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09/04/2024 – By Sofia Silvestrini April 11, 2024 Autumn wind and rain may have had us shivering on our way in to WIN Sports & Entertainment Centre, but 90s/00s rock powerhouses, Incubus and Live, were about to warm us up with a big ol’ blanket of nostalgia and noise. Californians Incubus were up first. Opening…
Monday March 4, 2024 Avalanche’s Hell’s Getting Hotter With You crashes into the Australian pub rock scene with a ferocity that’s both a nod to and a reinvention of the genre’s storied past. In a landscape dominated by the towering legacies of AC/DC and Rose Tattoo, this single doesn’t just add to the conversation; it demands a re-evaluation of…
Monday March 4, 2024 On the reissue of This City’s Electric, we witness Melbourne’s Edit the Empire not merely revisiting their origins but actively sculpting a new musical trajectory. This piece, resurrected from the band’s nascent stages, deftly avoids the snares of nostalgia, choosing instead a path of resonant self-examination and artistic maturation. In this endeavour, Edit…
Monday March 4, 2024 On Intertwined, the latest EP from Naarm/Melbourne’s Özergun, there’s an evident leap from their previous work, Live in Studio A. This isn’t just another collection of songs; it’s a fifteen-minute field trip that coheres into something more significant than its parts. The ensemble, still emerging, exhibits a striking blend of ambition and growing artistic maturity….
Monday March 4, 2024 In the eclectic world of indie folk pop, Demon & The Angel, the brainchild of Pete and Faye Flude, stand out as more than mere contributors. They’re akin to master builders in a genre that’s as fluid as it is unforgiving. Spanning a rich three decades across various musical styles—from the earnest…
Monday March 4, 2024 In The Lovebombers’ latest single, I Still Need Your Love, there’s an evocation of something almost intangible, a whisper of the past meeting the present. It’s as if Jordan Smith and his band have managed to sift through the annals of 80s rock, drawing out not just its sounds but its very essence,…
Monday March 4, 2024 In the tempestuous realm of Australian rock ‘n’ roll, Shotgun Mistress emerges as a formidable tour de force, an explosive entity that first stormed the gates in 2020. With unwavering resolve, they’ve harnessed a sonic alchemy that melds the raw, high-octane fervour of rock ‘n’ roll with virtuosic mastery, consistently setting stages ablaze with their…
Tuesday February 13, 2024 In the kaleidoscopic world of dance music, where beats shift like sand in an hourglass, Geoff Sturre’s resurgence stands as more than a fleeting revival. This maestro of the Australian club scene, a virtuoso in his realm, has made a striking return. He isn’t just dusting off the old records; instead,…
Wednesday January 31, 2024 At only eighteen, Orlando Kallen has already positioned himself at the cusp of a notable artistic emergence. With a TikTok following surpassing a million and a Spotify audience nearing 200,000, Kallen is charting a path that could lead him well beyond his current online fame. His Australian background, infused with Greek,…
02/12/2023 – By Sofia Silvestrini December 05, 2023 A sea of black tees and denim vests poured into Centennial Park nice and early, sticky from sunscreen and humidity. Punters were keen for moshing, catch ups with gig mates and big singalongs and came armed with ponchos thanks to the storm warning. More on that later……