Fresh on YELO
Queensland music news and stories.
New releases, live shows, artists and the people behind the music, from the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane, the Gold Coast and regional Queensland.
Popular on YELO
Recent Posts
- Midnight Oil, Yothu Yindi and The Presets enter Australia’s National Songbook
- Horizon Festival 2027 calls for Sunshine Coast artists and event partners
- Brisbane Arena decision looms as Live Nation and AEG-backed groups submit bids
- Bernard Fanning joins 150 artists in Australian music AI copyright fight
- The Rubens’ Sam Margin on why live music won’t die
Loading
Photo: Dameeka Middleton.
-
Queensland artists could get bigger stages under new nightlife reforms
Thirst Trap perform at The Presynct in Nambour, one of the Sunshine Coast venues helping build the region’s grassroots live music scene. Photo: Marc…
-
Why the Sunshine Coast is going clubbing before dark
Ministry of Sound: Testament 90s in Melbourne in 2025. The event comes to Venue 114 on Sunday, July 26. Photo: Ashlea Caygill. From sunrise…
-
The husbands are coming to Spilt Milk
RAYE and Lewis Capaldi lead Spilt Milk 2026 on the Gold Coast, with Baby Keem, Remi Wolf, KETTAMA, The Terrys and more joining the…
-
The Sunshine Coast sound is becoming younger, louder and more honest
WHIPLASSH and VERATIE perform at Blackflag Brewing Mooloolaba. Photos: Penny Brand. From existential crises and teenage pressure to deliberately imperfect recordings, the songs reaching…
-
Kasey Chambers leads Groundwater’s free Broadbeach country weekend
Kasey Chambers leads the 2026 Groundwater Country Music Festival lineup. Photo: Supplied. Kasey Chambers will lead the 2026 Groundwater Country Music Festival lineup when…
-
The brewery putting Coolum on the live music touring map
The Jungle Giants play Blackflag Brewing Coolum with The Tullamarines and Tear Drive on August 21. Photo: Meg Siejka. With The Jungle Giants and…
-
Exclusive: Link Meanie reveals the secret to three decades with The Meanies
The Meanies, with frontman Link Meanie second from left. Photo: Jo Forster. Australian pop-punk favourites The Meanies are heading to South East Queensland with…
-
What’s going on at Blackflag Mooloolaba?
A packed crowd fills Blackflag Mooloolaba during The Drop Beers at Punk Piss Up earlier this month. Photo: Lewis Venz. You could walk straight…
-
Deafheaven brings beauty and brutality to The Princess Theatre
Deafheaven’s frontman launches into the set beneath a wall of stage lights. Photo: Marc Roberts. Words and photos by Marc Roberts Genre-defying heavyweights Deafheaven…
-
How to make a mixtape in 2026
One finger on record, one ear on Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and absolutely no patience for anyone talking over the intro. Three decades…
Keep exploring
Find the useful parts of YELO.
