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Live Review & Gallery: Nine Bands, One Unrelenting Day at New Bloom Festival – Roundhouse, Eora Land/Sydney, 09.03.25

Nine bands and thousands of punters, all more than willing to throw (nay, hurl) themselves headfirst into a day of hardcore goodness. From the jump, the crowd was locked in,…

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News: New Bloom Festival Returns in 2025 With a Stacked Lineup & Drain Headline Sideshows!

After a wildly successful debut in 2024, selling out in Naarm/Melbourne, New Bloom Festival is back for round two in 2025, bringing a fresh wave of alt-rock, post-hardcore, grunge, and…

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Live Review & Gallery: The Amity Affliction Celebrates Ten Year Anniversary of ‘Let The Ocean Take Me’ at Eora/Sydney’s Enmore Theatre – 11.11.24

Earlier this week, Eora/Sydney’s iconic Enmore Theatre hosted a celebration that was a decade in the making. The Amity Affliction hit the stage, marking ten years since ‘Let The Ocean…

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Live Review & Gallery: The Introspection of Uncontrolled Chaos as High Vis Headlines at Oxford Art Factory – Eora/Sydney 25.08.24

Coming off the back of their blistering set opening for SPEED at the Enmore Theatre on Friday, UK post-punk quintet High Vis took centre stage at Oxford Art Factory on…

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News: UK Post-Punk Hardcore Heavyweights High Vis Begin Australian Tour Supporting SPEED + Naarm/Melbourne and Eora/Sydney Headline Shows

UK post-punk heavyweights High Vis are set to electrify Australian audiences this August and September with a double-barrel tour announcement. First up, their highly anticipated headline tour, followed by a…

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News: Aussie hardcore punk legends, The Hard-Ons, set pulses buzzing with news of 40th anniversary tour on back of new release single

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.…

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Live Review & Gallery: Hands Like Houses Introduce a New Era for East Coast ‘Tropo’ Tour – Oxford Art Factory, Eora/Sydney, 16.05.2024

Thursday night at the Oxford Art Factory was a whirlwind of high-energy excitement as Hands Like Houses, the post-hardcore sensation from Canberra, took centre stage. This marked a pivotal moment…

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Gallery and Set-lists: Paradise Lost / Urne – The Academy, Dublin 16.09.2023

At a sold out Academy in Dublin, Paradise Lost, the English gothic metal act – considered to be the pioneers of the death-doom genre and who are cited to have largely influenced…

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Countdown to Rebellion – Day 3: Introducing Electric Press

July 31, 2023

The Leeds based hardcore band recently signed to Manchester label TNS Records and have just released their first new music since 2021’s This Bleeding Planet EP. Their sound is a…

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Live Review: Outbreak Festival 2023 – Day 1

July 20, 2023

Pic Credit: Andi Callen Photography Wow, what can I say about Outbreak Festival? Now right from the start I have to fess up and admit to never having heard of…

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