Fem Fantasy joins force with Midsumma Festival and Common Rooms to bring you an extravaganza like no other on Friday 24 January. Featuring live electronic music, dancers, drag queens and DJs spinning tunes well into the morning in a diverse and inclusive space filled with love and warmth. Come as you (whoever you are, however you identify) and feel free to beam out your truest expression! You are all welcome!!

It is with great pride that Pieater announce the third LP from #1 Dads - Golden Repair out 6 March 2020, paired with the new single ‘Freedom Fighter’. Listen HERE.
 
Every album Tom Iansek creates makes for a curious study: will he be flexing the production muscle; experimenting on the fringes of what’s pop; grappling with the human condition…?

Since the Lorne Falls Festival cancellation and the fundraiser shows that followed, many more shows are being organised and announced, and they just keep comin’! Keep tabs here for regular updates on new fundraiser gigs as they come.

Artists and venues across Melbourne are still pulling together more and more benefit shows as the fires rage on, and Smash Music Group are jumping on board with ‘Respire’, a co-headliner featuring Dogs Don’t Kiss and Loose Ends, including support from Smash Music artist Archer, local jazz-soul-pop combo Velvet Bloom, Zachary Leo, Bares, and Polyphoniq. Yep, seven local acts all playing one massive show for the fires.

Melbourne based songwriter, producer and self-confessed bedroom-pop addict Evan Klar today releases his brand-new single I Do. The track is the first official single to be lifted off a new EP which is expected to be released later this year.

Thursday the 16th of January will see The Teskey Brothers, Cash Savage and The Last Drinks, Grace Cummings and The Thornbury Theatre come together for a bushfire benefit with 100% of all proceeds being donated equally between The Australian Red Cross, Fire Relief Fund for First Nations Communities and Wildlife Victoria. 

Today Gold Coast-based rapper Saint Lane shares his latest single, ‘Hickeys,’ his first new music of 2020. Of the track, Lane says: “Hickeys is about moving in circles. Working the same job, going to the same bars and seeing the same people every weekend. Getting caught in the loop and wanting to break free. Seeing some people around you break that loop and seeing some people stay in it.” 

Press Club, The Gooch Palms, Columbus, Mid City, Fan Girl, and Teenage Dads DJ’s are teaming up for “MAKE IT RAIN” a special fundraiser event directly aimed at helping the communities affected in Victoria. It’s a chance to help people, have a rad time and listen to some of the best live music Australia has to offer.

We only have one planet, and it's struggling.
In an effort to fight Climate Change, a handful of local acts have culminated under Birthday Cake Music Group to raise funds for the Australian Youth Climate Coalition by bringing you a huge night of your favourite local artists.

To the artists and to everyone involved with organising the fundraiser gigs for the bushfires all across Melbourne tonight after Falls Festival Lorne 2019/20 was cancelled; the biggest of kudos and thanks. What a legendary outcome from one shitty situation to help out people in an even worse shitty situation. A rare occasion to be proud of fellow humans. Here’s a list of the gigs going on tonight.

Polaris' Adelaide show at The Gov is now sold out and due to popular demand, the Sydney metalcore outfit have added a 2nd and final Adelaide show to their The Death Of Me Australian Tour supported by Wage War, Crystal Lake and Alpha Wolf on Monday 24 February at The Gov. Tickets are on sale now.

Feature MORE Australian MUSIC is a campaign to raise awareness of the lack of local content featured across the airwaves, in particular on commercial radio. FM/AM hopes that with the united voice of Australian musicians and artists, the general public and Australian music fans will join us in asking to hear more Australian music and especially NEW music.

Melbourne’s Ro returned last week with new single “To Pretend” – a musing on ‘the birds and the bees’, and learning to ditch bedroom expectations and stop pretending.Now, she let's it all wash away with the rain - in perfectly freeing and emotional new video…

LUNE, Australia's newest heavy phenoms return for a second hit of absolute brutality. A refreshing combination of soaring melodies with exceptionally heavy grooves, Melbourne, Australia's Lune is comprised of members of Melbourne’s I, Valiance and Newcastle’s Blind Oracle. With only one song to date under their belt, they have made quite the impact immediately.

With gritty basslines, unnerving guitar and angelic vocals, the newly formed four-piece is unlike anything else you’re likely to find in Melbourne. Their debut single ‘Dirtlifter’ is out through Common Cult now, with their three-track EP Wisteria to follow on December 9.

Traces recently unleashed "Can't Stop Me" and initiated a movement on social media of the same name to open up conversation about mental health. "Can't Stop Me" is an anthem of rebellion and a fight against everyone's own worst enemy - themselves.

Sienna Wild are thrilled to be taking You Wouldn’t Know on the road, and it’s pretty clear why once you hit play on this track – it’s definitely one for a hot, sweaty, summer gig. Giving fans a taste of what to expect from their 2020 tour, Louis says, “Fans can expect a tight rock performance full of swirling guitars, crashin…

The boys from local podcast ‘What We Did On The Weekend’ (WWDOTW) have put together a ripper of an event, happening this Saturday November 30 at Stay Gold. The guys have both been participating in fundraising for Movember in the lead up to the big day, with all funds raised being donated to Beyond Blue in support of men’s mental health.

Melbourne alternative rock/emo five-piece Reside blasted into 2019 and turned heads with brand new music and a determination that's taken them from strength to strength - and today's announcement proves that hard work really does pay off! Short. Fast. Loud's Josh Merriel revealed on last nights show that Reside are

Following their recent single 'Crazy', Dune Rats are thrilled to announce their Hurry Up And Wait Australian album tour. Starting in Feb 29 2020 in Adelaide, the tour will be heading to Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne with a stacked line up of supports including Ruby Fields, Dear Seattle, and Totty. See full dates and details…