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Ball Park Music joins Rudimental, Groove Armada, Milky Chance, The Teskey Brothers and DMA’S at Vintage Vibes Festival 2024

Like fitting the final piece to a jigsaw puzzle, the announcement of Ball Park Music as headliners for next year’s Vintage Vibes Festival is great news for music lovers. After last years debut in the Adelaide Hills, this year is set to be a must attend on your calendar. Joining Ball Park Music are UK’s…

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Live Review: Australia’s greatest acts come together to celebrate 50 years of Mushroom Records

Celebrating a half-century of Mushroom Records, the heart of Australian music, the 50th-anniversary concert at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Sunday night was a testament to the label’s monumental influence and the enduring legacy of the late Michael Gudinski. The star-studded lineup featured an array of Australian musical icons, delivering an unforgettable evening of nostalgia,…

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Photo Gallery: DMA’S + Fazerdaze – Enmore Theatre, Sydney (15.10.23)

DMA’S returned home to a packed out Enmore Theatre for a second night after selling out the first night. Supported brilliantly by New Zealand dream pop band Fazerdaze. Tommy O’Dell, Johnny Took, Matt Mason and band delivered the perfect DMA’S rock and roll set to their excited fans. The tour continues through out Australia and…

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Epic Beyond The Valley lineup announced!

Prepare yourselves for a monumental return as Australia’s grandest New Year’s extravaganza takes center stage from December 28th to January 1st, offering an immersive four-day fusion of music, arts, and camping. Once again, the enchanting grounds of Barunah Plains in Victoria will serve as the distinguished backdrop for this unparalleled celebration. Beyond The Valley will…

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DMA’S announce additional shows as dates sell out

On the back of the release of their fourth album, How Many Dreams?, DMA’S have announced a national tour of Australia in September and October. These sixteen dates have quickly become eighteen, as the first shows in Sydney at the Enmore Theatre and Melbourne at the Forum have sold out. The first couple of listens…

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Dizzy

New Music Discoveries 20th January: Dizzy, DMA’S, Dulcie and more

Happy New Year! We’re back from our summer break and we’ve had ten new tracks added to our Discovery playlist on Spotify and Apple Music. Our Track of the Week is “Birthmark” from Ontario-based band Dizzy.  The vocals from lead singer Katie Munshaw are gorgeous, with a constant beat, dreamy feels and modern production as…

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DMA’S, West Thebarton, Wafia to launch the Hindley Street Music Hall on September 15

The Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide’s newest state-of-the-art live music venue, will open its doors for the first time on Thursday September 15, celebrating with an incredible line-up that includes DMA’S, West Thebarton, Wafia, and Jess Day, all hosted by South Australia’s kings of radio, Ben and Liam. Previously known as HQ in Hindley Street,…

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New Music Discoveries 19th August: AKOSIA, DMA’S, Tommy Ashby and more

We’ve added ten more tracks to our Discovery Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music. Our featured Track of the Week is “Bang Bang”, the new single from AKOSIA. Ghanian-born, Australian artist AKOSIA continues to shift genres in this upbeat and floating feel-good banger. It’s the perfect track to send you bouncing into the weekend, with…

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Falls Festival

Falls Festival is back with a lineup to wrap up 2022 the right way

Falls Festival has announced its buzz-worthy 2022/23 lineup alongside new venues in VIC and WA to make sure Aussies across the country can experience the quintessential New Year’s festival’s revival. Having been cancelled each summer through the pandemic, this year’s bill does not disappoint. Headlining the multi-day event are internationals such as Arctic Monkeys, Lil…

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Photo Gallery: DMA’S + Hayley Mary – The Hordern Pavilion (08.04.22)

DMA’S finally got to bring their The Glow tour to Sydney at The Hordern Pavilion last night. It might have taken them two years, but it was worth the wait. Always fabulous live, they put on a faultless show to the adoring crowd. It was packed to the rafters and a massive euphoric sing-along. With…

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The 40 Best Albums of 2020

the AU review is proud to announce The 40 Best Albums of 2020, from Australia and around the world. Who will top our 12th annual list? Read on to find out, and enjoy streams of the records as you scroll through. 40. San Cisco – Between You & Me After more than a decade together, San…

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Yours & Owls announce a massive lineup for January 2021 festival

The lineup for the rescheduled Yours & Owls Festival has been announced, and it’s an absolute belter. To ensure that the lineup stays as advertised, the festival is ‘staying local’, with the best of Australia and New Zealand showcased at this postponed edition of Y&O. The organisers have stated that they will be working with…

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THE GLOW

Interview: DMA’S (AUS) on THE GLOW, live shows and ibises

DMA’S are Australia’s token Britpop band, having amassed an incredible following on home turf and through the UK. The four times ARIA-nominated Sydney trio have sold out London’s 02 Academy Brixton and were all set to be touring through the UK this month before the world went into lockdown. With their highly anticipated third studio…

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DMA’S announce six intimate shows at Sydney’s Factory Theatre

As live music slowly crawls back to the fore, a total of six “Unplugged & Intimate” Sydney shows have been announced by DMA’S. The four-time ARIA-nominees and constant hitmakers will be highlighting forthcoming third album The Glow, giving fans in their hometown the chance to be the very first in the world to hear the…

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Album of the Week: DMA’S shine bright on THE GLOW (2020 LP)

More than two years after their dance tinged second album, DMA’S return in 2020 with another mixed bag of treats and hits as they embrace all things old and new on THE GLOW. Much like their progression from their Hills End to For Now albums, THE GLOW has elements of what you’ve come to expect from…

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Festival Review: Laneway Festival – Hart’s Mill, Adelaide (07.02.20)

It was a warm and overcast day on Friday in Adelaide, which made for perfect conditions for Laneway Festival. Since humble beginnings in the laneways of the Adelaide University grounds, Laneway Festival has grown in harmony with the improvements around Hart’s Mill on the Port River. This year there were four stages playing a good…

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Review: Laneway Turned Into Rain-way But That Couldn’t Dampen Sydney’s Spirits (02.02.20)

Sydney’s St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival had surprises in store even before the day had begun. With The 1975 being a late cancellation to the previous night’s festival in Brisbane, Sydneysiders were stricken with worry that their the headliner wouldn’t be fit to perform. But as the city got festival-ready in the morning, the UK act…

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Photo Gallery: Bad Friday Festival – Marrickville, Sydney (19.04.19)

The tenth anniversary edition of Bad Friday went off with a bang in Marrickville on Friday, with a lineup tailor made for lovers of Sydney’s local music scene, with some added international flair mixed through. Photographer Danny Hanssen was there to capture all of the highlights from the day.

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Live Review: Bad Friday Festival proves how vital local festivals are to the music industry

Marrickville was turned into a grungy experimental boombox as Bad Friday Festival rolled in. The annual event held each Easter Good Friday was celebrating its 10th anniversary with a killer line-up featuring The Avalanches, DMA’s, Jungle, DZ Deathrays and more. But, importantly in a time where the political climate of live music festivals is souring,…

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The Jezabels and DMA’s will headline Sydney’s Bad Friday Festival in April

One of Sydney’s most popular block parties, the long-running Bad Friday, has announced a huge line up for their 10th anniversary event, featuring some of the country’s finest (plus one international) in what will no doubt be a highly sought boutique festival. Set to kick off the Easter long weekend, Bad Friday will make the…

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Live Review: Grow Your Own 2019 was a midsummer’s daydream festival experience

Now in its third year, Grow Your Own Festival takes place on the North Coast of NSW in the Forster-Tuncurry area. Started in 2016 by local Holly Rankin, aka Jack River, the original motivation of the event was to bring more music to the region for the youth of the area. It has since grown into…

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Why a trip to Grow Your Own Festival needs to be in your Summer plans

It’s finally here – the Summer season of festivals that not only provide an eclectic mix of the best acts currently touring, but require a road trip which offers the chance to visit some of Australia’s most unique and stunning regional locations. Here are our top reasons for why you need to plan a road…

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What it’s like interviewing on the ARIA Red Carpet for the first time

The 2018 ARIAs have well and truly gone, but that night was one to remember! November 28th, 2018 marks the date I was lucky enough to report at my first red carpet event and now it’s time to do a tell-all on the experience: Interviewing some of Australia’s biggest names in music can seem like…

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Live Review: DMA’s join Catfish and the Bottlemen, Twin Atlantic and more at Glasgow Summer Sessions

The sun was beaming down on the tens of thousands of punters in Glasgow this weekend who descended on the city’s Bellahouston Park park to see North Wales outfit Catfish and the Bottlemen and guests, as part of the city’s Glasgow Summer Sessions series. With the likes of Kings of Leon and Kendrick Lamar with…

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Album Review: DMA’s – For Now (2018 LP)

I was out having a Thai dinner with friends recently, the day after I first sat down to listen to the second album of Sydney band DMA’s. As we sat down and ordered a vast variety of dishes for this midweek banquet, it dawned on me that this dinner I was about to pay $30…

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Live Review: The Lansdowne Hotel returns to the Sydney music scene in style with epic supergroup tribute

With Sydney’s nightlife and arts community severely depleted in recent years on the back of a government seemingly going out of their way to deny any support to the community, one of Sydney’s more famed venues reopened its doors to a packed band room upstairs, and a bustling bar and bistro downstairs. Back after a…

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Review: Bad Friday street festival a reminder of just how Good Sydney can be

Bad Friday has become a Good Friday tradition in Sydney, boasting incredible local lineups since it burst onto the scene in 2010 at the Annandale Hotel. This year’s lineup – with DMA’s and The Jezabels at the top of the list – is easily their strongest yet. Though it was the performances that scattered the…

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Sydney’s Bad Friday event is a mighty fine way to kick off the Easter Long Weekend

With a long weekend ahead of us, many places will be shutting for Good Friday – this isn’t the case when it comes to the Sydney crew throwing the eighth edition of Bad Friday. The all day block party takes over Marrickville on Friday and man, is the line up a stellar one. Headlined by DMAs and…

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