With his new album Smoke Fire Hope Desire edging its way towards release, Harts has now unveiled a stack of Aussie tour dates to support this highly anticipated record. September and October will have the guitarist on the road down the east coast and into South Australia with a live show that has continued to develop and…
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Passenger has long held a strong fan base in Australia, with his years of busking experience through our cities making him one of our favourite performers way before he hit it big. Good news for his fans came recently, with news of a new studio album in Young As The Morning, Old As the Sea, and a…
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October will be seeing hip hop artist ANTWON out to Australia for the first time, taking in festival appearances at both Yours & Owls in Wollongong and at Camp Doogs in Perth, but also some east coast headline dates too. For Antwon, his profile both within and outside the US has continued to rise through this year…
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Fractures is definitely one BIGSOUND artist we know we can’t leave the event without seeing. The latest from the multi-instrumentalist in “Alchemy” definitely plays up to its title, the melting and purifying of elements in producing a precious and in this case, golden, end result. A perfect follow on to Fractures’ recent collaboration with Set Mo, “Alchemy”…
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While the release of his much-anticipated new album Crooked Jaw doesn’t officially see release until Friday, the man behind the sounds – Sydney producer Waza – has given us a special green light to share his new collection of material in advance! Available to check out through today and tomorrow, Crooked Jaw is here for your enjoyment; featuring…
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What does it mean to be an ‘artist’? What is classified as ‘art’? Living in a creative society where artistic merit is constantly scrutinised and picked apart by observers both within and outside the artistic community, it can be sometimes overwhelming to comprehend that your work, piece/s you’ve become so attached and close to, can…
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Northlane will be back on the road this November, with a small three-date east coast run seeing the band hit the stage with Opera Oblivia legends Hellions and Sydney’s Polaris. Celebrating the Deluxe Edition release of their acclaimed record Node, Northlane have lined up some special live music experiences for their fans who’ve been riding with them since day dot….
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Ahead of the weekend, Boy & Bear dropped news of another mammoth round of tour dates that will see them touring their latest record, Limit of Love, around our regional cities a the end of the year. The extensive tour takes in 20 shows alongside All Our Exes Live in Texas at venues in Victoria, NSW, Queensland, WA and…
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Novocastrian indie rockers The Owls today share with us their new single, “Feels Like Gold”. As an indicator of what’s to come form their much anticipated new EP Don’t Waste Your Time on a Rainy Day, the single packs grit and punch. Guitar and percussion clash recklessly as vocals cut through in a style perfected for a…
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Festival of the Sun returns to Port Macquarie for its 12th year in 2016, bringing with them a strong and brilliantly curated line up of Australian artists for the ride. The ‘Deep Sea Edition’ of FOTSUN this year will be hosting the likes of Gang of Youths, The Smith Street Band, Montaigne, Seth Sentry and more on the North Coast this…
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Now based in London, Sunshine Coast duo TEMPESST have been fast garnering positive momentum surrounding their last few singles, in particular “Too Slow” and “Tidal Wave”. Recently, blogs and radio have been vibing their latest single, “Broke Down Blues”, a perfect follow on from “Too Slow”, and another step forward for the Banjanin twins. Of the single,…
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We first introduced you to NT songwriter Serina Pech last month; the young artist from Katherine had recently began work on her debut headline tour around Australia with new music – a new chapter indicating some exciting creative steps forward from Serina. And in her new single, “Not Like Them”, we see Serina’s writing style continuing to…
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Anthony Fantano, Andrew Jervis, Ricki Askin, Zan Rowe and more have been confirmed as speakers for Face The Music this year, as new program co-ordinators Zac Abroms and Ashley Sambrooks dish out some impressive names in their first year at the helm of the Melbourne contemporary music summit. Over the course of November 17th and 18th this year, the summit will be standing out…
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This is a big one. Next January, Every Time I Die will be returning to Australia with LETLIVE. and Counterparts! A triple whammy of a bill with Australian fanbases fiercely loyal as they are huge in size, this Every Time I Die/LETLIVE. co-headline tour will be one for the books. For Every Time I Die, this new Australian tour marks a…
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The 14th Surry Hills Festival takes over the Sydney suburb next month across Ward Park, Shannon Reserve, Tudor Reserve, The Clock Hotel and Crown Street (not to mention venues, laneways and spaces in between) – opening its doors to music and art fans to come and enjoy some rad local talent. The live music program has been…
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Lila Gold. Who is this artist capturing attention fast in local circles? Well, for those newcomers to her sound, she’s Sydney-based but New York raised and is one of the latest names to be embraced by the Mushroom family. “China Chalet” is her debut single and the music video that has come with it offers…
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Fans of The Griswolds, have fun getting this one out of your head. It’s been a little while since we’ve heard new material from the Be Impressive purveyors but it would seem that time away in their now-second home of LA and surrounds has done them a world of good in continuing to craft a big and…
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Adelaide’s Kaurna Cronin has recently been working his way through Europe performing music that has been falling well within the embrace of a fast-growing fanbase that has been rocking with him for some years now. The acclaimed singer songwriter has been working on his sophomore album Southern Loss (scheduled for release in September), a highly anticipated follow…
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New York trio Sunflower Bean have been continuing to lap up the praise their debut album Human Ceremony has been attracting and rightly so, it’s a goddamn killer introduction to the psych-rockers who’ve gone from establishing themselves as one of Brooklyn’s sharpest tools in the shed, to being lauded on massive festival stages like most recently, Lollapalooza and…
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Another slice of goodness from Brisbane this week, with Born Joy Dead bringing us their latest, “Sourdough”. If you weren’t a fan of the delicious bread before, this bit of pop gold is bound to make you wanna give it another shot and jump on the bandwagon. For real though, if you’ve had a hard week…
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Once again, the Meredith Music Festival has dropped a killer line up of artists that’ll have people rolling out to the ‘Sup in strong numbers this December! The 26th edition of the event now has its ticket ballot also open for everyone to get involved in via their website – you have until 10:26pm, August 16th to get…
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The good news keeps coming today, now with Jordie Lane announcing he’s back with a new album and new tour dates to boot. Thank you, Thursday. His new album, GLASSELLLAND, is coming in September – Lane’s first studio album release in five years. Having returned from the US with the record, Lane is ready to get…
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We can’t wait to see more from LANKS in coming months and with his latest single, “Bitter Leaf”, the writer is continuing to impress. Today, we’re digging the music video for his single, a clip that has seen LANK work with a great team in LA to bring this one together. With choreographer Leona Morimune, the multi-instrumentalist also…
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To follow on from her recent signing deal with Native Tongue Music Publishing, Alex Lahey has announced her debut headline tour for September and October! Already slated to play BIGSOUND and Adelaide’s Stonecutters Festival in September, Lahey will be hitting venues with her EP B-Grade University in Victoria and NSW while also appearing at Rottofest in WA. A huge…
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The Visions brand has grown from being a curated club night of live music in Sydney, now launching a monthly event in Melbourne and curating a stage of their own as part of Sydney’s King Street Crawl next month! The King Street Crawl has also grown in popularity and notoriety over the last few years, with over 30,000…
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Melbourne singer and songwriter Alex Watts will be releasing his debut solo album, Another Step in the Dark, this month after the last few years of touring, writing and preparing music with the Foreign Tongue led him to this point – branching out from EP territory. Ahead of the August 20th release of Another Step in the Dark, Watts…
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It might only be Wednesday, but Vaudeville Smash have brought a slice of pop/funk through to bring you out of any midweek frump. New single “Laura” is glossy, a total embrace of everything vivacious and colourful when it comes to feeling the funk. Taken from the band’s new album, The Gift, “Laura” goes in on the irresistible…
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The NYE on the Hill crew have delivered once more for their 2016 event, positioning The Preatures and the Pierce Brothers at the top of their line up announcement, unveiled today. Known for celebrating emerging and some of our favourite established touring bands, the festival has curated a diverse line up rich in talent another year running. The three day, two night…
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Sydney group Tenderfoot released their debut EP Beginnings last Friday, a culmination of a lengthy process for the group of musos, having worked on this particular project for the past few years. Now that Beginnings is finally out and able to breathe somewhat, frontman and songwriter John Vella is stoked for more people to take the music in and experience…
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Emma Louise and Supercry continues to take strides forward as one of the Australian artists/albums of 2016; she nailed her Splendour in the Grass appearance last month and as her sophomore album is still reaping in acclaim and love from long time supporters and newcomers alike, the Brisbane songstress has shown no signs of slowing down any time soon….
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