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Live Review: Live Nation's Ones To Watch @ BIGSOUND 2026

by Twistie Chaney

Holly Hebe

Three promising, polar-opposite acts - Holly Hebe, Jem Cassar-Daley, and Eli Wan - took to the stage, each definitely earning their titles as Ones To Watch.

Web Story / Gallery

BIGSOUND 2026

GALLERY: BIGSOUND 2026

The highlights from the 2026 edition of BIGSOUND in the Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.

Kodaline

Live Review: Kodaline @ Enmore Theatre, Sydney

As the last note faded and the lights went down, Kodaline left the Sydney stage to a crowd not yet ready to accept that this was truly the end.

Reviews / Film & TV

Amyl And The Sniffers

Film Review: Amyl & The Sniffers - ‘Truth Or Consequence’

In this offbeat concert film shot at a Mexican restaurant, the pub-punk sparkplugs re-imagine themselves as a country act – or do they?

DICE

Live Review: DICE, Mid Drift, Ray & Paul @ The Tivoli, Brisbane

DICE hit the Brisbane leg of their tour, and their chart-topping album award is in sight the entire time, literally.

Reviews / Album

Phoebe Bridgers

Album Review: Phoebe Bridgers - 'Lost Weekend'

With her third studio album, 'Lost Weekend,' Phoebe Bridgers has opened up a whole new representation of the human experience. Winding through love, loss and grief, her third album is an extraordinary, intimate offering.

A Beautiful Noise

Live Review: A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical @ Princess Theatre, Melbourne

A jukebox musical surrounding the storied discography of Neil Diamond, 'A Beautiful Noise' is a celebration of decades of pop and rock classics.

Yothu Yindi

Live Review: Yothu Yindi @ QPAC, Brisbane

All the action from Yothu Yindi's first return to Brisbane in almost three decades.

Gang of Youths

Live Review: Gang Of Youths @ Sydney Opera House

Gang of Youths returned home with a reflective, playful and emotionally charged Opera House set, balancing stripped-back intimacy with the euphoric release of their biggest anthems.

Massive Attack

Live Review: Massive Attack @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Massive Attack were not simply planting the idea of corruption, greed and carnage; they were downright beating it into us.

GAZAL, Miles Nautu, Lara Buchanan

Live Review: Live Nation's Ones To Watch @ Smith St Hotel, Melbourne

Last night, the brand new Smith St Hotel was host to Ones To Watch - an American Apparel-backed evening of up-and-coming acts featuring GAZAL, Miles Nautu and Lara Buchanan.

Web Story / Gallery

Parkway Drive

GALLERY: Parkway Drive - 'Killing With A Smile' @ Metro City, Perth

The highlights from Parkway Drive’s headline show at Metro City in Perth.

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