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News: underscores announces Australian theatre shows with umru this December

San Francisco pop auteur underscores is heading back to Australia this December, bringing the restless world of her third album U to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne for three headline theatre…

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News: The Wallflowers announce first-ever Australian tour celebrating 30 years of ‘Bringing Down the Horse’

Thirty years after Bringing Down the Horse turned The Wallflowers into one of the defining American rock bands of the ’90s, Jakob Dylan and company are finally heading to Australia.…

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News: Castaway Festival announces Hilltop Hoods, Violent Soho, Amy Shark and more

Castaway Festival is back for another Australian summer, and its 2026/2027 edition is putting local music front and centre. Hilltop Hoods, Violent Soho and Amy Shark lead a seven-act bill…

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News: Rise Against, Wolf Alice, James Blake and more announced for Sydney Opera House On The Steps 2026

Sydney Opera House is throwing open the Forecourt again this December, with the first wave of On The Steps 2026 revealing a lineup that jumps gleefully between punk, indie, electronic…

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Premiere: Al Carr Finds His ‘Saving Grace’ in a Shimmering Jingle-Jangle Gem ahead of new album ‘Colour to the Flame’

We are very pleased to premiere the the new track ‘Saving Grace’ from Castlemaine’s Al Carr, taken from his new album ‘Colour To The Flame’ due out in November. ‘Saving…

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Album Review: Meanjin/Brisbane’s Ancient Channels electrify the darkness with the barbed-wire dream pop of ‘Static Spirit’

Ancient Channels are a supergroup of sorts, consisting of members from the myriad of talented bands operating in Meanjin/Brisbane( including Terra Pines, Apparitions, and Deafcult), many of whom have been enthusiastically…

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Live Gallery: Alex Lahey celebrates 10 years of ‘B-Grade University’ with Retail Therapy and Suzi at Sydney’s Manning Bar 22.08.2026

It was only last night that Manning Bar was being pummelled by Psycroptic and Rivers of Nihil. Tonight, the room has undergone a fairly dramatic personality transplant. The death metal…

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Live Gallery: Psycroptic and Rivers of Nihil bring metal mayhem to Sydney’s Manning Bar 21.08.2026

Sydney’s Manning Bar is built for nights like this. Low ceiling, hard surfaces, nowhere much for the sound to escape and, tonight, four bands with absolutely no intention of treating…

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News: Holly Humberstone announces biggest Australian headline shows yet for 2027

Holly Humberstone is heading back to Australia in 2027, stepping into the biggest Australian headline rooms of her career following the release of second album Cruel World. The British singer-songwriter…

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News: Surprise Chef announce fifth album ‘Frogs In A Pond’ and Australian shows

Surprise Chef have spent the best part of a decade making instrumental music that feels as though it should come with opening credits. On their fifth album, Frogs In A…

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