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News: Hiatus Kaiyote return to the Sydney Opera House for a 15-year shapeshifting celebration

Hiatus Kaiyote Sydney Opera House 15th anniversary – There are bands that grow into their sound, and then there are bands that seem to arrive already mid-transformation. Hiatus Kaiyote have always belonged…

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Album Review: Fcukers’ Ö is a 28-minute rush of sweat, speed and downtown chaos

Fcukers Ö album review – There’s no gentle way into Ö. Fcukers don’t open a door, they flick the lights on and drop you straight into the middle of it. The debut album…

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Album Review: Truly great – The Great Emu War Casualties unveil their soaring debut album ‘Public Sweetheart No. 1’

The brilliantly, if rather enigmatically, named band The Great Emu War Casualties have just released their debut entitled ‘Public Sweetheart No. 1’ after a series of EPs and singles released since the…

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Live Gallery: DMA’s Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Debut at Metro Theatre – 27.03.26, Eora Land/Sydney

A one-off, completely sold out, hometown show celebrating the 10th anniversary of their debut album ‘Hills End’, performing it front to back (including tracks that had never been played live)…

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Album Review : Benjamin Herman – ‘The Tokyo Sessions’ : A high energy trip to Japan with the Dutch jazz legend and his dynamic band.

Much celebrated Dutch alto-saxophonist, Benjamin Herman, sounds like the right kind of music obsessive. Not the drill-down, detail driven, relentless refiner of his craft but a musician who restlessly seeks…

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Live Review & Gallery: Counting Crows balance nostalgia and new blood in a career-spanning Sydney set 29.03.2026

Counting Crows Enmore Theatre review – The Enmore Theatre fills early tonight, the room already humming before a note is played, and Kingswood waste no time leaning into it. There’s nothing tentative…

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Live Review + Photo Galleries: The Brian Jonestown Massacre bring the zing to The Odeon, Hobart 26.03.2026

For the second time in 18 months, an uncompromising Anton Newcombe and his cohort of highly talented musicians brought their special brand of psychedelia to Hobart as the Brian Jonestown…

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Live Review: Infected Rain, Butcher Babies and Black Spikes. Club Academy, Manchester 27/03/2026

Last night in Manchester, we were served a visceral, sweat-soaked metal experience that smaller venues do best. From the moment doors opened the anticipation was electric, fans were packed tightly…

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Live Gallery: Anthrax prove their enduring power with high-velocity show at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre 28.03.2026

Anthrax Enmore Theatre Sydney review – The Enmore Theatre feels like a pressure cooker tonight. Long before Anthrax appear, the floor is already shifting with anticipation, bodies packed tight, voices…

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Live Gallery: Avalanche and The Datsuns crash headfirst into Sydney’s Crowbar with high-octane sets 27.03.2026

The Datsuns Crowbar Sydney review: high-octane rock at full throttle.

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News: Hiatus Kaiyote return to the Sydney Opera House for a 15-year shapeshifting celebration

Album Review: Fcukers’ Ö is a 28-minute rush of sweat, speed and downtown chaos

Album Review: Truly great – The Great Emu War Casualties unveil their soaring debut album ‘Public Sweetheart No. 1’

Live Gallery: DMA’s Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Debut at Metro Theatre – 27.03.26, Eora Land/Sydney

Album Review : Benjamin Herman – ‘The Tokyo Sessions’ : A high energy trip to Japan with the Dutch jazz legend and his dynamic band.

Live Review & Gallery: Counting Crows balance nostalgia and new blood in a career-spanning Sydney set 29.03.2026

Live Review + Photo Galleries: The Brian Jonestown Massacre bring the zing to The Odeon, Hobart 26.03.2026

Live Review: Infected Rain, Butcher Babies and Black Spikes. Club Academy, Manchester 27/03/2026

Live Gallery: Anthrax prove their enduring power with high-velocity show at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre 28.03.2026

Live Gallery: Avalanche and The Datsuns crash headfirst into Sydney’s Crowbar with high-octane sets 27.03.2026