Local Rock/Roots luminary; Asa Broomhall will be Launching his new self produced album;
‘Homemade’ at the Globe in The Valley on Saturday March 31.

This is Asa’s 3rd independent and self funded release and will see Asa playing both Solo and with his band, showing why he is a live favorite and has wowed audiences nationally and internationally. He will be joined by Paisley and Galleons Lap to make this a night not to be missed.

Asa Broomhall ‘Homemade’ Album Launch, Saturday March 31, Globe Theatre
220 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
With Galleons Lap and Paisley, Tim Jackman as MC.

8pm, $15.

Tickets available online : www.globetheatre.com.au/boxoffice.html
www.asabroomhall.com
www.paisleytheband.com
www.myspace.com/galleonslap

We sat down with Tone Porno, singer/ songwriter and guitarist of the Brisbane two piece Sonic Porno for a Saturday morning cuppa and some interrogation about the band. Here’s what he had to say.

BrisbaneMusic : Hi Tone and welcome to BrisbaneMusic.com
Tone Porno : Thanks for having me.

BM : First of all, tell us a little about the band. What’s the lineup?
TP : The lineup is Rob Sonic on drums and Tone Porno on guitar/vox

BM : So, right off the bat.. why the name Sonic Porno?
TP : Sonic Pornography was the name of an album I released as Alien Punk…it was a prodigy-esque breaks/guitar project of mine….whilst trying to come up with a name for the band, my wife was lookin for the CD and asked me if I had seen the Sonic Porno, it sounded great as an abbreviated name so I pitched it to Robbie and he loved it….the name is the concept that music is pornography for the ears, as opposed to traditional porno which is for the eyes and vagina.
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Wow! We’ve just added two great tracks from the Brisband ‘Sonic Porno’ for your extreme aural pleasure. Aural. 
Be sure to check out their Myspace for more porn-worthy tracks!

Guys, be sure to check out the new Shrewms forum that the band has just launched.  Check it out at http://brisbane.munted.net  and also be sure to visit their official homepage at www.shrewms.com

from Wired
Three digital music veterans have launched a stealth startup and are close to unveiling both a new portable media player and what they’re calling an “internet radio ecosystem,” Wired News has learned.

San Diego-based Broadband Instruments’ co-founders Jim Cady, Dennis Mudd and Jonathan Sasse have all led digital music companies in the past. Cady ran Diamond Multimedia when it released one of the first MP3 players in the United States, the Rio 300, in 1998. Mudd was CEO of Musicmatch, an online music service acquired by Yahoo for $160 million in 2004. Until October, Sasse was chief executive of iriver America, whose line of MP3 players has built a relatively small but devoted following.

Capitalizing on their involvement in earlier generations of digital music devices and services and using what they learned the first time around, they’re building a portable player they hope will be the first major step forward in the category since Apple released the iPod.

Here, read the whole thing…

Hi gang, we’ve uploaded two great tracks from local band Glasshouse. Be sure to check them out by launching the BrisbaneMusic Radio player by using the link on the top right of the main site! Also, be sure to check out the band’s website at http://www.glasshouseband.com/

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Yacht Rock
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Oh my sweet baby jesus. Now we have the ‘Inspired By’ series by the Gibson Custom Shop. This guitar was inspired by Kiefer Sutherland, allegedly… What’s next? The Gibson ‘Mel Gibson’ which just gets drunk and sledges jews all night after you put in the case? World’s gone crazy..

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from JJJ website 

Wolfmother have beaten Tool, System Of A Down and Nine Inch Nails to take out the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance

But when Robbie caught up with Miles just hours after the announcement, he found out it was the band Buckcherry who had stepped up as the toughest competition.

“We walked down the red carpet. One of the interviewers was like, oh Buck Cherry came through and they reckon they’re gonna take out the award and they were trying to get a fight started between us. To be honest I’ve never actually heard them before. I wouldn’t even know what they look like.”

You probably don’t either. And trust me, that’s a good thing.

Wolfmother will be home for a triumphant national tour at the end of March.

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