September 29, 2026By Penny Brand
Radium Dolls. Photo: Danysha Harriott. “Cigarettes and legal speed everybody.” It’s one-liners like that from Brisbane’s Radium Dolls that will place a band firmly in YELO’s orbit. Then there’s Gold Coast six-piece Selve, who landed on our tasting plate after a tip-off from a friend, before their theatrical rock took them from backyard gigs to
September 24, 2026By yelomag
Crowd at the Gympie Music Muster. Photo: Supplied. YELO began with Sunshine Coast bands, venues and gig guides. Now our Queensland pages connect readers with local shows, artists and rooms from Brisbane and the Gold Coast to regional centres, while the Coast remains our home base. YELO across Queensland THE MUSIC MAP JUST GOT BIGGER.
September 18, 2026By yelomag
Image source: Dameeka Middleton. YELO has launched Music Resources, a set of guides for Queensland musicians, bringing grants, gig advice, festival applications, pay guides and industry contacts into one practical hub. The new resource is designed to make some of the less glamorous parts of being an independent artist easier to navigate, from finding funding
July 11, 2026By Penny Brand
One finger on record, one ear on Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and absolutely no patience for anyone talking over the intro. Three decades later, the cassette player is gone, but the urge to catch songs, keep them and pass them around has never left. Penny Brand writes. Imagine this. It is 1993. School is
May 5, 2026By yelomag
Blak Day Out will return to Brisbane this winter, bringing Dan Sultan, Beddy Rays, Becca Hatch, Jem Cassar-Daley and Rox Lavi to The Princess Theatre. The all-ages First Nations music event will take over the Woolloongabba venue on July 24, as part of Open Season’s 2026 program. Presented by Open Season and Blak Social, Blak
May 3, 2026By yelomag
Gympie indie folk singer-songwriter Elke Louie has released her debut EP “Lavender”, a dreamy five-track coming-of-age record written across her teenage years. The young Queensland artist’s new EP is out now, with South East Queensland and Victoria tour dates underway. A hometown Gympie show has also been added for May 31 at Perseverance Street Theatre
May 1, 2026By yelomag
Taylor Moss is among the artists performing as QLD Music Trails continues across outback Queensland. Photo: Facebook. QLD Music Trails is turning the outback into a live music road trip, with regional towns hosting shows, gatherings and open-air events across western Queensland. The 2026 Outback Trail started in Charleville last month, and continues west through
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
January 11, 2026By yelomag
Queensland music on Spotify The Pineapple Mixtapes The Pineapple Mixtapes are YELO’s local Spotify playlists for artists, bands and new music from across Queensland. Choose a city, coast or region, or start with the statewide Queensland mix for one big, unruly playlist of music from the Pineapple State. Start with Queensland → Choose a region

