‘I bloody love the Rat’: Augie March lead Ballarat’s stunning Be Hear Now music festival

“We’ve been going out to the Rat since the turn of this century,” drummer Dave Williams says, laughing in memory….

Country music gem, Lee Kernaghan returns to regional Victoria

Renowned Australian country music star, Lee Kernaghan is gearing up to play huge career defining shows this July.  Before jetting…

Stars are rising in the Bellarine

The Bellarine has long boasted excellence. From the award-winning wine region as carried by Bellarine Estate, Scotchmans Hill, Jack Rabbit,…

Homegrown heroes: The story of baked

“Everyone tries to start something from scratch whereas baked has come out of something organically. Anyone that can think back…

Vacations’ Joey Van Lier on Touring, New Music and Jimmy Kimmel

The lads dropped their latest record back in January, x, which has continued to receive a lot of positive buzz…

“It’s a pinch yourself moment” Hockey Dad on playing arenas, new music, and visuals

Jumping on a call after a morning surf, Hockey Dad’s Billy Fleming is one cool customer. Him and vocalist Zach…

ReSound Festival to Reignite Geelong Live Music Scene

Over the years the City of Greater Geelong has activated spaces in Geelong to showcase the best in local live…

There’s a new band spilling onto the scene: Mood Spill are set to release maiden EP on vinyl

Off the back of performing the main stage at Queenscliff Music Festival late last year, Mood Spill are gearing up…

Back on tour and with new music in the works, Melbourne-rapper PEZ chats with Forte Mag

With a unique career so far, including two full-length albums, collaborations, award wins and nominations, and a couple of hiatuses,…

US rockers, Bonny Doon’s connection to Australia runs deeper than the band name

“WE’RE GOING TO BONNIE DOON. WE’RE GOING TO BONNIE DOON” – the thick Australian-accented singalong pops into the mind immediately…

Anna Dot on new EP Detox: ‘I don’t see any point in putting on a facade when I write music, we do that enough in real life already’

The act of creating a song from thin air and then standing up in front of a crowd of people…

Gigging around: The best gigs going down in regional Victoria in June

If I had a dollar for every time someone has said to me of late a variation of ‘she’s a…

ReSound rolls out across Ocean Grove this weekend

Geelong has always boasted a tremendous live music ecology, made up of specialised venues, iconic festivals, unparallel superstar talent, a…

National Celtic Festival: Celebrating 20 Festivals in Portarlington

This landmark event promises to be even more spectacular, with festivities that honour the festival’s rich history while looking towards…

Uncouth to an unbreakable union: the tale of troubling teens with a meddling frown, Jebediah.

For Kevin Mitchell, Chris Daymond, Brett Mitchell and Vanessa Thornton, or the collectively umbrella-ed first name of fictional Springfield founding…

Luca Brasi are back on tour and they’re all about the underdog

And yet their passion for being on tour and sharing a live show with audiences around the country has never…

‘Australia has lost more than a quarter of its live music venues’: $8.6m budget funding no substitute for tax offset, says APRA

“This urgent funding comes at a crucial time. Australia has lost more than a quarter of its live music venues…

The unstoppable wheel of creativity keeping Regurgitator spinning

Thirty years and ten albums later, Brisbane boys Regurgitator are still bringing the party to venues around Australia, this time…

Music and art collide at the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s ‘Art Late’

With a different alternative band set to liven up the gallery over three Saturday nights, this after-dark series curated by…

How each song string of The Paper Kites has braided together to make the bands body

The Melbourne five-piece band have been wrapping us up in cosy comforters since their debut EP Woodland, cornering listeners with…

“TesseracT exists because of technology” – Marvel-worthy video production, video games and visual worlds are the outputs of prog-metal megatrons, TesseracT

Whilst the toils of touring our continent have come into play in the past, this time the band are ready…

Are you a female or non-binary musician? APRA AMCOS are giving you the chance to be mentored by an industry veteran for free

Applications are open now for APRA AMCOS’ 23% Mentorship program, giving the opportunity for female and non-binary musicians to be…

April Gig Guide: The best shows happening across Victoria this month

Look back 30 years to 1994, if you please. ’Twas a fine year for music. Beastie Boys released Ill Communication,…

Capturing the Chris Isaak story

As the zoom window opens, Isaak appears on screen, his branded guitar pressed to his chest. Attentive, he takes immediate…

 

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