REVIEWS

Andy Bull discusses revisiting People You Love as a Director’s Cut, exploring instinct, cohesion, creative risk, and what it means to truly finish an album.

Whatta great year for new music!

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

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

Post-hardcore grit, dark humour and concrete-bowl chaos — Lucas Stone of HAMMERS unpack Death Wobbles and their long-awaited debut.

A love letter to Jimmy Eat World’s Bleed American — emo’s most generous masterpiece,.

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

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

A Waxx Lyrical deep dive into Lykke Li’s Wounded Rhymes — exploring desire, damage, control, and the album that reshaped modern pop heartbreak.

Waxx Lyrical's Forever Five with Novak and JH from Polish Club — five albums they can't live without.

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

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.