Ned Collette
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Twerps, Royal Headache In US Radio Assault
Thursday, July 26 2012 at 02:00 AM
There’s been an Antipodean assault on US radio, with no less than four bands added to the CMJ radio chart overnight. Melbourne’s The Twerps occupy the highest position, with their self-titled debut album (released last year on Chapter locally and Underwater Peoples in the US) peaking at #3. There w…
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Photos: Ned Collette Launches '2' In Melbourne
Wednesday, June 27 2012 at 06:00 AM
Ned Collette and Wirewalker wound up their national tour for new album 2 at Melbourne’s Northcote Social Club last Saturday (June 23). A collaboration between Collette and Wirewalker bandmate Joe Talia, 2 was recorded in Melbourne and Berlin, where Collette has been based for the past two years. Pho…
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Unsung: Joe Talia
Wednesday, Jun 20 2012|by Doug Wallen
As part of a new series, DOUG WALLEN takes a closer look at some unheralded local musicians. First off is Joe Talia, who’s toiled away behind-the-scenes as drummer and producer for Ned Collette’s several different guises, but has also collaborated with the likes of Francis Plagne and Oren Ambarchi. Photos by DANA ENGFER. More and more in recent years, Melbourne musician/engineer Joe Talia has distinguished himself…
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Storytellers: Ned Collette
Thursday, Jun 7 2012|by Kate Hennessy
A song as steely, cold and resolute as the action of a pistol. KATE HENNESSY talks to Ned Collette about ‘Il Futuro Fantastico’, the opening track on his new album ‘2’. Photo of Ned Collette and Joe Talia by DANA ENGFER. I am out on a limb. Way out, in fact, head in foliage. I’m convinced I’ve divined the source of Ned Collette’s inspiration for the first song, ‘Il Futuro Fantastico’, on his new record, 2. When I…
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Signings In Brief: Ned Collette, Sures, Boy In A Box
Thursday, May 31 2012 at 05:00 AM
– Ned Collette has signed a deal with esteemed London indie Fire Records, home to Giant Sand, Guided By Voices, Surf City, Jackie O Motherfucker, Archers of Loaf and Half Japanese. The label – founded in 1986 by Clive Solomon – will release Collette’s second album with Wirewalker, 2, in the UK in Au…
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Ned Collette + Wirewalker
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Monday, May 21|by Doug Wallen
No sooner had Ned Collette established his robust partnership with the backing duo Wirewalker on his third album Over the Stones, Under the Stars than the Melbourne songwriter relocated to Berlin in 2010. Two years later, bassist Ben Bourke is absent due to fatherhood duties, leaving Collette and dr…
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