Semaphore Music Festival founder Deb Thorsen unpacks the festival’s 21st event, its deep community connection and why we should all rock up to celebrate the festival’s coming of age.   

Holly ‘Cookie’ Baker sits down with The Note to talk all things ‘The Winter’, touring Australia and New Zealand and what the rest of 2025 has in store for the talented artist.

Michigan’s post hardcore luminaries La Dispute have just unleashed their cinematic fifth studio album, No One Was Driving The Car. Vocalist and lyricist Jordan Dreyer connected with The Note to discuss the new full-length, imaginative storytelling, the generational diversity of the band’s devotees, film and so much more.

Seven years since their last visit, punk meets rap icons Zebrahead are finally returning to Australia this October. Ahead of their tour, vocalist Ali Tabatabaee spoke with The Note about growing up in the Cali punk scene, the band’s writing process and the joys of playing live.

A decade and a half of delighting audiences, six studio albums and countless tours across the globe; Donny Benét is Australia’s favourite 80s-Italo-synth-pop-funk-disco-dance character. Benét’s Live 25 tour across Europe, the UK and Australia marks his highly anticipated return to Adelaide, gifting local audiences the dance party of the century.

Ahead of the imminent release of their new EP ALL MY ANGELS, SPEED lead vocalist Jem Siow and guitarist Josh Clayton open up about grief, brotherhood, Coachella and the compelling outsider nature of hardcore.

Ahead of the release of The Southern River Band’s new album, Easier Said Than Done, colourful frontman Cal Kramer spoke with The Note about growing up in the Perth suburb of Thornlie, perfomring live and the band’s biggest fan, Powderfinger’s Bernard Fanning.

Following their recent single ‘Vin Wiesel’, making an exciting splash in the local scene, emo rockers TOWNHOUSE swung by to chat about their meticulously curated sophomore EP Look At Me Now and upcoming launch.

Commemorating her debut and sophomore albums The Overture & the Underscore and What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have, Sarah Blasko is performing these groundbreaking and deeply vulnerable records in full and stepping back into the shoes of her younger self.

Honest, humorous and hard-hitting songwriting manifests in a new form through SA’s resident punks, LOLA. Crafted over their European and Australian tour, LOLA spill the details about their new EP Prawn Star and how they’re celebrating its release.

Talking to The Note over Zoom, the American-Australian singer-songwriter is bubbly, amicably conversational, lit by a halo of sunny curls, and never once lets go of his guitar. The image is fitting, given that he is headlining this year’s Adelaide Guitar Festival, playing at Her Majesty’s Theatre and joined by the ARIA-nominated, award-winning Emma Donovan.

Ahead of this weekend’s Top of the Class showcase at The LAB at ILA this Thursday 11 September, we spoke with the headliners and finalists about what to expect from the gig.

Artist manager Rachel Whitford of 27 Music fills us in on her favourite songs and why she loves Blink-182’s Enema of the State.

American group The Used, whose sound is heavily embedded in the DNA of 2000s alternative rock, has been revisiting their first three records – in full – in a venture that has redefined the band’s vision for creating music, all the while giving fans the opportunity to immerse themselves in a catalogue that has maintained its quality substance, this far in.

Enigmatic groove master Touch Sensitive has returned with his long-awaited sophomore album, In Paradise. Ahead of the record’s release, the man behind Touch Sensitive (Michael Di Francesco) opened up to The Note about collaborating with other artists, the impact of becoming a father and coming full circle as an artist.