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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

17 June 2025
Forever Five

Forever Five: Meg Mac

Five albums Meg Mac can't live without.

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.

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.

5 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.

30 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.

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