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INTERVIEWS.
BRINGING YOU CLOSER TO THE MUSIC
WAXX LYRICAL MEDIA CENTRE
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Tropical Fuck Storm Chronicle Chaos on Fairyland Codex
Melbourne’s Tropical Fuck Storm deliver searing commentary and controlled chaos on their new album Fairyland Codex.

Bernard Zuel
Jul 7, 20253 min read


Forever Five: Katie Noonan
Five albums Katie Noonan can't live without.

Waxx Lyrical
Jul 3, 20251 min read


JOAL: The Punk-Rock Meme Machine Turning Teenage Dreams Into the Jam of a Lifetime
Meet JOAL, Brisbane’s college-rock crew blending punk energy, indie vibes, and meme-worthy humour.

Benjamin Bahr
Jul 3, 20256 min read


Still Bleeding Softly: 10 Years of Sufjan Stevens' Carrie & Lowell
Annette Geneva explores Sufjan Stevens’ Carrie & Lowell in Written In Reverb: a moving look at grief, memory, and the album’s lasting emotional power.

Annette Geneva
Jul 3, 20255 min read


Miles Davis — Kind of Blue: The Cool Revolution That Never Ends
Miles Davis assembled a dream team for Kind of Blue—Coltrane, Cannonball, Evans, and more—creating spacious, timeless jazz that still defines modern music.

Benjamin Bahr
Jun 30, 20256 min read


Forever Five: Katy Steele
Five albums Katy Steele can't live without.

Waxx Lyrical
Jun 24, 20251 min read


Lucienne Lights the Way on ‘The Same Death’
Lucienne’s ‘The Same Death’ is a soulful, shimmering act of defiance — a gospel-laced pop anthem for anyone done dimming their light.

Benjamin Bahr
Jun 21, 20257 min read


Abi Muir’s ‘On One Knee’ Flips Heartbreak Into a Power Play
Abi Muir isn’t just healing — she’s headlining her own emotional comeback.

Ben Preece
Jun 20, 20257 min read


Back To The Future With DIIV Live | Open Season 2025
DIIV’s live performance at The Princess Theatre is a journey through sonic intensity, visual chaos, and a crowd that finally connects.

Tara Dickinson
Jun 19, 20252 min read


Emily Ulman Finds Her Voice Again on ‘Mountains Mountains Mountains’
Emily Ulman’s ‘Mountains Mountains Mountains’ is a quiet triumph — a return that doesn’t beg to be heard, but deserves to be felt.

Ben Preece
Jun 19, 20255 min read


2025: Best Albums (So Far)
2025 has delivered a wave of albums that feel urgent, inspired, and impossible to ignore. From fearless debuts to veterans still pushing forward, here’s what we’ve had on repeat. No rankings, no filler—just the records that hit hardest.

Waxx Lyrical
Jun 18, 20252 min read


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

Waxx Lyrical
Jun 17, 20252 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
Jun 13, 20251 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
Jun 12, 20254 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
Jun 12, 20254 min read


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

Waxx Lyrical
Jun 12, 20251 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 6, 20254 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 6, 20257 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 6, 20254 min read


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

Waxx Lyrical
Jun 4, 20251 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 4, 20252 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 31, 20256 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 30, 20254 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 29, 20251 min read
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