Indie
Track: Wollongong’s Drift won’t ‘Fade Away’ in a cinematic blast, with live dates ahead.
Wollongong’s Drift have just released an anthemic track entitled ‘Fade Away’, which channels a little antipodean slacker surf elements with a more muscular Dinosaur Jnr vibe. But it’s not just a monochrome delivery – it is replete with a little quite/loud ethic and even a detour to a death metal throaty roar in the outro: …
News: One night only: BAND OF HORSES returns to Sydney’s Enmore Theatre in 2025
Sydney’s Enmore Theatre welcomes Band of Horses for a rare headline show next year
News: Sierra Ferrell will ride into Australia on a tide of Americana glory in 2025
Sierra Ferrell brings Americana’s crown jewels to Australia this summer
Live Review & Gallery: SXSW Sydney’s Grand Finale With Fest X Inner West
Closing out the monumental week of SXSW Sydney, Fest X Inner West transformed Enmore Road into a live music playground, offering a full day of free gigs across some of the area’s most iconic venues. From midday to late, we dove into an absolute whirlwind of performances, splitting time between the three stages at Factory …
News: Ireland’s Fontaines D.C. Announce Australian and New Zealand ROMANCE tour in 2025 with festival and headline appearances, supported by Wunderhorse
In a busy day for tour announcements downunder, the brilliant Fontaines D.C. – a band Backseat Mafia have been raving about since their phenomenal debut single ‘Boys From The Betterland’ way back in 2018 – have just announced an Australian tour in 2025. They will play five headline shows and two festivals across the country …
News: The legendary New Order announces Australian Tour in 2025.
In news just in, the legendary New Order have just announced an Australian tour for March 2025, including a performance on the iconic Sydney Opera House forecourt. The tour will see them perform all the biggest hits from their impressive four-decade, 10-album career on stages across Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney in March 2025. The …
News: Yours & Owls Returns to Wollongong in 2025 with Star-Studded Lineup
Fontaines D.C. Set to Headline Yours and Owls 2025, Bringing Post-Punk Power to The Gong
Track: Joshua Scarratt – Can’t Get You Out of My Mind
Indie newcomer Joshua Scarratt has shared his debut single ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Mind’. Performing on the track alongside Scarratt is primarily collaborator Nick Hinman (Fast Money Music), as well as musicians Gamaliel Rendle Traynor on cello (Fat Dog, Fat White Family, Crack Cloud) and Callum Brown on drums (Ulrika Spacek). Deep fears, heartbreak, isolation & loneliness, insecurities, performance, being too online, obsessive thinking, …
Track: Flip Top Head – I Can’t Wait Till I’m Old
Ochestral cult rockers Brighton’s Flip Top Head have shared their new single ‘I Can’t Wait Until I’m Old’. The track is the second teaser from the upcoming debut EP ‘Up Like A Weather Balloon’ due next month via cult indie label Blitzcat Records (C Turtle, PLAY DEAD). Recorded with Theo Verney (Lime Garden, English Teacher, Egyptian Blue, Blood Wizard), and coming off the back of …
Album Review: A. Swayze & The Ghosts plead ‘Let’s Live A Life Better Than This’ in a brilliant sophomore album that cements their place in the pantheon of antipodean greats.
A. Swayze and the Ghosts are undeniably one of Tasmanian’s finest exports (along with a horror-tinged brand of southern gothicism, unfiltered Gin and the Dark Mofo Festival) and create an immensely satisfying new wave punk affront that is both dynamic and visceral. Their debut album ‘Paid Salvation’, released back in 2020, was itself a long time …