Grapevine Gathering announce new summer festival dates for January 2022

Grapevine Gathering has become the latest victim to the recent COVID outbreak, with festival organisers postponing the highly anticipated event until…

Piano Bar’s Got Talent makes its return for 2021

All you wannabe Beyonces and Buckleys and RuPauls and Dave Chappelles, it’s time to step out of the shower and…

UNIFY announce stacked all-Aussie lineup for 2022 featuring The Amity Affliction, Violent Soho and more

It’s the news we’ve been needing to hear! UNIFY Gathering is set to return in 2022, but this time featuring…

Acoustic Foxx ushers us into a true grunge experience with new single, ‘The Fire Is Alive’

Renowned for delivering powerful acoustic-folk, alternative rock and grunge-inspired songs, Acoustic Foxx – the moniker for Melbourne singer-songwriter Craig Williams…

Bluesfest cancelled for 2021, new festival dates announced for Easter 2022

It’s been a rough run for Bluesfest which, after being forced to postpone twice in the past four months, has…

23 gigs in Victoria to get excited about in 2022

To steal from the exquisite poetry of Whitesnake, we don’t know where we’re going but we sure know where we’ve…

Geelong musicians Adrian Hood and Seb Szabo stun judges with their blind audition performances on The Voice

Now in its tenth season, the series debuted on Sunday night August 8 with the blind auditions, which saw a…

Alex Lahey pens open letter to Prime Minister, appealing for financial support for Aussie arts industry

Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Alex Lahey has penned an open letter to directly Prime Minister Scott Morrison, calling for an insurance scheme and wage…

Sydney multi-instrumentalist VIIN serves up moody electronic R&B with new single ‘Bésame’

Armed with a honeyed voice and a penchant for smooth electronic R&B, ‘Bésame’ is the newest track from Western Sydney-based…

UNIFY Gathering announces return in 2022 with plans for all-Australian lineup

Better start limbering up to hit the mosh pit, because Australia’s ‘Heavy Music XMAS’ will make its long-anticipated return in…

Sydney’s Like Angels deliver pop-perfection with new single, ‘Teenage Dream’

Taking on the world with their potent pop vision, Sydney pop duo Like Angels have returned for 2021 with another…

BLAKSOUND unveils lineup for the new 100% First Nations music conference

First Nations music has never been more front-facing than in 2021 and with the country still reeling from COVID closures,…

Melbourne artist Ben Power unveils hauntingly beautiful debut EP, ‘Drink Like a God’

Released late last month, ‘Drink Like a God’ draws you in from the very first note, championed by Ben Power’s…

The federal government has announced $20 million funding for mental health charity Support Act

The federal government has announced $20 million in funding for Australian music charity Support Act as part of a $35…

‘Our Soundtrack Our Stories’ is the new initiative aiming to get Australian artists played on local media and in local businesses

Just when touring was back on the cards for Australian artists, COVID-19 once again, pulled the rug out from under…

Dylan Alcott’s Ability Fest lineup is here for 2021, featuring Peking Duk, Illy and Cub Sport

Back for its third year running, after last year’s cancelled edition, the country’s most inclusive music festival will bring a…

Bridget Sharp makes her debut with euphoric pop-empowerment anthem, ‘Overgrown’

Having stormed the Melbourne music scene as the frontwoman of art-rock fusion band Dandecat, as well as performing alongside renowned…

Dorsal Fins, Meraki Minds and Telenova lead the second lineup for Loch Hart Music Festival

Just when you thought Loch Hart Music Festival couldn’t get any better, the bunch of legends are giving starved festival…

‘2019 – A Year Before Lockdown’ takes us back to the pre-pandemic live music scene we’ve missed so dearly

It’s no secret that COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the live music industry. As we pass the one-year…

Archie Roach hosts new interview series with some of Australia’s best emerging First Nations artists

Legendary singer-songwriter and voice of the Stolen Generations, Archie Roach, is launching a brand-new video series that will see the…

Allday, The Chats, Thelma Plum and more announced for huge concert series across regional Victoria

Australia’s iconic youth music organisation The Push are helping to inject life back into the Victorian music community with the…

NYD festival Let Them Eat Cake has dropped its stellar lineup for 2022

If you’re the type of person who can manage to save yourself enough on New Year’s Eve (or kick on…

Revered musicians Simon Phillips, Debra Byrne, Delsinki and more are heading to Geelong as part of a new concert series

The Bellarine is set to get a dose of some of Australia’s most prominent musicians this year, as the new…

Geelong garage-rockers Phaedo release new EP ‘Spiral’, a profound psychedelic odyssey

The 2019 release of Phaedo’s debut album, Beyond Divisions, unfortunately didn’t get the notice that people initially expected. Whilst it…

 

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