The hot sun and soaring temperatures couldn’t prevent Bonnaroo’s Saturday lineup from creating one of the most memorable and eclectic days of the past few years. Eminem was the night’s biggest draw, but Kaskade, Anderson. Paak, Bon Iver, Nile Rodgers, Old Crow Medicine Show and more showed that on Saturday there was a little something…
2018’s Bonnaroo kicked into full gear Friday and as is the custom for this Summer Midwestern festival it was a hot one. But the sweltering sun and lack of clouds didn’t keep the bands and fans from having an incredibly packed fun filled day. Muse Muse was Friday’s big headliner and in their first ever trip…
Bonnaroo kicked off Thursday with its usual lineup that eases in the action with under the radar and emerging acts. While most of the expected 80,000 guests to attend the festival haven’t arrived, Thursday night offers an amazing opportunity and showcase to open the festival and gain thousands of new fans. Such bands that have…
Over the weekend, I made my way to Barcelona in Catalonia for the second time; a return to the iconic festival Primavera Sound, a sprawling four day event that showcased the finest acts in the world, alongside the hottest, buzziest new acts to watch. With the main music starting around 7pm and running all the…
Having already established herself within the Melbourne music scene through work with Au Dré and Leisure Centre, singer songwriter Audrey Powne has now stepped out on her own, releasing music under her own name. Debut single “Flowers” positions Powne firmly within the embraces of lush pop, bringing together swelling orchestral production with a vocal quality rich in soul and melody….
If you’ve not yet heard Deficiency, the new EP from Sydney’s Bad Pony, stop what you’re doing – hit the Spotify link below and enjoy some of the freshest rock sounds out of the east coast in recent months. For the band, the first few months of 2018 have proved to be quite fruitful, with their SXSW…
The first of its kind in Australia, the Australian Women in Music Awards have begun their official roll out for 2018, with categories and calls for nominations announced today. 14 categories acknowledging and celebrating performers and industry creatives have been unveiled, with the winners to be announced in Brisbane this October. “The music industry is clearly a…
It was pretty much guaranteed that with the release of “Tension” last year, Kira Puru was at the beginning of a new musical chapter that was bright, strong and definitely not here to mess around. She’s gone and one upped it this week, releasing new single “Molotov” – fiery and tempestuous as the title suggests. Absolutely…
The 2018 edition of Bonnaroo is about to kick off with a lot of fresh new faces, big names and a huge dose of early 2000’s nostalgia. Muse, Eminem and The Killers were three of the biggest bands in the world 10 years ago and a decade later they will be headlining one of the…
This forthcoming Gang of Youths Australian tour is getting a bit outta hand now, guys. The ‘Say Yes to Life’ run that will have the Sydney band return from London has grown from a handful of shows to a mammoth venture on the band’s part to meet the demands of their fans and squash scalpers from…
Nominations for the ARIA Music Teacher of the Year Award are now open, with any teacher working on a music program at a school, kindy, early childhood centre, youth centre or in private tuition, able to be put forward for nomination. Last year, Renee McCarthy (pictured) from South Australia’s Woodcroft College, won the Music Teacher of…
Splendour in the Grass has expanded its output this year to accommodate for the little’uns – if you’ve got kids keen to get amongst the festivities, Little Splendour is here. Justine Clarke is holding reign over the event at the North Byron Parklands on the Saturday of Splendour, performing from 3:30pm. Dress ups, sandpits, arts, crafts,…
Tassie duo SUMNER have become the latest emerging artist to be named the recipient of the Josh Pyke Partnership – an initiative established to help unsigned musicians receive mentorship and funding to further their careers. The grant has given SUMNER a $7,500 grant to go towards their career, along with mentor sessions from Josh Pyke, Gregg Donovan (Wonderlick…
Bathed in blue and green hues, as smoke envelopes the stage the goal of the night is intimacy, intimacy held perhaps at an arm’s length. No Mono the new project by #1 Dads and Big Scary member Tom Iansek and Tom Snowdon of Lowlakes relishes in the private moments, whether they are obscured by the…
To listen to an artist like Jack Biilmann, the listener will get a sharp hit of rich blues and roots music. His music brings up reminders of artists including Matt Corby but in Biilmann’s own style, this is music that strikes its own unique chord. His new single “Hills Have Eyes” is another strong step forward…
Melbourne’s Househats have been continuing to carve a spot for themselves within the local indie scene by staging some impressive live shows down the east coast off the back of “All Together” and “Stop” – two tracks that have garnered decent attention on radio and in the embraces of their growing fanbase. As they continue to…
Relocating to New York City was one of the best moves for Johnny Mackay, now more commonly known as Fascinator. Currently in the middle of a US tour with POND, the songwriter and performer has been hard at work preparing for the release of his new album, Water Sign. The multi-instrumentlist has been lucky enough to call both the…
Witnessing undisputed rap legends live on stage is somewhat of a rarity in Australia. We’ve (surprisingly) managed to get KRS-One, watched in awe as Big Daddy Kane rocked the mic, seen Masta Ace a few times, and we even got Biz Markie and Kurtis Blow once. Once big names through the late 80’s and early…
Fresh outta Tassie, the wonderful Emma Anglesey has released a brand new song in “Swells My Heart”. Taken from her forthcoming album Some Things Can’t Be Undone, Anglesey has charmed once more with this single, blending gorgeous melodies with an almost hypnotic and meditative arrangement that hooks you in from the jump. “There are times in our…
Jack River has continued to go from strength to strength recently; when she’s not helming incredible Electric Lady events, performing across the latest festival roll out, she’s been working on what’s set to become one of the biggest Australian releases this side of 2018, in Sugar Mountain. From that record has come “Limo Song” – another twisty,…
Shortly after emerging from Soundcloud obscurity within the past year or so, elusive musician H.E.R has surely become one of the most exciting new artists in popular music. Her voice, equal parts silky and slick, is matched by the excellent songwriting that can be found all throughout her self-titled EPs Volume 1 and 2, two…
Over the past two years, Sydney act Brother Brad have been simmering away, slowly but surely concocting the tracks that, when pieced together, make up their debut EP, Get Around. Celebrating the release of the EP, the now six-piece band played to a full Lansdowne crowd, in front of friends, family and a loyal local…
Solange didn’t know if she’d make it to Sydney for her run of Vivid shows. Standing atop the stairs set up in the middle of the Opera House’s Concert Hall, she walked back and forth while telling the sold out crowd that there was a moment back in October where she seriously thought performing would be a…
Melbourne’s Cool Out Sun combines four of the city’s best performers and through 2017 and already in 2018, they’ve been striking a chord with music lovers in this city for conjuring irresistible beats and a live presence that urges the crowd to move with each one. Their latest single “Fire For (Fire Four)” is a combination…
During Adelaide’s annual Umbrella: Winter City Sounds event this year and running in conjunction with the AIR Awards this July, the second edition of the Scouted mini festival will be taking over the west end of the city – with a stacked line up of local talent to boot. Taking place on July 27th, the likes of Blush…
Understandably, the chance to record and bring music to life at a studio as iconic as Abbey Road Studios would be one many musicians would jump at, should it be on offer. For Tenderfoot, the opportunity indeed came calling, with the band heading into the studio to record their new album, To Be Young. While the whole process…
As I write this, the thudding beats of “Until The Dark” – the album closer for The Presets‘ new record Hi Viz – are still ringing out in my head. Over the course of almost seven minutes, Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes explore heavy, pulsating electronic territory that pulls each thread of the album together flawlessly. Of course, there was much…
Yesterday, we learned that revered music photographer and media exec Ros O’Gorman had passed away after a short but nonetheless shocking battle with cancer. O’Gorman, who with husband Paul Cashmere, established The Noise Network and by extension Noise 11 in 2011, has been a figure within the Australian music industry many knew or at least, knew of. Hers…
The recently announced CHANGES Music Industry Summit in Melbourne this July, a platform encouraging those involved to look ahead and connect with the game-changers of the Australian music industry as of course, there are some very exciting switch ups ahead. It makes sense, of course, that Bad Apples Music would be involved in some way; hosting a roster of…
With their debut EP Crooked now out and working its way around the traps, Melbourne psych-rockers Gamjee are currently revelling in the results their months and months of hard work have now presented. When “Monday in Bed” came out last year, the band was quick to line up positive reviews but as a live unit, they really…
