Music
Live Gallery: Dream Theater Celebrate Four Decades at Sydney’s ICC Theatre 14.02.2026
On Valentine’s Day at Sydney’s ICC Theatre, Dream Theater’s 40th Anniversary Tour lands with Mike Portnoy back behind the kit, celebrating four decades of progressive metal milestones in a show that replaces candlelight with precision riffs and grand, cathartic scale.
Track: Lykke Li Enters Her ‘Existential Era’ With New Single ‘Lucky Again’
Lykke Li has shared ‘Lucky Again’, the first track from her forthcoming album The Afterparty, an orchestral pop record that shifts her focus from romantic obsession to existential reckoning.
Exclusive – Archival folk meets dream-pop on Rosier’s “Plus d’amis”
Backseat Mafia Exclusive – Archival folk meets dream-pop on Rosier’s “Plus d’amis”
Track: Hendriek Bleik Turns ‘Smoorverlief’ Into an Anti-Valentine’s Anthem
On his reimagining of Riku Lätti’s 2004 track, Hendriek Bleik transforms Smoorverlief into something darker and more immersive, a love song stripped of sweetness and rebuilt inside a haze of gritty guitars, haunting synths and emotional weight.
News: ‘The Lucky Me Tour’: Hilary Duff Returns to Arenas Worldwide
Hilary Duff has announced the lucky me tour, her first full-scale global headline run in almost 20 years, arriving alongside her sixth studio album luck… or something and signalling a return to arenas across North America, Europe and Australia.
Live Gallery: Oklou Brings Avant-Pop to the Spotlight at Metro Theatre – Metro Theatre, Eora Land/Sydney, 10.02.26
Fresh from her appearance on the Laneway Fest run, French-born, London-based artist Oklou brought her mesmerising ‘Choke Enough’ tour to Metro Theatre this week, delivering a performance that blurred the boundaries between the usual performer/audience dynamic of watchers and the watched. The show opened with Naarm-based electronic producer Purient, whose set primed the crowd with …
Track: MEGA FÄUNA Announce New Album ‘softmore’ and Share Reflective Single ‘heartbeat’
Sydney indie collective MEGA FÄUNA return with ‘heartbeat’, the latest preview of their upcoming album softmore, a record that builds on their early chemistry and explores the steady rhythms beneath everyday life.
News: Maggie Lindemann Announces Australian Return With ‘I Feel Everything’ Tour
Maggie Lindemann returns to Australia this May armed with her sophomore album I FEEL EVERYTHING, a record that reframes the alt-punk firebrand not as pop’s former viral prodigy but as a fully realised force carving clarity from chaos.
Live Gallery: Laneway Sydney on Film-No Screen, No Safety Net, No Worries
At Laneway Festival, trading digital certainty for a Pentax K1000 and Fuji 400 meant 36 frames, no previews and a whole lot of faith in the light.
Track: Frost Children and Ninajirachi Unite on Reimagined ‘SISTERS’
Frost Children and Ninajirachi reimagine ‘SISTER’ as ‘SISTERS’, blending new lyrics, reworked production and a shared vision that bridges US and Australian electronic scenes.