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Track: The Klittens Drift Into Dream-Pop Unease On New Single ‘Taxi’

The Klittens have always occupied an intriguing corner of the Dutch indie underground, where sugar-coated melodies collide with sharp edges and DIY conviction. On new single ‘Taxi’, the Amsterdam five-piece continue…

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Track: Mastodon Announce Marrow Deep And Reunite With Josh Homme On New Single

Mastodon have announced their long-awaited new album Marrow Deep, set for release on 28 August via Loma Vista Recordings, alongside the towering new single ‘Snakes For Dinner’, which reunites the Atlanta metal giants with Queens…

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Track: Getdown Services Balance Humour And Heart On New Single ‘Cha Cha Slide’

For a band whose reputation has been built on controlled chaos, razor-sharp humour and brilliantly off-kilter observations of modern Britain, Getdown Services continue to reveal new dimensions with their latest single, ‘Cha Cha…

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News: The Veronicas Join Peach PRC For FORMA Sydney

Sydney’s new open-air concert series FORMA has added another major name to its inaugural lineup, with The Veronicas joining Peach PRC for a one-night celebration of Australian pop at Tumbalong Park on Thursday 3 December. The pairing…

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Live Gallery: Hiatus Kaiyote Bring The Sydney Opera House To Its Feet 12.07.2026

The Sydney Opera House Concert Hall is packed long before Hiatus Kaiyote take the stage. Three years after their unforgettable orchestral performance for Vivid LIVE, and two years after Backseat Mafia caught them at the…

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Track: Zipper tune into another hypnotic triumph with ‘Ear’.

There are some bands you instinctively know are building something special, and Zipper continue to confirm that feeling with every release. Following the dazzling ‘Hiko’ (read my review here), new…

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Track: Watching the Waves, Watching Ourselves – Tamara & the Dream releases the reflective ‘Beautiful Woman on the Coast in Portugal’

Sometimes the most affecting songs arrive with barely a whisper. On ‘Beautiful Woman on the Coast in Portugal’, Tamara & the Dreams strips away the jangling indie exuberance that made…

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Track: Dominic Breen questions the stories that built a nation with the compelling ‘Just Another Day in the Colony’

There are songwriters who write stories, and there are songwriters who hold a mirror to a nation. On ‘Just Another Day in the Colony’, Sydney’s Dominic Breen confidently plants himself…

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Live Gallery: Deafheaven’s Powerful Melbourne Performance 9.07.2026

There are few bands that have reshaped the possibilities of heavy music quite like Deafheaven, and at Melbourne’s Forum they proved once again why they remain one of the most compelling live…

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Live Gallery: Cradle Of Filth And DevilDriver Deliver A Night Of Extreme Metal At Sydney’s Enmore Theatre 10.07.2026

The queue outside the Enmore Theatre stretches well before doors open, a sea of black band shirts, leather jackets and corpse paint gathering beneath the theatre’s glowing marquee. Tonight is the meeting…

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