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Drawing inspiration from London and Tokyo’s vintage street-racing motorbikes, Japan’s heritage of engineering excellence, and Yamaha’s 50-year legacy of guitar craftsmanship, the new Revstar series has
Australia’s sparky Americana starlet, Ruby Boots announces her “I Miss You Already” Tour, slated for 2016 and taking in Australia, Asia and the USA. This will
Sydney has it’s summer sorted! Merivale and Corona Extra present Sunday Sundown, a new live music experience at dusk, this summer. Taking place over twelve dates
Registrations of Interest now open Registrations of interest open this week in the Melbourne Prize for Music 2016 & Awards, which is one of the most
The Andy Warhol |Ai Weiwei exhibition was launched to media this morning with the great Ai Weiwei present and in conversation with NGV Director Tony Ellwood.
We recently presented a couple of live tunes from the Shannon Bourne Band recorded on Sunday November 29 at Max Crawdaddy’s regular Sunday Blues session at
Almost 20 years on from their first shows Dallas Crane have not only become lauded constituents of the Australian rock ‘n roll scene, but a trend-proof
Holy Holy have today announced a national tour for January set to kick off in Sydney at Oxford Art Factory on the 15th, moving through to
The Shannon Bourne Band performed Funkadelic’s ‘Maggot Brain’ on Sunday November 29 at Max Crawdaddy’s regular Sunday Blues session at Cherry Bar in AC/DC Lane Melbourne.
The Flying Saucer Club at the Caulfield RSL has quickly become one of Melbourne’s most favoured music destinations. Leading up to Christmas, there is a fantastic
2015 ARIA Award Winners The 2015 Australian Recording Industry Association awards took place last night at the The Star Event Centre in Sydney. Here’s the complete
To celebrate 40 years since the release of Patti Smith’s seminal album HORSES Courtney Barnett, Jen Cloher, Adalita and Gareth Liddiard performed two tribute shows at
Off the back of the LA album release for his Top 10 ARIA album, Cast of Yesterday, alt folk rock musician, Tim Wheatley is excited to
Eden Mulholland performs ‘Cardboard Cutouts’ from his new album ‘Hunted Haunted’ at the Grace Darling Hotel November 21st, prior to his gig that night. Interview online
We’ve recently been made aware that our good friend and longtime Australian Musician contributor, Dr Allan Zavod is currently undergoing treatment for brain cancer. On Sunday
In 2016 The Jezabels will return with their third studio LP, ‘Synthia’, in store February 12th independently, via MGM Distribution. After eighteen months off the road,
Face The Music day two was never going to be just another day at a music conference. As people woke to the news of the horrific
Ring tones, not something you think about much … unless you hear a lot of them. At Face The Music, a music conference full of tech
Tkay Maidza and Timberwolf have walked away as the big winners at the 2015 South Australian Music (SAM) Awards, held on the same night as The
To mark the 10th anniversary of The Age Music Victoria Awards, not one but two special events were organised this year to help celebrate the occasion.
On November 22nd, it will be 18 years since the death of enigmatic Australian rock singer Michael Hutchence. This week saw the Australian release of
Brian Wilson, Taj Mahal and more added to 2016 Bluesfest lineup. The legends are lining up for the Byron Bay festival next Easter. When Kendrick
Jason Becker, who was signed to the prestigious Shrapnel Records label at just 16, was integral to the neo-classical guitar movement through the 80s with playing
The Age and Music Victoria are proud to announce that this year’s Hall of Fame inductees will be honoured with a free, public exhibition at Arts
The NGV today announced the largest ever Friday Nights program with eighteen headline acts from December 2015 – April 2016. Since the series commenced in 2013
Baby Animals, Hoodoo Gurus, The Superjesus, Noiseworks, 1927, Diesel with special guest Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss, Swanee, Thirsty Merc, Dragon, Wendy Matthews and more confirmed to
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
The folks at muso.com.au are presenting a MUSO SWAP MEET at the Flemington Community Centre (25 Mount Alexander Rd) on Sunday 11th Oct, running from 12:30pm