Port Fairy Just Dropped Its Fourth Line Up
26 November 2015
Port Fairy Folk Festival, known for its good times and down to earth vibes (oh and great music) have just announced the fourth line up for the festival scheduled on March 11-14.
26 November 2015
Port Fairy Folk Festival, known for its good times and down to earth vibes (oh and great music) have just announced the fourth line up for the festival scheduled on March 11-14.
25 November 2015
Few good things have come out of ‘The Birdie Song’. Simon Hudson is an exception. Upon teaching someone how to play the song, he was given a guitar … and all the power that comes with it. He would turn to world music later in life, studying the African and Brazilian masters, incorporating the sounds with his influences – The Cat Empire, José González, Neil Finn and Paul Simon.
24 November 2015
In addition to an appearance at The Falls, El Vez has lined up a couple of intimate dates to spread his Elvis magic. Real name Robert Lopez, El Vez takes ‘The King’ and gives him a Latin-American music makeover.
24 November 2015
Music got a massive kick in the backside in the ’90s, and at the beginning of it all was Suiciety. Formed by a bunch of school friends with a love of skating, hardcore, punk and rock in 1990, the band is regarded as a pioneer of ’90s rock.
23 November 2015
Everything is better naked. Leroy Macqueen, one-half of The Gooch Palms, isn’t afraid to get his kit off. Those who have caught a show are more than likely aware of that; those that haven’t, that’s a heads-up. He shares musical duties with Kat Friend, and they’re just a couple of people who left Newcastle behind for a better life.
23 November 2015
Geelong is in for a big treat in 2016 with the original Sunnyboys line-up of Jeremy Oxley, Peter Oxley, Richard Burgman and Bil Bilson set to hit town. On April 22, 2012, following an absence of 21 years, Sunnyboys hit the stage of Sydney’s Enmore Theatre.
23 November 2015
San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees are familiar faces to Australian crowds. And such lovely familiar garage-rocking in the free world faces they are. You may know that the band started out as a way for John Dwyer to release experimental home recordings.
23 November 2015
If you are going to attend just one event this year, make it the Boxing Day Slam. Sure, you may have made your one event late in the year, but it is a good’un. And if you have already attended your ‘only one event’ this year, make an exception. Ladies and gentlemen, everyone comes together for the Boxing Day Slam.
22 November 2015
Upon Bliss N Eso’s track ‘My Life’ (from their 2013 release Circus in the Sky), you will find guest vocals from Ceekay Jones. He would join the Aussie favourites on a tour to support the album, and rocked it out with the band at the 2013 ARIAs. You can also hear him spitting verses on DJ Remady and Manu-L’s release, The Original.
22 November 2015
Occoquan is a town in Prince William Country, Virginia. The town’s name is derived from an Algonquian Doeg Indian word, meaning “at the end of the water”, and as of the 2010 Census it had a population of a little over 900 residents. It is here you will find Occoquan River.
21 November 2015
Having served as support to the likes of Counterparts, Forever Came Calling, Worthwhile, Heights, More Than Life, In Hearts Wake and Hellion, Ambleside are kings of Adelaide’s melodic hardcore scene.
21 November 2015
Listen up, people, it is time to rock and roll all night and party every other day with Apes. They have their new single ‘Dimension’ for you, so if you have three minutes to spare I am sure they would appreciate it greatly if you were to check it out.
20 November 2015
There’s no denying Josh Pyke has had a busy year. In a mere 12 months, he’s released But For All These Shrinking Hearts (which landed at #2 on the ARIA charts), done a series of fan only shows and worked with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Toowoomba Concert Orchestra.
20 November 2015
Josh Wade was just 13 when he began posting videos. Today, he is listed in the Top 100 Australian YouTubers, with more than 180,000 subscribers. His growing fan base and early success inspired him to create a stand-up show, which he debuted at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2014. He sold out 33 shows. Workers Club, Geelong – December 6 & The Loft, Warrnambool – December 9.
20 November 2015
When it came to childhood car trips, brother and sister Dan and Hannah Acfield spent more time harmonising than they did fighting. After spending some time performing as solo artists, they came to the decision that two Acfields were better than one, and set about making some tunes together.
20 November 2015
If The Barwon Club is rockin’, please come knockin’. That’s right, you’re invited to River Rocks, the greatest little music fest to feature both the words ‘River’ and ‘Rocks’. This is the festival for one and all – sharks and jets, mods and rockers, Hatfields and McCoys, hipsters and hamsters. Well, maybe not hamsters.
19 November 2015
The 25th Annual Meredith Music Festival playing times have just been announced, so who will you be leaving your tent for? Better yet, who will you be seeing the first ever laser show (trust us, there will be lots of lasers) on the Friday night with?
19 November 2015
Combining guitar and French horn has never sounded sweeter, with The Bean Project combining elements of folk, jazz and singer-songwriter genres. Formed out of Belgrave by Ben Langdon and Bryce Turcato at the beginning of 2014, the brass-clad acoustic duo won the 2014/15 FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands and has performed with names including The Twoks, The Woohoo Revue and 8Foot Felix.
19 November 2015
Tim Hulsman was born in Tasmania as one of six children raised in a devout Jehovah’s Witness family. When he turned 18, he informed his parents that he no longer wished to follow the family’s way and instead wanted to follow his musical desires. He was excommunicated. But a snippet of an interesting life, Hulsman released Dead Man’s Garden in 2014.
18 November 2015
Three times a charm and Motor City are proving that tenfold with the line up just announced for the festival scheduled for March 11-13 at the Geelong Showgrounds.
18 November 2015
‘Mary’ is a popular name choice for songs – Mary’s Place, Along Comes Mary, Proud Mary, The Wind Cries Mary, for example. Described as a “brash thunderous jam reminiscent of early Kasabian, T-Rex and Deep Purple”, Melbourne psych-rockers Pretty City now join the gang with their new track, ‘Mary Go Round’.
18 November 2015
Waves 2 Woods, a new music festival on the surf coast circuit, brings eco-minded folk together for a brilliant day out in Anglesea. A one-day curated festival of activities for foodies, live music lovers, craft beer & wine tipplers, and green hearts.
18 November 2015
Mildura’s finest citizens, Jackson Firebird, have lined up a few shows in support of their new album, Shake the Breakdown. One-part Dale Hudak and one-part Brendan Harvey, JF took off in 2006, though prior to that they were known to jam away for hours on end out the back of a local bakery.
16 November 2015
Heavy rock in a medieval castle is on the cards with the debut of Rolling Thunder, who have just announced Texan heavyweights The Sword as their inaugural headliners.
