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Track: The Night Packers relive a footy day like no other on ‘Cumberland Oval 1975’

It’s not every day a post-punk band writes a footy song, and rarer still that they do it as a first-person, spoken-word true story rather than a terrace singalong. The…

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News: Sawyer Hill Announces Billy Vincent as Special Guest on the Everybody’s Home, Nobody’s Happy Tour

Sawyer Hill is heading to Australia for the first time, with the Arkansas indie-rocker bringing his Everybody’s Home, Nobody’s Happy Tour down under in February 2027. The Australian dates form part of…

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Album Review: Marlophone’s debut– ‘Remembered Adventures in Widescale’ is a stunning cinematic debut

Ten years from now, when someone asks what the Marrickville Sound actually was, point them here. Patrick Haid spent a decade and a half fronting Key Out, a band that…

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Track: SHANI arrives with purpose on high-energy debut ‘YALANJI GIRL’

First Nations rapper, songwriter and storyteller SHANI makes her debut with ‘YALANJI GIRL’, a high-energy introduction that puts culture, identity and lyrical confidence firmly at its centre. Released today, ‘YALANJI GIRL’ is SHANI’s…

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News: Paul Kelly leads BIGSOUND’s massive 25th anniversary program

For 25 years, BIGSOUND has operated as both a meeting place for the Australian music industry and a glimpse at what might come next. This September, the conference and showcase…

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News: Baby Keem brings ‘The Ca$ino Tour’ to Australia this December

Baby Keem is heading back to Australia this December, bringing The Ca$ino Tour to Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney following a run of sold-out North American shows. The tour arrives with Keem firmly…

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Track: Claud raises a glass to community on new single ‘She Doesn’t Love Me’

Claud has announced their third studio album, Me and the Music, due October 23 via Dead Oceans, and shared its driving first single ‘She Doesn’t Love Me’. Stream it HERE. The…

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News: VTSS brings her high-velocity techno to Sydney this November

Polish DJ and producer VTSS is heading to Sydney this November, bringing her headline show to Plaza Hotel for one night of high-speed electronic music. Born Martyna Maja in Warsaw, VTSS has built her…

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News: Meredith Music Festival unveils eclectic 2026 lineup

The Meredith Music Festival has revealed its 2026 lineup, with Dijon, The Dandy Warhols, Hiatus Kaiyote, Fcukers, Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Killing Heidi among the artists heading to the Meredith Supernatural…

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News: Angine de Poitrine’s wonderfully strange rise continues with sold-out US tour & UK and EU to follow

Quebec microtonal duo Angine de Poitrine are having the sort of year that makes the phrase “cult band” increasingly difficult to apply. Fresh from their US live debut at the…

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