Inside Sonder Festival: DIMA & GiGi and the Art of the Perfect Set
Rising from Mparntwe/Alice Springs to the stage at Sonder Festival, DIMA and GiGi bring more than just a DJ set, but rather a community with them.
Sitting down with them after their sets at Sonder, it becomes clear pretty quickly that what they’re chasing is something harder to define and way more instinctive.
SIX STEPS TO SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC....From the ground up. - By Alex Lahey
If you’re reading this, it’s highly likely that you are a fan of live music and are maybe wondering what you can do to help support your local scene. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world - the global live music industry is facing many of the same issues.
So here’s ALEX LAHEY’S SIX STEPS TO SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC and you can support live music wherever you are:
CALLING ALL YOUNG BANDS! ARE YOU READY TO STEP UP TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST STAGES IN MELBOURNE?
Following a huge first year, Garage Band is BACK and ready to welcome a fresh batch of budding musos to the big stage.
OUR FIRST PHOTO GALLERY IS LIVE Y’ALL!
We can’t thank Lauren enough for her fantastic skills and involvement with The BackBeat, and can’t wait to see more of what she’s got to give us!
INTERVIEW SERIES: BOLER MANI & X PROMOTIONS
Melbourne’s boler mani’s Facebook page states, “a little boy with big sounds” and I have to agree. Boler is a part of X Promotions AND WE ARE LIVE which is will live streamed on Thursday 29th October. Boler and I recently had a chat about what he is all about.
INTERVIEW SERIES: SUBCULT & X PROMOTIONS
subcult are a young energetic alt/rock band from Melbourne who I think are about to take on the world. Having released their first single Suffocating back in August the band are releasing their second single Medicated on Thursday. You will also be able to watch the band play it live Thursday night at AND WE ARE LIVE
INTERVIEW VELVET BLOOM & X PROMOTIONS
Mornington Peninsula songbird Maddy Herbert has one of the most amazing voices I have come across. Think along the lines of Norah Jones/ Amy Winehouse!! Maddy is one of the artist’s involved in the live stream gig AND WE ARE LIVE (X Promotions) on 29th October.
INTERVIEW SERIES: AND WE ARE LIVE!
We all know that Covid has well and truly messed with the music scene this year. X Promotions have taken matters into their own hands to promote some of the best local indie pop/rock, soul and hip-hop acts from the Frankston/Peninsula area.
TRAVALLEY TALK NEW SINGLE DEAR BABE, RED-HOT VIDEO CLIPS, AND UPCOMING INSTAGRAM LIVE EVENT
The live music industry in Melbourne has seen a huge stand-still due to COVID-19, however, bands such as Ballarat’s Travalley have used this time to hone their skills, keep positive, and release ear-tingling tunes.
