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News: Naarm/Melbourne’s brilliant HighSchool announce East Coast Australian tour following extensive US/European schedule, in support of debut self-titled album.
Premiere: With links to Australian musical royalty, New York’s Ruby & the Clumsy Dollies exclusively unveil their cool new single ‘Right Through Me’ ahead of debut album release.
News: Rob Hirst Tribute 03.09.1955 – 20.01.2026
Live Gallery: Soulfly, Nailbomb and Snot turn Sydney’s Enmore Theatre into a pressure chamber of metal 27.01.2026
Live Review + Gallery: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds set fire to the Domain, Sydney, 24 January 2026, supported by the luminescent Aldous Harding
Album Review: Mi3RAJ – ‘Callings Of The Owed’: Powerful and poetic electronic fusion from Cairo’s rising underground scene.
Live Gallery: CMAT returns to Sydney with EURO-COUNTRY at the Enmore Theatre 23.01.2026
Album Review: KEELEY – Girl On The Edge Of The World
News: Swedish Pop Duo JUNG Bring Sun-Kissed Energy to January with New Single ‘Vacation’
Premieres / Exclusives
- Premiere: With links to Australian musical royalty, New York’s Ruby & the Clumsy Dollies exclusively unveil their cool new single ‘Right Through Me’ ahead of debut album release.
by Arun Kendall - Premiere: The exquisite dream pop exponents Fabels exclusively unveil the new ethereal single ‘Luister’ ahead of new album and tour.
by Arun Kendall - Premiere: Nameless Friends Share New Video & Single ‘I’m Afraid Of Failure’, Ahead Of Upcoming Sophomore Album
by Simon Lucas-Hughes - Premiere: Anna Smyrk unveils ethereal live performance video for her elegant and deeply personal single ‘This Is A Drill’, ahead of debut album and launch dates.
by Arun Kendall - Premiere: Eora/Sydney band Postcards from Pluto return with a thumping, stomping single ‘Arcade’ ahead of headline gig.
by Arun Kendall - Premiere: LA’s the black watch exclusively unveil new stand alone single ‘There Are Solutions to Each & Every Problem’ ahead of new album in early 2026.
by Arun Kendall
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Track / Video
- Premiere: With links to Australian musical royalty, New York’s Ruby & the Clumsy Dollies exclusively unveil their cool new single ‘Right Through Me’ ahead of debut album release.
by Arun Kendall - Track: St.Arnaud Shares Vibrant New Single ‘Love You! (For Real)’
by Simon Lucas-Hughes - Track: Straight Arrows reconnect with their roots on ‘MIDDLEMAN’ / ‘DO THE SLOTH’
by Deb Pelser - Track: Sydney producer Emma Bass blends UK garage and emotion on ‘Sweet Dejavu’
by Deb Pelser - Premiere: The exquisite dream pop exponents Fabels exclusively unveil the new ethereal single ‘Luister’ ahead of new album and tour.
by Arun Kendall - Track: The Gloom In The Corner Share New Single ‘Nope (Hollow Point Elysium)’
by Deb Pelser - Track: Courtney Barnett Announces New Album Creature of Habit and Shares Waxahatchee Collaboration
by Deb Pelser - Track: Snail Mail announces third album Ricochet, out March 27
by Deb Pelser - Track: ‘007’ introduces LØLØ’s forthcoming album god forbid a girl spits out her feelings
by Deb Pelser
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Album Reviews
- Album Review: Mi3RAJ – ‘Callings Of The Owed’: Powerful and poetic electronic fusion from Cairo’s rising underground scene.
by John Parry - Album Review: KEELEY – Girl On The Edge Of The World
by Simon Lucas-Hughes - Album Review: ‘I’m In My Brain Again’ – stunning debut from Slowcoaching reveals a luscious dreamscape and soaring melodies.
by Arun Kendall - Album Review: Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore – ‘Tragic Magic’: A compelling, emotional electro-acoustic collaboration which haunts and hopes.
by John Parry - ALBUM REVIEW: KID KAPICHI ‘FEARLESS NATURE’
by Demetris Bates - album review: alter bridge ‘alter bridge’
by Phil Pountney
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Interviews
- Meet: John Witherspoon Talks Through The Elegant New Single ‘My Baby’ & Upcoming Album
by Simon Lucas-Hughes - Meet: Ash frontman Tim Wheeler – “If it wasn’t fun and playful, we’d have quit long ago”
by Jim F - Feature: Newton Faulkner – New Shapes, Old Joys, and the Art of Playing
by Huw Williams - Meet: James Lloyd Smith Talks About His Career So Far& The New Single ‘Favourite Colour’
by Simon Lucas-Hughes - Meet: Inside Jordan Laser’s Cinematic Alt-Pop World
by Deb Pelser - Say Psych: Interview: The Dirt
by Le Crowley
more interviews
Features / Playlists
- Meet: We chat to the living legend Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens and solo) about his renewed lease of creativity, the bands and the good old days, ahead of the release of his new album ‘Strawberries’.
by Arun Kendall - Feature: effe releases her debut single, the swirling psychedelic ‘Chokehold’, and a list of her ten favourite things ahead of debut launch.
by Arun Kendall - Meet: From Coffins to Cosmic Fire: Hendriek Bleik’s Electrifying Afrikaans Rebellion
by Deb Pelser
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Live review
- amaranthe, epica, charlotte wessels. o2 apollo, manchester. 23/01/2026
by Phil Pountney - Live Gallery: Soulfly, Nailbomb and Snot turn Sydney’s Enmore Theatre into a pressure chamber of metal 27.01.2026
by Deb Pelser - Live Review + Gallery: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds set fire to the Domain, Sydney, 24 January 2026, supported by the luminescent Aldous Harding
by Arun Kendall - Live Gallery: CMAT returns to Sydney with EURO-COUNTRY at the Enmore Theatre 23.01.2026
by Deb Pelser - Live Gallery: Wheatus celebrate 25 years of their debut at an intimate Sydney gig 20.01.2026
by Deb Pelser - Live Gallery: From The Gnomes to Private Function to Viagra Boys, Chaos Reigns at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 18.01.2026
by Deb Pelser
more live reviews
Film
- News: The life and times of William Arthur and his iconic Sydney band Glide is explored in ‘Disappear Here’, a film by Ben deHoedt.
by Arun Kendall - Film Review: January
by Rob Aldam - Sundance Review: Iron Butterflies
by Rob Aldam - Sundance Review: Slow
by Rob Aldam - Sundance Review: When It Melts
by Rob Aldam - Blu-Ray Review: Villa Rides
by Rob Aldam