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News: Deacon Blue announce 2026 Australian tour for 40th anniversary
Deacon Blue will return to Australia in early 2026, celebrating their 40th anniversary and new album The Great Western Road with shows that span their entire career.
News: Cameron Winter to bring Heavy Metal solo show to Sydney Opera House
Cameron Winter, frontman of Brooklyn band Geese, will headline the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on 16 February 2026 with songs from his acclaimed solo debut Heavy Metal, a record praised for its raw intimacy and lyrical power.
Album Review: Dun-Dun Band -‘Pita Parka, Pt. II: Nim Egduf’: Minimal riff magic and warmly woven improv melodies from this exceptional ten-piece.
Dun-Dun Band are a ten-piece ensemble from Toronto assembled by eclectic sound-maker and guitarist Craig Dunsmuir. An associate of the long song maestro Sandro Perri, check the Off World and Glissandro 70 projects from a while back, Dunsmuir has been diligently probing the possibilities of repetitive and juxtaposed rhythms in his work for well over …
Live Review: Flyte – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. 24.09.25
An intimate evening of the highest quality with Flyte in Leeds
EP Review: The legendary Sneeze return with visceral and louche EP ‘Bands Jobs and Girlfriends’.
Sneeze are a legendary Australian pop rock band formed in 1991 by Nic Dalton (who runs the band’s record label, Half a Cow and was in The Plunderers) on vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, and drums, and Tom Morgan (from Smudge) on vocals and guitar. Both now residing in the NSW rural town of Maitland, they have reformed and released a new …
Album Review: Supergroup SnarskiCircusLindyBand (with members from The Go-Betweens, Black-eyed Susans and The Triffids) unveils sparkling debut album ‘what’s said and what’s left unsaid’ ahead of launch dates.
With founding members Lindy Morrison (legendary drummer from The Go-Betweens) and Rob Snarski (the iconic Black Eyed Susans) at the helm, and joined by ‘Evil’ Graham Lee (The Triffids, The Blackeyed Susans), Shane O’Mara (Rebecca’s Empire, Chris Wilson, The Silversound) and Dan Kelly (Paul Kelly, Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males), there was never any doubt something special would …
News: Canadian troubadour, Ron Sexsmith announces Australia/New Zealand ‘Hangover Terrace Tour’ in 2026
Triple Juno Award winner, Ron Sexsmith, one of Canada’s most accomplished singer-songwriters, will make a more-than welcome return to tour NZ & Australia with his band in April 2026. The tour is presented by DRW Entertainment and Gaynor Crawford. Eleven years on from his last visit Down Under, his fans will once again be able …
Album Review: SANAM –‘Sametou Sawtan’: Absorbing, ambitious free rock fusion from the peerless Lebanese six-piece.
It takes a singular vision to bring something new to the post rock table these days, loud/quiet trajectories and obtuse time signatures have long been overplayed, but Lebanese sextet SANAM definitely are a band that deliver that much needed fresh perspective. The group’s members (Sandy Chamoun /vocals, Antonio Hajj /bass, Farah Kaddour/buzuq, Anthony Sahyoun/ guitar …
News: DOGMA announce debut Australian tour for November 2025
talian collective DOGMA will make their Australian debut in November 2025 with the Time To Be Free tour, bringing their ritualistic live show to Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.
incineration festival locks in its first batch of bands for its 2026 edition, and it is huge
The first names of Incineration Festival 2026 have been revealed Incineration Festival have announced that BLOOD FIRE DEATH will headline the 2026 edition. More than twenty years have passed since the metal world lost one of its biggest icons, Thomas ‘Quorthon’ Forsberg of Bathory. Thomas ‘Quorthon’ Forsberg was instrumental in redefining metal as we knew …