After eleven years service, Music SA is sad to announce Digital Marketing Manager, Elizabeth Reid is moving on to take up the dual role of Community Liaison for St Paul’s Creative Centre and Program Officer for the Music Development Office.
Music SA General Manager Lisa Bishop said “Elizabeth has been a highly valued member of the […]
– First of all, a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ROBERT DUNSTAN, one of the most passionate and longest-serving champions of the local music scene Bob turns 60 this week. Happy birthday Bob, here’s to many more!
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– The big news of the week is the announcement that the State Government will cut red tape and costs for venues wanting to host live entertainment by removing the requirement to submit an “Entertainment Consent” Application. The change will not only save money and headaches when attempting to start a new venue, […]
– The ADELAIDE FRINGE opening night party takes place on February 13, and venues are starting to announce their live music options for that night. Annual favourite Arcade Lane will host GORILLA JONES for their album launch, whilst the newly-re-opened Crown & Sceptre will see HEADPHONE PIRACY, FUNK LATIN UNION and JUPITER grace their stage.
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– Congrats to punk rockers GRENADIERS – they’re triple j’s feature album this coming week, the first non-HILLTOP HOODS South Australian act to achieve the nod in pretty much forever. Grab a copy of the album here. Congrats also to TKAY MAIDZA for making it in the Hottest 100, as well as JESSE DAVIDSON for his appearance […]
– A MASSIVE congrats and great job to the team at the INGLEWOOD INN, who’ve raised over $77,000 from their bushfire relief fundraiser. The event took place last week and featured live sets from BAD//DREEMS, ICE ON MERCURY, THE MOTIVE and more. An incredible result.
– If you’re a regular triple j listener, there’s a fair chance […]
– Great job to THE GOV, raising more than $10,000 for their Bushfire fundraiser. This Sunday, the INGLEWOOD INN hosts a fundraiser too, with live sets from BAD//DREEMS, ICE ON MERCURY, DUSTY LEE, THE MOTIVE and more. More info here.
– The weather was iffy in the lead-up to MOVING MUSIC, meaning the walking tour mostly […]
– A few SA Bushfire benefit gigs this week, including ERIC BOGLE performing at The Gov. AUDIO REIGN drummer Dieter Schoell is doing something a bit different, offering to shave off his dreadlocks if pledges get high enough. The big shave will happen at their gig at The Promethean this Saturday night. More info here.
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– If you didn’t make it to the Musos vs Bartenders Boxing Day Cup, you missed out on a great day of fun and a couple of great performances with a nailbiting finish. Check out photos and highlights on the official Facebook page […]
– ALICE FRASER’s THE JAM ROOM is no more. Say hello to the CREATIVE ARTS COLLECTIVE – a “collision of creatives who run music shows, work at festivals and produce coastal arts markets”. The first CA Collective event is the Mollusc Jamboree at Russell’s Pizza in Willunga, featuring BOBBY ALU and NICK SAXON as well as a […]
– Huge congrats to LOREN KATE – the local singer/songwriter is one of the two the national winners of Telstra’s “Road To Discovery”, scoring a $15,000 music development fund. She’ll also be heading to the US to perform showcases, attend workshops, record and play a festival or two. More info here.
– Congrats also to SPARKSPITTER […]
– Congrats to HILLTOP HOODS for their ARIA award win for Best Urban Release. Great to hear them give a shout out to Neville Clarke from DISK EDITS, too. SIA also took out the Best Album award, but can we please stop pretending she’s South Australian artist? Sure she was born here, but it’s been […]
– The CLIP IT! film clip initiative – a joint production between the Media Resource Centre, Canon and Musitec – is back for another year. Previous years have seen amazing clips made for HAWKS OF ALBA, MESSRS, DIALECT & DESPAIR,GRENADIERS, SLEEPTALKER and more. This year’s clips are all in the can [or at least we […]
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The last few years has seen RICOCHET PETEbecome a bit older, dirtier and grittier but definitely not any more mature. Their new album Burning Bridgesshow’s they’re still all about drinking, boys, heroes and BFFs, now they’re just a little more cynical too. Joining the rowdy launch celebration at The […]
-SA Greens MLC Tammy Franks has been hard at work pushing for live music policy in a couple of ways lately. The first is with a petition to stop VET music course funding cuts, while the second is by pushing for liquor licensing reforms to prevent the “culture cops” from having any impact on what […]
– Best of luck to all our artists and industry reps currently in Brisbane for Big Sound. TKAY MAIDZA, BAD//DREEMS,JESSE DAVIDSON, LUKE MILLION and ECHO AND THE EMPRESS are all there as part of the Stigwood Fellowship, while SPARKSPITTER, OISIMA, LIFE PILOT and more are also showcasing. Reps from BY POPULAR DEMAND, THE MAKE READY […]
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The final weekend of August means the final show inTHE DUNES’ residency at The Grace Emily. This time bringing friends BATTLEHOUNDS in for support, THE DUNES will perform old favourite and new. “The new material is darker, the fuzz pedals harsher, and with a more collaborative song writing process being followed, all 5 members […]
– The FLEURIEU FOLK FESTIVAL have announced the lineup for 2014, including songwriter KEITH POTGER of THE SEEKERS, Melbourne sister act THE LITTLE STEVIES and fanatic fiddler MARCUS HOLDEN, as well as locals CHRIS FINNEN, HALFWAY TO FORTH, COURTNEY ROBB, GOLDSTEIN and heaps more. The festival take place in Willunga across October 24-26. More info […]
– Subscribing to community radio stations helps keep them broadcasting and supporting the local music scene. Every year, THREE D RADIO holds a Radiothon to encourage subscribers. There’s heaps of amazing prizes up for grabs including a Golden Ticket to The Gov, stacks of food and entertainment vouchers and free music for punters, as well […]
– Folk duo CAT DOG BIRD have announced a run of shows in the coming months, including spots at SCALA Live and on Radio Adelaide’s Songcatcher program. Check out the full list here.
– The debut album from psych-grunge act BLOOD PLASTIC, Blood Makes Fantastic Plastic, is still a couple of weeks off, but they’ve released […]
– Adelaide City Council has finally launched its Live Music Action Plan, officially stating its intentions and plans to support live music in our state’s capital city. We still need a bit of time to digest it all, but if you’d like a look for yourself, scroll down to page 195 here.
– Ambient live-electronica act […]
– Electro-Rockers THE KILLGIRLS have been fairly quiet of late. One would hope that’s due to working on new material but alas, it’s the sadder reason. “Life”, has unfortunately gotten in the way for many members. Vocalist and main songwriter MARIO SPATE continues on as BADCOP, with his latest song, One Million (feat. Francis P) […]
– Sure, BIG DAY OUT isn’t happening next year, but new festivals are popping up all the time. UBERfest happens at The Light Hotel this weekend, with dozens of local and touring acts, and the FOLLOW THE SUN festival comes to Glenelg on Sunday October 5, bringing Paul Dempsey, Bonjah, Dallas Frasca and more, including […]
– Continuing her incredible break-out year, TKAY MAIDZA has launched a new single, U-huh, as well as announcing that she’s signed with Brisbane-based record label Dew Process. The new tune, a collaboration with local producer ELK, is officially released on Monday July 21, but you can stream it now at her Soundcloud page.
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– Launched this week, LIVE AT THE PORT is a series of webisodes promoting live music and Port Adelaide. Each episode will feature Adelaide musicians performing original songs in various locations around the Port.The first episode features TOM REDWOOD, shot by Allison Chhorn and Mike Retter of local business Film Buff Central. Zen Publicity are […]
– After the news came out yesterday that AJ Maddah had sold off his stake in BIG DAY OUT less than 12 months after buying into the nationally touring festival, everybody was immediately asking if that meant the 2015 edition wouldn’t happen. Early this morning, themusic.com.au reported exactly that, while themusicnetwork.com asked a bunch of […]
– After three years of putting on weekly punk and hardcore parties at The Light Hotel, BLACK MARKET says goodbye this weekend. Fear not, however! They’ll be starting up at Enigma the following week, with a housewarming party featuring THE SKELETON CLUB, CASSIE O’GRADY and FILTHY WHITE INBREDS. Get all the info here.
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– With eight days to go, THE SHAOLIN AFRONAUTS are closing in on their $15,000 crowdfunding target to help get them to the UK for Glastonbury Festival. The crowdfunding amount comes to only around a third of the total cost – touring a nine-piece band internationally isn’t cheap! At time of writing, they still need […]
– Let’s kick off this week with a huge congrats to THE BEARDS: themusic.com.au reports their latest album has debuted at #2 on the Independent Albums chart. Great job, The Beards!
– Congrats also to ECHO & THE EMPRESS, who managed to raise over $4000 through crowdfunding to help them get to the UK to play Glastonbury […]
– THE BEARDS visited Weekend Sunrise over the weekend to encourage the hosts to grow beards. They also performed their new single All The Bearded Ladies, with help from a few bearded ladies. Watch it here. They’re in the middle of a huge national tour to promote their new album, The Beard Album. Adelaide show […]
– ARIA-nominated producer, composer and bassist ROSS MCHENRY is set to play the renowned Melbourne International Jazz Festival in June. Performing with his Future Ensemble project, Ross is the only South Australian based artist in this year’s program, which includes internationally renowned jazz artists Chick Corea, Gary Burton and Charles Lloyd’s Sky Trio amongst many […]
– THE GERMEIN SISTERS have taken off on a tour around New Zealand – their first of what will no-doubt be many. With 10 gigs happening over 17 days, it’s gonna be a busy couple of weeks, though that’s nothing new to them. They’ve already spent all of April touring across Australia too. The Germein […]
– You can’t get a copy of the debut album from THE TIMBERS until May 1, but you can stream the whole thing from today, thanks to RIP IT UP. Check it out here, and mark May 17 in your diaries for the launch party at The Jade.
– Psych-rockers GLASS SKIES have just released a […]
– The Easter long weekend is coming up, and that means it’s nearly time for BLENHEIM MUSIC AND CAMPING FESTIVALl. Featuring exciting touring headliners SASKWATCH and THE WOOHOO REVUE, the popular Clare Valley festival also hosts a huge list of local legends including THE TIMBERS, IRIE KNIGHTS, MAX SAVAGE & THE FALSE IDOLS, GOD GOD […]
– With a note on Facebook, STEERING BY STARS have announced they’re calling it a day. Maybe it’s not all that surprising with half the band living interstate now, but it’s still a shame to hear the news made official. Across two albums, the atmospheric post-rock act has been a huge influence on many local […]
– MASSIVE congrats to FUNKOARS, with their new EP ‘Dawn Of The Head’ debuting at #18 on the AIRA Album charts! The EP hits #3 on the ARIA Urban Albums chart, sitting happily between Beyonce and Eminem. They’ve also released footage of a 20+ MC cypher filmed by Soundpond.net from their launch at The Gov. […]
– Congrats to SA’s six finalists in the International Songwriting Contest: Georgia Germein (GERMEIN SISTERS), Nick Deegan (GALLEON), LOREN KATE, Skye Lockwood/Beth Keogh(ECHO & THE EMPRESS), David Nottage/William Parton (BILL PARTON TRIO). Best of luck against the rest of the world!
– Congrats also to BRILLIG, who managed to sell out their entire season of The […]
– To many of us, Australia Day means radio countdowns. triple j’s Hottest 100 is touted as “the world’s biggest musical democracy”, attracting more than a million votes from around the world. Tune in from 10:30am on Sunday January 26. Adelaide station THREE D holds its annual countdown of their Top 100+1 most-played songs the day […]
– From the ashes of LADY STRANGELOVE comes GLASS SKIES. Featuring two members of the now-defunct psychedelic act, Glass Skies have officially released their first single, “Highway”. Taking a bit more of a pop route than what they were previously known for, the three-minute tune still packs plenty of punch and serves as a perfect opportunity for Josh […]
