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Peter Hook, the bassist behind Joy Division and New Order, is returning to Australia with his band @peterhook_thelight in July. The tour will mark the 25th anniversary of New Order’s ‘Get Ready’, with the album being performed in full. Alongside it will come a sweep of essentials from both the adored Joy Division and New Order catalogs.

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Somewhere between indie, rock, and that unexplainable groove that only seems to come out of Aotearoa, No Cigar have quietly (then loudly) become one of the region’s most exciting rising acts. Formed in Auckland, they’ve been steadily gaining ground since 2019 – sharing stages with Mako Road and notching over 30 million streams. A Rolling …

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Jimmy Barnes‘ iconic album, For The Working Class Man, is turning 40 years old, and to celebrate, Barnesy, as he is affectionately known, has announced that he is taking to the road to present the album in its’ entirety, along with other hits from across his illustrious career. Released in December 1985, For The Working Class …

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Off the back of a sold-out run of international festival slots, Royel Otis are heading home for their biggest Australian shows to date. This October, they’ll play four huge events in support of their upcoming second album, ‘hickey’, out August 22 – including their very first arena show in Naarm/Melbourne AND another homecoming show at …

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Hilltop Hoods are back with ‘Never Coming Home’, the first proper taste of their next album ‘Fall From The Light’, which lands August 1. The single features New Zealand’s SIX60 and arrives with a full-scale music video that ropes in some of the biggest names in Australian combat sports, including UFC world champ Alexander Volkanovski. …

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Australia’s hip-hop heavyweights Hilltop Hoods are stepping back into the spotlight. Today, the Adelaide trio announced their Never Coming Home national arena tour, their first since 2022’s sold-out Show Business run. The tour lands in major Australian cities early next year, coinciding with the release of their anticipated eighth studio album, ‘Fall From the Light’, …

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The Metro Theatre doesn’t sell out for just anything – but Machine Girl isn’t just anything. Last week’s show felt like an 8-bit summoning ritual. Shoulder to shoulder, a sea of goth, raver, e-kids and co. all packed in like they knew something the rest of the city didn’t. Opening was Hobart’s Quest Master, and …

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Touring ‘Frog in Boiling Water‘, their first album in five years, DIIV brought their thick, slow-dripping sound to life with a set that doubled as a collage of cult consumerism, protest, and digital rot. Across the huge screen behind them, ads flickered like computer viruses: Soul-Net, ExxonMobil, fake slogans, anti-slogans. Aesthetics lifted from American mall …

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I was never a scene kid, and I’ve accepted this as a huge loss on my part. I wasn’t allowed to hang out at a Westfield, nor was I on Myspace. I did, however, love my side fringe, and in 2010, I listened to Short Stack’s ‘Planets’ religiously on my mum’s hot pink iPod Shuffle. …

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One moment the Concert Hall was full of chatter, the next it was all brass and a single giant spotlight – Ezra Collective had arrived to perform their Vivid LIVE showcase, and they weren’t waiting around.The stage had been opened up for this one, with the audience wrapped around all sides like a sunken dancefloor, …

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