Violet Grohl has announced her new album. Dave Grohl’s daughter will release Be Sweet to Me on May 29th via Auroura Records/Republic Records. Her debut was recorded between late 2024 and early 2025 at producer Justin Raisen’s Los Angeles home studio. Violet celebrated her album announcement with a new single, “595”, complete with a music video directed […]
If you’re a musical act / band There is financial support that is available to help you get your career on track. About the program The Contemporary Music Touring Program (CMTP) supports national touring activity undertaken by Australian musicians performing original Australian contemporary music. The tour must comprise of performances in at least three venues […]
Rob Hirst was a towering figure in Australian music; an artist whose energy and craft resonated across five decades and defined the sound and social conscience of one of our most influential bands. Known for a fiercely physical playing style that could shake a room and galvanise a crowd, Rob was equally admired for his […]
You bloody well can now cobbers…We’re BACK on the 106.9 frequency without all the shit static noise! On your wireless that is. Thanks to a couple of astronomically clever local masterminds Tony and Tim, (who will be richly rewarded) Gove FM is once again cranking locally on the 106.9 frequency modulation. So grab a couple […]
Word on thew street is NEAL legends, East Journey are now taking bookings for festivals, events and special performances across Australia. Led by Rrowun Maymuru (also lead singer of Yothu Yindi), East Journey brings a powerful mix of Yolŋu culture, spiritual connection to Country, rock music and traditional dance. Their performances celebrate the land, language […]
Monday June 3 2024 In the later weeks of May a tidal surge of insert flooded into the wet tropics of Far North Queensland, and steaming through the swell was ‘A Boat With No Name’. The little movie that keeps on keeping on. It’s premiere FNQ screenings were at the Silkwood Hotel, Silkwood and the Bootleg […]
BAND: Mr Chrisy Mertas ALBUM: Cookers Paradise RELEASE DATE: 22/02/2024 Sometimes reviewing albums can be an onerous task, listening to music that just isn’t hitting your triggers, but you desperately try to mine for the positive treasures. Sometimes, and this is very rarely, it’s a task where you find yourself thinking…’fuck this, I’d much rather […]
AUSTRALIA’S MUSICAL HOTSPOT IN THE MIDDLE OF TROPICAL NOWHERE! WHAT IS EAST ARNHEM LIVE?!? 1000 kilometres by dirt road to Darwin, East Arnhem Land might be isolated geographically, but is a total musical hotspot. Home to King Stingray and Yothu Yindi, East Arnhem Land is now host to a 100% FREE 4-day music festival. Yolŋu […]
Bill Mousoulis The Boat with No Name(Australia, 2022, 95 mins, dir: Phil O’Brien & Jeffery Baxter) “You know, people think money is the currency, but, time is the real currency, because you only get so much of it, and you gotta spend it wisely.” – dialogue in The Boat with No Name The Boat with No Name is […]
An Album review of sorts. Music, it should be acknowledged, has an indeterminate uphill battle in objectivity. The shit that shakes my derrière may not come remotely close to eliciting a modest jiggle of cellulite wiggle from your posterior! It’s a problematic issue for a lot of musos who would for examples sake love their […]
