“Down Under, surfin’ on the Gold Coast. I’m looking for the truth in a blunt, and I ain’t got a home, let’s stunt…”, rhymed Childish Gambino on his 2014 tune “Retro [Rough]”. Since his appearance on the Big Day Out tour of 2013, the artist also known as Donald Glover has enjoyed a strong fan base out in Australia…
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With his new album KING coming out this month, Mike Noga has announced a run of tour dates for September! The record, a concept outing based around George Büchner‘s 1830 play Woyzeck, KING has seen Noga work with Paul Dempsey on production and have actor Noah Taylor onboard as ‘The Narrator’. A story of a man’s descent into madness, KING is easily a collection of material that…
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Never put it past Nick Cave to do things a bit differently. Stirring up the hype surrounding new music with news of a new Bad Seeds project in the works, some more details have been unveiled when it comes to the band’s new, sixteenth studio album, Skeleton Tree. Set to be released globally on September 9th, the only…
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The Contemporary Music program of this year’s Melbourne Festival has been unveiled – another exciting and diverse range of shows pulled together to whet the appetites of music fans this October. Among the headline performances is a special tribute to David Bowie in David Bowie: Nothing Has Changed, featuring iOTA, Tim Rogers, Steve Kilbey, Adalita and Deborah Conway, backed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra….
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Sticky Fingers have revealed details of the highly anticipated follow up album to their acclaimed Land of Pleasure, plus some national tour dates for later in the year! The boys’ new record, Westway (The Glitter & The Slums), will be released on September 30th, the result of a four week recording period/sojourn in Thailand at Karma Sounds Studios…
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The first round of showcasing artists and speakers for Australian Music Week has been announced! 25 names have been locked down to perform at the music summit going down in Cronulla this November 2nd-4th. The applications for artists wanting to showcase at Australian Music Week have also been extended, closing on August 19th. If you want…
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Horrorshow have finally given us some new material in their latest single, “If You Know What I Mean”! The Sydney duo have come through with some hot tour dates for October as well but in the meantime, let’s have a suss of Adit and Solo‘s new beat. As you’d expect from Horrorshow, the production on “If You Know…
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Ezekiel Ox is soon to be on the road with his new EP, Proper Gander, this November! Hitting venues down the east coast later on this year, Ox is bringing an excellent band of musicians on tour to bring the new EP to life; Steven Smith (drums), Drew Goddard (guitar) and Sarox Martin (bass) all set to add their own flair….
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Melbourne psych-folk pop group Cold Hands Warm Heart are the latest local artists to be featured in our Stumbled Upon series! Finding each other through uni and other bands, the group is currently gearing up for a special show at the Gasometer Hotel to launch their new music video for “Nightfall”. Learn some more about the…
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Warpaint will be releasing their third album, Heads Up, come September 23rd and today, we’ve been loving their new single, the aptly titled “New Song”. The new tune marks the first piece of new Warpaint music in a little while, with the band members spending time outside Warpaint either exploring solo records or other creative projects….
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Morrissey fans, take note. We all know by now that Moz is going to be on his way back to Australia for a run of headline shows in October (Sydney date still to be confirmed), but today we’ve gotten official word about ticket sales. If you’re a Frontier Member, you’ll have access to a special pre-sale…
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Ahead of the 2016 Bush Bands Bash concert this month, there comes the Bush Bands Business skills development camp for the bands selected to participate in the Bush Bands Program. Run by MusicNT, the program has been running for seven years now in connecting musicians from different Aboriginal communities with visiting members of the industry over three days…
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Captives, the Tassie-Melbourne punk five piece, have been readying their debut album for people to get around by first releasing the music video for the first single from it, “Vines”. The song, which saw the band link up with Shihad‘s Tom Larkin on production, is visceral and frenetic; guitars and percussion scratch and thunder on, while the…
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It’s back! Rolling Stone is bringing its Live Lodge to the Workers Club in Melbourne for another year, taking over the Brunswick/Gertrude Street venue for three weeks of incredible live music. Like previous Live Lodge events before it, this year’s series will feature not only special live gigs, but artist Q&A’s, DJ’s and their own bar, open seven…
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Ahead of their national tour in support of their new album Midnight At The Plutonium, The John Steel Singers have announced via Facebook that they’re going to be going on hiatus after those tour dates. Having toured through the UK and Europe over the last few years off the back of Everything’s a Thread and then landing some impressive…
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Brisbane based musician and producer Alex L’Estrange comes to us today with new single, “Mr Mild”. Delicate and ethereal from the first listen, this little number is full of melody and gorgeous indie pop tones. Having already cut his teeth on the live front with his band, playing with the likes of Julia Jacklin, Hey Geronimo…
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The celebrations around their new EP Let Me Be Clear continue in their hometown of Sydney tonight, with Gang of Youths set to perform and exclusive FREE show at the Newtown Social Club this evening. Numbers are obviously going to be extremely limited, so if you want to see the band showcasing their new record, be sure to get to the…
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In an awesome move by the dedicated folk at the Live Music Office, a new online mapping tool for musicians and music industry members has been developed to aid the successful establishment and creation of tour – the Live Music Map. Artists and the wider music industry will be able to access information on the essentials;…
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Newcastle’s THIS THAT festival has today unveiled its official artist line up, naming the likes of Sampa The Great, Elliphant, Hermitude, SAFIA, Peking Duk and more to join the already announced ScHoolboy Q (in his only Australian festival gig for 2016). Taking place on the Newy Foreshore on November 5th this year, THIS THAT organisers have curated one killer line up that will…
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The latest artist to join the I OH YOU family, Jack River, has unveiled her debut music video for her impressive tune “Talk Like That”. The clip, directed by Victor Pakpour, the music video is stunningly shot on film, adding to that grainy home video style feeding into the sense of nostalgia and wandering offered by the…
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Having seen The Cure at Splendour in the Grass six nights previous to their Adelaide show, I had a pretty good idea of what kind of show I was walking into when I got into the venue on Friday night. With three hours allocated to their beloved catalogue of music and no support act, these headline shows of…
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Melbourne group The Sand Dollars have continued to spur on the great momentum generated by impressive live shows and single releases through 2015 with a killer new slice of indie goodness in “Silence is Gold”. It keeps things snappy; coming in just over two and a half minutes in length, the single is driven by solid guitar…
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Dustin Tebbutt is soon to be out on the road with his highly anticipated debut album First Light and to keep us excited, he’s dropped a new music video for his gorgeous single “Wooden Heart”. “How I found you I’m not sure,” he sings. “Now we’re a thing worth fighting for…” Dripping with sentimental lyricism and melody, the single is…
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Taken from their forthcoming new album Zone, Jeff the Brotherhood have recently gifted us with a new tune in “Idiot”. The album is out next week via Dine Alone Records and in this tune, it would seem that the duo are up to some more gritty, hook-laden mischief once again. A great slice of garage rock that…
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Fans of Michael Franti & Spearhead are in for a special treat when the band comes back to Australia next month for two exclusive dates on the east coast! They’ll be hitting up both The Croxton Bandroom and The Metro Theatre late September, bringing their new album Soulrocker to Australia for the first time. Of course, the…
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This year’s Canadian Music Week gave Melbourne artist Woodes (aka Elle Graham) the opportunity to not only introduce herself to some newcomers to her music, but to also embark on her first ever run of shows overseas. A talented songwriter and producer, Woodes’ time in Toronto brought her a solid response, not to mention the benefits of being…
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Lollapalooza is underway at Grant Park in beautiful Chicago this weekend, with a huge line up of performers locked in for the next three days and nights of inner city live music. We love being out there, soaking up the atmosphere and seeing what surprises pop up at the official festival after-shows, not to mention…
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The Whitlams haven’t been on the road for a little while but for the fans who’ve been hanging out to see the group in a venue near them, this August and September will be see said opportunities finally crop up. With songwriter Tim Freedman touring his Harry Nilsson show throughout 2015, he’s admitted that he’s keen…
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Newcomer Mallrat (aka Brisbane’s Grace Shaw) is only 17 but you wouldn’t know it to listen to “Uninvited” and get a taste of that swag she’s bringing. In much the same way Lorde waxed lyrical about lifestyles of the rich and famous on “Royals”, Mallrat goes in on in-crowds and crushing annoyances that can come with fitting…
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Sydney’s Volumes Festival just got bigger, with the addition of the second round of artists being unveiled this week. Joining the likes of Mossy, Koi Child and Nicholas Allbrook on August 26th and 27th this year is this talented group of artists: BUZZ KULL CORIN FELIX LUSH GUSSY JAALA KATO KIMCHI PRINCI LOW TON MAKEDA MIDDLE KIDS MORNING TV PRIVACY THHOMAS…
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