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News: Guts Touring returns with 2026 Northern Territory run

There’s a version of the Australian touring circuit that rarely gets written about. Not the capital-city carousel, but the long roads out, where gigs feel less like stops on a…

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Track: Sepultura unveil ‘Beyond the Dream’ from final EP The Cloud of Unknowing

There are farewell tours, and then there are endings that feel like tectonic shifts. Sepultura have spent more than four decades reshaping heavy music from the margins outward, and now, as their…

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News: Joan As Police Woman announces Real Life Evolution for 20th anniversary

Two decades on from the album that quietly set everything in motion, Joan As Police Woman is returning not to rewrite the past, but to sit with it, reshape it, and let…

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News: Mad Cool Festival returns with one of 2026’s biggest lineups

There’s a point where a festival lineup stops feeling like a schedule and starts reading like a dare. Mad Cool Festival 2026 crosses that line early. Set to mark its 10th anniversary…

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Track: Zipper reveals stunning post punk new single ‘Hiko’

Originally from Eora/Sydney, Zipper first appeared back in 2019, releasing their debut EP ‘Dreamer’s Gate’ the following year. It was something I sadly missed at the time but on the…

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News: Against The Grain returns to Brisbane with stacked line up including Stereolab, Pond and others

Some festivals arrive fully formed. Others return like a signal cutting back through the noise. Against The Grain does the latter, re-emerging after eight years to reclaim its place in the fabric…

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Track: Beth Orton returns with understated new single ‘The Ground Above’

There’s a particular kind of voice that doesn’t age so much as deepen, gathering weight with every passing year. Beth Orton has always had that quality, and on her new single ‘The Ground…

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Track: Lambrini Girls unleash ferocious new single ‘Cult of Celebrity’

There’s no easing into a Lambrini Girls track. It doesn’t arrive, it detonates. Their new single ‘Cult of Celebrity’ kicks the door clean off its hinges within seconds, all serrated guitar and spit-fire delivery,…

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News: G.U.N join The Horrors on long-awaited Australian tour

Time has a habit of sharpening certain bands rather than softening them. The Horrors return to Australia next week for their first full tour in over a decade, arriving not as a…

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News: Brighton Psych Fest adds second wave of artists for 2026 edition

There’s something about Brighton that lends itself to disorientation in the best possible way. Maybe it’s the sea air, maybe it’s the maze of venues, or maybe it’s just that certain festivals…

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