Music
live review: chelsea grin, signs of the swarm, mugshot & crown magnetar. leeds project house 03/12/2025
There are nights when Leeds seems to thrum with a very specific electricity, when the air itself feels preloaded with expectation, vibrating long before the first note hits. On this night, that hum for many began as they threaded themselves through the industrial outskirts toward Project House—a venue that feels like it was excavated from …
Live Gallery: Heat, Blood and Holy Noise: Good Things 2025 Burns Sydney Alive
Good Things 2025 arrives in Sydney like a heat-stricken carnival, pushing thousands of fans through a day of blistering sets from Garbage, Refused, Wargasm, Fever 333, Weezer, and Tool. From GWAR’s blood-spray theatrics to Shirley Manson’s searing stage presence and Maynard’s shadow-lurking mystique, the festival turns Olympic Park into a furnace of sound, sweat and defiance.
Live Review & Gallery: Lewis Capaldi Returns to Australia Bringing Tears and Triumph to Qudos Bank Arena – Eora Land/Sydney, 06.12.25
Eight years ago, Lewis Capaldi performed to a room of no more than 500 at Oxford Art Factory in Sydney’s CBD. (Funnily enough, just the night before, another young artist from across the pond known as YUNGBLUD had taken to that same stage). By 2020, Capaldi had graduated to playing for 5,000 fans at Hordern …
Live Review: Five – First Direct Bank Arena, Leeds – 29.11.25
Five slam dunk the nostalgia as their comeback keeps on moving
News: Tokyo Indie Breakouts DYGL Announce First Australian Tour
Tokyo indie outfit DYGL will make their long-awaited Australian debut in January 2026, bringing their sharp hooks, global pedigree and new album Who’s In The House to East Coast stages.
News: Faithless Confirm First Australian Tour in 15 Years
Faithless will return to Australia in 2026 for their first shows in 15 years, bringing their influential fusion of house, trip-hop and dub to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
News: Crowdfunded and Independent, Second Idol Release Their Debut Album Mongrel
Second Idol today release their debut album Mongrel through Gloomshift Records, a project that explores identity, culture and belonging while solidifying the band’s distinctive place in Australia’s alternative scene.
Track: Eora’s DOWNGIRL Drop ‘CPR’, Confronting Safety and Power in Punk Spaces
DOWNGIRL’s new single ‘CPR’ transforms a frightening night into a stark, tightly-focused punk release, confronting the conditions that make live spaces unsafe for women while reclaiming power through community and queer solidarity.
Album Review: The Offline –‘La grande évasion’: another compelling sonic journey set in cinematic-soul snapshots.
For Felix Müller aka The Offline, a journey is always as important as the destination. His instrumental music, rooted in yester year soul, funk and soundtrack, has an episodic quality, snapshots which compile to reveal an overall mood. It all began in 2022 with the ‘En Clair-Obscur’ EP, a set of sleek instrumentals mapping his …
News: A Day To Remember and Papa Roach Announce 2026 Arena Tour
A Day To Remember and Papa Roach will team up for the Big Rock Tour in April 2026, a six-city arena run across Australia and New Zealand with Landmvrks joining as special guests.