CHVRCHES on Love Is Dead

“I am very proud of this record, we’ve spent a long time really exploring different aspects of what we could do.”

Emily Wurramara releases debut album 'Milyakburra'

To celebrate the release of Milyakburra, Emily is hitting the road again, this time with fellow songstress Alice Skye for a co-headline national tour

Too Heavy To Hug #690

The Great Winter Albums

My Clothes Will Beat The Clothes From Your City

Titus O’Reily might not be related to the mighty Geelong Cats full back from the early nineties, but he too knows what it takes to get the job done.

God Save The Queen at Home House Nightclub

In case you’ve missed it, next weekend is of the three day variety and thanks to our linkage to the ol’ monastery in Britain and it being the Queen’s birthday (or thereabouts), Monday is a day off!

Forte’s Guide to the National Celtic Festival

It’s time to pull out your kilts, put your winter woollies on and rug up to dive head first into this Celtic affair, this Queens Birthday long weekend will see the National Celtic Festival come back for 2018! Here’s Forte’s guide for a long weekend to remember.

Hello Tut Tut: World Music Dance Band

Hello Tut Tut’s debut album, World Music Dance Band is a dynamic and frenzied journey shaped in the space of two years by a vast array of worldly cultures and most prominently captures the seven piece band’s Eastern European roots.

John Flanagan Trio

We chat to award winning songwriter,John Flanagan ahead of their regional stops in Castlemaine, Bendigo and Ballarat.

Menulog are launching a pop-up store with vouchers, free burgers and Nollsy

You had us at Nollsy.

Tkay Maidza and six Australian musicians fly to London for Nando’s Music Exchange

Artists from across the globe are coming together.

Off Ya Tree are offering a VIP sale

It’s no longer just a pipe dream

Romantic synth soul duo Kllo are back for a very special one-off show in Melbourne

We chat to the duo ahead of the show.

Sense and Sensibility: Jane Austen on theatrical steroids

This month GPAC will be treated to Kate Hamill’s sparkling adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, which has earned itself the reputation as being ‘Jane Austen on theatrical steroids’.

Adam Harpaz is bringing Byron Bay to Geelong with a guitar and a stomp box

Adam will be performing in Geelong for the first time as part of Geelong’s Winter Sessions Live at Chapel on Little Ryrie on June 10.

Boutique Event Co: The perfect ingredient for any special event

Founded by local couple Dani and Matt Fontana, Boutique Event Co is Geelong’s answer to the travelling bar, and relishes as a business that creates an experience that will leave a lasting impression.

Tubular Bells For Two

One Album. Two Men. Too Many Instruments.

Queenscliff Music Festival is coming back in 2018 for its biggest and best year yet

As part of the festival’s showcase, QMF emerging artist grants are running for it’s 8th year and are now open.

Cat Canteri: Inner North

I grew up in an era where local music was the exception, but had the privilege of listening as Australian music grew and matured.

Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird: Electric Brown

Melbourne band ‘Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird’ have just released their brand new album, as well as a headlining tour to go along with it.

Vintage Crop: New Age

Step into a room with your leather jacket, studded shoes and lots of head swinging.

Dimmu Borgir: Eonian

Where Dimmu Borgir’s previous albums featured choirs and orchestras to add to the integral symphonic to the band’s symphonic black metal sound, to work with the highs and lows of songs, the climaxes and intros, Eonian takes the symphony and choir elements to the next level.

Pop Culture #690

One of the pleasures that often gets overlooked in movies (and television) is world-building.

Winter is coming with a new series of live gigs

One of the few reasons to exit the house on a chilly day

On Fire at The Engine Room

With over twenty years in the music business, you’d expect great things from Gypsy Fire – they would not disappoint.

 

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