The hiatus that has kept The Temper Trap largely away from the public eye since 2018 has happily come to an official end with the release today of their fourth studio album, Sungazer. Taking much-needed time off to focus on their personal lives and other creative projects has certainly had no apparent side effects musically,…
When the Delta Blues emerged on the banks of the Mississippi at the end of the nineteenth century, something remarkable happened. Like the first evolutionary link to leave the ocean and walk on dry land, the traditional sounds of African American field workers would become the common ancestor from which an entire musical family tree…
After the release of their 2025 album Breaking Into Heaven, Gold Coast six-piece Selve are back with Breaking Outta Heaven, a companion EP made up of five tracks. Recorded during the same Abbey Road sessions that gave us Breaking Into Heaven, this definitely feels like an extension of the album, to the point where these…
For an album named RAGE, Kita Alexander‘s second full-length effort is remarkably gentle. That isn’t a criticism. In fact, it’s the album’s greatest strength. Rather than presenting rage as explosive, destructive, or all-consuming, Alexander approaches the emotion as something far more nuanced: a catalyst for growth, self-discovery, and necessary change. Across these songs, anger isn’t…
Muse’s new album, their 10th studio release, The Wow! Signal, lands this week, and we’ve been fortunate to receive an early listen. An unusual, narrow radio signal captured by the Big Ear radio telescope at Ohio State University on 15 August, 1977, inspired the album’s title. The 72-second signal (the longest window of recording available…
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…
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…
It’s a big week for Beatles fanatics. The newest addition to an extensive and mind-blowingly successful discography, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, transports listeners back to where it all began for prolific artist and Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney, in post-war Liverpool. The album gives listeners personal insight into Paul’s beloved memories of growing up, playing…
KINGSWOOD’s seventh album Midnight Mavericks is a love-letter to country rock and all things Americana. The album kicks off with “Two Lovers”, a solid opener that features Steph Greenwood on vocals alongside lead singer Fergus Linacre. The rhythm guitars paired with a slide-guitar riff show off the band’s country-rock style, and sets the scene for…
There’s nothing you like to see more from a musician than someone willing to take a risk on a body of work; all the while managing to pull it off as if it wasn’t a risk at all. At a time when it feels like the most bankable, popular songs sound and feel very similar…
The easiest thing Basement could have done after eight years away was make another Colourmeinkindness. Instead of chasing nostalgia and recreating their past sound, they’ve come back with WIRED, their first studio album since 2018. It definitely still sounds like Basement, but entirely different at the same time- it’s sharper, more self-assured and serves as…
New Zealand-born and based artist Aldous Harding is set to release her fifth album, Train On The Island, on May 8. The 10-track album comes in collaboration with producer John Parish. The two have worked together across much of Harding’s musical career, on previous albums including Party (2017), Designer (2019) and Warm Chris (2022). The…
Californian Indie rock band Young The Giant return with their fifth studio album, Victory Garden, and it feels like they’re deliberately revisiting their roots. Following their ambitious 2022 concept album, American Bollywood, this record trades conceptual scope for a more familiar sound. Across the 11 tracks, they lean fully into the breezy indie rock sound…
There’s something deeply full-circle about where Melanie C lands with Sweat. A ninth studio album could easily lean into legacy, nostalgia, or safe reinvention – but instead, Sweat feels like a liberation. It’s a record powered by movement, memory, and a genuine love for the dancefloor, one that reconnects her with the euphoric chaos of…
On Friday, the Foo Fighters released their 12th full length LP, and first in almost three years, Your Favorite Toy. Early reviews indicated this is the best the iconic American rockers have sounded in more than a decade. And as a fan of the band for almost 30 years, I’m here to tell you that…
Don Broco aren’t figuring it out anymore. That part’s done. With their fifth studio album, Nightmare Tripping, you get a band that knows exactly what it is and is running with it. Since they started out back in 2008, they’ve bounced all over the place stylistically, pulling from alt rock, pop, electronic and heavier, but…
There’s a quiet confidence running through F.I.G that immediately reframes expectations. This is not the glossy, hyper-engineered pop pivot some might anticipate from a former Disney Channel breakout, nor is it a continuation of the darker, urban-leaning textures flirted with as Skye Riley in Smile 2. Instead, Naomi Scott delivers one of the most assured…
More than two decades after bursting onto the pop scene, Willa Ford returns with amanda, a record that feels less like a comeback and more like a personal exhale. Ford has been open about the fact that the album “was never supposed to happen,” describing how music unexpectedly resurfaced in her life during a period…
As someone who listens to their fair share of new music, there’s honestly not much better than seeing an artist you’ve followed on and off for a couple of years release a large body of work and absolutely crush it. In this instance, Molly Millington has gone about and released a debut album that’s one…
On her new LP luck…or something, Hilary Duff sounds completely at ease with herself – no vocal acrobatics, no trend-chasing detours, just a confident embrace of her range and a sharp focus on songwriting. The album’s greatest strength is how naturally it balances humour with anxiety, and romance with realism. These songs live in the…
New Found Glory have undeniably still got it. Their twelfth record, Listen Up! arrives as the band approaches their thirtieth anniversary, and it feels like them at their very best. Shaped by experiences such as guitarist Chad Gilbert’s ongoing battle with an aggressive cancer as well as their dynamic as a band all these years…
Missouri outfit Story Of The Year have never been easy to pin down. Floating somewhere between post-hardcore, pop-punk and emo, they’ve spent over two decades bending genres. Through hiatuses and line-up changes, they’ve weathered plenty- but their seventh studio album A.R.S.O.N genuinely feels like they’ve settled into themselves. Short for All Rage Still Only Numb,…
At sixteen, most of us are just trying to survive school, friendships and our own feelings – not dropping a debut EP. For Freya Skye, though, this kind of early brilliance seems almost inevitable. The 16-year-old singer, songwriter and Zombies 4 star has officially stepped into her pop era with stardust– a five-track debut dripping…
This Friday, February 20th, ARIA #1 artist Meg Mac returns with her fourth studio album, It’s My Party. It’s a record that builds on Mac’s firmly established brand of pop-soul-indie fusion, while loosening up and finding new ground. Self-assured and sonically explorative, it’s a mature offering that buries some big questions in pop-song velvet. Written…
I’ve been onboard with Mumford & Sons since Sigh No More in 2009, with some of their tunes featuring large in milestones in my own life, and there’s always been a sense of comfort for me in their unique sound. I freely admit to loving their rollicking tunes like “Little Lion Man” and “I Will…
Way back in 2010, a short lived BBC TV series called Whites featured a song called “Song For The Dead” over its opening and closing credits. The song was by Alexander Wolfe from his debut album Morning Brings A Flood, and I was immediately enthralled. 16 years later I continue to follow his musical endeavours…
Madison Beer has spent much of her career being underestimated, written off as an influencer-adjacent pop star, praised faintly for singles but rarely credited for her artistry as a whole. Locket, her third album, should finally put that misconception to rest. It’s a deeply introspective, emotionally cohesive body of work that rewards close listening, offering…
Adelaide musician and producer LOS LEO has released his latest record, LL-1000, an ambitious project that far transcends the music itself. Setting himself the seemingly impossible challenge of writing, recording, and producing an album within one calendar year, he has just scraped in, and the result is a stunning 14-track record that showcases this insane…
If you’ve clicked on this article, I’m going to assume that you are one of two types of people: you either think I’m rage-baiting you or you’re in complete agreement. If you’re the former, hear me out. If you’re the latter- hey, we were probably friends on Twitter back in 2011. I was first introduced…
It’s been five years between albums for Tame Impala. In the intervening years between 2020’s The Slow Rush and Deadbeat the multi-instrumentalist behind the project, Kevin Parker, has also become a husband and a father, making the choice of name for the album an interesting one indeed. Following on from the huge success of earlier…
