In what has been a fantastic idea, Channel V continued their sun-soaked “Island Parties” by grabbing Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo AKA The Bloody Beetroots for a quick DJ set at the The Island: Sydney's only floating, open-air bar.

Oversaturation is common in dance music, and one of the ever-evolving genre’s most popular styles –electro – has, in recent years, been pushed out of the limelight thanks to bandwagon-jumping enthusiasts.

Start firing up the Splendour In The Grass rumours; Bloc Party have announced their first post-reunion show at the Melt! Festival in Germany.

On the final leg of the last Australian tour for a while, we caught up with Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo himself to discuss the new sound we should expect from The Bloody Beetroots and much more...

Breakout – the mammoth new under 18s music festival presented by Illusive and Totem One Love - has now officially sold out its Sydney leg!

Finding it a handy way to catch the vast majority of bands who took over Sydney Olympic Park for Big Day Out in 2010, I once again decided to venture out to the festival grounds for the two consecutive days of the 2011 event. Having seen such a ridiculous amount of amazing music over this period I've decided to break this review down by the eight main stages. But before we get started, let's give a bit of an overview...