We’ve added another ten tracks to our Discovery Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music, including one song we exclusively premiered on the site earlier in the week. “Enemy”, the focus track from MegaFlower, the new album released today from Meanjin/Brisbane’s Full Flower Moon Band, is our Track of the Week. It’s the third album from…
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Spring in Australia is just around the corner, and this week we’ve added ten more tracks to our Discovery Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music. Our featured Track of the Week is “Young Guns”, the boppy new single with a serious message from Sydney’s Salarymen. “Young Guns” was written in the days following the…
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We’re welcoming in July with ten new tracks added to our Discovery playlist on Spotify and Apple Music, including one track we exclusively premiered earlier this week. The new single from Broken Bells, “We’re Not In Orbit Yet” heads up the playlist as our Track of the Week. “We’re Not In Orbit Yet” is the…
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After taking a short break for Easter and Bluesfest, we’re back and adding ten new tracks to our Discovery playlist on Spotify and Apple Music. Our Track of the Week this time around goes to Melbourne singer-songwriter BATTS, who is kicking off her 2022 with a new label and a brand new single, “Blue” which…
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Melbourne-based singer-songwriter BATTS returns with a brand new single. Written and recorded to feature on a collaborative cassette tape for This & That Tapes, “Dancing On The Moon” sees the musician return to pretty familiar interstellar territory. The single came about following contact from Joseph Carlough, the owner of Philadelphia-based label This & That Tapes….
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Melbourne singer-songwriter BATTS is back with brand new single, “City View”. A self described love song, “City View” is the first taste of BATTS’ new material post The Grand Tour. It’s great timing too, with the Melbourne artist jetting off to America for SXSW in a matter of weeks. The conceptual thread that ran through…
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If you’ve ever seen a performer such as Sharon Van Etten, you’d understand the term ‘smooth operator’. This was something that was seemingly obvious at Hamer Hall on Tuesday night as Sharon closed up the Australian leg of her Remind Me Tomorrow tour. Along for the ride was Melbourne’s vert own BATTS, who proved to…
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Sharon Van Etten was a wonderful addition to Melbourne’s nightlife this week as she closed her Australian tour alongside local artist BATTS. Danny brings us these shots from night.
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As you might have guessed we are big fans of BATTS here at the AU. With her debut album, The Grand Tour, released last week we sat down with the Melbourne singer-songwriter to find out a little bit more about the creation and recording of the album, how NASA got involved, and – just for good measure…
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For those fans of growing Melbourne artist BATTS, the news of an album release was a quiet relief. The Grand Tour, draped in the magic of the stars, portrays the singer-songwriter as an artist and person, creating a wonderful fusion album that evokes her powerful storytelling in different ways. As a concept, BATTS’ The Grand Tour…
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UK indie outfit The Magic Numbers returned to Melbourne this week playing songs off their new album Outsiders, for the first time since 2010. Supported by BATTS and Nat Vazer, this was an all round excellent night of indie rock. The band have one remaining tour date in Australia this week: Tuesday March 27th at Capitol in…
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“Folding Chairs” is the new single from Melbourne singer-songwriter BATTS, taken from her forthcoming debut album The Grand Tour, due in April, the single is stripped back, contemplative and utterly beautiful. The track is gently delivered and places BATTS’ delicate and emotive vocals front and centre. It brings to mind, or mine at least, Laura…
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After wowing at her single launch in Melbourne last week, BATTS is continuing to revel in the good vibes surrounding her recently released single “Shame” – a strong release from the songwriter who is gearing up to bring the track to venues down the east coast and then abroad! The vocals on the track exude confidence…
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South Gippsland drawcard event, The Hills Are Alive, celebrates 10 years in 2017 and the organisers have grouped together a great line up of artists to mark the occasion and bring punters good times next March. The Farm is hosting the likes of BOAT SHOW, Ziggy Ramo, Timberwolf, Alex the Astronaut and more this year, and as co-producer Aidan McLaren has explained…
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You’d be forgiven if you saw this Melbourne band’s name and thought, ‘These guys must really be into maths’… They sure do know how to cut shapes on the stage, but once their musical talents are unveiled, you’ll soon forget you initially confused them with a geometrical shape (tetrahedron), and their actual name – Tetrahedra…
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The complete line up for NYE On The Hill has arrived and, with the announcement that there are less than 500 tickets on offer, you’d best make up your minds quick as to where you’re going to be ringing in 2017 (hint: this is a bloody good way of doing it). Headlined by The Preatures, the third NYE…
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And we’re back at Friday for another week (though given the long weekend just gone by, we really haven’t had that much of a slog, right?) – below are five artists we’ve been listening to this week who have perked us up, gotten us keen for the weekend and excited for some special shows coming up. A…
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