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LATEST READS

Jonesing For This One: Chris Whitley – Living with the Law

Column

Matt Jones returns with Jonesing For This One to revisit Chris Whitley’s Living with the Law, an overlooked 1991 gem of blues, folk and rock.

Phoebe Bridgers’ Lost Weekend Under the Stars

Reviews

Annette Geneva heads to Suffragette Records in Hobart for a star-lit first listen to Phoebe Bridgers’ Lost Weekend, an intimate, strange and quietly devastating return.

Forever Five: Pinky Beecroft (Machine Gun Fellatio)

Forever Five

Five albums Pinky Beecroft can't live without.

Deep Dive

Everybody knows 'Laid'. Far fewer know Laid. We go beyond James’ immortal title track to discover the strange, intimate Brian Eno-produced album hiding behind the hit.

Deep Dive

August and Everything After didn't arrive with swagger. It arrived with uncertainty. In this Waxx Lyrical deep dive, we explore the stories, songs and emotional honesty that transformed Counting Crows' debut into one of the defining albums of the 1990s.

ARTICLES

19 Jan 2024
Album Reviews

The Moving Stills - 'Wabi Sabi'

Guest reviewer Ian Thompson assigns words to our ROTM from The Moving Stills.

7 Dec 2023
Live Reviews + Photos

Capturing the Rock Legends: My Experience as a Photographer Shooting You Am I

What happens when a photographer and die hard You Am I fan is let loose backstage at a You Am I show.

5 Dec 2023
Live Reviews + Photos

Lights, Music, and More! A Review Of Kraftwerk's Electrifying & Expectation-Defying Brisbane Show

THOSE WHO HAD SNUCK A LOOK AT A VIDEO of a recent Kraftwerk performance walked in tonight's show believing we knew what to expect.

27 Nov 2023
Interviews

Big Blood, A Family Affair

Big Blood's First Aid Kit is truly one of the releases of 2023 and we're happy to feature it as Record Of The Month and help bring it to Aus

14 Dec 2023
Live Reviews + Photos

Caroline Polachek: A Transcendent Encounter That Leaves Brisbane Breathless

Words don't accurately describe Caroline Polachek; her boundless talents are nothing short of a revelation...

7 Dec 2023
Film Reviews

Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé -- 2023's Greatest Superhero Movie

a virtuosic concert film which does justice to the album – the sound, the visuals and the editing is impeccible.

4 Dec 2023
Live Reviews + Photos

Allah-Las Live In Photos

Chris Searles, camera in hand, captured Californian surf rockers, Allah-Las, live in action at Felons Brewing Co., Brisbane.

25 Nov 2023
Live Reviews + Photos

Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird Take Us To Church, A Review Of Their Brisbane Show

While no good band deserves the recent catalogue of Coldplay, Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird is deserved of every fan and accolade.

10 Dec 2023
Live Reviews + Photos

The War On Drugs & Spoon Serve an Emotional Helping of Old School Rock

The War On Drugs and Spoon dish up an evening of music that navigates a path through a maze of open-ended emotions.

6 Dec 2023
Album Reviews

RVG, 'Brain Worms'

RVG Brain Worms (Ivy League) THIS BAND, I GOTTA TELL YOU, this band is doing something strange. Strange and so good. All the while...

30 Nov 2023
Interviews

Jane Gazzo -- Architect of 90's Nostalgia, Guardian of Australia's Alternative Epoch

In the kaleidoscope of Australian music, one name crystallises the essence of the 1990s – Jane Gazzo.

23 Nov 2023
Live Reviews + Photos

Interpol, Bloc Party, Dust in Brisbane

Interpol and Bloc Party and Dust brought a night of music uniting indie music lovers of all kinds.

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