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EP Review: Adelaide’s Oscar The Wild are a little ‘Blue’ as they release their epic second EP.

Kaurna/Adelaide’s Oscar The Wild deliver a vibrant, expressive brand of indie pop, threaded through with a steely spine and soaring melodies. They have just released their new EP entitled ‘Blue’…

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Live Review & Gallery: DIIV’s ‘Frog in Boiling Water’ Tour Brings Beautiful, Glorious Grit to Vivid – Eora Land/Sydney, 13.06.25

Touring ‘Frog in Boiling Water‘, their first album in five years, DIIV brought their thick, slow-dripping sound to life with a set that doubled as a collage of cult consumerism,…

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News: Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory announce Australian tour to support self-titled debut album.

Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory attracted our attention earlier this year with the release of their self-titled debut album (see our review here). It represented a whole new…

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News: Rock Icon Lenny Kravitz Announces Blue Electric Light Tour 2025

JET fuel + Kravitz heat = one hell of a tour

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Live Review + Photo Gallery: Dark Mofo Festival – Show Me The Body deliver incendiary set at The Odeon Theatre, Hobart 12.06.2025

A large crowd witnessed New York’s hardcore punk outfit, Show Me The Body (SMTB) take to the stage as part of the return of Hobart’s world class festival, Dark Mofo…

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Live Gallery: Moktar Brings Club Heat and Cultural Firepower to Carriageworks 14.06.2025

Moktar at Carriageworks = dancefloor liberation on Gadigal land.

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Track: ‘BYE BYE 25!’: Kim Gordon Fights Back With Fierce Political Remix

ADVOCATE. CLIMATE CHANGE. FEMALE. HISPANIC. IMMIGRANTS. INTERSEX. MALE-DOMINATED. MENTAL HEALTH. NON-CONFORMING. TRAUMA. UTERUS. VICTIM. WOMEN. Kim Gordon reads them like a warning siren in ‘BYE BYE 25!’.

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News: Stereophonics Plot Return to Australia with Career-Spanning 2025 Tour

30 years, 10 million albums, endless anthems—Stereophonics return to Australian stages.

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Live Review + Gallery: Dark Mofo Festival – Crime & the City Solution make an exclusive and evocative mid winter trip to the Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 13 June 2025

Crime & the City Solution‘s recent live performances have been a testament to their enduring relevance and artistic evolution. Fronted by Simon Bonney, the band has seamlessly blended their post-punk…

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