[ 31 May, 2013; 7:00 pm; ]

Facebook brings word that the obscure Magpies Club downstairs next to Gus’s is going to give live local music a shot under the brand of “City Underground”:

Magic Rob Universe, The Feldons and The Naddiks are venturing into the Magpies City Club (City Underground) in Civic for the first time to see if we can vibe [...]

[ 28 June, 2013; ]

In Full Swing, Canberra’s most vibrant big band, will be swinging the Hellenic Club in June.

Along with swing dancers from the Canberra Swing Katz, they’re presenting ‘Well Swung’ – an exciting evening of swing music, dance and entertainment on Friday 28 June.

In Full Swing has been entertaining Canberra audiences for over 20 years at a [...]

Pop the Pop 2013 has just put out a poster with an updated lineup, get amongst it.
POP the POT!
A Celebration of Local Music!
FREE!
Rock on up to the Pot this Saturday for an incredible line up of (almost exclusively) local talent including Holly Rose, Daz jamieson, Marc Robertson, Pete Akhurst, Fires in July, Little Mac and [...]

Time for another Unearthed Review.
Booting up the old RNG, I get a 15. 15 means KNIGHT~HAMMER.
I went to their page, their band image was broken, they listed themselves as Metal/Rock, their intro was almost non-existent. I readied myself for a whole lot of messy guitar noise with some talent-less roaring over the top.
I got [...]

Why I haven’t done an Unearthed Review in 4 days! How on Earth have you all been coping?
It’s ok, we’ll get you your fix with Kempsey.
Here’s what they have to say about themselves:
Kempsey draws it’s life from a broad world of influences. From the guitar driven riff-rock of Television, to the mood-filled hangover of [...]

[ 18 April, 2013; 7:30 pm; ]

There’s a new local variety show kicking off at the O’Connor Polish Club tomorrow night.

It’s so awesome they’re even getting us to do a segment on local news which will feature all of you (in a way).

Here’s the details as received from Maestro Chris Endrey:

In Canberra Tonight is a spanking new live variety show to [...]

[ 20 April, 2013; ]

The Feldon’s have written us to let us know that a whole stack of great music is hitting the Pot Belly this on the 20th of April.

This Saturday at the Pot Belly, LIVE, LOCAL and ORIGINAL.

From the laid back blues influenced Chris and Shedea, to the madness that is the Magic Rob Universe (think Through [...]

Unearthed Reviews! I may not currently be in the ACT, but my heart is still there, and today it’s listening to Mornings.
Here’s what they have to say about themselves:
mornings in it’s current form has been together since mid 2011.
our music is made up delayed and distorted guitars;
looped and effected bass;
loud, sporadic drums;
and sparse vocals.
we have [...]

These guys have been playing in Canberra for nearly 7 years, you may have seen them at the Liftoff band comp, Foreshore 2011 or the National Band Campus Comp. They’ve got a progressive pop/rock/funk style. This is a really cool self-produced mini EP, if you click “buy now” you can put in $0 and download [...]

Revellers have made a big impact on the Canberra music scene in a short space of time, their 2012 S/T Demo was well received and a string of high profile supports throughout the last 12 months has set the stage for a big year in 2013. Their latest work ‘Night Time Lunatics’ is a fresh [...]

Hi there,
Local lads Mandala have finally received their self funded EP back in hard copy form and would like fans to know that the disc is currently on the shelf, albeit in limited numbers, at Landspeed Records in Civic and at Songland Records in Cooleman Court.
If you’re unfamiliar with their music you can check out [...]

Hey Groovers, it’s time for another Unearthed Review! Lets check out ASSASSINS 88!
Here’s the part where I usually say “Here’s what they have to say about themselves:” but I can’t because the band hasn’t put a bio up. Bios are too mainstream. Let’s skip ahead.
ASSASSINS 88 have a brilliant grungy pop-rock beach party sound, and [...]

This Friday sees an abundance of amazing live shows in Canberra  (only coincidentally during the Canberra Birthday week) as I’m sure the DIY wotz on guide will reflect later in the week.
It would be counterproductive to list them in this post, as the purpose here is to draw attention to a novel factor of one [...]

Unearthed Reviews took a day off to party yesterday, but today have returned with a vengeance. I want you all to know I don’t get to pick which bands I review. There is a system, there are words engraved onto lists that I cannot alter. Today those words said When Giants Sleep.
Here’s what they have [...]

There has been some adverse comment about yesterday’s festivities so I thought I’d share my own perspective.
It’s true parts of the program ranged into surreal, or even bizarre territory.
There may not have been enough vendors (tricky to plan for to an un-ticketed event on a public holiday) but Civic was a minute away on my [...]

[ 11 May, 2013; 5:00 pm; ]

Canberra’s biggest tiny little festival, the long running and always awesome Pop The Pot returns to Belconnen’s Pot Belly in May.

Details are on facebook but here’s the lineup:

Solo/Duo:
Kristin Galla
Holly Rose
Daz Jamieson
Marc Robertson
Pete Akhurst

Bands:
Fires In July
Little Mac & the Monster Men
Revellers
Wolfpack (Melb)
Johnny Roadkill

[ 14 March, 2013 to 22 March, 2013. ]

In our borderline-obsessive quest to cram as many free arts events down our fellow ACTians throats as possible, You Are Here is filling the coveted lunchtime real estate by showcasing a wonderful local band (and the odd award-winning poet) almost every day of the festival.

Lunchbox concerts will be at 1pm (the best lunch is [...]

[ 8 March, 2013; 9:00 pm; ]

Some exciting news via Facebook:

PARTY LIKE IT’S 2007! FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY! (MENTAL NOTE: YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY COME TO THIS!) FEATURING:

// HANCOCK BASEMENT* (WILL-NEVER-HAPPEN-AGAIN SHOW!)//
*Releasing complete never-heard-before recorded discography for FREE d/l this week!
//REV REUNION (FT. ORIGINAL DJS FROM ALL CORNERS OF AUS)//
+ SPECIAL GUEST BAND TBA

Imagine a Canberra Pre-Facebook, Pre-Vampire Weekend and Pre-Smartphones. Can’t [...]

Geoff_from_Lushpup_Images had his camera out at yesterday’s delightful gig outside Lyneham’s The Front.
It was the third part of their February residency at hipster central and featured The New Gods of Thunder who were in fine form.
There’s one more instalment coming up next Sunday with Lucie Thorne. It kicks off around 4.30 and runs to 6.30.
Enjoy [...]

One of the most deliciously vile bands in Canberra’s musical history were Lettuce Play.
Long broken up Leon Twardy has today put their recordings onto Sound Cloud where you can enjoy them.
WARNING: Not particularly safe for work.

The Canberra Musicians Club at the O’Connor Polish Club roared into life for the new year last night with Fun Machine supported by Dahrnoir and the Brass Knuckle Brass band.
Once again they had to close the doors as a big crowd knocked back the Polish goodness and got their groove on.
If you haven’t had the [...]

[ 1 February, 2013; ]

This Friday The Feldons are rocking Belconnen’s Pot Belly with the Marji Curran Band and Dave Williams Blues Band.

This Friday at the Pot Belly, Canberra’s lovable mod garage popsters, the Feldons will be blasting out an hour or so of their original three piece English mod sound.

Described as “something very Ferry on the [...]

“Dartmoor Ambient” can be down loaded from here. (RAR compressed mp3s.)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xaij31dcldob10z/Dartmoor%20ambient.rar
(please let me know if it works, never done this before!)
Feedback welcome, but before anyone gets all critical on me. I don’t consider myself a musician, this is just something I play about with for fun. My tastes tends towards the 4AD/minimalist/gloomy [...]

Canberra FM radio (think Mix 106 and FM 104) have announced they’re launching a digital only Centenary radio station Canberra 100:
The station has been designed to celebrate Canberra’s milestone year and along with the very best in commercial free music the station will highlight the events that are running to celebrate the centenary along with [...]

If you’re not sure where to start with the local music scene then this compilation by the Local N Live team is a damn good place to start:
LNL compilation by LocalnLive

Member for Fraser Dr Andrew Leigh has blogged his Triple J hottest one hundred votes.
(In the interests of fairness you can see mine here)
Sadly local entrants Super Best Friends and Peking Duk did not catch the good doctor’s fancy.
Still time to vote people!

[ 15 February, 2013 to 16 February, 2013. ]

This just in:

22 BANDS!! 2 STAGES!! 2 NIGHTS!!
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Following 5 sold out shows, the Shananigans Festival returns in 2013 for it’s 6th year!
Bigger and better than ever with 22 bands over 2nights!!

What: SHANANIGANS 6
When: [...]

[ 8 January, 2013 to 31 January, 2013. ] This just in:

Tuesday 8th 7:30pm
Andrew Galan’s Our Dystopian Futures Trivia

Thursday 10th 9pm
Chainsaw Hookers
Johnny Roadkill
Renegade Peacock

Saturday 12th 9:30pm
The Mouldy Lovers (Bris)
Underscore Orkestra (USA)
The Brass Knuckle Brass Band

Sunday 13th 8pm
Wil Wagner (The Smith Street Band, Melbourne)
Lincoln LeFevre (Hobart)
Isaac Graham (Sydney)
Ben David (Adelaide)

Tuesday 15th 7:30pm
Arc Cinema Presents
Liz and Bolings Quiz of Fortune

Wednesday 16th 8pm
BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!

Saturday 19th 9:30pm
Bob Log III
Crash [...]

Christmas Is The Time by Finnigan and Brother
Following Babyfreeze’s unexpectedly catchy contribution to the Christmas Single genre out of the local original music scene we have a second entrant.
Finnigan and Brother have put the above entry onto Bandcamp with this note:
Composed in Medellin, Colombia, in celebration of that drowsy figure of American folklore, Papa [...]

This in from the local Dream Damage label:
The new album from Danger Beach is now available online for free download and on CD at dangerbeach.bandcamp.com
Dream Damage is happy to announce the release of the long awaited sophomore album by Danger Beach, Pacific, which is out now on CD and digital download.
This marks the first release [...]

Canberra’s much needed return to hosting Music Awards is on this Friday at the Albert Hall with the MAMAs.
Tickets are available on their website.
It should be a great night.

This very important news just in:
We Large Productions presents
My Private Jet
– the latest dope-ass release from Belcompton’s finest MC, Coolio Desgracias!!
Featuring some of Canberra’s finest musicians, My Private Jet is the definitive statement of mature, sensitive gansterhood from your boy, Coolio Desgracias. Across 11 party-ready tracks, Coolio pours out his heart and soul and [...]