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EP: Wolf & Chain’s ‘Amor Mortal’ is a romping cathartic blast of delicious theatrical excess

At the very heart of rock’n’roll must lurk the innate desire for the smell of the greasepaint and the glare of the floodlights: theatrics must surely form the very DNA…

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Track: The Terrifying Lows are ‘Waiting For The Sun’: a deliciously dark piece of gothic post punk pop.

The Terrifying Lows is the work of Melbourne-based musician and Gamilaroi artist Tyler Millott, and the new single ‘Waiting For The Sun’ is a deliciously dark piece of gothic post…

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EP: Whatever, Forever release the epic melodic punk EP ‘Slowly Dying With You’

To reinvent yourself is to grow, adapt and mature. Change is an intimidating peril that can reveal the best and worst of most artists. Sydney emo-punk trio Whatever, Forever have…

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Album Review: The legendary Even jangles up a storm with their sparkling, immersive double album ‘Reverse Light Years’

Nothing succeeds like excess, and when it’s a double album of melodic anthems infused with a sixties pop harmonies, seventies guitar solos and an eighties/nineties mix of jangling guitars and…

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Track: Sydney’s Golden Fang put on a muzzle with the slow burning evocative ‘Don’t Be That Way’

That glint in the firmament is the gentle sparkle of Sydney’s Golden Fang‘s new single ‘Don’t Be That Way’. A muzzled Golden Fang to some extent, this is a glorious…

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Track: Sydney troubadour Thomas Keating returns with a gentle poke at politicians with the sweeping, effervescent track ‘Lunatic’.

There is a delicious dreamy flow to Sydney singer and songwriter Thomas Keating‘s new single ‘Lunatic’ which has a touch of acerbity as he takes aim at the lunatic nature…

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News: Christopher Coleman & The Great Escape announce debut album ‘The Great Tasmanian Escape’ and release the achingly beautiful single ‘Paloona’

There’s something of the beautiful untamed wilderness of Tasmania, perched isolated on the edge of the world with a deep dark history, deeply infused in the new track from Christopher…

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Track: Brisbane troubadour Aren’t releases the gorgeous ‘For Love (featuring Georgia Harvey)’ ahead of EP release and announces launch gig.

Brisbane artist Aren’t‘s new single ‘For Love’ is exquisitely beautiful – a poised and reflective piece of indie folk that is delicate and mesmerising. I was lucky enough to witness…

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Track: Fleeting Persuasion unbottle the pensive yearning bliss of single ‘Passed Through’

The project of Melburnian James Spencer Harrison, who has also released several albums, singles and EPs under the J M S Harrison moniker, Fleeting Persuasion, has just released the delicate…

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Track: Julia Why? Releases the achingly beautiful and powerful track ‘My Grrrl’ and announces launch gig.

Following the release of the gorgeous track ‘Waiting For Time‘ earlier this year, Julia Wylie, under the moniker Julia Why? has just released another achingly beautiful track ‘My Grrrl’ which…

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