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News: Synth pop maestros OMD announce Australian tour.

The magnificent OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) have just announced their first tour of Australia in nearly 40 years following the recent release of their album ‘Bauhaus Staircase’ to…

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Premiere: Indie supergroup The Aerial Maps make a triumphant return as they blissfully take us on the ‘Eucalyptus Road’, with a new album on the way.

It’s been nearly three years since we reviewed the album ‘Intimate Hinterland’ from the venerable Sydney indie supergroup The Aerial Maps, and we are catatonic with excitement at being able…

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Track: Sturt Avenue release the hauntingly beautiful track ‘How Much It Costs’.

Indie folk band Sturt Avenue today release their single ‘How Much It Costs’: a paean to the struggles of pursuing an artistic life and gaining fulfilment from life. Created in…

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Live Review + Galleries: Bluesfest Byron Bay – Day 5, Monday 01.04.2024

So it came to pass that we finally made our way to the final day. There is a sense of relief, coupled with the same sense of excitement that you…

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Premiere: Steve Pinkerton (The Anyones, The Ronson Hang Up) and Andrew Pendlebury (The Sports, Stephen Cummings) are Pinkerton Pendlebury and together unveil new video for the searing track ‘Molly Dean’ ahead of launch date.

Between the two of them, Steve Pinkerton and Andrew Pendlebury (Pinkerton/Pendlebury) have produced enough blistering power pop wattage over the decades to power a major city or two. We are…

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Live Review + Photo Gallery: Beth Orton at The Odeon Theatre, Hobart 26.04.2024

In her first tour Down Under in 6 years, and following on from an enforced break to bolster her health (the tour having been postponed from November 2023), Beth Orton…

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EP Review: oWo release the powerful, expressive ‘Tunnel of Vision’ ahead of launch date.

Eora/Sydney trio oWo have just unveiled their thrilling new EP ‘Tunnel of Vision’: a visceral collection of vibrant post-punk tracks that quivers with vitality and freshness, mixing a pop sensibility…

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News: Eora/Sydney’s inimitable Marilyn Maria have made you a cathartic ‘Self Help Tape’ and unveil launch date.

With a name that reflects an eternal dichotomy between the sacred and the profane, Eora/Sydney post punk troop Marilyn Maria have released their new fantastic single ‘Self Help Tape’ ahead…

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Album Review: St Vincent Delivers on ‘All Born Screaming’

St. Vincent's 'All Born Screaming,' a rock tour de force that'll have you begging for more.

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Track & News: What’s DIIV Up To? What We (Think We) Know and What Remains a Mystery as They Drop Title Track for Upcoming Album ‘Frog in Boiling Water’

If you haven’t been following closely, DIIV —Andrew Bailey, Colin Caulfield, Ben Newman, and Zachary Cole Smith—have announced their fourth album, ‘Frog in Boiling Water’, which will be released on…

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