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News: The Wombats Release Newest Indie-Rock Treasure ‘Oh! The Ocean’ Ahead of UK/EU and Aus Tours! + Headlining SummerSalt Fest

Two decades in and The Wombats are bigger than ever, playing to massive crowds, dropping fresh records, and bringing in new generations of fans at every turn. Now, they’re jumping…

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News: The Lemonheads announce 2025 Australian tour performing classic albums ‘It’s A Shame About Ray’ and ‘Come On Feel the Lemonheads’

The legendary The Lemonheads have today announced a 2025 tour of Australia performing their classic albums ‘It’s A Shame About Ray’ and ‘Come On Feel the Lemonheads’ in full for…

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Live Review & Gallery: Tex Perkins & The Beasts Deliver a Raw, Unrelenting Lesson in Rock Manning Bar, Sydney 22.02.2025

Chimers + The Beasts = A Night of Pure Sonic Destruction

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News: Fazerdaze is formally launching the album ‘Soft Power’ with an independently organised gig at the Powerhouse in Auckland.

Last year’s ‘Soft Power’ from Fazerdaze, released through Buttrfly/Virgin Music Group, was for me one of the albums of the year (see my review here). Fazerdaze spent a lot of the…

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Album Review: Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Nik Brinkman envelopes us in a shimmering veil of dreamy pop in his sophomore album ‘World Within’.

There is a dreamy heartbreakingly beautiful shimmer to the new album from Aotearoa/New Zealand artist Nik Brinkman that glows like the stars over the expansive southern hemisphere skies. Brinkman last…

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News: Jimmy Barnes Brings ‘Soul Deep’ to Blues on Broadbeach for a One-Night-Only Show

Blues on Broadbeach Adds Jimmy Barnes to an Already Stacked 2025 Lineup

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Track: Fontaines D.C. unveil anthemic new single ‘It’s Amazing To Be Young’ ahead of antipodean tour.

Following a year in which Fontaines D.C.‘s album ‘Romance’ almost universally featured in critics’ favourite albums of 2024, the Irish band has just released its brand new single ‘It’s Amazing…

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News: Chaka Khan Announces Headline Shows in Australia & New Zealand

50 Years of Hits, One Unmissable Tour – Chaka Khan’s Back in Australia & NZ

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Track: Perfume Genius and Aldous Harding Get Hauntingly Unhinged on ‘No Front Teeth’

Perfume Genius and Aldous Harding Are a Match Made in Eerie Pop Heaven

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Track: It’s not a cover – Lutruwita/Tasmania’s go-to musician Jethro Pickett releases the shimmering and lush single ‘Jolene (not a cover)’

Jethro Pickett is the go-to guitarist in his home Lutriwitta/Tasmania – look at any recent release and you will find his signature chiming guitars sparkling somewhere in the mix (Claire…

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