Latest News
2012 Splendour in the Grass Rumours: Radiohead, Stone Roses
6 January 2012
With 2011's festival featuring two of the biggest names in the festivals history, Splendour in the Grass may be aiming to outdo Kanye West and Coldplay with rumoured appearances by Radiohead and The Stone Roses. Read on...
The Dresden Dolls announce Australian tour
19 December 2011
Having toured Australia extensively over the past few years as a solo act, Amanda Palmer reunites with Brian Viglione for the first Dresden Dolls tour in six years hitting our shores in January. Read on...
Meredith Music Festival 2011
16 December 2011
Victoria's Meredith Music Festival has long been one of the country's most beloved music festivals, returning to the Supernatural Amphitheatre for its anticipated 21st. Read on...
Sublime with Rome tour Australia
16 December 2011
Featuring founding members of Sublime along with new frontman, singer/guitarist Rome Ramirez - Sublime with Rome will reintroduce themselves and Sublime’s classic hits to fans across Australia on their 2012 Australian tour, with support from Mat McHugh. Read on...
Georgia Fair and Busby Marou hit the road in January
13 December 2011
Georgia Fair will take their debut album All Through Winter on the road in January 2012 with a string of tour dates up and down the east coast alongside Busby Marou. Read on...
Start the week with The Bombay Royale
4 December 2011
The Bombay Royale are a Melbourne band dedicated to honoring and reviving the funky, bizarre and mysterious music of vintage Indian cinema. Dusting off near-unheard relics, smashing out Bollywood classics and putting down surfadelic Hindi originals is all in a day’s work for The Bombay Royale. This band brings the sound of the Golden Age of Bollywood back to the future, where it belongs. Read on...
- Australasian World Music Expo 2011
- Jay & Silent Bob Get Old Australian tour
- Melbourne receives a double dose of Kurt Vile
- Xavier Rudd, The Beautiful Girls, Jeff Lang and more hit Coolum Beach this weekend
- Harvest Festival - Parramatta Park, Sydney (November 13, 2011)
- Henry Rollins returns to Australia in 2012 for spoken word tour
Album Reviews
Shooting to international prominence with her guest appearance on Gotye's 'Somebody I Used to Know,' Kiwi singer-songwriter Kimbra Johnson has followed the hype with her debut record, Vows - a mixed affair of confused influences. Read On...
There's perhaps fewer hard-working musicians in Australia with a resume like that of Ben Salter. Juggling his time between such indie luminaries as Giants of Science, the sprawling collective The Gin Club and as an integral part of The Wilson Pickers' first two albums. Read On...
'Seasick' Steve Wold has lived it all and isn't afraid to share it. Following a string of albums and a relentless touring schedule that has seen him create a formidable following from nothing in his seventh decade. Now 70, Wold delivers a fantastic album in You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks. Read On...
Signed to hallmark Canadian indie label Arts & Crafts, Toronto natives Timber Timbre have released their fourth album, Creep On Creepin On. Reaching into the depths of swamp-blues over gothic, cinematic landscapes, it's a haunting record of superb consequence. Read On...
Spawned in Sydney's inner-west in 2006, The Laurels have until now been without a release to their name. With debut EP, Mesozoic, the Sydney staples have delivered an assured sign of a band on the rise. Read On...
Photo Galleries
Photography by: Samantha Dinning/Jess White
Photography by: Leigh Plover
Photography by: Olly Birdsall
Photography by: Michael Stikovic
Photography by: Leigh Plover
Interviews and Editorials
The Drones - Back for a Thousand Mistakes
18 October 2011
Known for their raucous live show and powerful poetics, The Drones have found themselves consistent critical appraisal over their ten year career. Read on...
Marcus Teague; the Single Twin
27 July 2011
Single Twin has been the ongoing side-concern of former Deloris front-man Marcus Teague for nearly a decade, an outlet which has only just resulted in a release in the form of the confusingly titled, Marcus Teague. Speaking to Max Easton from his mid-week lunch-break, Teague touched on the record's creation, reception...and that infuriating title. Read on...
SoundPlug
- Sydney: Jamie Hutchings plays special one-off show at Petersham Bowls
- Myles Mayo launches video for new single, 'I Slept the Winter Underground'
- Georgia Fair - Marianne
- Bob Dylan addresses his fans in online statement
- Gomez in for Splendour
- It's nearly Friday
- Steve Earle - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
- Dan Kelly - Gap Year Blues
- New single from Paul Simon
- Wanda Jackson - Thunder On The Mountain (Dylan cover)
- More Entries...
Live Reviews
Meredith Music Festival 2011
16 December 2011
Victoria's Meredith Music Festival has long been one of the country's most beloved music festivals, returning to the Supernatural Amphitheatre for its anticipated 21st. Read on...
Australasian World Music Expo 2011
4 December 2011
The 4th Australasian World Music Expo took place over the 17-20th of November this year and was a feast of musical delights for all. With revered international artists such as; Ethio-Jazz maestro Mulatu Astatke, reggae starsThe Congos (Jamaica), funk/soul heavyweights the Dynamites featuring Charles Walker (USA) and dub legend The Mad Professor (UK) alongside local festival favourites Blue King Brown, Dubmarine, The Eagle & the Worm and a host of other great Australian and International acts.
Read on...
