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News: LCD Soundsystem add new North American dates and join Harry Styles’ Meltdown

LCD Soundsystem continue behaving like a group who still found a better party somewhere else and expect you to catch up. James Murphy and company have expanded their 2026 North American…

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Track: Black Veil Brides team with Machine Head’s Robb Flynn on ‘Revenger’

Black Veil Brides have unveiled new single Revenger featuring Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn, and it is exactly the kind of left-turn pairing that makes sense the moment you hear it. The track is the latest…

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News: Ecca Vandal will join Deftones Australian tour after standout Coachella set

Ecca Vandal has spent her career ripping labels off things and setting fire to the packaging. Fresh from a ferocious debut at Coachella, the Melbourne-based shape-shifter will join Deftones on their Australian…

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Live Gallery: The Beths, supported by Womb soar at Roundhouse with wit, hooks and emotional precision 24.04.2026

There is a particular electricity that gathers before The Beths walk onstage at Roundhouse. It is not swagger or spectacle. It is anticipation built on trust. This is a band people believe will…

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Live Gallery: Maxïmo Park returned in style with electric Freo.Social show 23.04.2026

At Freo.Social, Maxïmo Park finally made their long-awaited return to Australia and treated the room to a sharp, celebratory set built around the 20th anniversary of A Certain Trigger. Tracks like Apply Some Pressure, Graffiti and Going Missing still…

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Album Review: Sofia Isella strikes hard on fearless new EP Something is a shell.

Some records arrive asking politely for your attention. Sofia Isella’s new EP Something is a shell. kicks the door open, rearranges the room and leaves with the best lamp. Across six tracks, the…

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News: The Amity Affliction return with deeply personal new album House Of Cards

Some bands survive by repeating themselves until the crowd stops asking questions. The Amity Affliction have chosen a riskier route. On their ninth album House Of Cards, the Queensland heavyweights appear determined to…

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News: Ruby Fields announces intimate Sydney and Melbourne album launch events

Not every record needs to arrive declaring itself an era. Some are built from messier, more useful materials: floods, grief, breakups, odd jobs, rebuilding, falling in love and figuring out…

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Track: Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers unleash new era with t.A.T.u. rework and GLORY deluxe

Some covers arrive politely. Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers chose detonation. Returning to the triple j Like A Version studio today, the ARIA-winning four-piece took on t.A.T.u.’s 2002 juggernaut All The Things She Said and dragged…

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Track: Ruel embraces chaos on raw new single ‘Hate Myself’

If the first chapter of Ruel’s second album leaned into melody and heartbreak with a soft glow, the sequel arrives with the lights flickering. New single ‘Hate Myself’, released today, is…

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