We have another ten tracks added to our Discovery playlist on Spotify and Apple Music for you again this week. Acclaimed singer-songwriter and bestselling author Holly Throsby is our Track of the Week, with her latest single “Tell Me I’m Done”. “Tell Me I’m Done” is the latest to be released from her forthcoming sixth…
Sydney alt-rock outfit Verdani are preparing to release their debut EP, The Illusion Is Gone, tomorrow, and today we’re giving you an exclusive first listen. Across four tracks, Verdani move between romantic vulnerability, simmering anger and existential reflection, wrapping weighty themes in dark, atmospheric arrangements. Drawing on post-punk, gothic rock, art rock and baroque influences,…
Nashville-based indie-rock artist and LGBTQ+ advocate Abby Nissenbaum is serving up something playfully subversive with her latest single, “Gentleman”, and today we are delighted to premiere its wonderfully tongue-in-cheek new video. Lifted from Nissenbaum’s new EP, Want to Be Wrong, due for release this Friday, 17th July. “Gentleman” takes aim at the idealised, hypermasculine “dream…
Another Friday, another fresh batch for the ears. This week we’ve loaded up our Discovery Playlist with ten new tracks across Spotify and Apple Music, spanning everything from the quietly devastating to the downright euphoric, and our Track of the Week is Dan Sultan‘s “Forgiveness”. We’re all in on the 90s Manchester influences here, that…
Melbourne dreamers The Hunter Express are back with “Over Everything”, the first taste of their forthcoming EP, Gold Fades, due for release later this year. Led by singer-songwriter Bradley Ellis, The Hunter Express have always had a gift for turning longing and reflection into something quietly cinematic. On “Over Everything”, that gift is given plenty…
Tarndanya/Adelaide singer-songwriter Lizzie Hosking is back in dark-pop mode with her new single “unforgettable”, and we’re excited to give you an early listen ahead of its release on Friday, July 10. Following her most recent release, “Satellite (Home’s Making Me Homesick)”, “unforgettable” sees Hosking return to her electro-pop, dance-fronted roots with seductive, evocative power. Pairing…
As we hurtle past the halfway point of the year we’re bringing you a bumper edition of our Discovery Playlist this week, with fourteen tracks added on Spotify and Apple Music – including five we premiered across the last fortnight. This week our Track of the Week is “Home In This World”, the brand new…
Canberra-based Country/Pop artist Leila returns with her new single “Heart and Soul”, which we are thrilled to be premiering today ahead of its official release tomorrow. Earlier last year, we had the pleasure of premiering Leila’s single “Do Without”, a beautifully earnest track that captured uncertainty, growth and the emotional noise of late teens and…
Shot through with the grain of an old film reel, Nathan Coutts returns with “Movie Star”, a brooding, slow-burning single which we are thrilled to be premiering, ahead of its arrival this Friday, 3rd July. It is the next piece of a story shaped by love, chance and quiet reflection, and an early window into…
Most break-up songs do not also threaten the entire planet. “Slam Hunk” is not most break-up songs. We are thrilled to be premiering the video for the second single from Teenage Bees, an industrial-pop number narrated by the rogue planet of Lars von Trier’s Melancholia as it bears down on Earth, having what sounds like…
Tension, restraint, and a guitar line that won’t let go. Grander Things return with “No Time,” a slow burn that trades brute force for something quieter and stranger, and we are stoked to be premiering it, alongside its animated clip, ahead of Friday’s release. A recurring guitar line coils through the song, moody and hypnotic,…
Sizzling. Sensual. Effortlessly confident. Stefanie Passione‘s new single “If you want it” arrives with all three turned up to the max, a dancefloor-ready charmer that knows exactly the power it holds. We are thrilled today to be premiering its official music video, ahead of its general release this Wednesday, 24th June. Directed and produced by…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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 months after welcoming her first child and collecting two Golden Guitar Award nominations, Sara Berki is wasting no time getting back to business. The rising Australian country star has released her latest single, “One Hand In The Cookie Jar,” via Warner Music Australia, delivering a sharp-tongued, steel-soaked anthem that proves some of country music’s…
As we come to the final weekend of May and inexplicably move into the midpoint of 2026 we’re bringing you ten more brilliant new releases via our Discovery playlist on Spotify and Apple Music; including two singles we premiered exclusively earlier in the week. Meanwhile a band who have been described as “the most exciting…
We are heading back to the USA, where Los Angeles roadhouse singer David Serby takes us into the smoky corners of Old Calexico on “Border Town Romance”, premiering today on the AU review. For those new to Serby, the Los Angeles-based country artist has spent more than two decades carving out his own brand of…
Portland psych-surf outfit Trabants sound like they’ve stepped out of a lost grindhouse reel on “Fuzz 4 Daze”, a gloriously overdriven instrumental that crashes together garage rock swagger, surf cool and biker-movie menace. Premiering today on the AU, the track lands officially on May 28 ahead of the band’s forthcoming album Mirage, due June 12….
The latest update to our Discovery Playlist is here; with ten new tracks added across Apple Music and Spotify, including one exclusive premiere from earlier in the week. Our Track of the Week is Swapmeet’s “2 C U”, with the Adelaide outfit delivering a hazy, lofi slice of restrained infatuation that instantly got under our…
Back in February, the AU review premiered Katy Denney’s “Bad At This”, introducing readers to a songwriter whose blend of indie folk intimacy and emotionally rich storytelling immediately struck a chord. Now, we’re thrilled to once again be showcasing new music from the Sydney artist, premiering her latest single “Flowers in My Hair” ahead of…
We’ve added a further ten tracks to our Discovery playlist on Apple Music and Spotify. This week the award-winning West Australian singer-songwriter Finn Pearson takes out our Track of the Week with his new single “Tunnel Lights”. “Tunnel Lights” is a track which sees Pearson leaning further into the alt-country rock territory he’s been flirting…
Melbourne outfit Cycad tap into a playful blend of indie rock, soul and dusty western swagger on “Gorge”, a standout cut from their forthcoming debut album Scouch. Premiering exclusively today, the accompanying video embraces a scrappy DIY spirit that suits the track perfectly. Built around singalong hooks and a playful sense of storytelling, “Gorge” feels…
