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Album Review: Troubadour and raconteur Ben Salter unveils the epic album ‘Sublimation’ as he tours across Australia and New Zealand.

The prodigious talented Hobart musician Ben Salter in recent years released a trilogy of recordings he did as artist in residence at the Museum Of Old and New Art (MONA) – the largest…

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Album Review: greenhouse are at the ‘Centre Of The Universe’ with the release of their shimmering and brilliant debut album, with launch dates on the horizon.

greenhouse have been together a while – first playing together in the late eighties but never quite getting around to releasing an LP despite some singles and EPs on the…

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Album Review: The Belair Lip Bombs provide a track by track guide to their sparkling debut album ‘Lush Life’, along with tour news.

The wonderful The Belair Lip Bombs today unveil their debut album ‘Lush Life’ and exclusively take Backseat Mafia on a detailed track by track analysis of the album. The Belair…

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Album Review: Beloved Aussie blues troubadour, Fiona Boyes’ 11th solo long-player, ‘Ramblified’.

The legend that is Fiona Boyes continues to grow with the release of her 11th solo effort, Ramblified. For those unaware of Fiona Boyes, she is one of those rare…

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Album Review: Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits take us on a sorrowful and visceral journey with a touch of redemption in ‘For The Term of My Natural Life’.

Matt Malone, along with his band the Holy Spirits, bleeds pain, anguish and sorrow from every note in his new album ‘For The term Of His Natural Life’, and every…

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Album Review: It’s been a ‘Strange Ride’ for Murphnick, but the results are a splendid collection of power pop vignettes that sparkle with vitality.

Murphnick is the nome de plume of one Nick Murphy and it has been a strange ride for Murphy to reach this stage, to say the least. More of that…

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Album Review: ‘There’s Still Time’ for Humble – compelling low-fi Kiama indie rock with live dates in sight.

Trio Humble from the seaside town of Kiama have released their album ‘There’s Still Time’: an intriguing collection of refined chaos that is as utterly compelling as it is fun.…

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Album Review: Hot Coppers’ self titled album is a pastoral indie pop masterpiece.

Melbourne-based band Hot Coppers has just released their new self-titled album and it is a whimsical joy. Tripping along with a pastoral pop bounce and burnished with intelligent, wry lyrics,…

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News: Rancid – ‘Tomorrow Never Comes’ (Hellcat Records)

June 1, 2023

So here we are 30 years after Rancid’s eponymous debut. The 10th studio album and 7th to be produced by Bad Religion and Epitaph head honcho Brett Gurewitz, Tomorrow Never…

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Album Review: Hobart’s follow take us to their ‘Old Haunts’ – a shimmering magnus opus reflecting the raw breathtaking beauty of their home in lutruwita/Tasmania

The album ‘Old Haunts’ from Hobart instrumental band follow is a stunning debut. I have written before about the brilliant stream of artists flowing from the tiny island at the…

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