DV8 Back to Hoist Jolly Roger

TWELVE years and a week ago to the day, DV8 was due to perform its farewell gig at the Jolly Roger nightclub. This Saturday night the legendary Newcastle rock trio will return to the venue to perform the show that never happened.DV8 was forced to move its final show to the Newcastle Workers ...

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Testeagles in Town For Return Bout

THE stars of last year's DOGBITE festival, Adelaide's TESTEAGLES, will return to Maitland this weekend to deliver a second knockout blow.Playing at 8.30pm, before hometown heroes THE SCREAMING JETS take to the stage, the Testeagles have been writing a second album since completing a ...

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Stain Gets New Look

MEMBERS of Brisbane band PRETTY VIOLET STAIN were originally Unearthed by TRIPLE J. But by the time it had released the MONEY'S RIGHT EP, the group had shed its 'hard, angsty teenage edge' in favour of melodies and strong songs.Vocalist guitarist SHANE NICHOLSON said: 'We ...

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Powderfinger Find Their Niche

REGULAR passengers taking a ride aboard ODYSSEY NUMBER FIVE, the latest album from POWDERFINGER, will soon realise that Australia's favourite songsmiths have found their niche.The five-piece group, playing at the University of Newcastle next Tuesday, October 17, has opted again for American ...

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Middle Class nerds Tongue-in-Cheek Look at Industry

WHENEVER Melbourne contemporary music audiences grow tired of the state of popular music, they invariably turn to Oz rock's foremost parody artists TISM to hold an often unflattering mirror to society.In Newcastle, audiences have THE PR TEAM, playing this Saturday night at the Northern Star ...

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Wolverines Ride Into Town for Hit of Southern Vibe

AUSTRALIA'S premier southern-style boogie band THE WOLVERINES will perform on Saturday night at the Belmont 16 Footers.All veterans of the Australian music scene, DARCY LE YEAR, CHRIS DOYLE and JOHN CLINTON first banded together after discovering an affinity for the music of THE ALLMAN ...

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Get Spiritual with Moses

SINGER, composer, multi-instrumentalist and performer, MOSES O'JAH, has been enthralling audiences in his native Ghana and his adopted home of Denmark for over a decade.He has changed the face of African music Down Under since his stunning debut tour of Australia in 1997.O'Jah is ...

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Bringing fun for all ages

MELODIC hard-core punk band NO FUN AT ALL will perform an all-ages gig in Newcastle on Tuesday, October 31, at the Croatian Wickham Sports Club.This will be the fifth tour of Australia for the Swedish band, and its first since the release of the latest album STATE OF FLOW on BURNING HEART ...

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Suffering (Not):

LEAD vocalist SHIRLEY ALVES fronts SUCCOTASH, a new band featuring bass guitarist PETER GILCHRIST, drummer LYLE GOODMAN and lead guitarist DAMIEN WATSON on Friday night at the Grand Hotel. Alves performs songs by popular female artists such as ARETHA FRANKLIN, BABY ANIMALS, NATALIE IMBRUGLIA, ...

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Oblivia All in the Mind

WITH the debut single MY FRIEND achieving top-40 status, the OBLIVIA profile is building every day.Playing at DOGBITE 2000 this Saturday at 4.30pm, Oblivia have been working frantically this year on their debut album, THE CARELESS ONES, due out early next year.Oblivia's new single, MIND ...

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Music With Bite

POLITICAL rock band INSURGE will rail against fascism, pollution and globalisation, as usual, at DOGBITE 2000 on Saturday afternoon from 5.30.Insurge, who released their latest album, GLOBALIZATION, in July, have four EPs and one album.Recordings such as POWER TO THE POISON PEOPLE, THE DMF, THE ...

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