King Gizz are about to sell out their 8th night in a row – in the same venue Not content with being incredibly prolific in the recording studio, Melbourne’s favourite sons King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are clearly just as energetic when...
Ecca Vandal explains why we desperately need more all-ages gigs It may be something that slips out of our minds as soon as we get our first ID card – fake or otherwise – but...
Premiere: Brissy’s cosmic reggae outfit Hemingway are back with a mind-melting new clip Hemingway pricked our ears up late last year with their single ‘Soulfood’ which, together with debut EP Carnival of Freaks, brought a signature touch of cosmic...
Girls to the front: triple j and double j are only playing songs by women tomorrow Triple J will be celebrating International Women’s Day tomorrow by only playing songs by women across all three of their stations: triple j, double j,...
The Australian music industry continues to favour men, but the gender gap is narrowing: new triple j report Triple j’s second annual Girls To The Front investigation has found that male artists continue to dominate the Australian music industry. Hack crunched the numbers ahead...
Gorillaz announce new festival Demon Dayz, their first show in over five years When Gorillaz released their first song in over six years in January, many fans let out a sigh of relief. Sure, they had been teasing...
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds announce a career-spanning boxset Nick Cave fans will be delighted with this morning’s news of a career-spanning boxset. Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds...
‘Enter Sandman’ still sounds monstrous with completely different tuning Metallica are, indisputably, a heavy-sounding band – but is it just a result of the tuning they’ve picked, or intrinsic to their music itself? To...
The bizarre inspiration behind Alt-J’s creepy new artwork With Alt-J having just announced the follow-up to their 2014 LP This Is All Yours, it’s pretty hard to miss the weird, desolate album art...
The Jesus & Mary Chain’s frontman slams the current state of rock music The Jesus & Mary Chain are part of a generation of musos flush with guitar talent, but as they gear up to release their first...
Australian music activist Helen Marcou has just been honoured for her work An honour is being bestowed this week upon Helen Marcou, one of the founders of the Save Live Australia’s Music (SLAM) movement that swept across...
