Photographer: Chris Dornan Photography

Photographer: Chris Dornan Photography
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As part of her visit for the 2012 APRA Song Summit, Imogen Heap will perform a series of stripped back renditions of songs from her globetrotting, in-progress album – 6 songs in 60 minutes – giving fans the chance to interact with the award-winning singer-songwriter and gain a unique insight into the stories behind each song. This early evening recital will be set in the intimate and picturesque surrounds of the Concert Hall northern foyer.

Now at the peak of a diverse career spanning 15 years, Heap is using her knowledge of the web and social networking to communicate and collaborate in pioneering ways, eschewing the constraints of recording and touring cycles. Releasing a song every 3 months for the past year, the Heapsongs series has become invariably connected with the unique projects and locations she has found herself in – ranging from visits to India, China and Bhutan to developing an app for the upcoming Olympic Games.
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Following the success of the single ‘Brother’ on the Hottest 100, it seems Australian fans can’t get enough of Matt Corby. His National ‘Into The Flame’ tour has seen him play 14 shows in 18 days, to 10,000 fans and had completely sold-out a month ahead of the first show.

‘The Winter Tour’ will see Matt play in theatre venues around the country this June. An allocation of tickets will be available for pre-sale to fans ahead of the general public; for the pre-sale password fans need to head to www.mattcorby.com.au and sign up to the mailing list where they will also receive a free download of the track ‘Winter’ from Matt’s 2010 EP, Transition to Colour. The fan pre-sale will be live from 9am to 6pm Thursday March 8.
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Photographer: Robert Pugsley

Photographer: Robert Pugsley
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Illusive and Frontier Touring by arrangement with Artist Voice and Outpost Management have announced the highly anticipated national tour for Kimbra! The five-date interstate jaunt brings the jetsetting Kiwi back to her adopted Australian home in May for her first solo tour in close to a year. The intimate affair will see Kimbra bring her acclaimed live show to limited-capacity venues for what is set to be one of the hottest tickets in town.
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GTM ADDS LOCAL ARTISTS AND PLAYS HOST TO THE FIRST REGIONAL CHANNEL [V] PRESENTER SEARCH!

With only a few short weeks to go until the 2012 tour kicks off, Groovin’ the Moo is excited to be making three huge announcements! The first is to congratulate all five winners of triple j’s unearthed competition, the second is to announce the local artists who will be completing the GTM line up in each region AND the third is to spread the word far and wide that Channel V will, for the first time, be searching for their next presenter at all five Groovin’ the Moo events.

GTM is proud to have triple j unearthed involved in the programming of local artists in each of the regions and last Thursday, March 29th triple j announced some of the finest up and coming Australian talent who will be kicking off the show in their respective areas on the triple j stage.

CONGRATULATIONS to the following triple j unearthed winners:
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’New Wild Everywhere’ is the follow-up to Canadian band Great Lake Swimmers’ critically acclaimed, Polaris Music Prize shortlisted and Juno award nominated 2009 album ’Lost Channels’. Their fifth album in just under a decade, this new collection of 12 tracks reveals a depth and maturity previously only hinted at by lead singer and songwriter Tony Dekker.

Featuring the touring band from Lost Channels (with long-time collaborator Erik Arnesen on banjo and guitar, along with new addition Miranda Mulholland contributing backing vocals and violin, Bret Higgins on upright bass, and drummer Greg Millson), New Wild Everywhere thematically picks up where the previous album left off, exploring transcendence in the natural world to describe the universal themes of love, mortality and escape.
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QUT’s cutting edge Independent Music project is once again cultivating Queensland’s musical talent by recording 100 songs in 100 hours.

The 100 Songs Project was launched in 2011 and garnered contributions from 72 talented bands and artists from around the state. The resulting 100 tracks, which were recorded over a period of just six days, serve to highlight the amazing songwriting coming out of the Sunshine State.
Continue reading QUT’s 100 Songs for 2012 – Artist Applications close April 9th! →