by Amy Briefs | Oct 22, 2015 | Featured Tour, Uncategorised
Mojo Juju brings her rootsy-soul-blues back to this fine state in October. The pint sized purveyor of all things twisted and odd has played her her way through her fair share of dive bars in 15 years, always evolving and growing that dirty soul sound. Its been a busy...
by Skye Walter | Sep 2, 2015 | Featured Video, Uncategorised
We’re keeping an eye on Sealed Our Fate, an Adelaide Post-Hardcore band who is quickly making ground in the Oz Metal Scene. This year has seen them tour the East Coast, and support Chelsea Grin and Boris the Blade – and they’ll soon be releasing a...
by Skye Walter | Jun 9, 2015 | Uncategorised
UPDATE: Deadline extended to 23 July Attention lovers of songs – and acronyms – entries are now open for FOOM (the Festival of Original Music Song Competition), run by SA’s own SCALA (Songwriters, Composers & Lyricists Association). The annual...
by Skye Walter | May 12, 2015 | Uncategorised
The latest #1 band on Three D Radio has a clever name you won’t forget in a hurry! And it’s just a little bit...
by Music SA | Feb 27, 2015 | Uncategorised
– First of all, a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ROBERT DUNSTAN, one of the most passionate and longest-serving champions of the local music scene [not to mention the man behind BSide Magazine, as soon above with our Digital Marketing Manager, Dr Elizabeth Reid.] Bob...
by Music SA | Feb 19, 2015 | Uncategorised
– 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 [almost entirely] removing the requirement to submit an “Entertainment Consent” Application. The...
by Skye Walter | Feb 13, 2015 | Uncategorised
Congratulations to the six South Australian acts who have been selected from more than 100 applications to showcase their live performance on the Clipsal 500 Adelaide concert stage with some of Australia’s best live artists from 27 February 2015. Read the official...
by Music SA | Feb 12, 2015 | Uncategorised
– 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 &...
by Skye Walter | Feb 12, 2015 | Uncategorised
It feels like the crew from FOURWORDS have been a bit quiet lately, but they’re back at Arcade Lane again this year, collaborating with local musician collective YOUNG MUSCLE for a series of events called PACIFICANA. Promising a “Tropical Laneway...
by Skye Walter | Feb 3, 2015 | Uncategorised
SA singer songwriter Tim Moore has taken an unique approach with his latest album. “Songs For Little People” is one for children and adults alike, and the latter will certainly appreciate that it diverges from the usual ‘high energy’ music that...
by Music SA | Jan 29, 2015 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Jan 22, 2015 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Jan 15, 2015 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Jan 8, 2015 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Jan 1, 2015 | Uncategorised
– 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 [OISIMA getting caught out on a soul-crushing 97 runs was a highlight] with a nailbiting finish. Check out photos and...
by Music SA | Dec 11, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Dec 4, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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,...
by Skye Walter | Dec 1, 2014 | Uncategorised
More headlines from around the industry: Kaurna Cronin Gets Accolade From SA APRA 10 December 2014 Congratulations Kaurna Cronin who has won this year’s Emily Burrows Award, taking home $5000 courtesy of APRA AMCOS. This independent folk singer songwriter from ...
by Music SA | Nov 27, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Luke Penman | Nov 20, 2014 | Uncategorised
– Are you interested in composing electronic music? CLUB5082 are running a workshop in January around composition utilising beats and loops. Numbers are strictly limited so get in quick. Something tells us it’ll be quite popular. Hopefully they can run...
by Luke Penman | Nov 13, 2014 | Uncategorised
[Pictured: Flamingo; Photo by Aleksandar Jason Photography] – The Fowler’s Live Music Awards ceremony is TONIGHT! On top of the main awards, more than 2000 people cast votes in the Public awards for Favourite Song of The Year, Favourite SA Band or...
by Luke Penman | Nov 6, 2014 | Uncategorised
– It’s only a week till the FOWLER’S LIVE MUSIC AWARDS for 2014! Public voting is still open for your favourite local artist, song, venue, live music event and local music media source so make sure you head to the official website and get your votes...
by Luke Penman | Oct 23, 2014 | Uncategorised
[Pictured: Orianthi; Photo by Robert M. Knight] – Adelaide-born ORIANTHI is probably most famous for being guitarist for MICHAEL JACKSON, though she’s also been in touring bands for ALICE COOPER, STEVE VAI, CARLOS SANTANA, RICHIE SAMBORA and heaps...
by Luke Penman | Oct 16, 2014 | Uncategorised
[Photo by Cybele Malinowski] – They say the music industry is all about momentum, and as TKAY MAIDZA’s star continues to rise, we see bigger and bigger announcements coming from the young rap prodigy. The latest is that she’s signed to The Agency...
by Luke Penman | Oct 7, 2014 | Uncategorised
A huge congrats to our SA artists who’ve picked up ARIA nominations in this week’s announcement. HILLTOP HOODS are up for Best Group and Best Urban Release, THE AUDREYS for Best Blues And Roots Album and THE BEARDS for Best Comedy Release. SIA is also...
by Luke Penman | Oct 2, 2014 | Uncategorised
– Big news today of course is the ST JEROME’S LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2015 lineup. With a killer list of international buzz-bands like FKA twigs, Future Islands, Royal Blood and St Vincent, local lad JESSE DAVIDSON also features on the Adelaide lineup. More info...
by Music SA | Sep 25, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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,...
by Music SA | Sep 18, 2014 | Uncategorised
featured gig 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...
by Music SA | Sep 18, 2014 | Uncategorised
-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”...
by Music SA | Sep 11, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Aug 28, 2014 | Uncategorised
featured gig 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...
by Music SA | Aug 28, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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,...
by Music SA | Aug 21, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Aug 14, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Aug 7, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Jul 31, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Jul 24, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Jul 17, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Jul 10, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Jun 26, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Jun 12, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Jun 5, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | May 22, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | May 15, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | May 8, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | May 1, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Apr 24, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Apr 17, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Mar 13, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Mar 6, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Feb 27, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Jan 23, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...
by Music SA | Jan 16, 2014 | Uncategorised
– 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...