More Than A Meme: Bag Raiders Looking Forward Beyond The Horizon

Their decade long career, sell-out world tours and support slots for iconic acts, Duran Duran and Chic, are just the tip of the iceberg in an already legendary career, with the meme only a mere icicle dangling from the top.

Two Door Cinema Club have gone from being an indie sensation to stadium-slaying juggernaut

With the release of their fourth album ‘False Alarm’ Two Door Cinema Club are heading back to Australia for what will no doubt be a series of gigs that live up the Irish lad’s reputation as live music gurus.

Aussie legends Spiderbait celebrate their singles from the last quarter of a century

I caught up with drummer Kram recently and he talked with affection about his return to Melbourne (he now lives in Byron Bay) and the changes he’s seen not just to the city but the music scene too.

Palaye Royale are heading back to Australia

If you’re not too familiar with Palaye Royale then think Bowie, Jagger, and My Chemical Romance and you’ll be on the right track.

Flipping Crazy: G Flip On Her Ride To Success

While it seems both G Flips’ relationship and career have been a wild ride to date, one thing is for certain – this talented musician is in for even more crazy experiences in the near future!

VIDEO PREMIERE: Geelong trio The Run flaunt soaring indie sounds with ‘Missing Out On‘

Filmed in the Bellarine Peninsula, through Geelong and Melbourne’s outer suburbs, the music video is lighthearted, simple, to the point and flaunts both the band’s good-nature, and prowess as musicians and creatives.

Montaigne on being an open book, music as a means of therapy, and her desire to be Nick Cave

“I’ve always wanted to be tall and slim and dark like Nick Cave, and mysterious and big-lipped.”

Make Them Suffer on their most confrontational piece of music yet

If you follow Make Them Suffer, you may have come across their newest single ‘Hollowed Heart’, the groups most confrontational piece of music yet.

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.

Something for Kate frontman Paul Dempsey is heading to the Torquay Hotel

If you love acoustic, intimate shows, this is one not to be missed

Queenscliff Music Festival reveal their third lineup announcement

Queenscliff Music Festival 2019 is back guns blazing with more news for the upcoming summer a trifecta of local legends, yoga, and kindie-indie showcases.

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.

Australian Women in Music Awards Unveils 2019 Concert Performers, Program & Keynote Speaker

Leading today’s announcement, the reveal of the 2019 AWMA Program speakers include Amy Sheppard, Yumi Stynes, Deborah Cheetham, Kween G, and Kim ‘Busty Beatz’ Bowers, along with an Awards Concert that traverses Opera, Roots, Hip-Hop, Pop, Rock and even a “Guitarmagedon”.

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.

Box Hill Institute and Sing Sing East studio are giving away free studio time

Imagine recording your next single, EP or album on the SSL desk that musical legends Paul Kelly, INXS, Kiss, Lady Gaga, Elvis Costello, and Mark Ronson have all recorded on…

Melted returns for 2019

After such success in its first year, Victoria’s newest heavy and alternative music festival, Melted Festival, will return to the Barwon Club Hotel this year.

The Workers Club are hosting Songs in The Key of Springfield this week

Song singing, quote slinging and nostalgia explosions.

Good Things Festival announces its return for 2019

With the lineup still sworn to secrecy, we have got the dates for you to pencil in your diary.

 

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