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Live Review + Gallery: Hawthorne Heights – Knitting Factory – Spokane, Wa – 2026.03.15

The Knitting Factory in Spokane, Washington was sold out and rocking out to emo mainstays Hawthorne Heights. The band are out on the road celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the…

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Live Gallery: A Measured Return: Secondhand Serenade With Strings at Sydney’s Manning bar 20.12.2025

Returning to Sydney after 16 years, Secondhand Serenade present a restrained and carefully structured set at Manning Bar, enhanced by a symphonic string section. Rather than leaning on nostalgia, the band reframes its emo-pop catalogue with clarity, context, and a sense of continuity.

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Live Gallery: Heat, Blood and Holy Noise: Good Things 2025 Burns Sydney Alive

Good Things 2025 arrives in Sydney like a heat-stricken carnival, pushing thousands of fans through a day of blistering sets from Garbage, Refused, Wargasm, Fever 333, Weezer, and Tool. From GWAR’s blood-spray theatrics to Shirley Manson’s searing stage presence and Maynard’s shadow-lurking mystique, the festival turns Olympic Park into a furnace of sound, sweat and defiance.

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News: Florida Rockers Rain City Drive to Make Their Australian Debut in 2026

Florida’s Rain City Drive will make their first-ever Australian headline tour in March 2026, performing across five cities with support from TX2 and Melrose Avenue.

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Live Gallery: Mayday Parade celebrate 20 years at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion 13.09.2025

At Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, Mayday Parade mark two decades together with a career-spanning set, joined by returning favourites Jack’s Mannequin and rising act The Home Team. The result is a night that feels less like nostalgia and more like a renewed connection between band and fans.

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Live Gallery: Sydney Gets a Masterclass in Catharsis from The Juliana Theory + The Spill Canvas 19.07.2025

Emo’s past and present collided as The Juliana Theory and The Spill Canvas lit up Manning Bar with raw emotion.

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Music

News: Chicagoans Pretoria return with new EP If We’re Pretending

Building off a trio of singles released last year, the Michigan-formed and Illinois-based quartet Pretoria‘s new EP takes a sideways look at upping sticks to chase a new dream, which…

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Live Review & Gallery: Short Stack’s Debut ‘Stack is the New Black’ Turns 15 and Yes, It Still Slaps – Roundhouse, Eora Land/Sydney, 07.06.25

I was never a scene kid, and I’ve accepted this as a huge loss on my part. I wasn’t allowed to hang out at a Westfield, nor was I on…

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Live Review + Gallery: Mayday Parade – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, Oregon – 2025.05.09

Live Review + Gallery: Mayday Parade - Crystal Ballroom - Portland, Oregon - 2025.05.09

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News: Emo pop punkers A Swift Farewell greet us again with blistering new single ‘The Haunting ft Amariah’, and news of their debut EP ‘Hollow Threats’

Eora/Sydney band A Swift Farewell have made a blistering return with their new single ‘The Haunting’, featuring contributions from Amariah from Melbourne band Future Static. It accompanies an announcement by…

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