L-FRESH the LION is a hip hop artist Australia should be fiercely proud of. His music is hard hitting, weaving some powerful and heartfelt lyricism with equally as impressive production and with his sophomore album Become, he’s set to reach more people, no doubt about it. In his latest single, “1 in 100,000”, L-FRESH the LION goes in…
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Yep, yep, yep – book these dates in now. Returning to Australia this July for a quick three-show run down the east coast are Glass Animals. We haven’t seen them in Australia since they did the Falls Festival tour plus some shows of their own a little while back, but they continued to maintain a solid and favourable…
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There’s only a few weeks to go until Bad Vision drop their sophomore record, Turn Out Your Sockets, quite the anticipated release from the Melbourne band! In their latest single “Fairweather”, we’re given an upbeat and colourful tune (as is the music video, featured today), but the lyricism nods to less happy themes. As songwriter Jerome Rush has described,…
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Melbourne psych-punk purveyors Horace Bones are due to be back out on the road down the east coast with their brand new track “Outside” this May and June! Riding high on their singing with the 123 Agency in Melbourne and Thirds Music, the band have been consistently backing it up, quality track after quality track….
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Recorded at the Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) studios in Tokyo, Melbourne producer Lewis Cancut has linked up with Japanese vocalist TIGARAH for this tune we’re digging, “Say Ok”! In TIGARAH’s vibrant and sugary vocals and the tropical house and bass thumps Cancut brings to the table, “Say Ok” is an ear worm of a…
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Sydney’s Shining Bird will be on the road once more, this time with their new single “Helluva Lot”, the latest cut from their soon-to-be-released album Black Opal! The band has been generating some decent excitement surrounding their music for some time now; of course, their debut album Leisure Coast brought the band to the attention of many, not…
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This month has seen Yeasayer finally release their fourth studio album in Amen & Goodbye, four years after Fragrant World and numerous tours that had the New York musicians making their stamp as one of the experimental indie bands in that crop emerging from 2006/2007 onward. As Chris Keating says, the time in between album releases was necessary for the band in the…
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Perth artist Elli Schoen has released a gorgeous video for her single “Hard Heart” reflective of the talent the young artist has shown through the music itself. Tender and fragile in delivery, Schoen has a vocal range and songwriting knack that evokes emotion that threatens to overflow completely before reining back in. The honesty threaded through the…
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New Castlecomer! Yes! The band have been in the studio through early 2016 working on their new EP All of the Noise, but have now given us a taste of what to be expecting in new single “The Noise”. It’s a great little addition to the list of impressive tunes the band have been churning out…
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With Groovin’ the Moo edging closer and closer, we’re getting more excited than ever to see what some of our favourite locals are going to be bringing to the festival stages. For some, it’s another notch on a belt of impressive shows while for others, there’s an added bonus buzz of being able to bring…
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Okay, Sydney music lovers, this is a must-attend event this weekend. Rare Finds have been throwing popular parties via their eponymously named club night for a year now and on Saturday night, they’re turning one! Throwing a huge party at the Oxford Art Factory, the PR agency & label services crew will be hosting one heck…
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At this year’s Splendour in the Grass, a special performance honouring the late Szymon and his acclaimed posthumous album Tigersapp will be taking place, featuring a band comprised of Szymon’s family and friends. The album, celebrated following its release, stood out strongly with critics in 2015, scoring an ARIA Award for Best Contemporary Album and an Australian…
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The 14th annual Bush Bands Bash is coming up for another year and the applications are now open for bands to take part in not only the concert, but also the Bush Bands Business skills camp that comprise the program as a whole this year. The concert is the biggest celebration of Indigenous music in…
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Sydney electronic duo Left. have released another engaging and evocative piece of music in their new single, “No Way”. Sarah Corry‘s vocal is delicate in delivery and the message drives hard and stands out as the main feature. An uplifting anthem of empowerment and a response to the increasing number of publicised (and non-publicised) domestic violence cases against…
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Groovin’ the Moo kicks off next weekend and the festival have this week released official set times for each leg of the regional tour! With Maitland and Canberra up first, we’re keen to get along and check out some of our favourites making their return to the festival and for some, their debut. Check out…
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So, Coachella is coming up this weekend, marking the start of the festival season in the USA for many and for the rest of us, signalling the onset of some heavy FOMO as we access YouTube to watch the festival’s livestream longingly. Still, there are some perks to having the option of watching the festival from…
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Melbourne’s Milwaukee Banks have dropped some juicy details surrounding their highly anticipated debut album Deep Into the Night, namely a national run of tour dates! The hip hop/electronic duo will be taking the record out on the road from April 24th and through May, before wrapping the tour up in June with a show at the Karova…
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What do you do when being in and touring in some of the world’s biggest and most loved rock bands isn’t scratching that particular musical itch you have? Call around and form another group, of course. This isn’t quite the way Gone Is Gone were formed, but the image of Tony Hajjar getting Mike Zarin, Troy Sanders and Troy Van Leeuwen in on…
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Made by Joseph & Joseph and Kit Monteith, comes the music video for “Terra”, the debut single released by new UK artist Toothless. Toothless isn’t a completely new and foreign artist to many though, the project being the new musical moniker for Bombay Bicycle Club bassist Ed Nash, though it does mark a definite step out from the band’s catalogue of work. The…
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Festival of the Sun returns to Port Macquarie this year, with the organisers dropping a cheeky little ‘save the date’ video online today! Set to go down from December 8th through until December 10th this year, FOTSUN will be bringing a delectable line up of Aussie talent through for some fun in the sun. View…
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The last time Gareth David-Lloyd was in Australia, we wound up at a metal dive bar in Adelaide’s west end. Over that weekend I was introduced to Gareth the musician as much as I was Gareth the actor, as his band Blue Gillespie were putting on a special show at the end of Supanova’s Adelaide…
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On the final afternoon of SXSW, I catch up with half of New York band Caveman for what locks in as my last on site artist interview. By this stage, everyone’s looking at the finishing line of SXSW Music and loading up on the tobacco and Red Bulls just to get to the end. For…
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Adelaide pop duo Auguste are making their way on to the radars of many more around the country with their ethereal sounds and today, they bring their new music video for latest single “Kingdom”! The synth-drenched tune, produced by Andy Bull, is an attention-grabbing number that has brought Auguste to the fore once again as…
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The sleepmakeswaves boys are currently cutting it up in the US and they’re not looking to slow down either. The Sydney band have just announced 50 shows taking in venues in Australia and across North America – bringing US prog-rockers The Contortionist and Perth’s Tangled Thoughts of Leaving on the Australian tour this August! The ‘traced in constellations’…
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The Paper Kites are getting back to business on the live front and will be touring right round the country mid-year on the ‘Midnight Tour’. The news has coincided with the release of the band’s latest music video, this time for “Renegade”, the third and final installation in The Paper Kites’ “Midnight” trilogy. Like the…
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Sunshine Coast boys Selahphonic have a new indie pop jam we’re digging in “Ghosts of 1999”! Taking cues from the likes of Walk The Moon and The Wombats, the quartet have combined some strong melodies and catchy guitar hooks, marrying both with a bold rhythm and percussion section and some energetic and punchy vocal delivery, courtesy of Jamie…
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All the ladies to the front, please. New Melbourne music night ‘Neon Alley’ is putting four of the city’s finest performers on show for it’s launch night, taking place at Howler on May 13th! The venture between 123 Agency and Happy will see some brilliant emerging electro-pop artists take to the stage, the debut line…
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Sydney favourites A.D.K.O.B have been generating some considerable hype for their fine selves since single “glue” dropped last year. Strong support from local outlets including FBi and triple J have made A.D.K.O.B a band to watch and with some highly anticipated shows alongside Montaigne coming up, there are going to be some excellent opportunities for the band to…
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Bringing some acoustic folk goodness from Tyalgum out to Austin for SXSW this year, The Heart Collectors returned to Texas with a certain type of enthusiasm and vibrancy that definitely caught the attention of crowds who came by their showcases during SXSW Music. The four piece sat down with us at the Aussie BBQ to talk…
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Melbourne band The Sugarcanes are quickly generating some serious hype around the release of their debut album (due out this Friday) – a result of solid single releases and fire live shows that have been demonstrative of a brilliant rock and soul fusion that have left locals around the place wanting more. Well now, we’re going to get it….
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