Registrations have been extended to musicians wanting to perform at the world's largest free international music event — Fete de la Musique.

Held annually in cities around the world on June 21 (the day when the northern hemisphere’s summer solstice and southern hemisphere’s winter solstice occur), amateur and professional musicians now have until this Saturday (April 21) to become part of the event.

Fete de la Musique gives artists the chance to showcase their music in 25-50 minute slots, and this year, for the first time, the event program will extend further into the suburbs, with musicians celebrating with free performances in some unexpected locations; anywhere from bus stops to butcher shops.

In 2011, Brisbane's Fete de la Musique included 280 performances in 80 unlikely venues, including children's hospital, cathedrals and hair salons.

Established in France in 1982, the event has now grown to include 436 cities in 106 countries.

Click here to register.

After his quiet start to 2012, Laneous (of Laneous & the Family Yah) talks rumours, romance, and raging pink doves.

And for fans who've noticed L&TFY's departure from their usual Brisbane haunts, the news is pretty grim. “I've been hiding down in Melbourne, doing gigs down there, and just chilling out. Serpent is going overseas over the next couple of months, so yeah, we're just having a bit of a break. I think this is going to be (L&TFY’s) only show for this year, at the Dove,” he says.

The ‘Dove’ he refers to is the art action warehouse experiment, Pink Dove, an experimental combination of music, theatre and a plainly titled ‘peep-show’, which returns for its second incarnation later this month.

Despite only one planned Brisbane show in 2012, there is a light at the end of this ‘pink’ tunnel, in the form of an unsubstantiated rumour that L&TFY's follow up to the ‘Scissors’ EP, ‘Paper’, might be released at Pink Dove 2. Unsubstantiated, that is, until now. “I've got a pretty reliable source,” says Laneous. “At least, I really hope we release it there.”

So there is some joy for Brisbane fans, despite Laneous' recent engagements in Melbourne. “I've started seeing someone down there, so I just sort of went down there for a break, you know, a change of scene.”

But with no immediate plans for L&TFY to head overseas (as Laneous puts it, he's “a pretty broke artist”), it's safe to say Laneous will be back. “West End's the only place that I can call home. I gotta keep coming back.”

And so do his other band mates. L&TFY are still yet to record the final EP, 'Rock', in their 'Found Things' collection, and, until recently, Laneous has been alone in his songwriting. “But it's going to be interesting. I'm really excited about it.”

Pink Dove 2 takes place at The Ice Cream Factory, West End, Friday April 20. Tickets are available at the door on a first in first served basis.

Ahead of their upcoming fourth album, British India are back on the road, bringing a new, heavier sound with them.

And for the four Melbourne lads, life right now is just one big party. Vocalist Declan Melia says the opportunity to tour is one they'll never reject, evident in a recent string of rural shows, in some offbeat locations. “At the moment it’s just playing where we can and the places we missed on the last tour. It's been a pretty fun few weeks doing Hobart and rural Victoria and some mining towns in WA, so at the moment for us it's just doing these strange live shows.”

The band will hit Brisbane and the Gold Coast later this month. “It's still so exciting for us just to be on stage and playing the songs. I mean the show’s just a party, that's what it's always been for us.”

A recent stint in the recording studio has seen a change in direction for the band, introducing a heavier side to their otherwise upbeat garage rock sound. “The music industry just started taking itself too seriously so I think we were kind of more interested in producing the more celebratory sound.”

The time in the studio has lead to a more eclectic mix then the album’s predecessor, 'Avalanche', but Declan says fans have enjoyed the new material so far.  “We're known for being a live band, I think, with funkier side shows and pub shows, so that's certainly not something we're going to mess around with.”

That's not to say they're not messing around elsewhere, and having fun with the process as they go. “I'm eating Jelly Belly’s, but about one in seven of them is just awful, and we were wondering if anyone actually likes the bad ones, or if they intentionally manufacture them to make the good ones look good?”

A possible philosophical dilemma for the otherwise down to earth group? “It's just a strange world we live in; appreciate the oddness of it all. That's as philosophical as I'll get. The best way to appreciate that oddness is to pay 30 dollars and see British India!”

British India play Elsewhere Friday April 13 and The Zoo Saturday April 14.