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5 Seconds Of Summer hit #2 in the US
Western Sydney pop group 5 Seconds Of Summer are continuing their purple patch with their EP She Looks So Perfect debuting at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart. The EP was held off the top spot by the…

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5 Seconds Of Summer hit #2 in the US
Western Sydney pop group 5 Seconds Of Summer are continuing their purple patch with their EP She Looks So Perfect debuting at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart. The EP was held off the top spot by the…

Brian McFadden: When Irish eyes are smiling
It’s almost 1am and minus four degrees in Glasgow, and Brian McFadden is standing outside a pub, glass of wine in hand, relaying his next career move to become the antithesis of everything he’s ever…

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Brian McFadden: When Irish eyes are smiling
It’s almost 1am and minus four degrees in Glasgow, and Brian McFadden is standing outside a pub, glass of wine in hand, relaying his next career move to become the antithesis of everything he’s ever…

Pierce The Veil: Accidental heroes
Vic Fuentes is an accidental scene hero with a well-documented past: he’s soundtracked the beat of broken hearts and practically written his own autobiography over three albums. Along with his band…

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Pierce The Veil: Accidental heroes
Vic Fuentes is an accidental scene hero with a well-documented past: he’s soundtracked the beat of broken hearts and practically written his own autobiography over three albums. Along with his band…

Paramore: Three is a magic number
Forced to downsize in December 2010 after founding brothers Zac and Josh Farro made a fiery exit, Paramore have emerged after two years restless, experimental and more driven than ever. Frontwoman…

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Paramore: Three is a magic number
Forced to downsize in December 2010 after founding brothers Zac and Josh Farro made a fiery exit, Paramore have emerged after two years restless, experimental and more driven than ever. Frontwoman…

Anthrax: Underdogs
“If you party, it’s hard, it’s really hard. I mean these guys have fun, there’s plenty of that going on. You can walk around all day long getting yourself into trouble. But I don’t.” Joey Belladonna…

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Anthrax: Underdogs
“If you party, it’s hard, it’s really hard. I mean these guys have fun, there’s plenty of that going on. You can walk around all day long getting yourself into trouble. But I don’t.” Joey Belladonna…

Q ’n’ A: Thy Art Is Murder
After seven years trawling the nation with blistering metal and the type of misshapen lyrics that make your room spin, Sydney’s Thy Art Is Murder are finally turning the necessary heads. Last year,…

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Q ’n’ A: Thy Art Is Murder
After seven years trawling the nation with blistering metal and the type of misshapen lyrics that make your room spin, Sydney’s Thy Art Is Murder are finally turning the necessary heads. Last year,…

Funeral For A Friend: Back On Track
Five years ago Funeral For A Friend left a bad taste in our mouths. A year earlier they’d returned from a taxing three-and-a-half year tour in support of 2005 sophomore LP Hours and 2007’s Tales…

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Funeral For A Friend: Back On Track
Five years ago Funeral For A Friend left a bad taste in our mouths. A year earlier they’d returned from a taxing three-and-a-half year tour in support of 2005 sophomore LP Hours and 2007’s Tales…

Dream On, Dreamer: Lucid
Tomorrow, all eyes will be on Dream On, Dreamer when sophomore record Loveless hits the ARIA chart. In the past ten months their label mates Buried In Verona, Amity Affliction and Northlane dropped…

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Dream On, Dreamer: Lucid
Tomorrow, all eyes will be on Dream On, Dreamer when sophomore record Loveless hits the ARIA chart. In the past ten months their label mates Buried In Verona, Amity Affliction and Northlane dropped…

In Focus: Australian country music - part three
This is a three-part feature. Part one can be read here. Part two can be read here. The Cost of a Country Career Australia’s country music acts tend to be the glass-is-half-full kind. You’d be hard…

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In Focus: Australian country music - part three
This is a three-part feature. Part one can be read here. Part two can be read here. The Cost of a Country Career Australia’s country music acts tend to be the glass-is-half-full kind. You’d be hard…

Q ’n’ A: Killswitch Engage
After a jilted departure and a long battle with anxiety, Jesse Leach has returned more than a decade after helming seminal album Alive or Just Breathing. Massachusetts band Killswitch Engage are now…

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Q ’n’ A: Killswitch Engage
After a jilted departure and a long battle with anxiety, Jesse Leach has returned more than a decade after helming seminal album Alive or Just Breathing. Massachusetts band Killswitch Engage are now…

Q ’n’ A: Rob Mills
Rob Mills has had a finger in every possible entertainment industry pie since 2003 with careers as diverse as singing and recording to hosting children’s television shows. More recently though, he’s…

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Q ’n’ A: Rob Mills
Rob Mills has had a finger in every possible entertainment industry pie since 2003 with careers as diverse as singing and recording to hosting children’s television shows. More recently though, he’s…

In Focus: Australian Country Music - part two
This is a three-part feature. Part one can be read here. Part three will be published tomorrow. The Radio Bias There are over 2,000 dedicated country music radio stations in America, represented in…

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In Focus: Australian Country Music - part two
This is a three-part feature. Part one can be read here. Part three will be published tomorrow. The Radio Bias There are over 2,000 dedicated country music radio stations in America, represented in…
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