For the final time this month we’ve updated our Discovery playlist on Spotify and Apple Music with some of the best new music from across Australia and the world. We’ve got ten new tracks for you, two of which we premiered earlier in the week. Sydney-based singer-songwriter, producer, and long time AU favourite Daphnie takes…
Sydney rock outfit Yendys are back with their second EP, If I Had A Hi Fi, and we’re delighted to be premiering it today, ahead of its official release tomorrow, 30 October. Following their 2025 debut Drawn Onward, the band have broadened their sound, bringing country, punk, grunge and funk influences into the mix. There’s…
Western Australian singer-songwriter Michael Ward returns with “Little Yellow Aeroplane”, a grunge-rock track about trying to leave a toxic relationship. The single is out this Friday, 30 October, and we’re delighted to bring you an exclusive first listen today. More than 20 years in the making, “Little Yellow Aeroplane” was first written on the front…
Ten new tracks hit the Discovery Playlist this week on Spotify and Apple Music, including the two premieres we shared earlier. Our track of the week comes from Annie Hamilton, whose new single “chainmail” arrived on Wednesday as the first taste of her third album, due early next year. Hamilton wrote it on a solo…
Canberra-based country-pop artist Leila has been a familiar face here at the AU review. We premiered her single “Do Without” last year, followed by the title track of her new EP, “Heart and Soul”, back in July. We’ve enjoyed watching her develop as a songwriter, and today we’re delighted to bring you the exclusive premiere…
LA-based songwriter, producer and film composer Michael Whittle is rolling out his debut album Like Shadows Do song by song through No Ghost Records. Today we’re premiering the video for the latest instalment, “Again We Wake On Fire”, which is out now. The clip is directed by Maude Lee, a design director at CAA’s Brand…
Tash Sultana and The Rubens are heading to Sydney for a series of free, intimate concerts this November, as Apple celebrates Aus Music Month with four special events at its flagship CBD store. Running every Thursday from 5 to 26 November, the program also features acclaimed producer Styalz Fuego and Sydney DJ Anna Lunoe, who…
Friday has rolled around again, and once again we’ve got a smorgasbord of the best new music from across Australia and the world to share with you. Our Discovery playlist on Spotify and Apple Music has been updated with ten new tracks, including two we premiered earlier this week. Naarm’s Harriet Wraith takes our Track…
Last year we premiered “Wasting Time”, a breezy single from Melbourne singer-songwriter Duxie Franklin, and today we’re thrilled to have her back with the exclusive first listen to her latest, “I Feel You”, ahead of its release this Friday, 16th October. Where “Wasting Time” celebrated doing absolutely nothing, “I Feel You” is far more tangled….
The AU review is thrilled to premiere “Spirit World”, the new single and video from Los Angeles alt-punk garage outfit SP’s, ahead of its release on October 15th. The track is the latest taste of the band’s debut album, Dating at the End of the World, due March 26th, 2027 via Baby Robot Records. “Spirit…
This week we’ve added ten new tracks to our New Music Discoveries playlist, including two premieres, with the full playlist available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music. Our Track of the Week comes from REDD., an artist we’ve been championing for quite some time, who teams up with Cat & Calmell on the…
Australian genre-bender Tomi Gray is forever restless in his pursuit of keeping us entertained and stretching himself creatively. His latest single “Oh My Darling” is further proof. Today we’re excited to be premiering both the track and its delightfully surreal accompanying video ahead of its official release tomorrow, 9 October. Blending alternative folk and rock with…
Lasca Dry returns this week with “Mad Heartbeat”, a hazy and hypnotic slow-burn that leans into romance, unease and the familiar fear of falling hard while knowing heartbreak may be waiting just around the corner. We’re thrilled to premiere the track and its beautiful accompanying video ahead of release on Friday, 9th October. The Tasmanian-born,…
As we move into October we’ve updated our playlist with ten more of the best new releases from across Australia and the world, including two premieres from earlier in the week. Fontaines D.C. take out Track of the Week with their new single “Tongue” – the second from their forthcoming fifth studio album Dopamine Chamber…
Brisbane songwriter Simon Munro has spent more than a decade turning poetry into song, and with his literary-folk project Nausicaä he’s now given a whole album over to one poet. The Burning Glass, out 27 November, sets twelve poems by Judith Wright to music, and today we’re premiering the animated clip for the single, “Child…
Melbourne’s The Hunter Express return this week with their new EP Gold Fades, a beautifully considered five-track collection that moves through love, grief and resilience while allowing the band plenty of room to explore sonically. We’re thrilled to premiere Gold Fades today ahead of its release this Friday, 2 October. There’s a wonderful cohesiveness to…
This week’s Discovery playlist brings together ten of our favourite new tracks, including three premieres we were thrilled to share earlier in the week. As always, we cover plenty of ground, from artists just beginning to make their mark to long-time favourites returning with brilliant new music. Our Track of the Week is the dark…
Earlier this year, we premiered Lucy Burke’s wonderfully atmospheric single “One Way Track”, one of the early tastes of her latest EP, Meet Me There. Now the Sydney singer-songwriter returns with the video for the EP’s title track, and we’re delighted to be premiering it today. The EP marked a new chapter for Burke, pairing organic…
Back in March, we pad the pleasure of premiering “Winterlude” from Perth-based New Zealand songwriter Damien Binder, and today we’re equally thrilled to be bringing you the video premiere for his latest single, “I Can’t Believe My Mind”. Following his 2023 album Bright Side, 2024’s Heartful EP and this year’s “Winterlude”, Binder continues a rich…
Naarm/Melbourne metalcore outfit Vault Hill are preparing to release their new EP Modern Way this Friday, 25 September, and today we’re thrilled to give you an early listen to the record in full. Inspired by vocalist Morgan O’Brien’s experiences living and working across the Northern Territory, Modern Way is an ambitious and deeply personal collection….
We have given our Discovery playlist another refresh with ten more of the best new tracks from across Australia and the world, including two we premiered on our pages earlier this week. Boorloo-based artist Clare Perrott is our Track of the Week, with her gorgeous ode to friendship “How Can I Tell You?”. “How Can…
Meanjin/Brisbane indie-rock artist Harley is preparing to release his debut EP, You’re The One I’ll See At Home, this Friday, 18 September, and today we’re stoked to be giving you an exclusive first listen. Harley is no stranger to the AU review. Back in June, we premiered “Tell Me You Love Me”, one of the…
It’s always special to reconnect with an artist whose journey we’ve been following from the beginning. Back in 2019, the AU review premiered BB Sabina’s debut single, “Feast”, so it’s a genuine thrill, seven years later, to be premiering their new album, Dissolve. A lot has changed in those intervening years. Singer and songwriter Beth…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
