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News: Rising Singer-Songwriter Claire Boyer Shares New Single ‘Selfish’

Viral TikTok sensation Claire Boyer returns with the new single ‘Selfish’. An intimate balance of glossy pop hooks with the quiet ache of insecurity, the track balances some heartfelt songwriting…

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Album Review: Tavare-‘Too Small To Be So High’: A delicate and solemn slow core triumph.

Trying to keep track of Canadian experimental guitarist and composer Aidan Baker’s recorded output since his first release in 2000 is an almost impossible challenge. The Discogs bible lists around…

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News: The legendary David Byrne announces new album ‘Who Is The Sky?’ with the irrepressible and buoyant single ‘Everybody Laughs’ as a taster and massive world tour.

David Byrne has always been an influential and innovative musician from his time in the iconic Talking Heads to his solo and collaboration work that have magnified his talent exponentially.…

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News: Empty Nesters tackles an existential crisis on hardcore punk scorcher ‘Shangri-Nah’

Look, we get it—just being alive can be exhausting sometimes. Eric Liao gets it too, in a way you probably weren’t expecting if you’ve heard his previous work as Empty…

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Live Gallery: Alright Again-Supergrass Celebrate 30 Years of I Should Coco at the Sydney Opera House 10.06.2025

Sirens, nostalgia & a packed house—Supergrass just brought Britpop back to Sydney.

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Album Review: Pulp gives us ‘More’ – returning with an aged beauty and graceful pose but the same louche insouciance we missed.

In ‘More’, Pulp return not with a bang but with a graceful, knowing nod – like old friends who’ve learned that the quietest whispers can sometimes carry the heaviest truths.…

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Album Review: Sparks are ‘MAD!’ and their enduring legacy is safe.

In the realm of art-pop, few acts have maintained the level of inventive audacity that Sparks have exhibited over their five-decade career. With their 28th studio album, MAD!, the Mael…

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Live Review & Gallery: Short Stack’s Debut ‘Stack is the New Black’ Turns 15 and Yes, It Still Slaps – Roundhouse, Eora Land/Sydney, 07.06.25

I was never a scene kid, and I’ve accepted this as a huge loss on my part. I wasn’t allowed to hang out at a Westfield, nor was I on…

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Live Gallery: Kamasi Washington’s Jazz Odyssey Shakes the Walls of Sydney’s Carriageworks 8.06.2025

Beneath the towering beams of Redfern’s old railway workshop, Kamasi Washington brings the spirit of LA to Sydney.

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Live Review: Dark Mofo Festival – Cold Cave provide an injection of heat into the Winter Festival, The Odeon Theatre, Hobart 7 June 2025

Cold Cave’s performance at Hobart’s Odeon Theatre on 7 June 2025, created an incandescent ray of light in the deepest darkest winter at the southern capital at the very edge…

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News: Rising Singer-Songwriter Claire Boyer Shares New Single ‘Selfish’

Album Review: Tavare-‘Too Small To Be So High’: A delicate and solemn slow core triumph.

News: The legendary David Byrne announces new album ‘Who Is The Sky?’ with the irrepressible and buoyant single ‘Everybody Laughs’ as a taster and massive world tour.

News: Empty Nesters tackles an existential crisis on hardcore punk scorcher ‘Shangri-Nah’

Live Gallery: Alright Again-Supergrass Celebrate 30 Years of I Should Coco at the Sydney Opera House 10.06.2025

Album Review: Pulp gives us ‘More’ – returning with an aged beauty and graceful pose but the same louche insouciance we missed.

Album Review: Sparks are ‘MAD!’ and their enduring legacy is safe.

Live Review & Gallery: Short Stack’s Debut ‘Stack is the New Black’ Turns 15 and Yes, It Still Slaps – Roundhouse, Eora Land/Sydney, 07.06.25

Live Gallery: Kamasi Washington’s Jazz Odyssey Shakes the Walls of Sydney’s Carriageworks 8.06.2025

Live Review: Dark Mofo Festival – Cold Cave provide an injection of heat into the Winter Festival, The Odeon Theatre, Hobart 7 June 2025