Australia’s biggest festival of tomorrow’s hottest artists BIGSOUND has today unveiled another 80 artists joining its lineup for 2013. Presented by Oztix, BIGSOUND’s Live program takes over Fortitude Valley over 2 nights and 12 stages this year from September 11-12, with performances from some of the world’s most exciting new acts. Leading the charge in this new announcement are a host of […]
The wait is over. The 2013 Splendour in the Grass lineup has finally been announced. I have to say that I’m not sure some of these names have sunk in yet, but first impressions are that it is pretty massive. The SITG crew released the lineup via a videolink this morning. Our favourite acts that […]
With tickets at twelve dollars a head, any self respecting indie-pop fan in Brisbane last Thursday would have had to have been either very busy or very broke to have missed Cub Scouts’ performance at Black Bear Lodge. The lively five piece, however, were not the only locals to appear and were joined by fellow […]
It’s that time at last! Triple J Hottest 100 voting has opened. For those that don’t let their musical intelligence be insulted by Triple J, this year promises to be another hard slog at getting those 10 tracks perfectly right, so that you can just tick them off as they come up one by one […]
My mate Jack and I had the pleasure of attending local indie act Cub Scouts’ EP launch last Friday at Alhambra. The Brisbane 5 piece’s first release is titled Told You So, and it’s one of the better Australian EPs we’ve listened to this year. Having already received a huge amount of buzz from Triple J […]
Local Brisbane act Cub Scouts have recently released their first EP Told You So, and we were able to catch up with Tim from the band to ask a few questions about their EP and future plans. SW (scenewave): How has your debut EP been received? T (Tim): I’m really happy with how it’s been […]
Weekly Playlist 86 features Jake Bugg, Gui Boratto, Alt-J(∆), Cub Scouts, Placebo, Tame Impala, Foals and Kindness. Jake Bugg – Two Fingers wow. Can’t get this out of my head. It’s so refreshing to hear someone channel Bob Dylan/Oasis/John Lennon nowadays, exuding typical British winging – in this case on the topic of teenage rebellion. […]
Boutique music company, Rare Finds, is proud to present RARE FINDS 2011, showcasing the best independent bands in Australia on December 3rd at The Zoo in Brisbane. Ticketholders will also receive a free 13-track sampler album, with tracks from all the bands and including a special Mars Volta remix of The Dead Leaves single, If […]