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News: Gorillaz unveil ambitious animated short film as ‘The Mountain’ launches new era

For a band that has spent more than two decades blurring the line between cartoon fantasy and pop reality, Gorillaz somehow still find new ways to stretch their universe. Created by Damon…

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Live Gallery: Sparks Bring Their Singular Universe To Vivid LIVE In Sydney 25.05.2026

More than half a century into a career that has repeatedly dodged nostalgia’s trapdoor, Sparks arrive at Vivid LIVE looking like the blueprint for every eccentric pop act that followed them. Returning…

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News: Ocean Grove Bring The Oddworld Home With Massive 2026 Australian Tour

Ocean Grove are bringing the Oddworld back home. After several years spent tearing through Europe, supporting arena-sized tours and steadily mutating into one of Australian heavy music’s most unpredictable forces, the…

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Track: The Pretty Reckless Announce Their Most Vulnerable Album Yet

The Pretty Reckless are pushing deeper into the shadows on new single Dear God, the title track from their forthcoming fifth album, due June 26 via Fearless Records. Led by Taylor Momsen’s towering vocal…

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Live Gallery: Earl Sweatshirt And MIKE Make Their Sydney Opera House Debuts At Vivid LIVE 24.05.2026

Rain drifts across Circular Quay in fine sheets again tonight, turning the stone walkways around the Sydney Opera House slick and reflective beneath the saturated glow of Vivid Sydney. Ferries cut through the…

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Album Review: Looking For People To Unfollow Finds Ecca Vandal Refusing Every Genre Boundary

When Ecca Vandal released her self-titled debut in 2017, it felt like somebody had kicked a hole through the polite boundaries of Australian alternative music. Hip-hop, punk, electronica, metal and pop all…

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Track: Jake Hoskins Returns With Reflective Indie Rock Single ‘Smoke and Mirrors’

Jake Hoskins‘ new single arrives wrapped in warm indie-rock textures and easygoing melodies, but underneath sits a quieter frustration with performance, image and the exhausting cycle of external validation that…

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Live Gallery: KT Tunstall Revisits Eye To The Telescope At Sydney’s Metro Theatre 23.05.2026

There’s a warmth inside the Metro Theatre tonight. Diehard fans and visibly excited newcomers fill the room long before KT Tunstall even walks onstage. More than twenty years on from the release of Eye…

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Live Gallery: Catch Your Breath Made A Strong Australian Debut In Melbourne at 170 Russell 21.05.2026

Backseat Mafia was grateful to be inside 170 Russell to capture Catch Your Breath on the Melbourne stop of their debut Australian tour. The Texas melodic rock outfit brought the kind of tightly…

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Track: Kelsey Lu Shares New Single ‘Comfort’ Ahead Of Long-Awaited Album

Across her work, Kelsey Lu’s music tends to operate as part of a wider emotional and visual language, where atmosphere carries as much meaning as lyrics themselves. New single ‘Comfort’,…

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