Rock
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Martha Wainwright Says Goodnight City On New Album
Martha Wainwright does not write obtuse parables in the third person; her songs are frank and often torrid glimpses into her soul.
On her new release, ‘Goodnight... -
The Wombats To Play First Brisbane Show In 6 Years
Brisbane, you’ve been heard you!
Back by popular demand for the first time in six years,... -
Chain & The Gang Bring Their 'Crime Rock' To Australia
This March, Australian audiences can respond to Chain & The Gang’s call for a return to music that exudes personality.
Charismatic Washington, D.C. native and... -
Dead Letter Circus @ New Globe Theatre Review
After producing a gold album, touring the world over, and fearlessly carving out their own sound, Dead Letter Circus returned to Brisbane on Thursday night (2 March), to
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Pixies @ The Riverstage Review
Rock icons Pixies owned Brisbane’s The Riverstage (2 March) for a show packed with classics.
Opening with a relaxed, support slot of country guitar licks and organ... -
Explosions In The Sky @ QPAC Review
An old friend introduced me to Explosions In The Sky when I was 14; the key that unlocked an unexplored realm of alternative music and independent artists.
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A Postcard From Karma County; Sydney Band Play Two Rare Shows
What goes around comes around.
It’s been 20 years since Sydney trio Karma County hit Australian airwaves with their breakout single, ‘Postcard’.
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Explosions In The Sky @ Sydney Opera House Review
Austin, Texas post-rockers Explosions In The Sky are no strangers to Sydney, having played both the Manning Bar and The Metro over the last nine years.
But those... -
Dead Letter Circus Re-imagine Their Past Ahead Of National Tour
Dead Letter Circus are returning to the road, with a very special offering for fans this March.
Known for their perpetual evolution and need to push their musical... -
Regurgitator Headline Monsoon RockStock And The Gum Ball Festivals
The veterans of the Australian music scene, Brisbane's Regurgitator show no signs of putting the 'closed' sign in the shop window anytime soon.
The band, who... -
Guns N’ Roses @ Adelaide Oval Review
“Adelaide! Do you know where you are? You’re in the jungle baby!”
For many years, Adelaide fans have been waiting patiently for one of the biggest '80s hard–rock... -
Sun Rising Over Sun Records: Music Made In Memphis
Adelaide Festival Centre will be rocked, rattled and rolled when ‘Sun Rising – The Songs That Made Memphis’ pays homage to the legendary sound of Sun
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Stephen Dorrington Is A Painter By Day, Muso By Night
Stephen Dorrington, the tradie by day, singer-songwriter-thespian by night, is launching his new EP in Brisbane later this month.
It seems like you keep... -
Brisbane Muso Sabrina Lawrie To Release Debut Solo Album
After years of playing in bands and managing clubs, singer-songwriter and Brisbane music scene mainstay Sabrina Lawrie is set to drop her debut, solo record, ‘Hush The
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Explosions In The Sky Return From The Wilderness
If anything could reinforce a cliché as clumsy as ‘good things take time’, it would be the five years that stretched before the release of Explosions In The Sky’s seventh
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Australia Bound: Moreland & Arbuckle Aren’t In Kansas Anymore
Kansas’ own wayward sons Moreland & Arbuckle have risen above the noise and confusion to become a prominent force in the world of gritty, blues rock.
Moreland... -
WA Psych-Rock Band Datura4 Bring Their Hairy Mountain East
WA psych-rockers Datura4 have managed to capture the old-school, psych-bluesy-rock style of the '70s on their newest release, 'Hairy Mountain'.
Dom Mariani, Greg... -
The Menzingers @ Oxford Art Factory Review
There’s something that feels particularly tough about seeing punk-rock on a Sunday night.
But it didn’t deter fans of Pennsylvania’s The Menzingers, with a fairly... -
5 Rad Things From The '80s With Never Ending 80s
It was an era of big hair and big hits from the biggest artists of our time and now, thanks to Australia's hot, new musical experience, our '80s favourites need never end
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Green Day's American Idiot: Welcome To A New Kind Of Tension
An accomplished singer, songwriter and guitarist, and frontman one of Australia’s most successful and influential bands, Grinspoon’s Phil Jamieson had only one aspect of
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