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After the amazing success that New York City based trio fun. have found with their second album Some Nights, they have released a tour edition version of the album featuring four bonus tracks. The album opens with the original 10 tracks and bonus track, including singles Some Nights, We Are Young and Carry On.  With the new bonus tracks showcasing a softer, stripped-down side of the band’s music that was on their first album Aim & Ignite but missing from their more recent works…

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As Johnny Marr’s debut solo album, The Messenger finally allows Marr to be the master and creator of his own work.  Taking the very best moments and influences from his career, Marr has created an album that reflects his experiences and influences over the years and is more than worthy of standing next to those that already hold his name…

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Melbourne local Vance Joy’s debut EP God Loves You When You’re Dancing highlights exactly why he is a rising star both nationally and internationally.  This 5 track album blends his indie-pop style into a stripped down and beautifully simplistic songs that perfectly showcase his song writing and musical talents….

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Brisbane locals, Gung Ho, have released the third single off their upcoming EP, Anywhere Else, due out later this month.  Their blend of retro bass lines and hook heavy guitar tracks along with their melodic, if somewhat moody, vocals creates unique a mix of sun-drenched surf pop with post-punk influences…

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Upon hearing about Green Day’s plan to release three studio albums over a 3 or so month period, to say I was excited would have been an understatement.  In fact my views on Green Day is similar to that of good coffee and high-speed internet access, namely, you can never have too much of it…

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Black Fox’s debut full-length album Line Of Sight brings the best of their growing list of genre influences, along with their own high-energy rock style, into one action packed album…  

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As the second of the ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! trilogy and their 10th studio album, ¡Dos! highlights the very best ofGreen Day’s history alongside their newest experimentation. ¡Dos! plays as a more cohesive album in both the musical composition and the lyrics, with a growing story line of a man pursuing love in a girl out of his reach…

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In the lead up to the release of their fourth studio album, Frightened Rabbit’s five-track EP State Hospital is a tie over for the wait.  The album shows the band’s growing maturity to their approach in both lyrics and music and a more grandiose attitude to the final production…

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New South Wales locals The Rubens have not only worked their way to fame across Australia, but they have well and truly earned it with a polished and captivating self-titled album.  Despite their familiar sound to The Black Keys, The Rubens have taken their soul-flooded blues style and truly made it their own with their well-balanced musical arrangement and Sam Margin’s whiskey soaked voice…

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The Naysayer’s garage, 60s rock n roll sound that they have built a growing fan base on, has been perfectly translated into their debut EP It Goes Like This.  The rough edge of their live performances has carried across into the studio recordings with their rather blasé approach to production maintaining their garage band sound… 

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