So I imagine you are wondering what on Earth I can offer you that’s going to get you interested… how about a Wolfmother goody bag? This will include a Wolfmother bag, a shirt, a hoody, stickers, buttons, a keyring, and (my favourite) a SIGNED COPY OF COSMIC EGG! Yes, a signed copy! All courtesy of Wolfmother themselves!

To win this exciting prize, all I want is for you to post what you would name the third album! The best ones will be selected by the moderation team, and then put into a hat and selected at random. Submit your answer as a comment below, and remember to leave your email address so we can contact you!

The competition will close dead on 2012, so 12 midnight January 1st, UK time.

Good luck, and all the best!

Jimmy & Wolfmother.net team

Writing on the forums, Jimmi explained that the third album is completely recorded and mixed, with just “a few vocal touch up[s] needed”. The album will apparently comprise 12 tracks and be released in approximately three months, indicating a September 2011 release. As for the new songs, Jimmi claims that he has heard a total of five unreleased tracks: two in soundcheck, two in the live set, and another backstage after the gig; he praised the new direction, noting that the songs had “good thumping riffs” and were “really catchy”.

A quick search on YouTube brings up a couple of indications as to the new material, including a song being referred to as “The Year of the Dragon” and another song for which the title is as yet unknown. Another video floating around from the gig shows the band covering a portion of the Led Zeppelin classic “Stairway to Heaven“. It is unknown when this new material will see the light of day, but it seems that the band are ready to release it some time before the end of the year (save for any trademark delays, of course).

Over $8 million was raised by the Sound Relief concerts, with the funds going to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal ($7,159,760) and The Queensland Premier’s Disaster Relief Appeal ($874,416).

But for those who missed tickets to Sound Relief, don’t fret because on October 2nd a 4-disc DVD compilation will be released with proceeds going to Red Cross.

Not much is known about the content of the DVDs as of yet other than every artist who performed in either city will be included on the disc, furthermore Sound Relief organiser Michael Gudinski has had this to say about the release “Some acts have their whole set on there, some just a few songs, but it’s all music. We didn’t want to clutter it up with interviews.”

Let’s just hope the entire Wolfmother set is included!

Andrew Stockdale at Sound Relief