Music
News: AC/DC announce long-awaited Australian tour for 2025: Thunderstruck returns home
Sydney to Brisbane — AC/DC’s rock juggernaut is rolling home
Album Review: I Am Fya – ‘Homeland’: A future dub, avant pop, deep searching story that makes for vivid listening.
Manchester’s I Am Fya’s new audio-visual album ‘Homeland’ is a project that’s been evolving for some time. She swaggered into the electronic, avant-pop arena with the punchy ‘A Womxn’ debut in 2019, a dark dub, twitchy glitch, post-mod RnB drill down into socio-sexual dynamics. It was some announcement followed up by a string of forceful …
NEWS: TRAMLINES 2025 PREVIEW
Tramlines 2025 – Sheffield’s Big Weekender Returns With Pulp, Kasabian, Reytons and More Hillsborough Park, Sheffield | 25–27 July 2025 Sheffield’s biggest music weekender returns this summer with Tramlines Festival 2025 shaping up to be one of the most anticipated yet. Running from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th July, the lineup is bursting with hometown …
Live Review + Photo Galleries: Dark Mofo Festival – The Peep Tempel at Altar Bar, Hobart 15.06.2025
There is something about Dark Mofo’s ability to bring together some of the most amazing artists that many people have never heard of that has almost certainly become a trademark of the festival. …..and so it was on the Sunday when Melbourne punk rock outfit, The Peep Tempel were ably supported by Hobart’s own post-punk …
Live Review + Gallery: Jet Ski / Dead Pony / Twin Atlantic, The Leadmill, Sheffield, 17 June 2025
It was a night heavy with adrenaline and nostalgia at The Leadmill on 17 June—one of the final shows before the venue closes its doors on 28 June 2025. Three exceptional bands—Jet Ski, Dead Pony, and Twin Atlantic—delivered blistering sets, fully aware this would be their last chance to perform at the beloved Sheffield institution. …
Album Review: New Mexico’s Tan Cologne beam in an extraterrestrial shimmering dream fugue with their new album ‘Unknown Beyond’
New Mexican duo Tan Cologne has just finished supporting the magnificent Trentemøller on their European tour, and they have now released their third studio album ‘Unknown Beyond’ via Labrador Records. ‘Unknown Beyond’ is less a collection of songs and more of an evolving dream state that takes you up into the skies and leaves you in a fugue. There has …
Live Gallery: Fear Factory Frontman Returns with a Vengeance at the Factory Theatre
Fear Factory’s legacy lives loud – and louder – in Sydney’s Factory Theatre.
News: Danny G Felix Returns With Apocalyptic New Album ‘End of Now’
After months of teasing and anticipation, multi-instrumentalist and composer-producer Danny G Felix has released his long-awaited new album, End of Now. The 10-track album is a vivid tapestry of experimental sounds, blending choppy electronic backbeats with lush melodic phrasing. Felix, known for his genre-defying approach and intricate arrangements, brings a rich sense of storytelling to the …
Single review: Hunting Season – Newton Faulkner (feat. Lissie & Los Bitchos)
Newton Faulkner’s new single Hunting Season, builds on his recent work, exploring sound and texture in his music to produce some ground-breaking stuff. On the face of it, there’s a lot going on in this collaboration. Three artists that have very distinctive sounds and rhythm to their output, but what we get is a perfect …
News: Sydney’s SXSW makes a major announcement on the 2025 program, including local icon Holly Hebe, with tickets on sale now.
The Sydney transplant of the iconic SWXW Festival continues to gather life and momentum after two successful years with the preliminary announcement of the program for 2025. With 62 new international and domestic artists (including our much beloved Holly Hebe) and a host of new speakers joining the lineup, along with the reveal of the …