Groovies tackle the road

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By The Barman

The Barman

11 April 2014

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With successful tours of Japan, Australia, London and the U.S. last year under their belt and a new studio album pending, the Flamin’ Groovies have announced extensive runs of shows in the U.S., Spain and France.

• Flamin'
• Groovies
• live
• tour

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Gimme Some Stooges songs: James Williamson opens up and talks

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By The Barman

The Barman

09 April 2014

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The Golden Age of Iggy and The Stooges continues unabated. With the band on indefinite hiatus, “Raw Power” era guitarist James Williamson is shining new light on a batch of mostly unreleased or never-properly-recorded gems from the band’s back-pages.

• iggy
• stooges
• pop
• james
• williamson
• open up and bleed
• gimme some skin
• record store day
• re-licked

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Fred Cole lives

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By The Barman

The Barman

09 April 2014

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Pierced Arrows and Dead Moon frontman Fred Cole is on the mend after undergoing major heart surgery, he and his wife Toody report.

• garage
• dead
• fred
• cole
• moon
• pierced
• arrows
• toody

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Punk manager and photographer Leee Black Childers dies

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By The Barman

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07 April 2014

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Photographer, chronicler of New York City's punk scene and onetime minder for Iggy & the Stooges and manager of Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers, Leee Black Childers, has died.

• heartbreakers
• johnny
• thunders
• iggy
• stooges
• black
• leee
• childers

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The Supersuckers back in Oz

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07 April 2014

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Much-loved garage-cum-country rockers The Supersuckers are revisiting Australia with a new album in tow and a bunch of hardcore fans to play to.

• live
• australia
• tour

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Flamin' Groovies movie promo live

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By The Barman

The Barman

06 April 2014

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Plans are underfoot to make a movie about the Flamin' Groovies with a Kickstarter campaign raising more than $US10,000 of its $70,000 target with a month to go. Watch the promo below, then make a donation here.

• Flamin'
• Groovies
• movie
• kickstarter

Stillpoint + Butterfly Farm - Madder Lake (Sandman)

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By Steven Danno

Steven Danno

06 April 2014

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Good to see one of the folks from Aztec Music are back from their legal/financial woes and up and running again with a new label, Sandman.

• australia
• madder
• lake
• prog
• stillpoint
• butterfly
• farm

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Ken Stringfellow gets intimate Down Under

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By The Barman

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06 April 2014

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After flooring all who attended the Big Star’s Third tribute show for Sydney Festival in January and his subsequent solo shows with Chris Stamey and Skylar Gudasz, Ken Stringfellow is returning to Australia for intimate sideshows in Sydney, Hobart and Melbourne.

• ken
• tour
• stringfellow
• posies
• REM
• big star

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Looking back on the Ron Asheton Benefit in Sydney

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By The Barman

The Barman

04 April 2014

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On December 6, 2013, some of Sydney's best-known rock and roll stalwarts gathered to celebrate the life of Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton, who passed away in 2009. 

• ron
• stooges
• asheton
• hoodoo
• gurus
• bar
• foundation
• benefit
• visitors
• christs
• four
• sc5
• manning

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