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Live Review & Gallery: A Little Love, A Little Hope and a Whole Lot of LANY – Eora/Sydney, 06.11.24
Just moments before fans packed into the Hordern Pavilion to catch the iconic LA-Based pop duo LANY, news of the surprising American presidential election results had settled in, casting a creeping cloud of stunned silence across the city. But as the Pavilion lights dimmed and the first notes echoed, any heaviness gave way to a …
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Track: The ethereal Juice Webster makes a welcome return with ‘Hannah’ ahead of headline launch.
It’s been too long a gap since the Melbourne artist Juice Webster graced us with her astonishing debut album ‘Julia’, one of our most lauded antipodean albums of 2023, and it is great to see her back with her new single ‘Hannah’ as well as a live show ahead. Described as alternative folk, we have …
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Track: Ellis-D – Shakedown
Following a 2 week support tour across Europe with Fat Dog, and in anticipation of a slot at Mutations Festival, Brighton’s Ellis·D shares frantic goth-punk single ‘Shakedown’ via Crafting Room Recordings (Ideal Living, SoftTop). The track was written and recorded entirely by Ellis·D himself (aka Ellis Dickson) at Hackney Road studios with Shuta Shinoda (Hot …
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News: Here Comes Your Band-Pixies Announce Exclusive Australian Sideshows
Here Comes Your Band: Pixies’ Exclusive Sideshows Are a Head Rush
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News: Doves Announce New Album ‘Constellations For The Lonely’; Listen To New Single ‘Renegade’
Doves return with their first new music in over four years and announce a new album for release in early 2025, reclaiming territory all their own with the stormy euphoria of ‘Renegade’. Jimi Goodwin, Andy and Jez Williams’ winding path to a sixth album reaches that milestone next year, as the 10-Track ‘Constellations For The Lonely’ is confirmed for release on Fri 14 …
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Meet: Lyrical Larrikin Gemma Rogers
Lyrical larrikin Gemma Rogers has words for the wise. Those already in the know recently gathered in Hackney to celebrate with Gemma at the Ode To Records label launch. Biting wit and edgy social commentary poured out as freely as the bottle of rum Gemma was pouring down the throats of her spellbound fans at …
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Live Review & Gallery: Thom Yorke at the Sydney Opera House 01.11.2024
Twelve Years Later: Thom Yorke Returns to Australia with Solo Mystique
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News: Sydney’s The Electorate Are Back With a Bang: ‘Face of a Giant’ Out Now
Intertwined Histories, One Voice: ‘Face of a Giant’ by The Electorate
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Track: Fingerless are facing the ‘Monster’ of self doubt in their intense, anthemic new single.
Long time favourites here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, the irrepressible Fingerless are back with the deliciously restrained and haunting tones of ‘Monster’. Eschewing their normal psychedelic-tinged upbeat pace, ‘Monster’ is a caged beast coasting on simple delicate guitars supported by pounding epic percussion with singer channelling a better version of Chris Martin, …