Bluesfest 2017 adds 11 more acts, Neil Finn to close out festival Crowded House and Jet have joined the Bluesfest Byron Bay lineup. Well, not really, but both bands’ frontmen will be there. Neil Finn is set...
Ben Lee to release kids album, ‘Songs about Islam’ Ben Lee’s work has often touched on his fascination with various religions, but with so much rampant racism being displayed on a regular basis recently,...
Midnight Oil have got a master plan to stamp out ticket scalping Needless to say, the announcement of Midnight Oil’s first tour in 15 years last week had their fans pretty damn excited, but we also can’t...
A new party this Easter gives you one more chance to see Tash Sultana live Tash Sultana tickets are one of the most in-demand items in Asutralian music right now, with her upcoming national tour having already sold out, leaving...
X Factor is dead, but Kingswood are holding their own singing contest Okay, we were all pretty stoked to see the back of X Factor when it was finally dropped in Australia last month, but now there’s...
Local festival under fire for having no female artists on the lineup We’ve spoken extensively about the need for music festivals to take a proactive stance when it comes to booking female acts on their lineups, but...
Elton John is about to tour Australia The incomparable Elton John is returning to Australia in 2017, and he’s already announced the first dates – and some surprising venues. Rather than sticking...
An event in Melbourne thinks artists should work for free, and musos are losing it UPDATE 21/2 4pm: In a statement issued to Tone Deaf, Simon Coburn, Show Director at GM Events said the decision to encourage artists to perform...
The Living End frontman Chris Cheney covers classic Green Day with American Idiot co-stars While we don’t immediately draw a line between Aussie icons The Living End and U.S. punks Green Day aside from their chosen genre, the two...
King Gizz don’t push the boundaries quite far enough on ‘Flying Microtonal Banana’ King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are a band who are hard to categorise. If you were to visit their Wikipedia page right now, you’ll...
Google finally steps up against music piracy with world-first update Say goodbye to quick Google searches for leaked MP3 downloads. The search giant has changed the way it codes its search results so that illegal...
