It was the best of times, it was The Blurst of Times. And it’s back. Exclusive to Brisbane for 2016, the one day rager expands its on-ground capacity, taking over not two, but three venues: The Brightside, The Zoo and The Foundry on Saturday April 16 2016.
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Live Review : Birds of Tokyo + Dustin Tebbutt at Spectrum Now Festival – The Domain, Sydney – 11 March, 2016
Reviewed by Meghan Player
Spectrum Now Festival has been playing to its strengths in 2016, with a vast array of music, entertainment, talks and exhibitions being held across various locations in Sydney. The creation of the Big Top in The Domain has been one such highlight, showcasing some of the finest Australian acts for each night of the festival.
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Live Review : Jason Aldean + Florida Georgia Line at Hordern Pavilion, Sydney – March 9, 2016
Review and photos by Peter Coates
“My favourite colour is John Deere Green” (1994 – Jason Aldean)
This was not country music as we normally understand it. Yes there were large numbers of guys in jeans, check shirts and cowboy hats, and hordes of girls in denim shorts and boots, but both these acts are modern country rock, with attitude and edge, and clearly have a massive fanbase in Australia.
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Secret Sounds Group Presents : Splendour In The Grass + Falls Festival at SXSW 2016 Day Party
Two of Australia’s favourite festivals have joined forces again this year to host one of the most epic party line-ups on the SXSW calendar! Splendour In The Grass and The Falls Festival are laying out a smorgasbord of excellent tunes to get your South By pumping.
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Molly Ringwald + Harry Shearer + Judith Owen Announced for Queensland Cabaret Festival 2016
Cult movie icon Molly Ringwald and actor and comedy-mastermind Harry Shearer (The Simpsons, Spinal Tap) have been announced as the headline acts for the Queensland Cabaret Festival 2016 line-up for Brisbane Powerhouse.
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Hailmary Announce New EP & Australian Tour April 2016
Hailmary have announced a new EP titled Evolve Disolve will be released on April 9 and they will be touring around the country in support.
Australia has produced some quality hard rock in the last 50 years and that honest, straight up no bulls##t rock n roll attitude is still prevalent and very much a part of today’s music scene.
Hailmary live and breath it. The blood, sweat and tears, the denim and leather, the wall of sound. Stand in front of this band when they play and you cant help but get moving!
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The Last Waltz Revisited set list confirmed!
Following the announcement last month of The Last Waltz Revisited shows at the Sydney Opera House, there’s been lots of online chatter about which songs will be performed by which members of the cast when they revisit one of the most significant rock and roll events in music history on 1 and 2 April, 2016.
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Mat Zo new single and video of “Sinful”
With last single ‘Soul Food’ premiering on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1, LA-based producer Mat Zo today shares latest single & video for ‘Sinful’ featuring British electronic three-piece I See MONSTAS. It’s the second release from his incoming album Self Assemble, set to drop on March 25th via Zo’s own label Mad Zoo.
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HEDGE FUND – Summer’s Getting Shorter Tour – March/April 2016
Aiming to carry on with the momentum created in 2015, Sydney-based indie-post-rock outfit Hedge Fund have just unveiled East Coast tour dates and premiered new single ‘Summer’s Getting Shorter’ via Indie Shuffle – Another DIY self-produced effort by vocalist Will Colvin at Free Energy Studios, Sydney.
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Mayfair Kytes announce new single ‘Sleepyhead’ and Album Launch shows
Melbourne four-piece, Mayfair Kytes have announced the release of their debut album, Animus (out April 1), alongside quirky and musically dazzling single, Sleepyhead (out March 18). The folk-art-pop band will be hitting the road to celebrate the release with album launch shows at The Workers Club (Melb) on April 8 and The Vanguard (Syd) on April 28.
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News : Spectrum Now Festival at The Domain, Sydney – March 2016
Sydney, Australia: Spectrum Now Festival @ The Domain announces the delicious food and drink on offer throughout the festival, a selection of top-notch artists and nightly house bands have been added to the bill.
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Music Legends Leo Sayer and Lulu Touring Australia June-July 2016
Two of the great voices of British pop, Leo Sayer and Lulu, are joining together for the first time for a tour of Australia.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – ‘This Unruly Mess I’ve Made’ Australian Tour – August 2016
Grammy-award winning superstars MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS will bring their show-stopping THIS UNRULY MESS I’VE MADE world tour to Australia this August for their biggest national tour yet!
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