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  • Xiu Xiu @ GoMA Review

    Xiu Xiu lynchpin Jamie Stewart’s own words on what these two, sold-out evening highlights of the David Lynch season at GoMA were about.

    “The music of 'Twin Peaks' is...

  • Peace Are A Bunch Of Happy People

    Peace; it’s a straightforward band name. Similarly, the UK foursome are a straightforward bunch.


    Last month, Peace released their second LP 'Happy People'. Though,...

  • Born Joy Dead: Filling The Immutable Parentheses Of Life With Joy

    When the Hungry Kids of Hungary disbanded in 2013, bassist Ben Dalton could easily have chosen the road walked by many musicians before him: take up booze, hard drugs and a

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  • Introducing Garrett Kato

    Born in British Columbia, Canada, Garrett Kato relocated to Byron Bay when he was 23.


    Last year he recorded his new album, 'That Low And Lonesome Sound', in his...

  • Jordan Merrick's Green Sessions

    This Sunday (12 April), the Norman Park Bowls Club will host the first ever The Green Sessions event.


    The Green Sessions is a monthly-music event dedicated to solo...

  • A Musical Letter To Dear Willow


    Dear Willow is the solo project of Sunshine Coast singer/ songwriter EmJ France.



    Despite being only 21 years old, EmJ has spent a considerable part of her life...

  • Lurch & Chief Prefer No Rules

    Melbourne psych-rockers Lurch & Chief have had a busy couple of years.


    With a handful of east-coast shows under their belt and their first EP, 'Wiped Out',...

  • The Good Ship Set Sail One, Final Time

    After six years, Brisbane’s The Good Ship are hanging up their collective caps, fascinators, assorted headpieces, costumes and finery and are calling it a

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  • Red Deer Music & Arts Festival Returns In 2015

    After a one-year forced hiatus, the organisers of Brisbane’s only BYO-camping-music festival have announced that Red Deer Music & Arts Festival is back on 3 October – and

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  • Exclusive: Watch Rowen's Debut Video – 'Pushing Daisies'

    Rowen's soulful vocals come straight from her heart.


    Drawing you in, the young singer/ songwriter lets the music completely take her over, and her powerhouse voice...

  • 5 Of Penelope Austin's Top Memories

    Penelope Austin was born in the southern Highlands of NSW but, from the age of 15, has led a nomadic life travelling the world, most recently basing herself in New York

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  • Ben Howard Reschedules 2015 Australian Dates

    Ben Howard recently wrapped up months of overseas touring, and has landed home, inspired to make changes to the line-up in his band.


    With the Australian dates so...

  • Bluesfest Adds More Bands; Subtracts Ben Howard

    Bluesfest Byron Bay has served up another major-artist announcement for opening night.


    With the cancellation of...

  • London Grammar @ The Riverstage Review 2015

    On 7 March, London Grammar powered through the classic, dry heat of Brisbane and chilled us right to the bone with their set at Brisbane’s Riverstage.


    Before the...

  • The Foundry Official Launch Review

    Foundry: noun (plural foundries). A workshop or factory for casting metal.


    Whether it was sculpted in sound/ moulded in music/ forged in the fires of rock &...

  • Chet Faker @ BCEC Review

    On Saturday night at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Chet Faker delivered the ultimate Valentine's Day show; the soul crooner saturating the crowd in

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  • Living With The Jungle Giants

    The Jungle Giants' frontman, Sam Hales, talks about the band’s upcoming album and what it’s like being neighbours with a bunch of Brisbane bands.


    After the stomping...

  • Introducing Tongue Tied Thieves

    Tongue Tied Thieves combine hard-hitting drums, distorted guitars and soulful vocal melodies to create a sound that encapsulates high-intensity rock jams to slower, indie-pop

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  • Spoon @ The Hi-Fi Review

    Spoon have been operating as a band for 21 years.


    Their entire career has been a rollercoaster of fortune from their major label signing and fallout, to the mass...

  • St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival 2015 @ RNA Showgrounds Review

    “It’s so hot; how can you live like this?” These are some of the first words Benjamin Booker mutters into his microphone as he takes to the stage at yet another talent-packed

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