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NEWS. REVIEWS.
INTERVIEWS.
WAXX LYRICAL MEDIA CENTRE
BRINGING YOU CLOSER TO THE MUSIC


Forever Five: Meg Mac
Five albums Meg Mac can't live without.

Waxx Lyrical
1 day ago2 min read


Supergrass & Rocket Science Light Up Brisbane: A Night Through the Lens of Chris Searles
Supergrass hit The Tivoli for their I Should Coco 30th Anniversary Tour, with Rocket Science in support and chaos in the air. Chris Searles was there for it all — onstage and after dark.

Chris Searles
5 days ago1 min read


Marianne Faithfull And The Dark Light Within Broken English
A fierce, personal tribute from betNwa to Marianne Faithfull’s Broken English — an album of scars, sorcery, and survival.

betNwa
6 days ago4 min read


Jangle, Joy and Hanging On: Meet The Tullamarines
Following the breakout success of ‘Running On Empty’, The Tullamarines lean into self-doubt, sunny guitars, and cathartic honesty on 'Lying', their most addictive track yet.

Ben Preece
6 days ago4 min read


Forever Five: Dan Kelly
Five albums Dan Kelly can't live without.

Waxx Lyrical
6 days ago1 min read


Grey, Wet, and Inside My Head: Matt Berninger’s Get Sunk
On Get Sunk, Matt Berninger isn’t chasing catharsis—he’s documenting the quiet collapse.

Bernard Zuel
Jun 64 min read


Begin Again, Again: J Mahon’s Long Road to Right Now
J Mahon opens up from Berlin about shedding old identities, staying clean, and writing hundreds of songs in search of something real.

Ben Preece
Jun 67 min read


Beth Gibbons Live: Still A Voice Like No Other
Beth Gibbons delivers a breathtaking performance at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall, performing Lives Outgrown in full with a jaw-dropping encore of Portishead classics.

Ben Preece
Jun 64 min read


Forever Five: Blake Scott (The Peep Tempel)
Five albums Blake Scott (The Peep Tempel) can't live without.

Waxx Lyrical
Jun 41 min read


One Street, One Day: Hilltop Hoods and Meg Mac to Play New Townsville Festival
Hilltop Hoods, DMA’s, and Meg Mac are heading north for the launch of One Street One Day — a brand-new street-style music festival kicking off in Townsville this July.

Waxx Lyrical
Jun 42 min read


Mk.gee, The Reluctant Virtuoso and His Dream Police
We trace Mk.gee's rise, his sound, and Two Star & The Dream Police, the record that’s already reshaping what a breakthrough can look like.

Ben Preece
May 316 min read


Still Listening: Frightened Rabbit’s Painting Of A Panic Attack
Annette Geneva's Written In Reverb is a personal column about the records that resonate through time—haunting, healing, and holding us when we need them most. In this first instalment, she writes a love letter to Frightened Rabbit’s Painting of a Panic Attack and the echoes left behind by Scott Hutchison’s voice.

Annette Geneva
May 304 min read


Sigur Rós with the Brisbane Philharmonic, Through Yejin Cho’s Lens
Experience the haunting beauty of Sigur Rós’s 2025 Brisbane performance through the lens of photographer Yejin Cho.

Yejin Cho
May 291 min read


Forever Five: Lachlan Rose (Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird)
Five albums Lachlan Rose (Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird) can't live without.

Waxx Lyrical
May 282 min read


The Long Hard Road to Wildflowers and How Tom Petty Learned to Let Go
A deep dive into Tom Petty’s most vulnerable album, Wildflowers, its lost songs, and the story behind the music that listens back.

Ben Preece
May 2713 min read


Forever Five: Steve Kilbey (The Church)
Five albums Steve Kilbey (The Church) can't live without.

Waxx Lyrical
May 201 min read


Sound and Light and Slowdive Live
Slowdive’s music feels like memory — hazy, intimate, and achingly beautiful. Photographer Yejin Cho sees the world much the same way.

Yejin Cho
May 131 min read




How I Found Bruce Springsteen in Atlantic City And Never Left
THERE WAS A TIME when the idea of being a Bruce Springsteen fan seemed unlikely on so many levels for me...

Bernard Zuel
May 86 min read


Forever Five: Timothy Carroll (Holy Holy)
Forever Five: Timothy Carroll (Holy Holy)—five albums he can't live without.

Waxx Lyrical
May 61 min read


Metronomy's The English Riviera: Seagulls, Synths & Soft Power
Metronomy’s The English Riviera is a cult classic of British electronic pop—sun-drenched, subtly weird, and quietly influential.

Ben Preece
Apr 307 min read


Forever Five: Matthew Caws (Nada Surf)
Forever Five: Matthew Caws (Nada Surf)—five albums he can't live without.

Waxx Lyrical
Apr 291 min read


jasmine.4.t’s You Are The Morning Is a Dazzling Debut – Album Review
You Are The Morning is a tender, emotionally charged debut from jasmine.4.t—an album that transforms personal upheaval into something quietly triumphant. With production from boygenius and a cast of trans collaborators, it’s a record that balances heartbreak with hope, built on community, catharsis, and unfiltered truth.

Ben Preece
Apr 243 min read


Forever Five: Meg Washington
Forever Five: Meg Washington—five albums she can't live without.

Waxx Lyrical
Apr 231 min read
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