Here Comes The Flood — photo: Kamiel Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra have just announced their "Make-Up" tour dates. They had to reschedule after one of her best friends got diagnosed with cancer. USA tour dates: 04/05 Calvin Theater, Northampton, MA 04/06 B... more info

Here Comes The Flood — They Might Be Giants have unveiled an animated video for Icky, a track from their new album Nanobots. The clip was directed by David Cowles and Jeremy Galante. USA tour dates: 04/03 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club 04/04 Boston, MA @ Paradise Ro... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Robert Plant takes his Sensational Space Shifters on the road. The tour starts in Singapore and swings through Australia and New Zealand. He will be headlining the first edition of the JamBase Live Festival @ The Gorge in George, WA. Live dates: ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Watch Dinosaur Jr. video for Pierce The Morning Rain. The American rock band will be on the road in Europe and New Zealand and Australia, promoting their latest album I Bet on Sky. Europe: 01/30 Glasgow, UK @ Arches 01/31 Leeds, UK @ Leeds Unive... more info

ContactMusic — Royal wedding celebrations in Europe rang in 2013 after Austrian Archduke Christoph Von Habsbourg-Lorraine wed Adelaide Drape-Fisch on 29 December... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Chris Gann Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra will perform the classic Prince album Purple Rain in its entirety on NYE t Terminal 5 New York. After that it's business as usual playing shows in New Zealand, Australia and Europe. 12/31... more info

Impose Magazine — If you're at all like me, you spend the end of the year frantically searching your favorite labels (and their favorite labels) discography in case you missed something fantastic. With a radar set to Brisbane, Bedroom Suck (run by Slug Guts drummer Jo... more info

Sky News — Animal hospitals are caring for koalas injured in a large bush fire west of Adelaide. more info

XLR8R — Adelaide producer Strict Face is set to release his Vanilla Pattern EP—a record featuring two deep, warehouse-ready tracks and a few varied remixes—via Bass Machine Music. As "Untitled #2" exhibits, the music sits somewhere between Detroi... more info

Guardian Music — Band announce 2013 Future music festival appearances, with reports emerging of new recorded materialThe Stone Roses have extended their reunion tour, booking a string of shows in Australia. The band will play five concerts in March 2013 as part of th... more info