Returning to Australia to add their charismatic funk to this year’s Laneway line-up, LA-based collective, The Internet, has gifted us with two sideshows as part of The Internet Presents The Internet Tour. They kicked things off at Melbourne’s Forum Theatre, delivering a set that uncontrollably moved your hips, re-emphasising that their love affair with Australia…
The Josh Pyke Partnership has opened for another year, giving Australian musicians an opportunity to get their hands on $7,500 to help pursue their craft. Helmed by Josh Pyke and APRA AMCOS, the partnership isn’t just a cash in hand competition, with the winning artist set to develop and execute a business plan to support their…
British musician Charlie Straw has been steadily making a name for himself in the UK and further into Europe in 2017. His debut single “St Ives” was a great way for us to be introduced to Charlie; his voice is soulful, while the music he makes swirls somewhere between Buckley and Bon Iver. Straw’s new single…
The Hard Aches‘ debut album was easily one of the best releases to come out of South Australia in 2017; hard hitting, evocative and endlessly entertaining with each playback, the duo presented a studio album that threw their band into the hearts of fans around the country, while landing The Hard Aches a solid amount…
Adelaide hip hop vet and Golden Era Records artist, K-21, has recently released his new record in Any Given D-Day – an independent release that was quick to shoot to the #1 spot on the AIR charts last week. It’s been a little while in the making for the rapper, who has been consistently refining and crafting…
Emerging from studio spent with Stuart Stuart, Gold Coast pop rock trio Scarlet Kill come armed with a new single in “Nights Get Cold”, as well as some new tour dates to match. Off the back of a successful EP release in She Draws the Heart Out of My Love back in 2016, the young group have been…
Shame have been billed as one of the highlight artists of this year’s St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival and it’s no real surprise as to why. Through 2017, the South Londoners steadily built up steam in the lead up to the release of their debut album, Songs of Praise. They were gate crashing Glasto, landing on Pitchfork Paris’…
Meet Benjamin Lazar Davis. The New Yorker has recently announced the release of his debut solo record, Nothing Matters, and with it has dropped the first single from it in “A Love Song Seven Ways” – a dreamy, atmospheric slice of pop music that’s turned our heads today. Flushed with great melody, reminiscent of early Passion Pop…
As one of the only remaining Australian touring festivals still enjoying successes year in and year out, Groovin the Moo is an example of an event that knows its market, knows its formula for success, and knows how to execute it each year. With a line up that appeals to the younger, first-time festival demographic, as…
Like many Aussie music fans who spent their teen years or early 20’s with the likes of The Presets, Midnight Juggernauts and PNAU filling up their chunky iPods, Cut Copy was one of the bands at the forefront of Australian dance music in the early 2000s. Bright Like Neon Love brought us “Saturdays” and “That Was Just a Dream”,…
Another year, another Laneway Festival has come and gone. With the closure of Neon Lights last year, St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival remains the only up-and-running premiere indie festival in Singapore – surpassing the short-lived likes of counterparts Hostess Weekender, The Gathering, and Camp Symmetry. And yet, this year’s edition of Laneway presented a mixed bag….
Hip Hop powerhouses BIRDZ and Omar Musa have announced their joint “Voodoo Laksa” tour, hitting Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Darwin. Northern Territory raised rapper BIRDZ made waves with his debut album Train of Thought, which didn’t shy away from the political. BIRDZ is known for raw, honest lyrics, and none of his releases demonstrate this better…
The Uk’s premiere emerging music festival, The Great Escape, is taking some stellar new artists on tour for the first time, hitting 11 massive dates across Europe. Headlining the tour is Indiana based band Durand Jones and the Indications, who’ve garnered a cult following around their soulful melodies and retro vibes that are reminiscent of Otis…
Adelaide local heroes Wanderers have announced a massive tour hitting cities around the country. The trio have made a name for themselves as one of the best emerging soul and roots artists in the country. They’ve cemented themselves as one of the best in the Adelaide roots scene, playing sets at WOMADelaide and touring extensively…
Perth rockers Verge Collection have announced a bunch of dates in support of their upcoming album Flaneur. The four piece will be hitting a bunch of capital cities as well as Wollongong, Bunbury and the Gold Coast, fresh off the back of massive shows with the like of The Wombats, Skeggs and Bleeding Knees Club. The…
Adelaide’s Siamese are burning through 2018 already with the release of their great new tune, “Slaughterhouse”. Coming through under the ranks of Horror My Friend/West Thebarton‘s Tom Gordon, the four piece have definitely been in good company since breaking through on to more radars in the local music scene last year. “Slaughterhouse” positions Siamese in an exciting new…
Godfather of Grime, UK’s Wiley will kick off his debut Australia/New Zealand tour in Wellington tomorrow. After 11 studio albums, forming seminal crews like Roll Deep with mentees Dizzee Rascal and Skepta, and publishing an autobiography, this will be his first headline tour of the region. Either directly responsible or indirectly influencing almost all major…
Wearing an Oxford Art Factory t-shirt – where the iconic frontman last performed in Sydney – Dave Grohl and his fighters of Foo returned to Sydney last night, thrilling audiences in their ANZ Stadium debut with a rollicking 3 hour set that proved as much a trip down memory lane as it was a celebration…
The emergence of Spinifex Gum over the last few months has been totally welcomed one, as we’ve been introduced to Marilya in particular. The story of how this collaborative project between Felix Riebl, Ollie McGill, Marilya and their family of special guests is one we’re glad has been told and moreover, we’re stoked to see that two Spinifex…
Alex Lahey is soon to be on a stage near you and what’s more, it’s gonna be a big one. Having spent most of 2017 on the road crafting a little spot for herself in the American market currently occupied by Aussies-dun-good-things, the Melburnian returns with her largest Australian run of shows to date, announcing the ‘Huge…
Party in the Paddock is just a few weeks away now, with the likes of Gang of Youths, Grouplove, The Avalanches and more heading to Tassie for some fun out in the sun this February 8th – 10th. To help you get your three-dayer sorted, the festival has released their set times and have also launched a new…
Sean Duarte and Lizzy Tillman – aka TEES – have brought us a new video this week in the form of “Pull”! Celebrating the release of their new EP Flow (out now), “Pull” is the third single to be released from it, a record that has come as the culmination of three years’ worth of writing and recording…
When we lost Dr. G, we lost one of Australia’s most special musical talents. A celebrated musician both at home and abroad, his music sent waves through the international music industry but success did not change the Galiwin’ku man. As a new documentary details, Dr. G’s road to global success was not an easy one and…
Returning next month for the first time since 2014, The National will be playing shows in Sydney at The Sydney Opera House, Brisbane at Riverstage, and Melbourne at Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Excitingly, this week we learned that special guests Little May as support act for all Australian shows! The connection between the two extends to the…
The Australian Music Prize has revealed its anticipated shortlist for 2018, following a run of meetings in Sydney earlier this month by the prize’s judging panel, helmed by AMP Chairperson and Hoodoo Gurus frontman, Dave Faulkner. The panel this year welcomed producer Charles Fisher, musician Melinda Schneider and CMC’s Group Program Manager Tim Daley to the fold, as the panel deliberated…
Alex Lahey has locked down $25,000 today, making Wednesday’s hump day vibes much, much easier to swallow. Winning the annual Levi’s Music Prize, as deliberated by a panel of international judges, the Melbourne songwriter took out this year’s second round of the competition via her connection with BIGSOUND. The competition, established by the music conference and…
If you’re in touch with Melbourne’s R&B/soul scene, Thando is not going to be a new name to your radar. Commanding crowds with a voice that has a remarkable charm and rich quality to it, the singer has been doing her thing on the local scene for years now, cultivating a great following along the way….
There’s no denying that Laneway Festival 18′ is going to be massive, and while we’re still reeling from that insane lineup, we’re just as excited for the Official Laneway Festival after parties that will take place in Sydney and Melbourne. These after parties will be featuring late night kick-ons from Bonobo, Harvey Sutherland, Hiatus Kaiyote,…
The Americana Music Prize of Australia is an annual grant to support up-and-coming artists in the genre, and has been launched today as a joint initiative of Shane Nicholson/The Sound Hole, Forbes Street Studios and Lost Highway Australia. Of this latest initiative to support the genre that he has become so recognised for, Nicholson has explained, “We…
One of our favourite songwriters who is on a great track to having a massive year this year is Jess Locke. Her 2017 album Universe was one of the best Aussie releases of last year and in Locke’s newest single “Dangerous”, we’re seeing Jess continue to strive forward. Locke’s going to be out on the road soon…
