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Appeal To Reason is the fifth studio album from Rise Against.
As expected, it's filled with political messages including a strong anti-war sentiment.
Singer Tim McIlrath explained to Zan Rowe why he really wanted to get those ideas out.
"I learned more about the Vietnam War from people like Neil Young or Creedence Clearwater Revival or Buffalo Springfield than I learned from a historty book. And to this day these songs are constantly on the airwaves spreading this message and telling people what it was really like in the seventies and late sixties in America during the Vietnam War. It's this message that managed to reach people like me. And I learned so much about what people were really feeling. You can only get so much from a history book telling you the straight facts."
Rise Against have just announced they'll be touring Australia next March.
They'll be bringing Swedish band The (International) Noise Conspiracy with them for shows in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
The Black Seeds from New Zealand have earned acclaim on the international dub scene with the four albums they've released in their ten year career.
But now their profile is preading even further thanks to former member Bret McKenzie.
One half of the comedy duo Flight Of The Conchords, Bret played with The Black Seeds until 2006.
With the success of his tv show he's had to officially leave the band. But he still likes to hang out when he can.
"He'd just finished filming the first series and he came over for a week. Plyed some gigs, we shot a music video, hung out, it was great, like the old days really. Except when we got to the airport to leave he was mobbed by young girls. That was the only difference really. It's also funny hearing some of the jokes on the shows that we've heard for years in the van in situations that are real that have been fitted in to the show."
The Black Seeds have just released their new album Solid Ground.
Cold War Kids have released their second album Loyalty To Loyalty.
When they were in Australia a few weeks back, Matt and Nathan told Richard Kingsmill that fans can get behind the scenes to see the inspiration for the track Mexican Dogs.
"We have a DVD that's coming out with the record that our friend Vern made that follows us around through a lot of the recording process. He gets footage of us while we're in Mexico City. There's dogs and they're running around. Mexican dogs are a different breed, unlike any other dog we've ever seen. That's why they hit us so hard. They bite your ankles and they love your ankles. They bite it hard but they don't bite it too hard."
According to internet reports Bjork has a new single coming next week - and Thom Yorke will appear as a guest vocalist.
The two have worked together before, on a song for the Dancer In The Dark soundtrack.
A few websites are claiming that Bjorks 'people' have released the news that the single is titled Nattura, which is the name of the festival put on in Reykjavík by Bjork and Sigur Ros a couple of months back.
Like the festival, this collaboration aims to "highlight a grass roots movement in Iceland to reclaim the country's natural resources and wilderness from the hands of big business and pollution."
If you can read Icelandic you can find out more about Nattura here.
You'll hear the collaboration on triple j as soon as it's available.
Melbourne's beloved live music venue the Esplanade Hotel turns 130 this year.
According to the owners that adds up to 47,450 days of operation, 400,000 live music sets and 142,700,000 pots of beer consumed!
Celebrations will be on the massive scale that such a landmark deserves, kicking off on November 1st with a Family Day. Then a month long program of special events will feature lots of new and legendary local acts including BODYJAR, DUKES OF WINDSOR, THE HOODOO GURUS, BEHIND CRIMSON EYES and THE FAUVES.
The St Jerome's Laneway Festival will be back in 2009.
This year the festival will hit Perth for the first time, as well as making a return to Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney.
The first line-up announcement was made this morning: GIRL TALK, STEREOLAB, ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI, THE HOLD STEADY, THE DRONES, CUT OFF YOUR HANDS, FOUR TET, TAME IMPALA, EL GUINCHO, JAY REATARD, BURAKA SOM SISTEMA DJ/MC SET, THE TEMPER TRAP, NO AGE, JOHN STEEL SINGERS, CANYONS, PIVOT, PORT O'BRIEN, HOLLY THROSBY, BORN RUFFIANS, MOUNTAINS IN THE SKY, TIM FITE, STILL FLYIN , DAEDELUS.
Here are the dates and venues:
Saturday, 31 January 2009 - BRISBANE Alexandria St off St Paul's Terrace, Fortitude Valley
Sunday, 1 February 2009 - MELBOURNE Lonsdale St, Caledonian Lane and Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne
Friday, 6 February 2009 - PERTH Perth Cultural Centre, Northbridge
Saturday, 7 February 2009 - ADELAIDE Fowler's Live, Northern Terrace
Sunday, 8 February 2009 - SYDNEY The Basement, Macquarie Park & Reiby Place, Circular Quay
Kanye West is heading back to Australia for the Glow In The Dark tour in December.
He'll be supported by Nas and New Zealand rapper Scribe at all shows.
Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena - Fri Dec 5 Sydney, ACER Arena - Sat Dec 6 Brisbane, Entertainment Centre - Sun Dec 7
Tickets are on sale Monday Oct 13.
Icelandic singer Emiliana Torrini made a big impression on local audiences when she toured her album Fisherman's Woman (featuring the Heartstopper single) a couple of years back.
She's just announced she'll return with her band in November to showcase her new album Me And Armini.
Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane - Sun Nov 16 Metro Theatre, Sydney - Mon Nov 17 Forum Theatre, Melbourne - Tues Nov 18 Fly By Night, Perth - Thurs Nov 20
And Crowded House have announced just a handful of Australian shows, supported by Josh Pyke.
Tolosa Park, Hobart - Sat 29 Nov The Forum, Melbourne - Tues 02 Dec Enmore Theatre, Sydney - Thurs 04 Dec
Tickets for all three shows are on sale October 22nd.
For all the latest info on live music near you check the triple j gig guide.
Peaches didn't hold back when talking up her new album on brekkie.
"It sounds fantastic. It's amazing. It's like a big variety show. There's a ballad and then there's some real hard stuff and some disco. I recorded a lot of it in London with Simian Mobile Disco. I'm finishing off a track now with Digitalism. I decided to just collaborate with everyone. I did a lot of writing with Gonzales, which is great because we never actually got to write anything for Peaches albums before."
The album won't be ready for a few months and doesn’t have a name yet. But Peaches reckons she’s strongly considering Deafened by Fuschia, Blinded By Chains – a comment made by Zan Rowe when she saw the rock star wandering the halls of triple j in a vibrant outfit. We’ll let you know if she decides to run with it.
Cog have had to push back their October 10th show at The Queensbridge Hotel in Melbourne - because front man Flynn Gower is just hours away from becoming a father for the scond time.
Tickets for tonight's gig will be valid for the rescheduled show on Saturday 22nd November. Ticket holders can get a refund from the point of purchase if they chose to.
The same support acts - MM9 and Freestate - will also be at the rescheduled show.
Local indigenous awards The Deadlys gave out their 2008 honours this week.
The big winner across the music categories was folk singer Gurrumul Yunupingu. He won Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Single of the Year for the song History (I Was Born Blind).
Most Promising New Talent went to country artist Adam James and The Black Arm Band took out Band of the Year.
Get the full list of winners in all categories here.
