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Event Spotlight: Funeral For A Friend interview
Five years ago Funeral For A Friend left a bad taste in our mouths. A year earlier they’d returned from a taxing three-and-a-half year tour in support of 2005 sophomore LP Hours and 2007’s Tales Don’t Tell Themselves and made the decision to head straight into the studio. The opus – an insular collection of chord based let downs and rushed arrangements - was lacklustre ... Read more
Weekend Picks: Outdoors is calling
You’re spoilt for choice this weekend with international acts covering all four corners of the nation. 16-year-old singer-songwriter Lorde has travelled over the pond from New Zealand for debut performances at The Workers Club in Melbourne and Sydney’s Goodgod Small Club. The Gaslight Anthem hit up HQ Adelaide while the still-in-mourning Deftones take on Melbourne’s Palace ... Read more
Live Review: Local Natives
Local NativesMay 15Metro Theatre, Sydney Read more
Win a family pass to the Toy and Game Expo
Australia’s biggest play date, the Toy and Game Expo is back again this June long weekend at Sydney Olympic Park and we’re giving away family passes! Read more
Canberra Country Music Festival changes name
The Canberra Country Music Festival changed its name to Canberra Country Blues & Roots Festival. Read more
Event Spotlight: Q&A with VIVID's Ignatius Jones
Beginning this month, VIVID Sydney will take over the city’s antipodean winter after dark. Now in its fifth year, the two weeks of lights, music and ideas is bigger than ever, we chat to Ignatius Jones, Vivid’s Creative Advisor, about how Vivid became a harmonised hub for both investors and artists, how it became a victim of its own success before the expansion and why this ... Read more
Laneway Festival unveils Detroit line-up
Laneway Festival have announced that Sigur Ros and The National will headline the inaugural Detroit leg of their touring festival. The festival takes place on September 14 at Meadow Brook Music Festival in Detroit Michigan, and marks the first time an Australian festival has expanded into the American market. Laneway Detroit is a co-production with Detroit-based Palace Sports & ... Read more
Event Spotlight: Violent cult cinema meets medical research
Here’s one for the philanthropic Eventfinders out there: violent cult cinema meets medical research. Read more
Stereosonic becomes two-day festival
Stereosonic Music Festival will be expanding to a two-day festival in each city.Stereosonic Promoter and a Director of Totem Onelove, Richie McNeill said of the leap: “We wanted to reward our patrons for their support, feedback and loyalty. What better way to do this than expand our festival and cement Stereosonic, and Australia as a leader in dance music. We are pushing the envelope. ... Read more
