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Track: Jet’s Nic Cester Joins Måneskin’s Thomas Raggi and Tom Morello for High-Voltage New Single ‘Getcha!’
Nic Cester joins forces with Thomas Raggi, Tom Morello, Beck and Chad Smith on the powerhouse new single ‘Getcha!’, taken from Raggi’s debut album Masquerade. After a massive Australian tour with Lenny Kravitz, the Jet frontman steps boldly into a fresh creative chapter.
Live Gallery: Heat, Blood and Holy Noise: Good Things 2025 Burns Sydney Alive
Good Things 2025 arrives in Sydney like a heat-stricken carnival, pushing thousands of fans through a day of blistering sets from Garbage, Refused, Wargasm, Fever 333, Weezer, and Tool. From GWAR’s blood-spray theatrics to Shirley Manson’s searing stage presence and Maynard’s shadow-lurking mystique, the festival turns Olympic Park into a furnace of sound, sweat and defiance.
Live Review & Gallery: Lewis Capaldi Returns to Australia Bringing Tears and Triumph to Qudos Bank Arena – Eora Land/Sydney, 06.12.25
Eight years ago, Lewis Capaldi performed to a room of no more than 500 at Oxford Art Factory in Sydney’s CBD. (Funnily enough, just the night before, another young artist from across the pond known as YUNGBLUD had taken to that same stage). By 2020, Capaldi had graduated to playing for 5,000 fans at Hordern …
News: Tokyo Indie Breakouts DYGL Announce First Australian Tour
Tokyo indie outfit DYGL will make their long-awaited Australian debut in January 2026, bringing their sharp hooks, global pedigree and new album Who’s In The House to East Coast stages.
News: Faithless Confirm First Australian Tour in 15 Years
Faithless will return to Australia in 2026 for their first shows in 15 years, bringing their influential fusion of house, trip-hop and dub to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
News: Crowdfunded and Independent, Second Idol Release Their Debut Album Mongrel
Second Idol today release their debut album Mongrel through Gloomshift Records, a project that explores identity, culture and belonging while solidifying the band’s distinctive place in Australia’s alternative scene.
Track: Eora’s DOWNGIRL Drop ‘CPR’, Confronting Safety and Power in Punk Spaces
DOWNGIRL’s new single ‘CPR’ transforms a frightening night into a stark, tightly-focused punk release, confronting the conditions that make live spaces unsafe for women while reclaiming power through community and queer solidarity.
News: A Day To Remember and Papa Roach Announce 2026 Arena Tour
A Day To Remember and Papa Roach will team up for the Big Rock Tour in April 2026, a six-city arena run across Australia and New Zealand with Landmvrks joining as special guests.
Live Gallery: Justice Transform Qudos Bank Arena With a Fierce, Elegant Visual Spectacle 3.12.2025
Before a single note was played last night, Qudos Bank Arena felt like it was slowly shifting into focus. The space filled in waves, with people finding their seats or drifting toward the floor, talking quietly as coloured lights swept across the crowd. The room’s size gave everything a sense of distance; you could feel …
EP Review: Sydney-raised, Tokyo-based artist Joey Sachi unveils the luminescent and silky tones of EP ‘Rise’.
Sydney-raised, Tokyo-based artist Joey Sachi has caught our attention with a series of mesmerising singles released over the last few years, including honouring us with the premiere of her debut single ‘Fractured’ back in 2023. She has now collected two of these singles in an EP entitled ‘Rise’ with additional unheard material, and, continuing to …