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LIVE: Re-selling The Drama
Like rolling thunder chasing the wind, Live are coming back again. Can you feel it?
After a planned hiatus in 2009 devolved into a tense and acrimonious split, no... -
Dashboard Confessional Sydney Review @ Metro Theatre
It's been five years since Dashboard Confessional last graced Sydney with their presence and at The Metro Theatre (16 September) the fans had gathered in droves to hear the
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The Getaway Plan Brisbane Review @ The Triffid
It’s a massive milestone for any band to make it to their tenth-year anniversary.
Melbourne’s The Getaway Plan nearly didn’t make it, taking a long hiatus after... -
AFI Adelaide Review @ The Gov
With their first headline shows in Australia in over ten years, AFI brought their new album ‘The Blood Album’ to The Gov (12 September) with supports Basement and
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Regurgitator Present An Updated Unit Before Entering The Velvet Underground
Regurgitator’s 1997 platinum selling album ‘Unit’ was a work of prescience, infused as it was with an '80s nostalgia that pre-empted the mainstream music industry by a
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Placebo @ Brisbane Convention Centre Review
“Welcome to our birthday party,” Placebo singer Brian Molko shouted to his adoring fans at Brisbane Convention Centre (11 September).
It’s been 20 years since... -
The Getaway Plan Revisit Their Debut Album With National Tour
Almost ten years ago, Melbourne alternative rockers The Getaway Plan released their debut album 'Other Voices, Other Rooms'.
It was an album that set the group on a... -
Stone Sour @ Eatons Hill Hotel Review
With the recent release of their sixth album ‘Hydrograd’, Iowa rockers Stone Sour filled Eatons Hill Hotel (29 August) in Brisbane with confetti guns, air dancers and a horde
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Queens Of The Stone Age Are Not The Villains On Their New Album
Before setting off on their recent Australian tour, Queens Of The Stone Age (QOSTA) drummer Jon Theodore ran us through what to expect of their new album ‘Villains’ (out 25
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Stone Sour Are Stoked To Return To Australia
With the release of their sixth studio album, 'Hydrograd', hard rock US band Stone Sour are now enjoying the touring cycle; Australia is next on their
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Premiere: Stream HURST's New Song 'All My Friends (Are Liars)'
Sydney alt-rockers HURST have been 'sweating on stages and rolling out infectious tracks whiles breaking hearts' since 2014.
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Oh Wonder @ Metro Theatre Review
There are a number of things Oh Wonder have a track record of doing while touring Australia.
The first is to arrive on the back of a festival. The second is to... -
Dark Matter Are Filling The Noise Void At Umbrella
Glenside’s Z-Ward is a foreboding structure.
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Its very walls are somehow imprinted with the turmoil and despair emitted by the state’s criminally insane over the course -
LIVE 2017 Australia Tour
Like a rolling thunder chasing the wind, one of the world's biggest rock acts LIVE have reunited in their original line-up and will tour Australia natonally this
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Brisbane's FriendlyFire Shock Themselves With Their Debut Album
Brisbane shock rockers FriendlyFire will launch their debut album in July, a record more than five years in the making.
With those years spent developing and... -
Sydney Band The Art Have A Lot On Their Minds
An afternoon conversation with Azaria Byrne finds the vocalist and guitarist for Sydney band The Art ‘thinking about the universe’.
Which isn’t surprising... -
Kill Dirty Youth Have Split... Their Latest Release With Rathead
Melbourne based alt-rockers Kill Dirty Youth have split… their latest release with their mates Rathead to produce ‘The Split EP’.
“The boys and I from Rathead,... -
Grinspoon Offer Fans Time Travel Back To The '90s
Anyone who got along to an early Grinspoon gig will know the gritty joy of moshing with a fine selection of your filthiest peers.
If you never experienced this pure... -
Georgia Potter To Use Carol Lloyd Award Winnings To Finish New Music
Brisbane singer-songwriter Georgia Potter has taken out the inaugural Carol Lloyd Award, securing a $15,000 grant to produce and tour her next EP.
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Sydney Rockers The Mis-Made Make Their Mark With Debut Album
After undergoing a few band changes, Sydney group The Mis-Made will release their debut, full-length album, ‘Changeling’.
“I think it’s going to be great,” vocalist...