The fourth annual Bello Winter Music Festival wrapped up on Sunday with another jam-packed day in Bellingen, NSW. Helping close out the event were the lines of William Crighton, Caiti Baker, Perch Creek, Fraser A. Gorman, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Miel, Dan Parsons and many more. Bruce Baker brings us this look back at the event…
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This year’s Barunga Festival was a special one, as the regional NT arts, music, sport and dance event celebrated 30 impressive years. On the music front, attendees were spoiled for choice, with performances from artists including the iconic Saltwater Band, Shellie Morris, Caiti Baker and Yirrmal were received brilliantly, while elsewhere on the program, punters got involved in celebrating a rich…
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The back room of the Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen generated some serious heat for The Aussie BBQ this year, with the likes of Caiti Baker, Ecca Vandal and The Kite String Tangle among those who dominated. In the front room also, All Our Exes Live in Texas and Haiku Hands took charge… check out the pics from Dawn Chua below!
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The 2018 AIR Awards returns to Adelaide this July for its second year in South Australia, coming to the Queen’s Theatre on July 26th. Along with the AIR Awards, the two-day Indie-Con Australia Conference also comes back to Adelaide, hosted by The Hindley on July 26th and 27th, welcoming industry folk from around the country to come…
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Earlier in the week, we announced our annual list of acknowledgements of live music and the artists who have really made 2017 their own, via the annual AU Awards. Whether it was a breakout year for some, or a year where an acclaimed album became a defining moment in a band’s career, 2017 has provided some epic…
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Returning again to cap off what has been another fantastic year of Australian music, the 4th annual AU Awards are announced this afternoon, recognising what this year has brought some of our favourites (emerging and well established). Whether it be the recent rise of West Thebarton to the juggernaut that Gang of Youths has become in 2017,…
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Eight events took place simultaneously around the country last night, celebrating the contributions to live music by some of our best established and emerging acts, with the National Live Music Awards taking place from another year. With the ticketed gala event happening at The Grace Darling Hotel in Collingwood, the Melbourne event of the NLMAs saw…
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The final day of this year’s Mullum Music Festival ended with a bang of vibrancy, as street parades brought huge numbers of people out in to the open to party, while the likes of Caiti Baker, Jon Cleary, Tinpan Orange and more wowed on stages! Photos by Bruce Baker.
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My third BIGSOUND brought with it some definite highlights, from corners I wasn’t expecting. There was a solid hip hop presence at this year’s festival, striking an instant contrast between the hard hitting MC’s and the usual fare of bands taking up on stages throughout the Valley. A main take away I came away from…
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Night Two of BIGSOUND brought some huge voices out to The Valley on Wednesday night. Split between heavy hitting vocals and fleshed out bands, we were spoiled for choice; when you have the likes of Total Giovanni and The Belligerents rolling alongside buzz artists like Body/Type and Willaris.K, you know that the Australian band scene is heaving. We made sure…
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The Queenscliff Music Festival has continued to expand with the reveal of its fourth announcement this week. That’s right, their fourth. Incorporating comedy in with live music seems to be a path many festivals are traipsing these days, but the folk behind QMF have put their thinking caps on in bringing their punters some eclectic as…
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BIGSOUND has bolstered its 2017 artist list with a stack of new names being released today, taking the official count to 133 (so far). The list sees some BIGSOUND debutantes in the mix with some returning names and a block of Australian favourites set to mix it up in Fortitude Valley this September 5th – 9th….
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Saving the best for last – even after that Powderfinger reunion – Splendour 2017 closed out with what very well may be its single best day in years. The quality on offer from start to finish was undeniable, upheld by both locals and internationals who were clearly set on not letting Bernard Fanning own the…
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She’s being hailed as the Queen of the NT music scene by some at the moment and given the amount of national territory Caiti Baker has been traversing through 2017 already, the title is rather fitting. Over the weekend, the talented vocalist and musician took out the top award at the 2017 NT Song of the Year…
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There are many things to love about Darwin in July. The cooler weather of the dry season, the mango juice from the Mindil Markets (not to mention the paw paw concoctions at Parap Markets on the weekends, too), the general laid back attitude that is infectious when visiting…the list goes on. One of our favourite parts about…
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