Forget Dick Dale, Duane Eddy and The Atlantics, this guy takes surf guitar literally

Report by Greg Phillips. Pics by Greg and James Phillips As far as weather goes, it was a hot and shitty weekend for a music festival. On the plus side, the threatened traffic nightmares for Soundwave never really happened, despite the abundance of competing activities in Melbourne and the diluted…

Cocker Power flowed down Brunswick Street Fitzroy today as ‘Leave Your Hat On’, the Joe Cocker tribute show was launched at the G&Tea bar. Passers by couldn’t help but be drawn into the brassy soul party provided by the powerful 12 piece band, delivering authentic versions of Cocker hits such…

After months of anticipation and speculation QMusic today announce the full list of finalists for the 2015 Queensland Music Awards. More than 40 judges from across the country and internationally listened to hundreds of song and video entries from artists all over Queensland.  Entries were received from every corner of…

With the decline in music sales, artists are turning to alternative methods of raising a buck to fund their music. This has led to a spurt of creativity in regard to artists’ merchandise. Gone are the days when all you could find with your fave band’s name on it was…

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One of the less-covered gigs at NAMM this year was the Duesenberg party featuring Johnny Depp and friends, partly due to the “no pro camera” policy I guess. Depp has become somewhat of a regular at NAMM and last year jammed with Aerosmith. This year Alice Cooper and Joe Walsh…

Dates and venue are confirmed, and arrangements are underway for a Melbourne Guitar Show on August 8 & 9, this year. The Australian Music Association in conjunction with Australian Musician, is proud to present the Melbourne Guitar Show at Melbourne’s Caulfield Racecourse. Open to wholesalers, retailers, guitar makers, and  music organisations,…

As well as every band under the sun and their management vying for attention in Austin Texas at SXSW  (March 13-22), you’ll also find an ever-increasing number of music gear manufactures and distributors exhibiting there. The SXSW Music Gear Expo celebrates six years in 2015 with a host of new…

Live Aid pioneer, Ultravox frontman and successful solo artist in his own right, Midge Ure returns to Australia in April for a short solo acoustic tour. Playing songs from his latest album Fragile along with all his solo and Ultravox hits, the show is a must for fans of the…