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Live Review + Photo Galleries: Bluesfest Byron Bay enters Day 3

The penultimate day, Saturday, saw a few early technical issues overcome, before leading to a slightly later start which still saw me get around to a further nine artists for…

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Track: Dissonance and Desperation: The Maggie Pills Return with ‘Velobell’

Punk urgency meets dreamlike dread — The Maggie Pills are back with Velobell and it’s one hell of a trip

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WET LEG. O2 Academy Leeds. 28.05.2025.

Wet Leg are back. Back with new singles, a new album in July and a short headline tour in venues that aren’t the size of aircraft hangers supporting megastars. With…

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News: Liverpool Pop Riser Amelia Shares ‘Burn’

Steadily pulling together the pieces of her forthcoming debut EP, Amelia unveils the new single ‘Burn’. The Liverpool rising star delivers an intensifying ode to all-consuming desire on ‘Burn’. ‘Burn’…

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Live Gallery: The Singular, Spellbinding Beth Gibbons at the Sydney Opera House 30.05.2025

A rare appearance, a timeless voice — Beth Gibbons stuns at Vivid LIVE.

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News: Mortez Share New Single ‘COVEN’

Mortez, the explosive duo made up of Brett Daniels and Rachele Royale, have returned with the new single ‘COVEN’. Theatrical through layers of vocal harmonies, piano and cinematic strings, the…

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Track: New Jersey Neo-Soul Riser CTLN Shines On ‘Atlas’

Following the release of the debut EP Soften, New Jersey-based neo-soul rising star CTLN returns with a luminous new single, ‘Atlas’. A rich and romantic blend of jazz influenced guitar…

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Live Review & Gallery: Ichiko Aoba Brings Stillness to Vivid LIVE at the Sydney Opera House – Eora Nation, 29.05.25

It simply felt like a dream. That’s the only real way to describe Ichiko Aoba’s performance at the Sydney Opera House for VIVID LIVE. In the middle of a festival…

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News: Parallama Returns With Psychedelic Funk Sweller ‘Castor’

Following the 2024 debut album Resolution, Parallama returns with the funk led new single ‘Castor’. The Southern U.S.-based, half man-half-Llama musical project of multi-instrumentalist Mike Strickland, single offers a first…

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EP Review: Look ‘Yonder’ – Sunsick Daisy unveil the shimmering widescreen wonder of a sophomore release.

Fresh out of school and already finalists in the 2022 JJJ Unearthed competition, Adelaide’s Sunsick Daisy released their spectacular debut EP ‘Breathe In…Breathe Out’ in 2023 (see my review here). They…

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Live Review + Photo Galleries: Bluesfest Byron Bay enters Day 3

Track: Dissonance and Desperation: The Maggie Pills Return with ‘Velobell’

WET LEG. O2 Academy Leeds. 28.05.2025.

News: Liverpool Pop Riser Amelia Shares ‘Burn’

Live Gallery: The Singular, Spellbinding Beth Gibbons at the Sydney Opera House 30.05.2025

News: Mortez Share New Single ‘COVEN’

Track: New Jersey Neo-Soul Riser CTLN Shines On ‘Atlas’

Live Review & Gallery: Ichiko Aoba Brings Stillness to Vivid LIVE at the Sydney Opera House – Eora Nation, 29.05.25

News: Parallama Returns With Psychedelic Funk Sweller ‘Castor’

EP Review: Look ‘Yonder’ – Sunsick Daisy unveil the shimmering widescreen wonder of a sophomore release.