As I sit in a hotel room less than three kilometres from The Star in Sydney where, later today, the biggest night on Australia's music industry calendar will be held for the 33rd year (which, I suspect, will be dominated by Tones & I, which is why she's the featured pic for this story) I … Continue reading The ARIAs – A Quick Trip Down Memory Lane
Aussie rockers The Butterfly Effect will join the likes of Parkway Drive, A Day To Remember, Simple Plan, Karnivool, Violent Soho and heaps more at Good Things Festival in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney next month. The announcement comes straight off the back of a triumphant return to the stage with a sold-out Australian tour and … Continue reading Good Things Happening For The Butterfly Effect
He was one of the biggest names in music just a couple of years ago, but Drake just got booed off the stage at Camp Flog Gnaw in LA. The Canadian musician was the 'surprise headliner' at Tyler, The Creator's eighth annual two-day music festival this weekend, which included performers such as Juice WRLD, Solange, … Continue reading You Used to Call Me On My… Oh, Never Mind
Good Things Festival, Australia’s favourite alternative east coast summer music festival is almost upon us and it continues to bring the goods and the killer opportunities! As a strong supporter of Australian music and talent, Good Things Festival is giving THREE up and coming bands the once in a lifetime chance to perform at this … Continue reading Get Your Band to Good Things
John Farnham leads an extraordinary line up of Aussie artists performing at Hay Mate - A Bush Christmas Appeal for Our Aussie Farmers, which will raise much-needed funds for Rural Aid in a massive concert in Mornington mid-December. Joining Farnham will be Jon Stevens, Daryl Braithwaite, Vanessa Amorosi, John Williamson, The Black Sorrows with Vika & … Continue reading Hay Mate- Band Together To Help Aussie Farmers
With five Australian ARIA Platinum singles, over 10 million albums sold, 100 million singles sold and more than 11 billion song streams under his belt, 21-year old Shawn Mendes is the third youngest solo artist to have three number one debut albums on the Billboard 200. Nominated for ARIA's Best International Artist for 2019, the Canadian … Continue reading Shawn Mendes The Tour Hits Down Under
The Amity Affliction has started their Australian tour with a sour taste following the alleged sexual assault of a fan at their Hordern Pavillion show in Sydney last night. Vocalist Joel Birch tweeted a message from the victim of the assault: https://twitter.com/JoelDTD/status/1172359629310808064 He followed up the post with two more tweets: "...and held accountable for … Continue reading The Amity Affliction Seeks Sexual Assault Perpetrator
The fallout from that controversial video of Die Antwoord using homophobic slurs and making up lies of sexual assault against American musician Andy Butler has begun. Whilst Girl focused on the lesser-obvious elements of the faux sexual assault claims in our coverage of the video, it is being widely reported that the homophobic slurs and physical attack … Continue reading Die Antwoord Fallout Begins
Earlier this year we broke the story of Aussie rapper Zheani Sparkes accusing South African band Die Antwoord (Ninja, in particular) of some pretty gross things. Last time we followed the story up, the band was relentlessly bullying the young girl from Brisbane, including sharing revenge porn images of her (a crime in Queensland, where … Continue reading More Die Antwoord Dirt Has Emerged
Hailing from Western Australia, Perth-born pop-punk band Nautical Mile have just announced they're heading back to the east coast on tour, to celebrate the launch of their new single Marionette. Fresh out of the studio where they’ve been locked away and busy writing new music the band have said, “We’re very excited to be heading back … Continue reading Nautical Mile Sets Sail With New Tour
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