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News: Big Country Bring Their Celtic Rock Anthems Back to Australia
Big Country Announce Australian Dates
News: Bad Bunny to Tour Australia and Japan for the First Time Ever
Bad Bunny’s Colossal World Tour Is Here
News: The Jesus Lizard Break 30-Year Silence with Frenzied Australian Return
The Jesus Lizard are back – and they’re dragging their chaos all the way to Australia for the first time since 1994. Formed in the scuzzy underbelly of Austin’s noise-rock scene back in 1987, The Jesus Lizard built a reputation on pure, unfiltered menace. Now, 30 years after their last Aussie detonation, they’re finally returning …
News: Reef Announce 30th Anniversary ‘Replenish’ UK Tour This Autumn
This Autumn, Somerset rockers Reef will play a special run of dates across the UK to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album, ‘Replenish’. Kicking off at Rock City in Nottingham this October, the ‘Replenish’ tour will take Reef to O2 Academy venues in Bristol, Liverpool and Leeds, as well as a number of other …
Review: Prima Queen – The Prize; Melancholy, melody, and indie magic.
Every album needs a portal. The Prize, the radiant debut from Prima Queen, opens with “Clickbait”—a shimmering 40 seconds of ambient fog, like the band’s way of saying: “Give us a moment, we’re about to turn on the lights.” What follows is something both starry-eyed and deeply grounded: a collection of songs that walk hand …
Meet: “Let the Wound Stay Open”: Ezra Furman on Goodbye Small Head
Ezra Furman has never shied away from the raw, the sacred, or the chaotic. But with Goodbye Small Head—her new album described as “twelve variations on losing control”—she dives deeper into the uncontainable than ever before. Written in the throes of emotional, physical, and spiritual upheaval, the record is a fever dream of orchestral emo, …
Live Review & Gallery: Enmore dissolves into a dreamscape with Slowdive and Beach Fossils, Sydney 6.05.2025
Beach Fossils and Slowdive Make a Case for the Beauty of Melancholy
Album Review : Sami Galbi –‘Ylh Bye Bye’ : fresh and feisty electro-pop from a new voice on the world fusion airwaves.
Genevan label Bongo Joe has been sneaking out singles by Swiss/Moroccan electronic artist Sami Galbi since March last year but now the teasing is over. The full whammy, his debut album ‘Ylh Bye Bye’ has landed on the shelves and should soon be flying off them at speed, it’s that strong. Galbi really is a …
Live Review & Gallery: New Model Army Set Mary’s Underground Ablaze in Furious Return 4.05.2025
Political Fire and Punk Energy: New Model Army Hit Sydney With Operation Ibis in Tow
Meet: Alt Rocker Newcomers ‘Kissing On Camera’
An emotive force from Dublin City, now forging their sound in the heart of London, Josh Rosney, Sam Cheesmore, Morgan Beausang and Sebastian Bluestone channel the raw energy and angst spurred on by their move to the UK a few years ago, crafting a sound that’s both unapologetic and visceral. With angular guitars, catchy, heart …