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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.

Forever Five: Tim Rogers

Forever Five

Tim Rogers selects the five albums he can't live without.

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

7 Sept 2023
Album Reviews

Romy, 'Mid Air'

Romy from the XX has released her debut solo album featuring Fred Again, Bernard Zuel reviews it....

30 Aug 2023
Film Reviews

Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story

In telling the Michael Gudinski story, how do you represent......?

22 Aug 2023
Waxx Lyrical presents...

Waxx Lyrical Presents 'Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story' - opening night @ New Farm Cinemas, Brisbane

THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 | NEW FARM CINEMAS, BRISBANE JOIN THE EVENT We're proud to co-present opening night of the new film celebrating the...

13 July 2023

Yard Act Return With An Electro Ode To Their Own Stage Attire (and it's really, really good!)

As we heavily pushed (and pushed) and featured Yard Act with an exclusive of their debut album, The Overload, it is only with good conscience that we shout loudly about their new single, 'The Trench Coat Museum'. Luckily, and unsurprisingly, it's bloody excellent. Australian audiences who witnessed one of the band's Laneway sets or headline shows earlier in the year might not be quite aware that frontman James Smith is rather known in his native country for wearing a trench coat. It was a...

7 Sept 2023
Album Reviews

Big Blood, 'First Aid Kit'

We sent Bernard Zuel our Record Of The Month from Big Blood under the condition he review it if he liked it.....

30 Aug 2023
Interviews

Didirri on debut album 'Caught In The Act', Life and Vinyl

With the release of his debut LP, we caught some brief time with the man to have a quick chat about the album, his favourite moments

28 July 2023
Album Reviews

PJ Harvey 'I Inside The Old Year Dying'

PJ HARVEY I Inside The Old Year Dying (Partisan) It starts from nothing, at most the faintest suggestion of a sound: not a note, a beat,...

27 June 2023
Album Reviews

Queens Of The Stone Age, 'In Times New Roman'

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE In Times New Roman (Matador) JUDGE NOT … BOOKS … COVERS, yada yada yada. You know the drill. By appearance,...

7 Sept 2023

The Veils' Latest Album Finally Gets A Local Vinyl Release

Australia can finally get access locally to The Veils on vinyl.

23 Aug 2023
Album Reviews

Genesis Owusu, 'Struggler'

THE GREATEST TRICK Genesis Owusu ever pulled was in convincing different groups of us that he was like this, like that, like us. He isn’t.

16 July 2023
Live Reviews + Photos

Bad//Dreems in Sydney

BAD//DREEMS Factory Theatre, Sydney Saturday, July 1st 2023 JUST WHAT WERE WE looking at here? The mullet/moustache combination of...

13 June 2023
Album Reviews

Jason Isbell & The 400 Units, 'Weathervanes'

Isbell brings concern and frankness, close observation and a broader picture, change that’s necessary and expectation within reach.....

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