We sit down with Mark Lang from Melbourne's Skipping Girl Vinegar backstage at Bluesfest in Byron Bay.

Following up on what was a huge opening night for Byron Bay’s Bluesfest, Day Two’s program offered another fantastic line-up. Jumping between a variety of folk, blues, rock and soul acts whilst trying to avoid the downpours of rain across the night, Thursday was certainly an eventful day for the festival. From quality local acts including the lovely Skipping Girl Vinegar to special international Bluesfest regulars such as Ben Harper, the program presented us with endless opportunities to enjoy a superb array of musicians.

Byron Bay Bluesfest 2013 continues on Good Friday with an eclectic lineup that includes Wards Xpress, Skipping Girl Vinegar, Taj Mahal Trio, Jake Shimabukuro, Glen Hansard & The Frames (pictured), Shawn Colvin, Jimmy Cliff and Joan Armatrading. Pictures by Johnny Au

Hot of the heels of being announced on the Byron Bay Bluesfest lineup, Larry Heath caught up with Mark Lang of Melbourne's Skipping Girl Vinegar to find out what he and the band have been up to since they last spoke at CMJ.

In this issue: awesome gigs to help celebrate Australia Day, Musicians band together for The Evening Cast benefit show, Drum & Bass duo Calyx & Teebee play Perth and loads more!

Claire Birchall plays a Public Bar Australia Day Show!

Skipping Girl Vinegar bring their adventures to an end in the second and final part of their USA Tour Diaries, which includes their time recording in Nashville, their final shows at CMJ and more... read on!

SGV's U.S. trip was dream-like. It started with a phone call from Midnight Oil's Peter Garrett, wishing us well and lining up key industry people in the US to come out to see us play. From this point on it just kept coming...

Pictured: Skipping Girl Vinegar.

Larry Heath catches up with Melbourne group Skipping Girl Vinegar while they were at The Aussie BBQ at CMJ in New York City to talk about their travels, their shows, their music, their amazing artwork and much more...

Unknown Mortal Orchestra announce Sydney Sideshow, Brian Eno screens new album this Saturday at the Opera house, Hard-On's are back playing for the first time since "the incident" in Australia and more!

Unknown Mortal Orchestra announce Sydney sideshow!

This week in the State Of Affairs: Fun times at the top of the ARIA singles chart, the Unsigned Only finalists are announced with a few local talents getting through to the final stage, many new signings from the musical to the hard edged, plus are Australians paying too much for music?

I knew it was going to be a good night for two reasons. One was the two-for-one cocktails I was enjoying on a rooftop bar over looking the City skyline and the other was knowing I’d see Skipping Girl Vinegar play again. It had been almost a year since I last saw them live and since that the group had released their long awaited second album Keep Calm, Carry The Monkey.