Now in its eighth year, Groovin The Moo have announced their 2012 lineup, with a record ten international artists including City and Colour, Digitalism, Kaiser Chiefs, and Public Enemy. In alphabetical order, they are:

360, Adrian Lux (SWE), Andrew W.K One-Man-Party Tour (USA), Beni, Big Scary, Bluejuice, Chiddy Bang (UK), City and Colour (CAN), Digitalism (GER), The Getaway Plan, Gold Fields, Hermitude, Hilltop Hoods, Kaiser Chiefs (UK), Kimbra, The Maccabees (UK), Matt Corby, Muscles,... read more

Sydney College of the Arts is a pretty choice venue for a festival. There’s heaps of grass (the thick green stuff, not the dead patchy stuff you see at Olympic Park), big palm trees flanking the stages, and beautiful old sandstone buildings creating actual laneways where stages and bars are concealed. There’s stacks of shade, places to sit, and hordes of hipsters dressed inappropriately in skinny jeans and buttoned-up formal shirts in near 35 degree heat; Sydney’s woeful weather had cleared... read more

Aside from being in the midst of planning one of the greatest boutique festies on the calender (more on that in the latest issue of Groupie) the folk at Playground Weekender have been busy booking new acts, and just dropped their second lineup announcement, albeit a few last minute “juicy acts still to sign on the dotted line.”

So without further ado, joining Chic Featuring Nile Rodgers,... read more

American songbird Kina Grannis has responded to the wishes of her large Aussie fanbase and has announced a tour here next month.

First shooting to fame through her very own YouTube channel back in 2007, which now boasts half a million subscribers worldwide, Kina has made a name for herself as both an engrossing video performer and for her live shows. She will also be celebrating her debut album ‘Stairwells’ (out... read more

Returning with a brand new band, Mayer Hawthorne is back in the country this February to tour his new album, ‘How Do You Do?’ which he’s releasing via his new label, Universal Music.

The former Stones Throw crooner is heading our way to deliver some special arrangements from his catalogue, including tracks from his new LP, and last year’s free covers EP, which included original works by Chromeo (who have also remixed his current single, ‘A Long Time’),... read more

Hotly-tipped Brisbane indie-pop group Last Dinosaurs have announced a quick run of shows next month to launch their debut album.

‘In A Million Years,’ the first full-length record from the band, will be launched with shows in Melbourne and Sydney, before finishing with a hometown gig in Brisbane on the night before the album is officially released.

Last Dinosaurs had a bumper 2011, supporting the likes of Foals and The Grates, and saw their infectious single ‘Zoom’... read more

American indie/surf-rockers and Laneway headliners The Drums are teaming up with Australian indie/surf-rockers Bleeding Knees Club for a series of secret, intimate shows in coming weeks.

Organised by IOHYOU – the collective behind Bleeding Knees, DZ Deathrays and Snakadaktal, and with an established rep for hosting wild parties – the “Secret Chaos” tour will see The Drums in DJ mode, while Bleeding Knees Club will play their final Aussie shows before heading overseas... read more

!Demi-gods The Rapture announce their Future Music Festival sideshows, joined by Canadian disco-rock quartet Azari & lll this March. The pioneering act came back with a massive bang last year – it’s no secret we re-fell in love with the trio after the release of their minimal house track ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ from their new album ‘In The Grace Of Your Love’. Tune! So Groupie Magazine is very excited to present the below sideshows along with our ... read more

After hosting the mega-popular NYE and NYD parties, Cream Tangerine are back to throw an Australia Day party at their usual haunt, the deck of the Swiss Grand Hotel in Bondi, this time with FAMOUS Magazine in tow.

Complimentary cocktails, killer live tunes, and one of the best views in town… it’s the perfect excuse for the patriotic and the plain party-inclined to celebrate our national day in style.

Live sets will be on offer from Grass, Lunch Money DJs, Shipwreck, Matt... read more

UK rapper Tinie Tempah, dubstep duo (and fellow countrymen) Chase & Status, and radio host and DJ Zane Lowe are all converging for a Brit-flavoured triple bill as part of the Future Music Festival tour in March.

Brit Award winning grime rapper Tinie Tempah will be playing all his hits with a full live band, including ‘Wifey’, ‘Pass Out’, and ‘his Swedish House Mafia collab ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’; who knows, the trio could also join Tinie on stage... read more