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LATEST READS

Supergirl Doesn’t Need Your Approval

Film Reviews

Rebecca Gisborne reviews Supergirl, finding a superhero film less interested in likability than goodness, agency and the right to be messy.

Ewan Jackson on heartbreak, hindsight and finding comfort in looking back

Heatseekers

Sydney singer-songwriter Ewan Jackson talks heartbreak, hindsight, home recording and the stories behind The World From Here, as his first two EPs come together for the first time on What I've Done So Far.

Twenty Years Wide Awake: A Love Letter to Bright Eyes’ I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning

Column

Bright Eyes’ I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning album cover, used for Annette Geneva’s Written In Reverb column on the beloved 2005 indie-folk record.

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

4 May 2023
Live Reviews + Photos

Laurel in Brisbane

Laurel is part Danaerys Targaryen (the look) and part Florence Welch (the voice), yet somehow 100% her own creation.

6 Apr 2023
Album Reviews

Album Review : Boygenuis, 'The Record'

Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers each have a track record of work that can undercut tendentiousness

15 Mar 2023
Live Reviews + Photos

Live Review : Genesis Owusu in Brisbane

Having seen Genesis three times before, the addition of the orchestra was indeed mighty delicious for the ears

6 Feb 2023
Exclusive Records

Yard Act. They Came, They Saw, They Charmed!

Waxx Lyrical pressed an exclusive vinyl record of Yard Act for Australia. They played Laneway and charmed everyone at Catalog Music.

4 May 2023
Album Reviews

Jessie Ware, 'That! Feels Good!

JESSIE WARE That! Feels Good (Clash/EMI) IT WAS PRETTY COMPREHENSIVELY answered last time of asking, in 2020, but in case it wasn’t clear...

22 Mar 2023
Album Reviews

Album Review : Seaford Mods, 'UK Grim'

Sleaford Mods, UK Grim. Album review by Bernard Zuel.

2 Mar 2023
Live Reviews + Photos

Live Review : Empire Of The Sun Play High Concept Show From Another Plane

Everything frontman Luke Steele exudes is a sum of its parts, each quality or stagecraft trick never outdoing one another.

6 Feb 2023
Live Reviews + Photos

Fontaines D.C. Offer Stoic Performance of Enormous Proportions

Fontaines D.C. stand tall in a long line of bands that began with Joy Division. This isn't said as a slight, on the contrary....

18 Apr 2023
Album Reviews

Album Review : Cub Sport, ‘Jesus At The Gay Bar’

... if Jesus was to show up at this gay bar – “robes hitched up to his knees/to make it easy to spin” – he’d not have to explain himself.

22 Mar 2023
Live Reviews + Photos

Live Review : Florence + The Machine

Bernard Zuel reviews the massive Florence + The Machine show at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.

23 Feb 2023
Live Reviews + Photos

Live Review : Bon Iver in Sydney

To an audience which seems to cover at least half the never-the-twain musical and age-demographic tribes of Sydney....

18 Jan 2023
Live Reviews + Photos

Live Review : Arctic Monkeys Bring Swagger and Sophistication To Brisbane

Five stars out of five. Tonight's performance is, frankly, stunning. It's near-on flawless display of the sonic exploration....

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