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2009 ARIA nominees announced Contenders across the Award’s 28 categories include newcomers Lisa Mitchell and The Temper Trap, pop darlings Jessica Mauboy and Sarah Blasko, indie-electro outfit Empire Of The Sun, and rock legends AC/DC, along with many more.

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Quiz: Guess the headless pop princess! Reckon you know your modern-day pop divas? Well, what about if their heads were cut off?

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New video: Michael Buble's supermarket sweep I don't know about you, but generally when I head out to the supermarket I encounter total fugmos in the aisles — not smooth-voiced crooners like Michael Buble.

The singer, who's a favourite in Australia, is back with his new song 'Haven't Met You Yet',from his forthcoming album

Not sure why the clip is set in a supermarket. Though given that Michael's primary demographic is the mum set, who presumably spent a lot of time shopping for their families, perhaps he's just trying to appeal to his audience?

But don't get your hopes up that Michael will fall for you after you encounter him at your supermarket. The blonde beauty in the video is his current squeeze, Argentinean model Luisana Lopilato.

Check out the clip in the full post.

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Return of the King: Elvis's grandson lands record deal Benjamin Presley could become the next uber-famous member of his family.

The Daily Mail reports that the 17-year-old — son of Lisa-Marie and grandson of Elvis — has been offered a record deal with Universal worth US$5 million.

Don't expect the King of Pop's influence to rub off on Ben: he reckons his music will be totally different in style to Elvis, who died 15 years before he was born.

Benjamin hopes to release his debut album in 2010.

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Australian Idol: Top 8 - Pink After a terribly naff performance of 'Get the Party Started', Andrew G reveals that the theme of tonight's show is Pink songs. I should mention that he's hanging from one of those aerial hardness things that Pink uses in her concerts, which starts off as a cheesy gimmick but quickly becomes extremely hilarious when Tim spins him around and around in it until G's face looks like this:

His "I'm about to vomit" discomfort is the most genuine emotion I've seen on Australian Idol in years.

(Also, has anyone else noticed that Andrew has started introducing himself as "Andrew Gunsberg", using his full name?)

Elimination time. The girls are all safe, and the bottom three isn't who I expected it to be: Scott, James, and Tim. WHAAAAAT? James is in the bottom three? He's, like, the best one! Fortunately he's safe, and dreamy, dreamy Tim is given the boot. That's not entirely surprising, though Scott would have been more deserving of elimination. (Theory: Andrew G flicked Tim as revenge for spinning him around in the hardness. Controversy!)

So there's eight singers left. But the show still goes for two hours. You know what that means: filler! Lots and lots of filler. Skip straight to the good stuff in the full post.

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Lady GaGa and Kanye West break up Music powerhouses Lady GaGa and Kanye West were supposed to tour together. Note the use of the word "supposed" — the whole thing has been cancelled.

Yep, their Fame Kills tour has been killed.

Why was it called off? No official reason has been given, but rumour has it that GaGa was keen to call of her partnership with Kanye after his bad behaviour at the VMAs last month. If that's true, we kind of don't blame her.

Australian Gaga fans can catch her in concert when she tours down here in March 2010.

Got a theory behind the Gaga/Kanye split? Post it in the comments.

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Amy Winehouse's embarrassing rap video Okay, to be fair, a video of Amy Winehouse rapping ranks pretty low on the list of embarrassing things she's done. That said, this video of Amy Winehouse rapping is nevertheless pretty embarrassing.

For the record, I think Amy is a genuinely talented musician. (If you've never listened to any of her albums, go buy one right now.) Unfortunately she is not a genuinely talented rapper. In fact her skillz are kind of rubbish.

Best/worst lyrics: "I'm a Jew. Well, a Jewmaican." Oy vey. Watch the cringeworthy footage in the full post.

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Britney Spears's 3-some

Check out the cover art for Britney's upcoming single '3'. I have a feeling that three Britneys is high on the list of male fantasies...

The release of '3', which hits radio on October 6, will coincide with the release of Britney Spears: The Singles Collection on November 20, which will in turn coincide with her highly anticipated Australian tour. In short: prepare for Britney overload.

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2010's Big Day Out line-up announced In 2010 the Big Day Out is going to be, um, a big day out.

Muse will headline the star-studded festival — which will be interesting, given that everyone seems to either really love or really hate their latest album The Resistance — joined by acts including Lily Allen,

Local acts on the line-up include Powderfinger, Eskimo Joe, Grinspoon and Bluejuice (whose song 'Broken Leg' I'm constantly struggling to get out of my head).

FasterLouder has the complete list of acts at the Big Day Out, which will tour the country in January '10. Tickets go on sale in October.

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Twilight sinks fangs into Eskimo Joe (The laws of the universe demand that every story written about Twilight have a vampire pun in its title. This one is no exception.)

It's hard to imagine that the upcoming Twilight sequel New Moon won't be one of the biggest movies of the year, or that its accompanying soundtrack won't be one of the biggest albums of the year.

So Australian band Eskimo Joe must be pretty chuffed that their track 'Thunderclap' will be included on the album.

"It's great to be a part of Twilight," said Joe guitarist Stuart MacLeod. "'Thunderclap' seemed to be the perfect song for the album... It has a darkness to it, but also a real feeling of hope. I hope it's a good match for the film."

On the downside, Eskimo Joe will only feature as a bonus track on the Australian version of the soundtrack (I'd point out that "that sucks", if I hadn't already exhausted my supply of vampire puns), but even so, you know you're doing something right when your musical company includes Thom Yorke, The Killers and Death Cab for Cutie.

New Moon is in cinemas November 19, but the soundtrack releases on October 20.

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New video: it's all about Hugh Sheridan MusicFIX Blog by Sam Nov 20 2009 2:29PM Off the heels of his debut 'Just Can't Throw Us Away' comes Hugh Sheridan's follow-up 'All About Me' — and MusicFIX is giving you the first look at the new song.

We gotta say: Hugh's is looking pretty fine in the clip, which dumps him in the desert (in trendy aviator sunnies) where he's rescued/stalked by a woman I can only assume is a massive Packed to the Rafters fan.

Keep an eye out for the blink-and-you'll-miss-it shirtlessness:

'All About Me' is from Hugh's album Speak Love, which releases on November 27.

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Music Review: Foo Fighters & Robbie Williams MusicFIX Blog by Jade Nov 19 2009 3:11PM

Single review: Robbie Williams - Bodies

Robbie's appeal lies in the chorus. 'Rock DJ', 'Let Me Entertain You', 'Angels' - a verse is just a means to a middle for Mr. Williams. His last album lost the chorus and truckloads of fans along the way.

Bodies the new single off of his seventh album 'Reality Killed the Video Star' was a perfect choice to piggyback a comeback on. The fuzzy guitars and synth beats do a damn fine job of building interest till we reach the main event and Robbie's voice bursts through, bringing with it the memory of just how catchy and fun he can be.

Admittedly the choir and the string section are a little naff and it's definitely no monster hit like 'Rock DJ'. Still it is a pretty slice of pop pleasure from someone who unlike 'Take That' you aren't embarrassed to admit you listen too. You will like it if: You're in need of a new karaoke tune.

Album review: Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits

The Foo's are the gateway band for the next generation (not sure what letter of the alphabet that is). They are the band every 13 year old first turns too when they are on the cusp of realising there is more to music than the Top 40. Easy listening with just enough edge and cred to ease the transition into some harder sounding stuff.

Everyone remembers their first, it always maintains a slight rosy coloured special sheen, and it's why a decade later grown up kids get misty eyed when 'Monkey Wrench' suddenly appears on a shuffle playlist. It's why record companies are cynically smart enough to release a Greatest Hits album just before stockings must be stuffed in time for Christmas.

While the obligatory two new songs tacked on the end - 'Wheels' and 'Word Forward' won't make it to 'Greatest Hits Vol. 2', the CD serves its purpose as you find yourself discovering or dusting off their old albums.

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Listen now: Lily Allen like you never heard her before MusicFIX Blog by Sam Nov 18 2009 4:52PM You might think you've heard Lily Allen's album It's Not Me, It's You. You'd be wrong.

A special edition of the album has been released, featuring the hit songs from the original version as well as a whole bunch of extras — acoustic versions, remixes, and Lily's cover of the Britney Spears chart-topper 'Womanizer'.

And you can stream the album for free right here at MusicFIX — the perfect way for Lily fans to fill in time before she heads to Australia in 2010 for Big Day Out.

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Video: Ministry of Sound's raunchy new tune MusicFIX Blog by Sam Nov 18 2009 4:01PM Aah, another Ministry of Sound song, another raunchy video clip.

Titled 'aNYway', the track is by Ducksauce and appears to be influenced by the Patrick Swayze/Demi Moore classic Ghost — if Ghost was, like, 100 times sexier. (I don't recall Patrick slipping his hand inside Demi's bra in the movie. Or the two of them crafting a huge penis-shaped thing out of clay. Hmmm...)

Check out the clip right here:

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