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27/05/2026
By Ronan Linsley
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mariners and woodsmen: salem, live at the sydney opera house 22/05/26

Feature Image: ‘snake eyes’ by John Holland. Ronan Linsley reviews … Emerging from the haunting pinelands comprising the state of Michigan is one of our generation’s most defining sounds. Equal parts melodic, harsh, and transcendent, SALEM have cemented themselves in the zeitgeis

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23/05/2026
By Cappy Hall
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When I’m in an awesome gig competition and my opponent is Loathe: cappy hall reviews

Cappy Hall reviews Loathe at the Metro Theatre, 14/05/26

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10/05/2026
By Calista Burrowes
FeatureMusicOpinionSURG

The Kneecap Boys are Back in Town 

calista burrowes reviews fenian What do you do when it seems like the whole world is against you? Do you retreat into obscurity? Do you just send it and live up to the villainy people assign to you? Kneecap does not have a fully grounded answer just yet, but FENIAN is their interim response to [&hel

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10/05/2026
By Elise Martin
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WHAT’S NEXT FOR 2SER?

Elise Martin attends… Beloved community radio station 2SER is grappling with the big question––what comes next?––as the July deadline for an alternative funding source to save the station rapidly approaches.  2SER has served as a cultural pillar of the community for nearly 45 year

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08/05/2026
By Lucy Horton & Charlotte Macdonald
Concert ReviewFeatureMusicSURG

john maus at the metro theatre, 30/04/2026

Fanged Numinous. Bangs Numerous. Today was a lot of explaining, to various barristers and housemates, what retro-futuristic darkwave organum-pop might sound like: Hollow. Sparkly. Eerie. Sweaty. Drony. Avant-garde … where the ‘guard’ is one of any conventions of contemporary pop music, an

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