A day on the green announces almighty rock lineup in Geelong

Prepare for iconic indie rock anthems in the great outdoors.

The winners of the Queenscliff Music Festival Emerging Artists Grant have been announced

The two local winning recipients are young rockers The Refuge and singer-songwriter Andrea Robertson.

Dogapalooza is a real thing

It’s the music event of every pet lover’s dreams – and it’s happening in Melbourne with a whole lot of cute puppers and quality tunes.

The full lineup has dropped for Geelong’s newest progressive, tech and trance event

The event bringing the best local and international electronic music acts to the town, Frequency 4 presents Ascend 1.0 on Cup Eve

Meet the Maker at King of the Castle

Have you ever been curious about the process of garnishing desserts to make them as picture perfect as they are, and then how to nail the perfect foodie pic as well?

The Rank Outsiders head to Torquay

Real music. Real players. Cool tunes. What’s not to love?

Pulp 121

This week, I’ve picked up volume 1 of Black Hammer, by Jeff Lemire.

Ballarat Blog #672

Winter has given locals a clip under the ear at its tail end. As far as Ballarat winters go, it has been a reasonably mild one until the last few weeks.

Pop Culture #672

There’s been a bit of a glut in Australian television comedy at the moment – for a fortnight there the ABC was running three locally-made scripted comedies in a row on Wednesday night…

British India: Forgetting the Future

British India are one of Melbourne’s top bands, and have been on the ARIA charts for almost ten years.

Forté’s Top 10 acts to watch from BIGSOUND

Four days of living and breathing among the ever-growing music industry, it’s time to sum up the very best bits from what we saw at BIGSOUND 2017.

There’s a new tea bar in town

The Teacha Tea Bar is now open in Central Geelong boasting a 25 page tea menu the tea bar offers over 200 specialty teas for you to enjoy.

Tim Hulsman named as Artist Of The Month in the US

Local talent has made it on the world radar

Too Heavy To Hug #672

First world beggars Ne Obliviscaris (NeO) are running a hardcore pan-handling campaign in the lead up to the release of their new album later this year.

The full Laneway Festival ’18 lineup is here

We’ve already found out that Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals and Mac DeMarco are on the bill for next years Laneway Festival, but now we’ve got the rest.

Aussie larrikin Frenchy heads to Geelong and Ballarat

In the words of Frenchy, “come for the comedy, stay for the shoeys.”

Sophisticated Dingo are Melbourne’s most eligible animal bachelors

After being confined to a Melbourne loft for almost a year, garage-rock duo Sophisticated Dingo are escaping from the captivity of suburbia.

Lloyd Spiegel: Last stop, Bendigo

Over the years Lloyd Spiegel has established himself as a top tier Australian blues guitarist.

Julian James: Whiskey & The Devil

Melbourne based singer, Julian James, is no stranger to the blues.

Blind Man Death Stare: It’ll Grow On Ya

Fuelled by ’90s punk riffs, Blind Man Death Stare’s debut album delivers more than the stock standard punk sound rehashed.

Front End Loader

As a group that refers to themselves as ‘Australia’s least popular, relatively well-known band’… you know these Sydney guys don’t take themselves too seriously.

Happy Wanderer Festival is the music festival with conservation at heart

Happy Wanderer Festival is so much more than a festival you can simply get down and have a groove at.

Blues News #672

Last year, after running Blues for Lost Souls for the Nth time, Greg Dodd said he would never run another one, so here he goes again.

Bigsound Recap: Night 1 with Aurelia

Bigsound officially kicked off in Brisbane yesterday! We got the enigmatic and mysterious songwriter Aurelia to give us a run down of night one at Bigsound.

 

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