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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.

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30 Apr 2020

Record Of The Month Deep Dives

MAY ROTM : Thundercat's 'It Is What It Is'

It Is What It Is is the HUGE new album from the mighty Thundercat and it is our Record of The Month for May. It's the follow-up to the...

27 Feb 2020

Exclusive Records

Waxx Lyrical Exclusive : CSS' 'Cansei De Ser Sexy'

Read how post-punk influenced one of the finest records to come out of Sao Paulo in the mid-noughties.

2 May 2019

Record Of The Month Deep Dives

Waxx Lyrical Exclusive: Bad//Dreems - Dogs At Bay

We are insanely excited to announce our Limited Edition, Exclusive release of Bad//Dreems cult classic record Dogs At Bay! This Limited...

4 Oct 2018

Freedom Sounds Jamaica

The Caribbean island-nation of Jamaica is little over 230 km wide and holds a population struggling to make 3 million (2.8 million as of...

9 Apr 2020

Interviews

Five minutes with Yumi Zouma

Upon approaching the new album Truth Or Consequences from Kiwi dream pop outfit Yumi Zouma, it's immediately clear that these four unique...

30 July 2019

Exclusive Records

British India's 'Controller' Finally Comes To Vinyl - A Waxx Lyrical Exclusive Pressing

On vinyl for the first time ever, this limited edition version of 500 individually numbered LPs are exclusively pressed by Waxx Lyrical .

14 Oct 2018

Top Tips: Buying Second Hand Vinyl

Damage Have a look for deep scratches, if you find some then the record will most certainly skip. Which of course is the most annoying...

2 Oct 2018

Interviews

PICK 5 - HASHFINGER

We had a quick chat with HashFinger, one of the UK's most respected underground beat makers and asked him to pick his top 5 records of...

15 Mar 2020

Interviews

Dune Rats : The Waxx Lyrical Interview

You're well across it by now - Dunies' new album Hurry Up And Wait is our March Record of The Month and it has our club frothing. We got...

27 June 2019

Album Reviews

Thom Yorke, 'Anima'

No one has to tell Thom Yorke to use his inside voice. Mr Yorke makes inside albums.

12 Oct 2018

Review: Glebe Record Fair

image courtesy of: Glebe Record Fair Facebook Page Sydney’s pre-eminent record fair rolled into Glebe’s Peter Forsyth auditorium on...

6 Sept 2017

Interviews

Interview: Tiff Manuell

We sat down and had a bloody good yarn with the South Australian queen of colour, designer Tiff Manuell to talk about her life,...

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