Alien Nosejob’s unhinged, unleashed hardcore is a timeless thrill

Jake Robertson shares his thoughts on opening for Wednesday (awesome), my album theories (inaccurate, sorry) and the secret to a great vomit sound…

Jun 28 • Reece

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Bad World’s Timmy Lodhi on breaking rules, the internet and hardcore

One of the best bands in Bay Area hardcore is back with a brilliant new EP, a new label and plenty more on the horizon.

Jun 21 • Reece

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Will the goths like the new Pond album? Will the beer drinkers?

Australia's gold standard in psychedelic rock only cared about appeasing two audiences when making their eleventh album. They should have no issues…

Jun 14 • Reece

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Grace Robinson’s soaring high came from hitting her 'rock bottom'

The Melbourne songwriter's debut single is lots of fun. The journey to getting there was anything but.

Jun 7 • Reece

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May 2026

It's the year of Eddy Current Suppression Ring, again

After years in the shadows, one of this country’s most influential rock bands is back with a new album, a huge Sydney show, and the same unbothered…

May 31 • Reece

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Let DC Maxwell entertain you

‘The Singer’ is an ambitious album that doesn’t shy away from tackling life, love, death and God. It’s also an absolute riot to listen to.

May 17 • Reece

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March 2026

Avalon Emerson: ‘The biggest thing you have to hone is your taste and attention’

A modern luminary in dance music, Avalon Emerson shows the breadth of her talent on sparkling dream pop record ‘Written into Changes’.

Mar 29 • Reece

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Cry Club is committed to the bit

The ‘bit’ being ‘releasing a brilliant album that balances anger and optimism in a world that feels bloody awful a lot of the time’.

Mar 22 • Reece

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Gladie: ‘Being in a band is the ultimate relationship’

Augusta Koch makes Gladie's songs about survival sound sweaty and sweet. On the Jeff Rosenstock-produced 'No Need To Be Lonely', it's sharper than ever.

Mar 15 • Reece

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February 2026

By Storm: 'We had to earn being a real band'

After pouring 10 years into Injury Reserve, Parker Corey and RiTchie forced themselves to start from scratch and took nothing for granted with the debut…

Feb 22 • Reece

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Upchuck's KT: ‘You can’t be nice all the time’

Atlanta punk sparkplugs Upchuck talk their debut Australian shows and keeping calm in a disintegrating United States.

Feb 8 • Reece

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January 2026

Joyce Manor are turning the pathetic into a party

California’s venerated pop-punk champions are cracking jokes and contemplating the eternal abyss on their most fun record in a long time.

Jan 26 • Reece

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