Penny Brand
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
It’s AusMusic T-Shirt Day on November 30 and to kick it off YELO music editor Penny Brand has hand-picked some merch from her favourite Sunny Coast artists. I’m a self-confessed merch freak. And this AusMusic T-Shirt Day I’ll be sporting my YELO trucker hat and Peace Run Records tee. I love what Peace Run Records
Redcliffe: When Ryan Elson was losing his twin son Jake to terminal bone cancer he relied on his community and now he’s giving back. The former police officer and commercial real estate agent was running his own business in 2017 when tragedy struck. “We were given devastating news,” the 50-year-old charity founder said. “Jake (pictured
Nambour: Rusty and Cherry Nyman are two roses among the thorns of the Sunshine Coast’s male-heavy music industry. The mother-daughter business duo are behind the region’s newest live music venue, The Presynct Venue & Bar, which opened last month to a sell-out crowd, and is an incubator and hive for some of the region’s most
It’s AusMusic T-Shirt Day on November 30 and to kick it off YELO music editor Penny Brand has hand-picked some Australian merch that’s hotter than the outback summer. A bit like the wine drinkers who buy their bottles based off a label I have selected these potential Christmas stuffers based on their aesthetics alone. And
Whether you’re playing your first live set, releasing an EP, or touring Australia – we have compiled the most up-to-date archive of the Gold Coast’s best live music venues, for both musicians and lovers of music alike. From intimate dive bars to a recording studio with its own restaurant and bar, the Coast has always
As the Sunshine Coast warms up for its 36th instalment of Woodford Folk Festival, headliner Ben Lee remembers the time he opened for Sonic Youth at age 14, and reflects on why he thinks Australian audiences have reclaimed him. Lee spoke to YELO music editor Penny Brand ahead of his appearance at the region’s famous
Review: Fave Aussie band The Whitlams had punters out of their chairs at The J reports YELO music editor Penny Brand. It’s a bit hard to get excited about a rock band when you’re seated at The J but The Whitlams proved anything was possible in Noosa on Saturday night. Filled with his usual entertaining
