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Premieres / Exclusives
Single Premiere: Dolium – All My Sins
Lo-fi/post-punk/scuzz-rockers Dolium return with a brand new explosive single ‘ All My Sins’ and BSM is honoured to bring you the premiere. Out today via Sister 9 Recordings, the track is the…
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Premiere: The Hunter Express slink into view on atmospheric new single ‘Easier’.
There’s a particular kind of songwriting that only arrives when you stop trying to write it. That’s the space The Hunter Express found themselves in with ‘Easier’, the…
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Premiere: Chris Masuak’s Dog Soldier exclusively unveil video for ‘The Shiny Side’ as former Radio Birdman guitarist locks in East Coast dates for ‘The Shiny Side Tour’
Chris ‘Klondike’ Masuak doesn’t do things by halves, and neither does the title track of his self-titled album with Dog Soldier. Backseat Mafia is thrilled to premiere the…
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Premiere: ‘Bad News Travels Fast’ – The Psychotic Turnbuckles are back wrestling in the ring after 32 years, and it’s a slam dunk.
In the congested gig listings of the late eighties in Sydney, the Psychotic Turnbuckles were frequent visitors with their wrestling tropes, outrageous wigs and a larrikin sense of humour…
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Premiere: Crystal Set see through all those ‘Pretty Schemes’ in an excoriating swampy romp ahead of tour and album.
The iconic Crystal Set continue to build momentum on their exciting comeback with the release of a new single ‘Pretty Schemes’ that we are honoured to exclusively premiere here at…
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Track / Video
Track: Velocity Made Good Swap Grit For Intimacy On ‘One Night in Between’
Electronic-rock duo Velocity Made Good are turning inward with ‘One Night in Between’, on of the most vulnerable and restrained releases of their career so far. Taken from…
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Track: Kodaline release buoyant new single ‘Vultures’ ahead of final album
Kodaline have released ‘Vultures’, the latest single from their fifth and final album ‘We Were Only Young’, due October 2 via Concord. Arriving while the Irish band are in Australia on their…
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Single Premiere: Dolium – All My Sins
Lo-fi/post-punk/scuzz-rockers Dolium return with a brand new explosive single ‘ All My Sins’ and BSM is honoured to bring you the premiere. Out today via Sister 9 Recordings, the track is the…
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Album Reviews
Review: Noah Hill’s first solo outing is a break-up record, but with a difference
Review: Noah Hill's first solo outing is a break-up record, but with a difference
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Natalie Imbruglia releases her new record – Algorithm
It would be easy for Natalie Imbruglia to spend the rest of her career trading on the legacy of “Torn”. Instead, Algorithm finds her doing pretty much the opposite: making a record that sounds…
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EP Review: A Very Special Episode – AVSE
A Very Special Episode share their brilliant new EP, AVSE. The five-track release showcases intense, evocative instrumentation, raw and immediate performances, and memorable songwriting…
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Say Psych: EP Review: Throw Down Bones – 4EP
4EP is the new EP from Milan/London experimental band Throw Down Bones, marking a deeper shift into dark electronic / IDM territory for a band that has long sought out the middle ground…
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Album Review: Blind Yeo – ‘The Lemoine Point’: A fresh, inventive alignment of Psych-folk, Art-rock and Kosmische energies.
Listening to Blind Yeo’s ‘The Lemoine Point’ debut is a reminder that things may come and things may go but the art-rock dance goes on forever. Steeped in the cosmic and kosmische, folklore,…
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Album Review: What the ghosts left behind – Kaurna/Adelaide’s The Only Objects release the epic ‘An Excess of Haunting’, with a little assemblage required.
There’s a particular kind of record that doesn’t want to be understood so much as inhabited, and ‘An Excess of Hauntings’ is one of them. The second album from…
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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
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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…
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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: Henge – Holmfirth Picturedrome, 21.08.2026
There was a healthy crowd at Holmfirth Picturedrome for Henge, and from the moment the band arrived, it was clear this was an audience more than willing to embrace the journey. They danced…
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Live Gallery: Kodaline bring their final Australian tour to Sydney’s Enmore Theatre 03.09.2026
Kodaline are back in Sydney tonight, but this time everyone in the room knows there will not be another tour waiting somewhere down the road. After more than a decade under the Kodaline name,…
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Live Review: The Vaccines Headline Tileyard North, Wakefield, 30.08.2026
Sometimes, a gig will reawaken the very reason you loved those songs fifteen years ago and The Vaccines headline show at Live At Tileyard North in Wakefield did just that. A shared electric…
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Live Review: The Twang and The Fratellis – Tileyard Wakefield
Little old Wakefield doesn’t get many visitors, we’re known for The Cribs, Jane McDonald and Rhubarb but in August things just got exciting for the Merrie City. Tileyard North at…
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Live Review: Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Scouting For Girls, Deco, Lois. Tileyard North, Wakefield 27/08/2026
There are some concert nights that begin long before the first note is played. You can feel them gathering in the air as the queues form, the lights around the venue begin to glow and groups…
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Live Review + Photo Galleries: Boy & Bear bring their timeless beauty to The Odeon, Hobart 28.08.2026
It is a Friday evening in Hobart, and Boy & Bear are bringing their Tripping Over Time Regional Tour to town. Steeped in songs not only from 2025’s Tripping Over Time, Boy & Bear…
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Film
News: First Look At Oasis’ Reunion Film Don’t Look Back In Anger
One year after Oasis stunned the music world by returning to the stage for their first live performance together in 16 years, the band’s extraordinary comeback is set to be immortalised…
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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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