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Album Review: Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa

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Not Forgotten: Warren Zevon

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Track: Gungfly – Happy Somewhere In Between

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A year after ‘Frog in Boiling Water‘, DIIV return with their first new release – ‘Return of Youth‘, a quietly devastating single that trades widescreen collapse for something far more personal. Unsurprisingly, the track is a masterclass in shoegaze’s more delicate corners: layered, intimate, and full of restraint. It’s a noticeable shift from the chaos …

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On the road supporting their new record All The Right Weaknesses, Brown Horse delivered a warm, unpretentious set in Leeds’ Headrow House. In the intimate setting of the upstairs room, the Norfolk-based band gave us a great set of their folk and country-inspired alt-rock. Main support came from Neve Cariad, who left the audience captivated …

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Fresh off announcing his forthcoming double album IDOLS, YUNGBLUD has unveiled a major 2025 world tour spanning North America and Europe. The global tour kicks off in Los Angeles on 23rd August and includes headline dates in cities like New York, Berlin, Paris, and Toronto, before wrapping in Italy on 31st October. Presale access is available …

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Indie rocker Iain T. McKelvey is back after a year’s absence with his new evocative single ‘Midnight Song’, and we are humbled to bring you an early listen. ‘Midnight Song’ as a hint of an alt country twang with its crystalline guitars and McKelvey’s velvet, yearning tones, augmented by delicate harmonies and an indelible melody. Threaded …

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The glorious Eora/Sydney band GRXCE are back with the soaring anthemic track ‘Spit It Out’, which we are inordinately proud to premiere today. The single features a passionate melodic delivery seething with anger and a thumping percussive drive, replete with an eviscerating guitar. The track seems to represent an evolution of the band’s sound into …

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One of my favourite antipodean outfits, Naarm/Melbourne band Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird (CTBNF) today announce a new album ‘Rosewater Crocodile’ due out on 27 June through the glorious Double Drummer label. Tomorrow, the band is releasing the second single, ‘Mercury Rising’, off the album and it is another astounding and euphoric piece of music which we …

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We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘Lean In’ from Bundjalung/Byron-based band Off Judy. ‘Lean In’ canters along with a luminescent sparkle: seemingly incorporating the gently dappling sunlight of the region with an easy going air of yearning. Finn Mcildowie says of the anthemic track:  This song is about embracing where you’re at, …

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Remember when Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers dropped their debut album ‘I Love You’ way back in 2023? I do. Around that same time, I caught their all-ages show at Metro Theatre. It was so obvious then: TJATJT were standing at the helm of a proper awakening for every young rock fan in the …

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Ahead of their new album ‘Silverlinings’, Lutruwita/Tasmanian trio Verticoli release their new single ‘Home’ tomorrow, and it’s great to have them back. We are honoured to bring you an early listen. Delivering their usual visceral and vibrant sounds, ‘Home’ contains scything guitars and a driving rhythm with singer Sam Hunn’s huge vocals: a sound that …

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