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MILINA @ The Vanguard, 22nd Feb

“MILINA’s debut headline puts many veterans to shame, theatricality and pure show baked in by design. The whole thing though is a vehicle for that frankly *preposterous* voice. Whether it’s cracked and delicate on the sad quiet ones, rich and soaring in the pop moments, or plain full brain-rattling throttle on the indie rock wigouts […]

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jnr. @ The Vanguard, 22nd Feb

“Even larking around in what I think might have been a Taylor Swift wig, jnr. is still eight shades of heavy pop goodness. Moving like he’s plugged into the national grid, the set is never short on power or fizz, a juddering thrill of sugar and voltage.” Gallery Learn More Instagram | TikTok

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Jack Anthony & Sophie Jean @ The Vanguard, 22nd Feb

“Jack Anthony & Sophie Jean share a set tonight, with two very different – but equally impressive – sets of songs crammed into the one setlist. Like watching a TikTok duet happen in real time, the opening tracks are Jack Anthony-led, and they’re huge, whopping great waves of indie rock that stretch the beams in […]

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Making Noise: The Buoys

It’s not been the busiest twelve months release-wise for Sydney’s fabulous four-piece The Buoys, but that still hasn’t stopped them adding audience and solidifying critic support. In fact, there’s a bunch of reasons why they’re in a strong position to take it to another level this year. Let’s look at the release schedule first. In […]

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Just Announced: Sleater-Kinney World Tour To Land In ‘Spiritual Home’ Of Australia In May

The mighty Sleater-Kinney, fresh off the release of their outstanding ‘Little Rope’ album – their 11th – are coming back to Sydney for the first time since 2016 for a show at Enmore Theatre Alt-rock icons, their thirty years on the tools hasn’t dulled their edges or slowed their minds, with the newest music as […]

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Just Announced: Buzzcocks Return To Sydney For Metro Show

Punk pop legends Buzzcocks are returning to Sydney for the first time since the death of founding member and singer Pete Shelley, playing the Metro Theatre on 1st Nov. Co-songwriter Steve Diggle has stepped into the frontperson role, with new guitarist Mani Perazzoli joining the lineup. The Buzzcocks Are Coming tour will run across Australia […]

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Just Announced: Gnarly Japanese Punks Jet Boys To Crash Land At Mary’s Underground In April

Jet Boys, who formed in the hurly-burly of Japan’s late 1980s punk scene which also spawned the likes of Guitar Wolf and The 5,6,7,8s are coming back to Sydney for the first time since 2019 to play one raucous night at Mary’s Underground. A live show of utter mayhem, and sounding exactly like you’d expect […]

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The Damned Are Coming Back To Sydney – With A Classic Lineup – For One Night At The Enmore

There are punk legends and there are The Damned. Famously one of the very earliest of all the Brit punk outfits – and now one of the longest-running – The Damned have been acing it since 1976. Thirteen albums later, they’re coming back to Sydney for a single show at Enmore Theatre. Time hasn’t dulled […]

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Mean Jeans @ Crowbar Sydney, 18th Feb

“Mean Jeans may be over from the US, but their brand of sunny, grubby, fast-as-fuck punk fun and games fits seamlessly into an Aussie summer vibe tonight, cheerful as and mental with it. Bags and bags of melody sings alongside a landslide of daft and pounding rhythm, the Ramones doing Blink. It’s never not huge […]