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  • September 25, 2023By Penny Brand

    If the Sunshine Coast had a Lord Mayor of Music it would be Andrea Kirwin. Kirwin is a staunch community devotee and has quickly become the folk poster girl for the Coast’s burgeoning music scene after setting up record label Peace Run Records in downtown Nambour a year ago. In a more grass-roots driven direction,

  • September 24, 2023By yelomusic

    Burleigh Heads: Former The Cat Empire lead vocalist/rapper and trumpet player Harry James Angus will bring an enigmatic new solo set and some signature grooves to Mo’s Desert Clubhouse in November. Joining him in this incredible Gold Coast live music offering is drumming sensation Freyja Hooper (pictured), who placed third in New South Wales for her senior

  • September 24, 2023By yelomusic

    Fortitude Valley: Los Angeles psych-punk quartet Frankie and the Witch Fingers is set to cast their spell on the Valley’s Black Bear Lodge this November. The US proto-rock outfit, with their signature sonic alchemy and explosive performances, has returned with their seventh studio album, Data Doom, and featured track, “Mild Davis” with its mind-bending animated

  • September 22, 2023By yelomusic

    Caloundra: Retailers and businesses are set to reap the benefits of The Caloundra Music Festival next weekend, September 29-October 1. Set over three days on the last weekend of the Queensland school holidays, Sunshine Coast shops, cafes, restaurants and other local enterprise will soon enjoy a business boost thanks to the Sunshine Coast Council’s biggest

  • September 22, 2023By yelomusic

    Gold Coast musicians have taken to social media to plead to Gold Coast Council asking for more back up when it comes to supporting local home-grown music. When Yelo editor Penny Brand did a quick survey on the city’s Facebook music groups asking users where they wanted to see the most change, she was overwhelmed

  • September 21, 2023By yelomusic

    Woolloongabba: San Francisco musical project The Brian Jonestown Massacre will bring their haunting country psychedelic sounds to the Woolloongabba’s Princess Theatre this November. The band’s “post-punk” name has always attracted attention, combining the names of Rolling Stones music magazine founder Brian Jones and tragic US historical event the 1978 Jonestown Massacre. This Brisbane live music

  • September 21, 2023By yelomusic

    Maroochydore: If Sam Worthington has their merch then it’s no wonder this favourite Aussie indie-rock band is on high rotation of in-the-know celebrity music fans. Worthington is quoted on The Rions’s website as having said: “I’ve got all The Rions’ merch. I love that band” – Sam Worthington (Avatar). And given the band’s catapult-rise to stardom,

  • September 19, 2023By yelomusic

    Broadbeach: The original “boy from the bush” and Australian country music legend Lee Kernaghan will join US country superstar Jackson Dean (hello, Yellowstone!) and this year’s Golden Guitar best-album winner Casey Barnes to headline Groundwater Country Music Festival on October 20-22. They join queens of country music: two-time ARIA nominated Amber Lawrence, who also took

  • September 17, 2023By yelomusic

    Fortitude Valley: Aussie icons The Cat Empire will introduce their vibrant new line-up to the Valley on Friday, September 22, to celebrate their current album, “Where The Angels Fall”, with a massive new show that epitomises the herculean high-energy nature of this much-loved band. With their signature fusion of jazz, funk, ska, rock, and latin influences,

  • September 17, 2023By yelomusic

    Miami: It’s the kind of music you’d expect to hear if you were driving down a Southern Californian coastline singing your favourite tunes with the windows down, and your worries far adrift in the balmy, salt-spritzed breeze. However, the soothing electro-pop sounds of TOPS were born out of a far crispier climate on the opposite

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