20 underground Melbourne bands you ought to know Mug - image by Matthew Shaw (@melonshaw)
Words by Tom Parker
Spanning punk, garage, soul, jazz, hip hop and more.
Many Melbourne bands go about their business under the radar, not chasing glorification or publicity. As CLAMM’s Jack Summers previously noted, “Some of these underground bands are the best bands ever, and they don’t seem to give a fuck about taking it to the next level.”
It’s the DIY attitude that comes with the word ‘underground’ and it continually produces fantastic music that’s often more erudite and reflective of the world’s chaos than other commercially-minded songwriting.
Festival de las Tres Fronteras: así se baila el chamamé
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Mushroom Group launches new music podcast Hit Different
Hit Different, centred around homegrown music and culture.
The weekly series will be hosted by Aussie music journalists Mikey Cahill, Sosefina Fuamoli and Marcus Teague. Each episode, released every Monday, will feature stories and one interview with an artist or music industry figure.
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Hit Different] answers the how and why, charting the impact of evolving music culture events, serving the hottest tea and digging deeper on music stories with an unparalleled, how-the-f k-did-they-get-them raft of guests using the contact books within the team,” a statement read.
The first episode, released yesterday, covers the recent Live At The Bowl concert series in Melbourne, the issue of Aussie artists unable to tour overseas and an interview with Meadow Festival’s Cameron Wade.
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Penney & Logan, Our Golden Friend, Collective Artists & Select Music present
Alice Skye & Elizabeth
Australian East Coast Co-Headline Tour About this Event
The dreamiest of dream teams Elizabeth and Alice Skye join forces to announce an Australian East-Coast Co-Headline Tour throughout June and July. After a year of solitude and isolation Elizabeth and Alice, along with their bands, are ready to traverse the country, embrace the stage and stir up the biggest, best and most cathartic feelings amongst the crowd.
While their 2020 plans to tour were put on hold, including an album launch tour for Elizabeth, and a slot at SXSW for Alice, the pair did not sit idly by. Last year was a big one for both Elizabeth and Alice, the former releasing a deluxe edition of her debut album The Wonderful World of Nature, and the latter three searing singles from her own soon to be released debut.
Review: Meadow Festival 2021 delivers three glorious days of revelry and fun Image by Tom Parker
We went along to Meadow 2021 and this is what went down.
Comparisons can be enlightening but they can also be fickle, misdirecting attention and undermining achievements. When I departed Meadow Festival on its last day, the reflections came teeming in and the judgements accumulated.
There will always be noise – prior festival experiences thwarting novelty; friends’ opinions clouding perceptions, yet, there isn’t a more authentic and organic way to lend your assessment to something than by judging it on its merits.
That’s what I’ll be doing with this piece – removing likenesses and wandering narratives to give Meadow its own lane, for which it deserves.
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