Award-winning songwriter Steve Lane and his band The Autocrats deliver a distinctive blend of jangle pop, Americana and hook-laden indie rock, drawing comparisons to Wilco, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, and The Go-Betweens.

Steve Lane & The Autocrats made an impressive debut with their album The Romance of Communication (ABC Music), which was nominated for the Australian Music Prize and named Album of the Week on ABC JJ/Dig Music. As reviewer Isabella Tolhurst observed, "Steve Lane & The Autocrats release an album that has all the tell-tale signs of an Australian band bound for longevity."

More recently, Lane's self-titled 2022 album The Great Imposter, released through Scottish label Last Night From Glasgow (LNFG), reached #2 on the UK Indie Breakers Chart, #5 on the Scottish Albums Chart, and #8 on the UK Vinyl Albums Chart.

His latest release, Where The Rivers Meet (LNFG), was produced by ARIA Award-winning musician and producer Darren Seltmann (The Avalanches) and recorded in central Victoria and Scotland.

For this performance, The Autocrats are a true family affair, featuring Steve's son Kai, daughter Neneh, niece Miette, and longtime mate David Williams (Augie March, Fanning Dempsey National Park).

The Steinbecks were formed when brothers Josh and Joel Meadows disbanded their first group, The Sugargliders, which made sparse, melodic pop songs with ‘disarmingly naïve’ lyrics for legendary UK label Sarah Records. Josh and Joel are joined by Joel’s sons Lloyd and Micah Meadows in this latest iteration of the band. Three quarters of The Steinbecks live and love in Castlemaine.

Steve Lane And The Autocrats + The Steinbecks