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Live Gallery: Sleaford Mods Deliver Direct, Unfiltered Set at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre 17.04.2026

At the Enmore Theatre, the room tightens early. Melbourne’s Screensaver set the tone with a controlled, mechanical edge, their synth driven post-punk sound built on repetition and tension rather than release. When Sleaford Mods walk…

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News: Kaneko Ayano Announces Australian Tour for May

Kaneko Ayano will return to Australia this May, bringing her full band setup back to local stages with a catalogue that has steadily built an international following. The tour marks another…

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News: Ball Park Music Guitarist, Dean Hanson Steps Into Solo Project Zeano

Zeano, the new solo outlet from Dean Hanson of Ball Park Music, has released debut album Window Seat, Always, a record built from fragments that had been sitting unfinished for years. Written across voice…

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Album Review: Snailgun unveil their shattering debut ‘Glass Walls’ ahead of live dates.

Naarm/Melbourne band Snailgun have just delivered their debut album ‘Glass Wall’, and it’s a deliciously scabrous affair filled with blistering post punk cathartic noise. The genetic make up of this…

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News: Hermitude Release Eighth Album EIGHT

Hermitude have released EIGHT, their eighth studio album and a record that shifts their focus firmly back toward the dancefloor. Twenty-five years into their career, the Blue Mountains duo move away from…

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News: Matt Corby Releases New Album Tragic Magic

Matt Corby has released Tragic Magic, a new album that extends the trajectory set by 2023’s Everything’s Fine, while shifting further into personal and reflective territory. The record moves between contrasting states, drawing…

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Track: ‘What Changed?’ – well for one thing electronic duo Leaf Mosaic have just released their ethereal new single.

Leaf Mosaic has a very impressive genetic make-up. It consists of two pillars of the Australian independent music scene – Matthew Sigley (The Daytime Frequency, The Earthmen, Video Video, The…

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News: Matty Mullins on Memphis May Fire’s Return to Australia for a run of Shows

Formed in Denton, Texas in 2006, Memphis May Fire have spent nearly two decades building a catalogue that sits within metalcore while extending into post-hardcore and alternative metal. Now signed to Rise Records,…

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News: Hard-Fi to Headline Harlequins’ Big Summer Kick-Off at Allianz Stadium

British indie heavyweights Hard-Fi are set to return to their South West London stomping grounds this May. The Staines-formed outfit has been confirmed as the headline act for Harlequins’ Big Summer Kick-Off at Allianz Stadium,…

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News: Download Festival 10th-14th June 2026.

The UK’s spiritual home of rock is calling. As we gear up for Download Festival 2026, the hallowed turf of Donington Park is set to host a much anticipated annual spectacle for…

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