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While each Karnivool album has been a departure from its predecessor, this time around they seem to be refining their so...
04/08/2025

While each Karnivool album has been a departure from its predecessor, this time around they seem to be refining their sound and synthesising key components of their back catalogue.

The Perth band’s current focus appears to be on hypnotic grooves, textured guitar work and dynamic structures that surge and swell, all underpinning Ian Kenny’s penchant for anthemic and meaning-soaked vocal lines. This was all on display at the band's Ad Complementum tour date in Melbourne/Naarm.

Read our review via the link in the comments.

“There’s no rules / Be yourself,” sang Dick Diver's Al Montfort in the band’s emancipation anthem, “Head Back,” to the d...
04/08/2025

“There’s no rules / Be yourself,” sang Dick Diver's Al Montfort in the band’s emancipation anthem, “Head Back,” to the delight of a full house Thornbury Theatre. “Burn the flag.”

It was one of many highlights at band's first show in seven years, which was effectively the inner north equivalent of the Oasis reunion.

Read our review via the link in the comments

Sarah Blasko has been reacquainting herself with the songwriter – and the person – she was 21 years ago. “I just hear my...
02/08/2025

Sarah Blasko has been reacquainting herself with the songwriter – and the person – she was 21 years ago. “I just hear myself finding my voice, finding my style, working out who I was,” Blasko told me regarding her debut album The Overture & the Underscore.

Blasko will perform Overture and its 2006 follow-up, What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have, on tour in Sep-Oct. Find our interview with Sarah Blasko via the link in the comments.

Amyl and the Sniffers, Alice Ivy and Miss Kaninna were all thrice victorious at the 2025 AIR Awards. Amyl and the Sniffe...
31/07/2025

Amyl and the Sniffers, Alice Ivy and Miss Kaninna were all thrice victorious at the 2025 AIR Awards. Amyl and the Sniffers won both Album and Song of the Year. ABC Music was named Independent Label of the Year.

Find all the winners via the link in the comments.

August is upon us and there are stacks of artists touring Australia.There’ll be bumper headline tours from Bloc Party an...
30/07/2025

August is upon us and there are stacks of artists touring Australia.

There’ll be bumper headline tours from Bloc Party and Tyler, The Creator, an absolutely ridiculous number of shows for The Used, and a couple of arena dates for Camila Cabello.

On the local front, Wet Kiss are touring behind their new album Thus Spoke the Broken Chanteuse, Northlane are hitting the regions, CLAMM are taking their new LP Serious Acts on tour, and Keith Urban is playing arenas up and down the east coast.

Find all the details via the link in the comments.

CLAMM's new album Serious Acts represents a subtle but significant evolution in the band’s sound.The Melbourne/Naarm pun...
26/07/2025

CLAMM's new album Serious Acts represents a subtle but significant evolution in the band’s sound.

The Melbourne/Naarm punk band voice their anger at the state of the world. But singer Jack Summers is unsure whether CLAMM are a political band.

"In a way, I don’t really care about politics because it’s stupid – the political system, I mean, and the system in which we live," Summers told Check Check. "I don’t agree with it, and politics is a part of that. It’s inherently stupid. But then obviously, my interest is in the human experience and how we exist. And, well, we exist within that system."

Read our feature with the band via the link in the comments.

“Just tell me you adore me,” sings Emily Wurramara on her new single 'Adore Me,' her voice betraying a mixture of sober ...
24/07/2025

“Just tell me you adore me,” sings Emily Wurramara on her new single 'Adore Me,' her voice betraying a mixture of sober expectation and creeping impatience.

"It’s so important to tell people how you feel because, either way, it’s doing damage, whether to yourself or to the other party," Wurramara told Check Check.

Find the interview via the link in the comments.

Music In Exile's main objective is to support musicians with lived experience of migration or displacement who are livin...
22/07/2025

Music In Exile's main objective is to support musicians with lived experience of migration or displacement who are living and making music in Australia.

“A lot of the artists we work with might be performing or composing in a pretty specific genre or style and a language other than English,” said founder Joe Alexander. "The first thing we do is sit down with an artist and figure out what they want to achieve and how Music In Exile can best support that."

Music In Exile has just released its fifth birthday compilation, Music is Everything, featuring music by Chinese guzheng player Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 and Chinese-Malaysian Australian electronic musician Sui Zhen, Iranian-born santur player Maryam Rahmani, Guinea via Naarm sextet Jarabi Band, Ethiopian songwriter Muluu Baqqalaa, and more.

Read our feature on the label via the link in the comments.

While there’s a perception that music festivals in Australia have been dropping like flies in recent years, there are st...
21/07/2025

While there’s a perception that music festivals in Australia have been dropping like flies in recent years, there are still stacks of festivals on the calendar – from major multi-day events to new boutique pop-ups.

Find all the details of every music festival in Australia via the link in the comments.

There are loads of artists on tour in Australia over the next few months, including Irish folk crew The Mary Wallopers, ...
18/07/2025

There are loads of artists on tour in Australia over the next few months, including Irish folk crew The Mary Wallopers, a retrospective double feature tour from Sarah Blasko, the return of George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, a couple of arena dates for Cubana Mexicana pop star Camila Cabello, and more.

Find all the details via the link in the comments.

The ballot is now open for Meredith Music Festival 2025. Meredith, now in its 33rd year, fits 13,000 people and it alway...
16/07/2025

The ballot is now open for Meredith Music Festival 2025. Meredith, now in its 33rd year, fits 13,000 people and it always sells out. The ballot is the number one way to obtain a ticket.

Link in the comments to enter.

Emo stalwarts The Spill Canvas will tour Australia for the first time this month, co-headlining an east coast run alongs...
15/07/2025

Emo stalwarts The Spill Canvas will tour Australia for the first time this month, co-headlining an east coast run alongside The Juliana Theory. Vocalist Nick Thomas chats about touring, addiction and the band’s legacy.

Find the feature via the link in the comments.

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