Premiere: Sydneysider songwriter, Jovi Skyler shares new single and music video, ‘Frankenstein’

Sydneysider vegetarian punk-rocker singer- songwriter Jovi Skyler is an experimenter and creator, piecing together the organs and body of a…

Locals clean up at Australian Women in Music Awards

Local music professionals come out on top at the annual Australian Women in Music Awards. Amid one of the toughest…

Musicians Making a Difference (MMAD) latest campaign helps kids feel at home

We all know and have experienced the transformative nature of music – whether it’s the community aspect of gathering people…

OCD return with their Space Social event

Following the success of their Spring Social event, Old Cunts Disco (OCD) will be returning to Geelong’s  Rebecchi’s on Rutland…

Interview with The Rubens: The launch of new album ‘SODA’ and how every single song has been created to make the audience feel something

Following their chart-topping 0202, the band kicked off a national tour on September 20th. With one Melbourne show already sold…

Enter the Magic Mountain with Ceres

You’d be forgiven if you didn’t realise that Melbourne indie-rockers Ceres called it quits.  Technically they never broke up, they…

The best festivals and fairs happening across regional Victoria this October

Welcome to Rocktober, saints and sinners. It’s a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll, but…

Gusto Gusto gallop into Geelong’s Beav’s Bar and Melbourne’s Bergy Bandroom

Gusto Gusto is the most fitting name for the West Preston folk outfit. Reflective of their name, Gusto Gusto’s live…

The cogs are churning and the floodlights are on at Torquay Hotel this month

From veterans of the Australian music game to current crown jewels of the indie rock scene, Torquay Hotel has something…

Laneway Festival releases 2025 dates and venues

Our favourite Trans Tasman touring festival, Laneway Festival is marking its return today with confirmation of dates, cities and venues…

Damien Rice announces Australian return for theatre shows in January/February 2025

Following an incredible sold-out tour in May 2023, prolific Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice returns to Australia for an extensive series…

It Thing are keeping at the forefront of music trends

Having emerged as fresh contenders on Melbourne’s art-punk scene after 2021’s debut Syrup, It Thing are back with new EP…

Sigur Rós to embark on Australian orchestral tour in May

Teaming up with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra, the band will deliver their signature ethereal…

R&B star Leon Bridges is coming to Geelong for A Day On The Green

Grammy Award winner and contemporary R&B star Leon Bridges will sweep local audiences off their feet when he returns to Australia in…

“I’m soaring – it feels like a birth”: Agnes Manners has a full-circle moment on new single

Matthew Gravolin is no stranger to the Australian music scene. As the former founder and ex-guitarist of punk rock piece,…

Finding a new reason to dream: CKY celebrate 25 years

“You want a tour of my house? We just moved in, my mum just left actually, we‘ve been loading in…

FINNEAS returns to Australia

GRAMMY® and Academy Award-winning songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, FINNEAS is set to perform in Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in…

The Ballot for Golden Plains XVII has been unlocked

Back for its seventeenth year, Golden Plains is bound to be mindblowing. Taking place across the weekend of 8, 9…

Kylie Minogue adds new Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane shows to Tension Tour

Following incredible ticket demand in the now exhausted Telstra presale, Frontier Touring confirms three new Australian shows for Kylie’s hugely…

Skegss will soundtrack your next roadtrip with Pacific Highway Music

In Australia’s modern indie-rock scene, Skegss are somewhat like the Red Hot Chili Peppers or Fleetwood Mac. You can put…

The Ferguson Rogers Process will launch new album on the road

Meet Ferguson Rogers Process: a creative coming together of two of Australia’s biggest musical-minds in Tim Rogers (You Am I)…

Kim Churchill announces over 50 shows on ‘Lovely’ tour

Celebrating the announcement of his forthcoming album It’s Lovely To Have You Here, due for release Friday 11 October, Kim…

Katy Perry to give Australia the tour of a Lifetime

TEG DAINTY has this morning announced that one of the best-selling music artists of all time, Katy Perry, is set…

Small but mighty: Omega Ensemble take on Chopin’s piano concerto

Featuring Frédéric Chopin’s spectacular first Piano Concerto, Finnish composer Olli Mustonen‘s Nonet II and a world premiere from exciting new Australian…

 

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