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After nine years together, four albums and eight EPs, there is no question as to whether a band will rise through the ranks of mid-weight indie rock and send their soaring Americana through the roof…

Something was different. Four songs in, after the aching opener, and the double-shimmy of Good Morning and Mr. Milk, it became apparent what this point of difference was: no camera-phones. No…

In a three-decade career, Scottish purveyors of psychedelic pop, Primal Scream, have covered much varied sonic ground. From the drug-and-dance-infused psychedelia of 1991’s Mercury Prize winning…

Although they’ve been recording and performing for a decade now, A Day To Remember’s gradual trajectory may be unfamiliar, even to some of their earliest fans. Selling out Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion…

While the charts abound with modern-day 20-something flowers ’n’ romance balladeers, it’s nice to see that one of the great kings of romance Engelbert Humperdinck was still delivering to packed-out…

One to watch this week is the re-servicing of Klangkarussell’s Sonnentanz (Sun Don’t Shine). Originally released in August last year, the infectious, feel-good house tune racked up over a million…

Exchanging between semi-acoustic and electric guitar, Marika Hackman’s delicate melodies were accommodated beautifully by St Stephen’s Uniting Church. Standing in front of a dramatic backdrop lit by…

Whenever the topic of musical theatre is raised it seems every person over the age of forty, give-or-take a few years, wants to tell you about how they saw Johnny Farnham play Jesus and Jon Stevens…

They say in order to truly understand the English language you must first understand Latin. The same can be said about electronic music. In order to truly understand EDM, you’ve got to go back to…

Over his 50-plus years as a musician Neil Young has consistently confounded the wants of his audience, critics, records labels and band mates to do exactly what he wants to do. Indeed, while many of…