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Track: ‘Smart Casual’ sees Anna Jeavons turn vulnerability into quiet resolve

  • April 2, 2026
  • Deb Pelser
Anna Jeavons
With ‘Smart Casual’, Anna Jeavons steps into sharper focus, distilling the emotional core of her forthcoming album ANOMIE into four minutes that feel both raw and deliberate. It’s a track that doesn’t circle its…
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Track: A decade on, The Temper Trap rediscover themselves on Sungazer

  • April 2, 2026
  • Deb Pelser
The reappearance of The Temper Trap doesn’t arrive with nostalgia in tow, it arrives with purpose. A decade on from their last studio record, Sungazer signals a band no longer interested in revisiting past…
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Track: Peter Gabriel drops new track ‘Till Your Mind Is Shining’

  • April 2, 2026
  • Deb Pelser
Released under the glow of April’s pink full moon, ‘Till Your Mind Is Shining’ finds Peter Gabriel circling back to something unexpectedly direct. Framed as the most “pop” moment on…
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Track: FISHER and Tones And I unite on explosive new single ‘Favour’

  • April 2, 2026
  • Deb Pelser
Timing, in dance music, is everything. The right drop, the right room, the right moment. FISHER and Tones And I clearly understand that equation, and on ‘Favour’, they hit it…
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Track: Super American Eagle turn up the noise with ‘Anxiety Nightie’, a heavy new psych-rock cut.

  • April 1, 2026
  • Deb Pelser
Some bands feel engineered. Others feel like they’ve been struck by lightning and left to buzz in the aftermath. Super American Eagle fall firmly into the latter, a trio born…
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Track: WHO SHOT SCOTT drops high-octane single ‘FAST CAR’

  • April 1, 2026
  • Deb Pelser
There’s a point where memory stops behaving like nostalgia and starts sounding more like distortion, loud, messy and impossible to tidy up. WHO SHOT SCOTT leans straight into that space on ‘FAST…
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News: Ringlets head to the UK and Europe for their first international tour this May.

  • April 1, 2026
  • Deb Pelser
Ringlets have been gathering momentum since 2021, and now they’re taking that slow-burn ascent out of Aotearoa and into the wider world. This May, the quartet will set out on their…
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News: teethin Share Sprawling New Single ‘TOERAGS’

  • April 1, 2026
  • Simon Lucas-Hughes
Welsh alternative quintet teethin return with ‘TOERAGS’, a bruising, sharp offering that showcases experimental, industrial spirit bringing together gritty alt-rock punch with hip-hop undertones to create a dark and unique sonic palette.…
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News: Guts Touring returns with 2026 Northern Territory run

  • April 1, 2026
  • Deb Pelser
There’s a version of the Australian touring circuit that rarely gets written about. Not the capital-city carousel, but the long roads out, where gigs feel less like stops on a…
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Track: Sepultura unveil ‘Beyond the Dream’ from final EP The Cloud of Unknowing

  • April 1, 2026
  • Deb Pelser
There are farewell tours, and then there are endings that feel like tectonic shifts. Sepultura have spent more than four decades reshaping heavy music from the margins outward, and now, as their…
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