Leroy MacQueen and Kat Friend aren’t concerned about taking a long breather as the pair announced on Tuesday that they would begin recording Introverted Extroverts’ follow-up next week.

“So stoked to say we start recording album number 3 next week, gunna be a ripper, me thinks,” The Gooch Palms said.

No news yet on when they will be back in Newcastle for a gig. Stay tuned. 

WOLLOMBI Music Festival is back for it's 8th year but this time at a special new site 'Down by The Millpond' about 500 metres from Wollombi Village.

Organisers are promising “a huge festival weekend” which will include a free Friday night launch party at Wollombi Tavern. 

There will be lots of acts across two stages. Some of the talent this year includes: Lime Cordial, Caiti Baker, Dubarray, The Ruiins, Ivy, Cornstalk, The Kava Kings, Night Kite, ZEmily Wurramara, Tay Oskee, The Hillbilly Goats, and Declan Kelly and the Rising Sun. 

The festival is on from September 30 to October 1. 

Tickets available at: events.ticketbooth.com.au

NEWCASTLE’S kings of post-punk melodrama, Suburban Haze, have given fans another taste of their upcoming second album Wilt.

Bare Teeth is the second single from the new record and sees the four-piece embracing a driving acoustic sound with a more standard pop-song structure. 

Wilt springs to life on August 11 and to celebrate Suburban Haze are launching a national tour at the Cambridge Hotel on August 10.

THE former St Philips Presbyterian Church in Newcastle East will thump with the music of the devil come November 24.

To coincide with the Newcastle 500 Supercars race, arguably New Zealand’s finest hard rock export Shihad are cranking up the volume at 48 Watt Street to guarantee the East End will still be shaking even after the drivers have gone to bed.

It’ll be a huge night in town as pop darling Delta Goodrem is also scheduled to perform down the road at the Newcastle Foreshore.