The Village Door Café is bringing happiness to Pakington Street through culinary delights

Boasting authentic home-made recipes with genuine European chefs from all different backgrounds, everything is prepared fresh in their kitchen and is made with love.

The Way That We Love Vera Blue

There are only good things ahead for the enigmatic pop powerhouse Vera Blue, aka Celia Pavey.

Olympia returns home to Australia for an intimate Anglesea gig

Bartley will be joined by her full band to bring her latest release, Flamingo, to life.

Happy Wanderer Festival returns for #7

Alongside the good times, great music, a sweet program of workshops, morning yoga, volunteering spirit, and splashing around in the river, it’s a festival which places a particular focus on sustainability and does so in more ways than one.

Sam Fender sheds a little more light on the music from his debut album, Hypersonic Missiles

Fresh from unleashing a row of smashing sets at Splendour in the Grass and a couple of packed venues in Sydney and Melbourne, British pop-punk heartthrob Sam Fender slowed down to chat about his debut album, Hypersonic Missiles.

Great Ocean Road celebrates 100 years of greatness

A century after construction first began on the Great Ocean Road, Australia’s most famous stretch of road is celebrating its storied past with pop-up cinemas, public art installations, and documentary screenings.

Alex Lahey is doing it right, bringing infectious anthems and bursting guitars to Geelong this October

“Geelong has always been so supportive of my music from the very start and I hold the town very close to my heart for that reason.”

CLOSED: Win a helicopter ride and glamping to Loch Hart Music Festival

After the sweeping success of the inaugural 2018 event, Loch Hart Music Festival is back for its second year this November, and featuring a huge lineup of acts from Alpine to Didirri, Genesis Owusu, Alice Ivy and so much more.

Ok Motel, the one-night rural music party, returns for 2019

The Charlton Motel will come alive with the blistering energy from Amyl And The Sniffers, the life-affirming alternative rock from Moaning Lisa, the grimy and visceral Batpiss, a dose of aggravated garage-punk from Pinch Points, the harmony-driven, fuzzed-out sounds of Moody Beaches, and a little bit of everything from Dj Hot Wheels.

The Amazons brought Future Dust to Melbourne last week

Singer and guitarist Matt Thomson spoke about the tour and how things have been shaping up with the Brit group.

Michael Waugh brings ‘The Weir’ to the Palais-Hepburn this weekend

We sit down with Michael Waugh.

The pastry chef instagram account you need to follow

A word of caution, though: don’t check out this page on an empty stomach.

City Calm Down talk Television and tours

Melbourne four-piece City Calm Down are celebrating the release of their third album Television

Moreton’s top songwriting inspirations and cures for writer’s block

Byron Bay alt-rock four-piece Moreton recent track “See Yourself”, featuring world-renowned Irish singer James Vincent McMorrow, is a lovely, heart-wrenching…

Breaky for Boobies Fundraiser is back for its fourth year

So many lives changed, maybe even saved, because of Breaky for Boobies.

Beyond The Valley have officially announced a sideshow for 2020

Featuring Green Velvet, Claptone, Michael Bibi and Rebūke!

Drapht is heading to Geelong

Raise your glass for the king of the bar!

Convenience Store debut their laidback sound on ‘Time To Enjoy’

Convenience Store is one of the best new bands you haven’t heard of yet, launching an honest, captivating release with a childlike sense of maturity.

Forte’s Guide to the Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival 2019

The countdown is on for the festival that sees the humble town of Bendigo embrace upwards of 20,000 music lovers, with the ninth annual Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival this November 7 – 10.

More Than A Meme: Bag Raiders Looking Forward Beyond The Horizon

Their decade long career, sell-out world tours and support slots for iconic acts, Duran Duran and Chic, are just the tip of the iceberg in an already legendary career, with the meme only a mere icicle dangling from the top.

Slipknot: We Are Not Your Kind

Fuck, it’s good to have you back Slipknot.

Ash Grunwald: Mojo

Mojo is a guitar filled record with an array of Australian and international guest musicians, through which Grunwald showcases a range of new and old songs built on a similar style.

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Infest the Rats’ Nest

At this point, it seems as if King Gizz have a dartboard of genres that they use to blindly decide what their next musical venture will be.

Two Door Cinema Club have gone from being an indie sensation to stadium-slaying juggernaut

With the release of their fourth album ‘False Alarm’ Two Door Cinema Club are heading back to Australia for what will no doubt be a series of gigs that live up the Irish lad’s reputation as live music gurus.

 

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