Summer is now officially over in Australia, but that doesn’t mean the parties have to stop. Next weekend is the annual Maitreya Festival in Victoria, the traditional end of the summer circuit. As always, Open Records has a big showing, with Interpulse, Rex’n'Chappo, Paul A

With Subsonic Music Festival kicking off in a matter of hours, many people will be doing their final packing to head out to the festival (or in our case, burning CDs or trying to finish of our live sets!). Don’t forget to pack your camera, because this year, Subsonic is running

The annual event Earthdance has always been one of the biggest on the Far North Queensland party calendar and this weekend’s looks to be no exception, with one of the fattest line-ups assembled all year. A bumper crew of Open Records talent is on board, including Drewan, Uzi, Wa

By now, half of the Far North Queensland’s outdoor party community is already well into party mode, with the biennial Bushweek Festival underway at the picturesque Home Rule Rainforest Lodge at Rossville, near Cooktown. The 7-day extravaganza features a huge chunk of Open Record

Our good friend and long standing label artist from France, D-Sens (also owner of Bus Records), is currently in Australia on tour, hitting Melbourne this Friday for DXM (along with some other good friends including Jamie Stevens, VDMO Kstati, Andrew Till, Suseri and more) and then out

With no Winter Solstice happening this year, there is a gaping hole left in the Cairns party and festival calendar. Disappointing as it is, Bush Week Festival is back in 2011 and plans to fill some of that void at the picturesque Home Rule Rainforest Lodge at Rossville, just outside t

Israeli progressive trance king Yoni Oshrat, aka Ace Ventura from Iboga Records, is back in town this weekend, bringing his fat, bass-heavy sound to Casbah for Freakquency. Yoni made a big impression here in Cairns a few years back as headline act for Winter Solstice, so needless to

The epic last ever Somatica Music, Arts and Culture Gathering touches down in Victoria this weekend, bringing with it one of the best events of the year. Taking place over the Easter/Anzac big public holiday marathon, Somatica features an all-star line-up of all-Aussie talent, includ

With Northern Alliance II getting closer and closer by the day, Open Records and No Qualms thought it would be nice to give something back to all the crew who have supported us so far on this new and exciting journey. To celebrate Max Cooper and Tetrameth coming to town, we’re g

It’s been a while since a good, legal free party went down in Far North Queensland, but next weekend we’ll see exactly that with Sonica, located just south of Cairns. With a huge line-up of Far North Queensland’s best talent including Open Records’ own Drewan a