Author: Sosefina Fuamoli

Brisbane electronic duo Capre get dark and indulgent with the music video for their latest single, “Give”. Utilising darker colour, rich tones and textures (not to mention amping up the creep factor), director Nick Maguire has really done well in producing a clip that captures your attention. For Capre, “Give” comes as a result of working out of…

Serina Pech is a young singer songwriter based in the NT who is poised to make some serious waves outside the country’s north. The Katherine artist has been displaying some impressive writing chops; weaving heartfelt lyricism with some gorgeous folk acoustic musicality and a potential that is only just being tapped into. “The scene is…

I have absolutely no idea what is going on in Brisbane’s water at the moment, but whatever their music scene is sipping on at the moment to be producing some of the country’s most enticing musical acts across genres at the minute is something I definitely want in on. The latest act to be stepping…

It’s been a minute since Jagwar Ma have been home for any extended period of time and with their upcoming Splendour in the Grass appearance, we’re excited to see the band back on home turf. It’s hard to believe that it’s already been three years since the release of their debut album, but here we are –…

Oh, Brendan Maclean; you gorgeous, magnificent pop darling, you. On new single “Free to Love”, Maclean has further exuded a vibrancy and energy that has become his trademark as one of the country’s most endearing live performers. Prior to the release of this tune, we’ve seen Maclean explore darker, shadowy sides of the genre on “Tectonic”, while…

It’s album release day for Emma Louise, who celebrates the unveiling of her much-anticipated sophomore record Supercry today! Traction has been gaining more and more for the songwriter, who has been impressing with recent singles and the recent announcement of a huge national tour further establishing Emma Louise as an artist to be watching as the rest…

Exciting things have been happening in ALTA‘s camp recently, namely the announcement of their signing to the Soothsayer label and the release of their new single, “Plans”! Between Julius Dowson and Hannah Lesser, the duo have produced a sharp and tantalising piece of music that has had us hooked this week. From the rhythmic groove that permeates throughout, to…

Allday has been spreading himself across New York, LA and Melbourne in making some enticing new music for fans to get around recently, returning to the radio with new tune in “Sides”. We haven’t seen much of him on the live front since he wrapped up touring of his smash debut album Startup Cult but this hasn’t…

Santigold returns to Australia this month after a long time away and man, have some things changed for Santi White in the interim. Since 2012’s Master of My Make-Believe came out and saw Santigold up her live show game even more around the world, she’s since followed it up with this year with the release of 99¢. With her…

The finalists for this year’s National Indigenous Music Awards have been revealed this morning, along with the full list of performers confirmed for the ceremony’s live music program. Artist of the Year nominees at this year’s NIMAs are Emma Donovan, Dan Sultan and Gurrumul Yunupingu, while up for Album of the Year are Gawurra with Ratja Yaliyali, Gurrumul with The Gospel Album and Dan Sultan with Open…

The incredibly talented Sarah Belkner has released the visuals for her tune “Time”, the first taste we’ve gotten from Belkner’s debut album. If you’ve seen Belkner perform before, one of the first things you’ll have been struck by is her ethereal vocals and the stunning presence she strikes on stage. “Time” is one such example of her…

Otis High today deliver the music video for their new single, “Welcome Home”, to be featured on their Freedom of Choice EP (due out this September)! The new project from DJ Marshall and MC MHz is a fun nod to their hometown and as a debut single, “Welcome Home” sets the duo up as ones to watch out on the road,…

Chicago musician Evan Weiss aka Into It. Over It. will be making his way out to Australia for the first time this September! The east coast tour will have Into It. Over It. touring their latest record Standards, an album that has been landing ‘Album of the Week’ spots through the online blogosphere, not to mention sitting incredibly well…

Their sophomore EP Well Worn has been quick to generate buzz and in recent months, Melbourne duo Kllo have been further establishing themselves as an exciting young band to be keeping an eye on. This August, Simon and Chloe are getting out on the road to launch Well Worn right round the country, with the shows also set to show off some as…

Recently, Larry caught up with Emma Louise, three years on from their last chat at SXSW. Things have changed significantly for Emma since then – the success of her debut album vs Head vs Heart saw the songwriter on the road consistently and at the end of the tour cycle, there was some serious soul-searching to do, as…

We are so stoked to see that The Jezabels have been able to confirm some rescheduled Australian tour dates! Their latest album SYNTHIA has been able to sit with us a good few months now; its layers and musical grandiosity washing over us with each listen and as we (and fans around the country) have waited for the opportunity…

Lisa Spencer is currently completing her tertiary studies out of Melbourne, where her focus is veterinary science. While uni takes up a fair amount of her time, Spencer has also thrown herself into her music, quickly making an entrance with some intensely effective sounds on early single “Medicine”. Writing and releasing music as AEORA, she’s further developed a talent for…

Having tipped the midway point of 2016, we asked our team to look back on what’s been a strong six months of new music releases already. Across the genres, there’ve been some stellar local and international albums dropping and drawing some heated conversation across fandoms. Whether it was in The Drones‘ release of arguably their…

Canadian group Half Moon Run are set to return to Australia next year for a quick east coast tour to some of the biggest crowds they’ve played to our here yet. January will see the band back in town with their latest album Sun Leads Me On, their second record, and one that has translated brilliantly to…

You didn’t think The Delta Riggs were done when their recent Aussie club tour wrapped up, did ya? Nope. The band have announced details of their new album, Active Galactic, as well as one hell of a national tour beginning in September! The band’s new album is set to be released on August 26th through Inertia and…

The 26th Meredith Music Festival is gearing up another strong celebration of live music and art this year, kicking off with the news that the ballot is now open again! First-time punters are encouraged to get involved early in particular, as tickets to Meredith become notoriously difficult to snag – hit up the website, HERE, to…

Sibling duo Lastlings have been working it recently, appearing on stage supporting Glass Animals recently, not to mention further developing the solid sounds delivered on their debut EP Unreality with the release of their latest single, “You”. The single now has a music video, directed by ORFN (“Hoops”, The Rubens), was shot across different locations in Tokyo, paying homage to Japanese…

After meeting up at a show in Melbourne last year, LUCIANBLOMKAMP and John Hassell of Seekae decided to get musical together and see what came from it…the result? “Strep” – the first single from their new project, Brutalist. Though they’re based on opposite sides of the globe, the work Brutalist have been able to do together so far has been…

Bearfoot have been working toward the completion of their new EP Tribe over recent  months and in new single “Dreamer”, we’ve been given another lil’ insight into the Sunshine Coast group’s latest laid back, reggae/roots direction. As a follow up to the band’s popular single “Impolite”, released late last year, “Dreamer” stays true to Bearfoot’s well-cultivated musical…

18 year old Melbourne producer Vincent Sole has charmed his way on to our radar with this lush single in “Don’t Waste My Time”. Coming through out of the triple j Unearthed High ranks recently, Vincent stepped things up after the success of breakout single “Instinct” by linking up with Grammy-nominated engineer Andrei Eremin on “Don’t Waste My…

Splendour in the Grass is mere weeks away and the buzz is certainly building for what is going to be one of the biggest years in the festival’s recent history. With the likes of The Strokes, At The Drive-In, Sigur Rós and The Cure set to perform some surefire phenomenal sets (three hours of The Cure!), the names further down on the festival…

Sucks to be an Ellie Goulding fan in Adelaide and Perth, with news of the British singer cancelling both shows set up for October over the weekend. Due to a scheduling conflict, the final two Australian shows of Goulding’s ‘Delirium World Tour’ have had to be nixed, while all other gigs are to go ahead as normal….

Hayden James has been blazing through Europe and the States over the past year, recently capping off successful Euro festival sets at the likes of Glastonbury and Roskilde – two festivals in particular that should be on the bucket list for any artist and music fan. Today, with the release of his latest single, “Just A Lover”, James…

Hold on to your seats – talented singer and songwriter, not to mention utter dreamboat live performer, Ben Wright Smith, is coming to a venue near you over the next few months. Armed with new single “Sand Grabber” and a captivating live show, the APRA Award nominee is out on the road right through into October….

Get your Splendour bender off to a good start in a few weeks, with this hectic pre-party scheduled for The Northern in Byron Bay! On July 21st, the official Splendour in the Grass pre-party will take over the venue, with The Avalanches, The Kills, Methyl Ethel, Harts and KLLO (DJ set) all starring on the bill. Tickets are extremely limited for the…