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News: SOMBR announces Australian and New Zealand arena tour for April 2027

SOMBR is heading back to Australia and New Zealand in April 2027, and the rooms have become considerably bigger. The New York singer-songwriter will bring his ‘You Are The Reason…

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News: DRAIN announce Australian headline tour for February 2027

Anyone who caught DRAIN at New Bloom Fest in 2025 will already have a fairly good idea of what Australia is in for next February. Stage dives, flying bodies, gang…

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News: NOFX soundtrack their own unruly history on new double album

NOFX have released ‘40 Years of F*ckin’ Up: Soundtrack + Score’ digitally, accompanying a documentary that charts four decades of one of punk rock’s most stubbornly independent careers. The collection…

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Premiere: Chris Masuak’s Dog Soldier exclusively unveil video for ‘The Shiny Side’ as former Radio Birdman guitarist locks in East Coast dates for ‘The Shiny Side Tour’

Chris ‘Klondike’ Masuak doesn’t do things by halves, and neither does the title track of his self-titled album with Dog Soldier. Backseat Mafia is thrilled to premiere the video for…

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News: Field Day 2027 announces Major Lazer, Sub Focus and huge New Year’s Day lineup

Field Day is returning to The Domain on New Year’s Day 2027, with Major Lazer, Sub Focus and a still-secret second headliner sitting at the top of a lineup stretching…

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News: Green Velvet brings Chicago house to Sydney Harbour for THE POINT

Sydney Harbour is getting a serious dose of Chicago house this spring, with Green Velvet announced as the latest artist to take over THE POINT, Fuzzy’s open-air music series at…

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News: Haast Hunter release debut album ‘Plastique’ alongside ‘Chrysalis’ video

New Zealand heavy outfit Haast Hunter have released their debut album ‘Plastique’, a record that pushes the quartet’s collision of heavy riffs, electronics and melody into an ambitious dystopian narrative.…

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News: Tara Clerkin Trio announce Australian headline debut at Sydney Opera House

Tara Clerkin Trio will make their Australian headline debut this summer, bringing the strange, spacious world of their acclaimed second album ‘Somewhere Good’ to the Sydney Opera House’s Utzon Room…

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Premiere: ‘Bad News Travels Fast’ – The Psychotic Turnbuckles are back wrestling in the ring after 32 years, and it’s a slam dunk.

In the congested gig listings of the late eighties in Sydney, the Psychotic Turnbuckles were frequent visitors with their wrestling tropes, outrageous wigs and a larrikin sense of humour –…

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Live Review + Photo Galleries: Boy & Bear bring their timeless beauty to The Odeon, Hobart 28.08.2026

It is a Friday evening in Hobart, and Boy & Bear are bringing their Tripping Over Time Regional Tour to town. Steeped in songs not only from 2025’s Tripping Over…

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