Waxx Lyrical

06/08/2026

Pinky Beecroft kicks off his tour for new solo album ‘Lonesome Wolf’ this Friday in Brisbane.

We’re celebrating by asking him the impossible question: which five albums could he simply not live without?

His answers are every bit as entertaining as you’d hope.

Read through the hilarious conversation, see his brilliant choices and stream the playlist. fans

Five albums Pinky Beecroft can't live without.

25/07/2026

Bachelor Girl’s fabulous Tania Doko gave us one of our most gloriously diverse Forever Fives to date.

Bachelor Girl’s Tania Doko reveals the five albums she can’t live without, spanning Donny Hathaway’s soul, John Farnham’s warmth, Robyn’s emotional pop, Chris Stapleton’s country grit and Sam Fender’s urgency.

25/07/2026

The world changed the day PJ Harvey accepted her Mercury Award win for Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea. In more ways than one.

There are many, many reasons to get excited about PJ Harvey, but her fifth album Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea is her finest.

13/07/2026

Mental As Anything remain one of Australia’s great live bands, delivering a set packed with wit, warmth and songs that still sparkle decades later.

Our latest live review captures the band at Brisbane’s Princess Theatre, where the classics land, the crowd sings every word and the good times refuse to retire.

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Mental As Anything return to Brisbane for their 50th anniversary tour with the hits intact, the ghosts impossible to ignore, and a crowd more than ready to sing along.

13/07/2026

Matt is back this month and he's jonesing for The Chills' Submarine Bells.

Matt Jones heads across the Tasman for the latest Jonesing For This One, revisiting The Chills' Submarine Bells — a New Zealand masterpiece filled with dazzling lyrics, gorgeous melodies, and one of the greatest hidden gems of the '90s.

13/07/2026

What happens when two of indie rock’s sharpest songwriters start a band together?

Our in-house MJ Lenderman stan, Annette Geneva, reviews Snocaps’ self-titled debut, a scrappy, melodic record from Katie and Allison Crutchfield that feels loose, lived-in and immediately addictive.

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Snocaps’ self-titled debut is where Katie and Allison Crutchfield, MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook turn indie folklore into something beautifully human.

13/07/2026

Is Ed O'Brien’s Blue Morpho just another Radiohead side quest, or something more?

In his first review for Waxx Lyrical, club member Rhys Mackenzie explores a textured, meditative record shaped by reinvention, vulnerability and life on the other side of a midlife crisis.

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In his first ever review for Waxx Lyrical, Rhys Mackenzie takes on Ed O’Brien’s Blue Morpho, a meditative, textured journey through crisis, nature, spirituality and quiet transformation.

13/07/2026

james' 1993 classic Laid is our Record Of The Month. To celebrate them touring Australia and playing this very album in full, there has been no better time to feature this beauty.

Become a club member today and receive this record this month - www.waxxlyrical.com/join-the-club

28/06/2026

How does a 2026 version of Mental As Anything present without its two key voices? We review the final show of their 50th Anniversary Tour at the link below.

Mental As Anything return to Brisbane for their 50th anniversary tour with the hits intact, the ghosts impossible to ignore, and a crowd more than ready to sing along.