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Live Review & Gallery: From Kill Bill to Crowbar – The 5.6.7.8’s In Sydney 20.03.2025
Tokyo’s Wildest Rockers Are Back – And They’re Louder Than Ever
Track: Tom Nethersole releases achingly beautiful track ‘Ardmona Road’ on the exquisite joys of first love.
Tom Nethersole has captured in his new single ‘Ardmona Road’ that blush of first love – that exquisite feeling that blends both vulnerability and hope, the euphoric passion and joy. And being from the perspective of young queer lovers adds a certain poignancy. Netherole’s vocals are velvet soft and the melodies are tinged with a …
News: Deep Sea Arcade return with announcement of album and tour with shimmering new single ‘No Direction’ to set the scene.
Deep Sea Arcade are back with a new single ‘No Direction’ ahead of an album and tour later this year. This follows a turbulent time following the loss of co-founder Nick Weaver in 2012 at the age of 37, leaving Nic McKenzie to continue the band which they both started back in 2012. Their last …
Track: ‘Run’ – YAGKI sets off at a turbo-charged pace in another anthemic winner, with live dates ahead.
A permanent fixture here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, the irrepressible YAGKI (the moniker of multi-talented Sarah Yagki) is back at a shimmering tilt with her new single ‘Run’. Crystalline guitars provide a sparkling entry curtain as YAGKI’s dulcet tones enter, filled with a yearning delivery that positively explodes into an anthemic chorus …
News: CIVIC unfurl first single, the titular Chrome Dipped, from upcoming third album and announce expansive international tour
Melbourne’s brilliant punk rock outfit, CIVIC, have today announced the May 30th release of their third album, Chrome Dipped via ATO Records. With the band willing to cut the ties to the raw, distinctly Australian punk rock blueprint of Future Forecast (2021) and Taken By Force (2023) CIVIC push themselves into fresh creative territory with Chrome Dipped. Marking a bold shift from their signature sound, …
Live Review & Gallery: The Timeless New Order Takes On The Grand Sydney Opera House Forecourt – Eora Land/Sydney, 14.03.25
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 Forecourt is one of the most spectacular stages in the world, watching the sun dip behind the city while the skyline flickers to life is …
News: Banquet’s Back: Bloc Party Bring Silent Alarm Anniversary Tour Down Under
Bloc Party Announce Massive Australia & NZ Tour
Track: Amaya Laucirica unveils the dreamy romance of ‘Now Or Never’ ahead of new album and live dates.
Australian singer/songwriter Amaya Laucirica today releases the exquisite dreamy dream pop track ‘Now Or Never’ that seems to float through the air like a silken veil. Elements have a Gallic sixties flavour like something from Francoise Hardy or Jane Birkin with the wistful delicacy of the delivery and the gentle melodic flow. The instrumentation sparkles …
News: The legendary Midge Ure (Ultravox, Visage) announces Australian ‘Catalogue’ greatest hits tour.
In fantastic news for lovers of the sinuous synth pop sounds of bands like Ultravox and Visage (or indeed ayne who appreciates first class songwriting), Scottish icon Midge Ure, legendary member of both bands (and others including The Rich Kids and even Thin Lizzy) has announced a tour of Australia for October. Famously kept from …