There’s something so special about watching an artist you’ve seen in a smaller, stripped-back setting suddenly take over a venue the size of Rod Laver Arena. The last time Noah Kahan came to Australia, his band didn’t make it, so he took to stage completely alone, with nothing but his acoustic guitar and a microphone….
Friday night was my first time at Geelong’s latest music venue, Church. Unassuming from the outside, the converted church building is now a bar, complete with a stage and enough standing room for 150 people. For locals, this a huge feat. Sure, we’re only an hour from Melbourne, but to have something like this on…
They’ve spent more than two decades touring the world, but Simple Plan still have a pretty special relationship with Australia. It’s a relationship that goes back to the very beginning. Before the Canadian pop-punk favourites had cemented themselves as one of the genre’s most enduring acts, Australia was one of the places where things started…
For Darcie Haven, music has always been about finding connection in places where it is not always easy to find. Growing up in Esperance, Western Australia, there was not exactly a thriving live music scene on her doorstep. Now, just a few years into her career, Haven has built a dedicated fanbase of listeners, shared…
Good Things Festival is once again bringing us a massive celebration of alternative music this December, with the 2026 edition landing at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on Friday December4, Sydney Showgrounds on Saturday December 5 and Brisbane Showgrounds on Sunday December 6. Headlined by Limp Bizkit, the lineup also features Simple Plan, Spiritbox, Bad Religion,…
Movements have always made music that feels incredibly easy to fall into. They can be heavy without losing melody, emotional without being too dramatic and somehow make even their quieter moments hit just as hard as the big ones. Happier Now is no different. In fact, it might be one of their strongest records yet….
Welsh genre-defying outfit Skindred are still finding new ways to surprise themselves after twenty-five plus years. Smashing together reggae, metal, punk, rock, hip-hop and pretty much anything else that’ll work, they’ve built a reputation as one of the most infectious and unpredictable live bands around in the process. Yet for all the festivals conquered, records…
Miss Kaninna’s BLACKPRINT mixtape is immediately unapologetic. From the opening seconds of “Chat My Shit”, she declares “I’m Indigenous so you know you gon’ be feelin’ this.” It’s clear straight away that this isn’t a mixtape interested in quietly introducing itself, but rather it kicks the door in. Across six tracks, BLACKPRINT feels like a…
The 2026 Good Things lineup is here, with this being the earliest lineup drop in the festival’s history. I’ll be honest, we were slightly off with our predictions but we’re far from disappointed. Leading the lineup are nu-metal favourites Limpbizkit, who are no strangers to Good Things, having co-headlined in 2023. Joining them are pop-punk…
2026 is flying by, which means Good Things is right around the corner. With the lineup looking likely to drop this coming Tuesday, after a few pushbacks, delays, and plenty of teasing from the Good Things crew, we’re predicting/manifesting that these artists might make the lineup. Nickelback If you’ve seen the new Good Things logo…
The iconic Spilt Milk festival has announced its lineup and locations for this December, with one notable change: the Victorian edition is officially relocating from its home in Ballarat to Geelong, and we locals are over the moon. With a killer lineup featuring headline artists like Raye and Lewis Capaldi, it’s definitely going to be a…
While their 2022 hit single “Silk Chiffon” might have put them on the map for many casual listeners, MUNA have been crafting their own brand of glittery, emotionally charged pop since 2013. Their latest record, Dancing On The Wall, is no different, but it’s elevated in every way. Packed with shimmering 80s-inspired synths and the…
After the release of their 2025 album Breaking Into Heaven, Gold Coast six-piece Selve are back with Breaking Outta Heaven, a companion EP made up of five tracks. Recorded during the same Abbey Road sessions that gave us Breaking Into Heaven, this definitely feels like an extension of the album, to the point where these…
August Burns Red have returned with their twelfth studio album, Season of Surrender, and it’s proving be one of the strongest releases of their career. Their 2023 record Death Below was generally well-received by critics and fans, but Season of Surrender feels like a far more confident piece of work. So far, the response has…
Sixteen-year-old pop powerhouse Freya Skye performed her first-ever arena show in Melbourne on Thursday, wrapping up the Australian leg of the Stars Align Tour. With one EP under her belt and having only started performing live shows within the last year, Skye’s performance was nothing short of impressive. The Cosmic VIP experience was well worth…
Every now and then, a band comes along that feels like a secret too good to keep, and Dexter and The Moonrocks are one of those bands. For years, they’ve had a small but loyal fanbase made up of listeners who stumbled across them along the way. Now, thanks to one song, that’s changing in…
WIRED is Basement’s first album in eight years. The result of a band who knows exactly who they are, WIRED pushes Basement’s signature sound to new landscapes, while still retaining their essence. WIRED understandably received an incredibly positive reception, both from critics and long-time fans. Upon the album’s release, I caught up with guitarists Alex…
Last night, Audrey Hobert packed out Melbourne’s Forum for her first of two sold-out headline shows on her first proper Australian tour, Staircase To Stardom. There’s been a recent trend of international acts not having an opener, and while this is definitely disappointing, it felt fitting for a midweek concert on a freezing night. The…
The easiest thing Basement could have done after eight years away was make another Colourmeinkindness. Instead of chasing nostalgia and recreating their past sound, they’ve come back with WIRED, their first studio album since 2018. It definitely still sounds like Basement, but entirely different at the same time- it’s sharper, more self-assured and serves as…
2026 has us all feeling a little nostalgic, and there’s something particularly surreal about realising that a significant album is now ten years old. For Luca Brasi, that album is If This Is All We’re Going To Be, their beloved 2016 record that still holds up today. A decade on, Luca Brasi are heading out…
Californian Indie rock band Young The Giant return with their fifth studio album, Victory Garden, and it feels like they’re deliberately revisiting their roots. Following their ambitious 2022 concept album, American Bollywood, this record trades conceptual scope for a more familiar sound. Across the 11 tracks, they lean fully into the breezy indie rock sound…
Frank Turner has built a longstanding career on relentless touring and honest storytelling. Over 25 years on, he’s returning to Australia to join Bowling For Soup on a coheadline run starting this week. The Bowl My Bones Tour pairs two acts who’ve taken very different paths through the pink and alternative landscape, yet have landed…
The first night of a tour always carries a bit of chaos and curiosity, and for Mumford and Sons kicking off the Prizefighter world tour in Melbourne, you could feel that buzz in the room before anyone even walked on stage. Hudson Freeman opened things solo with just a guitar and a voice that did…
Violent Soho announced their return to music this week, with a tour to commemorate 10 years of their hit album WACO. The announcement comes weeks after members James Tidswell and Luke Boerdam reunited to join Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus for a cover of “Dammit” on his An Evening Of Storytelling tour in Sydney. After the…
Vermont-born singer-songwriter Noah Kahan is heading back to Australia later this year, locking in four arena shows as part of his upcoming The Great Divide Tour and fans are already gearing up to win the Ticketek war. The announcement comes just over two weeks before his highly-anticipated fourth studio album, The Great Divide– out April…
Don Broco aren’t figuring it out anymore. That part’s done. With their fifth studio album, Nightmare Tripping, you get a band that knows exactly what it is and is running with it. Since they started out back in 2008, they’ve bounced all over the place stylistically, pulling from alt rock, pop, electronic and heavier, but…
As a Victorian-based girl with a pretty strong pop music bias, attending WOMADelaide was always going to be an interesting experience. I’d never been to South Australia before, and I’ve never attended anything quite like this. Known for its global music programming, sprawling site and a deeply loyal crowd, WOMADelaide has built quite a reputation-…
Story Of The Year are rediscovering their prime, having just released their best record in recent times, A.R.S.O.N. Serving as a real return to form with an obvious natural progression of sound and talent, A.R.S.O.N is the result of a band with no agendas and nothing to prove, making the music that they want to…
Irish pop-rock outfit Picture This are about to play their first ever headline Australian shows this May, and they’re bringing Perth artist Sam McGovern along with them. Having just recently released their latest single, “Giants”, which follows their 2025 single “Yours Forever”, Picture This are rediscovering their own sound while playing some of their biggest…
Since its beginning in 2013, Canadian teen dance drama The Next Step has become an iconic piece of pop culture history for the younger generation. The overly-soapy drama, cliché plot points and dance numbers are the perfect ingredients for an addictive, entertaining watch that is suitable for kids. For Australians, it came as the hype…
