Music

Returning for its fourth year, the End of the Line Festival is hitting Woollongabba for another killer all ages, free event. Headlined by WAAX and featuring the likes of Jeremy Neale, Flowertruck and Slow Dancer, End of the Line is bringing some A-grade Aussie music to fans on a schedule that boasts no clashes whatsoever, not to mention a boutique festival…

While the judging panel for the 13th Australian Music Prize continues to listen through music and deliberate on what is set to become this year’s longlist, a new live music series has been announced today! Established to showcase Australian artists who have released stunning records throughout 2017, these ‘Longlist Live’ events kicks off with an unmissable…

Lunchbox Theatrical Productions is proud to announce Mark Vincent in Concert paying tribute to great Hollywood legend and one of the most influential classical singers of the modern era, Mario Lanza. Australia’s hottest classical treasure, Mark Vincent will showcase the songs and arias that made Mario Lanza world famous; Lanza Fever swept the whole of…

Expanding into its own festival institution this year, UNSOUND Adelaide has unveiled its huge line up boasting some incredible and indeed eclectic works for its November event. As the Australian leg of the global UNSOUND brand, from November 16th to 19th represents the forefront of experimental and electronic music and for Adelaide fans, they can expect two…

Baker Boy‘s 2017 has been huge, particularly looking at his impressive BIGSOUND debut last month. Proving to be more than a buzz name, the Arnhem Land rapper’s ascent is one that is fast gaining speed and we’re loving watching it only get stronger. His new single comes in the form of “Marryuna”, a collaboration with…

Festival of the Sun is coming up in a matter of a few months now, set to host some of our best loved artists including Meg Mac, The Preatures, Ball Park Music and Holy Holy. The festival is completely sold out – unsurprisingly – for another year, but the good news out of the FOTSUN camp…

Adelaide’s Porchland festival is gearing up for a fantastic year this year, debuting its first line up today. The boutique event is heading to The Range Hall (just out of McLaren Vale) on December 2nd and will be hosting some interstate visitors in 30/70, Stella Donnelly and Stu Larsen, while Adelaide’s own Bjear joins this initial line up announcement this afternoon….

One of NSW’s finest is coming through with a new EP due out in early 2018 but today, check out the latest from Borneo. Their new music video, “Alert!”, has been taken from their eponymous EP and as the latest hit of music from the Sydney ‘funk punks’, it’s a pretty great indicator of what’s coming…

It’s a big day for Adelaide’s K21. Having spent a good chunk of 2016 working on his long-anticipated new record, the final result has now taken form. Any Given D-Day is its name and came from some fruitful and lucrative sessions spent writing and recording in Chicago – a mecca for many hip hop fans and artists,…

Parkway Drive have come a long way from their early days in Byron Bay, this much is true. Marking ten years since the release of their critically acclaimed debut album Horizons, the boys have announced a special anniversary tour that will see them reconnecting with that early era, charting what’s been a huge journey to where they…

With his acclaimed debut album The Autobiography still landing with fresh ears, Vic Mensa has continued to show the public he’s not about doing things the conventional way. His output shining with eccentricities and recklessness, Mensa has now produced the visuals for album track “Rollin’ Like a Stoner” – directed by Mensa himself, he describes the music…

Nominees have started rolling out for this year’s ARIA Awards, with the Fine Arts, Artisan and Comedy categories coming first out of the gate this morning. With the winners to be revealed at ARIA’s annual nominations event at the National Gallery in Sydney on October 10th, the countdown to the 2017 ARIA Award celebrations will…

Adelaide songwriter Alana Jagt is gearing up for the release of her much anticipated debut studio EP Wilderness and in continuing to build the excitement, this South Australian fave is giving us a sneak peek with her new single, “Somehow, Sometime”. Her vocals are gorgeous, layered with a delicate raspiness that makes her sound feel pulled from…

Celebrating their third awards event in November, the 2017 South Australian Music Awards have today unveiled their nominees, with A.B. Original leading the pack with a massive six noms to their name. On their heels, Tkay Maidza has four nominations while emerging SA talent DyspOra, Lonelyspeck and Bec Stevens have made their mark on the list this year. The event itself has…

Continuing on her path to Stateside domination, Tash Sultana broke another lil career milestone in performing on US television, making her debut on Late Night with Seth Myers. Performing her hit single “Jungle”, Sultana threw back to her breakthrough era with the song, as her new tune “Mystik” has surfaced back here in Australia. Check out the…

Bryson Tiller’s stock is skyrocketing in the music industry right now. It was only a matter of time really; anyone that caught onto his 2015 debut Trapsoul (or the “still finding his voice” Killer Instinct for the early birds) would have seen this success coming from a mile away, Tiller representing a new wave in…

It has been a huge year for the band formerly known as Small Town Heroes – the WA band has been in studio with Pete Wentz, Travis Barker and more recently but as they approach the end of 2017, they’re already well into the next phase of their career. Rebranding themselves as The Faim, the rockers out of Perth have…

Inspired by the legendary Bluebird Cafe sessions in Nashville, Sydney’s Leadbelly venue has been flourishing with their In The Round series of events. The brief is simple – music fans can get to see four singer/songwriters together for a night of candid performance; they perform their own songs, each other’s and some covers in between. The…

German producers Digitalism have come storming back through with a new single in “Spektrum” – a combination of the refined electro production style they’ve made their own over the last few years, as well as some fun melodies and bass warps in play to take things up that extra level. Taken from Digitalism’s newly announced EP 5KY11GHT,…

Some of hip hop and R&B’s finest breakthrough stars are Australia bound next January for the FOMO tour – easily one of the festival’s biggest line ups yet. For fans looking for that one on one headline experience from Post Malone and SZA in particular, they’ve got some brand new headline dates confirmed, and here’s where you can be catching…

“Good evening, Wrigley Field,” Eddie Vedder welcomes as the opening guitar to 1998’s “Low Light” begins behind him. The live album was recorded over two nights in August 2016 in Vedder’s hometown of Chicago before the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians World Series and accompanies a documentary directed by Danny Clinch who previously worked with the band…

Kimbra has returned with a hot new slice of electronic, melodic gold in “Everybody Knows”. As a hint of what is to come from the New Zealander’s highly anticipated third studio album, “Everybody Knows” is a great example of the new sonic playground Kimbra has been exploring. The ethereal pop princess has moved into breathy yet…

The Bombay Royale are one of those bands who are impossible not to feel affected by. Their positivity that drives each and every song they perform permeates through the crowd effortlessly – you want to dance if you’re not a dancer, you want to sing, even if you cannot understand the language. The dynamic the band exerts,…

Securing for themselves a well respected and enduring presence within the Japanese pop punk upper echelons, Shonen Knife have been favoured by their contemporaries in the Western scene since the 1980s. It seemed slightly surreal to have the band in Adelaide at the Nexus Arts Centre knowing their legacy, and yet, the large shadow they…

Released from their new album V, The Horrors have recently dropped a new music video for “Something to Remember Me By” – a look at the obsession with celebrity and its relationship (oftentimes twisted) with the music industry. The song itself has been lauded as one of The Horrors’ best yet and it’s not hard to see…

Ever since they released their break out single “Bros”, Wolf Alice has been a band who’ve been able to create tracks that are earnest, heartfelt and easily relatable, whilst simultaneously being as aggressive and downright brilliant as you could expect from a band in their genre. Where their debut album, 2015’s fantastic My Love Is…

In a hotel room high atop the Bangkok skyline at the Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park, Imagine Dragons sit with us – all in bright, floral button up shirts – on sofas arounds a small table. We broke the news of their 2018 Australian tour plans a few weeks ago, but that’s not all we were able…

For 25 year old Novocastrian songwriter James Bennett, this year has seen him cover more territory with his music than ever. The success of his single “Fake Feathers” saw Bennett head to America to showcase his talents, while upon his return, Bennett continued to pound the pavement and get his music out to many more audiences…

WA’s Jacob Diamond is kicking off his Australian tour in support of his new single, “Blue Begets Blue”, tomorrow night – an exciting new run of dates for the alt-folk artist who has spent much of 2017 generating considerable momentum around his music. “Blue Begets Blue” sees Diamond’s songwriting talents on full display, while Lachlan Carrick‘s production…

Like its sister festival, Meredith, Golden Plains is one of those festival experiences that sells out of its ticket allocation every damn year, on the basis that punters know beforehand what type of experience they’re bound to get. Generating a unique environment all their own, Golden Plains is set to bring yet another eclectic line up…