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Track: Hendriek Bleik Turns ‘Smoorverlief’ Into an Anti-Valentine’s Anthem

  • February 12, 2026
  • Bodene Mckibbin
Hendriek Bleik
On his reimagining of Riku Lätti’s 2004 track, Hendriek Bleik transforms Smoorverlief into something darker and more immersive, a love song stripped of sweetness and rebuilt inside a haze of gritty guitars, haunting synths and emotional weight.
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News: Molchat Doma Bring Mystifying Brutalism to Australia’s Cold Wave Revival

  • October 10, 2025
  • Jess Hutton
Belarusian post-punk outfit Molchat Doma are returning to Australia this December, bringing their uniquely brooding sound to the East Coast for three shows only. The trio will play Naarm/Melbourne’s Forum…
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Live Review & Gallery: The Timeless New Order Takes On The Grand Sydney Opera House Forecourt – Eora Land/Sydney, 14.03.25

  • March 18, 2025
  • Jess Hutton
A full moon ballooned over the Opera House Forecourt, reflecting off the iconic sails as thousands of fans pushed through Sydney’s typical public transport chaos and signature late-summer humidity. The…
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Gallery and Set-list: The Human League – Bulmer’s Live, Leopardstown Racecourse Dublin 17.08.2023

  • August 18, 2023
  • Ian Mc Donnell
English synth-pop giants The Human League played the summer series Bulmer’s Live at Leopardstown racecourse to a huge crowd, one of the biggest the series has seen and the band…
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Premiere: Macedo return with the effortlessly cool ‘Block of Ice’

  • August 1, 2023
  • Gareth O Malley
If it seems like the eponymous Los Angeles duo Macedo have been away for a while, that’s because they have. The pair of Michelle and Melissa Macedo last released an…
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Gallery and set-list: Pet Shop Boys – 3Arena, Dublin 19.06.2023

  • June 20, 2023
  • Ian Mc Donnell
Pet Shop Boys playing Dublin’s 3Arena as part of their Dreamworld-The Greatest Hits Live tour.Last time I say Pet Shop Boys in was way back in 1991 and their were…
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News: The Human League announced for Bulmer’s Live at Leopardstown Dublin

  • June 6, 2023
  • Ian Mc Donnell
It has been announced today that legendary pop group The Human League are to headline Bulmers Live at Leopardstown on Thursday, 17thAugust 2023.  The formation of The Human League – one of the leading…
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Gallery and set-lists: Soft Cell / OMD / Sophie Ellis-Bextor / Heaven 17 – St Anne’s Park, Dublin 03.06.2023

  • June 4, 2023
  • Ian Mc Donnell
It was a feast of electronica and new-wave at St Anne’s park Dublin as some of the biggest names of the new-wave / synth-pop scene took over the park for…
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News: Magnetic Skies set to release powerful Synth-pop single

  • May 23, 2023
  • Ian Mc Donnell
Following their euphoric previous single ‘You Shine On’, London synthpop band Magnetic Skies dial up the tension on their new release ‘Suffocate’, out 2nd June. ‘The song is about a…
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Premiere: Homeschool celebrates new EP release with video for ‘Hanger-on’

  • May 19, 2023
  • Gareth O Malley
The new EP from New Yorker Tom D’Agustino is all hits, if you haven’t been keeping up. Out today, the 6-track collection follows up last year’s Homeschool: Book II and…
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