The annual celebration of local independent music, the Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards took place in Melbourne last night and unsurprisingly, it was Courtney Barnett who collected the majors. Taking out three of the prestigious awards: Best Independent Artist, Best Independent Album for Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes…
The program for the 2016 Melbourne Zoo Twilights Series has been announced and it’s looking pretty wild. The Melbourne Zoo Twilights series provides the perfect summer night of entertainment for all ages – fourteen shows across Friday and Saturday evenings starting Friday 29th January and running through to Saturday 12th…
Sydney’s dark-lord, singer and producer Paul Conrad is back with his own brand of alt-pop in the form of a new video ‘California’. Paul Conrad is the kind of guy that says whatever he feels. His quick-wit and razor shark tongue has become his thing – he says what we…
Motorhead’s Lemmy will be honoured with a Bass Player Lifetime Achievement Award at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood as part of Bass Player Magazine’s 8th annual event (Nov 8&9). Lemmy has just recovered from a lung infection which threatened to blow out the band’s touring schedule for the remainder of…
Fans of 80s alt-rock will be salivating at the thought of this bunch of iconic bands announced for a run of A Day On The Green shows in March next year. Hoodoo Gurus, Sunnyboys and Violent Femmes are teaming up for the very first time this summer in a three-way, no-holds barred attack on…
Courtesy of D’Addario Strings‘ YouTube channel, Jackie Greene sits and chats with North Mississippi Allstars’ Luther Dickinson about his influences, technique, approach and more. Check out ‘D’Addario Australia’s Facebook page here You can also read our interview with Luther’s brother Cody, who chats about The Word’s tour of Australia next…
The Bank of Melbourne presented it’s annual Melbourne Music Bank competition final last night on the stage of the opulent State Theatre. Jade Alice took out first place for her performance of ‘Kick Drum’. As the winner of the competition, Jade receives two days of recording at Sing Sing studios,…
Little May will have a new album ‘For The Company’ out on October 9, 2015. In addition to a full interview (online soon), we fired six quick ones at Hannah, Liz and Annie. www.littlemaymusic.com
The final of the annual Melbourne Music Bank takes place this Thursday night (Oct 8) at the State Theatre. Back in July Victorian artists were invited to submit their song entries to the competition. After listening to hundreds of songs from some amazing artists, the judges have found the final…
The Melbourne Guitar Makers Festival is on this Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th at the Abbotsford Convent. It is a rare and unique opportunity to see, play, hear and celebrate the handcrafted guitar. These instruments are seldom seen in shops, and the maker’s workshops often off the beaten track. Come…