Category: Music and Festivals
The Potbelleez headline a first-of-its-kind “town takeover” inviting everyone to come out, connect and be part of the show Coolum Beach is getting ready for a town takeover. On Saturday 31 October, the streets, rooftops, restaurants, cafés, beach and businesses of Coolum will come alive as the inaugural CoolumLive: Rooftop Sessions brings the whole community […]
Campus Revival Tour kicks off this week, launching a new national initiative bringing free live music back to university campuses while creating paid touring opportunities for emerging Australian artists. Created by QUT’s student-led Vermilion Records and funded by Creative Australia, the four-part touring project will run through to 2028, reconnecting students and their communities with live music while exploring the barriers […]
Brisbane progressive metalcore juggernaut Aeon Nexus returns in full force with their deliciously macabre new 3-track Final Girl EP, beginning with the release of the titular single on August 21st 2026, followed by the full EP drop on September 4th. The EP marks the quartet’s first release featuring guitarist Jordan Gray and drummer Jesse Nikolic, […]
Endless scrolling, breaking headlines, and mounting pressures have cast a weary shadow over the early 21st century, affecting our relationships with others and ourselves. Responding to this increasingly disconnected world, Queensland country artists Georgia Scarlett and Joel Spence join forces on their new collaborative single, ‘Honey Let’s Go’, out Friday, August 14. Following their previous collaboration, ‘The Wise Folks Say’, released in […]
There’s more than one way to strike gold. On his magnetic single and accompanying music video ‘Gold’ (out Friday, August 14), Meanjin/Brisbane artist Harley discovers that vulnerability, self-belief and emotional honesty are worth their weight in gold. Serving as the third and final single from his forthcoming debut EP, due Friday, September 18, ‘Gold’ explores the feeling of finding independence and […]
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 […]
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 […]