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Live Gallery: Australian Music Celebrated as Hilltop Hoods Fill Arenas Decades After Debut – Qudos Bank Arena, Eora Land/Sydney, 28.02.26

Hilltop Hoods reached international success years ago, but it’s their homegrown roots and proud Australian fans that fill arenas over and over. The Adelaide trio from Kaurna land have been…

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Live Review & Gallery: Night Lovell, Haarper, and Standout Opener MUDRAT – Liberty Hall, Eora Land/Sydney, 16.11.25

Night Lovell and Haarper playing the same show already felt like someone stacked the deck in any fan’s favour. Then I saw MUDRAT was opening, and honestly, that was the…

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News: Canadian Rap Visionary Night Lovell to Make His ANZ Debut This November

Canadian rapper-producer Night Lovell will make his long-awaited Australian and New Zealand debut this November on the 8 Legs Under tour, with support from U.S. artist Haarper. Expect a collision of moody beats, heavy basslines and commanding live energy from two of the most compelling underground voices in modern hip hop.

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News: Aitch Announces 2026 Australian Tour in Support of New Album 4

Aitch is heading back to Australia this January — Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane.

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Album Review: Franz Von –‘Take What You Want’: Conscious hip hop on the fusion front foot.

If you’re a gig goer who’s ever crossed paths with the fusion blast of TC & The Groove Family or going back further been levelled by Kweku Sackey, aka K.O.G,…

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Live Review: Dua Saleh – The Pink Room, YES, Manchester. 15.03.25

Dua Saleh fires up The Pink Room in Manchester

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News: West Coast Legend Ice Cube Announces Exclusive Australian Tour

Sydney and Melbourne to Host Ice Cube’s Exclusive 2025 Performances

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Album Review : Plantfood –‘Carnivores’ : An energetic and explosive jazz fusion calling card.

Given that their name links back to their student beginnings during lockdown in a bedroom-come-practice space full of houseplants, Plantfood’s music is not what you’d describe as pastoral. This tight…

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Live Review: Azealia Banks – Stylus, Leeds. 17.09.24

Hitting the road in the UK for the first time in over 5 years, Azealia Banks brings her “Back to the Union Jack” Tour to Leeds having started with 2 nights at Brixton Academy.

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Track & News: BARKAA Announces Nationwide Tour to Celebrate Much-Anticipated EP ‘BIG TIDDA’

BARKAA, the acclaimed Malyangapa, Barkindji rapper and recent winner of the 2024 NIMAs Artist of the Year, is set to hit the road this spring with a nationwide tour. The…

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