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Westerners
New Series 'Westerners' Delves Into Australia's Cultural Kaleidoscope
their own cultural roots. This captivating journey is made possible through funding from Screen Australia and ABC's Fresh Blood 3 initiative, supporting emerging Aussie comedy and entertainment creators ... delightful journey that celebrates the diverse sounds of the local music scene. It's not just another show; Westerners is Australia's reply to Donald Glover's Atlanta , serving
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Track x Track: Echo Omen - 'Belonging'
collaborators into the studio, resulting in a richer pool of ideas and more diverse sound palette. Belonging also features a heavy visual component, with its cover art the image ... mates. We played music in high school together, travelled in a bus around Australia together and recorded/toured the ’Soulin Wild’ album ‘Balance’ together. I remember Dan showing me the guitar
Reviews / Live
Blind Guardian
Live Review: Blind Guardian @ Metro Theatre, Sydney
minutes ticked down before the legendary Blind Guardian took the stage. Last visiting Australia in 2015, the band now were armed with another two albums’ worth of material for their ... cuts Time Stands Still ( At The Iron Hill ) and Lost In The Twilight Hall sounded especially powerful, while sleeper track Born In The Mourning Hall was a surprise highlight
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NGHTMRE & Zomboy
Electronic Music Festival Distortion Has Been Postponed
Live , was gearing up to be a groundbreaking festival, blending the vibrant sounds of Dubstep, Trap, and Drum & Bass. The lineup was stacked with global sensations and local legends ... dates, gather your crew and prepare for a brand-new live music experience in Australia featuring international and local heavy hitters. The beats might be delayed, but the wait
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Katatonia
Live Review: Katatonia, Flaming Wrekage, Evocatus @ Metro Theatre
time and, of course, your money. Unfortunately, Katatonia started their first headlining tour of Australia in some eight years not with a resounding bang but with a concerning whimper ... make you bang your head by sheer force of will alone. Despite this, the sound did improve, and Katatonia pulled off an emotive and well-structured set that pleased
Reviews / Live
P!nk
Live Review: P!nk @ Allianz Stadium
possibly forgot how undeniably catchy Just Like A Pill and Try still sound, all these years later, and wonder why on earth she wasn’t already playing stadiums down under ... highest-grossing gig by a solo act in London’s Hyde Park, Australia is getting a slice of history on this tour. At the heart
Features / Music
Track x Track: Velvet Trip - 'Harmony Blooms'
Phan heard it, he had no idea how I managed to get that wonky sound and refused to change it. GET YOU OFF MY MIND When Velvet Trip first started ... internet videos until things got a little out of hand. It took hitchhiking around Australia, a crocodile farm in Darwin, and breaking my foot in Indonesia to call it quits
Features / Music
The 10 Best Tunes of the Week | 2024 Week 6
Phoenix is heavy shoegazers Glixen, whose new single of fuzzy, slowcore-esque wall of sound addictive goodness, foreversoon, marked their first new music of 2024 this week. As satisfyingly crushing ... sure to become a new staple in live sets. Out now via Warner Music Australia. Major Arcana - Jasper Embedded Content Bringing the best elements of 90s hard rock
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The 10 Best Music Videos of the Week | 2024 Week 6
featuring Tia Gostelow. Taking a tongue-in-cheek dig at how diverse voices in Australia are actually represented in practice, the music video sees the group performing at a little ... four piece, crafting atmospheric modern shoegaze and new wave influenced sounds, while retaining some of their electronic production sensibilities. The music video for Fishbrain sees a hybrid
Features / List
Joni Mitchell
The 12 Most Remarkable Songs By Joni Mitchell
forcing her to devise alternative tunings, which in turn gave her songs a unique sound. In 2015, the rupture of a brain aneurysm in 2015 led to a long period ... arrangement and played bass on early versions) which reached #11 in America, #19 in Australia and #3 in Canada. Joni’s folk rendition was the B-side of Big Yellow
Features / Interviews
Jessica Mauboy
Jessica Mauboy: 'I Want To Give Stories & Experiences. Most Of All, I Want To Empower'
television in The Secret Daughter and, since 2021, as a judge on The Voice Australia . 2024 marks a significant time in her career. She’s set to appear ... voice for 18 years, but we’ve never heard her quite like how she sounds on her new album, Yours Forever . Her new album lands tomorrow, just weeks out from
News / Music
SZA
SZA Announces 'SOS' Australian Tour
support of her December 2022 chart-topping album of the same name – to Australia and New Zealand this April, effectively ruling her out of Splendour In The Grass headlining rumours ... Tuesday, 30 April. The tour is presented in partnership with Live Nation and Secret Sounds . The Secret Sounds and Live Nation pre-sales will be available at the same time