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• Event: Jeff Martin and The Armada, Henry Wagons @ QUT Guild Bar, Brisbane (15/11/08)
  The Armada is here – in quadraphonic sound spectacular.
• Event: John Steel Singers, Cuthbert and The Nightwalkers, Major Major @ The Zoo, Brisbane (14/11/08)
  It was a solid performance from all three bands which is rare and left people waiting for next time such talent comes back together and back to town.
• Event: Lagwagon, Bad Day Down, Forefold @ The Arena, Brisbane (15/11/08)
  If you weren't wearing a NOFX shirt, you weren't there.
• Event: Jamie Hutchings, Tim Steward Band @ The Troubadour, Brisbane (15/11/2008)
  Bluebottle Kiss frontman Jamie Hutchings is Flooding the Nation on his current tour.
• Release: The Cure - 4:13 Dream
  4:13 Dream, the 13th studio album for notorious perfectionists The Cure, is full of lilting 'old school' Cure successes, amongst some filler.
• Release: Tame Impala - Antares, Mira, Sun
  New next-best-things release an EP full of vibrant psych-rock, but can’t help being limited by a sense of sameness.
• Features: Mammal
  Currently plowing through the second phase of its album tour, powerhouse rock outfit Mammal checks in with FasterLouder.
• News: Arctic Monkeys do sideshows
  Sitting pretty atop the Big Day Out 2009 line-up, Sheffield four-piece Arctic Monkeys has announced headline shows for Sydney and Melbourne.
• News: Splendour site-move runs into trouble
  Following news that Splendour In The Grass will be trialling a new site next year, conservationists have taken legal action to stop it happening.
• International News: “John Lydon is the devil," says Kele
  With Bloc Party set to land on our shores this week, frontman Kele Okereke has vented about his scuffle with head Sex Pistol John Lydon in July.
• International News: The Roots to give up touring
  The Roots have announced they are retiring from touring to take up the house band spot for NBC talk show 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'.
• News: Trackside Set Times Announced!
  If you haven't picked up your very own handy little Trackside guide book from Landspeed, Parliament, Essen or many of the other locations in Civic then here's the list you've been waiting for!
• News: Laneway sideshows galore
  With the Laneway line-up bursting at the seams, it's a good thing there'll be a bit on the side from Stereolab, Born Ruffians and The Hold Steady.
• Feature Albums: Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
  Of Montreal may have canned the trauma, but 'Skeletal Lamping' is still an album that is hard-wired to the eccentric brain of Kevin Barnes.
• News: Dave Mann -Another New Album
  Last winter, Dave Mann started noodling on his guitar around a cosy fire and put down a new bunch of tracks.
• Event: Mammal @ Oxford Art Factory, Sydney (14/11/08)
  Mammal crushes us all into submission with an electrifying, balls-to-the-wall show at the Oxford Art Factory.
• Event: The Andi & George Band @ The Holy Grail, 15/11/08
  Drugged up on Telfast (I hear everyone in Canberra’s on it these days), I dragged my congested self to The Holy Grail to catch The Andi & George Band.
• Event: Martha Wainwright @ The Forum, Melbourne (13/11/08)
  Melancholy, explosive, scathing and damn right intimidating vocal ranges oscillate from one verse to the next with Martha Wainwright's falsetto and harmony, spoken word and full scale modern folk troubadour storytelling...
• Event: Winterpark, Sly Hats @ The Toff, Melbourne (13/11/08)
  The Toff hosts an awesome doublebill of dreamy pop by Sly Hats and shoegaze wonderkids Winterpark.
• Event: The Haunted @ The HiFi, Melbourne (12/11/ 2008)
  There’s something about knowing you are about to witness a great thrash metal band ply their trade live that is quite unique. The performance was full of energy and material from each of the studio albums had been covered by the end of the night.