Julia Jacklin and her band are pulling in for dinner somewhere in the US midwest when our call is connected. Catching up with the Sydney songwriter in a rare moment of offstage time is an opportunity I wasn’t going to pass up, given how much of a whirlwind this year has been for her so far….
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Jagwar Ma‘s new little gem “Slipping” is tasty as hell off the first listen. Following on from the catchy “O B 1”, the latest from the group is another exciting hit of what’s coming on their sophomore record, Every Now and Then (due out October 14th). “Slipping” is slick and punches with rhythm; we know Jagwar Ma…
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He’s been shortlisted for the Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition this week and now today, Just A Gent has announced a run of Australian and New Zealand club dates for the final few months of 2016! At just 19, the emerging electronic maestro has been captivating audiences around the country through this year with his praised…
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Melbourne group Maefire have had a hectic 2016 littered with new music releases and impressive shows to boot. While in Singapore for Music Matters last month, the boys sat down with Larry to chat about their experience, new single “Crawling” and more. Beginning the year with the release of popular single “Without You”, Maefire have been…
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Some might say Swedish “build it yourself” furniture giants IKEA are as well known for their meatballs as they are for their shelves. Well if you’re one of these people, and you live in Sydney you’ll be excited to find out that today they’re going to be giving out totally free meatballs! Celebrating the launch…
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The Naked and Famous have provided fans with another slice of goodness from their forthcoming album Simple Forms with a new music video released for single “The Runners”. Continuing to showcase a refined and slick brand of electro-driven pop, “The Runners” fits in perfectly alongside “Higher” and “Laid Low” – a glistening example of the direction the New…
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Solange Knowles‘ A Seat At The Table may very well be the album that brings the artist to breakthrough-levels of success but for those who have been following her music for the last few years, this 21-track epic is the result of a creative talent that has been thriving and developing outside the mainstream for quite some time….
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At the official ARIA Award nominations event in Sydney today (still underway), Flume‘s 2016 album Skin has cleaned up, taking away three awards for Best Cover Art, Best Engineer and Producer of the Year. “We’re making incredible music here and everyone should be very proud of that.” engineer Eric J Dubowsky said, accepting his award for his work on the…
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Baddies! The Adelaide crew is back with new single “Mob Rule”, the first taste of the new album that has kept Bad//Dreems squirrelled away a decent part of 2016. Dropping ahead of their national tour with DMAs, the single comes packed with that gritty, gnarly energy that first put the band on the map. It doesn’t feel…
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It was all about Blue Neighbourhood, Skin, Nonagon Infinity and Wildflower at the 2016 ARIA Awards nominations event in Sydney this morning, with all the award nominees finally being unveiled. Leading the charge this year is Flume (with 11 nominations) and Troye Sivan (7 nominations), the former’s 2016 album Skin already taking away three Artisan awards this morning (Producer of the Year,…
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Panda. Panda? Panda, panda, panda. That’s right – Desiigner is going to be out in Australia for a brief bit in the New Year, being confirmed to play the FOMO Festival in Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney in January. The dates will be the first for the rapper and they’ll also be exclusive to the tour, so if you’re…
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Irish duo Hvmmingbyrd come to us with their debut EP Know My Name; released in September, the first offering from Deborah Byrne and Suzette Das sees the ladies step out from the alt-folk realm their music once occupied, in favour of some ethereal and distinctly more electronic soundscapes. What results is five tracks of promising material from a duo who,…
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Finally, the 2016 Melbourne Music Week program is here in full for music lovers to sink their teeth into properly, after weeks of drip-fed news tidbits to keep the fires burning. As we knew already, the weeklong music celebration is levelling up for its seventh year; the State Library Victoria has been named as the MMW…
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Animals As Leaders, soon to release new record The Madness of Many, will be back in Australia next February and March! The instrumental heavy rock group will hit venues nationally from February 25th, supported by PLINI and Nick Johnston. The band is currently finishing up a tour of Europe before their return to the States to take their new…
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For the first time since 2013, Justin Bieber will be back in Australia and New Zealand, hitting some of his biggest venues yet. Unfortunately for South Australian fans, they’ve gone without on this tour announcement, arriving overnight. Bringing his Purpose World Tour down to us, the countdown posted on the Frontier Touring socials this week indicated to…
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And so, our crush on Bec Sandridge continues to strengthen, as her new single “High Tide” makes its rounds. The latest tune from the songstress, who has been recently impressing on stages around the country with Montaigne, comes packed with clever guitar work, not to mention melody and perhaps a softer, hazier side of Sandridge’s musicality…
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Laura Marling recently launched a new podcast project back in August named Reversal of the Muse and is definitely a must listen for any fan of Marling’s and indeed, music fans keen to lock into something a little different. The podcast focuses of Marling in conversation with guests (predominantly female, though some male guest are involved)…
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The 2016 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition shortlist has today been unveiled, with 90 finalists being selected to proceed forward to the final stage of judging. Three prizes are up for grabs as always: the $50,000 first prize courtesy of APRA and Alberts Music, a $10,000 second prize thanks to AMPAL (Australasian Music Publishers Association) and…
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A huge reveal for Bluesfest Byron Bay this morning with the iconic Neil Young + Promise of the Real set to join the line up next April, playing an epic three hour set out in Byron Bay. Joining an already stacked line up of international players, this addition has made the idea of spending Easter Weekend out at the Tyagarah Tea…
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We’re entering ARIA Award territory for another year, with the first round of nominees (Fine Arts, Artisan and Best Comedy) being announced, the winners to be announced at the official ARIA Nominations Event in Sydney this Wednesday. Already, Flume and The Avalanches have had their latest records recognised across all three artisan categories, an impressive indicator of…
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The now LA-based Perth native Cameron Avery has a new music video doing the rounds, this time for the dreamy, yet charged up single “Ces’t Toi”. Directed by Mike Bennett and Nathan Lewis (the Joy Collective), we see Avery perform the tune, written about ‘the last time he fell in love’. Recorded with Jonathan Wilson (Father John Misty, Elvis Costello), Avery’s vocals are a…
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Last Friday, Solange released her highly anticipated new album, A Seat At The Table. The 21 track record, accompanied by an e-book, has already been reaping in the praise and today, she’s shared two official music videos to bolster the great vibes surrounding the follow up to 2012’s True. The music videos, co-directed by Solange and her husband,…
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The annual AmericanaFest has become a mammoth event on the US music calendar, with a wide range of artists hitting Nashville for a SXSW-style celebration of everything Americana, country and all else that draws itself under the banner. Out in Nashville with his new album GLASSELLLAND, Jordie Lane immersed himself in AmericanaFest for the first time in a…
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The Camp Cope legends have announced that their final show for the year will be a party at Melbourne’s Northcote Social Club – definitely one not to be missed. Come December 17th, the girls will be hitting the stage alongside Harmony and Two Steps on the Water to celebrate what has been one hell of a year of shows and…
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Melbourne Pixies fans rejoice! The band has confirmed a second and final date in the city as part of their March Australian tour. The gigs will be the band’s first in Melbourne in six years, seeing them take to the Margaret Court Arena. Pixies have of course been celebrating the release of their new album Head Carrier…
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Melbourne muso and producer Planète has come on through with a gorgeous new single in “Nightcrawler”, his first piece of new music released after a lengthy hiatus. At seven minutes, “Nightcrawler” is a slice of house music that engages and draws the listener in, even if house isn’t necessarily your bag. We’ve heard similar releases from Planète in…
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With their debut Singapore show in the back and having been welcomed to the country warmly by the fans who had been holding out a visit from The Veronicas for so long, the Origliasso sisters chat with Larry about life in constant commute and their plans to return. “That is definitely the plan, to spend more time…
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It’s Friday. We’re ready for the long weekend. At the end of each week we’re going to be bringing you a short, but sweet round up of some of the tunes we’ve been bumping by artists you may already know, some you may be coming to for the first time. Whatever your vibe is, hopefully…
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BIRDZ is an artist who can’t be getting enough positive attention and praise right now’ off the back of an outstanding appearance at BIGSOUND earlier this month, the Bad Apples Music artist has been making waves throughout the hip hop community this year for forward thinking and earnest lyricism, not to mention a bold approach to bringing…
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The long weekend is here and whether you’re looking for a spot to watch the Grand Final go down or somewhere else to kick back, there’s some class shows going down around the country. Have a wander about and pick up some tickets to the below if you’re stuck for things to do… BLEACHED AT THE…
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