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Album Review: Phoebe Bridgers Faces Love, Loss and Finality on ‘Lost Weekend’

Six years is a long time to disappear from your own solo career. Phoebe Bridgers returns with Lost Weekend, an album produced with a team including Jack Antonoff, Alex G,…

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News: Mick Harvey and Amanda Acevedo confirm September release for new album ‘Psychedelia in White’ with second single ‘Song For Aurora

Mick Harvey and Amanda Acevedo have confirmed 4 September as the release date for their third album together, ‘Psychedelia in White’, out through Mute Records. The record follows on from…

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Track: Troye Sivan announces fourth album ‘She’s the Best’ with new title track

Troye Sivan has kicked off his next chapter with ‘She’s the Best’, the title track from his newly announced fourth studio album, due October 9. The new single arrives with…

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Album Review: The Low Priorities put powerful pop perfection at the top of their list with extraordinary debut ‘Dice’

If you were ever to look up the meaning of power pop in a decent thesaurus or in Wikipedia, then in any accurate discussion, The Low Priorities would rate a…

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News: Portugal. The Man announce Australian tour for October 2026

Portugal. The Man are heading back to Australia this October, with the Alaskan rock outfit locking in headline shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as part of The Denali Tour.…

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Track: Sheryl Crow returns with ‘Pick You Up’, her 12th studio album

More than three decades after ‘All I Wanna Do’ helped turn Sheryl Crow into one of the defining American songwriters of the ’90s, she is returning with her 12th studio…

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Track: Sophia Stel captures a whirlwind six months on ‘Now I’ve Got A Lot You Know’

Sophia Stel has released new single ‘Now I’ve Got A Lot You Know’, continuing a year in which the Vancouver artist seems to have been everywhere from Los Angeles stages…

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News: Phoebe Bridgers releases new album, ‘Lost Weekend’ and surreal ‘I Can’t Wait’ video

Phoebe Bridgers has released a new video for ‘I Can’t Wait’, arriving alongside her long-awaited third album Lost Weekend, out now via Dead Oceans. Read our review of Lost Weekend HERE.…

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News: Vespera went quiet without breaking up. Five years later, they’re back

There was no farewell post, no final show and no grand announcement that Vespera were calling it quits. The American alternative heavy trio simply disappeared. Five years later, they’re back,…

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Track: Saltwound drop ‘Pound of Flesh’ featuring Mugshot’s Ringo Waterman

Sacramento deathcore outfit Saltwound are back with ‘Pound of Flesh’, a standalone single featuring Ringo Waterman of fellow California heavyweights Mugshot. Released via SharpTone Records, the track follows Saltwound’s 2024…

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