The eagerly anticipated full-length album CARNIVAL OF FOOLS from Brisbane dirty-soul act BLUES ARCADIA is a record that almost didn’t get made. Personal struggles and a band implosion shortly after they began the process of following up their award-winning self-titled debut release of 2016 saw them scrapping the results of their initial recording sessions and figuring out where to start again.
Read MoreKicking off 2019 with some excellent laid-back summery feels, Margaret River's Duncan Saige is pleased to announce his new single Thoughts of You Without Me. A universal love song about the transition of going through a break-up, the track is a first taste of Duncan's new EP due out this year.
Catch Duncan Saige, with Luke Fox at Solbar on February 10th, or at The Shared on February 9th.
Read MoreFestival favourites and blues rock powerhouse The Mason Rack Band will take to the stage in The Bunker at The Imperial Hotel Eumundi on Saturday 9 February. This is not a show to miss!
Read MoreBrisbane/Sunshine Coast’s Terra Mater have a brand new release in the form of ‘Holocene Extinction Parts I & II’ - a co-release by Alerta Antifascista Records, Les Nains Aussi Records, Counteract Recordings, Bad Habit Records, and Tasmanian Alcoholic Zine & Records.
Read MoreEvery year, towards the end of January, when the majority of the country takes a public holiday, a couple of Sunny Coast fellas throw on their blue Bonds singlets, pull their balaclava’s over their face, and celebrate with a couple of cold ones, basking in the glory of their hard work, and absolutely insane musical concepts.
Dead Kelly have done it again, upping the ante, and releasing the brand new belter - ‘Butchered with a Boomerang’.
Read MoreYIPPIE YI YO KA YAH!!!!
The Sunshine Coast’s very own, fun lovin’, home-grown Americana band Bearded Betty have been in their creative kitchen, once again, cookin’ up a heapin’ helpin’ of visual & musical treats for y’all.
Consisting of hip-hop producer Judah Winnett, electronic folk instrumentalist Jayke Barnes and indie pop vocalist Ayla (heard on triple j under her own project), ‘Forrest Run’ are a trio who are bringing the best of each of their worlds together into a new and exciting project.
Read MoreFitzy and Cara are thrilled to announce the release of their much-anticipated 5th studio album ‘Hand It Over’, featuring lead track ‘Hold On’, and they’re headed out on an extensive tour this Summer to get everyone’s blood flowing.
Read MoreComing into 2019 red hot, The Southern River Band have announced a national headline tour taking their jaw-dropping live show all over Australia.
Read MoreLittle Billie takes a new direction, moving away from their traditional Chicago blues and rockabilly roots, getting grittier and heavier and rockier… ‘Make You Bleed’, the first of their 3 upcoming single releases has just hit the market with a vid filmed locally by Kyle Caulfield on the Sunshine Coasts nightlife precinct, Ocean Street!
Read MoreFollowing the release of her emotionally raw single 'Small Talk' late last year, Ayla today shares a run of intimate live shows this January in Melbourne and Sydney, and closer to home in February.
Settling in for the evening with Ayla, expect to hear favourites from her 2018 EP 'Let's Talk Monday' including 'Like the Other Kids', alongside 2015 hit 'Wish I Was' - which featured in the Top 15 most played on triple j of that year - and latest 'Small Talk' which topped the AMRAP Community Radio Chart.
No strangers to the Sunshine Coast, Melbourne funksters Vaudeville Smash are back on the road and heading our way with a brand new single, stopping in at Solbar on January 19th.
Made up of three brothers and two mates, no other Australian band sounds like ’em. An explosion of funk, flute, sax, synth and groove, the dance floor is packed at a VAUDEVILLE SMASH gig. In case you’re wondering, they took their name from an Italian children’s karaoke machine that was around in the late ’80s.
Read MoreTHE RUMBRELLAS, ARABESK and DAN HORNE will take to the stage in The Bunker for 'HUSTLE n' GROOVE' at the Imperial Hotel Eumundi on Saturday 12 January 2019.
THE RUMBRELLAS are a three piece explosion of funk, soul, reggae and hip hop from the Sunshine Coast.
Fronted by Ryan Giles, principle songwriter, together with drummer /producer, Mark Paltridge and Justin Wernicke in charge of all things guitar and bass, The Rumbrellas have drawn inspiration from the sounds of the late 80s to mid 90s hiphop and indie world.
Read MoreThe mighty alt-roots trio that is Dosed are on the up and up, and now they’re celebrating the release of a brand new single, ‘Wobbly Van’.
Grease up the wheels, and slam this track in your veh-he-icle as the lads launch ‘Wobbly Van’ at Solbar tonight, with a little help from Brisbane alt-roots outfit, Kurilpa Reach, and Che Burns.
Read MoreSunshine Coast’s rock/prog outfit, The Quakers have been quiet in the past few months. Though an EP was released in January last year, followed by a new single in September (the very cool, ‘Different Days’ which you can hear here). we hadn’t seen much from the chunky prog riffsters in the way of live shows.
That could be due to frontman Job Cran’s efforts - because, blow us down, he’s gone and released some solo material.
Read MoreJust past the speed hump of New Year's Eve and roaring into the New Year, Wild Marmalade are returning to the Sunshine Coast to play at The Imperial Hotel on Saturday 5 January joining forces with Tijuana Cartel’s phenomenal flamenco guitarist Paul George.
This will be a wonderful wild night that will have you dancing and kicking in 2019 with style as the power of didgeridoo and drums combines with the fire and passion of one of Australia’s leading guitarists. They will be supported by Sunny Coast groovers Flaskas + Alisha Todd for a full spectrum experience.
Read MoreThe Imperial Hotel Eumundi has your New Year's Eve sorted with a stellar line-up of groove goodness!
The live music kicks off in the Imperial Beer Garden from 5pm with BENNY O and his acoustic magic.
The Brewery (ticketed gig) will be pumping from 7.30pm (doors open 7pm) with BAND OF FREQUENCIES getting the vibe just right.
Read MoreHigh-energy duo Hat Fitz and Cara are one of Australia’s most enduring, popular and talented roots artists. The husband and wife team have clocked up 10 years of touring, festivals and album releases from their base of operations in hinterland Sunshine Coast, QLD and show no signs of slowing down.
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