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More MoreThe Wombats revisited their ten-year-old hits at their Sydney Opera House show Never underestimate the power of the love you had for a band at 14. Even if the intervening decade has made you bitter, cold, and...
Food & Drink Food & DrinkIndulge in a hybrid of Australian produce and Japanese cuisine at Eastside Grill Blending Manhattan style with an upmarket steakhouse look, Eastside Grill is a nicely rough-around-the-edges space in Chippendale. There are some industrial touches, like the metal...
More MoreBIGSOUND’s first speakers for 2017 include Aussie icons and international heavy-hitters Australia’s BIGSOUND festival/industry conference is back for its 16th year, and once again it’s bringing some high-profile guests heading to Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, including local...
More MoreSmoking Martha’s Tasha Doherty is facing up to the challenges of being a woman in rock Sultry, smoky, chunky and honest, Smoking Martha’s forthcoming album In Deep has got everything you’d want from a rock band in 2017. However, as the...
More MorePaul Weller continues his career renaissance with A Kind Revolution It’s hard to believe that 40 years have passed since Paul Weller first arrived on the scene with The Jam’s debut LP In The City....
More MoreLisa Mitchell shares her five tips for breaking into the music industry As part of Vivid Ideas 2017, MusicNSW is hosting its annual Feedback conference for young people looking for a start in music. Keynote speakers Hermitude...
Features FeaturesPond’s The Weather is a defiant reminder that the world is fucked Pond once joked that their entire discography was just a fast-tracked version of the overly mythologised and cliched rock’n’roll narrative. Their breakout third album (2010’s...
Features FeaturesThe Afghan Whigs’ In Spades explores the intersection of lust and loathing The Afghan Whigs have always made music that sounds like something very beautiful breaking apart – their songs are a plague outbreak at a bougee...
Features FeaturesDappled Cities’ ||||| is a forward-thinking return from Sydney’s finest innovators After one of the longer waits for new material from Dappled Cities, it’s finally over: the Sydney indie-pop outfit are back with ||||| (Five), their...
More MorePolish Club came to party at their sold-out Oxford Art Factory shows David Novak is stunned at the packed-in masses that have filled the room from wall to wall.
More MorePnau’s return to the Sydney stage was an unpredictable hodgepodge of highs and lows In hindsight, we should’ve expected an unconventional show from Pnau at their first Sydney headline date in five years, but what went down was still...
