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Jethro Pickett is the go-to guitarist in his home Lutriwitta/Tasmania – look at any recent release and you will find his signature chiming guitars sparkling somewhere in the mix (Claire Anne Taylor, EWAH and Christopher Coleman being recent examples). In his new single ‘Jolene (not a cover’ – which he is at pains to make …

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Known as one of Tasmania’s (and Australia’s) premier guitarists, Pete Cornelius has just released his 10th album, the aptly named Southern. Opening track, Cruikshank is an epic, sprawling tale about the tragic fate of the MV Blythe Star which foundered off of the SW coast of Tasmania in 1973. The song is an homage to …

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Lasca Dry is an exciting artist coming from the southern edges of the world in lutriwita/Tasmania with an established reputation for her sparkling form of iridescent pop. We are therefore truly honoured to premiere her new single ‘Sunset Baby’ which sets the expansive skies over Australia alight with its transcendent irrepressible bounce and sixties-flavoured bubblegum …

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Future State are an electronic trip hop duo from southern edge of the world in Tasmania, and their sound is suitably chill and Antarctic with its combination of thundering percussion, saxophone and lush synth layers. In their new single ‘Serve Yourself’, singer Ally Oliver’s voice recalls Portishead’s Beth Gibbons with its extraordinary range and distant …

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Emma Waters, otherwise known as EWAH from EWAH & the Vision of Paradise, has just released the album ‘Souvenir’, her first solo album in fourteen years. After years of battling anxiety and bouts of depression, and ultimately procrastination, superstition and pedantry, EWAH says: …this is the album I kept trying to make for years. For a …

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On the back of the August release of their 8th album, Whatever, Whatever, Grinspoon continued their Whatever, Whenever, Wherever tour at The Odeon Theatre here in Hobart on Friday night. Almost 30 years have elapsed since the band became an entity in Lismore, New South Wales, and despite the highs and lows that they have …

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Reincarnated punk legends, The Saints, hit The Odeon on a sultry Wednesday evening to deliver some large slices of Australian rock and roll history from the seminal period of the band’s early days from 1973 through to 1978. Founding members, Ed Kuepper on guitar and Ivor Hay on drums were joined by a veritable who’s …

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Emma Waters, otherwise known as EWAH from EWAH & the Vision of Paradise, has just released an absolutely shimmering solo track ‘Touch The Light’ ahead of the release of her first solo album in fourteen years on 3 December 2024, entitled ‘Paradise’. In ‘Touch the Light’, EWAH’s powerful vocals channels greats like Kim Gordon or …

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It was an evening of firsts, as Hobart’s post-rock supergroup, follow, took to the live stage for the very first time and played songs from their debut LP, Old Haunts (album review by Senior Editor, Arun Kendall, here), which was released back in May 2023. Formed by past and present members of Luca Brasi, Silver …

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US prog rock giants, Coheed & Cambria, along with special guests from Canada, the proudly independent Intervals, absolutely rocked The Odeon with a thunderous roar of a mix of instrumental progressive metal of Intervals blended with the conceptual metal that Coheed & Cambria bring to each and every show. The two bands were playing as …

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