Win tickets to Spilt Milk in Ballarat, featuring Khalid, CHVRCHES, Juice WRLD, Illy, Dune Rats & more

We’ve teamed up with the legends at Spilt Milk to give one reader the chance to win a double pass, as well as accommodation in the form of a two-person pre-pitched tent right next door to the festival site.

Wayne Coyne Remembers The Flaming Lips Masterpiece ‘The Soft Bulletin’

The Flaming Lips will be in Australia Thursday 3 and 4 October as part of Melbourne International Arts Festival, playing The Soft Bulletin in full.

Nat’s back and that’s that

Nat is now seventy and still surfs.

Provenance Wines are hosting weekly Vino and Vinyl nights in October

Whether it’s Friday night with the girls, date night or the weekly work-knock-offs, this promises to be an absolute treat!

Harry Potter and The Cursed Child is the theatre event of the year

All aboard the Hogwarts Express.

Leo Sayer Is Still Just A Boy

When you think of a 71-year-old, you definitely don’t see them travelling the world rocking out on stage to adoring fans or self-producing a new album that blends the sound of yesteryear with the modern flavour from the radio.

Grinspoon are getting started with their Chemical Hearts tour

The ‘Chemical Hearts’ tour will mark the release of Grinspoon’s ‘Chemical Hearts’ Vinyl, a greatest hits LP delivering some of the Grinners best tracks on some hot wax, but interestingly enough, some of the bands biggest songs and undoubtedly fan favourites, never actually made the charts.

Thirsty for Lime Cordiale

Fresh off a plane from sunny Europe where they provided some serious wanderlust envy with their Instagrammable summer glows and Spanish street performances, Sydney siblings, Lime Cordiale, touch back down in Australia preparing for their high-demand ‘Robbery’ AU and NZ tour, festival season, and the release of a new single on 20 September.

Pulp 173

This week, I’m diving back into the noir-driven crimescape that is Hell’s Kitchen, the home of the man without fear: Daredevil. I got my hands on a copy of volume 1 of the newly-minted Chip Zdarsky (Sex Criminals, Howard the Duck) run: Know Fear, and I have to say, after taking a break from newer Marvel titles, I am very impressed.

VIDEO PREMIERE: Miles Recommends – Keep It Warm

Miles Recommends isn’t a name you’ll soon forget; the Melbourne five-piece have blended the genres of pop, rock, blues, and even some pop, so create a crunchy, bluesy brooding sound on their latest single ‘Keep it Warm’.

Blues News talks The Blues Train

This year the Blues Train is celebrating its 25th anniversary. That makes it Australia’s longest-running Blues venue.

Loch Hart Music Festival brings out the best of the Victorian surfcoast

The regional festival returning to the small scenic town of Princetown this Summer for its second edition, where the vibe will be chill, the music will be infectious and the scenery will inspire.

Pixies Get Eerie on Beneath The Eyrie

With all of the elements in place to hit the mark on gothic rock with the Pixies classic twist, ‘Beneath The Eerie’ certainly delivers, achieving everything the band wanted to going into their 9th album.

Off Ya Tree’s $5 piercings are back

Whether it’s eyebrows, ears, bridge, nose, septum, tongue or other facial areas, the opportunity is all yours!

Out of The Darkness with Dan Hawkins

Easter Is Cancelled sees the four maestros embark upon their most ambitious quest to date with their musical opus soon to be thrust into the ear canals of rock fans around the globe, and a tour that will quite literally resurrect the souls of all who attend.

Lambys Tavern Grand Final Marathon

For those that want more than the AFL’s entertainment of Paul Kelly, Dean Lewis and Tones & I, Lambys has four huge nights of fun lined up.

Twenty years on, Birregurra Festival and Art Show continues to place community life at the heart

They say a gold coin doesn’t get you all that much in life anymore, but in the Birregurra Festival and Art Show world, it gains you access to the whole weekend of entertainment.

PSA: The Iconic is hosting a mammoth eight day sale to celebrate its eighth birthday

30% off the latest summer styles for the next eight days…

La Dispute delivered a passion-filled, emotionally charged live show

La Dispute are artistically and creatively talented, shaking up the mundane repetition of the music industry.

CJ Ramone proves Punk is not dead

CJ Ramone has earned and deserves his adopted last name.

River Rocks Rehab is back for 2019

For the third consecutive year, River Rocks Rehab will run on the Sunday of the Festival.

The News with Boy & Bear

After several years away, fans aren’t the only ones counting down the days until their return.

Sneaky Sound System, Kim Churchill and The Kite Machine unveiled for Great Australian Beer Festival Geelong

GABF overflows with fun, from the moment you set hands on your tasting glass, ‘til the time you’re tipping back your last beer of the day.

Ruel, The 1975 and Ocean Alley announced for Laneway 2020

You know it and we know it, it’s gonna be the hottest ticket in town.

 

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