A letter from Missy about the current world and what it means to her.

Melbourne Music Week will be held over three months this summer to support the local music industry as it recovers from the impacts of COVID-19.

We will not be hosting Loch Hart Music Festival in 2020. It is with a heavy heart that we must vacate our November 2020 dates. Given the current state of things in Victoria this is unlikely to come as a shock, however, it is still an extremely difficult decision to make. 

BIGSOUND is pleased to announce that it will proceed in 2020 with a revised program of conference, live music and parties, ensuring that its long-standing role of providing forward thinking, listening, learning, discovering and most importantly industry connection for the music community, is not lost due to COVID-19.

If you’re still not around the basic precautionary measures currently in place to tackle this “Rona” situation, sit down, pour yourself a bath-brewed bev and let Glenn Richards spell it out for you. The beloved Augie March frontman has captured the quirky idiosyncrasies of the lived, imagined and projected iso-experience in his first ever solo release, ‘Hi Gene!’ out now. Timely though it is, this instant classic harks back to spelling lessons from Van Morrison with a neurotic nod to Neu and a salty salute to Sparks.

Local label Tremoverse Records, in collaboration with Melbourne’s Box Hill Institute, is thrilled to present a new compilation album featuring original songs from isolated music students the world over, with submissions now open. Songs From Home is set to once again obliterate genre boundaries and navigate the multimodal soundscapes that music students have to offer.

Sydney’s favourite electronic act Kayex have revealed a very special music video today, filmed and edited isolation-style by the duo, Palassi Kailis and Tom Derickx. Inspired by isolation and the resulting makeshift house parties with family and roommates, the video features actresses Samara Weaving and Isabelle …

Melbourne singer/songwriter Sherry is set to drop her debut single ‘Work on Yourself’ on May 1st, a rhythmic dance tune with sass, swag and ‘tude, inspired by a lonely clubgoer she met during her six-month long French exchange and her travels to Berlin.

Melbourne’s Didirri today announces the rescheduling of his upcoming Australian headline tour, which was due to take place across the country throughout April. The new tour dates will now take place in the same venues throughout November.

This October and November, Great Gable will perform in Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, with new dates added in Wollongong, Hobart, Torquay and Maroochydore. The Perth four-piece will also travel across the Tasman sea for shows in Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington. Perth nu-soul R&B producer Jamilla will acc…

The Smith Street Band, like many other bands and artists around the globe have had their current tour postponed and are releasing an exclusive live recording today on Bandcamp in an effort to raise funds for crew members now out of work. With the legends at Bandcamp offering no fees on sales from 6pm Melbourne time today, Friday March 20th it’s the perfect time to donate if you can.

It’s a huge day for The Kite String Tangle with his second album C()D3X released today. The 11-track album contains already released singles 'NORTH', 'KILLING TIME', and 'P()L4R' and continues the shift to a harder, darker, more electronic sound.

Joining forces with not for profit Support Act, Artist Manager Charlotte Abroms, Sound Engineer Jono Steer, and Musician Angie McMahon have set up a fundraiser via Facebook Australian music needs your help. Who would like to help? to distribute to music industry workers who most need it.

Australian Fans - Please be assured, we have every intention of performing this show for you as soon as we’re sure that the safety of our fans will no longer be compromised. We are working right now to reschedule these dates, and will follow up with more information as soon as we have it. Please stay tuned for further updates, as we hope to announce rescheduled tour dates soon!

Due to the recent developments in the Covid-19 outbreak, the organisers of Meadow have announced the cancellation of Meadow 2020 in order to comply with the orders imposed by the State Government under the State Of Emergency declaration commencing Monday 16 March.

It is with intense disappointment that we announce that My Chemical Romance will not be coming to Australia to play Download. As we are unable to deliver a complete line-up to meet the standard that Download fans both expect and deserve, we have very reluctantly made the decision to cancel Download Australia 2020.

Meadow Festival is bidding farewell to previously announced performers Frankie Cosmos after the New York City four-piece announced the cancellation of their Australian tour this week. Festival organisers are now welcoming newcomers Olympia and Vanessa Worm to take to the iconic Bambra Bowl in a matter of weeks from Friday 27th - Sunday 29th March.