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Premiere: Sydney-based punk band This Time Only exclusively reveal their thumping new single ‘Papers’
We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘Papers’ from Sydney-based punk band This Time Only. ‘Paper’s is a thoroughly refreshing and urgent blast of sound delivering…
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Premiere: Sarah Jane & The Noise channel raw grunge energy in new video for daisies
There’s a certain kind of chaos that never really leaves rock music. It just waits for the right band to drag it back into the light. Enter Sarah Jane & The Noise, who arrive swinging…
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Premiere: ‘This Is How It Hurts’ – Justin Stokes (from the band Wilding) shows us exactly how in his new solo project Modern Ideas.
We are massive fans of the work of Justin Stokes through his work with the band Wilding, admiring his ability to craft intelligent self-deprecating pop of the highest order. We are therefore…
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Premiere: In an L.A. Mood – the solo project of Davie Mudie (Super American Eagle, ex-Immigrant Union & Courtney Barnett band) unveils trippy new single ‘Canal Twanging’ ahead of album release.
LA Mood is the project of Melbourne-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Davie Mudie (Super American Eagle, ex-Immigrant Union & Courtney Barnett band) and we are honoured to premiere…
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Premiere: The dulcet tones of Dawson in ‘maybe someday’ deliver a shimmering anthem.
Boorloo/Perth alternative artist Dawson has built up a strong following for his brand of smooth indie pop, and we are very honoured to premiere his new single ‘maybe someday’.…
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Track / Video
Track: Supergoup Fancy Weapon return with their second single, the louche and laid back ‘Squirmin’ Merman’.
Melbourne-based supergroup Fancy Weapon invited us into their fuzzy world in March with the debut single ‘Squid’ (see my review here), and just over a month later they return with…
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Track: Robyn’s ‘Blow My Mind’ gets a chaotic rework from CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
Pop doesn’t stand still for long in 2026, but this one feels like a jolt. CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso have stepped into Robyn’s orbit, reworking ‘Blow My Mind’ into something sharper, stranger…
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Premiere: Sydney-based punk band This Time Only exclusively reveal their thumping new single ‘Papers’
We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘Papers’ from Sydney-based punk band This Time Only. ‘Paper’s is a thoroughly refreshing and urgent blast of sound delivering…
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Album Reviews
Album Review: Naná Rizinni – ‘Epiblast’: An energetic, feisty electro-jazz fusion set from the Brazilian drummer/composer.
A go-to session drummer, vocalist and songwriter within the São Paulo scene, Naná Rizinni looks set to drive home her credentials with her new album ‘Epiblast’, released via Bridge the Gap.…
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Album Review: Naarm/Melbourne band Season 2 is the best with their luminescent debut album ‘Power of Now’
New on my radar but with constituent ingredients from other Naarm/Melbourne bands, Season 2 have just released their debut album ‘Power of Now’ and it is a stunning introduction to…
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EP Review: Liverpool-based Swiss artist Lynn Dossenbach releases ‘Combination’ – a collection of yearning melodic pop
Lynn Dossenbach was born in Switzerland but now resides in Liverpool where she studied Songwriting and Performance at theLiverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), founded bySir Paul…
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Album Review: Charbel Haber – ‘May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable’: A serene ambient soundtrack of beauty and bewilderment.
From its very first notes this is an album which treads the finest line between peaceful serenity and poignant fragility. That’s a balance that only a musician of Charbel Haber’s fluency can…
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Album Review: Sofia Isella strikes hard on fearless new EP Something is a shell.
Some records arrive asking politely for your attention. Sofia Isella’s new EP Something is a shell. kicks the door open, rearranges the room and leaves with the best lamp.…
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Album Review: Snailgun unveil their shattering debut ‘Glass Walls’ ahead of live dates.
Naarm/Melbourne band Snailgun have just delivered their debut album ‘Glass Wall’, and it’s a deliciously scabrous affair filled with blistering post punk cathartic noise. The…
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Interviews
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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Meet: John Witherspoon Talks Through The Elegant New Single ‘My Baby’ & Upcoming Album
Liverpool’s John Witherspoon is back with his most emotionally intricate single yet, ‘My Baby’, releasing September 19th as the final preview of his third studio album, One Of…
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Meet: Ash frontman Tim Wheeler – “If it wasn’t fun and playful, we’d have quit long ago”
Ash frontman Tim Wheeler is in reflective but upbeat mood as he talks about the band’s new album To The Stars, their first since 2021. “It’s the shortest gap we’ve had since our first and…
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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 Gallery: John Maus proves it’s later than you think at blistering Metro Sydney return 30.04.2026
The Metro feels compressed tonight, like it’s holding its breath, pacing itself. John Maus is back in Australia for the first time since 2019, and there’s a sense that whatever…
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Live Gallery: Mumford & Sons hit Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena with renewed firepower 29.04.2026
The room is already full before a note is played. Qudos Bank Arena hums with the kind of anticipation reserved for bands who have outlived trends, backlash cycles and the constant churn of…
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Live Review : Skindred Album Launch Show, Foundry Sheffield 22.04.2026
Review and Photos: Phil Wright Skindred the Welsh hard rock wizards, and some might say the best festival set band in the world? return with their latest album ‘You Got This’. An…
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Live Review: The Rosadocs – Sheffield, Octagon. 24.04.26
An electric hometown show by the brilliant Rosadocs
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Live Gallery: Hot Mulligan & Saturdays at your place ignite Sydney as Roundhouse crowd becomes part of the show 26.04.2026
It is a packed house at Roundhouse tonight, every corner of the room filled with a crowd plainly here for a night of catharsis, with Hot Mulligan the headline draw but plenty already pressed…
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Live Gallery: The Beths, supported by Womb soar at Roundhouse with wit, hooks and emotional precision 24.04.2026
There is a particular electricity that gathers before The Beths walk onstage at Roundhouse. It is not swagger or spectacle. It is anticipation built on trust. This is a band…
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Film
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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Sundance Review: When It Melts
Trauma is a terrible thing. It’s not something you can outrun or escape from. It doesn’t matter how many years you bottle it up inside, it will suddenly resurface when you least expect it. You…
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