Penny Brand
Yelo music editor Penny brings the best of the Sunshine Coast’s live music scene every week. Friday, February 16: Brisbane folk act Cigany Weaver is at Black Box Theatre, Nambour, from 7pm. Offering a purely acoustic experience, the new-wave, gypsy-jazz outfit effortlessly navigates the musical nexus between intimacy and raucousness. A fusion of folk, classical
Former Melbourne music teacher Sam Buckley ditched the nine-to-five after Covid infamously shut down his state and set off in a motorhome to realise his dream as a full-time professional musician. He is one of Australia’s best blues acts, recently releasing two singles with Memphis blues extraordinaire, Lester Snell. Yelo music editor Penny Brand chatted with
Photos: Taken on my iPhone just ’cause. I was pulled in a few directions on Saturday with popular local bands playing the same night as Kingswood. Whyyyyy do all the bands you want to see have to clash on the same night? Three popular punk bands – Chamber Lane, Catching Salmon and Pricey – were
Youth Yindi descendants King Stingray will join fellow Australian music royalty DMA’s, Hot Dub Time Machine, The Jungle Giants, Mallrat, San Cisco and Alison Wonderland to headline Groovin the Moo at Sunshine Coast Stadium on May 5. US outfits GZA from Wu-Tang, Stephen Sanchez, Claire Rosenkranz and Armani White will also play, as well as
Hey guys! As always, there’s loads to froth over this week on the Sunny Coast’s live music scene. Here’s my top picks for Thursday, January 25 to Tuesday, January 30. Today: Jazz at The Presynct will kick off your Australia-Day long weekend, from 6pm tonight with Robyn Brown. Robyn is among the most respected jazz singers
As I was about to jump in my car and head off into the night in my new Christmas playsuit (thanks, Mum!), and my 90s Doc Martens in tow, with the hair in a side plait trying to fight the god-awful heatwave, a car flicked its lights at me. My man friend who I didn’t
Hey guys! As always, there’s loads to froth over this week on the Sunny Coast’s live music scene. Here’s my top picks for Thursday, January 18 to Saturday, January 20. Thursday: Jay Bishoff‘s new open mic “The Songrise” is on tonight at The Presynct, in Nambour, from 6pm, just register at the door! Friday: Jordan
Yelo Music Editor Penny Brand chats with Mat McHugh, AKA The Beautiful Girls, about losing his father at a young age, living in an Indian ashram, and touring on top of the pops for 10 years straight. As I find myself sans-kids and sinking into the lounge in a post-Christmas haze, I decide to flick
Wow what a year! Just four months ago, YELO was merely yet another ADHD-fuelled bright spark idea, being floated between two mates over some hippy-dippy cosmic cookies. And what a Pandora’s box it has turned out to be, with so many cool cats on the local music scene we’ve now come to love. The Sunshine
British rock giants Foals will take to the stage at Fortitude Valley Music Hall next month after the Sandstone Point version, Heaps Good, was reimagined to Secret Sounds. Jimmy Smith spoke with Yelo music editor Penny Brand ahead of his show on January 2. Sitting at home in sunny California, Foals rhythm guitarist Jimmy Smith
