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News: The legendary The Church announce resumption of normal services, with US tour announcement.

The magnificent The Church have announced the resumption of normal services with the announcement of new dates for a US tour. Originally set to celebrate 40 years of music in…

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Track: WA’s Pretty Uglys release the kaleidoscopic ‘Situation City’ and announce tour.

There’s a rumour that Western Australia churns out these talented bands in factories, and they certainly don’t believe in overproduction. Off the back of last year’s sophomore EP ‘Party Friends’,…

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News: Melbourne’s pop punk troubador Luke Seymoup announces new album ‘Tales of Suburban Angst’ and releases the effervescent single ‘Paint’ as a taste of what’s to come.

Luke Seymoup is a veritable institution in the world of Melbourne indie, punk and ska, backed by his band affectionately known as the Moup Group. He today announces the release…

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Album Review: Pretty City sign out for now with a magnificent and brilliant album ‘Out The Inside’

Years of touring and personal demons rent Melbourne band Pretty City and tore them apart, but despite the trauma and challenges, the band collectively agreed to release their final collection…

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Track: The inimitable Johnny Hunter confront toxic masculinity in their new brilliant single ‘Cry Like A Man’.

In my humble opinion, Johnny Hunter, now signed to Cooking Vinyl Australia, are one of the most exciting bands in Australia at the moment – one we have been following…

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Track: Adelaide’s George Alice releases the cathartic ‘Hold On’ and announces tour dates.

George Alice, the artist from Adelaide who won Triple J Unearthed in 2019, with ‘Circles’ is backwith a new release. Her latest single, ‘Hold On’ was written back in 2019,…

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EP: The implausible combination of Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba release ‘Cordi Elba’: a veritable sunshine-filled aural tonic for the troops.

I don’t know about you, but the past two years have been pretty awful, what with pandemics and blighted putrescent politicians injecting that little extra layer of pain with their…

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News: The Teskey Brothers and Emma Donovan cover Archie Roach’s ‘Get Back to the Land’: East Coast tour kicks off this weekend

Those brothers in blues The Teskey Brothers have started the new year with a wonderfully soulful rendition of Archie Roach’s 2016 single, Get Back To The Land, featuring acclaimed singer-songwriter…

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News: Methyl Ethel announces new album ‘Are You Haunted?’ for 18 February 2022 and parades swinging new single ‘Proof feat. Stella Donnelly’.

Western Australian’s Methyl Ethel (the project of Jake Webb) has today announced the release of their new album ‘Are You Haunted?’ for 18 February 2022 via their new label home, Future…

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News: New Zealand’s Yumi Zouma announce their fourth album ‘Present Tense’ with the unveiling of effervescent new track ‘In The Eyes Of Our Love’ and news of North American tour.

New Zealand pop merchants extraordinaire Yumi Zouma have today announced the release of their fourth album ‘Present Tense’ via Polyvinyl Records and PIAS Australia on 18 March 2022. To whet our…

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