Self Awareness, Celestial androids and Senegal: Sonny and the Sunsets submit to sonic immersion.

From the visionary voice of Sonny Smith, the namesake lead of Sonny and the Sunsets, ‘Too Young To Burn’ along…

“I’m generally interested in things I haven’t done” – Ben Lee breaks down 20 years of Awake Is The New Asleep.

Fear not, it wasn’t pertaining to a major health crisis. The carrier was Ben Lee and the widespread virus was…

Girl with arms up on someone's shoulders in a busy music festival crowd.

VMDO launches Victorian Music Finder sync platform

Are you a content creator, advertiser, media platform, government agency or the like? Do you want to elevate your content…

An all-Australian roundup gets together for the Red Hot Summer Tour

Red Hot Summer Tour has announced their 2026 summer showcase with an impressive lineup of Australian music legends. Running across…

Wolf Alice’s The Clearing is an academic account with cinematic scope

Wolf Alice have fast become my favourite active bands, with Blue Weekend sitting as my number one album of the…

Castlemaine cultural institution up for sale

After nine years at the helm of heritage-listed theatre, live music venue, cinema and entertainment space, owner operators Felicity Cripps…

Daniel Johns announces In Conversation tour, exploring what if the future never happens

There’s no waiting until tomorrow for this news – Frontier Touring have today announced Australia’s biggest industry name, Daniel Johns…

Perfume Genius is a songwriter and performer for the identity-discovering, formative years-navigating youth.

There’s a reason Perfume Genius’ massive, single ‘Slip Away’ soundtracked a pivotal melting pot moment of realisation, euphoria and heartbreak…

Polaris pull together metal summer event, Life’s A Beach

Taking a leaf out of Parkway Drive’s curated festival, fellow Australian metal juggernauts, Polaris have pulled together their own event….

Hot To Go: St Jerome’s Laneway Festival lineup led by Chappell Roan

St Jerome’s Laneway Festival lineup has landed and by god is she BIG! Queen of the Midwest, ‘Good Luck Babe’,…

Locals Lounge: Behind the music with Blue Ren

In the Locals Lounge we have Blue Ren. One of the artists under Ballarat’s Be Hear/Now program, Blue Ren is…

A new record store has rolled into Geelong

There’s nothing quite like descending into a basement bandroom, one that is plastered wall to wall with music memorabilia and…

Beyond The Valley keep giving with four sideshows added to the sold our festival offering

Above and beyond is part of the Beyond The Valley ethos as the festival returns with four massive official sideshows….

From frequent flyers to occasionally overseas, The Wombats on their relationship with Australian audiences.

It’s written in the name after all. But the relationship that rose from 2007’s launch of ‘Let’s Dance To Joy…

Laneway Festival lock in dates for 2026

St Jerome’s Laneway Festival is leaning into their return in a big way, today announcing the venues and dates for…

Rammstein’s Till Lindemann is heading to Australia

The world belongs to Rammstein’s rocking forefather Till Lindemann as he embarks on a grand global tour, bringing his solo…

Matt Corby drops new single ahead of Teddy Swims supporting national tour

Critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Matt Corby returns with the highly anticipated new single ‘Long and Short’.  Receiving…

Gigs to get you going this month

Let’s be real, it’s tough going to gigs over winter. You have to rug up to beat the freeze upon…

Head under the surface of NO CIGAR’s third album

You would be forgiven if you thought you were listening to Fontaines DC when you hit play on New Zealand…

RinRin rips through debut record, The Nut House

The debut album for Filipino-born and Australian-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Qarin Hipe, known professionally as RinRin, The Nut House continues…

A guide to Victoria’s best festivals this month

As the sun returns into view and the flowers start to bloom, festivities across the state begin to rise. This…

Experimentation, Scientists and an Earthless existence: Five minutes with Mario Rubalcaba of psych-prog project, Earthless.

Earthless have settled back on Australian soil yet again, Victorian bound tomorrow after playing Sydney’s Crowbar this evening. Their hot…

Cosmic Psychos really like beer, podcasting and playing live, announcing album and 40 date tour

Australia’s favourite beer-fuelled legends Cosmic Psychos are back with their twelfth studio album I Really Like Beer on Friday November 7, and…

Foot-In-The-Door competition is now open to play Queenscliff Music Festival

Are you an artist aged 12 to 25 years? Do you play original rock or folk music? Are you ready…

 

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