Music

We can’t deny that we’ve been won over by Baby Blue‘s charm.The Melbourne group has recently swelled to a four-piece, and they just keep on delivering delicious tunes. They’re just about to finish up a residency at The Tote, have an anticipated EP due for release in April, and are the opening act for Boogie Festival…

Mark Gable is the front man and founding member of the Australian hard rock band, The Choirboys. Formed in 1978, with Mark on lead vocals, Ian Hulme on bass guitar, Brad Carr on lead guitar and Lindsay Tebbutt on drums. He also penned the classic Australian anthem, Run To Paradise..

Returning with their eighth studio album and first new music in three years, Atlanta rockers Black Lips have revealed Satan’s graffiti or God’s art? is set for release May 5th on Vice Records. Black Lips have continuously shifted, evolved and endured the test of time to come out blazing as one of the most prevalent and significant…

This week Allday has taken a break from his usual Facebook banter to share a brand new single from his highly anticipated second album, as well headline tour dates in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Brisbane in July. “In Motion” is the rapper’s favourite song from the new album Speeding, and features glowing, electronic production from…

Norway’s own SLØTFACE came to SXSW with a fiery live show to be brandished and brandish they did over their trip to Austin. We were lucky enough to sit down and chat with the band – Halvard Skeie Wiencke, Tor-Arne Vikingstad, Haley Shea and Lasse Lokøy – to find out how their SXSW had treated them as well as their…

Thursday night, American act Spoon performed to a fully packed Metro Theatre, travelling in the wake of their latest release, Hot Thoughts. The most noticeable and impressing aspect of the band’s performance was its intentional understatement: the set was free of gimmick, distracting light design, or larger-than-life rock star ego, and yet was effectively captivating in…

It’s been yet another incredible year of Australian country music, and what a better way to cap it off then with the 2017 CMC awards. Hosted by Morgan Evans, the award ceremony, now in its 7th year, is the only viewer voted country music awards in the industry, giving fans and listeners a real chance to back their…

While SXSW continued to boast big name performances and branded events in 2017, it still remained a platform for new music discovery and for fresh artists from around the world to play their cards on stages right throughout Austin. One such artist is Jain. The Toulouse born singer came to Austin as one of the music festival’s…

When it came to the trends of SXSW 2017, there was a lot of take note of. Firstly, there were the hordes of concerts that championed nostalgia (Hanson, Weezer, Smash Mouth etc.). Then there was (what felt like) the larger-than-ever focus on hip-hop (T.I., Gucci Mane, Vince Staples, Wu Tang etc.); something that has been…

This week, we’ve got albums that are now considered classics by diehard fanbases as well as sonic shifts and hot new collections from the likes of Kingswood and Spoon. Take a walk back down through the early 2000’s as Chris tells us about Anthony Hamilton‘s Comin’ From Where I’m From, while Ayden lands in the UK with The Streets‘ A Grand…

We’ve been banging on about newcomer Billie Eilish for a little bit now and it seems that her recent trip to Austin for SXSW has left more people feeling the same way toward the British pop artist. Her new single “Bellyache” is a dose of gorgeous pop music from the 15 year old – yes, 15 year…

We’re still a little ways off from the new Perfume Genius album, No Shape, being released but thankfully, we’ve been gifted a new single to hold on to in the meantime – “Slip Away”. Produced by Blake Mills in LA, the album is out on May 5th, and looks to be a more than fitting follow up to…

Now in its eighth year, BlenheimFest is a locally supported, volunteer run, not-for-profit festival, held on Good Friday at Blenheim in the Clare Valley, South Australia. This year they’re extending their event to two days – starting it on the Thursday – while they continue to raise funds for New Hope Cambodia and throw an…

Impermanence was the first full length, solo effort from Peter Silberman. Acclaimed for his work with The Antlers, this album saw Silberman navigate down a road of personal healing as he uses music to illustrate the transitory nature of peace and pain. In what might be his most reflective body of work yet, Impermanence documents the slow yet crucial…

To celebrate 25 years in the business, The Waifs have delivered their glorious eighth LP, Ironbark. They asked their fans what they wanted, and delivered a stunningly created 25 song album. All tracks were recorded at the Karl Marx beared guitarist, Josh Cunningham‘s quaint bushland house in rugged Moruya in New South Wales. Still very…

New York duo Chasing Moonlight have been garnering some decent buzz online as of late, with their music connecting the young duo to thousands of fans in the US. With a debut album in the pipeline for May as well as a growing online media presence, members Brett Steinberg and Zeke Hunter tell us a bit more about…

Canadian indie rock legends, The New Pornographers, were back in Austin for SXSW recently and we were lucky enough to get some time with vocalist and guitarist, Carl ‘A.C.’ Newman. No strangers to the chaos of SXSW, Newman reflects on his previous visits to the city with the band and the development of their music right through to…

Chances are, if you haven’t yet become familiar with the name Starley, you’ll know what she sounds like. Her single “Call On Me” has transformed from a pop hit into a club chart demolisher thanks to Ryan Riback‘s remix last year and since, the Sydney native has been embraced by territories all over the world. When we…

When The Darkness emerged on the scene they were larger than life. Presenting an incredibly unique take on the hectic nature of rock and roll, they really were a breath of fresh air to the industry and between the release of their debut album in 2003 to now, agenda wise, thankfully, not a whole lot…

The 2017 Barunga Festival has released its first announcement today, revealing that Missy Higgins will headline the June weekender this year. Holding a special spot within the hearts of many music and arts fans, Barunga will be looking attract over 4000 people to the NT again in 2017 with the Katherine region well and truly on show. The…

We first came across NT singer songwriter Ben Evolent throughout the process of last year’s NT Song of the Year awards. Fusing reggae, blues and folk influences, he tells stories from the heart and couples them with undeniable melody and charm. He’s been writing, performing and honing his craft since 2012 and the acclaim has continued…

Sydney’s Interim continue to make moves in the 2017 with the release of their new music video for “Moonshine”. The dust has only just settled on the alt-rockers’ tour of the Australian east coast and south in January but with this latest single, the band has shown that they’re not content to rest on any laurels….

Sydney’s Sarsha Simone has come through with new sounds this week and “Love Ting” is just one we’ve been hitting play on frequently since first switching on to it. A tune tailor made for high rotation if looking at the similar company it’d be sharing on the pop and R&B charts, “Love Ting” oozes confidence and…

Hanson performed at the Tulsa Showcase at SXSW last week after revealing the details of their 25th Anniversary Middle Of Everywhere World Tour, which includes just-announced a stop over in Australia in June. After a small delay due to sound issues the three original brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac hit the stage at a packed…

The Meltdown, a band out of Melbourne making some of the sweetest country-soul around, have announced their self-titled debut album will be released April 7th through Hopestreet Recordings. Drawing on influences like Alabama Shakes and Father John Misty, their cruisey sounds sits somewhere between gospel, roots and old-school soul. The first two singles from the…

Last week, your boys Split Syndicate shared details on their fourth studio album, which will be released April 14th on Inertia Music. Titled One Good Shirt Had Us All Fly, the hip-hop duo describe the album as “at once the most personal and most collaborative record we’ve ever made,” with the likes of Thelma Plum, Kai…

Lollapalooza has come on through this year, as the line up for the festival’s flagship event in Chicago has finally made its way online. The three dayer is set for August 3rd – 6th at Grant Park and will be headlined by Muse, Arcade Fire, Chance The Rapper and The Killers, while the rest of the festival is coming packing some…

After riding a steady wave of online success, Melbourne five piece Alpha Wolf are being rewarded for their tenacious work behind the scenes, after recently signing with Greyscale Records. On Greyscale’s most recent edition, label boss Joshua Merriel celebrates the eclectic mesh of genres that make Alpha Wolf so perfectly unique stating, “We’re so excited to see what…

Jacob Collier may not have visited Austin, Texas prior to this month but best believe, the UK buzz artist left SXSW reeling with his presence. The 22 year old has been catapulted to global fame over the last year in particular; with two – yes, two – Grammy Awards to his name, the multi-instrumentalist and producer…

New Zealand born, Melbourne-based duo Fortunes have released another new track ahead of their Undress EP dropping April 28th via Future Classic. “Focus” is stripped back and follows a spare-electro arrangement led by Conor McCabe’s  always buttery, soulful vocals. “Focus” follows up the equally slinky “501’s”, framing these guys to potentially put out one of…