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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.

Mental As Anything Live in Brisbane: The Hits Were Alive, Even If the Ghosts Were Just as Loud

Live Reviews + Photos

Mental As Anything return to Brisbane for their 50th anniversary tour with the hits intact, the ghosts impossible to ignore, and a crowd more than ready to sing along.

Because She’s Good: Olivia Rodrigo’s you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love Reviewed

Album Reviews

Bernard Zuel reviews Olivia Rodrigo’s you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, a clever, understated and quietly impressive album shaped by love, doubt, The Cure and sharp pop instincts.

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

15 Dec 2025
Live Reviews + Photos

AC/DC + Amyl & The Sniffers at Suncorp Stadium: Noise, Catharsis & A Night That Meant More Than Music

AC/DC and Amyl & The Sniffers hit Brisbane. Hard!

9 Dec 2025
Jonesing For This One

Jonesing For This One: Crowded House – Temple of Low Men

Matt Jones launches his new Waxx Lyrical column Jonesing For This One by revisiting Crowded House’s Temple of Low Men.

1 Dec 2025
Live Reviews + Photos

A Night for Jeff Buckley: BIFF Closes On A High

A screening of It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley and a star-studded live tribute to Grace bring BIFF 2025 to a heartfelt close.

29 Nov 2025
Record Of The Month Deep Dives

Loneliness, Reinvention and the Long Way Back: The Story of Paul Kelly’s Post

A deep dive into Paul Kelly’s Post — the 1985 album that rebuilt his career and shaped the next 40 years of Australian songwriting.

11 Dec 2025
Live Reviews + Photos

Kendrick Lamar Live: A Reluctant Giant's Stadium Show in Sydney

Kendrick Lamar delivers a stadium show built on tension, restraint, and absolute control.

6 Dec 2025
Forever Five

Forever Five: Glenn Richards (Augie March)

Waxx Lyrical's Forever Five with Glenn Richards — five albums he can't live without.

30 Nov 2025
Heatseekers

Fjords, Silence and Song: Inside Ben Provest’s ‘Trying To Be Brave’

Australian artist Ben Provest talks heartbreak, Icelandic isolation, creative flow and the making of his new cinematic folk single ‘Trying To Be Brave’.

28 Nov 2025
Live Reviews + Photos

Parcels Live: A Night of Groove, Glow and God-Tier Musicianship

Parcels deliver a breathtaking, future-disco masterclass at Brisbane’s Riverstage, supported by Mildlife’s cosmic groove.

10 Dec 2025
Live Reviews + Photos

Lady Gaga's Mayhem Ball Live: Pop Theatre at Its Most Monstrous

Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball live in Brisbane delivers a massive pop opera of chaos, queens, heartbreak and triumph.

3 Dec 2025
Live Reviews + Photos

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Live In Seoul: The Sound of Resistance and Hope

Godspeed You! Black Emperor deliver a transcendent, immersive live performance in Seoul, blending seismic post-rock, analog film projections, and a powerful anti-war message in total darkness.

29 Nov 2025
Live Reviews + Photos

Franz Ferdinand Live Light Up The Brisbane Night

Franz Ferdinand light up Brisbane’s Riverstage with a high-energy, career-spanning set, supported by standout performances from Teenage Dads and Delivery.

24 Nov 2025
Heatseekers

Miss Orange Juicy Return With The Fizzy ‘Sorry Not Sorry’

Miss Orange Juicy deliver fizzy pop with bite on new single ‘Sorry Not Sorry’. Mario Späte talks honesty, chaos, songwriting and the duo’s sweet-n-sour universe.

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