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Live Review + Photo Gallery: Beth Orton at The Odeon Theatre, Hobart 26.04.2024

In her first tour Down Under in 6 years, and following on from an enforced break to bolster her health (the tour having been postponed from November 2023), Beth Orton…

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EP Review: oWo release the powerful, expressive ‘Tunnel of Vision’ ahead of launch date.

Eora/Sydney trio oWo have just unveiled their thrilling new EP ‘Tunnel of Vision’: a visceral collection of vibrant post-punk tracks that quivers with vitality and freshness, mixing a pop sensibility…

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News: Eora/Sydney’s inimitable Marilyn Maria have made you a cathartic ‘Self Help Tape’ and unveil launch date.

With a name that reflects an eternal dichotomy between the sacred and the profane, Eora/Sydney post punk troop Marilyn Maria have released their new fantastic single ‘Self Help Tape’ ahead…

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Album Review: St Vincent Delivers on ‘All Born Screaming’

St. Vincent's 'All Born Screaming,' a rock tour de force that'll have you begging for more.

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Track & News: What’s DIIV Up To? What We (Think We) Know and What Remains a Mystery as They Drop Title Track for Upcoming Album ‘Frog in Boiling Water’

If you haven’t been following closely, DIIV —Andrew Bailey, Colin Caulfield, Ben Newman, and Zachary Cole Smith—have announced their fourth album, ‘Frog in Boiling Water’, which will be released on…

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Live Review and Gallery: Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds with Kim Salmon, The Republic Hotel, Hobart, 24/04/2024

I was with a couple of friends at the iconic Republic Hotel in Hobart who had never seen Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds live before. I felt a…

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News: Girl In Red Is Doing It Again Announces Australian Tour

From Oslo to Oz: Girl in Red 'Doing It Again Baby!' on Australian Shores!

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Track: Tahi’s ‘Wolf Grin’ has a blinding dream pop sparkle as live dates announced.

Tahi are a relatively new phenomena in the southern city of Hobart, but in their short life span so far have released a series of highly impressive and utterly delectable…

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Meet: Music is the vice – we chat to the legendary Kid Congo Powers about danger and excitement and being an alien.

Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds are in the middle of a tour of Australia and I caught up with the irrepressible Kid Congo Powers on the the day…

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Album Review: The ‘Heathen Sound’ of Big League is a deliciously fuzzy onslaught filled with melody and chainsaws.

Much loved here at Backseat Mafia, Naarm/Melbourne band Big League began as a series of lounge-room recordings by husband and wife team Travis (guitar, vocals) & Marie Velthoven (bass) before expanding into a full band…

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