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Track: ‘Say It Again’ – Hexham Heads bring a strong dose of jingly jangly power pop in their debut single.
For a delicious blast of jingly jangly power pop, replete with some heavenly harmonies and a scaling melody, you can’t go past the debut single from Naarm/Melbourne band Hexham Heads. Certainly part of what I call the Marrickville Sound – veteran band members with a storied history in other bands, Hexham Heads consist of Van …
Track: End Scene cast an eye cynical over the ‘Land of Plenty’ with a raucous and cathartic blast.
Sydney duo End Scene provide another variety of intensive flavour from their upcoming second album ‘I Will Not Live Safe, I Will Live True’ with the raucous barbed-wire blitz of ‘Land Of Plenty’. A cathartic shouty number, it’s a slight change in tack from their usual anthemic pop, delivered in a raw punk blast fitting …
News: West Coast Legend Ice Cube Announces Exclusive Australian Tour
Sydney and Melbourne to Host Ice Cube’s Exclusive 2025 Performances
News: Kasabian and Blossoms Join Forces for Unmissable Australian Tour This March
British alt-rockers Kasabian are finally making their way back to Australia, hitting Naarm/Melbourne, Eora/Sydney, and Meanjin/Brisbane for the first time in over a decade. Joining them are Blossoms, whose knack for crafting shimmering, feel-good indie pop adds an exciting contrast to the lineup. Kasabian’s reputation as a live powerhouse speaks for itself, with anthems like …
News: Indie icons Ed Kuepper (The Saints) and Jim White (Dirty Three) team up for new album, with first single ‘The Crying Dance’ released, with Kuepper solo tour on the cards.
Following a thrilling tour last year between the two icons of Australian indie music, Ed Kuepper and Jim White have today announced the release of an album entitled ‘After The Flood’ on 21 March through Remote Control Records, and unveiled the single ‘The Crying Dance’ as a taster. Kuepper has also announced an extensive solo …
News: KNOTFEST Australia Sideshows Announced
KNOTFEST Invades Australia: Slipknot Leads the Charge with Headline Sideshows
News: Shame Announce Australia and New Zealand Headline Shows, Join Fontaines D.C. on Tour
London’s Loudest: Shame Set to Shake Up Australia and New Zealand
News: NYC Duo Fcukers Announce Intimate Side Shows Following Laneway Festival Debut
NYC duo Fcukers are set to make their highly anticipated return to Australia this February, bringing their 2025-ready, club-driven sound to the Laneway Festival lineup. Alongside their festival sets, they’ll deliver two intimate side shows in Eora/Sydney and Naarm/Melbourne. Renowned for their bold, genre-blurring style that reinvents ’90s dance, the duo have earned a reputation …
Premiere: Western Australian artist Ben Lunt exclusively unveils luminescent new single ‘Somersault’.
We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘Somersault’ from Western Australian Queensland-based troubadour Ben Lunt. Starting off with a yearning, sparse introduction, highlighting Lunt’s distinctive vocals, the track launches into a luminescent jaunty song that seems to infuse the bright Australian sunshine in every note, tempered by the thread of yearning melancholia in Lunt’s …
News: Inhaler’s New Album and Australian Tour Confirmed
New Album, New Tour: Inhaler to Shake Up Australian Stages in June