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Premiere: ‘Everybody Calls Except You’ – Modern Ideas eloquently lament being infirm and ignored with a deft pop touch
Modern Ideas released the debut single ‘This Is How It Hurts’ back in April (see our premiere here), and the follow-up single ‘Everybody Calls Except You’ maintains the…
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Premiere: The superb Marlophone are back with the thunderous ‘If We End Up On The Run’ ahead of debut album
Supergoup Marlophone follow up their debut single ‘I’m On You Side’ (proudly premiered by us here) with a thunderous blast in the beautifully romantic ‘If We End Up On…
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Premiere: ‘Put The Message In The Box’ – Simon Robert Gibson gives World Party’s classic his own unique sparkle.
A cover is always more interesting if it brings something different to the original, and we are honoured to bring you an exclusive listen to troubadour extraordinaire Simon Robert…
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Premiere: New indie supergroup Marlophone exclusively unveil the fuzzy, shimmering debut single ‘I’m On Your Side’
With a membership that reads like a who’s who of the Australian independent music scene, new group Marlophone exclusively share their debit single ‘I’m On Your Side’…
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Album Review: Things We Did on Earth – The Kilbey/Kennedy sonic spaceship alights in our universe, and they’re better than ever.
Over the years, writing about Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy has become a little like tracing constellations across different skies. Whether reviewing latter-day albums by The Church or…
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Track / Video
News: Grace Cummings Unveils Haunting New Single ‘I’m Not Crazy’
Australian singer-songwriter Grace Cummings has shared ‘I’m Not Crazy’, the latest preview of her forthcoming fourth album Bloodhorse!, due for release on August 14 via Virgin Music…
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Track: Brazen Barbie Continues Her Rise With Another Razor-Sharp Release
Kenyan-Australian rapper and songwriter Brazen Barbie returns with ‘Keep It On The Playground’, a sharp and playful new single that pairs old-school swagger with a pointed examination of the…
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Track: Dream-Pop Trio Deux Visages Release New Single
Few young bands have experienced a rise quite as rapid as Deux Visages. Formed by vocalist Daphney Hanono, guitarist Jack Chiu and bassist Tony Jouvin after striking up a friendship through…
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Album Reviews
Say Psych: Album Review: Cult of Dom Keller – Unholy Drum
Unholy Drum is the long-awaited sixth album from Nottingham band Cult Of Dom Keller – not a ‘return’, for they were never really gone, but the product of five years spent evolving. In…
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Album Review : Blue Earth Sound – ‘The St.Louis Sessions’: Keeping their cinematic soul-jazz fresh and funky.
Blue Earth Sound, a shifting collective which revolves around composer/multi-instrumentalist James Weir, produced one of last year’s surprise album’s ‘Cicero Nights’. It gave Cinematic Jazz a…
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Album Review: Column of Trout/ Partager – ‘Split/Lop’: A fulsome bundle of slow-core and avant-pop that dares to brush with convention.
Here’s the latest release from the ever-resourceful Lewes label Difficult Art and Music, the first in a series of what they describe as a deep dive into “the weirder side of more…
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Album Review: AMAS X Frithjof -Martin Grabner – SRDGN X LPZG
What happens when the mathematical rigor of Johann Sebastian Bach is stripped of its classical facade? With the album SRDNG x LPZG, the duo AMAS, together with double bassist Frithjof Martin…
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Album Review: Beefheart & McQuinn – ‘Midtown Downtime’: Summery sounds and simmering sadness from the indie folk duo.
Taking a break from the indie band merry-go round, singer-songwriters Moby Beefheart and Winter McQuinn release their “quiet is the new loud” debut ‘Midtown Downtime’ on We Are Busy Bodies.…
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Album Review: ODD OKODDO & Ogoya Nengo – ‘Palagoma’: Buchla synths meet Dodo traditions for a scintillating outernational connection.
This third album from the afro-rhythm, world fusion group ODD OKODDO marks a coming together that has been simmering. Joining Kenyan luthier/singer Olith Ratego and German producer/drummer…
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Interviews
Meet: Stacy Jones on art respecting art and not overthinking
Stacy Jones on playing live, art respecting art and not overthinking #americanhifi #stacyjones #rockmusic #interview #livemusic
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Meet: Kirk Brandon predicted the future. But no-one was listening
Spear of Destiny's Kirk Brandon is on tour right now. We got together to talk about Chelsea, reclaiming the music and seeing into the future… #kirkbrandon #spearofdestiny #interview…
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Interview: It’s Not a Documentary — It’s an Act: Baxter Dury on Nepotism, Performance and the Strange Theatre of Modern Life
When I last saw Baxter Dury, it was during Dark Mofo in Hobart — a setting whose nocturnal weirdness felt oddly perfect for his particular brand of dry, late-night storytelling. Over the past…
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Feature: Fokofpolisiekar Reflect on Swanesang at 20 as Australian & NZ Tour Extends Legacy
South African punk band Fokofpolisiekar reflect on Swanesang 20 years on, as Hunter Kennedy discusses identity, rebellion and taking the band's music to audiences in Australia and New Zealand.
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Meet: A.S. Fanning Talks About His New Album ‘Take Me Back To Nowhere’
On his fourth studio album Take Me Back To Nowhere, A.S. Fanning sounds both unmoored and quietly resolute. Drawing inspiration from science-fiction, experimental sound worlds, and a newly…
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Meet: Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys Talk Us Through New Single & The Upcoming Album ‘Pale Bloom’
With a body of work that thrives on tension, restraint, and emotional depth, Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys have built a reputation for music that lingers long after it’s heard. As they move…
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Features / Playlists
News: Hard-Fi to Headline Harlequins’ Big Summer Kick-Off at Allianz Stadium
British indie heavyweights Hard-Fi are set to return to their South West London stomping grounds this May. The Staines-formed outfit has been confirmed as the headline act…
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Interview: It’s Not a Documentary — It’s an Act: Baxter Dury on Nepotism, Performance and the Strange Theatre of Modern Life
When I last saw Baxter Dury, it was during Dark Mofo in Hobart — a setting whose nocturnal weirdness felt oddly perfect for his particular brand of dry, late-night storytelling. Over the past…
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Feature: Backseat Mafia’s photographic tribute to Bluesfest Byron Bay
For four years, Backseat Mafia has covered Bluesfest Byron Bay, an iconic event on the Australian music calendar. On March 13th, just three weeks before what would have been the 37th Bluesfest…
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Live review
Live Review: Belle and Sebastian / Saint Etienne – Piece Hall, Halifax, 21.06.2026
A brief afternoon shower threatened to dampen proceedings, but it soon passed, allowing the sunshine to break through over a packed Piece Hall on Sunday evening. On paper, Saint Etienne and…
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Live Gallery: I Prevail Prove Why They Stand Among Modern Metal’s Elite At Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 23.06.2026
On a chilly Sydney night, the Hordern Pavilion feels a bit like a pressure cooker. Long before I Prevail take the stage, the room is already heaving, fuelled by the expansive modern metalcore…
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Live Review: Electric Six – Parish, Huddersfield – 12 June 2026
Let’s get it out in the open straight away: yes, you get “Danger! High Voltage” and “Gay Bar”, but there is far more to Detroit’s Electric Six than the songs that brought them cult fame. We…
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Live Gallery: Stereolab’s Long-Awaited Return Draws A Packed Crowd At Sydney’s Metro Theatre 21.06.2026
It may be a quiet Sunday evening in Sydney, but inside the Metro Theatre there is little indication the weekend is winding down. The room is packed shoulder to shoulder for the return of…
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Live Review Plus Gallery: Blackwater Holylight, Dark Mofo Festival, Hobart 20.06.2026
The magnificent Odeon Theatre was awash in deep red light as Blackwater Holylight quietly took the stage, easing the audience into their distinctive blend of doom, shoegaze and psychedelia.…
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Live Review plus Gallery: Headache, Dark Mofo Festival, Odeon Theatre, 18.06.2026
Dark Mofo has long revelled in unsettling certainties, and few performances this year captured that spirit more completely than the mysterious and ethereal Headache. Neither concert nor…
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Film
Film Review: ‘The Best Summer’ is a bittersweet time capsule of alternative music’s golden age
There is something almost unbelievable about The Best Summer. What began as footage shot casually by filmmaker Tamra Davis while accompanying the Summersault festival around Australia in 1995…
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News: Kylie Minogue opens her archives for new three-part documentary KYLIE
Some pop stars have eras. Kylie Minogue has decades. From her first rush of fame as Charlene on Neighbours to becoming one of the most reliable hitmakers in modern pop,…
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News: The life and times of William Arthur and his iconic Sydney band Glide is explored in ‘Disappear Here’, a film by Ben deHoedt.
Glide were a seminal Sydney band that burned brightly and all together too briefly in the nineties, beset by tragedy when their singer and songwriter William Arthur died at the end of that…
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Film Review: January
Winter can be a magical time of year and there’s nothing more atmospheric than a sprinkling of snow. In many places, that light covering becomes something different entirely. In Eastern…
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Sundance Review: Iron Butterflies
As we approach the first anniversary of the full Russian invasion of Ukraine, it’s easy to forget that this war didn’t start in 2022. Indeed, the (recent) troubles with Russia can be traced…
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Sundance Review: Slow
Cinema reflects the age, society and country it’s made in. For example, 1950s Hollywood portrayed romance as straightforward love between a man and a woman. They meet, get to know each other…
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