Tag: Robert Forster

Listen: “The Go-Betweens and The Irish Writers” 50-minute radio documentary

Listen: “The Go-Betweens and The Irish Writers” 50-minute radio documentary

Dublin’s Radio Nova 100 FM broadcast a very well-done 50-minute audio documentary by Ken Sweeney about Australian cult favorites The Go-Betweens a few weeks back.

New releases: 11 discs of Mojo Nixon, plus Matthew Sweet & Susannah Hoffs, Robert Forster

New releases: 11 discs of Mojo Nixon, plus Matthew Sweet & Susannah Hoffs, Robert Forster

This is a round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. May also include some other titles released in recent weeks. This week: Mojo Nixon, Matthew Sweet and Susannah Hoffs, and Robert Forster.

The Go-Betweens’ Robert Forster to release new album ‘Inferno’ — hear the title track

The Go-Betweens’ Robert Forster to release new album ‘Inferno’ — hear the title track

Robert Forster, who co-founded and led the beloved Australian indie-pop combo The Go-Betweens with the late Grant McLennan, will release Inferno — his seventh solo LP and first in four years — next month. Below, you can stream the title track, “Inferno (Brisbane in Summer).”

Robert Forster sets UK book tour for ‘Grant & I: Inside and Outside The Go-Betweens’

Robert Forster sets UK book tour for ‘Grant & I: Inside and Outside The Go-Betweens’

Robert Forster, the surviving co-founder of Australia’s The Go-Betweens, will embark on a book tour of the U.K. and Ireland this September to promote the publication of the paperback edition of “Grant & I: Inside and Outside The Go-Betweens.” Autographed copies can be pre-ordered online.

Watch: The surviving Go-Betweens look back in trailer for new documentary ‘Right Here’

Watch: The surviving Go-Betweens look back in trailer for new documentary ‘Right Here’

Director Kriv Stenders’ new documentary on the beloved, if criminally underappreciated, Australian indie-rock act The Go-Betweens will premiere next month at the Sydney Film Festival in the band’s home country, and a new trailer offers fans an early look at the film. See the film’s trailer here.