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Adelaide Beer and BBQ Festival line-up drops with tickets now on sale

Following on from the success of the previous few years, and in the wake of several other festivals scaling back, postponing or closing, it’s heartening to see the Beer and BBQ Festival back in full swing for 2024. Headlining the music will be Aussie music legends The Australian Rock Collective, Bad//Dreems & Friends and Peter…

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Photo Gallery: Young Henrys Presents Bad//Dreems Secret Gig – Hollywood Hotel Rooftop, Surry Hills (17.10.23)

This morning Young Henry’s the Independent brewery surprised Sydney by announcing a secret gig on the Rooftop of The Hollywood Hotel starring Adelaide’s finest OZ Rock band BAD//DREEMS. The announcement on Young Henry’s instagram said “Oi Sydney mates, we’ve got the keys to the Hollywood Hotel, so we are throwing a good old rooftop party,…

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Photo Gallery: Bad//Dreems + Children Collide – Factory Theatre, Sydney (01.07.23)

What a Hoo Ha! Legendary Adelaide rock band Bad//Dreems wrapped up their Australian tour on the back of their 4th studio album Hoo Ha! playing Marrickville’s The Factory Theatre to a sold out crowd, supported by a stellar line-up of Children Collide, Dr Sures and Sad Girls Sex Club. The audience was well primed to…

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New Music Discoveries 14th October: Bad//Dreems, Imogen Clark and more

We have updated our Discovery playlist on Spotify and Apple Music with ten new tracks. This week our Track of the Week is “Jack”, the new single from Bad//Dreems. “Jack” is a song we all need to listen to. It’s a song about truth-telling, about telling the black history of Australia. Of acknowledging the mistreatment of…

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50 South Australian artists to be showcased in new music podcast series

play / pause / play have just released a new podcast titled The Sounds of South Australia celebrating and showcasing homegrown talent. The series will feature 50 artists from the state.  “South Australia is full of incredible artists but unless you’re already connected to the scene, you’re probably missing out” says play / pause / play…

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Photo Gallery: Fire Aid: A Bushfire Fundraiser – Adelaide Uni (01.02.20)

A number of big hitting artists decamped on Adelaide at the weekend for Fire Aid. Taking place on University of Adelaide’s campus, the fundraising event was headlined by Pond. Also on the bill were Bad//Dreems, Tim Rogers, West Thebarton and more. Photographer John Goodridge was there to capture all the action.

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To Adelaide, with love: SEVSONS list their SA music recommendations

Alt-rockers SEVSONS have been deep in new EP territory over the last few months, building upon the success of live shows and more recently, the release of their catchy as heck new single, “Evolution”. It’s a strong step forward from the Sydney band, who are sure to be extending their reach further around the country as…

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Donnarumma, Neon Tetra & more win local support slots for Adelaide’s Clipsal 500 concert series

The Adelaide 500 (still known as ‘Clipsal’ to locals) is around the corner, with the likes of Robbie Williams, Cold Chisel and Birds of Tokyo set to perform during the event’s live concert series. Packed down the city’s East End, the series has also been offering local bands the opportunity to cut their teeth on the massive stage at…

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A.B. Original fuel the ARIA win bonfire with a massive night at the SA Music Awards

2017 is A.B. Original‘s year. What started as an EP’s worth collection of material written over a span of a few days by Trials and Briggs, soon turned into one of the country’s most important albums and definitely, one of the most acclaimed this year. At the South Australian Music Awards in Adelaide overnight, the group continued their…

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The Preatures, Holy Holy & more announced for Festival of the Sun 2017

Festival of the Sun returns to Port Macquarie this December, looking to sell out quickly too, if previous years’ ticket sales are anything to go by! Long regarded as one of the east coast’s most popular festival events, Festival of the Sun hasn’t changed its blueprint one iota. Still completely BYO, FOTSUN has retained its family…

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Feature: Bad//Dreems let us in on how Gutful has seen them grow as a band

Adelaide’s own Bad//Dreems finished their Gutful national tour at home on the weekend, playing to a sold out venue at The Gov – their largest headlining show in Adelaide to date. We followed the guys around a bit after their soundcheck on Saturday night and found out how this tour has compared to their other adventures on the road,…

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Queens of the Stone Age, LCD Soundsystem lead 2017 Splendour in the Grass announcement

It’s here. After much speculation and #fakenews, the 2017 Splendour in the Grass line up has been revealed, with Queens of the Stone Age, LCD Soundsystem, The xx, ScHoolboy Q and more set to head to Byron Bay this winter. Splendour exclusives sit with Schoolboy Q and Future Islands, while returning 2016 artists Sigur Ros are also lined up to make a special appearance. The…

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Music Video of the Day: Bad//Dreems “Feeling Remains” (2017)

Another cut of South Australian goodness today, with the new music video from Bad//Dreems for “Feeling Remains”. Throwing back to the glory days of Recovery (what’s up, Dylan Lewis), Baddies dive right back into the 90’s and the final result is pretty darn great. The tune itself is taken from the band’s newly announced sophomore album Gutful – out on April…

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Midnight Oil announce highly anticipated October & November Australian tour dates

It’s been a long morning already for Midnight Oil fans in Australia who’ve been keeping their attention trained to the band’s Facebook page, but finally, the wait is over. Through a conference broadcast online from Sydney, the iconic Aussie group broke the news that they would be back on tour around the world for the first…

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Review: The St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival brings noise and life to Port Adelaide’s Harts Mill for another summer

A refreshed sense of vibrancy? A positive outlook on what’s still to come from artists in our own backyard as well as abroad? This year’s Laneway Festival had a lot going for it this year. In terms of highlights of the 2017 Laneway Festival, let’s start with Adelaide local, Lonelyspeck. Recently welcomed into the TEEF family, Lonelyspeck’s profile…

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Bad//Dreems join Laneway Festival line up for Adelaide while east coast after parties are announced

The 2017 St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival kicks off in Australia this week after a successful run in Singapore last weekend and still, the new announcements are rolling out. First up, for Adelaide fans: Bad//Dreems have been added to your festival down at Port Adelaide, slotting in neatly between White Lung and Luca Brasi on the Spinning Top Stage at 3:10pm….

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Inaugural National Live Music Awards celebrate Australia’s best around the country!

Overnight, in every Australian capital city, live music was celebrated as part of the inaugural National Live Music Awards. The eight events took place at the same time around the country, with a diverse range of Australian artists being recognised for their efforts on stages at home and abroad. NGAIIRE (pictured) was big winner at…

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Matt & Alex commencing final days at triple j with five-date rave tour

Yesterday, Matt Okine and Alex Dyson announced that their time as hosts of triple j’s breakfast show would be coming to an end this December; for Dyson, the end of a 10 year-long career at the broadcaster. Okine of course, came on board in 2014 to replace former host Tom Ballard. For both, it’s been years of early mornings, memorable…

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All-star live entertainment line up and hosts announced for 2016 SA Music Awards

The 2016 South Australian Music Awards is taking place in a few weeks at the Norwood Concert Hall – the now completely sold out event set to recognise the talented individuals doing SA proud throughout the year. Today, Music SA announced that MC’ing the official ceremony on November 11th will be multi-instrumentalist Adam Page and BIGSOUND programmer,…

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Music Video of the Day: Bad//Dreems “Mob Rule” (2016)

December sees Adelaide’s Bad//Dreems back on the road for their final headline shows of the year before 2017 comes along and we see what they’ve been working on hard throughout this year. Of course, when we got a hint of album Number Two with “Mob Rule”, everything pointed to a strong follow up record to…

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Camp Cope, Gang of Youths & Tkay Maidza rack up nominations for the 2016 National Live Music Awards!

The nominees for the National Live Music Awards have been announced around the country today, with 51 categories being unveiled across the board. Winners are to be announced on November 29th at events being run nationally, with both national and state-specific categories being voted on by a judging panel of industry professionals from right around Australia….

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Single of the Day: Bad//Dreems “Mob Rule” (2016)

Baddies! The Adelaide crew is back with new single “Mob Rule”, the first taste of the new album that has kept Bad//Dreems squirrelled away a decent part of 2016. Dropping ahead of their national tour with DMAs, the single comes packed with that gritty, gnarly energy that first put the band on the map. It doesn’t feel…

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The Avalanches, Catfish & The Bottlemen, Modern Baseball… clap your eyes on these Falls Festival sideshows!

The 2016/2017 Falls Festival and Southbound run has already got festival lovers applying for holiday leave, locking away the New Year’s celebrations for the run of events out on the east and west coasts this year. Today, a run of sideshows have been announced from a large swag of artists set to play; from The Avalanches on stage with Grandmaster…

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Watch a bunch of great Aussie bands recommend records from 2015 you need to listen to

There was so much great music released in 2015. But now, 9 months into 2016, it’s easy to forget some of what might have come before us. So, we’re looking back at what a bunch of Aussie bands rated amongst their favourite albums and songs of 2015. Did you listen to all of them? Featured…

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DMA’s announce east coast tour alongside Bad//Dreems for October

DMA‘s will be returning to Australia for a tour of some of their biggest venues played yet, taking mates Bad//Dreems out on the road as well! The October dates will have the Sydney band travelling down the east coast, taking to the likes of The Enmore, The Triffid and more with Hills End – the debut album…

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