Kate Miller-Heidke brings Zero Gravity home

Kate will be tugging at heartstrings this September as she takes her incredible talents across the country once again.

Good Things Festival Will Be A Day To Remember

This year the festival has taken it up a notch with a double headline arrangement which sees Aussie festival favourites, A Day To Remember, return down under to be reunited with their ‘brother band’ and co-headliners, Parkway Drive.

The best festivals for NYE, according to us.

If you’re feeling a little dazed and confused, overwhelmed, or your mates just won’t make a damn decision, we’ve got you covered with a few of the best – tried and tested – New Year’s festivals.

Winterbourne have released an exhilarating, anthemic indie-rock album

We spoke to James’ about the bands’ debut album and songwriting process.

The Lost Lands Festival just got bigger and better

Joining the party this time around is singer-songwriter treasures Dyson Stringer Cloher, sublime troubadour William Crichton, award-winning indigenous folk artist Alice Skye, funky indie collective Approachable Members Of Your Local Community and electro tribal pop duo The Merindas.

Parkway Drive and A Day To Remember lead the 2019 Good Things Festival lineup

It all goes down Friday 6 December at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne.

Augie March bring ‘On The Quiet’ back to life

To celebrate, we sit down with Augie March, as they share a ‘Track by Track’ of five songs they were listening to on the 2009 tour, and five songs that the band is loving in 2019 that they plan to be listening to on the 2019 tour.

Approachable Members of Your Local Community are performing a free concert as part of Live N Local Festival

On the first Sunday (August 25), all ages can join Live N Local x FreeZA for a free concert featuring Approachable Members of Your Local Community, yergurl and Tamara and the Dreams.

Little Creatures Brewery are hosting a festival feat. Ball Park Music, Allday, Alex Lahey, British India and Alice Ivy

BIG NEWS GEELONG.

The Teskey Brothers: Good humour, a solid-as-a-rock bond and awesome chops

Forget the notion of the difficult second album; these lads have nailed it which will please their growing fan base.

Jack River is one of the ripest musical talents on the vine

We caught up with Jack (real name Holly Rankin) ahead of Grapevine Gathering 2019 to talk about her favourite parts of performing, her year in review and some of her best (worst) festival memories…

A moment with Riordan

We love getting to know up-and-coming artists!

SAFIA’s Story Is Just Beginning

While their 2016 debut ‘Internal’ brought them success in the ARIA charts, reaching number 2, nominations for both the ARIAs and the J Awards, and two ARIA certified gold singles, SAFIA’s sophomore album, ‘Story’s Start or End’, is the piece that will define the group.

The Attics 7 Favourite Things To Do Off The Feed

Drawing inspiration from society’s toxic relationship with social media, Colac born and bred dream-pop outfit The Attics new track ‘Instant Feed’ explores the intent behind curating our lives for social media.

Five minutes with Jim Martens

Six years on from the Glass House Tour and one year on from the release of IRATUS FILIOS, Jim Martens is back on the road with his progressive acoustic tunes and stories of how they all came to be.

Melbourne’s greatest Springfieldian doom band are back

Dr Colossus are fucking back with their newest single ‘66&6’; the ominous and brutal number which is inspired by none other than Rod and Todd Flanders.

Forte’s guide to WinterWild Festival

Taking place across August 16 – 18 and August 30 – September 1, WinterWild is embracing themes of ‘visions and ecstasies’, igniting Apollo Bay with flames, music, and dance for audiences in search of adventure and unforgettable experiences.

Past The Punk: CJ Ramones’ Final Tour and Surprising New Direction

After 30 years of non-stop tour bus living, CJ is after a change of scenery, and sound, but not before he comes to Australia.

Rüfüs Du Sol Ready To Reclaim Beyond The Valley NYE Countdown

“This is our chance to reclaim the countdown which we are stoked about. It’s this funny folk law thing that Rüfüs cooked the countdown at Beyond The Valley so it’s time to nail it,’ he says.

In the mind of Alice Ivy

“So I was kind of playing with sounds,” Alice Ivy tells me as she thinks back to how her latest single ‘In My Mind’ first began to take shape.

The Biggest Tour of 2019: Metallica WorldWired Tour with Slipknot

In preparation for the monster tour, we’re exploring our top three best live Metallica performances across their nearly four decade career, and the top three best live Slipknot performances.

Deaf Havana are returning to Australian shores in August – rejuvenated, rebooted and ready to go

Not to say Deaf Havana haven’t done well for themselves, but latest album Rituals was an awesome but weird turn.

Five minutes with Crosstrack

We sit down with the guys from local Geelong band Crosstrack.

Alysha Brilla Joins QMF Lineup

Queenscliff Music Festival is turning up the heat with their 2019 line-up featuring artists from all over the globe in a diverse fusion of flavour.

 

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