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Premiere: New indie supergroup Marlophone exclusively unveil the fuzzy, shimmering debut single ‘I’m On Your Side’
With a membership that reads like a who’s who of the Australian independent music scene, new group Marlophone exclusively share their debit single ‘I’m On Your Side’…
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Album Review: Things We Did on Earth – The Kilbey/Kennedy sonic spaceship alights in our universe, and they’re better than ever.
Over the years, writing about Steve Kilbey and Martin Kennedy has become a little like tracing constellations across different skies. Whether reviewing latter-day albums by The Church or…
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Premiere: Grace Turbo Unpacks Emotional Fallout On New Single Bleed Again
Sydney’s indie underground has always had a way of turning emotional confusion into something strangely beautiful, and Grace Turbo leans directly into that tension on her new…
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Premiere: Lunar Twin announce new album ‘Night Jaguar’ and unveil lead single, the rich and enigmatic ‘Disappear In The Earth’.
We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘Disappear From The Earth’ from one of our favourite US bands, Lunar Twin, as a taster to their newly announced album ‘Night…
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Premiere: Sydney-based punk band This Time Only exclusively reveal their thumping new single ‘Papers’
We are honoured to premiere the new single ‘Papers’ from Sydney-based punk band This Time Only. ‘Paper’s is a thoroughly refreshing and urgent blast of sound delivering…
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Track / Video
Track: Wishlist Announce Debut EP Big Sign And Unveil New Single ‘Ceilings’
Some bands arrive with a fully formed identity. Others spend years searching for one. Wishlist appear to have skipped both stages entirely, emerging with music that feels instinctive,…
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Track: London’s St. Jove Shine On Debut Single ‘GOLD’
London’s rising indie rock outfit St. Jove makes a bold entrance with their debut single ‘GOLD’. Built on a foundation of indie rock, alt-rock, and Brit-rock influences, ‘GOLD’ arrives as both…
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Track: London Shoegaze Risers sadplant Shine On New Single ‘please’
London-based shoegaze outfit sadplanet share the elegant, floating new single ‘please’, the second track to be lifted from their forthcoming debut EP ‘slowing down’, arriving September 10th.…
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Album Reviews
Album Review: ‘Boss’ – No Bosses, No Rules, No Brakes – The Vors Deliver a Riotous Debut
There’s something gloriously unfashionable about ‘Boss’, the debut album from Sydney’s The Vors. At a time when so much guitar music seems trapped between algorithm-friendly…
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Album Review: ‘Totally Sick!!’ Kim Salmon’s Smoked Salmon provide a delicious, restorative fare for our consumption.
With a national tour on the cards and a series of fabulous singles to wet the appetite, Australia’s king of grunge and all round legend Kim Salmon and his merry band of musicians, Smoked…
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News: Eddy Current Suppression Ring release latest album, In Light Of Recent Events
It isn’t often that we get truly excited about a new release, but Melbourne’s hugely popular DIY garage-punks, Eddy Current Suppression Ring have dropped their latest long-player,…
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Album Review: McCaslin Dahle – ‘MXD’: An irresistable post-progressive, jazz-rock thriller.
Crossing paths on sessions and tours, bouncing musical ideas around online and joining together for live shows has now reached the obvious conclusion for saxophonist Donny McCaslin and…
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Album Review: Looking For People To Unfollow Finds Ecca Vandal Refusing Every Genre Boundary
When Ecca Vandal released her self-titled debut in 2017, it felt like somebody had kicked a hole through the polite boundaries of Australian alternative music. Hip-hop, punk,…
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Album Review: Distant Birds – ‘Vol 01& Vol 02’: A rhythm packed instrumental journey that’s momentous and mesmeric.
You might think ‘getting into the groove’ was a pretty straight-forward proposition. Well this album from Sydney – based Distant Birds (The Necks keyboardist Chris Abrahams, Boy & Bear…
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Interviews
Meet: Kirk Brandon predicted the future. But no-one was listening
Spear of Destiny's Kirk Brandon is on tour right now. We got together to talk about Chelsea, reclaiming the music and seeing into the future… #kirkbrandon #spearofdestiny #interview…
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Interview: It’s Not a Documentary — It’s an Act: Baxter Dury on Nepotism, Performance and the Strange Theatre of Modern Life
When I last saw Baxter Dury, it was during Dark Mofo in Hobart — a setting whose nocturnal weirdness felt oddly perfect for his particular brand of dry, late-night storytelling. Over the past…
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Feature: Fokofpolisiekar Reflect on Swanesang at 20 as Australian & NZ Tour Extends Legacy
South African punk band Fokofpolisiekar reflect on Swanesang 20 years on, as Hunter Kennedy discusses identity, rebellion and taking the band's music to audiences in Australia and New Zealand.
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Meet: A.S. Fanning Talks About His New Album ‘Take Me Back To Nowhere’
On his fourth studio album Take Me Back To Nowhere, A.S. Fanning sounds both unmoored and quietly resolute. Drawing inspiration from science-fiction, experimental sound worlds, and a newly…
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Meet: Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys Talk Us Through New Single & The Upcoming Album ‘Pale Bloom’
With a body of work that thrives on tension, restraint, and emotional depth, Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys have built a reputation for music that lingers long after it’s heard. As they move…
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Meet: John Witherspoon Talks Through The Elegant New Single ‘My Baby’ & Upcoming Album
Liverpool’s John Witherspoon is back with his most emotionally intricate single yet, ‘My Baby’, releasing September 19th as the final preview of his third studio album, One Of…
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Features / Playlists
News: Hard-Fi to Headline Harlequins’ Big Summer Kick-Off at Allianz Stadium
British indie heavyweights Hard-Fi are set to return to their South West London stomping grounds this May. The Staines-formed outfit has been confirmed as the headline act…
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Interview: It’s Not a Documentary — It’s an Act: Baxter Dury on Nepotism, Performance and the Strange Theatre of Modern Life
When I last saw Baxter Dury, it was during Dark Mofo in Hobart — a setting whose nocturnal weirdness felt oddly perfect for his particular brand of dry, late-night storytelling. Over the past…
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Feature: Backseat Mafia’s photographic tribute to Bluesfest Byron Bay
For four years, Backseat Mafia has covered Bluesfest Byron Bay, an iconic event on the Australian music calendar. On March 13th, just three weeks before what would have been the 37th Bluesfest…
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Live review
Live Gallery: The Beta Band’s Long-Awaited Australian Debut at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre Feels Worth The Wait 30.05.2026
The Beta Band are finally in Australia for the first time, and the sense of occasion hangs heavily in the room long before a note is played tonight. For many in attendance, The Beta Band are…
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Live Review & Gallery: Dry Cleaning and Station Model Violence perform at Sydney Opera House for Vivid LIVE – 29.05.26
Dry Cleaning‘s Sydney Opera House debut arrived just in time for Vivid LIVE, a long-awaited local first for the South London four-piece. And it was a good night to finally show up.…
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Live Gallery: Mitski Brings Her Singular Vision To Sydney Opera House 29.05.2026
Sydney has spent most of the week under relentless rain, but tonight the skies finally clear as thousands make their way towards the sails of the Sydney Opera House to witness one of…
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Live Gallery: Mogwai Turn Melbourne’s Forum Into A Wall Of Sound And Emotion 25.05.2026
Backseat Mafia caught the Scottish post-rock legends at Forum Melbourne on Monday night, where the Glasgow four-piece transformed the ornate theatre into a cathedral of distortion, drone and…
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Live Review: The Lemon Twigs / The Stones – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds 22.05.26
Part one of a two-night residency at the revered Brudenell Social Club saw The Lemon Twigs return to Leeds to a sold-out — or very nearly sold-out — crowd, with both nights of the run eagerly…
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Live Gallery: Sparks Bring Their Singular Universe To Vivid LIVE In Sydney 25.05.2026
More than half a century into a career that has repeatedly dodged nostalgia’s trapdoor, Sparks arrive at Vivid LIVE looking like the blueprint for every eccentric pop act that…
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Film
News: Kylie Minogue opens her archives for new three-part documentary KYLIE
Some pop stars have eras. Kylie Minogue has decades. From her first rush of fame as Charlene on Neighbours to becoming one of the most reliable hitmakers in modern pop,…
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News: The life and times of William Arthur and his iconic Sydney band Glide is explored in ‘Disappear Here’, a film by Ben deHoedt.
Glide were a seminal Sydney band that burned brightly and all together too briefly in the nineties, beset by tragedy when their singer and songwriter William Arthur died at the end of that…
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Film Review: January
Winter can be a magical time of year and there’s nothing more atmospheric than a sprinkling of snow. In many places, that light covering becomes something different entirely. In Eastern…
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Sundance Review: Iron Butterflies
As we approach the first anniversary of the full Russian invasion of Ukraine, it’s easy to forget that this war didn’t start in 2022. Indeed, the (recent) troubles with Russia can be traced…
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Sundance Review: Slow
Cinema reflects the age, society and country it’s made in. For example, 1950s Hollywood portrayed romance as straightforward love between a man and a woman. They meet, get to know each other…
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Sundance Review: When It Melts
Trauma is a terrible thing. It’s not something you can outrun or escape from. It doesn’t matter how many years you bottle it up inside, it will suddenly resurface when you least expect it. You…
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