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NewsFBi Radio’s Northern Lights Competition Finalists Announced
Australia's must-listen musicians on one finalist bill (with a free compilation of all ten).
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NewsJonathan Boulet Made a Motorcycle Gang with His Dad (Not to Mention a Killer Third Album)
We caught up with the now beardless Sydneysider ahead of his national tour (kicking off this week).
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NewsFuture Classic and Le Coq Sportif Team Up For ‘The Reissue Project’
Sportswear for the clurb and beats for working up a sweat. It pays to visit the archives.
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NewsNew Laws Will Protect Melbourne Music Venues From Their Neighbours
Fist-shaking neighbours can't shut venues down any more, thanks to these new laws.
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NewsBluejuice Call It Quits, Announce National Farewell Tour
Good luck and don't dare give up, give it a little bit of vitriol.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, Aussie westerns and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsEleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Make a cinema or a couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsThe Six Best Ways to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Melbourne
Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) in Melbourne by hitting up cultural performances, noshing on mooncakes, and gathering together a big group mates for a yum cha feed.
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NewsNine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Rashida Jones navigate a sci-fi mystery in Japan, Nicolas Cage face a post-apocalyptic future and a gripping Australian romance-scam thriller.
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NewsThe 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far
From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsStream Lollapalooza from Your Own Home This Weekend
Stay home, get the jump on spring cleaning and stream Lolla from home.
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NewsPanama to Headline Free ‘Sounds in the Snow’
Sydney's pop-house trio are ready to warm your little snow-loving toes up.
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NewsAndy Bull Talks DIY Production, Staying Sane and Second Album Pressure
"Humility, patience and all the stuff that gets a bad wrap is important; we love the stories of creativeness being a huge, violent mess."
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NewsThe Best of Splendour in the Grass 2014
Day by Skywhale-watched day, we skip merrily through the best bits of Splendour.
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NewsMelbourne Festival 2014 Program Announced
Nearly 100 events, with a golden carousel spinning in the centre.
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NewsNo Cameras Allowed Doco Shows One Guy Sneaking Into 50 Music Festivals
Recording your own misdeeds never looked so good.
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ShopCounterweight Vinyl & Espresso
32 Chambers Street, Footscray
Browse secondhand vinyl — the specialty is classic dance and bass — or sit down for a coffee and pastry.
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NewsAction Bronson, The Preatures and Peking Duk to Bring in NYE at Beyond the Valley Festival
Victoria's newest NYE festival has started leaking.
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NewsRemi, Violent Soho and Kate Miller-Heidke Reveal the Truth About Money in Music in New Doco
If you've ever ranted about a musician 'selling out', you need to watch this.
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NewsLondon Grammar Reschedule Splendour Sideshows, The Presets Join the Party Instead
Frontwoman Hannah Reid has a nasty spot of pneumonia so The Presets are stepping in.
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NewsThe Five Best Byron Bay Festivals to Travel For
Don't wait till Easter to get festive in Byron.
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NewsCalifornia’s First Electronic Sriracha Festival Fuses EDM with Hot Sauce
Water stations undeniably necessary.
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EventSection 8 Birthday Beach Party
Mon, 24 Feb - Sun, 2 Mar 2025
Section 8, Melbourne
The return of a cult classic Melbourne laneway party to celebrate a very special occasion.
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EventTesselaar KaBloom Festival of Flowers
Sat, 29 Mar - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
Tesselaar Tulip Farm, Silvan
Give your autumn a blooming boost with this floral event, featuring flower displays, acrobats, food trucks and, for the first time, a soaring ferris wheel.
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EventSingaMalaya Festival
Sun, 23 Feb, 2025
EziStreat, North Melbourne
Bringing a hawker-style night market to the heart of North Melbourne, this one-day event celebrates the best of cuisine, culture and community.
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EventCorteo — Cirque du Soleil
Fri, 22 Aug - Sun, 24 Aug 2025
John Cain Arena, Melbourne
Focusing on a clown imagining his funeral procession, this dazzling hit filled with acrobatic wonders features the Montreal-based company's first-ever central stage setup.
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EventThe MSO's Sidney Myer Free Concerts
Sat, 15 Feb and
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
One of Melbourne's summertime traditions is back — and if you can't make it along in-person, they're also being broadcast live.
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EventWine & Cheese Fest 2025
Sat, 1 Mar, 2025
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
The best days out are ones packed with dreamy local cheese, vino and grape stomping.
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EventHans Zimmer Live
Tue, 29 Apr - Wed, 30 Apr 2025
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Hear 'Dune', 'Gladiator', 'Interstellar' 'The Lion King' and more performed by a live orchestra and a full band.
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EventYounghusband Market
Multiple single dates
Younghusband Precinct, Kensington
Once a month until July, you can drop by this newly developed precinct in Kensington to shop all sorts of local artisan wares.
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EventHerb & Chilli Festival
Sat, 15 Mar - Sun, 16 Mar 2025
125 Quayle Road, Wandin, Wandin
Spice up your life at this Yarra Valley food fest, featuring live music, chilli-eating contests, cooking demos and hot sauce aplenty.
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NewsAnother 40 Artists Added to BIGSOUND Lineup
the church, Seekae and Voyager make up the newest BIGSOUND additions.
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NewsJenny Lewis Drags Up with Famous Friends in New, Instantly Viral Video
Lewis celebrates the end of a six year solo hiatus with Kristen Stewart, Anne Hathway and an instantly viral video.
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NewsJustin Townes Earle, Henry Wagons and Porteno to Headline New ‘Out On the Weekend’ Event
Named for Neil Young, meet Melbourne's newest Americana-fuelled hootenanny.
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NewsCould a Revamp of the Melbourne Pavilion Replace The Palace?
Flemington's Melbourne Pavilion will undergo a major refit and find new life under the name Pavilion Live.
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NewsWagons’ New ‘Psych-Claymation’ Clip Would Even Trip Out Gumby
"One month, 6500 shots, a skateboard for a dolly, ten packets of modelling clay, one jumbo packet of smarties..."
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NewsHow the New Music Strategy Aims to Take Melbourne’s Music Scene Next Level
Gig-guide apps, industry toolkits and a CBD music hub should give Melbourne music the high-five it needs.
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NewsTony Jones, Courtney Barnett and Tom Ballard to Chat During Splendour in the Grass Forum Program
Tony Jones, Tom Ballard and Courtney Barnett having chats. Who needs Interpol?
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NewsAngus and Julia Stone Announce First Australian/NZ Dates in Three Years
Australia's ARIA-dominating folksters are back.
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NewsKurt Vile’s ‘Waking On a Pretty Daze’ Mural Painted Over
This Philadelphian should have Googled before he painted.
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NewsAlison Wonderland Talks Warehouse Parties, The Princess Bride and Her New EP
With her Calm Down EP out today, we checked in with Wonderland.
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NewsUK Prog Rock Legends Yes Are Heading to Australia
Even Yes vocalist Jon Davison is a Yes fan, he told us.
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NewsBen Folds Announces 2014 Australian Orchestral Tour
Seth Cohen's much-loved nerdy white guy returns — with orchestral buds.
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NewsFive Artists Who’ll Make You Think Differently About Aussie Hip Hop
We didn't get a Southern Cross tattoo while writing this article, but we'll consider it.
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NewsPolyester Records Need Your Help to Relaunch In-Store Gigs
Time to make a downpayment on all those free gigs you'll be getting.
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NewsBIGSOUND Announces 80-Strong Local Lineup for 2014
With over 80 solid local artists on the bill, it's a good time to high-five Australian musicians.
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NewsNZ Folk Newcomer Aldous Harding Announces Debut Album and Australian Tour
New Zealand's answer to Julia Stone is killin' it across the Tasman.
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NewsCastlemaine’s D.D Dumbo Signed to 4AD, Touring with Tune-Yards in July
The Victorian native just became the fourth Australian to sign.
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