The Butterfly Effect’s Effected documentary and live DVD set has smashed its way to #1 this week on the ARIA Music DVD charts, knocking off P!nk and Andre Rieu in the process.

“I’m loving that an honest story of an Aussie rock band can still trump the overseas competition,” said Butterfly Effect drummer and DVD producer Ben Hall. “The DVD is a warts and all account of our career to this point as well as the last ever tour with singer Clint Boge, so it’s a fitting way to close such an important chapter for us with our first ever #1.”
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One of the most iconic catalogues in Australian music will be brought into a new era with Cold Chisel announcing the formation of their own label imprint and a change of distributor in Australia and New Zealand.

It’s been over 35 years since Cold Chisel signed a recording contract with WEA (now known as Warner Music) and since that time the band has sold over six million albums. The rights to all of Cold Chisel’s recordings recently reverted to the band for the first time so they have now decided to form their own imprint, Cold Chisel Music. They have also decided to shift their distribution to the Universal Music Group in order to inject a fresh energy into the marketing and promotion of their music. This will be effective from October 1, 2013.
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Duct Tape Surfing from Mark Tipple on Vimeo.

This is so awesome… so inspiring.
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With millions of album sales and a slew of sold out signs gracing stadiums across the globe, Allphones Arena are thrilled to be welcoming Paramore to the venue on Saturday, 11 January, 2014.

There seems to be no limit as to what Paramore can accomplish and this is nowhere more evident than on their latest self-titled album which went straight to the Number 1 spot on the ARIA Album Chart when it was released in April this year.

Since releasing their gold-certified debut All We Know Is Falling in 2005, the 3 x Grammy-nominated band has shot to international stardom thanks to a strong connection with its fans that has translated into a string of gold and platinum singles and albums, including as well as sold-out arena tours, including multiple visits to Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South America.
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Bleeding Gold, the second EP from Brisbane Alt-Pop-Rock act Wayward Smith, drops nationally this September.

The recording, featuring early 2013 single ‘Highway’, is a tasting plate of the band’s diverse music and reflects their renewed enthusiasm and commitment to the act.

After five years playing the local scene and developing their sound and song-writing, Wayward Smith approached this EP with a bigger sound in mind. In order to get the right feel for their eclectic recording – one that would give it cohesion – the band enlisted James Russell (Ty Noonan, Syndicate, Vagrant City Scandal) at Heliport Studios to oversee the project.
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Hollywood Eyebrows Makeup Tutorial from 1938, taken from the original British Pathe newsreel “Beautifying! Where To Put The Accent!”

Iconic makeup specialist Jean Barrie, introduced here as the “Editress of Woman’s Fair Magazine” gives a supposedly plain girl a makeover adding eyebrows, eyelashes and lipstick.
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One of the two official promo videos for the Rolling Stones’ 1973 single “Angie”. The single was released on August 20 , 1973 It reached number 5 in the UK singles chart, and number 1 in the US Billboard chart.

The track features on the 1973 album Goats Head Soup, and was composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and was produced by Jimmy Miller.
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Music video by Tonight Alive performing Lonely Girl. (C) 2013 Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd.
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Hand puppet sillouette to the song “What A wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong.

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Raymond Crowe is described as one of Australia’s leading contemporary magicians. His innovative, fresh approach delights audiences both intimate and grand.

With his warm sense of humour, contemporary approach and highly skilled traditional techniques, Raymond Crowe invites us to impart on a journey that transcends belief in his Cabaret Show

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Many would say that Talking To A Stranger remains one of the most instantly recognisable songs released by Hunters & Collectors when it pre-empted the release of their debut self-titled album way back in 1982.

Now, more than 30 years later, it is once again the first single, but this time from Crucible – The Songs Of Hunters & Collectors, and equally importantly it comes from another great Australian rock band in Birds of Tokyo.

Birds of Tokyo formed in Perth as a five piece alternative rock band in 2004. Since then, they have released 4 hugely successful albums including their recent #1 album March Fires featuring hit singles This Fire & Lanterns.
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Clannad, the Irish family group responsible for such timeless music as ‘Theme From Harry’s Game’, ‘In A Lifetime’, ‘I Will Find You’ and the soundtrack to the ‘Robin Of Sherwood’ TV series, make a long awaited return to Australia in October 2013 to mark their 40th Anniversary. It has been 18 years since the legendary Celtic folk heroes toured Australia.

Ethereal and otherworldly, Clannad makes music to be transported by. Haunting ballads and virtuosic musicianship that conjures a captivating echo of Ireland past. Framed by Moya Brennan’s heavenly voice, their music carries the listener across oceans and aeons to a time when a proud culture was first born. Clannad’s groundbreaking fusion of traditional Celtic music with modern folk and rock needs almost no introduction, having created a genre almost to itself – a sound at the crest of the ‘world music’ wave that surged across the globe in the 80s and 90s.

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MONICANS emerged from the ether of the cityscape of Perth in 2007, instantly lulling the local scene into a sense of bliss with their psychedelia-drenched rock-punk-pop stylings. After the advent of their demo EP, they mounted a charge into a brave new world, hitting Europe in 2009 with their big white van and even bigger experimental sounds, sleeping in parking lots and bringing music to the people.

Consisting of gleaming guitar and vox provided by PAUL BEARD, bass maestro and fellow singer HEATHER LONIE, and rounded out by the tricky stylings of drummer GLEN KOFALVI, the first taste of the forthcoming debut album is lead single GO AWAY, transcending their roots with their most ambitious, diverse offering of rock and roll and punk rock experimental pop melodies yet.
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ACMF DUETS will bring together over 30 of the country’s greatest singers and musicians to perform at the Capitol Theatre Sydney on Monday October 14.

Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Timomatic, John Williamson, Tex Perkins, Tom Burlinson, Tim Freedman, Leo Sayer, Danielle Spencer, Richard Tognetti, John Waters, David Hobson and Rob Mills are just a few who will feature on the all-star bill.

ACMF DUETS will be co-hosted by Ian “Dicko” Dickson and Rob Mills.

“This is our fourth annual Duets concert and it has become a major Sydney event and great fundraiser,” Don Spencer OAM said. “The artists, who very generously support the ACMF, love it because it gives them a one-off opportunity to work with performers they’ve never sung with before. The audience loves it because it’s probably the best night of music entertainment in the country,” he said.
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