The Collective Blog

The Rubens Return to Enmore Theatre, Sydney  By Marjie Saunders Over the last 10 years The Rubens have cemented their place as a staple band in the Australian music scene. I still remember where I was when I heard they won Triple J’s hottest 100 in 2015 - singing...

The Jungle Giants light up the Riverstage Brisbane By Marjie Saunders The return home for The Jungle Giants was a dream realised, with the band headlining Riverstage for the first ever time. The band ran out on stage at Brisbane’s Riverstage kicking off their set...

INTERVIEW: Vincent Kinna from Teenage Dads Chats Upcoming Tours How is the Exit Sign tour going so far?  Vincent: “Yeah heading to Adelaide. We play on Thursday so we will drive up tomorrow. We like to try and drive as much as we can, um, just save a bit of money and...

Teenage Dads Up Beat Pop Rock at Horden Pavillion In a classic ‘daggy dad’ way the group walk out on stage to the theme song of Ghostbusters. Lead vocalist Jordy address the crowd with a laid back  “Nice to see you lovelies!” before leading everyone in the crowd into...

SYCCO’s Sick Melodies and Pop Singalongs Take Over the Oxford Art Factory By Marjie Saunders Brisbane’s Sasha McLeod – more commonly known as Sycco – is hands down the hottest new artist to hit the Australian music scene in recent years. Ahead of her debut ‘Sycco’s...

SYCCO  Hi Sasha, how are you doing?  Sasha: “I'm good. I'm just in my bedroom. Cause my wifi is being weird, so I can't be at like a desk. Is that okay?” Yeah! Absolutely fine. Wish I could be in bed right now. How about we get this interview started. So, how did you...

We Chilled out to Ocean Alley at Riverstage Brisbane Walking out to ‘Money for Nothing’ by Dire Straits is a memorable way to make an entrance and that is exactly what Ocean Alley did as they walked out to an adoring and pumped up crowd at Riverstage Brisbane. Tom...

Lime Cordiale at the Horden Pavillion By Marjie Saunders It starts with a flash of neon pink light from the stage. And then another and another, one after the other each of the band members from Lime Cordiale’s silhouettes light up back drop and you know you’re in for...

INTERVIEW: Oli From Lime Cordiale Chats Self Love and Signing Bollocks By Marjie Saunders   How was it working with Idris Elba?  Oli: “Idris is you know, he's one of those guys that when you first meet him, he's, you know, somewhat intimidating. He's this huge guy,...

Interview: Ocean Alley’s Mitch Galbraith talks NFT’s, Tours and their new album By Marjie Saunders A lot of people got introduced to Ocean Alley through your Win of Triple J’s Hottest 100 Countdown in 2018 with your song ‘Confidence’. How did that change things for...

Interview: Ash Naylor talks EVEN’s Newest Album ‘Reverse Light Years’ By Marjie Saunders   What got you into music? How did you (Ashley), Matthew (Cotter) and Wally (Kempton) come to form EVEN?   Ash: “Well, we’re just suburban boys, Melbourne. Who grew up...

Interview: Andy Gollage Band By Marjie Saunders You’re playing at the Lansdowne Hotel tonight. Andy: “It’s just sold out.”  Who are you supporting acts?  Andy: “Indera Alives and Dominic Bryne and band. Dominic Bryne is wonderful,  I don’t know much about Indera but...