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Review: Short Stack @ Forum Melbourne
Last Saturday, Forum Melbourne housed Australian group Short Stack along with the talented Bad/Love and Pretty Bleak.
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Slowly Slowly Australia 2025 Tour
After a massive first half of 2025, Slowly Slowly are going regional for their next tour.
The 'Jellyfish', 'Blueprint' and 'Race Car Blues' hitmakers will... -
Premiere: Stream BB Sabina's New Single 'Beyond'
After dropping their single 'Multitude' earlier this year, their first release in half-a-decade, Melbourne-based BB Sabina return with another genre-defying song,
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Review: Short Stack @ The Tivoli (Brisbane)
As I arrive, rolling into Brisbane's The Tivoli I'm met by a sea of side fringes, fishnets, and mid-2000s nostalgia.
Short Stack are getting the local emos... -
Review: Inhaler @ The Tivoli (Brisbane)
Last night Inhaler returned to Brisbane playing The Tivoli (5 June).
There's a line of fans stretching all the way down the street and around the block. Full... -
Premiere: Stream Arabella and The Heist's New Single 'Ruckus'
Melbourne's alternative punks Arabella and The Heist return with a new single that embraces electronic elements and dance beats while emboldening their chaotic
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Introducing Shoegaze Rockers strayfold
An emerging band from Meanjin, alternative rock six-piece strayfold blend shoegaze with striking violin, deep baritone guitar and soaring female vocals.
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Review: Cloud Control @ Northcote Theatre (Melbourne)
The year 2010 simultaneously feels not that long ago and a long time ago.
This was something many punters grappled with as they made their way into Melbourne's... -
Review: Cloud Control @ Open Season @ The Princess Theatre (Brisbane)
Open Season has been declared in Brisbane for its fifth edition, a two-month long celebration of live music, curated to bring a diverse range of world-class musicians to the
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Review: Chelsea Wolfe @ The Gov (Adelaide)
Nearly three years on from her return to our shores, following an extended absence prior to that as a result of the pandemic fallout, Chelsea Wolfe has again graced us with
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Sofia Isella Australia 2025 Tour
Singer-songwriter, producer and violinist Sofia Isella is adding a handful of sideshows as part of her visit to Australia for Spilt Milk in December.
The uniquely... -
Premiere: Stream The Glamour's New Single 'Gods'
A regular of Melbourne's live music scene, gigging almost weekly for the better part of the last decade, Tejo D'Cruz fronts The Glamour, a soul-grunge
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Karnivool Australia 2025 Tour
After spending most of their summer in a Perth studio working on a new album, Australian prog-rock lords Karnivool are ready to showcase their new material.
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Night Lovell & Haarper Australia 2025 Tour
Canadian rapper, songwriter producer, Night Lovell is headed to Australia and he's bringing American underground sensation HAARPER.
Renowned for his dark and... -
Grinspoon Australia 2025 Tour
One of the stalwarts of Australian rock, it's been 30 years since a young Lismore band broke into the scene calling themselves Grinspoon.
The very first... -
The Living Tombstone Australia 2025 Tour
American electronic-rock act The Living Tombstone will tour Australia in 2025.
The duo of Yoav Landau and Sam Haft – who utilise gaming and meme culture to... -
Inside Sunshine Coast's Underground Music-Arts Scene With Basket Of Hammers
The Sunshine Coast's Horizon Festival explores the intersections of art, people and place for its ninth year.
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Yours Truly Australia 2025 Tour
Australian pop-punk alt.rockers, Yours Truly will tour nationally this winter.
The run of shows – Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth in June – will... -
Review: Slowly Slowly @ The Fortitude Music Hall (Brisbane)
Slowly Slowly may be on a 'Forgiving Spree', but their stature and subsequent performance is anything but easily forgotten.
The Melbourne pop-punk, indie... -
Review: The Wonder Years @ Lion Arts Factory (Adelaide)
Pop-punk juggernauts The Wonder Years have returned to Australia for the first time in over seven years.
It's the tail end of their Australian tour in Adelaide,...