This week we’ve added 10 new tracks to our Discovery Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music, including two exclusive premieres. Our Track of the Week is “Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)”, the irresistible first single from long-time AU favourite Julia Jacklin, and the opening salvo from her forthcoming fourth album,…
Sunshine Coast prog-dub collective DUB ZOO return this week with their vibrant new EP Pocketful, officially out this Friday, 19 June — and we’re thrilled to be premiering it today, alongside an exclusive track-by-track guide from the band. Earlier this year, we premiered the EP’s title track “Pocketful”, a buoyant, hip-hop/reggae-fused cut featuring 1Love from…
Yours & Owls has unwrapped its 2026 lineup, and it’s the properly eclectic haul that keeps this one near the top of our list every year. Gong Christmas, as the festival likes to call it, lands on October 3 and 4 — and this time it hits even bigger. This festival is never afraid to…
The search for validation has a way of sneaking up on even the most self-assured among us — that quiet, gnawing need to be told we’re actually wanted. On his new single “Tell Me You Love Me”, Meanjin/Brisbane artist Harley takes that feeling and spins it into something you’ll be powerless to resist: a punchy,…
Since her successful appearance on Australian Idol in 2006, Jessica Mauboy has gone on to capture Australian hearts with her dance orientated R&B sound. She will perform at this year’s Mundi Mundi Festival, near Broken Hill in Western NSW. We chatted to her about the influences in her life, and how her musical journey started….
August Burns Red have returned with their twelfth studio album, Season of Surrender, and it’s proving be one of the strongest releases of their career. Their 2023 record Death Below was generally well-received by critics and fans, but Season of Surrender feels like a far more confident piece of work. So far, the response has…
It’s time to warm up those vocal chords and get ready to hit the high notes because Live Nation has announced the return down under of ethereal powerhouse rockers, Evanescence in March 2027. The Australian leg of the tour, presented by Triple M, sees Evanescence playing hits from their new album, Sanctuary, including “Afterlife” and…
For the last few years, FLO have been spoken about as a group on the verge. A trio destined for greatness. The future of R&B. The next big thing. At some point, though, we need to stop talking about FLO as a promise and start recognising them as a reality. As they prepare to release…
There are two ways to look at a music festival. The first is as a punter: scanning the lineup, dropping your money months in advance, navigating timetable clashes, dehydration and the inevitable post-gig blues that follow. The second is to wonder how any of it happens at all: how dozens of artists, venues, schedules, budgets…
Sixteen-year-old pop powerhouse Freya Skye performed her first-ever arena show in Melbourne on Thursday, wrapping up the Australian leg of the Stars Align Tour. With one EP under her belt and having only started performing live shows within the last year, Skye’s performance was nothing short of impressive. The Cosmic VIP experience was well worth…
After captivating audiences with the breakout success of “The Fool” – a track that exploded across social media through fan edits, viral videos and millions of views – Alexandria returns with her most ambitious release yet, “Justice.” Inspired by the tarot card of the same name, “Justice” explores the uneasy balance between reckoning and redemption….
Whilst everyone else is turning their attention to North America for the World Cup, we’re keeping things focused firmly on the best new music being released. As ever, we’re bringing you ten of the week’s best new releases via our Discovery Playlist on Apple Music and Spotify. Proud Kamilaroi/Samoan artist Becca Hatch takes out of…
Global superstar Niall Horan has just announced that he will be touring Australia in February, bringing his highly anticipated Dinner Party Tour to arenas Down Under. Having just released the Dinner Party album, this will be the first chance for fans to see him perform it live. Horan is hitting arenas in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney…
It’s not the answer you’d expect from a man who helped invent British punk. For much of the past fifty years, Captain Sensible (real name Raymond Burns), has toured the world with The Damned, one of the most influential bands to emerge from Britain’s punk explosion. The group released “New Rose”, the first single by…
Naarm/Melbourne duo Fountain Lakes invite us deep into the forest with the haunting video for their new single, “Cry Wolf”, which we are delighted to premiere today. Comprising Jac Tonks and Emma Heeney, Fountain Lakes create expansive, genre-spanning music shaped by rich textures, reverb and dreamlike dual vocals. Following the release of “Castaway”, the first…
Entering The Princess Theatre on a cold Friday night, the crowd pouring through the doors for Detroit rapper Danny Brown appeared curiously without a tribe. From the pink-haired to the balding, those dressed head-to-toe in black and others in bright neon, it was difficult to make sense of exactly who this audience was. The familiar…
Modest Mouse is an American rock band formed in 1993 by lead singer Isaak Brock. Their output is prolific, with well over a dozen albums and EPs released. In their latest release, An Eraser and a Maze, Brock explores the theory of time existing simultaneously. Which, of course, is an oversimplification of the fifteen tracks…
Want to know how to raise the temperature of the Metro Theatre on a cold winter’s night in Sydney? Send in Wednesday and watch the room sizzle like a hot North Carolina summer! What you see is exactly what you get! Wednesday’s sold-out Sydney show packed the venue so tightly that no one was moving independently;…
This week we have added 10 new tracks to our Discovery Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music, including one exclusive premiere. Our Track of the Week is “Art of Suggestion”, the intoxicating new single from Asha Jefferies. “Art of Suggestion” plays with the charged space before desire is confirmed — that electric blur of projection,…
As the release of their tenth studio album, The Wow! Signal looms large, Muse have just released the fifth single, “Nightshift Superstar”. The second song on the album is a funky, ethereal, disco-tastic piece that will no doubt delight, confuse, and intrigue fans. Kicking off with swirling synthesiser, it immediately transports us into an intergalactic…
Victorian Surf Coast indie-rock outfit Savage Honey are preparing to release their debut album Darling on Monday, 8 June, and today we are super pumped that we are able to give readers of the AU an exclusive early listen. Born from Torquay, Savage Honey have spent the past few years building a reputation for heartfelt,…
Boorloo/Perth artist EDIE returns this week with her sophomore EP Garden of Edie, a dark, intoxicating and ultimately freeing electronic-pop release that captures the emotional turbulence of growing up in your twenties. Out today, the EP draws on biblical imagery — particularly the Garden of Eden — to explore loss, betrayal, temptation, self-discovery and the…
Canberra-based songsmith Jack Biilmann is back with his soaring new single “Never Have It All”, and we’re thrilled to be premiering it today ahead of its official release tomorrow, Friday 5th June. A fabulous musician and songwriter we’ve had the pleasure of covering before — including premiering his single “Forbidden Fruit” back in April —…
Just a year after the release of seminal album Force, which saw The Pretty Littles touring with new music again for the first time in 5 years, the prolific Melbourne band are back with Mulga Wire. The new album is The Pretty Littles at their most authentic, following their instincts, writing and performing with their…
Every now and then, a band comes along that feels like a secret too good to keep, and Dexter and The Moonrocks are one of those bands. For years, they’ve had a small but loyal fanbase made up of listeners who stumbled across them along the way. Now, thanks to one song, that’s changing in…
WIRED is Basement’s first album in eight years. The result of a band who knows exactly who they are, WIRED pushes Basement’s signature sound to new landscapes, while still retaining their essence. WIRED understandably received an incredibly positive reception, both from critics and long-time fans. Upon the album’s release, I caught up with guitarists Alex…
Massive Attack for the first time in 16 years return to Australia to headline three exclusive shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. For more than three decades, Massive Attack have remained one of the most influential and innovative acts in contemporary music. Fusing trip-hop, electronica, dub, soul and hip-hop into a sound entirely their own,…
Dry Cleaning brought their sharp post-punk sound to RISING this week, taking over the Forum with the fuzzy, deadpan delivery that has made the London outfit such a distinctive force. Frontwoman Florence Shaw moved through the band’s surreal catalogue with cool precision to a crowd locked in from start to finish. The AU’s Eloise Coomber…
KINGSWOOD played old favourites and new songs from Midnight Mavericks to an energetic crowd at Lefty’s Music Hall in Brisbane. The night kicked off with a support set from country artist Briana Dinsdale. Dinsdale was even more hyped than the crowd to be seeing KINGSWOOD perform, as she told us between songs. She played a…
Gil Scott-Heron’s legacy was honoured at RISING this week, with longtime collaborator Brian Jackson joining Yasiin Bey to perform a stunning tribute at the Forum. The night moved through jazz, spoken word and early hip-hop influences. With Jackson returning to a body of work he helped shape and Bey carrying the material with a steady…
