
Music
Radio Free Alice
Australia's most English band has no shortage of hit songs
Have you discovered a new, extremely infectious rock band, with hooks that seem no-nonsense, yet still blow you away in style? Chances are that, in 2026, it’s an Australian band. Radio Free Alice is one such band, presumably once submerged in a magical substance that Sydney’s underground keeps secret at all costs. What is striking, though, is that this quartet’s taste is incredibly British. With the driving melodies of early New Order and the lament of a post-punk-capable Morrissey, they sound quite nostalgic. But if you can convincingly pass for a band from Manchester around 1982, and by the time you were born The Factory had already been closed for decades, is that still nostalgia?









