Melbourne Sadly, the final night of celebrated Melbourne nightclub Lounge is herebeat.com.au This Thursday April 18 is your last chance to say goodbye to Lounge, the final farewell party is kicking off at 10pm, after 29 years of operation. On …
Punk Music Breaking down the punk music that sprawls Boogie's tantalising 2019 lineupbeat.com.au Only a handful of releases since their start in 2010, with the last being 2015’s DCM EP, Constant Mongrel was long overdue for their LP Living in …
Melbourne Benzina Cantina fashions a concoction of Melbourne-meets-Mexico in both taste and feelbeat.com.au Tequila y tacos is alliteration you can find us rallying behind, maracas and all. A vault of industrial Mexico is amplifying Preston’s burgeoning …
Anderson .Paak Hip hop this week: Anderson .Paak drops new soul-driven album and Childish Gambino puts on a crazy setbeat.com.au Anderson .Paak celebrates the release of ‘Ventura’ with Coachella setWith the first weekend of Coachella now behind us, there’s already talk of whose …
Albums Editor's Pick: Good Morning's delicious new album is like a fast-dissolving lollypop that's over too soonbeat.com.au For Melbourne slacker rockers Good Morning, guitars aren’t meant to be in tune – at least it sounds that way. There’s an irreverent cacophony to …
Kill Bill Fat White Family depart from their typical sound on eclectic new album 'Serfs Up!'beat.com.au It’s hard to describe Serfs Up! in a neat sentence. Honest, divergent and unexpected might be a few words to sum up this mixed bag of 60’s funk, …
The Sounds Steve Earle's 'Guy' keeps the sounds of folk-country songwriter Guy Clark alivebeat.com.au Like Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark was a hero and mentor to Steve Earle. So when Earle puts together a tribute, no shortcuts are taken. 16 tracks …
Modern Age Britpop revivalists Sleeper just released their first album in over 20 yearsbeat.com.au Sleeper were part of the Britpop B-list in the ‘90s – riding the same wave as the likes of Oasis and Blur, but never rising to the same heights. The …
Albums I Know Leopard have finally released their debut album and it's bloody greatbeat.com.au You know that friend you haven’t seen in a long time and finally meet again? Love Is A Landmine feels like that friend. I Know Leopard lets you sink …
Albums Bad Suns welcome new synths and instrumentation on new album, 'Mystic Truth'beat.com.au Following album releases in 2014 and 2016, Bad Suns take a new direction with Mystic Truth, their first on Epitaph Records. The unapologetic, defiant …
Melbourne The City of Melbourne is looking to give grants to small music businessesbeat.com.au If you're starting or have already started your own venue, record label, festival, music publication or creative business located in Melbourne, you’d …
Drugs Great adversity has given rise to Fat White Family's newest albumbeat.com.au Fat White Family lead vocalist Lias Kaci Saoudi is a funny guy, attentive though distracted, and harbours a darkness that has affected him and his …
Comedians Review: Nazeem Hussain is no idiot in 'Basic Idiot'beat.com.au Nazeem Hussain’s return to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival marked the return of one of the city’s best comedians. Hands down, give him …
Record Labels Garage music rehearsal space Cactus Room launches record labelbeat.com.au For the past year, the unique and eccentric Cactus Room has given local bands the ideal space to rehearse and perform. When it was first envisioned, …
Melbourne Matt Corby left his Melbourne fans in complete and utter awebeat.com.au It has been a long wait for Matt Corby fans to hear the artist’s sophomore album, who became so fond of his early EPs and successful album Telluric. …
Entertainment (Australia) Celtic punks Flogging Molly are bonafide kings of the stagebeat.com.au If you ever feel inclined to spend an evening with an Irish-American seven-piece Celtic punk band, see Flogging Molly. In fact, if you ever have the …
Manus Island Review: ‘Three Guards on Manus Island' hilariously questions the government's approach to detentionbeat.com.au Ever thought of what it would be like if the security guards of Australia’s off-shore detention centres finally decided to give the detainees of …
Brisbane Punk legends The Damned are touring Down Under in 2019beat.com.au This August, fortified punk icons The Damned are heading to Australia on an east coast tour. The band was last in the country for Golden Plains in …
Curriculum Development ‘Philly Philly Wang Wang’ is like going to a school where silliness is the curriculumbeat.com.au Phil Wang is a bespectacled literary expert. With an astute sense of politics, race, and sometimes even moral philosophy, you’d be hard-pressed to …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCurriculum Development Review: ‘Philly Philly Wang Wang’ is like going to a school where silliness is the curriculumbeat.com.au Phil Wang is a bespectacled literary expert. With an astute sense of politics, race, and sometimes even moral philosophy, you’d be hard-pressed to …
Comedy Nine underrated Comedy Festival acts you can’t missbeat.com.au Jack GramenzWith a sharp wit and a mean tongue, this 23-year-old retired journalist and Brisbane local wants to win the Comedy Festival’s Best …
Rap & Hip-Hop The Australian Music Vault traces the historical and social rise of Aussie hip hopbeat.com.au By the early ‘80s American hip hop had attained commercial success and political potency, but it remained an underground movement in Australia for …
Tacos The 13-year mouthwatering legacy of Fitzroy's Trippy Tacobeat.com.au Serving up Mexican street food-style dishes, the restaurant has been going strong for over 19 years now. It’s fair to say the store is part of the …
Live Music Swamplands is the laidback, unpretentious live music venue that caters to everyonebeat.com.au Thornbury was a fairly sleepy neck of the woods when Calvin Hillis and Peter Malbourne opened the bar (originally called Tago Mago) in 2010. Their …
Music Chasing Ghosts' Jimmy Kyle on the stories behind his musicbeat.com.au In April, the program’s third instalment will see the likes of Luke Yeoward, Hanny J and Jimmy Kyle present a night of poignant storytelling. Best …
Albums Even after 20 years, Sevendust don’t plan on slowing down anytime soonbeat.com.au Ahead of their Australian tour this month, rhythm guitarist John Connolly isn’t quite sitting back, but is pondering the band and how far they’ve …
Weird Kurt Vile's latest album is his self-proclaimed masterpiecebeat.com.au In fact, when dealing with these types of feelings – which are ever-present on his latest album – it’s the only way he knows how. “I felt like it was …
Empowerment Miss Blanks brings her own brand of empowerment to Aussie hip hopbeat.com.au Daring to be different and never backing down from speaking her mind, Blanks has offered up a slew of sharp, confident and inspired singles to …
Melbourne Melbourne Ska Orchestra’s ambitious endeavours have led to immense successbeat.com.au But aside from his many musical endeavours, Bomba is a brother to fellow bandmates Michael and Danielle (aka Mama Kin), best mate and business …
Music Industry What Music Victoria has in store for its 2019 membership drivebeat.com.au Music Victoria is a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing all involved in the music industry the necessary skills and resources to reap the …
