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Live Review & Gallery: Soft Play Lay Waste to The Factory Theatre – Gadigal Land, Sydney, 29.01.25

Soft Play’s return to Australia hit like a damn battering ram and the sold-out crowd at Factory Theatre didn’t stand a chance. The second Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent tore…

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Album Review: Lawrence English – ‘Even The Horizon Knows Its Bounds’: evocative electronic music which engulfs and surrounds.

Considering theorist, writer, artist, curator and composer Lawrence English’s creative output over the last two decades, the phrase ‘a body of work’ inevitably looms. It’s a descriptor that generally feels…

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News: Great Southern Nights Returns with Over 300 Gigs Across NSW in 2025

Australia’s Musical Powerhouses and Rising Talent Unite for Great Southern Nights 2025

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News: The life and times of William Arthur and his iconic Sydney band Glide is explored in ‘Disappear Here’, a film by Ben deHoedt.

Glide were a seminal Sydney band that burned brightly and all together too briefly in the nineties, beset by tragedy when their singer and songwriter William Arthur died at the…

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Track: Black Country, New Road return with the staggering new single ‘Besties’

Black Country, New Road’s latest single, Besties, exudes a delightful sense of whimsy, characterised by their typically eclectic instrumentation. The track seems like ‘baroque indie’ (if such a thing exists),…

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Track: Rosetta Stone give (Don’t Fear) The Reaper a gothic makeover

Goth survivors Rosetta Stone’s latest single, a cover of Blue Öyster Cult’s (Don’t Fear) The Reaper, reimagines the 1976 classic through a long black overcoat and dark eyeshadow. While the…

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Track: The Kooks return with new single Never Know, ahead of May album release

The Kooks’ latest single, Never Know, offers a knowing nod to their earlier sound, featuring sprawling guitars and splashes of organ that decorate something that feels fresh but familiar. The…

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Live Review & Gallery: Flaming Lips Deliver Full-Throttle Psychedelia as They Perform Yoshimi in Full at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney 02.02.2025

Euphoria Unleashed: The Flaming Lips Remind Sydney Why They’re Still the Kings of Live Psychedelia

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News: Apropos the Death of Marianne Faithfull, Fascism, Apartheid, the Manics and Music

Faithfull’s death sparks reflections on how apartheid South Africa’s battle with music censorship mirrors today’s ongoing struggles with authority and repression.

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live review: the poisoned ascendancy tour 2025. bullet for my valentine, trivium, orbit culture. co-op live arena, manchester. 30/01/2025

A double celebration of landmark albums was on the cards in Manchester tonight and carving open the evening with a massive Swedish sledgehammer was the unequivocally crushing Orbit Culture and…

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Live Review & Gallery: Soft Play Lay Waste to The Factory Theatre – Gadigal Land, Sydney, 29.01.25

Album Review: Lawrence English – ‘Even The Horizon Knows Its Bounds’: evocative electronic music which engulfs and surrounds.

News: Great Southern Nights Returns with Over 300 Gigs Across NSW in 2025

News: The life and times of William Arthur and his iconic Sydney band Glide is explored in ‘Disappear Here’, a film by Ben deHoedt.

Track: Black Country, New Road return with the staggering new single ‘Besties’

Track: Rosetta Stone give (Don’t Fear) The Reaper a gothic makeover

Track: The Kooks return with new single Never Know, ahead of May album release

Live Review & Gallery: Flaming Lips Deliver Full-Throttle Psychedelia as They Perform Yoshimi in Full at the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney 02.02.2025

News: Apropos the Death of Marianne Faithfull, Fascism, Apartheid, the Manics and Music

live review: the poisoned ascendancy tour 2025. bullet for my valentine, trivium, orbit culture. co-op live arena, manchester. 30/01/2025