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Ecca Vandal's LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW Is the Album 2026 Needed

Album Reviews

Ecca Vandal returns after nine years with LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW, a fearless, genre-defying album that blends punk, hip-hop, R&B and bhangra into one of 2026's most thrilling releases.

Jonesing For This One: INXS, Welcome To Wherever You Are

Jonesing For This One

Matt Jones revisits INXS’ overlooked 1992 album Welcome to Wherever You Are and makes the case for it as the band’s boldest, most adventurous, and perhaps most underrated release. A forgotten gem from one of Australia’s greatest bands.

The Human Jukebox: Paul Dempsey’s Shotgun Karaoke Comes to Hobart

Live Reviews + Photos

A night of nostalgia, singalongs and beautiful detours as Paul Dempsey brings Shotgun Karaoke Vol. II to Hobart, with heartfelt support from Kaitlin Keegan and a room full of songs, stories and unexpected moments.

Deep Dive

A Waxx Lyrical deep dive into our January 2026 Record of the Month — a record of disconnection, hypnosis and human groove.

Deep Dive

A Waxx Lyrical deep dive into Lykke Li’s Wounded Rhymes — exploring desire, damage, control, and the album that reshaped modern pop heartbreak.

ARTICLES

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.

27 May 2025
Long Looks

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.

12 May 2025
Forever Five

Forever Five: Diesel

Five albums Diesel can't live without.

30 Apr 2025
Record Of The Month Deep Dives

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.

28 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.

20 May 2025
Forever Five

Forever Five: Steve Kilbey (The Church)

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

8 May 2025
Book Reviews

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...

29 Apr 2025
Forever Five

Forever Five: Matthew Caws (Nada Surf)

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

28 May 2025
Forever Five

Forever Five: Lachlan Rose (Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird)

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

13 May 2025
Live Reviews + Photos

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.

6 May 2025
Forever Five

Forever Five: Timothy Carroll (Holy Holy)

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

24 Apr 2025
Album Reviews

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.

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