Alternative & Indie News

To say that 2020 has been a difficult year for the Australian Music and Arts industries doesn’t even begin to touch the sides of what industry workers have faced, and continue to face, during the pandemic....

Today Harry the Hirer shared a video that gives a very clear and very blunt summary of the urgency, the gravity, and the desperation of the situation that the event industry is now facing.  It would be...

The Sunset Strip's favourite sons, Steel Panther, are returning to Australia in May 2018 for a WORLD FIRST run of shows! They are returning to Australian shores with their Sunset Strip Live! Tour, which is ALL...

With almost 3 months to the close of the year, there is still a lot of music to enjoy and make merry in Australia. From rock to rap music, the calendar is action-packed with thrilling performances by renowned...

The biggest free music event on the Peninsula is back and bigger than ever!  Kicking off Friday February 19 and running across the whole weekend, the Westernport Festival will see the picturesque Hastings...

Australia’s top music performers will join the world’s best tennis players at Australian Open 2016. An all-star entertainment line-up was announced today for the first Grand Slam of the year, with indie...

Nature is known for camouflaging power. A great wave begins as a ripple; an iceberg hides its bulk under the surface. Nowhere is this more evident than what lies above us, behind the veil of the beautiful blue...

When Nirvana released Smells Like Teen Spirit they not only appealed to a generation of their time, but also have a legacy that lives on, a legacy of reckless youth. True descendants of this legacy are band...

This year's series of the FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands competition has officially started, with FReeZA committees all around Victoria planning their local heats. If you're in a band and are interested...

The Controllers are definitely an upcoming force to be reckoned with. Soon to be an unrelenting wind these guys dropped their new ep Animals March 20th and its certainly a jam and a half, there’s a raw punk...