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Tomorrow, at exactly 11.11am on 11th August, Australian award winning songwriter Dan Hannaford will do something he has deliberately avoided for years. He will release a song, sending it out across the major streaming platforms, including Spotify. One song, one time, one very deliberate protest against Spotify, AI and an industry that has forgotten the artist. Pay […]
Polished and ready to go, Calico City’s upcoming single ‘Gotta Go’ delivers excitement in frivolous motion, due Friday, August 7, as the final single ahead of their upcoming EP, ‘Second In Line’, set for release Friday, September 18. Calico City, the Perth/Boorloo-based 6-piece alternative rock band originally formed in high school, has spent the past few years dissecting and harnessing […]
Blank Instrument, the pen name for Boorloo/Perth-based singer-songwriter Kim Franklin, announces her second single of 2026, ’Green and Blue’, set for release Friday, August 7. Following the June release of the single ‘Brand New’, ‘Green and Blue’ is the second single from her upcoming debut album, ‘Jumping at Ghosts’, due later this year. ‘Green and Blue’ continues to expand […]
Back in June, Visit Sunshine Coast (VSC) announced a winter voucher campaign with Experience Oz, encouraging visitors to discover more of our region. The campaign delivered thousands of new bookings across 38 local tourism operators, providing a welcome boost to the Sunshine Coast visitor economy. VSC CEO Matt Stoeckel said VSC’s first-ever voucher campaign had […]
Australian country-rock duo The Finley’s are set to warm hearts with the release of their brand-new single, “Shiver,” a deeply personal love song inspired by the moment their lives changed forever. Written from real-life experience, “Shiver” tells the story of the spark that ignited when Col and Nellie Finley first touched — at that moment, it was dismissed as inappropriate, as […]
Boorloo//Perth artist ALEIA captures slow-burning rage and haunting tension in her gripping new single, ‘Willpower’. Emotionally turbulent and powered by a brewing darkness, the grunge-pop track is harrowingly intimate and genuinely heartbreaking, exploring the fallout of betrayal and the desire for revenge. ‘Willpower’ is set for release Thursday, July 30, alongside its accompanying music video. Following the release of her debut […]
Many of Australia’s most regarded bands and artists have emerged from the wellspring of creativity found across our university campuses. Ballpark Music, The Cat Empire, Grinspoon, The Whitlams, TISM, Blue King Brown, Architecture in Helsinki and Machine Gun Fellatio to name a few. Introducing ‘The Campus Revival Tour’, a four-part interstate university touring project bringing live […]
The countdown is on! The full program for the 2026 Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival has officially launched, with tickets now on sale for nine days of inspiring films, live music, special events and unforgettable experiences. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Heart of Gold returns to Gympie from 12–20 September with this year’s program […]
Local Sunshine Coast ladies Silvana Mahony & Margaret Adame-West (aka “Team Silvana & Margie”), are taking part in a 45km “Walk for Change” Trek as part of a fundraising adventure for Women’s Legal Service Queensland (WLSQ). We are trying to fundraise over $10,000 by 30 September 2026 and hope you can help with this vital […]
Australian country music duo The Finley’s are throwing out the modern music industry rulebook and inviting fans to be part of something far more personal. Marking the beginning of an exciting new chapter within the Finley’s Rocking Country Love Story The launch of their beautifully crafted new single “Shiver” was unveiled alongside a newly designed website, and […]