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 are pop songs, and then there are cultural timestamps. For Natalia Imbruglia, that moment arrived with “Torn” – a track that didn’t just define the late ’90s, it quietly reshaped the emotional language of pop itself. Decades later, that same voice – unmistakable, vulnerable, and quietly defiant – is stepping into a new era….
We’re seeing in May with yet another ten tracks added to our Discovery Playlist on Apple Music and Spotify, including two we exclusively premiered in earlier in the week. Lutruwita raised, Naarm based singer-songwriter (and dare we say icon) Queenie takes home our Track of the Week with her tongue-in-cheek take down of toxic masculinity…
British indie rock band Maximo Park on their 20th Anniversary Australian tour played Sydney’s Liberty Hall, led by the energetic front man Paul Smith delivering a brilliant set of hook-driven indie rock classics to a full house of enthusiastic fans. Kicking off with songs from their 2005 album A Certain Trigger including “Signal and Sign”,…
Today on the AU review, we’re thrilled to be premiering “The One You Need”, the latest single from Chapel Hill Americana rocker Florence Dore. Taken from her forthcoming album Hold the Spark, out May 1 via Propeller Sound Recordings, “The One You Need” is a beautifully intimate slice of acoustic folk that explores the ache…
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…
Frank Turner has built a longstanding career on relentless touring and honest storytelling. Over 25 years on, he’s returning to Australia to join Bowling For Soup on a coheadline run starting this week. The Bowl My Bones Tour pairs two acts who’ve taken very different paths through the pink and alternative landscape, yet have landed…
Ariana Grande has officially entered a new era, unveiling her eighth studio album Petal, set for release on 31st July via Republic Records and Universal Music in Australia. The announcement, shared via Instagram, arrived alongside the album’s artwork and pre-order details. Fans can secure Petal across multiple formats, including LP, CD, cassette, and a limited…
There is a very specific kind of horror reserved for the moment your ex’s mum accidentally likes a two-year-old photo of you on Instagram. Maybe it’s not a big deal – but there’s a fair chance it will hit hard — unless, like Rosalie Chilvers, you decide to weaponise it instead. Today, the AU review…
Sydney’s indie kings DMA’S have announced an exclusive tour kicking off this spring in Brisbane before rolling through Melbourne and Sydney, the tour promises a setlist that spans the band’s anthemic catalogue including an anniversary set of their classic album Hills End. Announcing DMA’S new self-titled album set for release on August 7 plus new…
Katy Steele, solo artist and lead singer of Perth band Little Birdy, has been busy preparing to tour for her latest album Undressed. Undressed features stripped back versions of well-known Little Birdy songs including “Relapse” and “Beautiful to Me”; Steele’s solo songs “Rescue Boat” and “Signal to You”; one new song “Honest With Me”, and includes…
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…
The first night of a tour always carries a bit of chaos and curiosity, and for Mumford and Sons kicking off the Prizefighter world tour in Melbourne, you could feel that buzz in the room before anyone even walked on stage. Hudson Freeman opened things solo with just a guitar and a voice that did…
Mumford & Sons Prizefighter Australian tour kicked off in Melbourne on Friday. Folk Bitch Trio opened with three-part harmonies that filled the arena with a gorgeous warmth, definitely a proud local moment. Mumford & Sons did what they do best, shifting seamlessly from hushed, reverent moments to full-throttle sing-alongs, with the new Prizefighter material slotting comfortably…
Helmet shredded at The Gov on Wednesday, treating us Adelaide fans to a mid-week gig, for their 2026 Australia tour. Smashing out 9 shows around the country in 10 days, the 90’s heavy alt-rock pioneers flew in from New York for the first time since their Best of Helmet tour in 2023. Opening the show…
If, like me, you’re a long-term Muse fan, there’s usually mixed emotions when they drop a new track, primarily because so many of us yearn for the meaty, powerful songs that they’ve delivered in the past, like ‘Dead Star’, ‘Hyper Music’, and ‘Stockholm Syndrome’. Given that, it was with some trepidation that I first opened…
Fresh off a sold-out run that lit up Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, and riding the momentum of his acclaimed debut record SOULSTAR, BOY SODA isn’t slowing down. The ARIA-winning artist has announced SOULSTAR Deluxe, landing June 19, with five brand new tracks set to expand the world he’s been building. First taste? The hypnotic new…
Kehlani marks her birthday with the release of her fifth studio album, KEHLANI, a project that feels deliberately stripped back to the essence of who she is as an artist. Self-titled albums often carry that weight of identity, and here it comes through in the emotional clarity of the songwriting – intimate, reflective, and unafraid…
Violent Soho announced their return to music this week, with a tour to commemorate 10 years of their hit album WACO. The announcement comes weeks after members James Tidswell and Luke Boerdam reunited to join Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus for a cover of “Dammit” on his An Evening Of Storytelling tour in Sydney. After the…
We’ve added ten new tracks to our Discovery Playlist this week, including two premieres from earlier in the week, with our Track of the Week going to Ruel and his striking new single “Hate Myself”. Fresh from a surprise Record Store Day pop-up in Sydney, the track marks a sharp left turn ahead of Kicking…
Terrifyingly ancient as I am, as well as being an almost-lifelong Duranie, there’s not much on this planet that gets my instant attention more than a John Taylor bass line. He was my first-ever Bass God, and the reason I picked up my first bass guitar when I was a teenager. Happily, the opening moment…
There’s a rush of clarity that can come from stepping out of the wreckage of a fractured relationship, and Naarm/Melbourne outfit Max Aurora & The Southern Lights channel that feeling with real force on their new single “How I Know It’s Right”. We are delighted to be premiering this indie-punk anthem ahead of its release…
We’re excited to be premiering the new video from Sydney pop riser Jazzy K, with “BORED!” arriving as a bold, high-energy statement from her freshly released EP PULSE. Already racking up over 10 million streams and building a global audience, Jazzy K continues to sharpen her identity as a pop artist who can balance attitude,…
When a musician throws a birthday party, he has some friends to call upon to make it special. Which is exactly what Sean of Sean Blackwell did on Friday night. To get the party started, Thom Lion played some tunes on the electronic piano accompanied by Troy from The Yellow Wallpaper on drums and Dylby…
It’s been a long road from Sydney’s inner-west folk nights to Sunset Sound in LA, but Melinda Kirwin is bringing Falls back to where it all began. On April 29, she’ll return to the Hollywood Hotel for a one-night-only free show — a fitting homecoming for an artist whose indie folk/Americana sound is built on…
We’ve been championing Melbourne artist Gypsy Lee since her debut, and with each release she continues to sharpen her voice – both musically and thematically. With her new single “Snitches”, she leans fully into empowerment, delivering a track that is as playful as it is cutting, and as personal as it is universal. A preview…
If there’s one thing to be said for the Aussie alternative scene, it’s that the sense of community has never been stronger. Canberra mainstays Hands Like Houses are currently in the middle of their highly anticipated Lótus tour for their forthcoming EP, with longtime friends Dream on Dreamer and local supports chosen from each city…
After a seven-year hiatus, the band who brought us songs like “Crooked Teeth, I Will Follow You into the Dark” and dark, indie, angsty “Transatlanticism”, are headed back to Aus. So, if like The O.C’s Seth Cohen, Death Cab for Cutie are your number one, it’s time to get excited! Kicking off their US tour in…
Our Discovery Playlist on Apple Music and Spotify have been updated again this week with ten new tracks from some of Australia and the world’s best artists. This week, Melbourne super-group Fancy Weapon are our Track of the Week with their latest single “Squid”. The term super-group does tend to get thrown around quite a…
With just days out from Matt Corby’s latest album release, Tragic Magic, the Australian artist is ready to finally release it into the wild. “We finished the record a long time ago, so it’s just been drip feeding songs.” Being his fourth time going through the album release process, I asked Corby what he typically…
