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Album Review: ‘Men Are A Luxury Item’ but The Petrov Affair prove their immeasurable worth with their debut album.

We’ve been closely following the magnificent The Petrov Affair for a few years, enticed by their brand of jingle jangle shimmering pop. It is a great pleasure therefore to listen…

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Track: The Pretty Reckless Dive Headfirst Into Chaos on ‘When I Wake Up’

The Pretty Reckless’ ‘When I Wake Up’ trades polish for proximity, capturing the comedown of excess in a raw, first-person spiral that signals a darker, more exposed chapter ahead.

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News: Genesis Owusu Announces Explosive New Album And National Tour

Genesis Owusu has announced his third album REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE alongside a national Australian tour, delivering a bold, genre-blurring record shaped by urgency, identity and a fractured world.

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Live Gallery: Lloyd Cole Rewires His Legacy At Sydney’s Factory Theatre 19.03.2026

Lloyd Cole takes to a packed Factory Theatre in Sydney, delivering an electric solo set that reworks classics from Rattlesnakes through to On Pain with sharp clarity and quiet force.

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Live Gallery: ONE OK ROCK at Hordern Pavilion – Eora Land/Sydney, 14.03.26

Japanese rock band One Ok Rock formed in Tokyo in 2005, with their name coming from booking rehearsal rooms at the cheapest hour available, one o’clock. Twenty years later, they’re…

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News: Vivid LIVE 2026 Turns Sydney Opera House Into A Multi-Stage Sonic Playground

Vivid LIVE 2026 transforms the Sydney Opera House into a multi-stage music takeover, with Mitski, Mogwai, Flying Lotus and Earl Sweatshirt leading a boundary-pushing line-up spanning indie, hip-hop, techno and experimental sound.

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Live Gallery: Sister Bliss Leads Faithless through a powerful night of electronic anthems in Sydney 13.03.2026

Faithless return to Australia for the first time in 15 years, delivering a powerful performance at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion led by Sister Bliss. When the iconic beat of ‘Insomnia’ arrives early in the set, breathtaking visuals of Maxi Jazz transform the moment into a moving tribute as the crowd dances through one of electronic music’s most enduring anthems.

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Live Gallery: Peach PRC debuts the Porcelain era with theatrical flair at the Hordern Pavilion 15.03.2026

Peach PRC launches her Sydney show at the Hordern Pavilion with a striking visual statement, opening the night on a dance pole surrounded by two dancers as a sold-out crowd erupts. With lush stage production and the promise of her debut album Porcelain, the Australian pop star delivers a performance that charts her evolution from bedroom-pop storyteller to fully realised pop auteur

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Live Review & Gallery: Circle pits and confetti as Linkin Park deliver a powerful Sydney comeback 14.03.2026

Linkin Park’s Sydney return at Qudos Bank Arena becomes a communal moment as fans from across Australia and New Zealand gather to hear classics like ‘Numb’, ‘In The End’ and ‘One Step Closer’, with pink confetti drifting over the crowd during the encore.

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Track: Perth-based New Zealander Damien Binder makes a spectacular return with new track ‘Winterlude’

We’ve long been fans of the atmospheric musings of Perth-based singer songwriter Damien Binder, and after what seems a millennium, he is back with his new single ‘Winterlude’, and all…

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