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Glen Schenau + Jive Canyon (duo) + Hexmere + Soot @ Via Studios, Brisbane, 11.05.2018

In Photos: Belle & Sebastian + Totally Mild @ The Tivoli, 07.05.2018

In Photos: Confidence Man + Lex Deluxe Dancehall @ Triffid, 04.05.2018

Alex Cameron + Body Type + Laurence Pike @ The Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne, 03.05.2018

In Photos: Tropical Fuck Storm + Orlando Furious + Ascot Stabber @ The Foundry, 03.05.2018

In Photos: The Cribs + Concrete Surfers @ The Back Room, 26.04.2018

In Photos: Alex Cameron + Body Type + Laurence Pike @ The Foundry, 26.04.2018

Amyl and The Sniffers @ The Foundry, Brisbane, 28.04.2018

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Is Manus Blood Money Making Australia’s Next Big Act?

Sheppard. “Who!?” They’re from Brisbane. Three of the six – George, Amy, and Emma Sheppard – are siblings. They might not be a household name,…

The Collapse Board Interview: Leah Shapiro (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)

Venita talks to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club drummer, Leah Shapiro, about creating the new album, Wrong Creatures, and the band’s hopes for some warm weather…

Songs to hear at Laneway 2018

With all the frills and stresses that can surround festival going, sometimes it can be easy to forget the moments that make it all worthwhile.…

The Collapse Board Interview: The Stems’ Dom Mariani

The ’80s were a decade defined by its sense of materialism and elitism. Capturing the…

The Long Read: Confessions Of An English Music-Pirate

By Paul Rayson UK Consumers Of Illegal Online Music On The Decrease runs the headline…

Collapse Board at 7: The 25 Most Read Articles

Collapse Board celebrated its seventh birthday yesterday. To celebrate, here’s the 25 most read articles…

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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Wrong Creatures (Inertia)

BRMC largely fly under the radar here in Australia. Perhaps it’s because they inhabit that alternative rock ’n’ roll space reserved for bands the ilk of The Jesus & Mary…

Marlon Williams – Make Way For Love (Dead Oceans)

I’ve been fortunate to listen to Marlon Williams’s much anticipated new album, Make Way For Love, for a couple of months now and finally it has made its public arrival.…

Calexico – The Thread That Keeps Us (Spunk)

Yeah, so I’m a self-confessed Calexico groupie. Have been since first seeing them support Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl in 2003, touring their…

A Passion Unstated but Deeply Felt: Beaches’ ‘Second of Spring’

There are few Australian groups which can truly grasp the mind-manifesting ideas of the psychedelic sound and its underpinning ethos but Beaches are an act that consistently strikes the anvil…

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In Photos: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club + Stonefield @ The Tivoli, 22.03.2018

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club return to Brisbane for a headline show at The Tivoli, with support from Stonefield.…