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Live Review + Gallery: Samantha Crain – The Showdown – Portland, Oregon – 2025.06.26

Anthony Moore June 28, 2025

Live Review + Gallery: Samantha Crain – The Showdown – Portland, Oregon – 2025.06.26

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Live Review + Photo Galleries: Dark Mofo Festival – Gut Health, Dick Move and Woolworths Flushot at Altar Bar 11.06.2025

Andrew Fuller June 28, 2025

Another great triple-act night was had at Tasmania’s world-renowned, mid-winter festival, Dark Mofo at Hobart’s Altar Bar. This triple involved three bands who sit within the punk-rock category, albeit that each band was wildly different from the other. This was one of the reasons why the night was as successful as it was. Each band …

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News: Blackbird Rebellion Return With Explosive EP ‘Expedient Means’

Simon Lucas-Hughes June 27, 2025

Hamburg’s Blackbird Rebellion return with their first release in over six years with the new EP Expedient Means. Equal parts raw and refined, the EP signals a bold new chapter for a band whose roots run deep. Having spent the better part of the last seventeen years navigating the city’s smaller venues and forging a …

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News Jei-Rynn Unmasks His Rawest Work Yet with Explosive EP ‘gas mask baby’

Simon Lucas-Hughes June 27, 2025

California alt-rock singer-songwriter Jei-Rynn releases the anticipated new EP gas mask baby. Across five tracks, gas mask baby is a no-filter exploration of mental health, societal disillusionment, and youthful vulnerability through a stylistic emo-pop-rock gaze. Pairing some brilliantly moments of interweaving, intricate guitar work and others of sprawling distortion, each track brings heartfelt lyricism and …

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News: Tom Cherry Returns with Heartfelt Sophomore EP ‘Semi Skimmed’

Simon Lucas-Hughes June 27, 2025

Essex-born singer-songwriter Tom Cherry releases the new EP Semi Skimmed. Known for his raw lyrical honesty and acoustic-driven sound, Cherry’s latest work deepens his exploration of life’s messy beauty, from nights soaked in euphoria to questions of faith and fleeting romance. The four-track EP delivers youthful songwriting, blending toe-tapping country flecks of banjo and sweeping …

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Album review: Aotearoa’s Ringlets unveil ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time for Walkies)’ – a spectacular post punk blast from the land of the long white cloud, with NZ tour announced.

Arun Kendall June 27, 2025

Aotearoa/New Zealand’s fabulous Ringlets have released their second album, endearingly entitled ‘The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies)’ and it is a blast of thoroughly commendable sonic joy. Ringlets so epitomise the classic Dunedin sound it is kind of fitting they are on the legendary Flying Nun and Leather Jackets Records label: intelligent wry pop at its very …

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