Category: Music Features

‘The Most Important Record I Will Ever Make in my Life’: Caleb Shomo Talks Overcoming Fear in Reaching ‘Pure Ecstasy’
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By Sosefina Fuamoli
Beartooth frontman Caleb Shomo chats to Rolling Stone AU/NZ about the band's sixth studio album, 'Pure Ecstasy'
Poetic Justice: Tupac’s Murder Case and Why the Notorious B.I.G.’s May Remain Unsolved
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By Preezy Brown
Keffe D's guilty verdict in Tupac's murder trial has brought many to ponder why the case of The Notorious B.I.G. has remained unsolved
‘If You Get Something For Free, You Are The Product’: Read Trials’ BIGSOUND Keynote in Full (EXCLUSIVE)
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By Neil Griffiths
Trials delivered a powerful keynote at the 2026 BIGSOUND conference in Brisbane this week. Read the address in full
‘I’m Just Going to Commit and Make Something Weird’: Hockey Dad’s Zach Stephenson Launches Solo Project
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By Lauren McNamara
Speaking to Rolling Stone AU/NZ at BIGSOUND in Brisbane, Hockey Dad's Zach Stephenson opened up about his new solo project
I Followed Tupac Shakur’s Murder for Three Decades. Keffe D Talked Too Much
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By John L. Smith
A reporter who followed Tupac Shakur's killing for decades explains why Duane 'Keffe D' was found guilty
Women Spend Our Lives Being Looked At. Dolly Parton Refocused the Gaze
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By Marissa R. Moss
Dolly Parton took the idea of what it meant to dress and act like a woman to the extremes
He Investigated Tupac’s Murder. Keffe D’s Verdict ‘Feels Like Vindication’
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By Nancy Dillon
Greg Kading paced with champagne nearby as he awaited the verdict in Duane 'Keffe D' Davis’ trial over the 1996 murder of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur
‘We Never Really Were a Punk Band’: Dave Vanian and The Damned Farewell Australia and New Zealand
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By Jane Rocca
Ahead of their farewell tour of Australia and New Zealand starting next week, we talk to The Damned's Dave Vanian
The Vaccines’ Justin Young: ‘We Didn’t Really Feel Like We Were Part of a Scene’
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By Eliza Campbell
Fifteen years on from 'What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?', Justin Young is bringing the record back out in full
Up-And-Coming New Zealand Artists: Dillon Jo
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By Jade Kennedy
Created in partnership with Mentos Wellington’s shoegaze scene continues to thrive, with Dillon Jo emerging as one of its most exciting new voices. Led by co-vocalists and guitarists Betty Smith and Georgie Levien, the queer four-piece blends hazy dream-pop textures, heavy distortion and emotionally vulnerable songwriting into their own blend of dreamy garage pop. Since […]