HOLD//FIRE are ready to drop their debut single

Geelong alt-rock outfit Hold//Fire are keen to show the world their debut single ‘Safety in Numbers’ this Friday.

Little Creatures’ Furphy Hall is hosting live gigs this month

Get on down and sit back with an ice-cold Furphy.

Earthless hit Geelong this Friday

They’re playing in support of their acclaimed 2018 studio album Black Heaven and their new live album From the West.

The Workers Club Geelong are screening Her Sound, Her Story to celebrate International Women’s Day

This is the latest film to foster an intimate conversation around the personal experiences, histories and social impact of women within the music industry.

GAWS are looking for foster carers

Need some love in your life, but don’t want the life-long commitment?

By The Meadow announce final lineup and the local band competition winner

What a day for By The Meadow festival goers!

Ballarat’s Ebonivory sign to Wild Thing Presents

Ebonivory joins prestigious acts including Caligula’s Horse, Circles, The Ocean,
City Of Souls, AlithiA, James Norbert Ivanyi and many more as part of Wild Thing Presents’ incredible roster.

PREMIERE: Surf Coast’s Immy Owusu releases heavy, afro-rock single ‘Danger!!!’

Immy Owusu’s ‘Danger’ is a sonic trip from start to end.

As far as Thursday nights in Geelong go…

There was some pretty bloody tight music to be enjoyed at the B.C at the No Age gig, even if hordes of fans wouldn’t risk tempting themselves with rock ‘n’ roll music and eight dollar tall-tinnies on a weeknight.

Too Heavy To Hug #709

By the time you read this, quite possibly the best movie about heavy metal will have just played in cinemas for one night only in Oz.

Pulp 158

This week’s comic pick was directly inspired by my viewing of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse a few weeks back.

Pop Culture #709

Okay, so Get Krack!n is easily the best Australian scripted comedy the ABC has put to air in a depressingly long time, but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect.

Blues News #709

It’s that time again… it’s Mardi Gras time!

What’s on in Ballarat

Autumn is such a lovely time of the year in Ballarat and the place to be March 7-11 is the Daylesford ChillOut Festival.

Pond: Tasmania

The record delivers us ten songs that do not let up on the bands reputation for experimentalism.

Newton Faulkner: The Very Best of Newton Faulkner… So Far

You say Newton Faulkner, I sing dramatically “Dream catch me when I fall…or else I won’t come back at all”.

Julia Jacklin: Crushing

Julia Jacklin absolutely crushes it with her second album.

King Diamond: Songs For The Dead Live

‘Songs For The Dead’ recorded live at Graspop in 2016 captures a truly triumphant return to touring after extensive personal and medical reasons kept him away for a while.

SURF RAAAGE

It’s been a crazy, busy summer along the Bellarine Peninsula and Surf Coasts.

The Jungle Giants are dropping in

The band are returning to the Victorian coast, on April 20th as a part of The Drop festival in Torquay, alongside a list of huge Aussie acts including Angus & Julia Stone, Client Liaison, Hockey Dad and Alex the Astronaut.

The Aussie icon that just keeps on giving

Ian Moss has come a long way from his early days as a boy born and raised in Australia’s Red Centre.

Geelong’s Zuma have dropped their debut EP

To find out more about the release, we caught up with the groups bass player, Jimmy Barjasic, to have a chat about all things Zuma.

Five minutes with Skyscraper Stan

‘On Your Corner’ is his latest single.

Backyard Tasters returns to Ballarat for the next two Fridays

Enjoy the best in local live music while enjoying the finest food this region has to offer.

 

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