Melbourne-based alternative rock outfit Reetoxa captures the dizzying heat of a serendipitous encounter on their highly energetic new single, "The Lisa Song." Frontman, composer, and lyric writer Jason McKee formally launched the project assembling a lineup featuring Kit Riley, Peter Marin, James Ryan, Jessica McPherson-Riley, and Terry Hart shortly after a life-altering night at the Forum Theatre. https://open.spotify.com/album/1ByKek4UnnfZ1CtcuqK7Da?si=afyDoW4eT1-m7rLxeZ391A During a Spiderbait concert, a radiant stranger stepped...

British singer Ferdinand Rennie gives a theatre character's final bow the kind of emotional punch that feels ready for playlists and late-night replays. Some songs walk in wearing a tuxedo and still manage to look a little shaken. That is the pull of "Why Do We Try?", Ferdinand Rennie's 2026 pop ballad with its heart fixed on closing night, fading applause, and the awkward quiet...