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2016

Southbound is back in 2016 and we're putting ONE act from WA on the bill!

The line up is a whopper: Peking Duk, Sticky Fingers, San Cisco, Catfish and The Bottlemen and stacks of others are playing.

All you have to do to be in the running is to a) be in Western Australia and b) upload your music to Unearthed by November 6th. Cool? Cool.

We listen to everything that gets uploaded before we decide on a winner so no stress if you're tracks are still pending on deadline day.

2015

Big news! We're putting ONE band from WA on the Southbound Festival lineup for 2016. 

It's gonna be a biggun: The Wombats, Bloc Party, Disclosure and heaps of others are all playing, and there are heaps of others you can check out on the official Southbound website.

All you gotta do to be in the running is to be from Western Australia and upload your music to Unearthed by November 1st. Cool? Cool. Don't freak out if your songs are still pending. We listen to everything that gets uploaded before we decide on a winner. 

2014

Southbound is celebrating 10 years this January with a knock out line-up including Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Solange, hip-hop luminaries The Roots, Oz hip-hop favourites Thundamentals, Big Scary, The Rubens and heaps, heaps more!

And once again triple j Unearthed and Southbound are offering one lucky act from Western Australia a spot on the Southbound bill. You'll also receive a $500 performance fee for your efforts.

All artists from WA with tracks uploaded to triplejunearthed.com by midnight on Sunday, November 3rd will be eligible. It's fine if your tracks are still pending as we will listen to all the songs uploaded before deciding.

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2013

There's an amazing international line up heading West to the beautiful town of Busselton to play Southbound on the first weekend of 2013. On the line up you'll find:

Angus Stone, Ball Park Music, Beach House (USA), Best Coast (USA), Bombay Bicycle Club (UK), Boy & Bear, Coolio (USA), Cosmo Jarvis, Django Django, First Aid Kit (Sweden), The Flaming Lips (USA), Hilltop Hoods, The Hives (Sweden), Hot Chip (UK), Jinja Safari, Lisa Mitchell, Matt Corby, Maximo Park (UK), Millions, SBTRKT, Sharon Van Etten, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Two Door Cinema Club (Ireland), The Vaccines (UK), Bertie Blackman, Nu Mark (USA), The Jungle Giants, Loon Lake, Oh Mercy, Rodrigo Y Gabriela (Mexico), San Cisco, and more.

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And once again triple j Unearthed and Southbound are offering one lucky act from Western Australia two nights camping and a spot on the Southbound bill. You'll also recieve a $500 performance fee for your efforts.

To be in with a chance you just need to have your tracks uploaded to the site before Sunday 25th November - midnight. It's OK if the tracks still say pending, we'll listen to them before deciding. If you already have tracks on the site you're automatically in the running.

2012

This year will again see Southbound Festival take place in beautiful Busselton, WA on January 7 and 8. It's a fantastic line up including:

An Horse, CSS, John Butler Trio, Kimbra, The Head & The Heart, Aloe Blacc, Alpine, Arctic Monkeys, Arj Barker, Beirut, CANT, Crystal Castles, Dan Deacon, Drapht, emma louise, Fleet Foxes, The Grates, The Jezabels, Jim Jones Revue, Josh Pyke, Josh Thomas, The Kooks, Lanie Lane, Metronomy, Missy Higgins, Papa vs Pretty, Pnau, Regurgitator (performing 'Unit'), Tim Finn, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and The Wonderful World of DJ Yoda.

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triple j Unearthed and Southbound are offering one lucky act from Western Australia two nights camping and a spot on the Southbound bill with a $500 performance fee to boot!

To be in with a chance you just need to have your tracks uploaded (not live) on the site before Sunday 27th November - midnight.