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Melbourne rockers Motor Ace have officially returned from the sonic wilderness after 17 years, announcing a brand new single Knock Knock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHKleWOwyDE The new track traces its origins all the way back to the early 2000s. Relishing in hard-rocking riffs and the potent spirit of the group’s breakout 2001 debut album “Five Star Laundry”; a […]
The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia and First Nations Media Australia continue their collaboration on the First Sounds series of compilations featuring new music from independent First Nations artists from around Australia. FIRST SOUNDS Vol.8 is calling for track entries in any genre from independent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians who want to be heard on community radio […]
March 2nd Angela Skujins With just three songs released, Yothu Yindi surf rock descendants King Stingray have captured the nation’s attention. The group’s lead guitarist speaks with us about ancient songlines, land rights and life in Yirrkala, Arnhem Land. Pictures: Supplied Hearing King Stingray’s music for the first time is like being dunked in the […]
4th March 2022 Madison Thomas After two years of despair, the very suggestion that any international band, let alone arguably the world’s biggest rock band, would once again hit our shores seemed like a fever dream. Alas by some miracle, we find ourselves making the long journey out to GMHBA Stadium to watch Foo Fighters. There […]
Saturday night at Darwin Entertainment Centre’s Stage Theatre was the scene of paradoxical delights. It was where brutality and precision were interwoven through a seemingly unlikely ally. Welcome to the world of Southeast Desert Metal. A very metal band who hail from the Arrernte Indigenous Community of Santa Teresa, making them possibly one of the […]
Those magnificent human beings from Artback NT have been working with another group of fine humans from the Gove Arts Theatre and they have been working earnestly to bring to us mere beings the joyous craft of seriously creative artists. Sunday the 7th of March was a standout point in case. Myself and others made […]
Poolside at Lattitude 12 on a Saturday evening was the venue chosen for a seemingly rag tag bunch of troubadours from the alternative side of town who usually choose to operate under the cover of darkness, but here they were, the Diego’s, set to start before the sun went down. However any sense of dubiety […]
On Friday the 19th of February, the Gulf Room upstairs at the Walkabout Lodge played host to an evening of guitar mastery from Francis Diatschenko. For almost an hour and a half Francis mesmerised and captivated all who attended. He conducted his instrumental sermon astride a small stage riser, and albeit a modest mount, the […]
Saturday the 13th of Feb will go down in the annals of Nhulunbuy’s history as one of the towns very momentous occasions.Let me set the scene… the camera pans up the warm and well worn concrete path that leads to the entry doors of the Nhulunbuy town hall. A cacophony of feint screeches of joy […]
WORDS BY WILL BREWSTER A select number of organisations and record labels will be eligible for the free courses. Australian music industry mental health foundation Support Act has announced a string of mental health workshops for a number of industry bodies and record labels around the country. The free Mental Health First Aid workshops follow Support Act’s […]
