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Track: Lutruwita/Tasmanian band Lennon Wells declare ‘No Kings’ with a swaggering blast of attitude.

Lennon Wells first caught my attention last year when they supported iconic Australian band Jet celebrating 20 years since the release of their album ‘Get Born’ in Hobart – a…

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Premiere: A welcome return to the Big League with their sparkling new single ‘Neverlandfill’ ahead of new EP and launch date.

A favourite outfit at the southern outpost of Backseat Mafia, Naarm/Melbourne band Big League began as a series of lounge-room recordings by husband and wife team Travis (guitar, vocals) & Marie Velthoven (bass) before expanding into a…

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News: Connan Mockasin announces Sydney Opera House Playhouse shows

Connan Mockasin will play an intimate headline show at the Sydney Opera House Playhouse on 16 October, his first Australian appearance since 2019.

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News: Tom Odell’s Wonderful Life Tour set for Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in January 2026

Tom Odell will return to Australia in January 2026 for the Wonderful Life Tour, marking his first full run since 2014 and following his recent sold-out Opera House shows. The tour coincides with the release of his seventh album A Wonderful Life, a record that finds Odell balancing anxiety and fragile hope with unflinching honesty.

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Album Review: Big Thief’s Double Infinity Finds Beauty in the Collision of Opposites

On their sixth album, Big Thief distill contradiction into melody—songs that hold sweetness and shame, mortality and permanence, all at once. Double Infinity is a luminous meditation on duality that cements Adrianne Lenker as one of the most fearless songwriters working today.

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Album Review: CMAT’s Euro-Country Turns Heartbreak and Humour Into Pop Brilliance

On her third album, CMAT folds Irish politics, late-stage capitalism, and intimate confessions into a vivid pop-country palette. Euro-Country is at once biting and funny, sad and euphoric, proof of an artist who can turn a diss track about Jamie Oliver and a ballad about financial collapse into the same dazzling world.

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News: The Last Dinner Party announce massive UK, Europe and Australia/New Zealand tour alongside new album From The Pyre

The Last Dinner Party will release their sophomore album From The Pyre on 17 October 2025, before embarking on a 35-date headline tour spanning the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The run kicks off in Dublin this November and marks the band’s biggest international push to date.

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News: Dream Pop Queen Hatchie returns with the epic, glittering single ‘Lose It Again’ and announces new album ‘Liquorice’.

It feels like eons since we heard from Meanjin/Brisbane Queen of Dream Pop Hatchie but in fact it was only in April last year that she released ‘Kiss Me (Kill…

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Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne instrumental band Badinage engage in a little exclusive and expressive ‘Banter’ with us.

We are very honoured to bring you an early listen to the new single ‘Banter’ from Naarm/Melbourne instrumental ensemble Badinage. Rolling guitars and a pattering drum herald an almost flamenco…

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Track: The Belair Lip Bombs drop new single ‘Don’t Let Them Tell You (It’s Fair)’

The Belair Lip Bombs return with ‘Don’t Let Them Tell You (It’s Fair)’, the second single from their debut album Again, out October 31 on Third Man Records. Inspired by a conversation with Alex Lahey, the track is a call for confidence and conviction.

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