News: Train Return to Australia After 8-Year Hiatus
Train kick off Australian Tour With KT Tunstall and Lifehouse’s Jason Wade in Tow
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News: Sydney’s Jet City Sports Club Set Dates for First-Ever Headline Tour
From the support slot to the spotlight — Jet City Sports Club step into their moment
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News: Post-Y2K Panic Never Sounded So Good: Ninajirachi Drops ‘F*ck My Computer’
Electroclash revival starts here: Ninajirachi’s ‘F*ck My Computer’ is out now
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News: ‘Cathode Ray’ Is Folk Bitch Trio’s Gnarled Ode to Screen Burnout and Emotional Static
If there’s any justice in the algorithm or the universe, Folk Bitch Trio are destined to be the voice of a generation too smart to stay quiet.
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News: G Flip Gallops Into a New Era With Glitter-Soaked Banger ‘Disco Cowgirl’
G Flip enters their Disco Cowgirl era and it’s pure pop perfection.
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News: Sam Fender Announces Massive 2025 Australian Tour with Holly Humberstone
Sam Fender + Holly Humberstone = an unmissable night under Australian skies.
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Track: The Petrov Affair make a welcome return with the silken melancholy of ‘White Out’, with launch date announced.
There is a crystalline delicacy to the new single ‘White Out’ from the enigmatic The Petrov Affair who make a welcome return after an absence of a few years. The…
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Track: ‘This City’ – prodigious new talent ixaras releases a vibrant, exhilarating new single.
Meanjin/Brisbane-based DIY artist ixaras has just released a single ‘This City’ and indications are this is a prodigious rising talent. Using percussion, digeridoo and thundering synths, ‘My City’ is a vibrant slice…
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Live Review + Photo Galleries: Bluesfest Byron Bay turns it on during first day of festival
It was great to get back amongst a full-blown festival once again, and Bluesfest delivered in spades as the Thursday saw huge crowds in attendance. As always, the festival begins…
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Live Review & Gallery: LANDMVRKS Get Loud and Stay Loud at Metro Theatre For Their Australian Debut – Eora Land/Sydney, 10.05.25
French metalcore outfit LANDMVRKS didn’t need to bother with dramatics when they hit the stage at the sold-out Metro Theatre over the weekend. As part of their Australian debut, they…
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