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Beauty and the bodyslam: Inside Melbourne's underground wrestling scene
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Please stop with the terrible 'intro' tracks at the start of albums
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Souled Out's 2025 festival cancelled due to low ticket sales
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'It means so much': The 'game-changer' that's helping emerging musicians kick down industry doors
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Singaporean artist Sim Chi Yin brings brilliant performance art and photo exhibition to Footscray
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'The lifeblood of communities': Victoria announces widespread funding for music festivals
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Bad to the bone: George Thorogood announces headline shows in Melbourne, Hobart
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Close Counters throw a technicolour happy house party on Lovers Dance Academy
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The iconic Melbourne live music venues we dearly miss from the last 30 years
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The best love songs to serenade your lover with on Valentine's Day
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Pre-planned encores are a farce and should probably stop
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Nature-inspired design revealed for Austin Hospital's 30,000-patient expansion
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Close Counters throw a technicolour happy house party on Lovers Dance Academy
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Rhys Thompson announces dreamy new pop single, EP launch show
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Dean Luke's Easy is anything but – and that's exactly the point
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Satellite Fingers craft a piano-driven emotional whirlwind on Lockdown Melancholia Vol I
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Teeming with humour and holiday charm, Ben Folds' Sleigher is our new favourite Christmas album
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LÂLKA continues to push trap boundaries on her fiery latest EP Willfire
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Tribqu are throwing a day party at Abbotsford Convent with DJ Spinna
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This month-long immersion celebrates world class arts on the western edge
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Nils Hoffman is headlining an Anjunadeep day party at this Melbourne beach club
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Sonder: Melbourne's new electronic festival reveals massive sophomore lineup
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The Gaso's first 24-hour party in its 166-year history is hitting this weekend
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