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Earth, Wind & Fire
'It's A Once In A Lifetime Occurrence': Earth, Wind & Fire On Keeping The Flame Burning For Five Decades
meme moment - via a less than great rendition on a primary school-esque recorder. Johnson grins, “We do the social media thing. You know, we're doing Facebook and Instagram ... though, they still make each concert a multi-sensory experience. There’s still the glitter-dipped Egyptian-inspired getups, and the spirit of Memphis and Chicago’s finest via their
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Peach PRC
Five Tracks We're Excited To Hear On Peach PRC's Wandering Spirit Tour
gone wrong, for anyone who hasn’t felt sufficiently celebrated by a lover. This glittering bop is cuttingly honest about the object of Peach’s affections: someone who only wants ... staunch position in the pop mainstream. Embedded Content 1. Josh After signing with Island Records in Australia and Republic Records in the United States, Peach PRC released her first major
Reviews / Live
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Live Review: Sophie Ellis-Bextor @ Forum Melbourne
cheek theatricality. Two fairy-lit palm trees decorate the stage, and her set glitters with melancholy and expressive movement, striking a perfect balance between playful and poignant. With her bold ... When the song was having this resurgence, and I was also making a new record, I took all of that happy adrenaline that was happening and poured it into
Reviews / Live
070 Shake
Live Review: 070 Shake @ 170 Russell, Melbourne
alongside PARTYNEXTDOOR and Kid Cudi ) off his micro-album ye . She dropped an EP, Glitter . Balbuena would develop a distinctive aesthetic with experimental Auto-Tuned and multi-tracked vocals, post ... forth through smoke machine vapours. The emotional highlight is march 2023 – sombre on record but uplifting live. Over the past year, Balbuena has toured concertedly behind Petrichor – and the evening
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Peach PRC
Peach PRC Announces Debut Album 'Porcelain'
released on Friday, 20 March, through Island Records Australia . The album arrives during a transformative moment for the singer, contrasting the glitter-charged, pink-fairy world with the humanity
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Airling
Airling Returns After Eight Years, Announces 'Retrieve' EP
Iansek ( #1 Dads , Big Scary) and Graham Ritchie ( Holy Holy , Scenes ) – with whom she recorded her debut EP Love Gracefully , and album Hard To Sleep, Easy To Dream ... confusing power dynamics are. It’s about falling for love and falling for the glitter and glamour of someone. In our world that is overloaded with distractions
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Bob "Bongo" Starkie performing live
Skyhooks' Bob “Bongo” Starkie Passes Away, Aged 73
making Skyhooks the biggest band in the land and ensuring the future of Mushroom Records . They were a hit creatively and commercially. The critics gushed, and the young girls screamed ... Skyhooks’ first live review in Rolling Stone said Bongo “provides spunk licks in glitter and tight white pants”. Bongo remained a key part of the Hooks during their rise
Reviews / Live
Doja Cat
Live Review: Doja Cat @ RAC Arena, Perth
influenced, Jack Antonoff -produced album Vie , Cards is a tantalising and teasing percussion of glittering 80s sounds that features a very titillating sax. Keeping the party going, she immediately pounces ... even raps about how plump and peachy it is, whilst possibly setting the world record for the longest twerk on stage.  Things heat up on Planet Her track Need
Industry / Feature
Crowds await FIDLAR.
The Real Reasons Why Gen Z Get Tattoos Of Their Music Heroes
events across Australia to hear the new album in a cinema adorned in hair glitter, feather boas and friendship bracelets. Then at 5am the next day they were queuing ... outfit BTS’s fanbase, ARMY, organise extensive social media campaigns, help break streaming records with concerted first week of sales attention, and donate to charities under the BTS name. When
Features / Music
Skyhooks' Original Line-Up In 2005
The Tragic Tale Of Skyhooks’ First Lead Singer
many others did. We were sending up the absurdity of glam rock – Gary Glitter and Marc Bolan and T. Rex , all that posturing.” Embedded Content Michael Gudinski persuaded Skyhooks ... life. The band had been successful live, but not really successful selling records. And they were blaming me; I think unfairly.”  Joe sacked Steve. “I’ll never forget
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Taylor Swift
How Taylor Swift’s “Crypto-Codes” For New Album Actually Started Last Year
release? Taylor’s website notes that the vinyl (translucent orange vinyl with gold glitter), CD and cassette formats of the new album could already be pre-ordered … and they would ... same breakout success of The Tortured Poets Department . That earlier album broke the Spotify record for the most-streamed album in a single day and sold more than a million
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Suffragette Records TAS
What Is The Best Thing About Running A Record Store In 2025?
come through in collections that we have never seen before! #Beatnik Records Credit: Supplied Glitter Records (QLD) We’ve never had better tools for understanding the past. About