Serena Ho brings us all the action from the Hits and Pits Festival in Melbourne on Good Friday.

Yes folks...Fest-Mas has gone. The Fest has left the building...vamoosed...pissed-off with the "bird" firmly flipped into the air, and aren’t you sad little "Vegemites" (especially those of you who missed the festering fest of all fests)?

The Young Troubadours Tour Featuring Victorian singer-songwriter Jamie Hay, and Americans Austin Lucas and PJ Bond will follow the East Coast throughout January 2013.

This week sees new releases from well known artists like Xzibit, Ben Harper, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John and several up and coming artists. Check them all out below!

XZIBIT

The vocalist behind Conation, A Death In The Family and Fear Like us, Jamie Hay, is opening a new chapter in his self written book on the life of rock, going solo and touring his new work around the country from October 24.

One of Hobart's most admired songwriters, Lincoln Le Fevre has some new to share with you all. First, he has a new album, Resonation; the record was made with fellow Tasmanian ex-pat Paul McKercher (You Am I, Augie March) in Melbourne and can only be described as motivating, diverse and soul-filled.

In this issue: Seekae sells out Melbourne show, Twerps sell out ALL shows, Children Collide announce new shows, Ben Harper to have an acoustic evening with Canberra and many more!

SEEKAE SELLS OUT FIRST SHOW AT CORNER HOTEL, ADDS A SECOND SHOW!

In this issue: Go Here, Go There at FBi Social, Johnny Casino at The Espy, Into The Woods fundraising gig + more!

To end the Annandale Hotel's 11th birthday celebrations, the fifth edition of Blood Sweat and Beers takes over for a weekend-long extravaganza of some of the best underground punk rock from across the country. Spanning both Saturday and Sunday for the first time, this has to be one of the best lineups they have put together, and after past Blood Sweat and Beers events I was keen to see what bands they could unearth this time around to energise my senses.