The Weekly Wrap | 02/08/2024
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Jimmy Barnes Returns with New Book Highways and Byways
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Ahead of Cold Chisel’s The Big Five-0 Tour, frontman Jimmy Barnes is preparing for the release of his latest book, Highways and Byways.
Barnes’ seventh book celebrates the Aussie legends “Scottish heritage, family, friends, music and the adventure of a grand life”.
It will contain stories from the singer’s life, including “sharing a 1970s Texas stage with a dream line-up of US musicians; flirting with disaster in a Hawaiian high-rise; discovering a life-changing cassette tape; unearthing shattering family secrets in Glasgow; encountering charismatic and not-so-endearing superstars, ghosts of the recent and distant past, superfan traffic cops and shady salesmen; and confronting his own mortality - while pondering the more amusing effects of hospital medication.”
The release of Highways and Byways follows the autobiographies Working Class Boy, Working Class Man and Killing Time, Where the River Bends writtren with his wife Jane Barnes and children’s books Rosie The Rhinoceros, Och Aye The G’nu, and The Recorded Poems of Och Aye The G’nu.
Highways and Byways will be on book shelves on Wednesday, October 16. You can pre-order the book here.
Khruangbin Announce Australian Tour
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Texas psych-funk trio Khruangbin return to our shores in 2025 with a three-date east coast tour.
Celebrating the release of their new album A LA SALA (“To the room” in Spanish), Khruangbin has three shows locked in for next year. They will perform at Margaret Court Arena in Naarm/Melbourne on Tuesday, February 25, followed by a gig at the Riverstage in Meanjin/Brisbane on Sunday, March 2 and a show at Horden Pavillion in Sydney on Wednesday, March 5.
While no Adelaide date has been announced, don’t fret, as it’s rumoured a show will be revealed in the coming days.
Hermanos Gutiérrez, the instrumental guitar duo of Swiss/Ecuadorian brothers Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez, will be supporting Khruangbin on their Aussie trek.
Khru Club, Frontier and Penny Drop members can get early access via pre-sales tickets that are available Monday, August 5 at 8:30am local time. General on sale kicks off on Wednesday, August 7 at 8:30am.
For full ticketing details head to the Penny Drop website.
Father John Misty Surprise Drops Greatest Hits Album
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Father John Misty has released his first greatest hits album, Greatest Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said to Crawl.
The sprawling 17-track compilation features songs taken from his five studio albums along with 2016 single ‘Real Love Baby’ and the troubadour’s epic new eight-and-a-half-minute tune, ‘I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All’.
Available to stream now, physical copies of Greatest Hits: I Followed My Dreams and My Dreams Said to Crawl will be released via Sub Pop on August 16 (you can pre-order here)
The ‘Real Love Baby’ singer-songwriter is also expected to release his sixth studio album later this year, which will include ‘I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All’.
You can listen to ‘I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All’ below.
Beyond the Valley Reveals 2024 Teaser Video
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Victoria’s Beyond the Valley festival returns this New Year’s Eve with organisers dropping a teaser video hinting at this year’s theme: Experience Life In Technicolour.
The short video posted to Beyond the Valley’s social media accounts features references to classic flicks Pleasantville and The Wizard Of Oz along with namedropping Peggy Gou, Joy Anonymous and Teenage Dads.
“We wanted to take a different approach to launch Beyond The Valley this year,” co-founder and Managing Partner of Untilted Group, Christian Serrao, said in a statement.
“Amid ongoing discussions surrounding the challenges festivals face globally, we aim to remind everyone of the joy and vibrancy that festivals bring to people’s lives. Our teaser video encapsulates this by portraying ordinary life as dull and monochrome, which comes to life and colour through Beyond The Valley.”
Beyond the Valley takes place from December 27 2024 to January 1 2025. More news concerning the festival will be revealed in the coming weeks. Follow Beyond the Valley’s social media accounts to keep up to date.
Fleetwood Mac Announce Live Album Mirage Tour ‘82
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Legendary rockers Fleetwood Mac have announced the release of new live album, Mirage Tour ‘82. The album contains 22 tracks recorded live at the band’s 1982 shows at the Forum in Inglewood, California.
The record includes never heard before versions of Fleetwood’s classics such as ‘Landslide’, ‘Don’t Stop’, and ‘Never Going Back Again’
Mirage Tour ‘82 is set for release on September 20 via Rhino and will come in 3xLP, 2xCD, and digital formats.
You can pre-order the album here and listen to the live version of ‘Don’t Stop’ below.
Post Malone Reveals F-1 Trillion Tracklisting
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Post Malone has gone full country if the tracklisting to his upcoming album F-1 Trillion is anything to go by.
The 18-track release includes collaborations with Tim McGraw, Black Shelton, Morgan Wallen, Dolly Parton, Brad Paisley, Luke Combs and more.
It’s an interesting move from Posty that does come off as a bit of a cash grab, especially considering how hot country is at the moment. On the flip side, Malone is known to be a country music fan and got his start posting guitar covers on YouTube, so it’s not a huge stretch for him to release a country-themed record.
Whatever your thoughts, this is shaping up as another huge hit for Malone, with the album’s first single, ‘I Had Some Help’ featuring Morgan Wallen, going straight to the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
F-1 Trillion is released Friday, August 16. You can pre-order/pre-save the album here and check out the tracklisting below.
90s Rap Great Chino XL Passess Away At 50
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Bronx rapper Chino XL passed away earlier this week at the age of 50. The news was shared on social media by his daughters who wrote:
“Our father had many titles — King of Punchlines, Puerto Rican Superhero — but the most important one was Girl Dad. And what he gave us most in that role was his strength, straightforwardness, and ability to be super realistic. The main thing we are feeling now is that our Dad is at peace, and so we are at peace.”
Born Derek Emmanuel Barbosa, Chino XL got an early start in the rap game, forming the group Art of Origin as a pre-teen before getting signed by Rick Rubin at age 16. He dropped his debut album, Here to Save You All, in 1996 and had great success with singles, ‘No Complex’ and ‘Kreep’.
Signing with Warner Brothers in 1997 and positioned as the next big thing, it all went wrong for Chino XL when he encountered label troubles resulting in his sophomore album being constantly delayed. I Told You So didn’t see the light of day until 2001, and although well received by critics, the hype behind Chino XL had died down and the album failed to make a dent in the charts.
Despite the setback, the Bronx spitter went on to have a successful career, releasing two more studio albums, 2006s Poison Pen and 2012s Ricanstruction: The Black Rosary, along with the collaborative records Something Sacred with Playalitical in 2008 and God’s Carpenter with Stu Bangas in 2023.
Friday Five
You love music. We love music. Here are five songs we can’t get enough of this week.
1. Father John Misty – ‘I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All’
2. Mura Masa ft. Cherish – ‘FLY’
3. Pom Pom Squad – ‘Spinning’
4. Thee Sacred Souls – ‘Live for You’
5. Prince Love 1982 ft. Ghostface Killah – ‘The Return of Tony Stark’
