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Live Review + Photo Gallery: Bleak Squad set Altar Bar ablaze 13/08/2026

On a cool Thursday evening in Hobart, Australian independent super-group, Bleak Squad cruised into town, much to the delight of a solid 240+ mid-week crowd who had gathered on the…

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Album Review: A Journey into the Electronic Unknown – Australia’s King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Releases New Album ‘The Silver Cord’

In the dynamic landscape of the music industry, few bands possess the audacious, inventive, and unyielding spirit that characterizes Australia’s King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. With their 25th studio…

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Album Review: The Paper Kites latest album, At The Roadhouse set to springboard the band to even greater heights

The Paper Kites have long been teasing this new album, At The Roadhouse, with the band issuing five of its’ songs prior to its’ release on 1st September. The Sweet…

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News + Album Review: The Silversound release sensational debut self-titled album

Following on from the release of their first two singles Wolf and Shaker, Melbourne psych supergroup, The Silversound have released their first album, the self-titled The Silversound. Whilst this may…

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News: Indie folk-rock darlings, The Paper Kites unveil the wistfully beautiful The Sweet Sound Of You

Winter of 2022 saw Australian indie folk-rock band, The Paper Kites take themselves away from the lights of the big city to begin the process for writing and recording a…

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