Festival
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The Gympie Music Muster Turns 35
There’s an old joke that says if you play a country music record backwards, you get back your dog, your truck and your wife.
While that sort of mournful theme does... -
2016 Splendour In The Grass Line-Up
The 2016 Splendour In The Grass line-up has dropped, and it's massive.
The Strokes (only Aus show). The Cure. Flume. James Blake. At The Drive-in. Sigur Ros (only... -
Odesza: Uncomfortably Comfortable
Since forming in 2012, Seattle two-piece Odesza have gone from viral onliners to bona fide mainstage headliners.
Last in Australia for October’s Listen Out... -
The National Folk Festival 2016 Review
The National Folk Festival's slogan – '5 Days In A Perfect World' – easily lives up to its reputation.
Warm smiles and hugs greet returning mates for this year's... -
Stereosonic 2016 Cancelled
After industry speculation during the last 48 hours, Totem Onelove Group who run and operate the Stereosonic travelling festival have announced via a statement that the 2016
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MS MR: The Art Of Losing Your Mind
Electro-pop duo MS MR like to let their minds get a little lost.
Drifting minds are magnets for inspiration and Lizzy Plapinger (lead singer and owner of one of the... -
Jaaleekaay: Crossing Over
World music trio Jaaleekaay are a unique musical collaboration who blend Western musical styles with the cultural traditions of The Gambia in West Africa to create a new,
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Silver Raven Festival 2016 @ Turkey Flat Vineyards Review
Vintage American imports blended with fresh Adelaide produce on a scenic Barossa day (2 April).
Establishing a new music festival is a mammoth task and the team... -
A Rock & Roll Writers Festival 2016 @ The Brightside Review
Critics sometimes think of rock & roll as a simplistic, thoughtless exercise in noise-making, but anyone who has been touched by the power of a song knows that’s not
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Bluesfest 2016 @ Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm Review
It was the start of the Easter long weekend and many, including me, were making the journey to Byron Bay for Bluesfest 2016.
I call it a journey because travelling... -
Bigsound Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary
2016 will mark the 15th anniversary of BIGSOUND: the southern hemisphere’s biggest new music festival and music industry conference.
With industry names like... -
5 1990s Songs Sally Breen Remembers Fondly
Sydney-born, Brisbane-grown and now Gold Coast resident and Senior Lecturer in Writing & Publishing at Griffith University (where she also gained her doctorate), Sally
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Clinton Walker's Rock & Roll Adventure
This weekend, Brisbane will be home to A Rock & Roll Writers Festival: a two-day event celebrating the creative relationship between writing and music.
Some of... -
Pete Murray To Headline Inaugural Sea N Sound Festival
FESTIVAL UPDATE: 30 May, 2016: Music, craft beer and seafood festival Sea n Sound has extended its offering once again with the value-add of an extra 3... -
Present Day Remi On His Past And Future Selves
Remi is a young, Nigerian-Australian rapper who has come so far, so quickly in his short career, his past and present selves are almost like completely different
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In Hearts Wake Are Groovin To The Sound Of Success
Byron Bay metalcore band In Hearts Wake have “lots of little surprises” in store for fans this year.
The band recently announced 'The Equinox' tour, an... -
Punch Brothers, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn Headline 2016 Adelaide Guitar Festival
Bluegrass cool and bango magic will enliven the Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2016 Adelaide Guitar Festival, with Punch Brothers and Bela Fléck and Abigail Washburn to headline
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Sam Simmons @ Brisbane Comedy Festival 2016 Review
Chaos can manifest itself in some unbelievable ways. It is theorised that small events can develop quickly to large cases of mayhem: a butterfly flapping its wings in the
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Tom Green @ Brisbane Comedy Festival 2016 Review
One of the Festival’s most unpredictable comedians, Tom Green is a force unto himself.
It could the combination of those crazy-looking bug eyes of his, his... -
Tom Ballard @ Brisbane Comedy Festival 2016 Review
Former triple j breakfast host and, you know, that guy you’ve probably seen somewhere, Tom Ballard is one of the more exciting, young voices in Australian
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