Music Lemonade & Loudness: How Gadfly Turns Oppression Into Ferocious Rock by Laura Gordon From Tehran’s restrictions to Canadian stages, Homa Khoshnavaz channels feminine rage into blistering psychedelic rock Gadfly, formed by Iranian artist Homa Khoshnavaz, is a visceral response to systemic oppression, particularly…
Music News Slipknot’s Corey Taylor is actually a huge ABBA fan by Alastair Cairns ABBA probably isn’t the first musical artist you’d associate with Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor, but as he proves yet again, he isn’t who you’d expect. ABBA is back on the tip…
News Download Festival 2020 cancelled after My Chemical Romance withdraws by Claudia Schmidt Download Festival, which was set to take place in Sydney and Melbourne later this month, has officially been cancelled. The announcement comes after headliners My Chemical Romance made the decision…
News Architects & The Ghost Inside lead Unify Gathering’s massive 2020 lineup by Claudia Schmidt Unify Gathering’s 2020 lineup is here and it’s well and truly massive – led by Architects and The Ghost Inside, plus a host of much-loved Aussie acts. Australia’s one and…
News Yours & Owls announce new heavy music night Choose Life by Michael Godwin Wollongong’s favourite music collective have been quick to fill the void left by the sad closure of the iconic RAD Bar. Yours & Owls, the brain trust behind the coveted…
News Here’s when you can expect Download Festival’s 2019 lineup! by Happy Next year, Download Festival will be returning to Australia for the second time… and needless to say, we’re pretty bloody excited. Held only in Melbourne this year, the mammoth new…
Lists Turn It Up, Neck Exercise, Throwing Javelins: a playlist by Psychedelic Porn Crumpets by Happy On the eve of Sydney’s BAD Friday festival, we were hunting after the kind of tunes that are just bad to the bone. You know, grit-your-teeth, bang-your-head, down-a-bottle-of-Jack-and-see-ya-in-the-mosh BAD. So,…
Interviews How to kill it on social media with Jake Steinhauser of Polaris by Liz Nash Hailing from the southern end of Sydney, Polaris have spent the year cementing their pole position on Australia’s metal leaderboard. Their sophomore EP The Guilt & The Grief dropped in January, and they’ve been…
News It’s a miracle, Legion festival has risen from the dead and will be rocking in 2017! by Shayen de Silva After swooping in to save the day following the very ugly demise of Soundwave and AJ Maddah, the crowd funded Legion music festival looked to be the last hope heavy…
News Bring Me The Horizon announce national tour dates by Emily Mathison Earlier this week Bring Me The Horizon confirmed a 2016 Aussie tour and today, have made good on their word and shared the dates for a five-date national run. This…
News Soundwave replacement Legion Festival confirms stage dedicated solely to Aussie music by Emily Mathison After only being announced last week, Legion Festival event organiser Josh Sankey (Devil You Know) has now announced that in support of established and emerging local Aussie acts, there will…
