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Yelo editor Penny Brand sat down with Australian EDM pioneer Julian Hamilton – of The Presets – ahead of his duo’s national tour. They will perform with Crooked Colours and Haiku Hands at The Station, on the Sunshine Coast, July 5. Tickets (all ages): https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/winter-one-derland. Yelo: If you could remix any non-EDM Australian song which
We chatted to Ryan Savitski from US hardcore band One Step Closer ahead of their show with Drain at Kings Beach Tavern on March 6. The bands are here for New Bloom Fest in Brisbane on March 8. The Sunshine Coast continues to kick goals in the heavy music scene with another massive international band
Swedish punk rockers Millencolin will play a double-header with US superstars Pennywise at The Station, on the Sunshine Coast, on February 25. Tickets: https://www.moshtix.com.au/. When Millencolin played their first show outside of Sweden in 1995 it was a baptism by fire on the punk-rock circuit. Their debut international gig was supporting US punk-rock superstars Pennywise
Yelo Music Editor Penny Brand got to chat with Violet from Destroy Boys ahead of their appearance at Good Things Festival in Brisbane on December 8. Take a look: Destroy Boys will be heading to Brisbane Showgrounds on December 8 – with shows also in Melbourne and Sydney – for the punk, rock and metal extravaganza
Main picture: Jett Hewson and his music mates will take part in the Sunshine Coast’s first Mens Mental Health Muster. Trigger warning: This article contains references to suicide. You might know Jett Hewson as the Bundy-Rum-hat-toting larrikin and frontman of Sunshine Coast punk-rock supergroup The Drop Beers (pictured). His band will take part in the Sunshine
Sunshine Coast folk-rock band Calan Mai will launch their new single “Same Way I” at Solbar on Saturday. Recorded in Chicago and produced by Brian Deck (Counting Crows, Iron & Wine and Modest Mouse) it’s the third single from their debut album, “Maybe An Island Will Do”, out next year. Frontman Jordy Lawrence makes carefree,
Nambour drummer and podcaster @baileydrummer doesn’t stop. He’s the Operations Manager of a Maroochydore marketing agency, drummer for several local bands, and even runs his own popular podcast, “Ask a Muso”. Bailey shares life’s magic ingredient (and no, it’s not the cowbell) with Yelo music editor Penny Brand. I first noticed Bailey at a Dellacoma
Mountain Creek: Burnout, isolation and mental health are just a few of the things Connor Hanson discusses openly in his music. The instrumental music teacher from St Joseph’s Primary in Nambour spoke to YELO about his obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) diagnosis, ahead of his band Chamber Lane’s debut at Nambour’s hottest new live music venue,
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. Ben spoke to YELO music editor Penny Brand, reflecting on why Australian audiences have reclaimed him. Sometime in the mid-2000s I sat down to prepare for one
