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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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Track: Future Islands mark 20 years with From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth

Anniversaries tend to invite simplification. A neat timeline, a run of highlights, the familiar arc from breakthrough to legacy. Future Islands have never been particularly interested in that kind of…

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News: Suzanne Vega announces Australian tour with career-spanning setlist

Suzanne Vega never needed to raise her voice to be heard. From the outset, her music has operated in a different register, one that favours precision over projection, detail over…

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News: Avatar return to Australia with new album Don’t Go In The Forest

Avatar have always understood that metal thrives on immersion. Not just volume or velocity, but atmosphere, the sense that stepping into their world requires a degree of surrender. With their…

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News: Jungle announce 2027 Australian arena tour alongside new album Sunshine

Jungle have spent the past decade refining a sound that feels engineered for movement, somewhere between precision and release, built as much for the body as for the ear. With…

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Track: Courtney Barnett returns with ‘One Thing at a Time’ ahead of Creature of Habit

Courtney Barnett has always written like someone thinking in real time, circling a feeling until it settles or fractures. On “One Thing at a Time,” that process feels more exposed…

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News: 28 Days celebrate 30 years with national tour

Some bands arrive tied to a moment. Others outlast it. For 28 Days, the late ’90s and early 2000s might have been the ignition point, but it never quite defined…

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News: Brad Cox revs up for regional run with ‘Mack Truck’ tour

Brad Cox has always framed country music as something lived rather than performed. His songs tend to arrive with the dust still on them, shaped by distance, routine and the…

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News: Francois van Coke’s first solo decade captured in Happy en Lucky documentary

There’s a difference between how an artist sees themselves and how they’re seen by the people who orbit them. Happy en Lucky, a short-form documentary chronicling the first ten years of…

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