FBi Radio are an imperative cog in Sydney's music scene. They facilitate great new bands, broadcast brilliant music, and hold rocking parties. Sydney Sounds Like: Choose Your Own Adventure, at the Factory Theatre in Sydney this Saturday, was a prime example of one of these gigs.

I OH YOU have just delivered COMING UP, NOT DOWN, a free compilation of songs by some of the most promising up and coming musical talents conceived within the borders of Australia in more recent times.

This collection of impressive tracks will be available via the I OH YOU website (http://iohyou.com/mixtape/) for the next month, so be sure to check it out... you don’t really have anything to lose (except internet download).

To celebrate their fourth birthday, Sosueme did what anyone four years old would do and had a party complete with popcorn, fairy floss, hats, animals, DJs, booze, and four of the best bands in Australia at the moment all in Oxford Art Factory – an overgrown child’s ultimate dream.

Day 2, where fancy dress took over the festival

Having had their debut album, Tourist History, out for almost a year now, Two Door Cinema Club are rapidly becoming one of the world's favourite indie-pop bands, with their infectiously cheerful jams and some of the most addictive choruses I've heard in recent years. May I add, every single song on their fantastic debut is a standout – a rare feat for any band.

We were originally going to do a top 20 tracks of 2010, but the AU review crew delivered such a diverse range of tracks - in such a close race - that we had to expand the list to the top 40!

We round out our Best Albums of 2010 countdown with the Top 10 of 2010. With all our contributors voting on this one, there were a few surprises as to the order they appeared - but the decision for number one was virtually unanimous. Enjoy and check back later in the week as we begin our top songs of 2010 countdown!

New Years Eve is fast approaching and if you still haven’t decided how to celebrate the end of this beautiful, crazy year of 2010 then here’s a little incentive to help make up your mind.

The joint headline tour for Ernest Ellis and Parades has unfortunately been forced to cancel.  This is due to a medical condition that Roland ‘Ernest Ellis’ is suffering in his hearing which - if exposed to loud noise for an extended period of time - could result in further complications and permanent damage.

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Oxford Art Factory can sure put on a hell of a party.