvey

The Cruel Sea tap Mick Harvey for rare tour

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Live Review + Photo Galleries: The Saints ’73-’78 show their product at The Odeon Theatre, Hobart 26.11.2024 supported by Liquid Nails

Reincarnated punk legends, The Saints, hit The Odeon on a sultry Wednesday evening to deliver some large slices of Australian rock and roll history from the seminal period of the…

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Meet: We chat to Mick Harvey (The Birthday Party, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) about wild characters, leaving the Bad Seeds, mortality and pride

Mick Harvey, founding member of seminal and legendary bands, The Birthday Party and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, has made a profound and lasting contribution to indie music. His…

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Live Review and Gallery: Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds with Kim Salmon, The Republic Hotel, Hobart, 24/04/2024

I was with a couple of friends at the iconic Republic Hotel in Hobart who had never seen Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds live before. I felt a…

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Track: ‘We Had An Island’ – the dreamy new track from the legendary Mick Harvey ahead of his first solo album in ten years and tour.

Displaying his extraordinary vocal range, Mick Harvey has unveiled his latest single ‘We Had An Island’ ahead of his first solo album ‘Five Ways To Say Goodbye’. The new track…

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