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Track: Blvd Of Eyes Confront the Rise of AI on Fierce New Single ‘We Are Human’
Blvd Of Eyes deliver ‘We Are Human’, a heavy yet heartfelt statement on creativity and imperfection, ahead of their debut EP We Are Humans and November Australian tour.
Track: Day Dreamers Confront Modern Panic with New Single ‘y2k’
Melbourne alt-rockers Day Dreamers return with ‘y2k’, a self-produced anthem of anxious reflection and melodic grit, recorded entirely from home and built for the stage.
News: Oklou Expands Her Vision on choke enough Deluxe with FKA twigs Collaboration
French producer and composer Oklou returns with choke enough Deluxe, featuring four new tracks and a collaboration with FKA twigs, expanding her acclaimed debut into something even more intimate and immersive.
Album Review: Sliver Fleet Ships set sail into the darkness with their atmospheric debut album ‘Before Never, After Forever’.
Nipaluna/Hobart band Silver Fleet Ships are signed to the tremendous Meanjin/Brisbane label False Peaks Records, and this is a sure guarantee of the quality you can except in their debut album ‘Before Never, After Forever’. It’s an album which bleeds atmosphere from every pore: statuesque and gilded with an Antarctic chill exacerbated by the sharp expressive guitar …
News: Molchat Doma Bring Mystifying Brutalism to Australia’s Cold Wave Revival
Belarusian post-punk outfit Molchat Doma are returning to Australia this December, bringing their uniquely brooding sound to the East Coast for three shows only. The trio will play Naarm/Melbourne’s Forum on December 17, Gadigal/Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on December 18, and Meanjin/Brisbane’s Tivoli on December 20. It’s their first visit since their meteoric rise from underground …
News: Vinted Vineer Announce East Coast Tour and Unveil Dreamy New Single ‘you’
Vinted Vineer return with ‘you’, a tender love song floating between dream-pop and alt-indie hues. Recorded at home and rich with warmth, the single arrives ahead of the band’s East Coast tour, kicking off with a hometown launch at Brisbane’s Black Bear Lodge on October 18th.
Track: The Belair Lip Bombs Announce New Album Again and Drop Soaring New Single “Back of My Hand”
Australia’s The Belair Lip Bombs return with Again, a glittering collection of indie-rock anthems. New single “Back of My Hand” captures the band’s signature “yearn-core” sound — fuzzy, heartfelt and irresistibly melodic — as they gear up for their US co-headline tour with dust.
News: Morcheeba Mark 30 Years of Trip-Hop Majesty with 2026 Australian Tour
Morcheeba return to Australia in 2026 to celebrate 30 years of genre-bending brilliance, joined by UNKLE’s James Lavelle for a night of hypnotic grooves, nostalgia and visual splendour.
Album Review: Fiona Boyes & The Fortune Tellers – Live at Bluesfest 2004 featuring Hubert Sumlin and Chris Wilson
It was with a huge amount of anticipatory excitement that I listened to this album from one of Australia’s premier blues players, given the extraordinary legacy that this particular recording contains. Not only is this an early recording of Fiona Boyes which follows on closely from being the first non-American, and first female, to win …
News: Picture This Announce 2026 Australian Return After Selling 100,000 Irish Tickets in One Year
From a viral iPhone video to selling out 100,000 tickets across Ireland in a single year, Picture This have become the country’s biggest live act — and in 2026, they’re set to bring that unstoppable energy down under.