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News: Kristin Hersh Announces Intimate Australian Tour For 2026

Kristin Hersh will return to Australia this November for a series of intimate headline shows supporting forthcoming album Sugar On Blackstone, due September 18 via Fire Records. For more than four decades, Hersh…

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Track: Harriet Fahey Channels Pop-Punk Urgency Into New Single ‘Alive’

Harriet Fahey grew up in Bathurst surrounded by country music, but her new single Alive pushes firmly in another direction entirely. Trading twang for sharp-edged indie-pop guitars and pop-punk urgency, Fahey sounds like…

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Track: Sleeping With Sirens Return To Their Heavier Roots On ‘Paralyzed’

Sleeping With Sirens have released surprise new single Paralyzed ahead of forthcoming eighth album An Ending In Itself, due June 12 via Rise Records. Stream Paralyzed HERE. The track pushes the band further back toward…

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Track: Lottie McLeod Announces ‘The Boat House’ EP With Wry New Single

Lottie McLeod writes songs like she’s trying to talk herself through the emotional wreckage in real time. On new single Sunburnt, the she takes the strange humiliation of developing intense feelings for…

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News: The Lazy Eyes Announce Biggest Australian Tour Yet

The Lazy Eyes are heading back on the road this spring with their biggest Australian headline tour to date, announcing a sprawling September-October run in support of forthcoming second album Cheesy Love…

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News: Eddy Current Suppression Ring release latest album, In Light Of Recent Events

It isn’t often that we get truly excited about a new release, but Melbourne’s hugely popular DIY garage-punks, Eddy Current Suppression Ring have dropped their latest long-player, the aptly named…

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News: Queenscliff Music Festival Unveils Huge First Lineup For 2026

Queenscliff Music Festival has unveiled its first 2026 lineup announcement. Returning to the Bellarine Peninsula from November 27 to 29, the coastal institution has assembled a lineup that moves effortlessly between…

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News: Ashanti Announces Huge Australia And New Zealand Return For 2026

Ashanti is heading back to Australia and New Zealand this November, bringing two decades of R&B history, club anthems and early-2000s hits with her on the newly announced Rock Wit U…

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Live Gallery: Mogwai Turn Melbourne’s Forum Into A Wall Of Sound And Emotion 25.05.2026

Backseat Mafia caught the Scottish post-rock legends at Forum Melbourne on Monday night, where the Glasgow four-piece transformed the ornate theatre into a cathedral of distortion, drone and overwhelming emotional release. Formed…

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Track: Tilly Fenton Captures The Chaos Of Modern Romance On New Single

Tilly Fenton understands that the most dangerous love songs rarely sound dangerous at all. On new single I Just Wanna Kiss You, the rising Australian pop artist wraps emotional vulnerability inside glitter-coated…

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