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Architecture in Helsinki Announces U.S. Tour Dates, Releases New Music Video

This morning the Australian indie-pop collective Architecture in Helsinki announced the dates of their upcoming U.S. tour, which kicks off Nov. 2 in Los Angeles and will cross the nation (with one date in Mexico City) over the next 20 days.  read more

Musical About Kanye West's Life to be Staged in Australia

A musical about Kanye West will be staged in Australia early next month. Sydney University students have produced a story that will follow the hip-hop mogul from his days in Chicago through becoming an in demand producer before finally tackling his fame as one of the greatest living rappers.  read more

Paul Kelly: The A-Z Recordings

It would be an audacious tour for any musician: One hundred and five songs in each venue, ordered alphabetically, performed over the course of four nights and stripped to their simplest acoustic presentation. Few songwriters have a catalog that could sustain it, and few performers have the chops to keep the sound of just guitar and voice from slipping into tedium.  read more

Best of What's Next: Filmmaker Claire McCarthy

HOMETOWN: Sydney, Australia FILM: The Waiting City FOR FANS OF: Ingmar Bergman, Sofia Coppola, Federico Fellini...  read more

U2 and Jay-Z Schedule Five Shows Together

To the untrained eye, they may seem like an unlikely pair, but look a bit closer...  read more

Watch Jens Lekman on an Australian Quiz Show

In Australia, they do things a little differently. Who knows exactly why (An abundance of marsupials, perhaps?), but in that hemisphere, they make quiz-show guests do some goofy stuff....  read more

Australian Government Bailout Will Save Sydney Opera House

In these rough financial times, banks, auto manufacturers and insurance companies aren’t the only institutions in need of a government bailout. The Daily Telegraph reports that the Australian government will be giving $130 million to the Sydney Opera House for renovations that will keep the historical concert hall from shutting down....  read more

Australian Director Baz Luhrmann Premieres Art Exhibit in Hong Kong

Never one to shy away from experimenting with strong visuals, Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet) made the move from behind the camera to behind the canvas with a project that looks at the cinematic power of art....  read more

Black Lips Plot Australia/New Zealand Tour for 2010

As far as most folks are concerned, the best-known rock act from New Zealand is Flight of the Conchords. But with that band’s penchant for folk comedy, it seems the Kiwis could use something a little more rowdy. Enter The Black Lips....  read more

Plans Put on Hold for Gold Statue of Semi-Naked Nick Cave

Notoriously dark rock crooner Nick Cave has certainly got a recognizable look: caterpillar eyebrows constantly cocked so as to exude that "Yes, I am mysterious" allure; long, slicked-back black hair and, of course, that impossibly angled and well-groomed mustache. You might say his looks were carved from stone. Or even...gold? Turns out, that's not just a turn of phrase. Cave actually has plans to carve his likeness into a large gold statue that was, until today, to be erected in the center of his hometown of Warracknabeal, Australia. ...  read more