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Album Review: Things We Did on Earth – The Kilbey/Kennedy sonic spaceship alights in our universe, and they’re better than ever.

Over the years, writing about Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy has become a little like tracing constellations across different skies. Whether reviewing latter-day albums by The Church or previous Kilbey…

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Live Review plus Gallery: A pop-up masterclass in craft, warmth and multigenerational magic – Crowded House, MyState Bank Arena, Hobart, 26 November 2025

The legendary Crowded House have been undertaking a return bout of what are being called ‘pop-shows’ across Australia, covering areas they missed last year and targeting more intimate venues. Neil Finn says:…

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Live Review + Photo Galleries: We Lost The Sea and follow at Altar Bar, Friday 07.11.2025

Two bands, six guitarists, two bass players, two drummers and one keyboard player…..and not a vocalist (or a microphone stand) to be seen. This was the reality of Friday night’s…

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Live Review + Gallery: Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory, with Cash Savage in support, light up the Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 13 November 2025

A little slow on the uptake, the single ‘Seventeen’ was an entry drug for me, and then seeing Sharon Van Etten live at the Dark Mofo Festival a few years…

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News: Inaugural Lutruwita Live set to rock Hobart this December

A new one-day festival is set to light up The Goods Shed on Hobart’s waterfront on Friday, December 19th with Lutruwita Live unleashing Wolfmother and Kingswood as headliners with support…

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Live Review + Photo Galleries: Seedy Jeezus at The Grand Poobah, Hobart 17.10.2025

Melbourne’s classic, psychedelic rockers, Seedy Jeezus made a triumphant Tasmanian debut at their 3 band show at Hobart’s Grand Poobah last Friday evening. The evening was presented by Psychedelic Salad…

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Album Review: Sliver Fleet Ships set sail into the darkness with their atmospheric debut album ‘Before Never, After Forever’.

Nipaluna/Hobart band Silver Fleet Ships are signed to the tremendous Meanjin/Brisbane label False Peaks Records, and this is a sure guarantee of the quality you can except in their debut album ‘Before…

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Track: Lutruwita/Tasmanian band Silver Fleet Ships ‘Do Nothin” in their own elegant, haunting way, ahead of debut album release.

Third single from the Nipaluna/Hobart band Silver Fleet Ships, signed to the tremendous Meanjin/Brisbane label False Peaks Records, and things are just getting exponentially better. ‘Do Nothin” continues the post punk sparseness filled…

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Premiere: The charismatic A. Swayze, resting his ghosts, exclusively unveils stunning debut solo single ‘A Prayer’.

A. Swayze & the Ghosts are undoubtedly one of the most underrated bands coming out of the antipodean music scene, while in my humble opinion being one of the most…

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News: Verticoli unveil evocative single and video for ‘See You Around’ ahead of album ‘Silverlinings’, due out in November.

With a soul-infused laid back air, the new single from Tasmania’s Verticoli puts on show their musical versatility and range of expression: a little different from their harder sound. It…

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