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News: Escape The Fate return to Australia with The Word Alive for June tour

This June, Escape The Fate return to Australia not as a band still operating at full throttle, bringing two decades of hard rock muscle back into rooms that have been waiting far…

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News: Sunk Loto return with new single ‘Dead Shadows’ and intimate August shows

here’s a particular kind of return that doesn’t rely on nostalgia so much as it destabilises it. Sunk Loto’s re-emergence has carried that energy since 2022, not a reunion framed as revival,…

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Track: Warmer (solo project of Sydney singer-songwriter John Encarnação) goes on a ‘Pitchfork Barndance (feat Dave Carter)’

Sydney singer-songwriter John Encarnação is a pillar of the indie music scene in Australia, known for his involvement in one of our favorite institutions The Nature Strip. Under the guise…

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Track: Luk45 blurs genre lines on introspective new track ‘Candles!’

At its core, “Candles!” is a hip hop track, but it doesn’t sit comfortably in any one genre. It drifts between indie, lo-fi pop, and alternative R&B, creating something that…

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Track: ‘Labour Of My Love’ sees For Nina refine their quiet intensity

There’s a quiet kind of confidence that doesn’t announce itself, it just settles in and refuses to leave. On ‘Labour Of My Love’, Dublin trio For Nina lean into that space, returning with…

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Track: Jorja Smith delivers cinematic new single ‘Price Of It All’ for Bait soundtrack

There’s a certain kind of song that doesn’t just soundtrack a story but inhabits it, threading itself through the cracks of a character’s unraveling. On ‘Price Of It All’, Jorja Smith leans into…

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Track: ‘I Have Always Loved You’ sees Freya Ridings at her most exposed and assured

There’s a moment in every artist’s arc where reinvention stops being aesthetic and starts becoming survival. On Mother Of Pearl, Freya Ridings arrives at exactly that point, emerging not polished but forged. Announced…

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Track: Lykke Li sharpens her sound on haunting new track ‘Knife In The Heart’

There’s a particular kind of pop song that doesn’t so much arrive as it seeps in, slow and inevitable, like a bruise blooming under the skin. With ‘Knife In The Heart’,…

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News: Lil’ Kim, Ella Mai and Alison Wonderland lead Carriageworks’ stacked Vivid Sydney takeover

Vivid Sydney has always had its neon-lit spine, but in 2026, Carriageworks becomes its beating industrial heart. Across three weekends, the cavernous precinct transforms into a collision point for hip…

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Track: ‘An Absent Lover’ finds Davey Lane stepping outside his comfort zone

Some collaborations feel inevitable. Others arrive sideways, built from instinct rather than intention. ‘An Absent Lover’ falls firmly into the latter, a track that began as a loose idea during…

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