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New releases from Australia and New Zealand

News: GANGgajang set to headline Nimbin Roots Festival in October 2024

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Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne Twin Sisters, Idol Minds, Enchant with ‘Needed You’ – A Mystical Odyssey Through the Intricacies of Love

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Live Gallery: Warpaint at the Oxford Art Factory 23.10.2023

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Without any hint of fanfare or warning, the dark lords of southern shoegaze Dvrkworld have snuck out a new single ‘Stimulation’. An electrical crackle and slamming drums over a bed of feedback introduce a visceral wall of noise that looms like a tsunami, before the louche, distant Antarctic vocals enter the sonic fray. It’s heady …

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Over the last decade, Charlie Clark‘s professional and personal life has undergone drama, tragedy and chaos as stormy and relentless as the oceans off his native Scotland. And yet throughout the vicissitudes of life, his songwriting has remained as authentic and brilliant as ever from his early days in Astrid and throughout his later solo …

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Wolf Alice

Wolf Alice will return to Australia in December 2026 for a one-night-only Live at the Gardens show in Melbourne, alongside a national headline tour taking in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

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Blondshell

Blondshell’s Factory Theatre show in Sydney delivers a tightly focused set confirming why Sabrina Mae Teitelbaum has become one of indie rock’s most closely watched voices

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The Jackets

Swiss garage psych punks The Jackets will release Essentials this March, a sharp distillation of their 18-year history, arriving ahead of their long-awaited first Australian and New Zealand tour.

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Baxter Dury

Baxter Dury will return to Australia & NZ in 2026 with his Allbarone Tour, bringing his most melodically direct and stripped-back album yet to local stages.

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Mitski

Mitski will return to Australia for the first time since 2019, announcing four exclusive Vivid LIVE performances at Sydney Opera House this May, coinciding with the release of her new album Nothing’s About to Happen to Me.

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Flyn Gurry

With new single Bones and an EP on the way, Flynn Gurry steps into a more measured creative phase, pairing folk-pop craft with reflection and taking the songs on the road from March.

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Balu Brigada

After a breakthrough year and a debut album shaped across continents, Balu Brigada are bringing Portal back to Australian stages this May and June, armed with festival-ready hooks and introspective pop ambition.

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Descendents

Three decades after Everything Sucks first bottled punk frustration into two-minute bursts, Descendents are bringing the album back to Australia and New Zealand. Expect anniversary anthems, deep cuts and the blunt emotional clarity that’s kept the band vital since 1978.

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