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UB40 Rat In The Kitchen

UB40 Celebrate 40 Years of Rat In The Kitchen

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, UB40’s Rat In The Kitchen remains one of the band’s landmark albums, featuring “Sing Our Own Song” and “Rat In Mi Kitchen”.

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REM Lifes Rich Pageant

R.E.M. Life’s Rich Pageant Turns 40 as the Album That Changed the Band’s Future

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, R.E.M.’s Life’s Rich Pageant remains the album that reshaped the band’s sound, broadened its audience and paved the way for its commercial breakthrough.

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Billy Joel The Bridge

Billy Joel’s The Bridge Turns 40: The Album That Closed One Chapter and Opened Another

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Joel’s The Bridge turns 40. The 1986 album featured collaborations with Ray Charles, Steve Winwood and Cyndi Lauper while marking the end of several important chapters in Joel’s recording career.

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Black Crowes Three Snakes and One Charm

The Black Crowes Celebrate 30 Years of Three Snakes and One Charm

by Paul Cashmere

Thirty years after its release, Three Snakes and One Charm remains one of The Black Crowes’ defining albums, created during one of the most turbulent periods in the band’s history.

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Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton: Blues Breakers Marks 60 Years As A Landmark Blues Rock Album

by Paul Cashmere

John Mayall and Eric Clapton’s landmark 1966 album Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton reaches its 60th anniversary, celebrating one of the defining recordings in British blues rock.

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Motorhead Orgasmatron

Motörhead Celebrate 40 Years Of Orgasmatron With Anniversary Spotlight

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, Orgasmatron remains a landmark Motörhead album, introducing a four-piece line-up, the title classic and a pivotal moment in the band’s history.

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Tonic Lemon Parade

Tonic Lemon Parade Turns 30 As The Album That Defined The Band’s Career

by Paul Cashmere

Tonic’s debut album Lemon Parade turns 30, celebrating the platinum selling record that introduced If You Could Only See and launched careers that continue to shape music and television.

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Frente Shape

Frente! Shape Turns 30, The Album That Redefined The Band’s Sound

by Paul Cashmere

Released in July 1996, Frente!’s second album Shape marked a dramatic shift away from the band’s breakthrough folk-pop sound. Thirty years later, the album remains one of the most ambitious releases of Australian alternative music’s golden era.

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Yardbirds Roger The Engineer

The Yardbirds’ Roger The Engineer Turns 60, The Album That Changed British Rock

by Paul Cashmere

Sixty years after its release, Roger The Engineer remains The Yardbirds’ defining studio album, showcasing Jeff Beck’s groundbreaking guitar work and helping shape the future of psychedelic and hard rock.

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Bob Dylan Knocked Out Loaded

Bob Dylan Knocked Out Loaded Turns 40 As One Of The Most Divisive Albums In His Catalogue

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, Bob Dylan’s Knocked Out Loaded remains one of the most controversial albums in his catalogue, balancing commercial disappointment with the enduring brilliance of Brownsville Girl.

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Rolling Stones Foreign Tongues 2026

The Rolling Stones Foreign Tongues Shows Why Experience Still Matters

by Paul Cashmere

The Rolling Stones prove their creative power remains intact with Foreign Tongues, an ambitious album featuring Andrew Watt’s production, major guests and songs that confront the modern world.

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Jon Anderson Olias of Sunhillow

Jon Anderson Celebrates 50 Years Of Olias Of Sunhillow

by Paul Cashmere

Jon Anderson’s landmark 1976 solo debut Olias Of Sunhillow reaches its 50th anniversary, celebrating one of progressive rock’s most ambitious and influential concept albums.

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Rolling Stones five essential albums

Rolling Stones Essential Albums To Hear Before Foreign Tongues Arrives

by Paul Cashmere

With Foreign Tongues arriving on 11 July, revisit the five Rolling Stones albums that defined the band’s greatest era, plus the three essential songs from each classic release.

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Wham The Final

Wham! The Final Turns 40, Marking Four Decades Since George Michael And Andrew Ridgeley’s Farewell

by Paul Cashmere

Released on 7 July 1986, The Final marked the end of Wham! and captured the chart-topping career of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in one definitive collection.

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David Lee Roth Eat Em and Smile

David Lee Roth’s Eat ‘Em And Smile Turns 40 As The Album That Defined His Post Van Halen Reinvention

by Paul Cashmere

David Lee Roth’s platinum-selling solo debut Eat ‘Em And Smile turns 40 this week, marking a pivotal moment in the singer’s career after his departure from Van Halen.

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Madonna MDNA image

Madonna’s MDNA Still Divides Fans, But Two Songs Have Been Redeemed As Confessions II Sparks Career Reassessment

by Paul Cashmere

As Confessions II earns rave reviews, Madonna’s most controversial album, MDNA, is being reassessed, with Love Spent and I’m Addicted emerging as the record’s enduring classics.

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Neil Young Broken Arrow

Neil Young And Crazy Horse Broken Arrow Turns 30, Marking The End Of A Defining 1990s Run

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s Broken Arrow turns 30, revisiting the final chapter of Young’s defining 1990s run and the live legacy preserved on Year Of The Horse.

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Eurythmics Revenge

Eurythmics Revenge Turns 40 As The Album Cemented Annie Lennox And Dave Stewart’s Rock Reinvention

by Paul Cashmere

Eurythmics’ Revenge turns 40, marking the anniversary of the album that delivered Missionary Man, Thorn In My Side, When Tomorrow Comes and The Miracle Of Love.

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Madonna True Blue

Madonna True Blue Turns 40 As The Album That Cemented Her Pop Dominance

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, Madonna’s True Blue remains one of the defining albums of the 1980s and the biggest-selling studio release of her career.

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The Crykle Red Rubber Ball

The Cyrkle Red Rubber Ball Turns 60 As A Folk Pop Classic Reaches A Milestone

by Paul Cashmere

The Cyrkle’s debut album Red Rubber Ball celebrates its 60th anniversary, spotlighting the enduring title track co-written by The Seekers’ Bruce Woodley and Paul Simon.

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Big Country The Seer

Big Country’s The Seer At 40: The Album That Reconnected The Band With Its Scottish Roots

by Paul Cashmere

Big Country’s landmark 1986 album The Seer turns 40, highlighting the band’s Celtic influences, Kate Bush collaboration and biggest UK chart success.

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Wham Music From The Edge of Heaven

Wham! Music From The Edge Of Heaven Turns 40 As The Duo’s Final Studio Album Reaches A Milestone

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, Music From The Edge Of Heaven remains the final studio statement from Wham!, capturing the last recordings of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley before their farewell in 1986.

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Kiss You Wanted The Best

Kiss You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best!! Turns 30

by Paul Cashmere

Released during Kiss’s blockbuster 1996 reunion, You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best!! compiled classic live recordings from Alive! and Alive II while introducing several previously unreleased tracks.

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Jay-Z Reasonable Doubt

Jay-Z Reasonable Doubt Turns 30 As Hip-Hop Landmark Reaches Milestone Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

Jay-Z’s debut album Reasonable Doubt celebrates its 30th anniversary, highlighting the record that launched Roc-A-Fella Records and became one of hip-hop’s most influential releases.

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Alan Parsons Project Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Alan Parsons Project Tales Of Mystery And Imagination Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

Released on 25 June 1976, Tales Of Mystery And Imagination introduced The Alan Parsons Project and transformed the works of Edgar Allan Poe into one of progressive rock’s most enduring concept albums.

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Alice Cooper Goes To Hell

Alice Cooper Goes To Hell Turns 50 As A Dark Chapter In The Shock Rocker’s Classic Era

by Paul Cashmere

Fifty years after its release, Alice Cooper Goes To Hell remains a key chapter in the shock rock pioneer’s catalogue, featuring the hit I Never Cry and the creative partnership of Dick Wagner and Bob Ezrin.

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Amy Lehpamer photo by Matthew Chen

Pride And Prejudice (Sort Of) Review: Five Actors, Twenty Five Characters And One Wildly Funny Austen Reinvention

by Paul Cashmere

Pride And Prejudice (Sort Of) turns Jane Austen’s beloved novel into an inventive musical comedy with five actors playing more than 25 characters. Led by Amy Lehpamer, the Australian production delivers big laughs, pop classics and genuine emotional depth.

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David Bowie Labyrinth

David Bowie Labyrinth Soundtrack Turns 40 As Cult Classic Continues To Grow

by Paul Cashmere

David Bowie’s Labyrinth soundtrack turns 40 in 2026. The album, featuring Magic Dance, Underground and As The World Falls Down, remains one of the most enduring soundtrack projects of Bowie’s career.

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Rod Stewart Every Beat Of My Heart

Rod Stewart’s Every Beat Of My Heart Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

Rod Stewart’s 1986 album Every Beat Of My Heart turns 40, revisiting the hit songs, celebrated songwriters and major chart success that defined one of his biggest albums of the decade.

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Stereolab by Mary Boukouvalas

REVIEW: Stereolab, Thursday 18th June, The Forum

by Anna-Maria Megalogenis

Stereolab captivated a sold-out Forum Melbourne crowd with a set balancing new material from Instant Holograms on Metal Film and beloved catalogue favourites, delivering a hypnotic performance full of motorik rhythms, lush harmonies and infectious energy.

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