Archive for May, 2026
Before the Sunshine Coast Music Awards crown this year’s winners, YELO is putting the finalists where they belong: in your ears. Pineapple Radar has turned its local new music radar toward the Sunshine Coast Music Awards, with a new playlist built as a listening guide to the 2026 finalists. The playlist kicks off with the
The brilliant Matt Warren was there photographing the night for YELO, so I gave myself permission to take a few weird blurry shots and be a fly on the wall with my can of Coke Zero. There are some gigs you go to because you love the band, and some gigs you go to because
The Sunshine Coast Music Awards return for their second edition on June 7 at Banana Bender Pub. Photo: SCMIC committee members at last year’s awards. Supplied. Sunny Side Up has locked in its next Sunshine Coast festival date, the Sunshine Coast Music Awards countdown is on, and The Jungle Giants are coming to Coolum. Here
The Jungle Giants in full flight before a wall of fans. Photo: Darcy Goss via Facebook. The Jungle Giants are bringing their new album tour to Blackflag Brewing Coolum this August. The Brisbane indie favourites will play the Sunshine Coast venue on August 21 as part of their Experiencing Feelings of Joy tour. The run
The Bruce Reynolds exhibition How Soon is Now? has opened at Caloundra Regional Gallery. The major touring exhibition invites Sunshine Coast visitors to slow down and look closer. How Soon is Now? runs from May 22 to June 28, bringing together cast relief sculptures and collaged linoleum works by Brisbane artist Bruce Reynolds. Reynolds’ practice
What So Not, Pendulum DJ Set and Hot Dub Time Machine are set to headline Sunny Side Up when the festival returns to Aussie World on September 5. Sunny Side Up is heading back to Aussie World, taking over three stages from 5pm to 10pm with bigger production and a stacked lineup of electronic, dance
TISM (aka TSIM) standing in front of the Sydney Opera House. Photo: Supplied. TISM — currently answering to TSIM, because apparently the letters are part of the joke — have denied responsibility for Sydney Opera House damage ahead of their No Mistakes tour. The band, usually known as TISM when the letters are behaving, released
Photo: Spacey Jane via Facebook This week’s live music news is stacked, with TISM, The Living End, Spacey Jane, Jack Johnson and Lamb Of God all adding fresh weight to the Brisbane and Queensland calendar. Big touring news is piling up across Queensland, with TISM (or is it TSIM?) The Living End, Spacey Jane and
Main photo: via Facebook Brisbane is about to lose another piece of its nightlife memory, with Fridays Riverside set to close after more than 40 years on the Eagle Street riverfront. The long-running riverside venue will shut its doors on May 24, marking the end of a four-decade run for one of Brisbane’s most recognisable
Local gig dealer Mary Jane was transported to Rotten Fest over the weekend, landing in magical Nambour among mohawks, warm-hearted punks and gaffer-taped goodwill. I thought it might be too rotten for me. Turns out, it was sweeter than I imagined. And I think that made it all the more punk. By the time I
