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Grinderman to headline Meredith Music Festival
Music News

Grinderman to headline Meredith Music Festival

The 21st Meredith Music Festival has just dropped its first line-up teaser in the form of headliner Grinderman; the current project of Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martin Casey and Jim Sclavunos.
21 July 2011
Sydney: Jamie Hutchings plays special one-off show at Petersham Bowls
Blogs

Sydney: Jamie Hutchings plays special one-off show at Petersham Bowls

With the release of March's Avalon Cassettes, Sydney based songwriter Jamie Hutchings marked an important step as a solo entity outside of Bluebottle Kiss, the band he fronted for 15 years. It was a record that we described as being "...a feathery...
21 July 2011
Ballot for Meredith Music Festival now open
Music News

Ballot for Meredith Music Festival now open

Set for the first weekend of December, the Meredith Music Festival has just opened its ticket ballot for its 21st birthday.
20 July 2011
Blogs

Myles Mayo launches video for new single, 'I Slept the Winter Underground'

After fronting quietly achieving Adelaidean folk-pop act Special Patrol, Myles Mayo put out his debut solo record late last year to an appreciative reception. With first single How You Done Me Wrong receiving widespread radio airplay, he's just dr...
18 July 2011
Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin On
Album Reviews

Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin 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 su...
16 July 2011
Falls Festival Line-Up heats up with Crystal Castles and J Mascis
Music News

Falls Festival Line-Up heats up with Crystal Castles and J Mascis

After announcing Arctic Monkeys, Fleet Foxes and a handful of others last month, the Falls Festival of Music & Arts has added a handful of very big names to their rapidly growing roster.
12 July 2011
The Laurels - Mesozoic
Album Reviews

The Laurels - Mesozoic

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.
4 July 2011
Single Twin - Marcus Teague
Album Reviews

Single Twin - Marcus Teague

As front-man of Melbourne's Deloris, Marcus Teague earned himself a quiet reputation as somewhat of an underground poet, scoring their indie-rock arrangements with unique poignancy and eloquence. With that band's demise, Teague has thrown himself ...
29 June 2011
Win a double pass to Phatchance's acoustic hip-hop gig at Sydney's Oxford Art Factory
Music News

Win a double pass to Phatchance's acoustic hip-hop gig at Sydney's Oxford Art Factory

In a welcome stab of orignality to aussie hip-hop, Sydney's Phatchance is touring his acoustic hip-hop show. In accordance, we've got a double pass to give away to this weekend's show in Sydney!
29 June 2011
New Splendour ticketing options available
Splendour 2011

New Splendour ticketing options available

With Splendour just over a month away, a series of tickets have become available through the website's resale facility, in addition to a special ticketing allotment which lands you a 20% discount.
28 June 2011
Sydney's The Laurels release long-awaited debut EP
Music News

Sydney's The Laurels release long-awaited debut EP

Forming a rapidly growing following since their Sydney birth in 2006, shoegazing psych-rockers The Laurels are set to release their debut EP, Mesozoic.
23 June 2011
Deloris' Marcus Teague to tour new Single Twin record
Music News

Deloris' Marcus Teague to tour new Single Twin record

Marcus Teague, front-man of now defunct Melbourne act Deloris, has just released a new album under his Single Twin moniker and will take it across the country for a series of dates.
19 June 2011
Eagle and the Worm - Goodtimes
Album Reviews

Eagle and the Worm - Goodtimes

Fronted by the Custom Kings’ Jarrad Brown, Melbourne eight-piece Eagle and the Worm have just released their debut long player, Goodtimes. Blatantly wrapping their melodies around 50’s to 70’s rock and pop influences, it’s ...
13 June 2011
John Butler Trio, Little Red to headline 2011 Coaster Festival
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John Butler Trio, Little Red to headline 2011 Coaster Festival

The Central Coast's premier single day music festival is back for 2011 with an all-Australian line-up.
13 June 2011
The Rumjacks - Gangs of New Holland
Album Reviews

The Rumjacks - Gangs of New Holland

With their debut record, Gangs of New Holland, Sydney’s The Rumjacks have made a powerfully raucous arrival to the world of celtic-punk and rockabilly; genre’s that demands just that.
2 June 2011