Music

In just over two weeks, Electric Wire Hustle will be back in Australia for an exclusive album launch show in Sydney for their new record, The 11th Sky. It’s been described as ‘David Lynch meets Motown’ and off the first playback of the record, it was pretty evident that soul had been poured, well and truly, into Album Number Three. If The…

It won’t be long now before we see I Know Leopard back on the road, with the Sydney indie pop group set to support Holy Holy on their national tour, but in the meantime, wrap your ears around their latest tune “Rather Be Lonely”. Try it on for size, let it charm the pants off you. With the band’s Another Life EP setting…

Fans of British psych-punk legends The Damned are in for a treat when the band brings their 40th anniversary tour through to Australia early in the first half of 2017. Armed with a swag of fan favourites and classics alike, The Damned will be celebrating four decades in the game on the East Coast and out…

Meet I AM D. The Brisbane rapper has come up through the ranks in the last few years, earning his stripes as a lyricist and live performer supporting the likes of Thundamentals, Ghostface Killah, Drapht, Briggs and more. One of the newer names Golden Era are boasting, I AM D has well proven the calibre of company he and his…

Jack Colwell hasn’t been off the immediate radar for too long (how memorable was that recent Opera House gig?), but he hasn’t wasted time in continuing to impress, with the release of his new single “Seek The Wild”. Following on from the frankly exquisite When The World Explodes EP, “Seek The Wild” is definitely a catchy number and has…

We’ve got some dark pop sounds mixed in with pop-punk out of Sydney; Tia Gostelow bringing some dreamy sounds out of Queensland, while LA’s LIZ comes through with some heat of her own. Happy weekend…! Bel (Melbourne) This enigmatic producer and songwriter is only 20 years old, and making some music that moves, dabbling in the darker,…

Melbourne based composer and cellist Francesca Mountfort has today released her latest project in Swift & Raven – a perfect example of her musicianship and her talent of fusing some gorgeous classical sounds with electronic elements at the same time. Stepping out from tradition and producing music that represents a boldness and impressive ambition – Mountfort takes…

Halloween is upon us and before you head out and get ghouled up and turnt up, party starters Sound Like A Good Time have got one killer party of their own happening on the Central Coast well worth your time. Presented by Pilerats at Proud Mary’s in Erina on Saturday night, House of Voodoo is set…

This week in the music industry, APRA AMCOS released their full review report for the 2015-2016 financial year period, Melbourne’s Gretta Ray won the 2016 Vanda and Young Songwriting Competition, a new social networking app for the music industry was launched, and tickets to the inaugural National Live Music Awards are available now. APRA AMCOS 2015-2016…

This week we’ve got news from camps Jai Wolf, San Cisco and Lewis Cancut – all talented artists finally gifting us with mint new teasers ahead of some highly anticipated releases – plus word from the A$AP Mob and Sydney’s Pepperhead! JAI WOLF Jai has a lot to be grinning about lately; he’s recently signed…

As I dial into the conference call to talk to Josh Pyke and Bob Evans about their upcoming ‘Another Evening with Josh Pyke and Bob Evans’ tour, I catch the tail end of a conversation about the possibility of Josh shaving his beard off. Given that my name is also Josh and I also have…

With the St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival shining out there on the horizon for early 2017, a whole stack of artists have confirmed exclusive sideshows to accompany their national festival dates, this week. From Mick Jenkins to Glass Animals and Car Seat Headrest, find out who you can be catching where. CAR SEAT HEADREST January 25th | Oxford Art Factory, SYDNEY | with…

Australian music is going to be celebrated in pretty fine form at the Mountain Sounds Festival next February, with the full line up showing its hand today. Joining the already announced Dune Rats on the bill is the likes of RÜFÜS, NGAIIRE, DMA’s, Bec Sandridge and more in its fourth year. Check out the full announcement reveal video below! The festival returns…

Newcomer Gretta Ray has won the $50,000 first prize in this year’s Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition with her debut single “Drive”. Out of the 3,934 entries, the young Melbourne artist came out on top ahead of Emma Louise and “Underflow” in second place, and Sydney’s Tigertown (“Lonely Cities”) and US songwriter Tia P (“4 Seats From Beyoncé”) who came in…

December sees Adelaide’s Bad//Dreems back on the road for their final headline shows of the year before 2017 comes along and we see what they’ve been working on hard throughout this year. Of course, when we got a hint of album Number Two with “Mob Rule”, everything pointed to a strong follow up record to…

The Age Music Victoria Awards celebrates one of the country’s best music scenes for another year next month and the after party is going to be an unmissable live music event for those in Melbourne. Featuring live performances by the Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Camp Come and Tash Sultana down at 170 Russell, not to mention the return of The EG AllStars (with…

For alt-folk artist Didirri, the next few months are going to be pretty jam-packed. Kicking off a national run of tour dates in support of Jordie Lane tonight in Melbourne, the young artist is set to be touring right through until the end of the year, when he caps 2016 off with an appearance at Woodford. The…

It’s like a broken record at this point. Another festival announces its first lineup and a severe lack of female artists are represented and celebrated. I took to Twitter to vent my frustration – with many industry friends mutually outraged – and I was surprised when someone I know (who is involved in said festival)…

Merpire is the conceptualisation of Sydney singer/song-writer Rhiannon Atkinson Howatt, who takes the typical mood of the ukulele, and warps it into new uncharted sounds. After winning the Telstra Road To Discovery in 2015, Merpire was awarded a trip to music capital of the USA, Nashville as part of her prize package, to play at…

Fresh off the release of their long in the waiting debut album This Is Our Vice, Cub Sport returned to Perth for their first headline show in the city as part of their national tour.  Playing alongside support regular Bec Sandridge and local band The Peppermint Club, the Snapchat videos were up in full force…

With their new single “Creepin” released only a fortnight ago, the wheels have begun to turn again for the Melbourne’s Kingswood as they prepare to re-emerge on the Australian tour circuit with a new live show ready to offer fans, not to mention some more tastes of what’s to come on their new album. Guitarist and songwriter Alex…

Horrorshow have always been welcomed with open arms by their loyal Adelaide crowd and it was no different this time around, with a whole lot of familiar faces flocking to The Gov despite it being a chilly Sunday night. It might have something to do with the fact that it’s been a minute since Horrorshow were…

Bringing Skeleton Tree home to Australia, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have announced an unmissable run of shows next January. The tour will see the band head to New Zealand as well, with shows lined up for both Auckland and Wellington mid-January. Understandably, this tour is going to be one of the band’s biggest and arguably,…

Fanny Lumsden has an ARIA nomination rightfully to her name, with her debut Small Town Big Shot up for Best Country Album this November. For the Sydney based musician, it’s another bit of praise heaped onto the pile of acclaim she’s received for her work both on stage and in-and-out of studio. A captivating performer, Lumsden…

So, we all know that when the Falls Festival party heads out West next January, they’ve got some pretty cool plans set up for Freo music fans. Today, they unveiled some more info about the spaces they’re set to take over for the inaugural Falls Downtown event, as well as adding some more artists to the mix. First…

Casey Barnes is one of Australia’s most prominent country music artists. The father of two had had an impressive career already, having played alongside Mariah Carey, Bryan Adams and just recently, Lady Antebellum. He recently released his third album, Live as One, along with the single of the same name – an important song about…

Before going to any festival, I like to make a festival playlist to highlight a couple of my must catch acts and also, to pre-game. Anyway, here’s my picks for The Plot Festival! There are some rising goodies, as well as some more obscure and alternate acts for a little mix. TIRED LION I loved…

Horrorshow have been on the road with their catchy as hell tune “If You Know What I Mean”, not to mention their whole swag of music that has drawn in thousands of Australian hip hop fans around the country over the last few years. What’s been particularly great about watching this tour roll out, has been…

Robbie Miller. Since his breakout via triple J Unearthed back in 2013, the musician has continued to develop and grow into one of our favourite Aussie songwriters and musicians. From the early days of “Don’t Go Walking Away”, we saw his musicianship continue to flourish, with Miller’s debut EP The Faster The Blood Slows demonstrating strong talent…

The Living End have turned their attention lovingly back to fans in regional areas around the place, with a whole slew of new tour dates being confirmed for March and April. The ‘Staring Down the Highway Tour’ takes the band from the ANU Bar in Canberra right down the coast until their final show in Hobart,…