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News: The Army, The Navy lock in 2027 Australian ‘Fake Brave Tour’

The Army, The Navy are heading back to Australia in May 2027, and this time they’re going bigger. After selling out their debut visit in 2025, the Los Angeles indie-pop…

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News: Caroline Rose reveals intimate Australian solo shows

Caroline Rose is heading back to Australia this November, squeezing in two intimate solo shows after an expansive North American run supporting Modest Mouse. The US singer-songwriter and producer will…

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News: Esspi turns invented memories into ‘FAUXstalgia’

Cape Town singer-songwriter Esspi has spent six years making ‘FAUXstalgia’, an album whose title comes from a word she invented to describe something strangely familiar: mourning a time you never…

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Premiere: Gun Laws confront the compromises of survival on the volatile new single ‘Deals! Deals! Deals!’

Naarm/Melbourne post-punk five-piece Gun Laws are back, and Backseat Mafia has the exclusive premiere of their new single “Deals! Deals! Deals!”, out 18 September. The track is built on the…

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News: Bachman-Turner Overdrive confirm first-ever Australian tour

Bachman-Turner Overdrive are finally heading to Australia. More than five decades into their career, the Canadian rock veterans will make their first-ever Australian tour in February 2027 as part of…

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Premiere: The Silversound plunge deeper into cosmic psych with new single ‘Hands’.

Backseat Mafia has followed Melbourne’s own dark psychedelic export The Silversound closely over the years, and we’re thrilled to bring you the premiere of their new single ‘Hands,’ the second…

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News: Leon Bridges announces ‘The Happiness Anytime Tour’ of Australia including Sydney Opera House show

Leon Bridges is heading back to Australia in 2027, bringing ‘The Happiness Anytime Tour’ to some particularly spectacular outdoor settings across February and March. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter kicks things off…

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News: Calvin Harris announces first-ever Australian headline tour

Calvin Harris is finally doing something he has never done before: an Australian headline tour. The Scottish DJ and producer will head Down Under in February, bringing one of electronic…

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News: heavens to betsy return after 32 years with ‘baby’s gone’

More than three decades after their last project, feminist punk trailblazers heavens to betsy are opening the vault. The duo of Corin Tucker, later of Sleater-Kinney, and drummer Tracy Sawyer…

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News: Madness announce Sydney Opera House Forecourt show for 2027

Madness are heading back to Australia for the first time in a decade, and this time the Nutty Boys are taking over one of Sydney’s most famous stages. The UK…

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