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Premiere: Postcards from Pluto exclusively unwrap their tasty new track ‘Chocolate’
One of the most exciting young antipodean outfits around at the moment, the inimitable Postcards From Pluto, today bless us with an early listen to their new track ‘Chocolate’.…
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Premiere: ‘I Am The Greatest’ – indeed they are as The Vors exclusively reveal the video for the track off the debut album ‘Boss’
Earlier this year we reviewed the debut album from punk maestros The Vors and we can exclusively bring you the video for the new single off the album ‘I Am The Greatest’. With an…
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Premiere: Naarm/Melbourne’s Hannah Potter finds her way home in the haunting ‘Judith’s House’
Back in April we wrapped ourselves up in the warm melancholic embrace of Hannah Potter‘s debut single ‘Snow Day’, a song so assured it barely felt like a first outing at all.…
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Premiere: After a challenging year, Kat Greta is back and showing a little ‘Audacity’
It’s been said before but I’ll say it again: Kat Greta is a prodigious, seriously underrated talent whose releases are like golden rays of sunshine when all else around is dark. We…
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Track: ‘When I Dress For You’ – Team Building unveil their shimmering bemusement at life
With links to another antipodean band we have covered in the past (Yeevs), Eora/Sydney band Team Building have just released their second single, the gentle, simmering, shimmering ‘When…
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Track / Video
Track: Rainbow Chan reimagines tradition on defiant new single ‘Four Blessings’
Award-winning interdisciplinary artist Rainbow Chan has shared ‘Four Blessings’, the latest single from her forthcoming third album, The Bridal Lament, due for…
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Track: Radio Free Alice continue international rise with ‘Kick in the Shins’
Naarm/Melbourne post-punk outfit Radio Free Alice have returned with ‘Kick in the Shins’, a restless new single that arrives as the band continue a breakout international run…
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Track: Chelsea Wolfe announces ninth album The Dark and shares new single ‘Cold’
Chelsea Wolfe has announced her ninth studio album, The Dark, due for release on 21 August via Loma Vista Recordings, alongside the arrival of its striking opening track, ‘Cold’.…
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Album Reviews
Album Review: ‘Works Live’ – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
For decades, ‘Works Live’ has occupied one of the most misunderstood positions in Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s extensive catalogue. Overshadowed by the commercial success of…
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Album Review: Jad Atoui – ‘It Will Take Forever’: A challenging merger of electronics, noise and ambience from the Lebanese sound sculptor.
Beirut -based audio-artist Jad Atoui’s ‘It Will Take Forever’ takes you on a journey into the depths of sound. Experimental electronic music with the listener key to the experiment, it’s not a…
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Album Review: Akusmi – ‘Terra Incognita’: A lush sonic expedition into exotic rhythms and sultry sax melodies.
London based multi-instrumentalist and composer Pascal Bideau a.k.a Akusmi returns with his third Tonal Union album and if you’re a follower you’ll understand it’s not exactly going to be more…
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Say Psych: Album Review: Magic Castles – Realized
Magic Castles are back with a set of lush psych-rock reveries. Newly signed to Fuzz Club, their new album Realized takes Magic Castles’ music to a newfound level of clarity, whilst still…
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Album Review: Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band – ‘The New Atomic’: Full powered punk jazz dynamism that refuses to follow the script.
Why is Big Band jazz a proposition that many swerve? Is it seen as too close to trad, too much of a historically significant relic. In truth the Big Band may have increasingly become a…
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Album Review: Bicycle Thieves and Dunedin Dreams – Ōtepoti’s Bunchy’s Big Score top the league with ‘Wanda’s Bicycle’
Bunchy’s Big Score have one foot planted firmly in the storied soil of Ōtepoti and the other kicking gleefully at the future. On their second album ‘Wanda’s Bicycle’,…
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Interviews
Meet: Stacy Jones on art respecting art and not overthinking
Stacy Jones on playing live, art respecting art and not overthinking
#americanhifi #stacyjones #rockmusic #interview #livemusic
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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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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: Vacations Bring Their Global Dream-Pop Success Home To Sydney’s Metro Theatre 18.07.2026
On a cold Sydney night, a queue snakes down George Street long before the doors of the Metro Theatre open. Inside, the room quickly fills with a crowd that has grown alongside Vacations over…
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Live Review: Self Esteem, York Museum Gardens. 10.07.26
Self Esteem – A Complicated Woman. Bringing power and emotion to York
#selfesteem #livemusic #backseatmafia #gigphotography #moonchildsanelly
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Live Gallery: Peter Hook & The Light Perform New Order’s ‘Get Ready’ In Full, 25 Years On – Enmore Theatre, Eora/Sydney, 18.07.26
As promised, Peter Hook and his band The Light opened the first half of the night with ‘Get Ready‘ in full – New Order’s 2001 release, marking its 25th anniversary this…
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Live Review: Sex Pistols / The Undertones / Panic Shack – The Piece Hall, Halifax 11.07.2024
There was a sense that this was more than just another summer concert in Halifax. Three generations of punk collided in the spectacular surroundings of The Piece Hall, with rising stars,…
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Live Gallery: YHWH Nailgun Deliver A Relentless Performance At Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory 15.07.2026
There are bands that demand your attention through sheer volume, and then there are bands like YHWH Nailgun, who seem intent on dismantling the very idea of what a rock show can be. At a…
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Live Review: Pitbull, Roundhay Festival, Leeds 03.07.26
Pitbull ignites the crowd as music returns to Roundhay Park
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Film
News: First Look At Oasis’ Reunion Film Don’t Look Back In Anger
One year after Oasis stunned the music world by returning to the stage for their first live performance together in 16 years, the band’s extraordinary comeback is set to be immortalised…
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Film Review: ‘The Best Summer’ is a bittersweet time capsule of alternative music’s golden age
There is something almost unbelievable about The Best Summer. What began as footage shot casually by filmmaker Tamra Davis while accompanying the Summersault festival around Australia in 1995…
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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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