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In an era when festivals are either struggling, or cancelling, the hobos are back at it again and preparing for their eighth (or ninth if you count 2020’s semi-locked down version) annual gathering of all things folk-punk at HOBOFOPO 2024 (HOBart’s Original FOlk Punk Orgy). For one weekend in November, nipaluna/Hobart is taken over by …

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Bluesfest Byron Bay have dropped the first artist announcement for their 36th, and final, iteration. With a heritage that goes back to 1990, the festival promises to be a celebration of everything that Bluesfest has stood for over the past 35 plus years – music, community, and unforgettable experiences. To that end, the first artist …

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The evolution of Mancunian band, W.H. Lung continues with the release of latest single, The Painting Of The Bay, which closely follows the release of How To Walk. Both songs pave the way for the release of their third album, entitled Every Inch Of Earth Pulsates, in October this year. Originally a studio-only project formed …

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3-time ARIA Award winning guitarist, Jeff Lang, has just released the ethereal Seek High as the first taster of his forthcoming album release, More Life. More Life sees Lang join forces with a number of his favourite artists across the album, and is the culmination of a few years work following the seed of an …

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The icons that are The Hard-Ons will undertake a 13 date Australian tour with a European tour to follow to celebrate 40 years as Australian punk rock’s quintessential great survivors. Alongside this great news is the announcement of a new single, Buzz Buzz Buzz, co-written between Peter ‘Blackie’ Black and Tim Rogers, the band’s ‘new’ …

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On a cool June Tasmanian evening, two bands coalesced to bring a mix of classic post-punk to the stage of Hobart’s Republic Bar, the likes of which go to show that the genre is alive and well. First up were Tasmania’s celebrated masters of gothic new-wave, EWAH & The Vision Of Paradise. Bringing their ethereal, …

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Lancaster’s finest The Lovely Eggs brought their ‘Eggsistentialism’ tour to Birmingham on Bank Holiday Monday for an evening of punk, spoken word poetry and sing-a-long fun. Up first were Manchester 4 all female four piece ‘Loose Articles’ Taking to the stage surrounded by a blow up doll dressed in their merchandise and oozing with confidence …

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We were honoured to bring you an early listen to chanteuse Charlie Lane‘s last single ‘Gold Drips’, and to prove lightning really can strike twice, we bring you an exclusive early listen to her follow up, the absolutely enchanting and refreshing ‘Dance With You’, due out on Friday. Dappling, rippling guitars underpin Lane’s silken vocals …

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Kelly Jones brought a captivating night of music to a sold out Birmingham crowd, not once but three times this weekend is support of new album ‘Inevitable Incredible’ which came out on May 3rd 2024. Kelly Jones, lead singer of Welsh rockers, Stereophonics has really changed the pace with this album and these live shows …

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Australian punk duo, Mannequin Death Squad have teamed with DZ Deathray’s Shane Parsons in latest single, ‘Safe And Warm‘. It is the third song the band have released since their debut album broke in 2022. ‘Safe And Warm‘ sees the band pursue their signature firebrand style, with a raucous and fast-paced song that is certainly …

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