Grand Pine have dropped the ambient, hauntingly beautiful single ‘Heart’

If you’re a fan of slow and enigmatic indie-folk and you are yet to discover Grand Pine, you are missing out.

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!

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.

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.

Bendigo Au Go Go #18

Bendigo stalwarts Midweek Blues have spent a busy winter in the studio – and they are preparing to unleash the results in the coming months.

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.

River Rocks Rehab is back for 2019

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

Local artists Momoko Rose and Nathan Seeckts awarded the Queenscliff Music Festival 2019 Emerging Artist Grant

Thanks to QMF, these artists have been awarded $5,000 each to assist with their forthcoming recording, live show and video projects this year alongside a live slot on this year’s stages.

Traffik Island is heading to Loch Hart Music Festival

Courtesy of another musical polymath in the Flightless Records family, Traffik Island is the off-kilter project from ORB’s Zak Olsen, and boy is it good. We sit down with Zak for a chat about music, music and more music.

Up close with Nashville’s Leo Rondeau

Catch Leo at Pistol Pete’s Food n Blues, Geelong – September 21, Major Tom’s, Kyneton – September 28 & Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine – September 29.

Birregurra Festival and Art Show returns this weekend

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.

Beccy Cole is heading to Port Fairy

This September, the singer-songwriter is kicking up her country boots and heading to Crossley Hall in Port Fairy and bringing a swag of her friends along for the ride.

Sampa The Great brings her new album and new experiences to The Lost Lands Festival

It’s been over a year since Sampa The Great’s last release, Birds And The BEE9, swept across the world, blurring the lines between hip-hop, soul and gospel, and earning herself the 2018 Australian Music Prize.

The Waifs and John Butler co-headline Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival

The ninth annual Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival serves up a jam-packed four days of music, talent, art, community, and fun for the whole family. With over 130 acts across 40 venues, the festival is a true celebration and reflection of the blues and roots scene in Bendigo and across the world.

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.

Bendigo Au Go Go #17

All aboard! The Bendigo Blues Tram hits the tracks again on Saturday, September 14.

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.”

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.

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

We sit down with Michael Waugh.

Swamp Thing are heading to the Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival

Hailing from New Zealand, Swamp Thing’s energetic live performances are re-known for inspiring concert goers to dance and have fun while showcasing a wealth of musical experience and engaging their audience at all times.

 

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