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Shannon Noll’s everyman appeal lies in his honesty, he strikes a chord with legions of music fans, tapping into a pure emotion that’s both his own and instantly relatable. Since taking to the stage and commencing his successful recording career, Australia’s favourite son “Nollsie” has on to receive
Amid much hype and speculation ACDC has announced Australian rock band, Kingswood, along with The Hives, as special guest performers on the Australian leg of their ‘Rock or Bust’ World Tour, kicking off in November this year. Currently at the tail end of their ‘Microscopic Wars’ tour, Kingswood will
On a seemingly unstoppable quest for greatness, ARIA Nominees, Kingswood were never going to be content staying home for summer. Wrapping up 2015, the four-piece rock ‘n’ roll band announced a run of exclusive shows that will bring them to the Albury SS&A Club on Saturday December 5 before they join
On a seemingly unstoppable quest for greatness, ARIA Nominees, Kingswood were never going to be content staying home for summer. Wrapping up 2014, the four-piece rock ‘n’ roll band announced a nation-wide tour that will take them to the Chelsea Heights Hotel on Friday February 6. Fergus Linacre is t
This summer, residents and holidaymakers on the Mornington Peninsula have the opportunity to be immersed and inspired by the spectacle of Sorrento’s very own Spiegeltent. The magnificent structure is one of only a hand-full left in the world today, originally built in Belgium in 1919. Dutch for mirr
Just days after premiering their new lineup at Adelaide’s Follow The Sun festival, PEARL chatted to the front woman and namesake of three-piece riff rockers Dallas Frasca. Having just released the explosive new single You are Beautiful from their highly-anticipated forthcoming album Love Army, the b
Quitting your job, jumping on a plane and hitting the road in a sweet bus with your best buds. It’s the daydream of many nine to five workers…and the reality for a tightknit crew of young Australians from Toowoomba. Inspired by a Facebook photo that was captioned “buy an old school bus, rip the seat
Looking back in to Australia’s musical past, we may not have produced the number of super stars as the US or the UK, but we certainly have our own trailblazers. Bands like Pseudo Echo, who looked at the popular pub rock scene and challenged it with synths, a crimping iron and a makeup brush. So, was
Most of us spend enough time on computers to establish some sort of rapport. Colleague? Companion? Friend? In an equal-parts exciting and creepy move that takes us closer to making Spike Jonze’s Her a reality, software designed by A.F.M. Nazmul Haque Nahin and colleagues has successfully got a compu
An Australian music industry legend and household name, Marcia Hines has enjoyed a career spanning more than four decades in Australia. She’s been a star of stage and screen, a mentor to aspiring musicians and women around the world and has even been honoured as a member of the Order of Australia fo
Dan Sultan doesn’t quite fit comfortably into any niche you try to squeeze him into in the Australian music scene. His sexy, blues-infused rock weaves between genres and tone, making him a hard man to nail down when you’re trying to describe his style. This, of course, doesn’t bother Sultan in the s
It’s been 30 years since Australiana took Australia – and indeed the world – by storm. Boasting an array of Australian puns, the comedy single broke a number of records at the time. Australiana topped the charts for eight weeks in 1983, became the first spoken-word record to receive high-rotation on
