The Screaming Jets announce The Rock Vault tour for 2023

Fresh from their recent 30th anniversary tour of their groundbreaking rock album, ‘All For One’, which saw the band play…

HED PE announce 2023 Australian tour

Over the course of their career, which commenced in 1997, genre bending punk, rasta, soul gangsta rockers, HED PE (AKA (Hed) P.E….

Legendary Malian Guitarist Vieux Farka Touré returns to Australia in 2023

One of the world’s most respected guitarists and musicians, Touré returns to Australia with his full band to perform from…

Live Review: The Lumineers wrapped up their Aussie tour in Victoria with a night of nostalgia, energy and joy

Named after their latest album Brightside, the tour encompassed new hits and old favourites alike by the American indie-folk artists. The…

Port Fairy Folk Festival announces third artist lineup for 2023

Returning to the glorious setting of the music-loving coastal village for its 46th edition from 10-13 March,  the 2023 Port…

Geelong’s Bad Neighbour Records is celebrating its first birthday with a vinyl-fuelled party

Geelong wax lovers, consider your Saturday plans sorted! Bad Neighbour Records is celebrating one year slinging vinyl from Boom Gallery…

NZ juggernauts Kora deliver a timeless, broken-hearted R&B anthem in ‘Gone’

Fusing elements of soul and R&B with reggae, Kora’s ‘Gone’ grapples with love lost and the fruitless struggle to save…

Melbourne Museum’s after-dark adults only party Nocturnal returns

Nocturnal returns in all its glory on Wednesday November 30 for the first time since 2020. The first of a…

Acclaimed indie trio HighSchool are returning for a one-off Melbourne hometown show this December

Currently based in London, Melbourne locals HighSchool have had quite a year over there – playing sold-out headline shows, supporting…

Liz Stringer & William Crighton announce co-headline tour for March 2023 

Two of Australia’s finest storytellers, Liz Stringer and William Crighton are joining forces in March 2023 for a co-headline tour. Both notoriously powerful…

Golden Plains adds more acts to the sold out 2023 festival lineup

Aunty Meredith is the cool Aunt that just keeps on giving. After dropping an absolutely crackin’ lineup that has seen…

Bad//Dreems, C.O.F.F.I.N lead one-day Port Fairy festival Down South 2023

Fresh from entering the festival circuit back in February this year bringing along some of the best bands our state…

Hanging Rock festival First & Forever adds to its glorious First Nations lineup

Bringing some of the best First Nations acts in the country to the utterly beautiful surrounds of Hanging Rock in…

Fatboy Slim is heading to Australia in 2023

Revered DJ and prolific producer Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook) returns to Australia for four huge dates in April and…

Flight Facilities, The Presets lead Bendigo’s new Day By Day Music Festival in 2023

Everyone’s favourite sun-dappled dance party (FKA Daybreak Music Festival) is lifting off at Bendigo Racecourse for a high-velocity, full-day festival…

‘Outside’: Sharl captivates in new film-noir meets cyberpunk extravaganza

Fresh from releasing her passionate pop-fuelled debut album City Lights in August, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Sharl continues to prove why we…

Castlemaine Town Folk Festival returns in 2023 bringing along a huge lineup of acts

Following the good-time success story of the first-ever Town Folk Festival early in 2022, today the festival announces it will…

‘Hiraeth’ distinguishes art-pop alchemist Georgia Fields’ songwriting as a cut above the rest

It’s rather challenging to write about themes of death, infidelity and motherhood with the level of sincerity and candour that…

‘Emo never dies, it just starts paying rent’: UFO Go’s latest single Way Back When channels mid-20s angst

Ahead of their latest album, which is set to drop in 2023, UFO Go have released their latest single Way…

Psych rockers 1000mods announce 2023 Australian tour

Direct from Athens, Greece, heavy psych rockers 1000mods are making their triumphant return to Australian shores as well as debuting…

ICEHOUSE postpone Great Southern Land concert this weekend due to Covid-19

ICEHOUSE have had to postpone their Great Southern Land 2022 – The Concert Series performance at the Sidney Myer Music…

Mia Wray announces ‘Stay Awake’ EP and Australian headline tour for 2023

Following a fruitful month in London – which included her debut headline show in the UK and resulted in an…

Meadow Festival returns to Surf Coast in 2023 led by English prog-rockers Black Midi

Taking over the lush farmland hamlet of Bambra for three stacked days of live music, tickets are generally capped at…

Geelong’s NYE festival Beyond The Valley has dropped its daily artist lineup

Beyond The Valley have just released its daily artist lineup which will see Nelly Furtado play on 31st December (New…

 

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