On The Bright Side Festival returned in 2011 with another stellar lineup that featured Pulp, The Hives, Modest Mouse, Tame Impala, The Kills, The Grates and Foster The People. Stuart Sevastos brings us the photos from the day...

WA Music’s night of nights, the WAMi Awards went off with a bang on Saturday night, at the 2011 festival venue the Bakery Artrage complex, filled to the brim with musicians, managers and industry personalities. Dom Alessio from triple j and Video Hits’ Dylan Lewis hosted the 18th awards night in front of a very talented room.

Since the release of Tame Impala's debut album Innerspeaker last year the record has been met with a very warm welcome / bienvenido / bievenue / willkommen / youkoso the world over and led the band on several sold out trans-global jaunts.

A couple of months back, Innerspeaker clocked into the 'gold' status. We think the bling really suits the boys. They wear it well!

Perfect weather made the Adelaide Cup Long Weekend even better, With six stages of music it was a full on day of amazing tunes.

March in Adelaide is truly a magical time. Unicorns? Perhaps not, but there are a number of amazing, back-to-back festivals. The Fringe Festival is still a warm corpse in the ground, and we are about to dance upon its grave. The “Garden” has transformed, with six stages having sprouted up overnight, across Rymill Park.

The Australian Music Prize (AMP) recently announced the nine shortlisted acts in the running for the $30,000 prize money courtesy of principal partner PPCA. To celebrate, The AMP is having a party and everyone is invited! Featuring several of the shortlisted acts including RICHARD IN YOUR MIND, PIKELET and Red Bull Award winners THE HOLIDAYS, ‘AMP Alive’ will take place on Wednesday, March 2nd at the Annandale Hotel.

Limited tickets will be available for purchase from The Annandale Hotel.

The 6th Australian Music Prize (The Amp) continues to reward excellence in home grown talent with the
announcement of the shortlist. Nine standout artists have been chosen by a judging panel of media,
artists and retail staff to vie for the title.

In the running for the $30,000 prize money courtesy of principal partner PPCA, the following shortlisted

Chloe Ryan was also at Sunset Sounds and brings us some more photos from Day One of Sunset Soggy Sounds with Cold War Kids, Tame Impala, The National and Public Enemy!

The masses of Brisbane turned out to the Riverstage despite the rain to see killer performances from Public Enemy, The National, Hot Hot Heat, Sleigh Bells and more. Andrew Wade brings us the photos from Day One...