For the last two decades, Interpol have been creating moody, dark songs that have worked their way into our consciousness. The 2002 album Turn on the Bright Lights was a slow burn, with songs such as “Obstacle 1” and “PDA” becoming fan favourites over time. Original members Paul Banks on vocals and guitar and Daniel…
There was something wonderfully incongruous about the fathers of British punk bringing their Final Damnation 50th Anniversary Tour to the Sydney Opera House while My Fair Lady was performing next door. But The Damned have never really been a band that concerned themselves with doing what was expected. From the opening notes of “Street of…
After more than three decades, Sixpence None The Richer will finally make their long-awaited Australian debut in March 2027. Led by vocalist Leigh Nash, the US favourites behind the timeless global hit “Kiss Me” will bring their much-loved catalogue to audiences around the country, including favourites such as “There She Goes”, “Breathe Your Name” and…
This week we’ve added ten new tracks to our Discovery Playlist, including two premieres we were thrilled to bring you earlier in the week. Taking out our Track of the Week is Zach Stephenson with his debut solo single, “In N Out”. Best known as one half of the much-loved duo Hockey Dad, Stephenson is…
Tove Lo is heading back to Australia, with the Swedish pop powerhouse announcing four headline shows for March 2027 as part of her global ESTRUS TOUR. Presented by Secret Sounds and Live Nation, the tour will take Tove Lo to Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, with Australian rising pop artist SALTY joining her as special…
It’s been seven years since we last heard new music from Pony Face, and the Melbourne indie-psych four-piece make up for lost time with the fabulously hypnotic “Expire”. We’re thrilled today to be premiering the video for “Expire”, the first taste of a forthcoming new album from Pony Face and a welcome reintroduction to a…
Following extraordinary demand, global breakout star sombr has added a second and final show in Brisbane and third and final shows in both Melbourne and Sydney to the hugely anticipated You Are The Reason Tour. After selling out his Australian and New Zealand debut shows and making a major impression at Spilt Milk Festival in 2025,…
Naarm retro-pop rockers Creature Fear have never been afraid to embrace the playful side of their music, and the new video for “Mission To Love You” might be one of their most gleefully unhinged creations yet. Today, we’re thrilled to premiere the clip, a gloriously DIY collision of horror tropes, possessed dancing, strobe lights, laser…
Radiohead are finally coming back to Australia. In what is easily one of the biggest tour announcements of the year, the legendary Oxford band will return in May and June 2027 for their first Australian shows in 15 years, playing a mammoth 16 arena dates across Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. And yes, we’re jumping out of skins…
The Jungle Giants have officially wrapped up their biggest Australian tour to date, but not without making one final stop along the way. This Thursday, 10th September, the band are taking over the Manly Fast Ferry, turning the average commute home into a live gig across Sydney Harbour. To celebrate the launch of Lipton’s new…
Thirty-five years after Pills ‘N’ Thrills And Bellyaches first soundtracked dancefloors, festivals and questionable life choices around the globe, Happy Mondays rolled into Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on Saturday night with a simple mission: remind everyone why nobody ever did it quite like Madchester’s favourite troublemakers. Before the band even appeared, the mood was set perfectly….
Photo by Stephen Porter BIGSOUND Brisbane brought BIG energy to the streets of Fortitude Valley last week, and as an Adelaide girl, the city definitely lived up to its nickname, BrisVegas. BIGSOUND, self proclaimed as “the biggest week in Australian music”, is a huge music conference by day, with networking events and industry panels across…
Movements have always made music that feels incredibly easy to fall into. They can be heavy without losing melody, emotional without being too dramatic and somehow make even their quieter moments hit just as hard as the big ones. Happier Now is no different. In fact, it might be one of their strongest records yet….
Happy Mondays brought their gloriously messy blend of Madchester grooves, psychedelic rock and dancefloor chaos to Sydney’s Enmore Theatre celebrating the 35th anniversary of their seminal album, Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches plus the hits. Frontman Shaun Ryder remained the wonderfully unpredictable centre of it all, delivering the songs with his trademark swagger while the…
With the seasons beginning to turn, there’s plenty of fresh music to soundtrack the change. This week we’ve added another ten new tracks to our Discovery Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music, including two premieres we were lucky enough to share earlier in the week. Taking out Track of the Week is Naarm/Melbourne folk quintet…
When Paris Paloma released her 2023 track ‘Labour’, it quickly sparked conversation online, becoming a powerful anthem for feminist advocacy and cementing Paloma as a key voice in the ongoing feminist movement. The track went viral online, amassing over 11 billion views across social media, and three years later, it still soundtracks so many ongoing…
The Ministry of Sound Summer Dance Festival is returning in 2026, to kick off the warmer months in style with an Australian tour. But there’s only a few tickets left. There’s good reason to jump on board, too. Nothing says summer in Australia quite like a music festival and while the heyday has long passed,…
beabadoobee the Filipino-British singer-songwriter and alt-pop powerhouse will return in March 2027 for her biggest Australian shows to date, bringing The Powerlines Tour to Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Fans can expect a career-spanning live set drawing from Pylon alongside acclaimed releases including This Is How Tomorrow Moves, Beatopia and Fake It Flowers, with the distortion,…
NSW pop-rock artist Neo Stereo returns this week with his new single “Follow Me”, and today we’re buzzing to be able to give you an exclusive first listen ahead of its release tomorrow, Friday 4th of September. “Follow Me” captures a relationship somewhere between frustration and hope. A driving backbeat and insistent bassline give the…
Welsh genre-defying outfit Skindred are still finding new ways to surprise themselves after twenty-five plus years. Smashing together reggae, metal, punk, rock, hip-hop and pretty much anything else that’ll work, they’ve built a reputation as one of the most infectious and unpredictable live bands around in the process. Yet for all the festivals conquered, records…
Southern California folk singer-songwriter Kaz Murphy takes us back through generations of musical dissent on his new single “Old Protest Records”, which we are thrilled to premiere today ahead of its release this Thursday, 3rd of September. Taken from Murphy’s forthcoming fifth studio album Making Noise: Songs Of Rebellion & Redemption, out on the 18th…
For one more time this August we’re updating our Discovery playlist on Spotify and Apple Music with some of the best new music from across Australia and internationally. Naarm-based singer-songwriter and producer Eyes of Bel is in the spotlight, taking home Track of the Week for her new single “Bygones Will Be Bygones”. The single,…
Bruno Mars is officially heading back Down Under, and he’s bringing some very good company with him. The 16-time Grammy Award winner has expanded his mammoth The Romantic Tour, confirming a run of Australian and New Zealand stadium dates for February and March 2027. And, as if Mars returning to our shores wasn’t enough of…
Queens Of The Stone Age are back with their ninth studio album, Perfecth, arriving October 30 via Matador Records and the desert-rock heavyweights will bring their live show to Australia this December. Perfecth sees Josh Homme and company continuing to push the boundaries of their own distinctive brand of dark, swaggering rock’n’roll. The album takes…
Canberra singer-songwriter Jack Biilmann has been a firm favourite around these parts for some time, and we’re delighted to be premiering his latest single, “(Not) Easy to Love”, ahead of its release this Friday, 28 August. We most recently featured Biilmann in June with “Never Have It All”, another strong addition to a particularly productive…
New Zealand heavy outfit Haast Hunter are preparing to unleash their highly anticipated debut album, Plastique, on Thursday, 27th August, and today we’re thrilled to give you an exclusive early listen to the record, alongside a track-by-track guide from vocalists Sinaea Elizabeth and Jimi Harper. The debut marks a significant new chapter for the ferocious…
Seminal 90’s band The Wallflowers are touring Australia, playing their breakthrough album Bringing Down the Horse in full. The 1996 album reached #9 on the ARIA charts and was certified gold. You may remember the hit single “One Headlight” or other singles “6th Avenue Heartache”, “The Difference” or “Three Marlenas”. The lead singer and songwriter, Jakob Dylan,…
With torrential rain leading up to the 2026 Mundi Mundi Bash, it’s a credit to the organisers that the event took place relatively successfully. Some 10,000 campers made it through the gates, with around a third of the camping area too boggy to be used. Those that missed out will receive full refunds. On top…
More than a quarter of a century after Memento announced Christopher Nolan as one of cinema’s most audacious storytellers, the fractured psychological thriller is being pulled apart and put back together once again – only this time, rhythm is rewriting the equation. For the latest presentation from Hear My Eyes, Michael “CAVS” Cavanagh, drummer for…
We fell in love with KALEO when they made their Australian debut at Bluesfest back in 2016. It was hard not to. Frontman JJ Julius Son‘s enormous, booming voice seemed purpose-built for a festival stage, while the Icelandic band’s muscular blend of blues, rock, and folk made them one of the festival’s discoveries. They’ve remained firmly…
