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News: Laneway Festival 2025 Sideshows Announced Featuring Olivia Dean, Joey Valence & Brae and julie
The countdown is on as (we) punters prepare for the iconic 2025 Laneway Festival. With tickets already sold-out across Sydney and Melbourne, it’s a snatch-and-grab to catch some of the festivals biggest acts at their own headline shows. Handsome Tours and Laneway Presents are bringing Olivia Dean, Joey Valence & Brae, and julie to Australia …
Premiere: ‘You Tried Your Best’- Wilding have excelled with a winning sparkle.
The release of another poptastic track by the inimitable Wilding is cause for internal cartwheels and a private session of interpretive dancing expressing wild uninhibited joy. And, today, we have the honour of premiering his new musical magnificence, ‘You Tried Your Best’, which is the sound of Wilding (the project of Justin Stokes) at his …
Live Review & Gallery: Harajuku-Core Hits Sydney-HANABIE. Lights Up Liberty Hall 10.11.2024
Pastel and Power: HANABIE Brings Harajuku-Core to Australian Shores
News: Peter Murphy & Boy George Share Collaborative Single ‘Let The Flowers Grow’
Legendary artists Peter Murphy and Boy George have combined forces for a gorgeously majestic new single entitled ‘Let The Flowers Grow’. Produced and co-written by Youth, their duet on what is a profoundly emotional orchestral masterpiece is available from today on Metropolis Records. Murphy recalls: “I was recording my new album in Spain with Youth and, while listening to …
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 …
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 …
Meet: Scott Gibson
Give us a potted history of yourself When I was younger I was always fascinated by pitches. My dad often recounts a moment when I was four when he found me trying to play happy birthday with his chain of keys; I realised the keys each created a different note when I hit them on …
Gallery: Zara Larsson at House of Blues, Orlando, 30.10.24
Zara Larsson took the House of Blues, Orlando, stage by storm. Backed by an all female group of dancers and band members, Larsson’s Venus tour was a show that could not be missed. The unwavering vocals and breathtaking stage presence of the Swedish pop sensation were enough to knock even Larsson’s heels off. There is …
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, …
Track: Emerging Pop Artist HEENEY shines within Nostalgic ‘Circles’
Eora/Sydney-based pop artist HEENEY has just released her lush single ‘Circles’ – click to stream. ‘Circles’ is an expansive rush of free-flowing pop bliss, falling through layers of warm instrumentation and emotive melodies that wrap around HEENEY’s introspective lyrics. The track radiates a bittersweet charm, balancing hope with gentle vulnerability, inviting listeners into an immersive …