­The talented Amanda Palmer held a spontaneous performance on the steps of the Sydney Opera House last week. The show, which was advertised via her Twitter page, took place at 8pm last Friday and Amanda had the audeince and passerbys enthralled with her captivating performance. 

Courtesy of Amanda, we've got some fabulous photos from the gig for you:

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­It is with much sadness that we heard the news about The Knack's front man; Doug Fieger who passed away at his home in LA today.

We were thrilled to have Doug join us on our last Countdown Spectacular tour in 2007. He was a great performer and a true gentlemen who luckily for us was at that time enjoying a brief remission from cancer.

It was fantastic to see Doug get up and perform The Knack's huge chart topping hit of the 80's to thrilled audiences right across Australia. All singing along to 'M M M My Sharona'. We would like to salute Doug for his courage and bravery throughout his battle with ill health.

On behalf of us all at The Frontier Touring Company and the cast and crew of The Countdown Spectacular 2 tour of 2007, we would like to pass on our deepest condolences to Doug's manager; Jake and to all of his family and friends. In tribute to Doug, here...

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The Temper Trap

December 29, 2009

The Corner Hotel

Hitting Australian shores for the first time in nearly nine months, the Liberation Golden Children and Prodigies of Australian Pop-Rock The Temper Trap played an exclusive and intimate show as a warm up for their upcoming summer of Australian Festivals. A sold out and jammed packed Corner Hotel was the perfect venue for this and gave the crowd a sense of being part of the set and getting up close and personal to the band that has more than the potential to be the hottest band in the country.

Walking on stage to a unanimous applause and several screams of excitement, the band casually ripped into an upbeat instrumental that revved the crowd up an extra notch. The first impression of the band is that they are confident in their ability and they look like they belong on centre stage and for this reason...

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Them Crooked Vultures performing 'Elephant' live.  Impressive stuff!  Can't wait for their shows.

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As 2009 draws to a close we're reflecting on the year that was. So many gigs and albums...so little time! We're keen to hear your thoughts about music in 2009. Fill in the gaps below!

Best Overall Artist for 2009:

Best Aussie/ NZ Artist for 2009:

Best International Artist for 2009:

Best Song for 2009:

Worst Song for 2009 (aka the song you never want to hear again!):

Best Breakthrough Act for 2009:

Most Under-rated Artist for 2009:

Most over-rated Artist for 2009:

Best Album for 2009:

Biggest disappointment album for 2009:

Worst Album of 2009:

Who you think will be big in 2010:

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Moshroom stumbled across the news today that legendary rocker James Reyne will be releasing a new album of Elvis covers in April 2010.  Sounds interesting, we thought, and did some more investigating and found these words about the project from the man himself.

"For years I've held a kind of fanciful curiosity about Elvis Presley.

Not just that I've long thought he was an extraordinarily under-rated singer, who, as such, had sometimes been over-looked as a bit frivolous and run of the alley; who had instinctively recorded some of the most groundbreaking, influential and exciting music ever, when there was no rule-book, and NOBODY had come...

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­Moshroom was lucky enough to be at this year's ARIA Awards.  We were a bit sad to see The Temper Trap miss out on winning their nominations, but they definitely made everyone stand up and take notice with a rocking performance that many are calling the stand out of the night!  Check it out for yourself (apologies for the audio being a bit dodgy - it sounded great in the room!) and watch the video below!

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Dave Grohl talks about Them Crooked Vultures...we love Dave! ­ ­­ 

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Them Crooked Vultures are giving away o­ne of their new singles "Mind Eraser, No Chaser" for FREE on iTunes Australia and NZ. You can also pre-order their forthcoming album. Get the free single now because it's only free for a limited time!

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­Dave Grohl, Jos­h Homme and John Paul Jones AKA Them Crooked Vultures have unveiled t­heir first single to radio this week.  Check out this very awesome new song above.  TCV are t­ouring Australia and NZ early next year and this is a show that you'll be sure to be boasting to friends about for years to come (but you have to have a ticket first, so get a move on!)

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