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Live Review & Gallery: Freya Ridings opens as One Republic headline Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena 6.02.2026
Freya Ridings opens the night at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena with a focused, emotionally direct set, before One Republic take over as headliners and deliver a career-spanning performance built for scale.
Premiere: Matt Malone & the Holy Spirits are filled with a delicious, burning ‘Jealousy’ as they head off on tour.
We last covered Matt Malone & the Holy Spirit in their utterly cathartic and immensely enjoyable album ‘For The Term Of His Natural Life’ back in 2023, and we are inordinately honoured to premiere the video for his new track ‘Jealousy’. It’s the second of a trio of releases that began with last year’s Halloween ‘Wolfman’ …
Live Gallery: Deacon Blue mark 40 years with reflective Enmore Theatre performance 5.02.206
Celebrating their 40th anniversary, Deacon Blue deliver a career-spanning set at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre, blending classic hits with new material and joined by a poised opening performance from Emily Barker, whose intimate songwriting provides a fitting prelude.
News: Ryan Oakes announces long-awaited Australian debut tour
Ryan Oakes will tour Australia for the first time this June, bringing his 2025 album OPUS and his genre-blending hip-hop and alternative sound to fans across the country.
News: Thundercat brings new album Distracted to Australian stages in May
Thundercat has announced a four-date Australian tour for May 2026, bringing his long-awaited new album Distracted to Brisbane, Hobart, Sydney and Melbourne.
News: Augie March to perform landmark 2006 album in full across national tour
Augie March have added a Sydney show to their 20th anniversary tour of Moo, You Bloody Choir, performing the album in full across a national run featuring support from Davey Lane.
News: Record Store Day 2026 reveals first wave of Australian vinyl exclusives
Record Store Day returns on 18 April 2026 with a major slate of Australian vinyl exclusives, including releases from Empire of the Sun, Spacey Jane, Ruel and Holy Holy’s farewell vinyl edition.
News: Belle and Sebastian announce Australian tour celebrating If You’re Feeling Sinister
Belle and Sebastian will return to Australia this September to perform their influential 1996 album If You’re Feeling Sinister in full, alongside selections from their extensive indie pop catalogue.
Track: Lutruwita/Tasmanian’s gothic Dvrkworld unveil thundering new single ‘Stimulation’ ahead of Party in the Paddock festival outing this weekend.
Without any hint of fanfare or warning, the dark lords of southern shoegaze Dvrkworld have snuck out a new single ‘Stimulation’. An electrical crackle and slamming drums over a bed of feedback introduce a visceral wall of noise that looms like a tsunami, before the louche, distant Antarctic vocals enter the sonic fray. It’s heady …
Premiere: Yama Rama exclusively unveil video for the exquisite track ‘Sentimental Feelings’, ahead of new EP with live sessions and a curated concert series.
Over the last decade, Charlie Clark‘s professional and personal life has undergone drama, tragedy and chaos as stormy and relentless as the oceans off his native Scotland. And yet throughout the vicissitudes of life, his songwriting has remained as authentic and brilliant as ever from his early days in Astrid and throughout his later solo …