April 29, 2026By yelomag
Music Bites is YELO’s quick-hit roundup of Queensland and Australian music news, from tour announcements and festival updates to local scene notes worth knowing. Not every music story needs a full feature. Some just need to be caught while they are moving. Music Bites is where YELO tracks the smaller but useful pieces of the
April 29, 2026By yelomag
A free all-ages mini-fest will hit Tribe Clubhouse in Redcliffe on May 8, with Phil & The Blanks leading an eight-band alternative lineup. Tribal Unity runs from 2.30pm to 10pm, bringing together Phil & The Blanks, Whitts End, The Bykes, One D Minus, Hissteria, Daylight Vandal, Burnout (Redline), and Funhouse. The show is a thank-you
April 28, 2026By yelomag
Pat Kenny will perform at Woodford this weekend for The Planting. Photo: Jessica Gunn Photographer, via Facebook. Weekend guide Looking for something to do on the Sunshine Coast this weekend? YELO’s latest weekend guide pulls together live music, arts, festivals and local culture picks from across the region, with a mix of headline shows, smaller
April 26, 2026By yelomag
Photo: Tom Brown, supplied. Gympie-born metalcore heavyweights The Amity Affliction have released their ninth studio album, House Of Cards, marking a new chapter for one of Queensland’s most enduring heavy music exports. The Amity Affliction have released their highly anticipated ninth studio album, House Of Cards. The record arrives in 2026 as the Gympie-formed band
April 25, 2026By yelomag
Photo: Matt Warren for YELO. May is stacked across South East Queensland, with big touring shows, local favourites, heavy nights, coastal festival energy and a few nostalgia-heavy singalongs worth locking in now. From the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane and the Gold Coast, these are the gigs worth circling this month. For the full weekly listings,
April 25, 2026By yelomag
Maleny Music Festival has picked up a major Queensland music win, after being named Festival of the Year in the People’s Choice Awards at the 2026 Queensland Music Awards. The Sunshine Coast Hinterland event was recognised at this year’s awards, announced on the Gold Coast on Wednesday, April 22. The win puts one of the
April 25, 2026By yelomag
Queensland music on Spotify Queensland music, without waiting for the algorithm to notice YELO playlists are hand-selected for people who want to hear what is moving through Queensland now. There are hyper-local city mixtapes, fresh Sunshine Coast discoveries, stormy girl-band moods and songs made for red-dirt roads, coastal walks and dubiously smoky share houses with
April 22, 2026By yelomag
Brisbane/Sunshine Coast punk and metal outfit Citizen Rat have released a new single, “Happy?”, a hard-edged track built around burnout and the pressure of constant online output. The band says the single marks the end of the current version of Citizen Rat, describing it as a final statement before moving into a new era in
April 22, 2026By yelomag
Caboolture band The Phosphenes return in 2026 with a fresh track, “DYV”, arriving next month. The single lands alongside a new music video and a July east coast tour with So I Says To Mabel. The run includes Vinnies Dive on the Gold Coast on July 2, The Presynct in Nambour on July 3, Greaser
April 21, 2026By yelomag
Violent Soho are reuniting. After four years away from the stage, the Ipswich band have announced a three-date Australian reunion, including a Brisbane show at Fortitude Music Hall on Friday September 25. The signs were already there. Reunion talk started building in March when blink-182’s Mark Hoppus told a Sydney Opera House crowd that Violent

