THE WIGGLES GO COUNTRY! BONUS AUTOGRAPHED ART CARD!
OUT 7 MAR!
The Wiggles new country album features some of the genre’s biggest stars including Dolly Parton, Lainey Wilson, Orville Peck, Dasha and many more!!
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Road to CMC Rocks ’25!
FRI 21 MAR – SUN 23 MAR
We’re totally excited to once more be travelling out to Willowbank Raceway for this year’s instalment of CMC Rocks, Australia’s premier celebration of all things country music!
Record Store Day 2025!
SAR 12 APR
Record Store Day is the annual celebration of broick=and-mortar indie record stores, where we become inundated with streams of limited edition, indie exclusive vinyl releases!
Belly locks horns with Ron and Humphrey from TISM!
Having prepared for this interview for over 35 years, Belly finally gets to interview TISM and gets in one question about their reunion and stunning new album ‘Death To Art’!
Belly talks up Tropical Strength with Coxy from The Fauves!
Belly touches base with Andrew Cox from Melbourne indie rockers The Fauves about making one of the band’s best albums more than 35 years into their storied career!
Belly and Dave Faulkner do ‘Stoneage Romeos!
Belly caught up with Hoodoo Gurus’ founding frontman Dave Faulkner to discuss the 40th anniversary of their seminal debut ‘Stoneage Romeos’!
Belly talks ‘Suburban Curtains’ with the Custard gang!
Belly caught up with Dave and Glenn from local legends Custard about their amazing new double-album ‘Suburban Curtains’ and the elusive nature of the band’s laidback trademark sound!
Sherpa returns to Savannah!
Simon’s heading back north for the annual Savanna In The Round bash, the amazing festival held at Mareeba Rodeo Arena in the Cairns Hinterland!
Belly chats ‘Black Betty’ with Spiderbait’s Kram!
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Spiderbait’s massive crossover hit with their cover of Leadbelly’s ‘Black Betty’, Belly sits down with Kram to dive deep into the fascinating back story!
Karin Keays talks Masters Apprentices!
THUR 5 DEC @ 6PM
We’re delighted to be hosting Karin Keays – the wife of the late, great Jim Keays from Oz rock legends The Masters Apprentices – to discuss her new memoir ‘It’s Because I Love You’.
Black Friday Record Store Day 2024
FRI 29 NOV
This year Black Friday Record Store Day takes place on Friday 29 Nov and we have heaps of stuff coming in that you can only buy from brick and mortar indie record stores!
Belly and Tim Freedman talk ‘Love This City’!
To celebrate the 25th birthday of The Whitlams’ ‘Love This City’, Belly and Tim Freedman go deep into the success and backlash driving the oz classic.
Farewell, The Zoo
Belly recently looked back on 32 years of The Zoo as a pillar of the Brisbane music scene for The Music following the sad news of its imminent closure. Sad times…
Kasey Chambers Acoustic Set & Signing!
FRi OCT 4 @ 12.30PM
This Friday (4 Oct) from 12.30pm you can catch Oz country legend Kasey Chambers play a free acoustic set on the Queen St Mall stage in celebration of her new album Backbone and her new book!
40 Years Of INXS’ The Swing!
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Oz rock legends INXS’ fourth album ‘The Swing’ giving them their first Aussie #1 album, Belly looked back at the landmark album and it’s ramifications for the band’s amazing future.
Belly grills Dinosaur Jr!
Ahead of their return to Australia to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their ‘Where You Been’ opus, Belly chatted with frontman J Mascis about life, the universe and everything!
This Is The Magic Mile 2024 Returns!
SAT 5 OCt
For the second time this year – following an amazing mid-January shindig – the team at the wonderful Zang Records are taking over the gorgeous The Clubhouse Moorooka for the This Is The Magic Mile 2024 bash!
Belly chats with Built To Spill!
Ahead of Built To Spill’s long-awaited Aussie return Belly broke bread with Boise, Idaho’s indie rock icon Doug Martsch to talk hanging line-ups and the modern state of his songwriting!
Noel Mengel, on indie music and the indie record store
It’s a deep connection, that store, that set, that steaming Brisbane summer day. It never leaves you. It’s a different experience to flicking through your phone..
Broady Blues 2024!
The wonderful free celebration of all things blues returns to the Gold Coast from 16-19 May, and we’ll be there manning the music tent!