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News: Ani Glass Shares Radiant New Single ‘O’r Diwedd’ From New Album (Out Now)
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News: Ani Glass Shares Radiant New Single ‘O’r Diwedd’ From New Album (Out Now)

Simon Lucas-Hughes December 11, 2025

Award-winning Welsh electronic-pop artist Ani Glass returns this month with ‘O’r Diwedd’, a shimmering new single released 21 November and lifted from her acclaimed second album Phantasmagoria. The track marks another milestone in a year that has seen the Cardiff-based musician expand her sonic palette, deepen her storytelling, and continue to push the boundaries of contemporary …

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Live Gallery: Bar Italia Cast a Quiet Spell Over Sydney’s Metro Theatre with a Taut, Oblique Performance 10.12.2025

Deb Pelser December 10, 2025

At Sydney’s Metro Theatre, bar italia turn the mystique of their early years into something bold and theatrical, delivering a blistering set that proves just how far they’ve evolved since their underground days. Powered by the new album Some Like It Hot, the trio move with confidence, heat and a newfound muscularity—transforming their spectral indie into a force built for big rooms.

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News: BADBADNOTGOOD and Hannah Joy Join a Stacked Sydney Opera House Summer Line-Up

Deb Pelser December 10, 2025

BADBADNOTGOOD and Middle Kids’ Hannah Joy have been added to the Sydney Opera House’s summer music program, with the Canadian trio set for a boundary-shifting Concert Hall debut and Joy performing her first-ever solo show in the Playhouse.

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Live Gallery: Rebecca Black Transforms the Metro with a Dazzling, Genre-Smashing Performance 9.12.2025

Deb Pelser December 9, 2025

At a sold-out Metro Theatre, Rebecca Black sheds the shadows of her past and emerges as a fully realised pop visionary, blending high-camp theatrics, club-driven production and emotional candour into one of her most commanding performances to date.

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Premiere: LA’s the black watch exclusively unveil new stand alone single ‘There Are Solutions to Each & Every Problem’ ahead of new album in early 2026.

Arun Kendall December 8, 2025

We are honoured to premiere the new stand alone Christmas single from those iconic dream pop exponents the black watch, the band headed by multi-talented John Andrew Frederick. This follows the magnificent double album ‘For All The World’ released earlier this year (and reviewed by me here) and precedes new material on their twenty-sixth LP on …

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