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Track: Take Fazerdaze’s ethereal ‘Motorway’ to a dreamy world of love and anxiety, with tours ahead.

Arun Kendall May 22, 2025

The sun always shines brighter and the general misery of the world dissipates somehow when there is new material from the luminescent Fazerdaze (the nom de plume of Amelia Murray). Fazerdaze has just unveiled a new single, ‘Motorway’, out through Buttrfly/Virgin Music Group, a track that is delivered over fuzzy driving insistent guitars before heavenly synths drift in …

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Track: ‘I’m On The Border’ – MF Tomlinson faces challenges of loss and alienation in a shimmering single.

Arun Kendall May 21, 2025

Australian-born UK resident MF Tomlinson will be releasing a new album entitled ‘Die To Wake Up From a Dream’ on 11 July via PRAH Recordings. The new single of the album, ‘I’m On The Border’, is a deliciously melancholy observation of finding stability, infused with the feelings of alienation and anxiety as a palimpsest for the resilience of …

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News: GRAE Unveils Her Boldest Era Yet With New Album ‘7 Minutes ’til Heaven’

Simon Lucas-Hughes May 21, 2025

Canadian indie-pop artist GRAE releases the new album 7 Minutes ’Til Heaven. GRAE’s previous work has already seen her establish herself: garnering over 100 million streams and landing critical acclaim from outlets from Billboard to The Line of Best Fit, as well as TV syncs across the likes of The Bold Type, The L Word: …

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News: Five Finger Death Punch Announce ’20 Years Of Five Finger Death Punch – Best Of Volume 1′ And New Single ‘I Refuse’ ft. Maria Brink

Craig Young May 21, 2025

Multi-platinum hard rock powerhouse Five Finger Death Punch are celebrating their 20th anniversary with the release of ‘Best Of – Volume 1’, a collection of re-recorded versions of their most iconic chart-topping songs. This move comes in response to the recent sale of the band’s original master recordings by their former label, an action made without their …

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Live Review + Photo Galleries: The big guns continue to fire as Bluesfest Byron Bay heads into Day 2

Andrew Fuller May 20, 2025

Having made my way to 10 artists on the day before, I upped the ante on the second day trying to get to as many artists as I could before the inevitable fatigue set in, getting to a further 11 artists and peeking in on another one from the crowd while having an evening meal …

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