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Prince – Timeless: Ten Songs, Five Decades and One Big Question: Who Is This For?

Album Reviews

Prince obsessive Ben Preece dives deep into Timeless, tracing every song back through five decades of Prince history, from 1977 to his final tour in 2016.

Phoebe Bridgers, Ryan Adams, and the Songs That Keep Emotional Receipts

Column

Annette Geneva unpacks Phoebe Bridgers’ Stranger in the Alps, Ryan Adams, complicated fandom, and the songs that keep emotional receipts long after the people attached to them have changed.

Jonesing For This One: Chris Whitley – Living with the Law

Column

Matt Jones returns with Jonesing For This One to revisit Chris Whitley’s Living with the Law, an overlooked 1991 gem of blues, folk and rock.

Deep Dive

Everybody knows 'Laid'. Far fewer know Laid. We go beyond James’ immortal title track to discover the strange, intimate Brian Eno-produced album hiding behind the hit.

Deep Dive

August and Everything After didn't arrive with swagger. It arrived with uncertainty. In this Waxx Lyrical deep dive, we explore the stories, songs and emotional honesty that transformed Counting Crows' debut into one of the defining albums of the 1990s.

ARTICLES

13 June 2025
Live Reviews + Photos

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.

12 June 2025
Forever Five

Forever Five: Dan Kelly

Five albums Dan Kelly can't live without.

6 June 2025
Live Reviews + Photos

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.

31 May 2025
Record Of The Month Deep Dives

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.

12 June 2025
Love Letters By betNwa

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.

6 June 2025
Album Reviews

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.

4 June 2025
Forever Five

Forever Five: Blake Scott (The Peep Tempel)

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

30 May 2025
Written In Reverb

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.

12 June 2025
Heatseekers

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.

6 June 2025
Heatseekers

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.

4 June 2025
News

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.

29 May 2025
Live Reviews + Photos

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.

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