I caught The Horse Darkly last week at The Globe in Brisbane, and I have to say, I am constantly amazed at just how much talent this town fosters. It’s just such a shame there’s no place for them to play! The night began with Anna Weatherup playing to a near empty room, which is a shame –...

Franz Ferdinand are to release their second album of the year later this month. Blood is the result of the band’s recording sessions with producer Dan Carey last year. The album features a new song Be Afraid alongside a handful of dub bersions of tracks from Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, released earlier...

A Twitter stream that supposedly featured music producer Phil Spector blogging from prison after his murder conviction has proved to be fake. What a surprise! The anonymous prankster admitted that he wasn’t really Spector, and that the producer hadn’t actually befriended a cockroach named...

Quote of the Week: The Gossip’s Beth Ditto on Katy Perry’s I Kissed A Girl: “[It's a] Boner dyke anthem for straight girls who like to turn guys on by making out or, like, faking gay just riding on the backs of our culture, without having to pay any of the dues and not being actually...

After 18 years with Sony Music, Pearl Jam are going the ‘indie’ route. Their manager Kelly Curtis told Billboard their upcoming album Backspacer would come backed with a consortium of partners including Target, an online retailer, a mobile partner, a gaming company and a network of indie retail...