Theatre Royal, Northcote Social Club and Isol-Aid Festival take home gold in Music Victoria Industry Awards

The second-ever live-streamed Industry Awards event was broadcast live on Channel 31 and the web to award the industry-voted winners for…

Multi-instrumentalist and producer T@NE dives into euphoric electro-pop with sensual new single ‘Autumn’ 

Swirling with wielding hypnotic beats and dreamy riffs – the kind that would evoke a sway out of even the…

An intergalactic cyber festival is happening this weekend to raise funds for Support Act

SIMULATION 4 is the fourth instalment of the ethereal cyber festival that promises a spectacularly supersonic simulation, featuring a range…

Meet King’s Vengeance, the Melbourne band carving their own legacy in Australian heavy music

Melbourne hard rockers King’s Vengeance have made a bold entrance into the Aussie heavy scene this year with their steezy…

Billie Eilish is bringing her ‘Happier Than Ever’ World Tour to Melbourne 

I am not sure how many Australian visits it takes until you become an honorary citizen, but with Billie Eilish…

Wolfmother, Kingswood, Magic Dirt and more lead Melbourne’s new rock and metal festival Uncaged

Australia’s most mysterious new heavy festival Uncaged has finally unveiled its debut lineup, and it truly is a melting pot…

Out Here In The Field is the new boutique music festival heading to Tasmania in 2022

Bringing the beat and the magic back to Tasmanian music lovers in 2022, Out Here In The Field is set…

Ausmusic T-Shirt Day returns this November, raising much-needed funds for artists, artist managers, crew and music workers

Do you love Australian music? And care about the people who create it? Operating in an industry that focuses a…

Nominees announced for 2021 Australian Music Prize, Billy Bragg leads judging panel

The Australian Music Prize (AMP) will award one lucky act with the $30,000 cash prize for the best album of…

Loch Hart Music Festival postpones its November return to the Great Ocean Road

Hailed as one of Victoria’s best boutique festivals over the last couple of years, Loch Hart Music Festival is the…

Queenscliff Music Festival cancelled for 2021, the second year in a row

The QMF team have sadly had to cancel their 2021 iteration for its November dates as Australia moves out of…

Bellarine-based psychedelic dream-pop band Sirens unveil enchanting debut EP 

Having first covered Sirens in my piece on ‘12 Victorian Acts to Keep an Eye On’ earlier this year, I’ve…

Stripped back and dressed up in glitter, indie-pop brothers Mother Culture release new single ‘Scaramouche’

After serving up a poppy mashup of psychedelic sounds with their single ‘Fuzzface’ earlier this year, Melbourne based indie-pop duo…

Duan and ThatKidMaz recruit Elysia Gomez, Kobe White, Julia Lostrom on ‘Ways’, tackling crime and chaos in Footscray

Melbourne rappers DUAN and ThatKidMaz partner up with Elysia Gomez, Kobe White and Julia Lostrom to release their first single…

I Hold the Lion’s Paw’s new album is an immersive world of electro-ambiance, grungy afro-grooves, and psychedelic jazz

On his latest record, Reuben aims to conjure the spirit and twisted funk of Miles Davis’ On the Corner, filtered through…

Punk rock Sydney-siders Whatever, Forever release thumping new single ‘Ghost Of Me’

Punk rock Sydney-siders Whatever, Forever deliver the most refined take on their alternative punk sound with latest single ‘Ghost Of Me’, as we get…

“It’s been two years… we want to bring fucking bangers and that’s it”: Parkway Drive are ready to erupt at Ballarat’s newest festival

In 2007 when Parkway Drive’s sophomore effort Horizons made it into the ARIA charts, people claimed the group were ‘taking over…

Kurt Gentle delivers a swaggering slice of blues-rock with ‘State County Lines’ 

With his newest single full of big riff energy, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Kurt Gentle has made significant steps in the transformation…

The MSO’s free outdoor concert series returns to the Sidney Myer Music Bowl this summer

Igniting the spark in many Victorian music lovers, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has announced a return to the stage next…

Melbourne artist Spectres and Machines releases cinematic new single ‘Love Like A Supernova’

Inspired by an unnerving life-changing experience, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter-guitarist, independent producer and filmmaker Timothy Shaw is back in full force under…

Outdoor concert series SummerSalt locks in Ballarat, St Kilda and Mildura for 2022

If you’re keen to see people walking with deckchairs on the side of the road, thousands of cars parked on…

Gorillaz announce first Australian tour in over a decade

Long before online concerts and festivals became a thing, Gorillaz ruled the virtual space, seamlessly meshing music, art and technology…

Geelong duo Coco Du Ma just dropped a remix of Kid Cudi’s ‘Day ‘N’ Nite’ and it feels like summer 

Coco Du Ma. Haven’t heard of them? Well, you should take note. Comprising the talents of Riley Harman and Sainesh…

Music Victoria announce industry awards nominees, honouring our struggling Victorian live music venues

Music Victoria is thrilled to announce the 2021 return of the Music Victoria Industry Awards. After the success of last…

 

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