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Live Review: Robert Forster @ Princess Theatre, Brisbane

Robert Forster

Robert Forster delivered an utterly compelling, transfixing experience, though he surprised the audience with something no one thought needed improving, made so much better somehow.

Belle and Sebastian

Live Review: Belle And Sebastian @ Palais Theatre, Melbourne

Belle and Sebastian perform their classic 1996 album, 'If You’re Feeling Sinister,' and a bunch of fan favourites for devoted fans in Melbourne – the home of one of their favourite-ever shows.

Web Story / Gallery

Violent Soho

GALLERY: Violent Soho, Beddy Rays, Teenage Joans @ Enmore Theatre, Sydney

The highlights from Violent Soho’s headline show at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney.

Web Story / Gallery

The Temper Trap

GALLERY: The Temper Trap, Lastlings @ Forum Melbourne

The highlights from The Temper Trap’s headline show at Forum Melbourne.

Web Story / Gallery

The Damned

GALLERY: The Damned @ Sydney Opera House Concert Hall

The highlights from The Damned’s headline show at the Sydney Opera House.

Web Story / Gallery

Holly Hebe for Ones To Watch

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

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.

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