Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Win Levi's® Music Prize

Congrats to these legends!!

Hen shares her Women In Red playlist

The latest from the Adelaide artist is an empowering pop tune that celebrates strong women while breaking down the stereotypes surrounding the ‘hot girl’.

Nineteen-year old Georgia Rodgers is bringing a new soulful level to jazz infused blues, understatedly tapping into the Geelong and Melbourne music scene

The Geelong kid on the jazz block

Angus Dawson drops his new single 'Pieces'

Perfect for a time when you just want to close your eyes and get lost in the music.

Nussy returns with 'Tremble'

Melbourne electronic synth-pop artist Nussy returns with her ‘ode to the club dance floor’.

Adelaide's Emma Rowe soars with new track 'Lioness'

This 25-year old Adelaide based singer and songwriter has such a unique talent for crafting quirky and contemporary rock songs.

Five Animals in Oh My My’s House

In celebration of the breathy and intoxicating track, Oh My My has rounded up the top animals in his house…

Dr. Colossus honour Nathan Johnston

The guys have decided it’s time to get on stage again as Dr. Colossus and play songs from their debut record The Dank in honour of Nathan.

Charlie Cole Drops Debut

We chat to Charlie in celebration of the release.

All about that jazz

The City Of Stonnington Cordially Invite You To The Stonnington Jazz Festival This May

The annual Australian Hi-Fi & AV Show returns to Melbourne

This year the event will be held at the prestigious COMO Melbourne MGallery by Sofitel in South Yarra and will see more than 200 brands on display from heaps of exhibitors such as Yamaha, Dynaudio, Pioneer, Dali, Rega, Audio Note UK, Prism Audio and more.

This State We’re In #688

Industry updates from Music Victoria

MAY AT THE POTATO SHED

Another busy month at The Potato Shed…

Ruby Fields on opening festivals, awkward handshakes, recording hungover and never shitting in port-a-loo again

We caught up with indie punk rocker Ruby Fields following her opening slot at the first ever The Drop festival, in Torquay.

A farewell to local musician Gary Quick

One of Geelong’s well-known musicians, Gary Quick, passed away on the 17th of this month.

In Capital launch their debut album 'Human Is'

Human Is bridges the space between ambitious studio project and dance floor masterpiece with effortless stride, fuelled with ’80s synthpop hooks and irresistible beats.

Our top five acts to see at The Stonnington Jazz Festival

The Stonnington Jazz Festival is kicking off on the 10th of May for its 13th year,

Set Mo share new track 'Communicate'

Their newest single emerges as the fourth instalment in their stunning eleven-track output planned for 2018 – released monthly via Set Mo Records.

Red Fang are bringing a stoner sludge avalanche in all its Rock-n-Roll glory to Geelong

We chat to vocalist/bassist Aaron Beam about the upcoming tour supporting their latest album Only Ghosts.

Sophisticated Dingo's Top 5 Dog Breeds

“So here we have our five favourite breeds of K9-spiration, if you will. I’m not sure if you’d like to have them as a pet but stuff it, get it in ya…”

Steve Boyd’s Rum Reverie are celebrating their debut album Hoodoo Hipshake

After sharing stages with the likes of Bob Dylan and Ray Charles in the ’90s, Steve Boyd took a lengthy hiatus before returning to the music world with Steve Boyd’s Rum Reverie, a self-described “big, bold and brassy” number.

Parkway Drive on their most sonically adventurous album yet

With album number six now approaching, it seems the Parkway lads are continuing to push the boundaries of their sound, as elaborated by Winston McCall, the groups lead vocalist.

Awaken I Am debut their first single with new vocalist… and it's epic

Australia’s AWAKEN I AM continues to break genres with the release of ‘Dissolution’, their newest video.

Ben Howard is bringing you a Splendour sideshow performance

English singer-songwriter Ben Howard has announced a couple of sideshows to go along with his upcoming appearance at Splendour In The Grass later this year!

 

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