• As you’re probably aware, the boys from The Temper Trap were the first to hit the stage of the fab new Live At The Chapel venue – St.Stephen’s Church in Newtown – late last month for the first in what’s set to be a big year of the infamous series in 2011. If you weren’t one of the chosen few lucky enough to be in the audience for the gig, don’t fear – Channel 9 will screen the show nationally at midnight tomorrow night. It’ll also hit Channel [V] on Friday night at 11:30pm, followed by repeat performances on GO! on December 19 (11:30pm) and Channel [V] on December 23 (8:30pm).
• Universal Music has announced that the forthcoming Potbelleez album has been delayed again. Slated for a January 28 release, the new LP ‘Destination Now’ (featuring the singles ‘Shake It’ and ‘Hello’) is now set down for a February 11 instore date.
• Jazz fusion group Return To Forever are touring Australia early in the new year thanks to the team at Michael Coppel. But the collaborative has announced a change in Brisbane – from the Convention Centre to the QPAC Concert Hall on February 17, as well as a brand new show in Adelaide – at Her Majesty’s Theatre on Sunday February 13. Tickets for the Adelaide show are on sale this Friday.
• South African hip hop trio Die Antwoord are here for the Big Day Out festivals next month, but Frontier Touring has announced a sideshow for the band in Melbourne. They’ll play the city’s Prince Bandroom on February 02, with tickets on sale this Friday.
• Sony Music has announced the digital release of a boxset for Aussie outfit Jebediah. Now that the band is back on the road and in the studio working on new material, Sony has released ‘The Murmur Years 1997-2002’ – the three albums the band released back in the late ’90s and early ’00s while signed to Murmur. They are ‘Slightly Odway’, ‘Of Someday Shambles’ and ‘Jebediah’. ‘The Murmur Years 1997-2002’ is available digitally now, while the band’s new album is due for release in 2011.
• And despite a lack of serious airplay (and Sony making us wait for WEEKS to buy it), one of our favourite pop songs of the year – Alexis Jordan’s ‘Happiness’ – is slowly rising up the iTunes chart. It’s almost into the top 20, and radio (we’re talking to you 2Day Network…) – like it or not, this one’s gonna be a summer hit.
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