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News: Suede return to Australia after 28 years for three Sydney Opera House shows

It has been a very long wait. Suede are returning to Australia for the first time since 1999, and they are making up for lost time with three nights at…

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Live Gallery: The Cribs make a noisy return to Sydney after eight years away 05.10.2026

Eight years is a long time between Australian tours, but The Cribs are finally back in Sydney. Tonight the Factory Theatre belongs to Gary, Ryan and Ross Jarman, three brothers…

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Live Review plus Gallery: Underground Lovers with Amaya Laucirica, The Corner Hotel, Melbourne, 4 October 2026

There was a delicious meeting of two icons this Sunday late afternoon in Melbourne. The venerable Corner Hotel celebrated its thirty years – no small feat surviving in the cut…

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Live Gallery: Nouvelle Vague turn the Metro Theatre into a French new wave playground 3.10.2026

There is a neat bit of symmetry to tonight at the Metro even before Nouvelle Vague appear. Australian singer-songwriter Nadéah opens the show, but she is hardly a stranger to…

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Live Gallery: Amelie Farren, Lilith Max and Rabbitology at Off Broadway in St Louis 2.10.2026

Three headliners, one packed room and an audience that seemed to know every word. Amelie Farren, Lilith Max and Rabbitology brought their triple-headlining tour to Off Broadway in St Louis…

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Live Review & Gallery: Noah Kahan takes over Sydney’s Afterpay Arena on The Great Divide World Tour 02.10.2026

A countdown ticks across the enormous screen at Afterpay Arena as insects crawl through the visuals and roadies get busy building a house onstage. It has a porch and front…

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Track: Radio Free Alice recruit Rachel Brown for new single ‘Big Ideas’

Radio Free Alice are moving quickly. The Naarm/Melbourne post-punk outfit have released Big Ideas, a wiry new collaboration with Water From Your Eyes vocalist Rachel Brown and the latest cut…

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Live Review & Gallery: Conan Gray brings the ‘Wishbone’ era to Sydney’s Afterpay Arena 01.10.2026

There are sailor suits everywhere. Thousands of them. Sydney’s Afterpay Arena looks briefly as though it has been commandeered by a particularly emotional navy, while down the front one guy…

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News: Rex Orange County announces ‘Dream Fatigue’ and drops ‘Grandma Song’

Rex Orange County is stepping out of isolation and into considerably more crowded territory on Dream Fatigue, his new album arriving November 6 via AWAL. The British artist has assembled…

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Track: Daisy Pring steps into a bolder new era with ‘TAKE FLIGHT’

South Coast pop artist Daisy Pring is stepping into a bolder version of herself on TAKE FLIGHT, a slick collision of pop and R&B that opens the door on her…

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