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Category: Bands From Back Home

A nod to my roots. This section focuses on the best new music and legendary acts coming out of the UK. Keeping a finger on the pulse of the British music scene, from the underground clubs of London to the northern soul of Manchester and beyond.

Image of RAYE in a red dress surrounded by an orchestra
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Album Review: RAYE – This Music May Contain Hope

by suziescribblesMarch 28, 2026
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Pulp Sidney Myer Music Bowl Melbourne
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Review: Pulp, Sidney Myer Music Bowl

by suziescribblesMarch 4, 2026
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Album Review: Vona Vella – Carnival

by suziescribblesFebruary 28, 2026
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Album cover for The Kooks Inside In Inside Out
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Album Review: The Kooks – Inside In/Inside Out

by suziescribblesJanuary 23, 2026
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Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys Album Cover
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Album Review: Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not

by suziescribblesJanuary 22, 2026
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Musician Cavetown running with scissors against a blue background
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Album Review: Cavetown – Running With Scissors

by suziescribblesJanuary 17, 2026
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Abigail Morris of The Last Dinner Party performing at Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
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Review: The Last Dinner Party – Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne

by suziescribblesJanuary 16, 2026
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Alex Turner and Matt Helders on stage at Sidney Myer Music Bowl
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From Riot Vans to Jet Skis: Why Arctic Monkeys’ Evolution Was Inevitable

by suziescribblesJanuary 8, 2026
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Album cover for James Nothing but love
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James: Four Decades, One Definitive Album, and Five Surprising Stories

by suziescribblesDecember 7, 2025December 27, 2025
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Album cover art for Pulp Album More.
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Tour News: Pulp announce “You Deserve More” Australia & New Zealand 2026 Tour

by suziescribblesNovember 3, 2025December 27, 2025
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Cityscape taken from the middle of the road. People and buildings can be seen. Album Cover for The Clause Victim of a Casual Thing
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Album Review: The Clause – Victim Of A Casual Thing

by suziescribblesOctober 29, 2025December 27, 2025
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Miles Kane with his back to camera sat on a motorcycle. His face can be seen reflected in the wing mirror.
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Album Review: Miles Kane – Sunlight in the Shadows

by suziescribblesOctober 19, 2025December 27, 2025
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All Arctic Monkeys albums ranked from worst to best

by suziescribblesOctober 14, 2025December 27, 2025
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Image of man with his back to the camera holding up an acoustic guitar with the ocean and a sunset in the background. Album art for Richard Ashcroft Lovin You
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Album Review: Richard Ashcroft – Lovin’ You

by suziescribblesOctober 11, 2025December 27, 2025
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Jon McClure of Reverend and The Makers on a red sofa. Cover image for Is This Happiness
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Reverend and the Makers Drop New Single ‘UFO’ and Announce Intimate UK Tour

by suziescribblesSeptember 27, 2025December 27, 2025
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Matthew Murphy of the Wombats with his arms above his head at their gig at Festival Hall Melbourne September 2025
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Review: The Wombats – Festival Hall, Melbourne

by suziescribblesSeptember 25, 2025December 27, 2025
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Some new and not so new music recommendations to c Some new and not so new music recommendations to check out this week, as I discovered my first artist from an Instagram reel and I revisited a track released last month. 

Find out more on our website. 

Songs To Brush Your Teeth to is our new music playlist. Each week we bring you five new tracks we thing you should check out. You can find the playlist on Tidal (and Spotify) with all this weeks songs and tracks from the past 9 weeks.
We loved @parissatosif deeply personal album I Hav We loved @parissatosif deeply personal album I Have This Memory of You. 

Straddling eastern and western sounds it combines pop influences with instruments and rhythms from Parissa’s Iranian culture to create an album that’s a unique window into her world. 

Telling the stories of displacement and longing for a home that’s no more, or one that never really was, it speaks to anyone who’s migrated or living across cultures. 

Swipe to read more and see the full piece on our website.
Rowdy times for @dunerats at The Corner Hotel last Rowdy times for @dunerats at The Corner Hotel last night. 

The band were keen to get back to their roots with this latest album are tour and they certainly did this with a carefree, chaotic night. 

More details on our website.
I’ve been eagerly awaiting RAYE’s sophomore album I’ve been eagerly awaiting RAYE’s sophomore album and I’m so glad This Music May Contain Hope turned out to be this good. 

The album is a journey, from darkness to light, across four seasons. It draws on wide influences including jazz, hip-hop and musical theatre and its such a wonderful, emotional and complex album. 

I’ll be amazed if this one isn’t on my short list for album of the year.
So I was so organised with the gig guide week. Ex So I was so organised with the gig guide week. 
Except for the part where I needed to post it 🙈

Anyway, only a couple of hours late, here’s next weeks Melbourne Gig guide.
I love it when I get a great mix of new music to r I love it when I get a great mix of new music to recommend and I’m really happy with the variety on this weeks list! 

Let me know which track is your favourite and remember to check out the playlists on tidal and Spotify too!
I loved the latest release from @my.megafauna soft I loved the latest release from @my.megafauna softmore. 

Swipe to read some of my thoughts or head to our website to read the full review!
This week’s gig guide! Swipe through to find your This week’s gig guide! Swipe through to find your next gig in Melbourne.
Our latest new music recommendations are here! O Our latest new music recommendations are here! 

Our songs to brush your teeth to series gives you 5 new tracks to listen to each week (our suggestion is you do it while brushing your teeth, but anywhere is fine). 

All songs can be found on our playlists on Tidal, Spotify and Apple Music.
Meg Mac’s “It’s My Party” tour is concert meets th Meg Mac’s “It’s My Party” tour is concert meets theatre as Meg invites you to be a guest at her party to celebrate the release of her latest album. 

This is such an incredibly put together show and I’m so glad I got to see it. If she hasn’t been to your city yet I’d highly recommend getting yourself a ticket!
Your weekly Melbourne live music guide is here. Al Your weekly Melbourne live music guide is here.
All the best gigs in Melbourne from 16th to 22nd March

Head to our website for ticket links.
Seeing the iconic pulp at Sidney Myer last week wa Seeing the iconic pulp at Sidney Myer last week was such a dream come true! Boy, do that band know how to put on a show. 

I was worried after so much time they wouldn’t sound quite like themselves, but Jarvis was on great form - still one of the finest frontmen ever.
I struggled to summarise this one for Insta as the I struggled to summarise this one for Insta as there’s so many great things to say about Sidney’s what if if ends? 

It’s a beautiful record that transcends all of the emotions felt at the end of a relationship. I’ve put some of my key thoughts in this post and head to our website to read the full detailed review!
Your Melbourne gig guide for next week is here! Your Melbourne gig guide for next week is here! 

Swipe to check out some of the best live music in Melbourne from 9th to 15th March. 

Our website has more details and tickets links
I tried something a little different for Songs To I tried something a little different for Songs To Brush Your Teeth To this week. Head over to the website to find out more, or swipe to go straight to this weeks new music recommendations.
The Belair Lip Bombs opened their Australian tour The Belair Lip Bombs opened their Australian tour with two sold out nights at Richmond’s iconic Corner Hotel. Image credit: @leecrawford19 

Since becoming the first Aussie act to sign with Jack White’s Third Man Records back in 2024 it has been a busy 18 months for the Frankston indie rockers. A reissue of their debut album Lush Life and a 25-date North American tour supporting Spacey Jane are just a couple of the highlights, and let’s not forget the small matter of their upcoming support slots for the Foo Fighters in Melbourne and Sydney this coming November… 

Read the full piece on our website.
Trying to get much better at remembering to share Trying to get much better at remembering to share content here as well as on the website!

Much of this page is now very focused on Aussie music but I do like to keep an ear to the ground about bands from ‘back home’ and I am really taken with this new release from @vonavella 

You might remember they were featured in our songs to brush your teeth to a little while ago and now the rest of that album is here! 

Reflecting quite a change from their debut the now five-piece band have put out this musically jaunty yet lyrically quite sombre record. 

Head to our website to read more and find out which tracks we loved the most.
So great seeing The Belair Lip Bombs playing to a So great seeing The Belair Lip Bombs playing to a sold out hometown crowd at Corner Hotel for the start of their Australian tour.
Our first week of March gig guide is here with all Our first week of March gig guide is here with all your essential live music in Melbourne. 

Also includes Sunday which I missed off last weeks 😬
It’s a bumper week of Songs To Brush Your Teeth to It’s a bumper week of Songs To Brush Your Teeth to this week to make up for missing last week. 

Swipe to see 10 awesome new tracks you should check out.

If you’re new here, Songs to brush your teeth to is our weekly new music recommendations, usually 5 new tracks per week. You can check them out on our playlists on Tidal, Spotify or Apple Music along with songs from past weeks (as we add new ones we delete old ones so there never more than 50 tracks and it’s always refreshing). You can read more about each track and why we chose it over on our website.
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