Music
News: Phil Jamieson (Grinspoon) announces nationwide solo tour across Australia.
ARIA Award-winning singer, songwriter and raconteur, the legendary Grinspoon singer Phil Jamieson, is appearing across Australia in January, with a stripped-back acoustic show for the Nobody Else Tour in 2024. Showcasing his latest solo full length, ‘Somebody Else’, Jamieson will will be playing with (nearly) nobody else, visiting new and familiar locations around Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania – and …
Live Review: Dexy’s Midnight Runners – The London Palladium, London 20.09.2023
We need to talk about Kevin. Over the four decades since forming Dexy’s Midnight Runners, frontman Kevin Rowland has always sought to innovate, refresh and radically change the direction of the band. Kevin’s chameleon like desire never to bask in past glory or get complacent has seen him (literally) wear many hats through his Dexy’s …
News: Iron & Wine Announce ‘Who Can See Forever’, The Soundtrack From His Forthcoming Documentary And Concert Film, Out 17th November Via Sub Pop
On 17th November, Sub Pop will release Iron & Wine’s ‘Who Can See Forever’, an accompanying live record to a film of the same name. Captured by director Josh Sliffe at Haw River Ballroom in Saxapahaw, North Carolina, the soundtrack features nineteen songs from the twenty-plus-year career of singer-songwriter Sam Beam. Having found inventive ways to re-invent his catalogue live …
Live Gallery: Lonnie Holley at the Art Gallery of NSW 26.09.2023
Lonnie Holley is a living, breathing testament to the transformative power of art in all its forms
Live Review: Delilah Bon / Valerie Rose – The Academy 2, Dublin 23.09.2023, plus gallery and set list
At a packed Academy 2 in Dublin this week, Delilah Bon worked the crowd into a frenzy from the get-go with her brand of bratty riot grrrl punk. All three members of the band seemed to give it everything, not once letting up the pace. Well, almost. For a brief moment in the set Lauren …
Premiere: Melbourne’s Al Carr releases the shimmering ‘The Rose of Jericho’ ahead of new album and live dates.
We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘The Rose of Jericho’ from Melbourne artist Al Carr. Swiftly driving along on a Hammond organ trill with arching, scything guitars, this is a shimmering piece of antipodean Americana filled with a cinematic breadth. Seemingly capturing the wide open space of outback Australia in its expansive sounds, …
Meet: Southern Blues Rockers Ramblin Preachers
Ramblin’ Preachers was founded by Ross Connor & James Ives with a mutual passion for Blues Rock, Southern Rock and Americana. The bands previous singles ‘Mind Your Own Business’, ‘Better Than Me’, ‘Jester’ and the new single ‘Separate Ways’, due the 29th of September, all display the very ‘rootsy’ foundations of what ‘Ramblin’ Preachers’ are …
Track: Liverpool Indie-Rock Newcomers Toy Car Shine On Explosive New Single ‘Rat Race’
Following their spot at this years Isle Of Wight Festival, Liverpool rockers Toy Car are back with a new double single, starting with the release of the intense and explosive ‘Rat Race’. Raw and unyielding, the new single showcases the band biting commentary on modern life, social inequality and the rising cost of living in …
Live Review: PiL & Meryl Streek – O2 Ritz Manchester Sept 22nd 2023
John Lydon has history with Manchester. The two Free Trade Hall gigs with his band Sex Pistols, back in the summer of 1976. Those spawned a whole host of punk and thereafter, post-punk bands and of course the bands first live TV performance on Tony Wilson’s Granada TV show, “So It Goes”. There’s a good …
News: Allah-Las Announce Australian Tour
Allah-Las will bring their unique blend of garage rock, surf rock, and psychedelic rock to Australia in December