meeting on music course funding cuts
Concerned music students should not miss a public meeting on Sunday regarding The State Government’s funding cuts to the VET music programs currently offered at the University of Adelaide. From 1pm – 3pm on Sunday, Tammy Franks Greens MLC will host a session at the...
Scene Buzz: Three D Radio, Fowler’s Live Music Awards
– 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...
Scene Buzz: Cat Dog Bird, Blood Plastic, Urtekk
– 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...
Scene Buzz: Osloh, Tkay Maidza, Moving Music
– 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...
Scene Buzz: The Killgirls, Mario Spate, Badcop, The Beards, Soundwave, The Cassandras
– 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...
Scene Buzz: UBERfest, It’s A Hoax, Courtney Robb, Bad//Dreems
– 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...
Scene Buzz: N1 Records, Tkay Maidza, Big Sound
– 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...
Scene Buzz: Tom Redwood, Horror My Friend, Walking With Thieves
– 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...
new label for adelaide
The Adelaide music scene welcomes DiVision – a new label providing a platform for local bands to record and perform original music. Launching on 1st August at The Jade, DiVision will showcase multiple record releases including Truce’s LP, Black...
Scene Buzz: Big Day Out, WOMADelaide, Jade Monkey
– 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...
Scene Buzz: Nevrland, Jive, The Raging Serfs, Kelly Menhennett
– 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...
Scene Buzz: The Shaolin Afronauts, British Robots, Beaver
– 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...
Scene Buzz: Echo & The Empress, Diesel Witch, Auxilla
– 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...
Scene Buzz: The Beards, The Germein Sisters, Jesse Davidson, The Rocketeers
– 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...
Scene Buzz: Ross McHenry, The Gov, The Jam Room
– 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...
Scene Buzz: The Timbers, Glass Skies, Problems, Northern Sound System
– 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...Scene Buzz: How Green, Cabin Cults, Saskwatch
– 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...
Scene Buzz: Steering By Stars, Format Records, The Honey Pies
– 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...
Scene Buzz: Funkoars, Fell At Ten, Bill Parton Trio
– 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...
Scene Buzz: Ride Into The Sun, Sincerely, Grizzly, Ice On Mercury
– 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...
Scene Buzz: Australia Day countdowns, Arts Feast, Stock Exchange, Squeaker
– 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...
Scene Buzz: Lady Stangelove/Glass Skies, TIL The Break, Pilotfest
– 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...