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Big Day Out
Australia's biggest, most popular and most internationally recognised festival series. This site is updated in the months leading up to the summer touring festival and includes lineup, venue info, press releases and tonnes of fun stuff too. |
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Garma Festival
An annual celebration, held in the Northern Territory, of indigenous art, music and culture. The site includes info on indigenous health, education and land issues, as well as chat transcripts with Jodie Cockatoo and Mandawuy Yunupingu, amongst others. |
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Homebake
Australian summer festival, featuring all local bands and DJs. Homebake has a reputation for being fun, friendly and full of sunshine. A winner, and a Whammo favourite! |
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Offshore
Located in Victoria once a year, Offshore has its roots in the great Aussie outdoor rock tradition. It showcases electronic music, along with the many sideshow acts and performances which mark out a truly modern music festival. |
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Womadelaide
A world music event situated in Adelaide. It draws on the strong international tradition of the Womad festivals to bring a smorgasbord of the richest indigenous music. |
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Telstra Country Music Festival Tamworth 2003
Video interviews with the stars, live webcasts throughout the festival, 'exclusive acoustic' performances, over $90,000 worth of prizes, amazing facts about your favourite musicians and a fantastic gallery of photographs. Plus sign up for broadband with Bigpond now and receive a Logitech Clicksmart 310 webcam. This is the destination for all the 2003 Tamworth Country Music Festival action. |
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| Music Links |
Australian Music Web Site
A resourceful guide to Australian music. Includes release information, media links and gig guides. |
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ARIA
The Australian Record Industry Association compile the album and single charts each week. |
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Ausmusic Scrapbook
Master of all things alternative, Matt Atlee, has his own site including reviews, links and gig guides. |
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Australian Country Online
The Country Music Association of Australia. Latest country news, and links. |
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Australian Music Community
A dedicated discussion access point to the world of Australian music, this website offers australian music forums, reviews, news, band and resource links, and a national gig guide.
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Australian Punk Bands
Features over 350 punk bands. Includes news, band personnel classifieds, zines, and indie labels. |
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Channel [V]
Music network Channel [V]. Check out the programming each day along with general music news and information. |
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Kylie Shop
The place to go for all Kylie Minogue fans. Kylie Shop provides links to music, photos, news, vids...anything you may need for your Kylie collection. |
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Mono.net
Includes music news, biography entries for all artists and links. |
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Oz Music Project
The Oz Music Project features a links section for all indie bands and resources. |
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Perth Bands
A site dedicated to Western Australian bands. Find tours, release information, reviews, news & interviews. |
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Triple J
National radio station Triple J. Visit the site to hear the best Australian radio has to offer, commercial free! |
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Tamizdat
Tamizdat is the Eastern European version of Whammo- a site dedicated to promoting local product and making it available anywhere in the world. |
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| Record companies |
MRA
MRA Entertainment Group is the Leading World Music and Adult Contemporary Independent Recorded Music Distributor in Australia. 100% Australian owned and managed. They represent independent World Music labels and distribute CDs, videos, DVDs and tonnes more.
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Warner
Australasian artists: Bardot, Cold Chisel, Colin Buchanan, Icehouse, Karin Schaupp, Kaylan, Keith Urban, Marcia Hines, Marie Wilson, Pnau, Pretty Violet Stain, Primary, Regurgitator, Richard Clapton, Shihad, Superjesus, Taxiride, Weta, Whitlams. |
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BMG
Australasian artists: Augie March, Bachelor Girl, Boat Show, Boom Crash Opera, Custard, David Helfgott, Drugs, Eva Trout, Even, Icecream Hands, John Farnham, The Mark of Cain, Merril Bainbridge, Natalie Imbruglia, Oblivia, Oscarlima, Philippa Nihill, Ratcat, Screaming Jets, Tim Rogers, Tommy Emmanuel, Vanessa Amorosi, Weddings Parties Anything, Wendy Matthews, You Am I. |
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Creative Vibes
Creative Vibes specialise in the finest electronica/dance/dub and hip hop titles from around the world. |
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EMI
Australasian artists: AC/DC, Aleesha Rome, Alex Lloyd, Australian Crawl, Avalanches, Ben Lee, Bodyjar, Crowded House, D.I.G., David Bridie, Eskimo Joe, Gina Jeffreys, Go-Betweens, Groove Terminator, Jackson Mendoza, James Blundell, John Williamson, Kasey Chambers, Lee Kernaghan, Lino, Little River Band, Living End, Madison Avenue, Matt Walker, Neil Finn, Paul Kelly, Professor Ratbaggy, Resin Dogs, Rocket Science, Simone Hardy, Slim Dusty, Split Enz, Tania Kernaghan, Tommy Emmanuel, Wiggles, Youth Group. |
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Festival Mushroom
Australasian artists: 28 Days, Adam Brand, Archie Roach, Badloves, Brian Henderson's Bandstand, Christine Anu, Col Joye & the Joye Boys, Delltones, Deni Hines, Gerling, Gersey, Hunters & Collectors, Invertigo, Jimmy Christo, Jimmy Little, Johnny O'Keefe, Josh Abrahams, Kate Ceberano, King Kapisi, Kylie Minogue, Lash, Leonardo's Bride, Machine Gun Fellatio, Mark Seymour, Mavis's, Melinda Schneider, Michael Spiby, Mick Hart, Motor Ace, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, NoKTuRNL, Not From There, One Dollar Short, Paul Kelly, Pound System, Ruby Hunter, S2S, Turnstyle, Vika & Linda, Wicked Beat Sound System, Yothu Yindi. |
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Liberation
Liberation's current roster includes Waikiki, Daisycutters, Anotherrace and On Inc. The label has soundtracks to hot Aussie flicks Cut and Chopper. And screensavers and desktops feature in the downloads section. |
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Shock
Australasian artists: Agaugefor, Angels, Anyones, Birthday Party, Blue Grassy Knoll, Bluehouse, Bob Downe, Cosmic Psychos, Dave Graney Show, Deborah Conway, Del-Emmas, Diana Ah Naid, Dirty Three, Fauves, High Pass Filter, Horsehead, Hoss, Mach Pelican, Machine Translations, Meanies, Merrick & Rosso, Mick Thomas, Mississippi Barry, Nancy Vandal, Necks, Rectifiers, Rhonda Burchmore, Screamfeeder, Snout, Superheist, Suzie Higgie & Conway Savage, TISM, Toe to Toe. |
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Sony
Australasian artists: B(if)tek, Endorphin, Hi-5, Human Nature, Jebediah, Leah Haywood, Lo-tel, Midnight Oil, Pee Wee Ferris, Real Blondes, Silverchair, Slava Grigoryan, Something for Kate, Sunk Loto, Testeagles, Tina Arena, Troy Cassar-Daley. |
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Flying Nun label
New Zealand’s Flying Nun is perhaps one of the most revered record labels in the independent world. The home to Chris Knox, Headless Chickens, Verlaines, Chills, Solid Gold Hell, Bike, Straitjacket Fits and the 3Ds — just to name a few. |
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Universal
Australasian artists: Cruel Sea, Grinspoon, H-Block 101, Skunkhour, Spiderbait, Tex Perkins, Tumbleweed. Universal Music also has a site dedicated to all of their pop releases, called planetpop.com.au. |
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| Whammo recommends ... |
Oz Shop
Just like us, it's dedicated to selling exclusively Australasian merchandise - but in the Oz Shop's case, it's edible Australian and NZ products. Think: chips, biscuits, drinks, cereals, spreads, chocolates, and beer. Yum. |
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Town Hall Steps
Your guide to what's happening in Sydney and the rest of Oz. This site is a place for you to post news on anything Sydney related, be it music, movies, art, the bad burgers at the corner store, or gigs happening near you. It's got a fantastic venue guide as well - a must have for ever backpacker!
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Phonetic.com
This site will advise if your mobile number - or any number for that matter - makes a word. Just the thing for music obsessives who want the ultimate fan's mobile number. Imagine 0416 SAVAGE or 0411 FINGER!! |
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Babelfish
Translate blocks of text and entire webpages to and from most major languages with the aid of Babelfish. Invaluable. |
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Futurewa
A West Australian based site of local, national and international links to an extensive range of indimedia, environmental and humanitarian groups' web pages. |
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Unofficial Darren Hayes Newsletter
An unofficial Darren Hayes newsletter. It's a fortnightly newsletter containing news from around the world, charts, links, concert reviews, plus a few novelty sections.
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Dotones
www.dotones.com is your: 24/7 MP3 Player and Software Downloads, Digital Cameras and Digital Camcorders
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