News Splendour In The Grass have revealed their ‘Mystery Oz Act’ by Raghav Iyer Psychedelic surf-rock band Ocean Alley have been revealed as Splendour in the Grass’ ‘Mystery Oz Act’. This may come as a slight surprise given the band performed at Splendour in…
Interviews Cooked crowds and the Northern Beaches: a chat with Ocean Alley by Tom Cameron With Bluesfest plus an international tour ahead and new music in their back pocket, we caught up with Mitch Galbraith of Ocean Alley. Ocean Alley’s rise to fame has been…
News Falls Festival have dropped their absolutely stacked 2018/19 lineup! by Happy UPDATE: Falls Festival Lorne has officially sold out – don’t sleep on tickets for the other venues! For the past 26 years, Falls Festival have been delivering some of the…
News Sit down, be humble: The Splendour in the Grass 2018 lineup is here! by Happy Aaand here we are again at one of the most exciting dates on the Australian music calendar. The Splendour In The Grass 2018 lineup has just dropped, and it’s a…
News Groovin The Moo just dropped an unbelievable 2018 lineup by Happy The first lineup announcement for Groovin The Moo 2018 is here! Here’s exactly who to look forward to at this year’s fest. Australia’s favourite regional festival Groovin The Moo is…
News Inaugural Sydney City Limits Festival books Beck, Phoenix, Justice, Grace Jones and more by Happy The legends who work hard each and every year to bring you Splendour in the Grass and Falls Festival have just announced a brand new event. Taking note from the…
Interviews Music Facing the Comedown: chatting sold-out shows, album number 2 and the after-tour blues with Ocean Alley by Chloe Kay Richardson Since the 2016 release of their debut LP Lost Tropics, Ocean Alley have reached audiences far beyond their Northern Beaches digs, and have been intoxicating the masses with their cruisey…
Interviews Things got weird when we sat down with Ocean Alley to talk album details, touring the world and fork branding by Sam Dawes The life of a touring band is a strange one. One day, you’re riding the ten-foot wave of ecstasy that is a great gig, the next you’re fending off drunken…
Lists 20 Aussie singers you need in your life by Sam Dawes A man who possessed one of the most glorious, ethereal and celebrated singing voices to have ever been committed to record, Jeff Buckley once said “your voice is your essence”. People can’t put…
Lists 5 Roots, Rock and Reggae revivalists carrying the torch in 2016 by Sam Dawes In its many styles, music is one of the most diverse, inclusive and divisive anomalies in our modern world, bringing people together in its beauty and, at times, dividing us…
Live Did you miss Mountain Sounds? Here’s why that is the biggest mistake of your life by Brooke Tunbridge Taking place in the spacious Mount Penang Parklands in Kariong, Mountain Sounds Festival returned for its third year on Saturday, bringing creative talents to the forefront. With Violent Soho headlining, it was…
Music Need an escape but don’t have the coin? Ocean Alley will take you to paradise with Holiday by Jacinta Rets Ocean Alley have unleashed yet another sweltering hot track to accompany their long awaited upcoming album, Lost Tropics. This psych-rock six-piece from Sydney’s Northern Beaches have incorporated all things Summer…
Lists Start your Australia Day booze training nice and early this weekend at these 4 gigs by Nick Stillman Even though Christmas and New Years are now a distant, headachey memory, we are still in the midst of the Great Australian Summer meaning there is still plenty of revelry…