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Track: New Zealand’s Echomatica release the dream-noir cinematic epic ‘Atomic Girl’

Manchester has always been good at exporting its melancholy. It has travelled in record collections, in accents, and occasionally in whole people, and two of them have landed in Tāmaki…

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Track: Tina Growls unleash ‘Star Witness’ ahead of debut album

Melbourne trio Tina Growls are turning the volume back up with Star Witness, the first taste of their debut album, due in early 2027. Led by vocalist, guitarist and songwriter…

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Live Gallery: Body Type turned up the muscle on Tally at Melbourne’s Tote 24.09.2026

The Tote felt like exactly the right room for Body Type. Close, sweaty and stripped of ceremony, it gave the Sydney four-piece nowhere to hide as they brought new album…

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Track: Lottie McLeod unveils The Boathouse EP with lead track Thomas

Lottie McLeod is stepping out of her shell on The Boathouse, a deeply personal new EP that finds the Brisbane singer-songwriter swapping people-pleasing for something considerably more useful: saying what…

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Track: Skybelly unleashes a dark and brooding world in the immersive ‘Hades Is My New Boyfriend’ ahead of new album ‘silverado’

Skybelly, the nom de plume of Melbourne artist Sara Nelson, has a field of creative vision so wide it cannot be experienced without some sort of sonic widescreen equipment. The…

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Album Review: Hoolahan’s ‘Bay of Chance’ gives us breathtakingly beautiful melodies, chiming guitars and a career-defining form.

Some bands disappear so quietly that you stop expecting them back, then return with a record that makes the wait look like a deliberate act of patience. Sydney’s Hoolahan have…

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Meet: Where did that come from? Midge Ure (Ultravox, Visage and Live Aid) talks to us about his unfinished business and his treasured legacy.

Ahead of his rescheduled Australian tour on the Catalogue: The Hits tour, the Ultravox frontman talks with me about Joe Dolce, Scottish tenacity, and why he refuses to sulk through…

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News: Pond bring the Terrestrials Tour home to Australia this December

Pond are bringing Terrestrials home. Fresh from a US headline run that included dates with Djo, the Fremantle psych-rock mainstays have announced an Australian tour for December, taking their new…

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News: The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Psychedelic Furs announce UK co-headline tour for 2027

Two of the most significant bands from the late seventies and eighties have just announced a co-headlining UK tour for 2027. What is most remarkable is both – The Jesus…

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Live Gallery: Swapmeet turn intricate indie rock into an intimate show at Melbourne’s Northcote Social 17.09.2026

There was a sense of understatement around Swapmeet as they took the stage at Melbourne’s Northcote Social Club. The Adelaide four-piece weren’t interested in forcing the issue. Their songs were…

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