Live Music, Culture and Art in Wollongong/South Coast as well as Sydney and regional NSW
Wednesday May 21, 2025 Big Red Fire Truck have always been loud. They’ve always been brash. But with Tokyo Karaoke Bar, they’re also a little bit unhinged — and that’s a very good thing. The song barrels in with a guitar riff that’s all fire and ferocity, a relentless hook that feels like it was forged in...
Wednesday May 21, 2025 There’s something magnetic about Piper Wallin’s 20 Seconds, a pop single that doesn’t pretend to be neat or polished where it matters most. In a landscape bloated with over-sanitized breakup songs, Wallin slices clean through the noise, delivering something brash, unfiltered, and brimming with urgency. Hailing from Adelaide, Australia, Wallin’s early years...
Wednesday May 21, 2025 It’s common for pop music to gesture toward transformation — that word gets thrown around like glitter in marketing decks and festival bios. But few songs linger inside the discomfort of change quite like Changes, the latest release from Melbourne producer, songwriter, and practicing medical doctor, Echolily. This isn’t a triumphant coming-of-age track. There’s...
Wednesday May 21, 2025 Mark Cassius has spent over two decades in and out of the limelight, a troubadour caught between indie rock’s rough edges and the softer contours of singer-songwriter introspection. With Change Your Mind, the man behind Neo Stereo steps up with a track that feels like a postcard from a quieter place —...
Wednesday May 21, 2025 There’s a moment in There’s No Time For Presents when a pocketknife slices through paper. It’s a sound that cuts through the track like a breath held too long, a knife edge pressing against the skin of a song already stretched to breaking. The Burbs, a trio from Bells Beach who’ve been carving...
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Thursday April 3, 2025 With his latest offering, Are We Gonna, Anirban Jee skilfully situates himself within the intricate dance between pop immediacy and deeper emotional resonance. It’s the kind of track that manages to encapsulate the tension and exhilaration of a fleeting glance across a crowded room, turning a common moment into something rich, mysterious, and enduringly...
Tuesday April 1, 2025 Melbourne rock powerhouse Ablaze are steaming ahead into 2025 with their brand-new single Next Train Out, a high-energy, bluesy, riff-fuelled anthem with thunderous grooves and an anthemic sing along chorus. Channelling classic Aussie rock attitude with a Southern-rock twist, Next Train Out tells the tale of a fling that quickly went off the rails, a girl...
Friday March 28, 2025 Torrential Thrill’s You May Be Right is a cover that doesn’t feel like a cover. It feels like a reclamation, a reassertion of the wild, untamed spirit that rock and roll was always meant to embody. The Melbourne band takes Billy Joel’s classic—a song that, in its original form, was a polished, radio-friendly anthem—and...
To Perform at Dicey Rileys Wollongong Thursday March 27 March 12, 2025 In the final days of 2024, Australian comedy legend Steve Hughes underwent major open heart surgery. Feeling a bit off one day in early November, Steve thought it best to check into a Sydney hospital to be on the safe side. Lucky he did – just days later he...
