Music

The now LA-based Perth native Cameron Avery has a new music video doing the rounds, this time for the dreamy, yet charged up single “Ces’t Toi”. Directed by Mike Bennett and Nathan Lewis (the Joy Collective), we see Avery perform the tune, written about ‘the last time he fell in love’. Recorded with Jonathan Wilson (Father John Misty, Elvis Costello), Avery’s vocals are a…

Last Friday, Solange released her highly anticipated new album, A Seat At The Table. The 21 track record, accompanied by an e-book, has already been reaping in the praise and today, she’s shared two official music videos to bolster the great vibes surrounding the follow up to 2012’s True. The music videos, co-directed by Solange and her husband,…

The annual AmericanaFest has become a mammoth event on the US music calendar, with a wide range of artists hitting Nashville for a SXSW-style celebration of everything Americana, country and all else that draws itself under the banner. Out in Nashville with his new album GLASSELLLAND, Jordie Lane immersed himself in AmericanaFest for the first time in a…

The Camp Cope legends have announced that their final show for the year will be a party at Melbourne’s Northcote Social Club – definitely one not to be missed. Come December 17th, the girls will be hitting the stage alongside Harmony and Two Steps on the Water to celebrate what has been one hell of a year of shows and…

Melbourne Pixies fans rejoice! The band has confirmed a second and final date in the city as part of their March Australian tour. The gigs will be the band’s first in Melbourne in six years, seeing them take to the Margaret Court Arena. Pixies have of course been celebrating the release of their new album Head Carrier…

Fifteen years after penning the lyrics to “Maybe Memories” The Used frontman Bert McCracken is living his dream of making music and playing it on the road. Whether his dream included that The Used would go on to amass a fiercely passionate international fan base and that those shows would be sold-out, or that one…

Melbourne muso and producer Planète has come on through with a gorgeous new single in “Nightcrawler”, his first piece of new music released after a lengthy hiatus. At seven minutes, “Nightcrawler” is a slice of house music that engages and draws the listener in, even if house isn’t necessarily your bag. We’ve heard similar releases from Planète in…

Ahead of their highly anticipated Australian headline tour, Canadian genre-defying outfit BADBADNOTGOOD have sold out their original Melbourne show and since added a second date for December 12. The band’s fourth studio album, IV, boasts collaborations with Future Island’s Samuel T. Herring, Mick Jenkins as well as Canadian producer Kaytranada. IV has been showered in rave…

The man, the legend, the icon of early 2000 indie-folk music. Ben Lee has been living and breathing music for almost 25 years, but don’t think he’s about to stop any time soon. Ahead of his 11th studio album, Freedom, Love, And The Recuperation Of The Human Mind, due for release October 21, Lee has…

With their debut Singapore show in the back and having been welcomed to the country warmly by the fans who had been holding out a visit from The Veronicas for so long, the Origliasso sisters chat with Larry about life in constant commute and their plans to return. “That is definitely the plan, to spend more time…

It’s Friday. We’re ready for the long weekend. At the end of each week we’re going to be bringing you a short, but sweet round up of some of the tunes we’ve been bumping by artists you may already know, some you may be coming to for the first time. Whatever your vibe is, hopefully…

It seemed the skies were on our side for the Perth leg of the DANCE worshipping festival that is Listen Out arrived at the new venue of the Western Parklands for its 2016 instalment.  It appeared that storms of any variations, both weather and artists, would not be seen over the weekend.  Boasting the likes…

BIRDZ is an artist who can’t be getting enough positive attention and praise right now’ off the back of an outstanding appearance at BIGSOUND earlier this month, the Bad Apples Music artist has been making waves throughout the hip hop community this year for forward thinking and earnest lyricism, not to mention a bold approach to bringing…

The long weekend is here and whether you’re looking for a spot to watch the Grand Final go down or somewhere else to kick back, there’s some class shows going down around the country. Have a wander about and pick up some tickets to the below if you’re stuck for things to do… BLEACHED AT THE…

This week in the music industryL Keep Sydney Open garnered wide media attention from all over the country when they partnered with 18 internationally successful homegrown artists to install plaques outside shutdown live music venues across the city, Live Nation and Air New Zealand announced a new partnership, and EMC 2016 announced their first lineup of…

Rachael Yamagata has released her new music video for the great “Let Me Be Your Girl”, linking up with Josh Radnor to direct Alison Janney in the official clip. The single, taken from Yamagata’s fourth album, Tightrope Walker, is a moving one and the music video reflects it perfectly. “It represents a woman who’s finding her courage and having her…

This week in album news…Simple Minds have announced the release of a new acoustic album, Billy Bragg & Joe Henry’s collaborative project is out now, Honeyblood comes through with Babes Never Die, Jeff Rosenstock pops up with WORRY. and more! SIMPLE MINDS The iconic group have announced a brand new acoustic album, due out for release this…

Austin City Limits began as one of the most important television programs spotlighting the greatest music the world had to offer. So the fact it shares its name with one of the biggest music festivals on the planet tells you all you need to know about the magnitude and excellence of Texas’s biggest music festival….

This month, The Pretty Littles are hitting the road with their new album Soft Rock For The Anxious – as their third release, the record is raucous and euphoric. Singles we had heard prior to its release already indicated that the Melbourne group were headed onwards and upwards, but the full record comes together flawlessly. Speaking with frontman Jack Parsons just…

Stonefox. The trio outta Melbourne fast fashioning for themselves a stellar live show and recorded music not to be sniffed at. Having just finished touring around the country with fellow emerging artists Mosquito Coast, the Melbourne “Dreamstate” makers have announced an east coast run of their own for November. With new single “Hands of Gold” set…

Bluesfest Byron Bay has dropped another lil artist announcement on us this morning, with the confirmation that the legendary Santana (with full band) and The Doobie Brothers will both be on the festival line up over Easter weekend 2017. More announcements are still to come, but as Bluesfest continues to roll on towards its next, this one is a…

While Crowded House fans have been losing their heads in ticket-buying chaos for the band’s November shows, Aunty has slid on in calmly this morning with the announcement that Neil Finn will be performing at Golden Plains next March. The man’s musical career doesn’t need to be explained or recalled – everyone will know at least one of the many songs Finn…

Robbie Miller will be taking his new EP Closer To Home out to fans in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this November, capping off what’s been a fruitful year for the talented singer and songwriter. Closer To Home of course follows on from Miller’s debut EP release, The Faster The Blood Slows, and will see release this October 28th. Having…

On the 10th anniversary of The Killers’ sophomore album Sam’s Town, journalist and The Killers’ biggest fan (self-appointed) Anthony Colangelo explains why Sam’s Town is such a special LP and why it proves the band is just as good as any mid-2000’s alt-rock outfit.  __ I remember the first time I listened to Sam’s Town….

One of our favourite songs of this year now has a film clip, yes. Gallant and Jhene Aiko‘s gorgeous “Skipping Stones”, produced by Adrian Younge and Stint for Red Bull Sound Select, sees the former locked up in the boot of a car by Aiko in this slick music video directed by American Millennial. Switching between the perspectives of both vocalists, the clip…

  North Wollongong’s Stuart Park is about to be turned out with this year’s Yours & Owls Festival taking place over the long weekend. Saturday and Sunday will see a great line up of Australian and international talent take part; some well known to Australian music fans, some visiting this area of the NSW coast for the first time….

Last month, we brought you the first half of our in depth interview with Swedish group Dungen, who are finally returning to Australia for a headline tour with Meredith later this year. Today we bring you the rest of our chat backstage at the iconic Primavera Festival in Spain earlier this year. During our chat…

If Berlin is known for unpredictability and eccentricity; Madrid for not sleeping from Monday to Sunday; and Sydney for those bombastic beach parties, then London is synonymous for bringing all of these values together. A city that – whether it’s art, food, clothes, behaviours – unifies different cultures’ philosophies and celebrates them. And being this…

Australian Music Week has just announced the second and final list of artists set to perform at the music summit this November in Cronulla, NSW. This live music and entertainment industry conference is an annual gathering of industry professionals, artists, producers and anyone who wants to get the most out of what can at the best…

Expanding on an already impressive line up for its third year running, Brisbane’s Deadlam has just added GL, power-pop trio I Heart Hiroshima, psych-rock stars Shady Bliss, the dreamy Golden Age of Ballooning, funk masters Big Dead, as well as newcomers Tiana Khasi, Rahms and White Blanks to the bill. These new additions will be joining…