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Track: Future Islands mark 20 years with From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth

Anniversaries tend to invite simplification. A neat timeline, a run of highlights, the familiar arc from breakthrough to legacy. Future Islands have never been particularly interested in that kind of…

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News: Suzanne Vega announces Australian tour with career-spanning setlist

Suzanne Vega never needed to raise her voice to be heard. From the outset, her music has operated in a different register, one that favours precision over projection, detail over…

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News: Avatar return to Australia with new album Don’t Go In The Forest

Avatar have always understood that metal thrives on immersion. Not just volume or velocity, but atmosphere, the sense that stepping into their world requires a degree of surrender. With their…

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News: Jungle announce 2027 Australian arena tour alongside new album Sunshine

Jungle have spent the past decade refining a sound that feels engineered for movement, somewhere between precision and release, built as much for the body as for the ear. With…

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Track: Courtney Barnett returns with ‘One Thing at a Time’ ahead of Creature of Habit

Courtney Barnett has always written like someone thinking in real time, circling a feeling until it settles or fractures. On “One Thing at a Time,” that process feels more exposed…

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News: Brad Cox revs up for regional run with ‘Mack Truck’ tour

Brad Cox has always framed country music as something lived rather than performed. His songs tend to arrive with the dust still on them, shaped by distance, routine and the…

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News: The Angels mark 50 years of ‘Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again’ with national tour

There are songs that belong to bands, and then there are songs that get claimed by the crowd. Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again crossed that line a long time…

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News: Bad//Dreems bow out on their own terms with Ultra Dundee and indefinite hiatus

Bad//Dreems never chased the spotlight so much as they rewired it. From the beginning, theirs was a version of Australian rock that didn’t romanticise the pub floor so much as…

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Track: Robyn rewrites herself on ‘Blow My Mind,’ turning pop memory into something more volatile

Pop rarely permits revision. Once a song is released, it calcifies into its most recognisable form, fixed in the cultural bloodstream. Robyn has never quite adhered to that logic. With…

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News: St. Vincent captures Royal Albert Hall performance on Live in London!

At the Royal Albert Hall, scale tends to do the talking. But on Live in London!, it’s not just the size of the room or the sweep of the orchestra that…

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