Alex Lahey is as real as it gets

Screw the girl next door, Alex Lahey is the kid down the street you couldn’t wait to hang out with after school.

Jimmy Carr is heading to Geelong in 2018

A comedy hero for our times

Local musicians invited to discuss mental health, creativity and careers

As part of a week of educational events in Victoria for World Mental Health Day, APRA AMCOS, along with Music Victoria, is expanding its well-received discussion series on mental health and the creative mind with events in Geelong and Ballarat.

Toast to the Coast introduce BAIE on the Bay!

Local winery BAIE Wines set to deliver tastings on board the Port Phillip Ferry bringing Melburnians across the bay

Touch Sensitive announces national headline tour in support of debut album Visions

He’ll be playing at the Inn Hotel in Geelong

The future is now

For those who love a greasy, cheese filled, dripping with delicious-goodness burger, Boss Burger Co. are now delivering.

Pitch Music & Arts Festival is hosting the most credible names in dance music

A who’s-who of electronic music will be descending on Australia for the return of Pitch Music & Arts Festival.

Canadian folk duo Twin Peaks announce Australian Tour

After six years of touring back and forth across Canada, they have gone international

Ballarat Blog #674

Hip-hop rarely comes to the Rat, so fans of Illy have a unique opportunity to see him strut his stuff in the fabulous Karova Lounge.

Beyond The Valley on partying Lux style at this year’s festival

Each year, Beyond The Valley offers its patrons a limited amount of Luxury Camping passes. And this year’s festival is said to be the most luxe of them all, stepping things up in a big way.

Food Court: Good Luck

Raw, loud and straight to the point is perhaps the most accurate way of summing up the most recent offering from Sydney-based garage-fuzz band, Food Court.

So Frenchy So Chic returns this summer

A summer French escape of music, food and friends is what awaits you at So Frenchy So Chic which is returning again for 2018.

Photo Review: Angus & Julia Stone

Brother and sister duo captured everyone in the room for their sold-out gig with their dreamy folk tunes and distinctive vocals.

Check out Eilish Gilligan’s new track ‘Creature of Habit’

It’s a little bit of Lorde, little bit of Lana Del Rey, and a little bit of something you can’t really place.

Evanescence have announced an Australian east coast tour

As part of the global Synthesis Live tour, they will perform in Melbourne at Rod Laver Arena with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on 16 February.

Vini Vici set to perform at earthcore 2017

In the lead-up to earthcore 2017 – one of Australia’s leading outdoor dance and electronic music festivals – Israeli Psytrance DJ duo, Vini Vici, have been working hard in collaboration.

The Ramones’ Marky Ramone is Blitzkrieg Boppin’ his way around the world

The Ramones’ Marc Steven Bell, more commonly known by his stage name of Marky Ramone, is keeping the spirit of the band burning bright with his ‘Blitzkrieg’ tour.

Peter Greste is coming to Geelong

Peter Greste made international headlines when he was imprisoned for 400 days in Cairo, while on temporary assignment in Egypt for Al Jazeera.

There’s free cheesecake this weekend

No, you’re not dreaming, this is real.

Grampians Music Festival announce 2018 lineup

Some of Australia’s most impressive new artists – including Tired Lion, Ruby Fields, Polish Club and Didirri – will play the stage at the second annual Grampians Music Festival.

Purple Disco Machine: Soulmatic

Purple Disco Machine’s debut original album ‘Soulmatic’ is an at times uneven, but always quite accomplished soulful dance/electronic album that manages to feel like something out of the 80s/00s while being contemporary.

Attention for all the coffee-and-liquor-loving Melbournians…

The Mr Black Festival of the Espresso Martini returns for its second year, and we could not be more pleased with this news.

Pulp 122

This week, I’ve picked up volume one of the Batman Beyond Rebirth line, Escaping the Grave.

Check out Alice Ivy’s remix of Lakyn’s new single ‘West’ and her fresh AF new single

It’s no doubt she is on the radar as one of the country’s finest new producers.

 

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