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In 3 years, one of Tasmanian's biggest music festival's
msfest has built a reputation as an event not to be missed.
With last year's event selling out prior to the day, this year looks to be heading in the same direction... [more]
This summer,
All Tomorrow's Parties Festival will visit Australia for the first time presenting events in three different locations.
1. A two day event at Mt Buller, Victoria over the weekend of January 9 & 10 with both on sit... [more]
Providing Australia with the largest touring festival in Australia for th past seventeen years, the Big Day Out returns this year once again with a cracking line-up.
I'm sure you don't need to hear any more of my waffling about Aus... [more]
After a whirlwind start to the year with his sell out 10 Year Reunion Tour with Weddings, Parties, Anything,
Mick Thomas goes Back To The Future this December with a tour that covers his exceptional back catalogue of songs while in... [more]
Melbourne’s
Winterpark will independently release its second album
Falling Men and Flying Dreams via MGM on 18 October 2008.
Featuring a perfect slice of electro pop in the form of radio single ‘Hooked’, the album takes the listene... [more]
Mei Lai Swan will embark on a national tour with her new band to coincide with the exclusive iTunes release of her new single,
Calling The Sky on October 12th. Be sure to catch Mei Lai Swan enchanting folk across the country... [more]
Trial Kennedy are very excited to announce a run of shows around sunny Australia this October & November, including the Grazzhopper and Sounds of Spring festivals, as well as supporting pals The Butterfly Effect on their Old Pl... [more]
On top of the recent revelation that Nick Cave curated All Tomorrow's Parties (ATP) festival is heading to Victoria, more details have come to light on the ATP website revealing plans for Sydney and Brisbane also:
This summer All T... [more]
After the unfortunate cancellation of their April 2008 Australian tour due to main-man John Darnielle’s bout with the dreaded tinnitus,
The Mountain Goats return to Australia for a national run of dates.
Hitting Australia with their dru... [more]
The
Nine Inch Nails are set to return to the festival circuit in Australia next year with the announcement overnight they are set to headline the
Soundwave Festival across Australian in February / March next year.
Next year's... [more]
Not content with just completing a sold out national album tour,
Little Red have hardly any time to unpack before hitting the road once again for a bunch of University dates in October. Since the release of the debut album
L... [more]
The 2009
St Jerome's Laneway Festival is fast approaching! Returning to
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and heading for the very first time to
Perth, indie music fans nationally can expect some of the most interesting... [more]
Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member
Richard Wright has died, aged 65, from cancer.
The self taught pianist/ keyboardist Wright appeared on the group's first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967 alongside le... [more]
October 4th 2008 sees the release of
The Go Set's fourth album, titled
Rising. To celebrate, they'll head out on a massive tour, bringing their punk/rockabilly sailor antics to cities all over the country. Get into... [more]
They've been sending postcards from Europe for the past two months, but now Sydneysiders
Sparkadia are back on their home turf and ready to kick off an extensive album tour across the country. The four-piece will celebrate a m... [more]
Two years after the release of his internationally acclaimed debut album
King Hokum, the inimitable
C.W. Stoneking – guitar & tenor banjo player, singer/songwriter and raconteur – returns with a new collection of original tunes,... [more]
With about three months still to go before the
Falls Festival gets busy, they have announced their second round of artists for this year's event.
Bringing a whole lot of good times, comes: the shimmy-tastic classy purveyors of mode... [more]
All tickets to the 18th
Meredith Music Festival have now sold out.
Tickets sold through record stores accounted for the queues outside the stores before they even opened. Online sales were over in a matter of minutes.
Prior to both... [more]
In 2007,
Bloc Party, the UK four-piece followed up their debut release 'Silent Alarm' with 'A Weekend In The City'. This gave the band the kick they needed with them returning to Australia for Splendour In The Grass, p... [more]
This year's
Falls Festival in
Lorne has now officially Sold Out.
Tickets for
Marion Bay are fast running out and not expected to last much longer. If you wish to attend they can still be bought here: www.fallsfestival.com... [more]