For the first time in Ekka history Grammy Award winners will take the stage in a concert series set to go down in history. Grammy Award winners Wolfmother are set to rock the Ekka this year, while Grinspoon, who first performed at Ekka in 2005, will join for two huge nights of cutting edge entertainment.

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Space shuttle Atlantis landing just hours away

The final hours of the space shuttle program are ticking as Atlantis prepares for (USA) Thursday’s predawn landing at the Kennedy Space Center. Touchdown on Runway 15 is scheduled for 5:56 a.m. EDT to conclude three decades of flight for America’s Space Transportation System

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The first round of artists for this year’s Queenscliff Music Festival has been revealed as well as a number of exciting, new announcements at a launch event held at Federation Squares Transit Lounge. Media, industry, festival and musician types rubbed shoulders whilst enjoying an intimate performance by those ‘just back from Glastonbury’ rockers Stonefield, as well as being treated to a unique merging of Dub Reggae band The Red Eyes with the Bamboos very own Kylie Auldist performing a stripped back, cool groove version of “Can You Hear it”. Launch attendees were then treated to an acoustic sneak peak of this year’s Headline act with the Triffids “Evil Graham Lee” and Oh Mercy vocalist Alex Gow performing a few Triffids fave’s.

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Official Video of “Kinks In Armour” by Celadore. Available on iTunes August 5th. Taken from the forthcoming EP “The Bright And Blue”. Directed by Sean Rodrigo. Copyright 2011 Popboomerang Records.

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Photographer: Amanda Brenchley

Photographer: Amanda Brenchley
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Review – Billy Geary
Thousand Reasons Tour @ Hifi Bar, Melbourne

On this particular chilly Saturday night at a sold out Hi-Fi Bar in Melbourne, punters were always going to be in for a treat. With members from Cog, Karnivool and The Butterfly Effect in the room it was a proverbial smorgasbord for fans of Australia’s huge alternative rock scene. The sheer idea of the line up left this reviewer and clearly many others at the gig salivation at the prospect of what was to come.

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Photographer: Chris Dornan Photography

Photographer: Chris Dornan Photography
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What started off as a solo adventure for Sydney singer songwriter Ernest Ellis has, over the past three years, evolved into a rounded solid collective… introducing Ernest Ellis & The Panamas. Over the past few months Ernest Ellis & The Panamas have been busy recording their second LP, due for release September 2011.

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SHOCK ROCKER, ALICE COOPER
CONFIRMS HEADLINE THEATRE SHOWS FOR SOUNDWAVE REVOLUTION

With an infamous stage show that has been known to feature anything from simulated executions to chopped up baby dolls or the presence of live boa constrictors, guillotines, zombies and chickens, Alice Cooper’s concert performances are nothing short of iconic and Chugg Entertainment are thrilled to announce headline shows for the master of shock rock this September.
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’51 Swimsuits’ is the second single from The Panda Band’s sophomore album ‘Charisma Weapon’, and follow up to the album’s debut ‘The Fix’. Showcasing yet again why they were a household name in the Triple J’s Hottest 100 with their previous hit ‘Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town’, The Panda Band have delivered a layered soundtrack of colorful landscapes, textured with the unique vocals of lead singer Damian Crosbie and will head out on the road through July and August on the official album tour.

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FOO FIGHTERS
SELL OUT AAMI PARK IN MINUTES
SECOND & FINAL AAMI PARK CONCERT ADDED

To say the Foo Fighters tour went off like a rocket today is something of an understatement. With tens of thousands of tickets snapped up in minutes the Foos have proven once again why they’re one of the biggest and most loved rock bands in the world.
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