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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News: The Angels mark 50 years of ‘Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again’ with national tour
There are songs that belong to bands, and then there are songs that get claimed by the crowd. Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again crossed that line a long time…
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News: Bad//Dreems bow out on their own terms with Ultra Dundee and indefinite hiatus
Bad//Dreems never chased the spotlight so much as they rewired it. From the beginning, theirs was a version of Australian rock that didn’t romanticise the pub floor so much as…
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Track: Robyn rewrites herself on ‘Blow My Mind,’ turning pop memory into something more volatile
Pop rarely permits revision. Once a song is released, it calcifies into its most recognisable form, fixed in the cultural bloodstream. Robyn has never quite adhered to that logic. With…
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News: St. Vincent captures Royal Albert Hall performance on Live in London!
At the Royal Albert Hall, scale tends to do the talking. But on Live in London!, it’s not just the size of the room or the sweep of the orchestra that…
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News: The Pogues confirm Australian tour with new Brisbane show added
Some records don’t just endure, they linger in the margins, shaping everything that comes after. For The Pogues, Rum, Sodomy & the Lash remains that kind of presence. Now, four decades on,…
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News: The Black Crowes add second Sydney show amid surging demand
Some bands arrive with history behind them. Others carry it like momentum. For The Black Crowes, the distinction has always blurred. Now, with demand pushing their Australian return further, the…
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News: Two Door Cinema Club bring Tourist History anniversary shows to Australia with The Vaccines
Some records don’t just define a moment, they quietly map the years that follow. For Two Door Cinema Club, Tourist History has long existed in that space, an album that moved from…
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