Byron Bay Bluesfest 2013 closes out Day 5 with another stellar lineup that includes Ben Howard, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Bonnie Raitt (pictured above), The Music Maker Blues Revue, Xavier Rudd, Paul Simon, The Lumineers, Melbourne Ska Orchestra and The Bamboos.

In this issue: The Presets announce new dates, Boys of Summer announce unexpected line-up change, Tim Rogers & The Bamboos add new dates, Amanda Palmer confirms Australia & New Zealand shows and more!

Mitzi to join Foals at Sydney Club Shows

The third day of the Falls Festival sees bands such as Ash Grunwald, Cosmo Jarvis and Oh Mercy in the Grand Theatre and Boy and Bear, The Flaming Lips and Hot Chip on the Valley Stage. The Theatre reaches capacity for Flume later in the evening. Our photographer on the ground, John Goodridge was there to bring us some photos.

Day one of the Lorne Falls Festival started with fun and games. Imagine sack races, sock wrestling, faces painted with peanut butter and Vegemite... not to mention music from Muscles, The Bamboos and more. John Goodridge was our man on the scene and brings us these photos...

The Melbourne Zoo is about to get wild in a whole other way, with the announcement of their 2013 Twilight Zoo Program, with tickets available now. Kicking off on January 25 with ARIA Award winner Missy Higgins, the Zoo Twilight Program, sees the zoo put on a live music event every Friday and Saturday night through until March 9th.

Pictured: Tim Rogers.

The first local and New Zealand artist line up for the Byron Bluesfest has finally landed! Joining the already killer line up that features Jimmy Cliff, Ben Harper and Robert Plant are the following:

THE CAT EMPIRE

FAT FREDDY’S DROP

XAVIER RUDD

ROCKWIZ LIVE

THE BREAK
Feat. Members of Midnight Oil, Violent Femmes, Hunters & Collectors

BEASTS OF BOURBON

KARISE EDEN

THE BAMBOOS

The multi-talented musicians that make up Melbourne soul-funk group The Bamboos will be on their way to Lorne to perform at this year's Falls Festival at the end of the year. I chat with the band's main man and guitarist, Lance Ferguson, about the hectic year The Bamboos have had with the release of their latest album Medicine Man and what they're looking to towards next year.

Thanks for the chat Lance, how has your morning been?

This week we have various releases coming your way, with artists like Into The Woods, Rihanna, The Seekers, Petra Haden, Teen Mom and Jonny Telafone. Keep an eye out every week for more exciting release updates right here!

RIHANNA

In this week's slightly late column (sorry boss!), we look at a pretty big shake up on the album charts, the Universal-EMI deal, and The Sando, which looks like it'll be going under unless a last minute save is made.