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by Dr. Dog After listening to this album, Dr. Dog clearly falls into the category “why haven’t I gotten into this band before??” This is their 8th album and is very much my sort of...

Soul-A-Go-Go is turning up the heat and shaking off the winter chills with an all-star line-up of some Melbourne’s best soul and funk selectors!

Throw off the winter blues and get into the summertime swing with PBS!

by Nikki Hill Hill draws on vintage female rhythm and blues influences such as LaVern Baker, Etta James and Ruth Brown, as well as some of her favorite male singers Otis Redding and Solomon Burke,...

by Clark Warp announce "Feast / Beast" by Clark, a double album containing his best remixes to date along with new material to create an impressive body of work. Split into "Feast" and "Beast" respectively...

by The Spinning Rooms Complicating Things was recorded and mixed by Tom Lyngcoln (Harmony, The Nation Blue) and mastered by Mikey Young (Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Total Control) – the same team that delivered their...

by Royal Jellies Local group The Royal Jellies, formerly The Royal Jelly Dixieland Band, have got something going on with their hybrid mix of traditional Dixieland jazz, New Orleans grooves and even a bit of...

by Mazzy Star Seasons Of Your Day is the fourth album from Mazzy Star, and is such a satisfying follow on from their previous albums. This is striking and surprising simply for the fact that...

People from all over Australia continue to show their generosity towards Casey Tutungi whose heartbreaking story has resonated across the nation. Born and bred in Lorne, Casey suffered a tragic football accident in June this...

by Bill Callahan Bill Callahan has been around for a long time now. Whether it’s under the Smog name or under his own, he’s been releasing albums since 1990! While many of the Smog albums...

by Various Artists The latest in the ‘Rough Guide to’ series is an absolute cracker. The Bollywood compilation from this ongoing franchise was fun enough, but adding a serious does of Indian psychedelia to this...

by Monash Art Ensemble Local label Jazzhead reaffirms its commitment to emerging Australian jazz artists with two releases over the last month that feature students from the Monash University School of Music. First we heard...

by Nightmares on Wax Known as Nightmares on Wax, George Evelyn has a pedigree that goes back to 1991 when his first album was released. He was one of the first acts to appear on...

by Adalita Adalita's second solo album is a natural extension of, and progression from, her self-titled debut of 2010. All Day Venus is similarly personal, honest and vulnerable, allowing us to relate and connect to...

This year as part of Darebin Music Feast, catch three hours of rocked out family entertainment with PBS Get Up Morning radio show hosts Fanta and Janelle

Listen back to Junkyard with Michael Mulholland for a live set from Hugo Race Fatalists.

Read on for few of our picks from this year’s festival!

Every year, Melbourne’s thriving music community comes together to celebrate songwriting and music in all its forms at the Darebin Music Feast.

Entries are now open for the 2013 MBAS Blues Challenge!

by Gregory Porter Jazz singer Gregory Porter has precious few prominent male contemporaries to be compared to stylistically. His rich, unadorned and thoroughly heartfelt sounds are so inviting you might as well not bother likening...