There’s a new beach music festival heading to the Gold Coast

Festival vibes in the sand.

Neon pop-up adds a splash of colour to Geelong

Neon Jungle is a platform for all things neon.

New Years Day Bring Headline Tour Down Under

Anaheim rockers, New Years Day will be bringing their debut headline tour down under in March 2020, hitting up Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

Chas Cole Cellars’ best wines for winter sipping

Our good friends at Chas Cole have the very best wine to warm your soul this season, and have done the hard yard in narrowing it down to their top five!

Ausmuteants give us an insight into the “…Present The World In Handcuffs”

Some of Geelong’s finest paranoia-punk-preachers, Ausmuteants, have a new album out.

Jon Stevens is heading to the Gateway Hotel

Jon Stevens by any definition is a survivor.

Road trip…

This winter I packed the family into the car and the boards on top. I was done with the cold and the rain. I needed to head north…. A road trip was in order.

It’s all music and wine at Blue Pyrenees Estate

For those of you who like to dabble in wines, you’ll love all the wines Blue Pyrenees Estate has to offer.

Brewtality Festival returns for 2019 with High Tension

We chat to HT vocalist Karina Utomo ahead of the fest.

The Sound Doctor Presents Alice Skye

We chat to Alice Skye ahead of the gig.

Live Music Professionals: The Torquay Hotel

Live music is at the crux of a successful music industry, and thanks to the legends over at Music Victoria, a vibrant program has been created to help foster and maintain a sustainable live music sector.

TQX: Global Intimacy

It’s been a few months since its release and TQX’s album ‘Global Intimacy’ really isn’t getting the attention it deserves.

Simon Hosford is heading to the Melbourne Guitar Show

Simon Hosford isn’t just a jack of all trades, but he’s pretty close to the master of them as well.

Blues News #719

This month Georgia Rodgers has been playing at Pistol Pete’s on Tuesdays, and she will be playing there until the end of the month.

Drown This City: Alpha // Survivor

It tells the story of their broken state, their self-healing and their survival across six anthems.

Spacegoat: 33

I’m not sure how I missed 33 when it was first released, but I’m glad I finally got the chance to give it a listen because Ballarat-based Spacegoat have delivered an absolutely huge EP that’ll quickly become a favourite to fans of Halestorm and Evanescence.

Ed Sheeran: No. 6 Collaboration Project

And so without Ed, this album wouldn’t be the masterpiece it is. He is simply too big to fail, as was the bonus likely paid to whoever made this happen.

Too Heavy To Hug #719

Yeah but what does Corey Taylor think about this?

jade imagine: Basic Love

Basic Love expands on the alternative/indie, neo-psychedelia sounds from the EP with the construction of a dreamy soundscape of steady, repetitive rhythms, floaty mid-tempo vocals and a colourful mix of poppy synths to gritty, distorted guitars.

Would You Look At The Size Of That Thing!

Stampsy is the Music Director and Drive Announcer at K Rock in Geelong

Hugo Race prepares for his Australian tour

Hugo race has released a new album with another of his groups The Fatalists entitled Taken By The Dream.

Enjoy, return, repeat with One Good Cup

Do you always forget your keep-cup every time you head out to pick up your double shot cappuccino on your way to work?

Big Love, Little Fuss with Big Love Elopement

It really is big love with little fuss.

Pulp 168

Another week, another Forte, and another Pulp ready to burst out from the shadows and subdue some goons like the Dark Knight that inspired this whole shebang in the first place.

 

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