Burning Down The House

In the pantheon of Australian rock, few records have etched themselves as deeply into the nation’s cultural memory as Jimmy Barnes’ For The Working Class Man.

Ice Cube’s 2025 film War of the Worlds: Revival, a screenlife-style reboot streamed on Amazon Prime Video, has emerged as one of the most spectacular flops in recent memory: critically derided, stylistically misguided, and thematically bankrupt.

On August 11, 2025, on the birthday of her son Rocco, Madonna posted an emotional appeal on social media directed at Pope Leo XIV. She implored the pontiff to "please go to Gaza and bring your light to the children before it's too late", emphasizing the urgency of opening humanitarian gates and addressing the suffering of innocent children caught in the conflict zone.

Eddie Izzard is set to return to Australia in 2025 with The Remix Tour Live, a unique and exhilarating new show that revisits, reimagines, and reinvents some of her most beloved comedic moments from a career spanning over three decades.

Neil Young’s Old Ways, released on 12 August 1985, was Neil’s seventeenth studio album, not country Crosby Still Nash & Young). It was a return to straight-up country-country rock offering that marks a bold detour from the mainstream rock and folk he’d become known for.

In this sit-down with Noise11.com (July 2025), Colin Hay reflects on his longstanding connection with Australia. He shares that after wrapping up a tour with Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band, he’s gearing up for performances back home in Australia this December—including shows at the Melbourne Recital Centre (December 3–4) and Sydney’s Enmore Theatre (December 11).

You won’t find Swanee’s new album ‘Believe’ on streaming services. When John Swan (aka Swanee) and Songland Records founder Brian ‘Frog’ Harris started the project, it was always going to be about the Swanee fans.