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Live Review: Brand New Heavies – Boiler Shop, Newcastle 16.11.2024
Words and Photos: Victoria Wai. Excitement for the 30th Anniversary of Brand New Heavies ‘Brother Sister’ album ascended into Newcastles’ Boiler Shop with true weekend party vibes as the early excited revellers entered the venue they were met with a warm up DJ bringing the soulful club classics. A SOLD-OUT audience were in place as …
News & Track: Kesha Releases ‘Joyride’ Music Video and Announces New Single Ahead of House of Kesha Tour!
Kesha has unleashed the long-awaited music video for ‘Joyride’, a glittering anthem that’s become a global sensation since its release earlier this year. The video showcases a thrilling desert 007-esque car chase featuring Kesha as the (our) audacious “Mother”, evading a series of bad guys in a campy, high-octane showdown. Directed by Dimitri Basil, Cooper …
Live Review & Gallery: THE THE Return to Sydney Opera House 21.11.2024
Post-Punk Legends THE THE Bring Their Politically Charged Sound Back to Sydney
Premiere: Blackbirds F.C. wants to know – ‘What’s The Half-Life of Loving You?’, a delicious sparkling sonic score.
We are extremely proud to bring you an exclusive early listen to the new single, enticingly entitled ‘What’s The Half-Life of Loving You?’, from one of our favourite bands, Melbourne’s Blackbirds F.C.. The track is another example of the band’s inherent ear for soaring melodies and jangling guitars with a slight alt. country inflexion. The …
News: ‘She Bop’ Down Under Cyndi Lauper Announces Australian Farewell Tour
Cyndi Lauper Bids Farewell to Australia with Final Tour
News: UK’s brilliant heavy rock pop exponents Feeder announces first Australian tour in fourteen years.
Maestros of an unique brand of heavy metal pop, Wales band Feeder, have announced an Australian tour in 2025 – their first visit down under in fourteen years. Feeder delivered two monster albums in a row 2001’s ‘Echo Park’ and 2002’s ‘Comfort In Sound’, establishing themselves as one of the UK’s biggest and most loved …
Track: Gustaffson Release Cinematic New Single ‘Flowers’ Featuring Emmy-winning Composer ‘Bear McCreary’
Gustaffson have today released their hauntingly beautiful new single ‘Flowers’, featuring Emmy-winning composer Bear McCreary (Outlander, Walking Dead). Liverpool-born singer and songwriter Andrew Gower formed Gustaffson in 2020 with lifelong friend and guitarist James Webster. Though best known for his acting roles in acclaimed TV shows such as Black Mirror, Outlander, and Carnival Row, Gower has been writing music since the age of 15. Flowers is the second of three …
Live Review & Gallery: The Kid LAROI Illuminates Sydney’s Commbank Arena 16.11.2024
The air in CommBank Arena buzzes with anticipation, a restless energy that seems to pulse from the thousands of fans packing the stands to the arena’s walls themselves. The Kid LAROI is home, and tonight is more than just another stop on his re-routed national tour—it’s a coronation. Fresh off his seismic performance at the …
Track: Pink Bedrooms and Green Dystopias -The Duality of DOWNGIRL’s New Music Videos for ‘Horsegirl’ and ‘Dig’
DOWNGIRL don’t just make music—they create a world, and their latest dual release, ‘HORSEGIRL’ and ‘DIG,’ feels like stepping into a bedroom circa 1999, where rebellion, femininity, and unvarnished angst meet. In the video for ‘HORSEGIRL,’ the band takes you inside a teenager’s room, plastered with Aaron Carter, Britney Spears, Hole, and their own posters, …
Track: Sydney’s finest, The Nagging Doubts, unveil a paean to a friend in the gorgeous track ‘Glue’ with debut album on the way.
As I incessantly say, The Nagging Doubts are one of the finest and underrated young bands coming out of Sydney at the moment and we have followed their relatively nascent career with avid interest. Their new single ‘Glue’ proves that this band is a powerful force that deserves a wider audience. Sung by Ruby, the …