Hip Hop Boys Get Huge Fan Support

IN the past 12 months, the Australian hip hop scene has truly sky rocketed.With the support of  TRIPLE J and a growing acceptance of homegrown artists, acts like  THE HERD and  DOWNSYDE have garnered new support from fans nationwide.Newcastle will showcase the cream of the crop when the  ...

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Electronic Music With Some Style

BECAUSE electronic music is based around the use of samplers, synthesisers and computers, it is often accused of not really being music.But Sydney act  ENTROPIC  has proved critics wrong by creating live electronica without the use of any electronics.Instead, the band uses double bass, ...

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The Music

AFTER just one year,  THE MUSIC already had plenty to live up to.Critics tagged the young four-piece as the ``best unsigned band in Britain'' and ``potentially the most important group since  OASIS .'' Expectations were fulfilled with the release of the band's debut ...

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Brian Cadd

AFTER 40 years in the music business, it's no surprise that  BRIAN CADD has his fair share of tales to tell.Cadd's music career began in the early 60s when he joined  THE GROOP. It was during the band's first tour of England that Cadd experienced one of his many memorable ...

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Aussie Storm

YOU'VE seen them on television, now see them in the flesh.The boys from  CHANNEL NINE reality program  STRIPSEARCH are on the road and are set to storm into Newcastle next week.Stripsearch took reality television to the next level earlier this year when it launched the search to find ...

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Grandville

MAKING a name for yourself in the music world is tough enough.It's even tougher when you try to form a band in a remote country town.Such was the case for Melbourne rock band  GRANDVILLE , which formed in the small Victorian town of Benella.``We really just formed to have a bit of ...

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Ben Brings an Album on Tour

HOPEFULLY BEN LEE won't be taking directions from fellow muso  BEN FOLDS when he makes his way to Newcastle in September.When the pair performed at Civic Theatre in March during The Bens tour, Folds accidently co used Newcastle for Newport.``It was really fun that tour,'' Lee ...

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Boompty Boomp

IF you've ever been to SOUNDS ON SUNDAY  at Sydney's  GREENWOOD HOTEL , it's likely that you've come across DJ SHAMUS .Shamus began his DJ career just four years ago but has already become a veteran of the popular weekly event.He made his debut at Sounds on Sunday a ...

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The Whitlams

The Whitlams will return to their roots when the band performs at  SOLDIERS POINT BOWLING CLUB  on August 3.It will mark a return to the pub and club atmosphere that inspired frontman TIM FREEDMAN to pen songs such as ifGod Drinks at The Sando  and ifBlow Up the Pokies .The show will be ...

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Strike A Light

ACCORDING to frontman ROB THOMAS, MATCHBOX TWENTY has always been the underdog.``We've just been about writing songs and sometimes that comes across as not hip, because it's not on every magazine cover,'' Thomas said.``But at the same time, we've managed to be not on ...

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