Slowly Slowly have burst into the new decade with Race Car Blues

An electric collection of songs displaying front-man Ben Stewart’s impressive lyricism and the skillsets of Albert Doan (guitars), Alex Quayle (bass) and Patrick Murphy (drums) in action.

The first-ever Geelong Design Week is coming

The inaugural festival will showcase more than 80 events, workshops and exhibitions. Each highlighting and celebrating the unique and diverse ways Geelong can champion design and weave it throughout everyday life.

The Rubens, Client Liaison, Bad Dreems & Thelma Plum have all been announced for The Torquay Hotel

While the weather is cooling down, we can’t say the same thing about the acts coming into the Torquay Hotel.

Vessel enters 2020 with second album, Vagabond Blues

Much like their previous work, the album overall reads like a classic psychedelic desert rock with blues and heavy metal twists.

Sarahj. delivers youthful, honest energy with Afterthought

Afterthought will be available on February 29 on all streaming services.

Ocean Grove have finally let loose a release date for Flip Phone Fantasy

Alongside the highly anticipated date of their sophomore album release, the band are also offering another taste off the record with new track ‘Thousand Golden People’ out today AS WELL as announcing a pair of intimate record store visits in Sydney and Brisbane post-release.

Downloading Deftones

From Soundwave to Big Day Out and now Download Festival, Deftones are festival favourites who consistently bring bigger and better shows to our shores every time.

Riverboats Music Festival 2020

Once again, the festival among the gum trees has delivered.

Lydia Lunch returns to Australia with Retrovirus

As a notable singer, composer, poet, author, actress and master of Spoken Word, it’s the remarkable synergy amongst Lydia’s lilting lineup that is an undeniable catalyst for the success of Retrovirus so far.

Seven Types of Jobs International Students Can Take Up in Australia

Seven types of jobs international students can take up in Australia are not only helpful for covering living costs, but…

Karnivool announce ‘The Decade of Sound Awake’ Australian tour

They will play the whole album in its entirety, marking some of the band’s biggest headline shows to date.

Nitro Circus brings their explosive, high adrenaline action sports spectacular to Ballarat

With no Melbourne show in 2020, this is the only chance Victorians will get to see the best action sports athletes on the planet push themselves to their absolute limits on the biggest ramps in action sports.

You can adopt a cat for $25 this month

Can anybody find these cats somebody to love?

Shaggy and Sean Paul: Bringing Jamaica To The Forum

There’s nothing better than getting to relive some of your favourite songs and artists on a Wednesday night at The Forum, and Shaggy and Sean Paul were set to deliver.

Meadow just beefed up its line up with Donny Benét, Mr. Teenage, POOKIE and more

Hold onto your hats, the seventh annual Meadow festival lineup just got even tastier.

Little Creatures are hosting a massive outdoor bushfire relief concert next month

Coined ‘Creatures for Relief’, this outdoor event is set to take over the Geelong brewery on Sunday March 22 from 12pm to 10pm.

Splendour in the Grass have dropped a mammoth lineup for their 20th edition

Tickets to this year’s edition will be hot property.

Krispy Kreme Have Launched Rick And Morty Themed Doughnuts

Of all the realities Rick and Morty could possibly stumble upon, this one is the most delicious!

Applications are now open for the Live Music Professionals program 2020

The program, Live Music Professionals, is ultimately geared towards strengthening Victoria’s diverse and vibrant music communities and support the people responsible for bringing live music into Victoria’s live music venues and festivals, including independent promoters, venue owners, venue managers, and band bookers.

Help give bushfires the boot by grabbing some books at the Monster Book Fair

By purchasing the books you’re saving them from the rubbish tip which makes a sustainable recycling system for some eco-friendly reads.

Crooked Colours and SAFIA lead Ability Fest 2020

Australia’s only fully inclusive music festival Ability Fest is back for 2020 and set to be bigger and better than ever when it takes over Melbourne’s Coburg Velodrome on Saturday, April 4.

Polaris have come into their own with The Death Of Me

The Death Of Me is out February 21, 2020, via Resist Records.

Birdman: Or The Unexpected Virtue Of A Tony Hawk Pro Skater Cover Band

Despite the novelty of the concept, there is an authenticity to Birdman that can only be explained by the 1999 phenomena of Tony Hawk Pro Skater.

Dream pop duo Oh Wonder announce Australian tour

With enchanting singles ‘​Happy’​, ‘​Hallelujah’, ‘Better Now’ ​and ‘​I Wish I Never Met You​’, the album is seriously relatable for anyone who has ever been in love.

 

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