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News: The legendary Simple Minds announce their biggest Australian tour for early 2024 with expanded dates.

Arun Kendall September 18, 2023

ME REX announce debut album ‘Megabear’ and share single ‘Galena’

Gareth O Malley June 4, 2021

Interview: John Robb Chats About His New Book Covering The Entire History Of Goth

Daz Lawrence August 17, 2023

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News: Beans are ‘Haunted’ with a fuzzy pysch-filled delight on announcement of new album ‘Boots N Cats’ for 2024.

Arun Kendall November 27, 2023

Fronted by The Merlocs drummer, Matt Blach, Melbourne garage/psych band Beans have just released a new single ‘Haunted’ on news of the release of their new album ‘Boots N Cats’ in March 2024 through Fuzz Club. ‘Haunted’ is threaded with a fuzzy guitar riff spine and vast, cinematic instrumentation with distant vocals and a liquid …

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Premiere: It’s exactly ‘What U Want’ – GRXCE exclusively unveils dynamic video for anthemic new single.

Arun Kendall November 27, 2023

Eora/Sydney band GRXCE continue to produce the most combustive and expressive grunge pop around and their new single ‘What U Want’ is no exception. We are very proud therefore to give you an exclusive look at the the new video for the track. ‘What U Want’ is filled with a nonchalant swagger and and attitude, …

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News: Geordie Walker from Killing Joke dies aged 64

Andi Callen November 26, 2023

Geordie Walker – Killing Joke @ Albert Hall Manchester 2022. Pic Credit Andi Callen Photography One of the most influential post-punk guitarists of his generation has died in Prague, just two days after suffering a stroke. One of the original members of Killing Joke, Kevin “Geordie” Walker was known for creating vast swathes of noise, …

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Album Review: TONN3RR3 X BIKAYE – ‘It’s A Bomb’ : Legendary Congolese vocalist and Parisien dance floor agitators team up and knock out.

John Parry November 26, 2023

The Breakdown Recalling the abandoned invention of the classic ‘Noire et Blanc’ moments. There a sense here of a mojo returning. Born Bad Records – 8.9 So let’s debate – what’s the holy trinity of seminal afro-electronic albums? Anything by Onyeabor would come into it, Konono No 1’s ‘Congotronics’ would be a contender, Manu’s ‘Electric …

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Album Review : We Are Busy Bodies reissue three mid-seventies SA Jazz gems from sax supremos “Mankunku” and Makhalemele.

John Parry November 25, 2023

The Breakdown The music on each of the three album’s justifies individual attention. The sonic thread is vibrant, tune based, classic form jazz, edging to the funky, focused on a fundamental groove and lifted by that township swagger. – 8.8 The irrepressible curators at We Are Busy Bodies continue to tap into the energised seventies …

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Live Review: Lacuna Coil – Manchester Academy 2 – 16.11.2016