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Courtney Barnett at The Tivoli: Staying in Her Lane

Live Reviews + Photos

Courtney Barnett returns to Brisbane's Tivoli with a formidable power trio, a new album and a renewed sense of joy. Chris Searles finds an artist entirely comfortable in her own skin.

Forever Five: Sam Hales (The Jungle Giants)

Forever Five

Sam Hales of The Jungle Giants reveals his Forever Five essential albums.

Ecca Vandal: The Long Road to LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW

Record Of The Month Deep Dives

Nine years between albums. Explore Ecca Vandal's remarkable return with LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW in our Waxx Lyrical Deep Dive.

Deep Dive

Nine years between albums. Explore Ecca Vandal's remarkable return with LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO UNFOLLOW in our Waxx Lyrical Deep Dive.

Deep Dive

Pixies made Doolittle stranger, sharper and more accessible without losing any of their bite. We go track by track through the 1989 album that helped rewrite the language of alternative rock.

3 Jan 2026
Heatseekers

Holding Grief and Hope in the Same Song: Talitha Jae on ‘Ada’

Talitha Jae opens up about ‘Ada’, her most personal song to date — a raw, intimate release shaped by infertility, miscarriage, and pregnancy after loss.

31 Dec 2025
Record Of The Month Deep Dives

Wounded Rhymes: Lykke Li’s Ritual of Power, Control, and Survival

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

17 Dec 2025
Forever Five

Forever Five: Polish Club

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

11 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 Jan 2026
Interviews

Andy Bull: Restoring the Vision of People You Love

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.

23 Dec 2025
Waxxing Lyrical

The Best 25 Albums of 2025

Whatta great year for new music!

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.

3 Jan 2026
Heatseekers

HAMMERS: Riding the Death Wobbles to Debut Album

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

18 Dec 2025
Written In Reverb

How Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American Taught Us to Feel Loudly

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

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.

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