Chris Masuak: Rock’n’roll soldier hits Vinnies Dive on 4 June

Chris Masuak And Dog Soldier kick off their six date East Coast tour on 19 May in Sydney. The tour concludes at Vinnies Dive Bar in Southport on The Gold Coast on Sunday, 4 June (with The Square Tugs and Mick And Ursula also onboard.) Grab your...

Hussy Hicks return with unique new EP, embark on a stack of shows

You can’t keep a good band down, and for sassy trailblazers Hussy Hicks the past few months has seen them throw themselves back into their pre-Covid reality of making music and taking it to the people. Since early 2020 the band’s core duo of...

The Mark Of Cain: Marketta Incoming

The mighty Mark Of Cain and their ‘no compromise’ violent soul music will be unleashed with brutal panache on Friday, 9 September at the Miami Marketta. Tickets are available here

Karl S Williams pours his Lifeblood into the HOTA Roots Festival

After taking a two-year COVID induced hiatus, the beloved HOTA Roots Festival is this year making a welcome comeback to the live music calendar. The HOTA Roots Festival made its debut in 2019, encompassing music loosely fitting within the grassroots...

These Idle Hands: Bringing Meraki To The Masses

These Idle Hands splendid new album, ‘Meraki’, is out now. And be sure to catch them as part of the upcoming Holler (A Celebration Of Americana Music) at HOTA on 27 May 27 together with Hayley Martsen, Kyle Jenkins and Lily Grace. You can read...

Album review: These Idle Hands | Meraki

Following on from their highly impressive mid 2020 release, ‘Petrichor’, multi-faceted alt-folk collective These Idle Hands have once again alighted onto the musical landscape with a sweeping, eleven track song-suite which goes by the name of...

Ollie Twohill: These Boots Are Made For Walking

The last time we chatted with Northern Rivers singer-songwriter Ollie Twohill, he’d just unveiled his ‘Stone Cold Killer’ single and accompanying film clip to much local acclaim. Since then, the talented 22-year-old with the stomp boxing...

Local artist TANISHA is louder than words

For burgeoning Gold Coast singer song-writer TANISHA, taking a leap of faith and launching herself upon the local musical landscape in the midst of the 2020 COVID lockdown has been a decision well vindicated. Having long harboured unfulfilled...

Introducing Georgia Hoareau

There’s a talented new songstress on the block and she goes by the name of Georgia Hoareau. Growing up in a highly musical household, Georgia has spent the last few years busking around the Gold Coast with her brother Will as part of the duo The...

Burleigh Brewing News on Tap: Chutney and Burleigh Brewing forge a good time alliance

Since we last had a natter with on-the-rise Gold Coast rock band Chutney, they’ve been busy forging intrepid musical pathways, despite the current pandemic-induced challenges plaguing the live music scene. With a bunch of new tracks both on the...

My Kind Of Chaos get ready to stir things up again