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News: Australia Gets Loud as Good Things Artists Announce Intimate Headline Shows

Deb Pelser October 12, 2025

The Good Things Festival 2025 sideshows bring a cross-section of the alt-rock spectrum to intimate stages across Australia, featuring All Time Low, Lorna Shore, Knocked Loose, Refused, and more.

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News: Weezer, Garbage, Refused and More Join TOOL for Good Things Festival

Deb Pelser August 12, 2025

TOOL will headline Good Things Festival 2025, their first Australian festival set in 14 years, joined by Weezer, Garbage, All Time Low, Machine Head and others.

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News: Stefaniii Unveils Debut Single ‘Catalyst’

Simon Lucas-Hughes January 30, 2026

Stefaniii releases the debut single ‘Catalyst’, a gritty indie-rock fizzer that brings a modern edge and a strong early 00’s indie aesthetic. The project Armenian-British composer and filmmaker Richard Melkonian, the debut single captures a radiant potential for exciting guitar driven soundscapes comparable to the likes of The Strokes, White Lies, whilst bringing undertones of …

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News: DomLand Releases New EP ‘Dipped In Black’

Simon Lucas-Hughes January 30, 2026

Back with her first release since 2023, Canada-based artist DomLand returns with Dipped In Black, an EP that is as devastating as it is beautiful. The project stands as a deeply personal tribute to her late partner, who passed away while she was pregnant, and captures an artist confronting loss with unfiltered honesty, courage, and soul. …

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Album Review: It’s all ‘In The Manifesto’ – Sacred Cowboys unveil a collection of attitude-laden gems that burn brightly.

Arun Kendall January 30, 2026

Sacred Cowboys have been – and still are – a legendary bunch of misfits together in various forms since 1982, but always with Garry Gray as a mainstay at the reins along with Mark Ferrie. They essentially began in 1982 as a supergroup with Gray from seminal new wave outfit Negatives and Ferrie from the Models. …

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News: The Great Emu War Casualties are back with news of their debut album ‘Public Sweetheart No. 1’, accompanying their sparkling new single ‘Donut’.

Arun Kendall January 29, 2026

It’s been a while but the brilliantly, if rather enigmatically, named band The Great Emu War Casualties are back with the announcement today that they will be releasing a new album entitled ‘Public Sweetheart No. 1’ on Friday, 27 March 26. And to sweeten the deal, a new single off the album paves the way. …

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News: Tom Busby announces Queensland album launch shows for Rockhampton Hangover

Deb Pelser January 29, 2026

Tom Busby has announced three free Queensland album launch shows to coincide with the release of his debut solo album Rockhampton Hangover on February 20.

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