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News: Iron & Wine returns to Australia with a rare run of intimate solo shows

Iron and Wine

Iron & Wine, the long-running project of Sam Beam, returns to Australia this February and March for a run of intimate solo performances, drawing on a catalogue that spans two decades of folk songwriting marked by restraint, warmth, and emotional precision.

Live Review & Gallery: SXSW Sydney Kicks Off With Haley Holgate Ahead of a Big Week for Music

SXSW Sydney officially began today, easing into the week with a performance from local Haley Holgate at the Tumbalong Park stage. Her set brought a warm breath to an otherwise…

Live Review: Flyte – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds. 24.09.25

An intimate evening of the highest quality with Flyte in Leeds

The Stamps

Live Gallery: The Stamps Bring Their Debut Album to a Packed Vine Street Room

From chairs to pillows on the floor, the crowd creates its own architecture of closeness, echoing the Stamps' own tight-knit bond.

Track: ‘When Will We Lose Hope?’ Romanie seeks answers in a beautifully delivered track ahead of live dates.

We here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia have avidly followed the burgeoning career of Belgian/Australian artist Romanie, and her new single ‘When Will We Lose Hope?’ further develops…

News: HOBOFOPO announce first 6 artists for the 2025 festival in Hobart in November

The folk-punk hobos are back at it again for the ninth installation of HOBart’s Original FOlk Punk Orgy (HOBOFOPO). Having previously hosted international acts such as AJJ, Days ‘N’ Daze,…

Folk Bitch Trio

Track: Folk Bitch Trio Light Up the Gloom with New Single ‘Moth Song’

Harmonies forged in grit — Folk Bitch Trio are writing the new folk canon.

Live Review & Gallery: Ichiko Aoba Brings Stillness to Vivid LIVE at the Sydney Opera House – Eora Nation, 29.05.25

It simply felt like a dream. That’s the only real way to describe Ichiko Aoba’s performance at the Sydney Opera House for VIVID LIVE. In the middle of a festival…

Music

Premiere: Peter Salett preps long-awaited double album return, shares ‘Suddenly the Leaves’

It’s been a good while since we’ve heard much from Peter Salett; with his most recent album Addicted to Distraction turning 15 in August, he’s mostly kept his head down…

Folk Bitch Trio

News: ‘Cathode Ray’ Is Folk Bitch Trio’s Gnarled Ode to Screen Burnout and Emotional Static

If there’s any justice in the algorithm or the universe, Folk Bitch Trio are destined to be the voice of a generation too smart to stay quiet.

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