Put Friday 4 October in your diary for what will be a cracker night at The Imperial Hotel Eumundi when three fantastic bands - BAD DAD ORCHESTRA, THE BARREN SPINSTERS + TOBIAS – take to the stage in The Bunker.
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Mardi Wilson is a singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, self-managed, alternative folk artist. Hoping to help people learn about themselves and others through storytelling and music, she released "Astronaut" earlier this year that dove into her insecurities and her drive to simply accept them. A few weeks ago she released "Don't Stop" which she is celebrating with a string of dates along Queensland!
Playing Taps Mooloolaba on October 11th, Solbar on October 12th, and El Capitano on October 16th.
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Wild Marmalade bring the full dance vibes to centre stage on the Sunshine Coast at the Imperial Eumundi Hotel for a Spring Equinox Celebration on Saturday 21 September.
Dance is a potent way to connect with ourselves, shrug off the old and bring in the new, and the equinox is the perfect moment to do it. So let’s do this!
Wild Marmalade will play two sets and Paul ‘Black Rabbit’ George will play in-between, so come early or late as this will be a super vibe from beginning to end.
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It's been over two years in the making, but it's finally here - The Jensens rise to the top with their heavily anticipated debut album Hyacinth Haze, which premiered late last month.
As Dave Ruby Howe (Triple J) puts it, “when the rock band remembers they're also psych band and we reap the resulting bite of swirly whirly good shit.” You’re in luck, too, Sunshine Coast, as you’ll be able to take in everything Jensens when they play Solbar on September 21.
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Fresh off the works of their recording at Airlock Studios, local alternate hard rock / metal band, Krave, announce their first debut single ‘Running’ set to be released everywhere on Thursday September 12th.
Based in North-Brisbane / Sunshine Coast, Krave are Siana Davis, Charlie Gates, Ryan White and Jayce Johansen who combine to form Brisbane’s next generation of heavy riffs, powerhouse vocals and rhythmic groove.
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About 30 members of the Sunshine Coast music scene have banded together to fight suicide through song.
Sunshine Coast All Stars have recorded ‘R U OK’ - a song which has the same sentiments as R U OK? Day this Thursday, September 12, and which will raise money for the suicide prevention strategy.
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Trip-hop is not dead. Its transforming - melting into dub and neo-soul antics with this powerhouse duo hailing from Byron Bay, who are set to bend the boundaries of live and electronic music performance with their latest single and accompanying music video ‘The Rain’.
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Please forgive us. We have no idea how this tune slid under our radar.
Dear Doonan released their latest single, ‘Puff Puff Give’ last month, and with it, this completely cooked video.
The tune itself is a cruisy ode to the sticky icky, complete with lazy horn solos, and a smooth rhythm, which kicks into second gear with a blistering guitar solo half-way through.
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Frontier Touring is delighted to announce that much loved Australian duo Busby Marou will be touring Australia in October and November in support of their upcoming fourth studio album The Great Divide, due for release on the 27th of September (Warner Music).
You can catch Busby Marou at Venue 114 as part of their ‘The Great Divide’ tour this October 26, with Bobby All supporting.
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Bobby Alu's got a brand new banger in 'Fire', a tropical harmony-laden ode to finding momentum.
“Fire is about good flow", Bobby explains of the single which premiered with Zan Rowe on Double J Mornings last week. "Searching inside yourself to find the courage to push your energy into things you love. Instead of finding discomfort and fear, you find power and fire. I love these moments and when I started writing this song I was searching for that fire in myself again. This made me realise when this type of feeling comes by, it’s time to strike and make most of the goodness."
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Over the past decade LA DISPUTE has been responsible for some of the most uncompromising, experimental music and have carved a reputation as one of post-hardcore’s most singular voices.
From their 2008 debut (in their current formation) Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair, to 2011’s Wildlife, to 2015’s Rooms of the House, LA DISPUTE have continually pushed themselves to find new ways to portray some of the most difficult and universally affecting subject matters and have developed a sound that, while constantly evolving, is unmistakably theirs.
Playing Solbar September 22.
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2019 brings the Sunshine Coast music community together again for the Turn Up Sunshine Coast Music Industry Conference, happening at The Playhouse at Solbar, Maroochydore on Thursday 17 October.
Turn Up event is fast becoming Australia’s favourite regional music industry gathering adding an extra day on Friday 18 October with an industry breakfast, two master classes and a showcase gig. The Thursday program includes a Keynote, In Conversation panel and live Q and A with leading music industry achievers.
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WHARVES are back with their new single 'BLAME' now released worldwide.
The band are heading to Europe during September/October to support DZ Deathrays and Planet, on a massive 14 show, 5 nation, tour hitting cities including Berlin, Paris and London, but not before a cheeky stop at Solbar on August 31 helping Big Whoops celebrate their EP launch, along with Walken, Muules and Zebrafinch.
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On the back of their first album ‘Paradigm’ which was nominated at the Gold Coast music awards for album of the year, Gold Coasters The Wayward Suns are excited to announce their latest single to hit Australia’s ears "Real Shift".
You can catch these legends this Friday, August 30 at Solbar with Master Wolf, Flaskas, and Machine Club.
A single that has arrived at the perfect time where we’re looking ahead to warmer hazy days ahead, ‘Stars’ from Sydney four-piece, The Kava Kings, is the perfect remedy for any winter-time frump. Taken from the band’s new EP Two Strangers, ‘Stars’ is a piece of a larger puzzle that focuses on relationships and its different stages. Melodic, hearty and delivered with rich charm, The Kava Kings put their stamp on the second half of 2019 with a fresh collection of material, primed for the live stage.
Playing Solbar on September 27.
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All systems are go as the annual, all-female contemporary music festival, Space Girls, today announces a stellar lineup for its Queensland Satellite Party on Friday, 13 September.
Lifting off in T-Minus 29 Days : 7 hours : 15 minutes, the 2019 Space Girls event will be MC’d by Double J’s Sarah Howells and features indie rock guitar slinger, Jaguar Jonze; award-winning electro-pop artists, Ella Fence and DOOLIE; breakthrough Indigenous DJ , Dameeeela; Aus-Fijian singer songwriter Andrea Kirwin; looping pop harpist, ELSKA; and folk-pop sibling act, The Dennis Sisters.
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Don’t know about you, but if The Dreggs asked us, we’d run away with them…
The duo have been absolutely smashing it on the scene of late; sold out shows, East Coast tour, and now a brand new single in ‘You and Me’.
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Daryl James’s new single ‘Alison’ sees him take a new approach in what has been described as the Bohemian Rhapsody of the Blues/Roots world. This multi-dimensional song traverses vast musical terrain. Based on a roots Weissenborn slide guitar groove, vocal choirs and ethereal Lapsteel guitars interweave there way though Humarimaba* melodies and heartfelt lyrics.
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