Quiet Essence is a genre-blending progressive rock band who paint human stories with broad, sweeping chords, aggressive riffs, and surreal lyrics. They invite you to their debut show, and to join them on this road.
Genre: Live Music
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Twisted Fix – Shimmer Single Launch
Twisted Fix launch their new single 'Shimmer' at Smith St Hotel with special guests Crossroads, Dove Creek and The Bluebirds.
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Azure Ryder ‘Even Flowers Can Bruise’ Album Tour
AZURE RYDER ‘EVEN FLOWERS CAN BRUISE’ – DEBUT ALBUM TOUR
To celebrate the release of her debut album, Even Flowers Can Bruise, Azure Ryder is taking the record on the road for a special run of headline shows across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
Bringing the world of Even Flowers Can Bruise to the stage, Azure will perform songs from the new album live – an intimate introduction to a record exploring vulnerability, growth, love and all the beautiful, complicated things.
Join Azure as Even Flowers Can Bruise comes to life for the very first time.
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Hardcore Halloween Party
Youth of Tomorrow Bookings presents ‘Hardcore Halloween Party!’ The most shocking tale of carnage ever put on stage!
Prepare to enter a true nightmare on Smith street with Outright, Timepeace, Ilan Kaapan and La Famiglia coming together to play a frightening set of all your favourite covers.
All profits will go twords two charities, RISE and Safe and Equal. Aiming to spread awareness on both the reality of Melbournes refugee population and our cities public housing crisis. As well as Domestic and family violence that contributes to Australias Femicide.
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ALL REGARDS ‘LUCID’ SINGLE LAUNCH
All Regards are back and can’t wait to show you what they’ve been working on!
Rounding out a 3 city Aus tour with mates ‘Akira Slide’ and ‘Flow Kobra’ the guys are throwing a Melbourne celebration for their new single ‘lucid’. Also joining to kick off the night are their mates ‘In The Caverns Of Death’.
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Caroline Rose (USA)
Handsome Tours are proud to present Caroline Rose making her Australian debut this November! The announcement comes in anticipation of their new album Gentling The Horse At The Walt Whitman Mall, out October 23.
Caroline will take on The Lansdowne Hotel in Sydney, and Smith St Hotel in Melbourne, following an expansive run supporting Modest Mouse in North America.
Australian audiences will experience the new album live for the first time, as Caroline Rose brings their new tracks to life – including the album’s singles ‘Chow Mein’, fan favourite ‘Yip Yip Yow’, and ‘Calm’ / ‘Hello Again, Jim’ both released today – across two intimate Australian solo shows this November.
Caroline Rose will release Gentling The Horse At The Walt Whitman Mall on October 23, marking the debut release on their own SUCK records label. Working with producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Explosions in the Sky, Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen), Rose built the album through humour, layering, and instinct rather than polish. It pairs sharply observed, memoiristic songwriting with expansive guitar textures that render the everyday with violent clarity and mythic scale. The songs draw from ordinary situations and push them into exaggerated, sometimes unsettling territory, creating a portrait of contemporary American life through humour, discomfort and absurdity.
Caroline Rose has built a career defined by reinvention, razor-sharp wit, and a fiercely independent presence. Blending psychobilly, pop, shoegaze, alt-country, folk, electronic, and rock music, they move fluidly between sonic worlds while maintaining a singular artistic voice. Their albums The Art of Forgetting (2023), Superstar (2020), Loner (2018), I Will Not Be Afraid (2014) and America Religious (2012) have featured in a slew of Best Albums and Songs lists across NPR, Rolling Stone, Paste, Bandcamp, with further support from KCRW, Nylon, Uncut, a performance on Late Night With Seth Meyers and across radio locally including FBi Radio, triple j, Double J, RTR FM, Triple R, PBS and many others.
CAROLINE ROSE AUSTRALIA TOUR 2026
Thu 26 Nov – Lansdowne Hotel, Sydney
Fri 27 Nov – Smith St Hotel, Melbourne
Tickets are on sale Thu 18 Sep at 10am local via handsometours.com.
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Camilla w/ support from Indigo King and Jai
Camilla is an emerging vocalist, composer and songwriter from Melbourne/Naarm. Electric, magnetic, and deeply expressive, Camilla’s artistry is grounded in poetic lyricism, emotional authenticity, and a contemplative poise. Her original music, infused with jazz harmony, pays homage to her jazz background whilst expanding into the art/progressive rock space.
Joined by her exceptional band – Max Bruten (guitar), Sam Watts (bass), and Ebs Daramola (drums) – expect a captivating live performance that weaves seamlessly between intimacy and intensity, blending lush textures, dynamic improvisation, and immersive soundscapes.
Indigo King is an alt-pop, genre-blending artist whose sound drifts between many sonic worlds and is untethered by genre. Drawing inspiration from Indie-pop, alt-folk, and electronic music, she crafts immersive soundscapes shaped by textured vocals, emotive lyricism, and warm, atmospheric production. Her writing traces the intersections between self, others, and the world as she knows it with her songs unfolding as both confessions and reflections.
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Groove Vultures Hurricane Release Show
Straight into the Spring of 2026, the Groove Vultures, Melbourne’s Grooviest Rock band, are back at it again, celebrating their next single release, Hurricane!
Featuring our friends Bloom to Perish and Stone Fire to share the stage with, you oughta come down to one of the best locals in town, the Smith Street Hotel for a night of bevies, seeing mates and face-melting licks that will knock you around and leave you deaf from presing your ears to the amps directly for more!
