What's Going On in Melbourne and Surrounds
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Sydney Stages Its First Vegan Festival
Animal lovers and health nuts, rejoice! Sydney's first ever Vegan Festival kicks off in Marrickville this March with a jam packed line-up that features food stalls, live
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Free Tracks From Mount Kimbie And Jagwar Ma
Exclusive mixes and downloads are being released at this year's Laneway Festival.
Future Classic and Red Bull Music Academy have joined forces to showcase... -
Bareback Titty Squad Play DJ Mag's Entire Top 100 Poll
The Melbourne band famed for their half-hour medley of last year's Triple J Hottest 100 countdown take on DJ mag's annual poll.
Bareback Titty Squad released the... -
Periphery: 20/20 Vision
DC-based prog metal band Periphery are set to tour Australia to promote their new EP, ‘Clear’.
“The melodic theme that takes place [in ‘Clear’] is in the intro... -
Oka: No Holding Back
Oka cannot be simplified into any one genre of music.
They'd prefer you think of them as a celebration of all that it is to be alive and free in the world today.... -
Brunswick Music Festival - New Era
Culture cats, music lovers, Melburnians, honorary and wannabe Melburnians: stretch out those languid holiday limbs of yours — the Brunswick Music Festival draws
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Video: Let Them Eat Cake 2014
On January 1, 2014 revellers made their way to Melbourne's Werribee Mansion to enjoy a sold-out Let Them Eat Cake Festival.
It promised a one-day-only... -
Michael Mayer: Still Kompact
If you consider yourself a fan of electronic music, let me introduce you to Michael Mayer.
A softly spoken, yet effervescent personality, Mayer is something of a... -
Rainbow Serpent Festival Throws Open The Doors
In case you had any doubts about whether you'd be welcome at Rainbow Serpent Festival, event organisers have released a video that should clear up any
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Kingfisha: Regal Reggae
For Anthony King, the construction of his band’s reggae music is a finely-tuned process.
“I like to try to tell a bit of a story,” the Kingfisha frontman says. “I... -
The 1975: You Like This
Matt Healy is trying to have his cake and eat it too.
Who can blame him? Cake is delicious. I ate cake nigh five minutes ago. In Healy’s case, it's fronting his... -
John Butler Trio Australian Tour
John Butler Trio have announced their biggest Australian tour in four years. The Fremantle roots band will play 13 dates in March and April next year, visiting major capital
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Brunswick Music Festival Is Back
Celebrating its 26th year, Melbourne's Brunswick Music Festival will play host to brilliant folk, roots and international acts.
Featuring worldwide acts from Spain,... -
Melbourne Is Australia's Best City
... Or at least that's what the folks at Australian Traveller have decided.
Some 1100 Aussies were surveyed for the magazine's comprehensive poll — we... -
White Night Melbourne Program Revealed
Melbourne will showcase all it has to offer with the next White Night Melbourne – an annual 12-hour event stretching across the city.
The popular event will take... -
Meet Your Blur Replacements
We know you're upset about Blur dropping out of the Big Day Out, but if they were replaced with Beady Eye, The Hives and Deftones, would that ease your pain?
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Port Royal Street Party Time
Port Melbourne's Fennell Street will host the inaugural Port Royal Street Party on Saturday January 18.
Thanks to the City of Port Phillip, the party will centre... -
Cat Power Gets Intimate
The enigmatic Chan Marshall — aka Cat Power — will return to Australia in January to perform in solo mode, intimate and up close.
As well as her... -
First Sidewaves Announced For 2014
Maryland rockers Clutch have become the first band on the 2014 Soundwave bill to announce Sidewaves.
Having been together for over two decades, they released their... -
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard For NYE
Seven-piece psychedelic garage rock collective, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are among the acts playing at Ding Dong Lounge's New Year's Even party.
After...