Bushfire Relief Gigs across the Nation

In the face of the devastation caused by bushfires across the country, the Australian music and arts community is coming together to support fire affected communities for a number of different events.

The best of Dragon

Australian pub rock royalty Dragon is back in 2020! This time it’s the 20/20 Tour, fuelled with the top 40 songs that you know and love in a glorious musical mashup over two 20 song sets which will be coming to the BC next month.

An Evening With Between The Buried And Me

We sat down with the North Carolina quintet’s lead vocalist and keys Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr.

Meadow reveal second announce of acts featuring Angie McMahon

Taking place from Friday 27 – Sunday 29 March 2020, Meadow will also play host to Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Frankie Cosmos (US), Sheer Mag (US), Dyson Stringer Cloher, Elizabeth, Surprise Chef and the ‘forever young’, Youth Group.

The regional music community have stepped up to raise funds in light of the bushfire disaster

If there’s a good cause, then you will find musicians right at the front, turning their fans out for a fundraiser.

Good vibrations for the ‘bool

Prepare yourself for sensory overload.

The Beautiful Girls are bringing their laid-back and spacious folk-rock into The Torquay Hotel this Saturday

For a band celebrating a good 20 years in the industry, The Beautiful Girls are just as relevant now as they ever were.

Rainbow Serpent announces a one-day party in the CBD and a multi-day festival over Easter

A one-day party in the CBD and a multi-day festival over Easter surfaces in its place

Sienna Wild’s Top 5 indie artists you need to hear

Ahead of their Melbourne gig, we had the guys share the top five indie artists we should be listening to.

The Growlers At Torquay Hotel – Are You In Or Out?

Our Natural Affair with California bred, The Growlers, has only just begun.

No Sad Songs with country rockers The Wolfe Brothers

Untamed and vocally melodic like wolves in the wild, the powerful pack of Country craftsmen The Wolfe Brothers certainly live up to their name!

New material on the way from South African musical export Ruby Gill

2020 is shaping up to be the year we get to hear new music from Ruby Gill, who is laying down her first full-length album before the year is through.

Kim Churchill’s music is bringing him to Geelong’s Great Australian Beer Festival

In the middle of his tour, Churchill will take to Geelong’s Great Australian Beer Festival and bring his new music and popular tracks to the stage, alongside the likes of Sneaky Sound System and The Kite Machine.

Of Monsters and Men are bringing their charming vocals and indie tunes to our shores

Their last East Coast tour in 2016 was fully sold-out and this time, they will be arriving with a new studio album under their belts, ready to perform.

Parcels are wrapping up the year with Falls Festival

Whilst they may be in Berlin “in a little basement, well, a studio really, not a basement” for the time being, soon they’ll be donning their iconic outfits and giving us the opportunity to dance.

Cannot Luv Miami Horror Enough

‘Luv Is Not Enough’ and ‘Restless’ are good indications of what is to come from the producers with collaborations a-plenty, lyrically diversity around relationships, being carefree and some more metaphorical messages, and those mega fresh beats.

Hook into RedHook At Download

In 2020 they will be joining the Australian circuit to play in their home town and also venture south for the Melbourne leg, and they could not be more excited.

Pollyman is one to watch

Pollyman may not be an act that you’re familiar with, but you will be.

A revitalised Tonight Alive ahead of UNIFY

“It may sound unusual for someone my age, but it made me feel young again. I went from high school into touring and I never really got the chance to experience a young adult lifestyle.”

Bakers Eddy Love A Paddock Party

Get ready to get lose with Baker’s Eddy!

Surf rock trio The Grogans on the making of 10-track debut album Just What You Want

The Melbourne outfit comprising of Quin Grunden, Angus Vasic and Jordan Lewis laid the 10-track album down in just one week at Gruden’s Torquay coast house. They said their creative process was sporadic and spontaneous.

The Masked Singer: Producer Edition with Claptone

“I am really looking forward to Beyond The Valley. This time I am not going to bring my full Masquerade setup, but my team and I are already working on some The Masquerade shows in Australia for 2020.”

Bootleg Rascal’s Booty Camp

Bootleg Rascal are leading the way in innovation in live shows and representation and others should take note!

Weave through the grasslands at the Nightjar Festival in 2020

Is there a better way to spend a balmy summer evening than by heading to a night festival?

 

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