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News: US independent folk-punks, Rent Strike and Doom Scroll announce extended double-bill Australian tour

Folk ‘Til Ya Punk Records have a proud history of bringing international folk-punk bands to tour Australia off the back of their annual festival, HOBOFOPO. Over a number of years…

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Album Review: Fiona Boyes & The Fortune Tellers – Live at Bluesfest 2004 featuring Hubert Sumlin and Chris Wilson

It was with a huge amount of anticipatory excitement that I listened to this album from one of Australia’s premier blues players, given the extraordinary legacy that this particular recording…

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News: Marcus King Band release latest album, Darling Blue, their first in 7 years

Marcus King Band’s highly anticipated 4th album, Darling Blue, is out now via American Recordings/Republic Records. Alongside the release, the band is sharing the new track ‘The Shadows’ featuring GRAMMY-nominated…

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News: Canadian troubadour, Ron Sexsmith announces Australia/New Zealand ‘Hangover Terrace Tour’ in 2026

Triple Juno Award winner, Ron Sexsmith, one of Canada’s most accomplished singer-songwriters, will make a more-than welcome return to tour NZ & Australia with his band in April 2026. The…

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Live Review +Photo Galleries: Amigo The Devil (solo) with special guest, David Talley at Altar Bar, Hobart 21.08.2025

On a beautiful Hobart winter’s Thursday, Amigo The Devil (aka Danny Kiranos) brought his ‘murder-folk’ brand of song-writing to the stage of Altar Bar. One year on from his previous…

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News: Jimmy Barnes announces ‘Working Class Man 40th Anniversary Tour’ with special guests ICEHOUSE, Ian Moss & Kate Ceberano

Jimmy Barnes‘ iconic album, For The Working Class Man, is turning 40 years old, and to celebrate, Barnesy, as he is affectionately known, has announced that he is taking to…

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Live Review + Photo Galleries: The Black Sea Carnys at Hobart’s The Grand Poobah, 26.07.2025

The Black Sea Carnys held the launch for their latest offering, the EP (more of a mini-album, in reality) Cultland at The Grand Poobah here in Hobart on Saturday evening.…

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News + EP Review: Hobart’s The Black Sea Carnys announce new 6 track EP, ‘Cultland’ on back of news of Australian east coast tour dates

Following on from the release of their debut EP, Nistar (read about it here), The Black Sea Carnys, Tasmania’s kings of all things dark and industrial have announced the impending…

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News: Still loud, still sharp: Eddy Current Suppression Ring unleash the gritty Shapes and Forms

Eddy Current Suppression Ring — the twice ARIA Award-nominated garage/punk rock band — have re-emerged from a long studio silence with Shapes and Forms, their second new song following on…

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EP Review: Tasmania’s own Golden Sunbird unveil 4 tracks of pure space gossamer in latest offering – Heart of the Universe

Tasmania’s cosmic overlords, Golden Sunbird, have released their latest single, Heart of the Universe amidst a four track EP brimming with the timeless wonders of space and time. The EP…

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