News: Motörhead’s Guitar Legend Phil Campbell Gears Up for Australian Tour
Phil Campbell: The Motörhead Icon Who Refuses to Slow Down
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News: Metal Legend Burton C. Bell Set for Australian Tour in 2025
Burton C. Bell’s Dystopian Hymns to Echo Across Australia This June
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News: TFS Join Fire Records and Celebrate with ‘Goon Show’
TFS Sign to Fire Records, Drop ‘Goon Show’
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EP Review: Street Legal release their debut EP ‘Bruxism’ – an eclectic vibrant synth-driven collection of gems ahead of national tour.
‘Bruxism’ (named after the medical term for teeth grinding) is the debut album from Adelaide band Street Legal, and it is a joyous blast of synth pop fun that blasts…
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Live Review & Gallery: As December Falls Decimates Australian Tour Debut! – The Lansdowne, Eora Land/Sydney, 15.02.25
If you could bottle the feeling of downloading pop-punk anthems off LimeWire and syncing them to a hot pink iPod Nano, As December Falls‘ show at The Lansdowne would be…
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News: The Wombats Release Newest Indie-Rock Treasure ‘Oh! The Ocean’ Ahead of UK/EU and Aus Tours! + Headlining SummerSalt Fest
Two decades in and The Wombats are bigger than ever, playing to massive crowds, dropping fresh records, and bringing in new generations of fans at every turn. Now, they’re jumping…
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EP Review: Power popsters Hexham Heads release dynamic bursts of sunshine in self-titled EP, ahead of launch gigs.
There’s nothing more essential as an antidote to the current dark climes as a burst of radiant power pop from Naarm/Melbourne outfit Hexham Heads. Their self-titled EP, released on the…
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News: The Lemonheads announce 2025 Australian tour performing classic albums ‘It’s A Shame About Ray’ and ‘Come On Feel the Lemonheads’
The legendary The Lemonheads have today announced a 2025 tour of Australia performing their classic albums ‘It’s A Shame About Ray’ and ‘Come On Feel the Lemonheads’ in full for…
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Live Review & Gallery: Tex Perkins & The Beasts Deliver a Raw, Unrelenting Lesson in Rock Manning Bar, Sydney 22.02.2025
Chimers + The Beasts = A Night of Pure Sonic Destruction
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News: Fazerdaze is formally launching the album ‘Soft Power’ with an independently organised gig at the Powerhouse in Auckland.
Last year’s ‘Soft Power’ from Fazerdaze, released through Buttrfly/Virgin Music Group, was for me one of the albums of the year (see my review here). Fazerdaze spent a lot of the…
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