When I sat down with London duo Oh Wonder at The Great Escape, we were a world away from the last time we met, just prior to New Year’s Eve at the Falls Festival in Victoria. For one thing, it wasn’t 40-something degrees. For another, we’d swapped the makeshift backstage set up at Mt. Duneed for…
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Justin ‘Sensible J’ Smith is a producer and percussionist whose talents you may have seen along with musical partner in crime Remi. They’ve been touring extensively around Australia and overseas since the release of Remi’s acclaimed debut album Raw x Infinity in 2014. An avid music fan with diverse music tastes and influences of his own, Sensible J…
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Fresh off the back of some impressive shows in the UK, Melbourne’s City Calm Down dropped news of their new Australian tour this week. With debut album In a Restless House continuing to generate a considerable amount of positive momentum, the band now sets their sights on larger venues around the country, and are bringing two fantastic Aussie talents…
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Emerging rap talent Nooky is a perfect example of the bold and forward-moving pace Australian hip hop is currently running at. Since signing to Bad Apples Music after making quick and impressive waves following a break out on to the Sydney scene back in 2010, Nooky has continued to develop as a fire vocalist and a seasoned…
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She may call Wellington, NZ her hometown, but the vibe Wallace‘s voice has definitely indicates an international appeal. Now based in Sydney, the future-soul vocalist throws down another impressive single with new track, “Is It You?”. Teaming up with Dutch duo Kraak & Smaak, the song starts delicately – a simple piano opening leads into Wallace’s intoxicating…
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The traditional A Day On The Green tour format offers longtime fans of some iconic bands the opportunity to enjoy throwback sets of classics mixed in with current repertoire, in the surrounds of some of the country’s lush wineries. This year, the festival team has come out kicking once more, turning the focus on to…
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Adelaide troubadour Sam Brittain is currently preparing for the release of his new record Signal Lights (out tomorrow) and his hometown launch show on Saturday night. A record that is both deeply personal and musically charming and captivating, the alt-country sounds Brittain brings to this new material points to a talent that has been flourishing within a live capacity…
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Everyone can take a collective sigh of relief. The Avalanches are well and truly back. We’ve been teased, hopes have been raised, expectations inflated and now, 16 years after the release of the game-changing Since I Left You, the group have released their first new piece of music in “Frankie Sinatra”. With its Australian premiere on triple j…
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Alex Lahey has been getting people stoked for her debut EP (still a little way off being released this year) with the catchy “You Don’t Think People Like Me”. Today however, we’re keen to share the music video for her popular new single “Let’s Go Out”, no doubt the track that brought many newcomers to Lahey’s…
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Adelaide’s winter hibernation season is about to get woken the eff up, with the announcement of the Umbrella: Winter Sounds festival, set to take over 60 different venues from July 15th through until August 7th. The new model will see more than 200 live music performances take place, thanks to funding from Arts SA and the…
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Easily one of the most buzzed about artists at SXSW this year, US West Coast trio Bleached have announced their debut Australian shows for September and October, set to show more people out this side of the globe what everyone’s talking about. Their 2016 album, Welcome the Worms, brought the ladies to wider attention and wider acclaim, with an…
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Following on from the unparalleled success of UNIFY this year, the crew behind UNIFIED, The Hills are Alive and Red Hill Entertainment have dropped details of next year’s heavy music extravaganza. Returning in January next year, UNIFY will be running over two days and nights, January 13th – January 15th. The camping festival is one of its…
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The Delta Riggs have dropped their first piece of new material since the Dipz From The Zong EP in the catchy-as-fuck “Surgery of Love”, timely released just ahead of their upcoming Australian tour dates! The tune is classic Riggs; infectious bass lines coupled with funky rock grooves, while vocalist Elliott Hammond swaggers his way throughout with blissed out Jagger-like…
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George Maple makes her highly anticipated return home to Australia next month for a headline tour not to be missed. Since the release of 2014’s Vacant Space EP, Maple has become a respected name and a popular artist in international markets, while her live shows have become wildly received and acclaimed. Her latest single with GoldLink in “Sticks and Horses”…
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Alex Wall is coming home for a short three date Australian tour down the east coast this July! As Wax Witches, Wall brings his new album Memory Painting, to crowds in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane along with a live show that has been acclaimed the world over in recent times as a result of successful tours and festival…
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There’s something about Vera Blue that instantly charms. When “Hold” was first released, we were struck by the intrigue she brought to the track – what was presented was a great show of potential from a young artist who definitely has a tonne more to offer. And recently, her short tour with single “Fingertips” proved that she’s most…
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Next month, UK act Blossoms will be making their debut Australian appearances at Splendour in the Grass and then in Melbourne and Sydney alongside Jake Bugg. Their brand of pop-rock has seen them already smash out festival sets at the likes of Reading and Leeds and T in the Park, not to mention at a…
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Ahead of his much anticipated “78 Benz” single launch tour in Sydney tomorrow night, we snag some of Tim Wheatley‘s time to find out how the Melbourne native is enjoying being back in Australia. The troubadour has been on the grind making music and delving in and out of other artistic projects in LA for the…
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As we officially begin our descent into the wintry depths of 2016, we’re in need of music that’s going to hit the right mark and fill us with warmth and richness. Thankfully, Adelaide electronic duo PINES have us covered today, as they celebrate the release of new single “Calling You”. The duo continue to make steps out…
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The 2016 Adelaide Cabaret Festival is mere weeks away and with this year’s tagline a lingering ‘What Comes Next…’, the program curated by incoming Artistic Directors Ali McGregor and Eddie Perfect is indeed diverse and does well in breaking traditions. Taking the concept of ‘cabaret’ and the different forms of artistic expression that can be pulled under its banner,…
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Now taking off for its fifth year, the National Indigenous Music Awards and triple j Unearthed have launched their search for the best independent and unsigned Indigenous artist to perform at the 2016 NIMAs! Previous winners have included Philly and Thelma Plum, with the prize including flights and accommodation for the award event in Darwin on August 6th,…
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, when the general public ticket sales for Coldplay‘s Australian tour commenced yesterday, many fans were left put out by how quickly the initial ticketing allocation was exhausted. Due to the amount of public demand that followed, Live Nation has confirmed that in addition to the band’s original four stadium shows, an extra date at Etihad…
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The Yours & Owls Festival returns to Wollongong this year, hitting up the gorgeous beachside surrounds of Stuart Park in North Wollongong this October 1st and 2nd! Though it’s only in its third year, the level of popularity Yours & Owls have reached with music fans out on the east coast since its inception is…
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Melbourne’s Tim Wheatley has released his third track from his Top 10 album Cast of Yesterday in “78 Benz”, a nice little slice of folk-rock we’ve been switched onto this week. Wheatley’s vocals shine on the track, drawing you in and melting in brilliantly with the guitars and country-tinged arrangement. Working with Paul Mckercher and Niko Bolas on production and mixing duties…
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Everything about this announcement makes us ecstatic. Even the press shot. Dappled Cities have today officially made their return, unveiling the first taste of what they’ve been working on for album number five in “That Sound” and some special single launch dates in Sydney and Melbourne this July. From what we’ve now heard of the band’s new album,…
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The Byzantines are a band who we’ve been following since their early days – their adoration for the English Premier League and sharp take on Brit-pop music easily becoming two of the most recognisable elements of their general swag. In new single “Jamaica”, we see the Adelaide band stride out into a new phase of…
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Today, we find ourselves at the top end of our 101 Greatest Songs of All Time countdown. We’ve already seen some classic gems mixed in with some older favourites further down the list but as we look at this eclectic Top 25, there are definitely some tunes in here that might surprise. When it came…
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Since finding out about Waza and the beats he’s been making through 2015, keeping a close eye on the Sydney musician and his new work has been getting us excited about what’s still to come from his forthcoming album. Where last year’s The Art and Technique Sessions established Waza as an attention-grabbing and ambitious talent, his new single “Rocks…
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Peter Garrett has further ignited excitement within the Midnight Oil fan ranks with the release of new solo single “Great White Shark” and some special solo tour dates to take place around the country through July and August. The new single is taken from Garrett’s forthcoming solo record A Version of Now and as the live shows come together, Garrett will…
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At an undisclosed location somewhere in Sydney on June 21st, OneRepublic will be performing a special set for their Australian fans. The US group will be in Australia for a promo visit off the back of their successful new single “Wherever I Go” and have been able to fit in a cheeky live set, thanks to…
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