For The Love is back for 2020 with the ‘Dusk & Summer’ tour feat. Hayden James, Gorgon City and Safia

The ‘Dusk & Summer’ tour will see the brand visit three beautiful waterside locations in Melbourne, Tweed Heads and Perth.

ALBUM PREMIERE: GraceJean’s stunning debut album Long Black Road

Filled with warm, rich harmonies and mellow, folky acoustic guitars, this release carries the listener to a calm place.

City And Colour’s Pill For Loneliness

Highly anticipated and produced by three-time Grammy-winning Jacquire King alongside the talented Emily Lazar, this album will explore the extremes of emotion, with a focus on eloquence and energy.

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.

Wayne Coyne Remembers The Flaming Lips Masterpiece ‘The Soft Bulletin’

The Flaming Lips will be in Australia Thursday 3 and 4 October as part of Melbourne International Arts Festival, playing The Soft Bulletin in full.

Grinspoon are getting started with their Chemical Hearts tour

The ‘Chemical Hearts’ tour will mark the release of Grinspoon’s ‘Chemical Hearts’ Vinyl, a greatest hits LP delivering some of the Grinners best tracks on some hot wax, but interestingly enough, some of the bands biggest songs and undoubtedly fan favourites, never actually made the charts.

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.

VIDEO PREMIERE: Miles Recommends – Keep It Warm

Miles Recommends isn’t a name you’ll soon forget; the Melbourne five-piece have blended the genres of pop, rock, blues, and even some pop, so create a crunchy, bluesy brooding sound on their latest single ‘Keep it Warm’.

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.

Out of The Darkness with Dan Hawkins

Easter Is Cancelled sees the four maestros embark upon their most ambitious quest to date with their musical opus soon to be thrust into the ear canals of rock fans around the globe, and a tour that will quite literally resurrect the souls of all who attend.

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.

It’s All Gravy with Blue Velvet

Following the release of their 2018 EP “A Lesson in Regression”, 2019 now sees Sydney indie-pop band Blue Velvet entering…

River Rocks Rehab is back for 2019

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

The News with Boy & Bear

After several years away, fans aren’t the only ones counting down the days until their return.

Sneaky Sound System, Kim Churchill and The Kite Machine unveiled for Great Australian Beer Festival Geelong

GABF overflows with fun, from the moment you set hands on your tasting glass, ‘til the time you’re tipping back your last beer of the day.

UNIFY Gathering has just unleashed a monster lineup for 2020

It’s a serious humdinger.

Music Victoria are Cultivating the Careers of Women in the Music Industry for another year

Returning for its second instalment, Music Victoria’s Cultivate Program aims to grow the careers of established women, and those who identify as women, already working within the contemporary music sector, developing their skills to take them into senior and leadership positions.

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.

DZ Deathrays are still DIY

Parsons insists, after all, “we still kind of treat ourselves like a DIY band as much as possible.”

 

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