Music

October will see Thundamentals head out on the road for the first time since their arena jaunt supporting Macklemore x Ryan Lewis earlier this year! With a new single ready to be brandished in “Never Say Never”, the lads are ready to get back out into the headline spotlight. Joining them on the road for the epic…

The 2016 Yours & Owls Festival has released their official set times and map for the event taking off in Wollongong this October! Heading to Stuart Park is a stellar round of local and international names including Client Liaison, Big Scary, Bleached (pictured), Black Mountain, DMA’s and more – with a limited third and final release of tickets now on sale, you still have…

When Ceres hit BIGSOUND last week, their new album Drag It Down On You hadn’t been out a full week yet. Still, when we saw them at Crowbar on the Tuesday night and then again at The Zoo on Thursday, the way people were singing the lyrics of the new material back at the band, you’d be mistaken for thinking the…

November and December sees E^ST back out on the road, this time with her new EP Get Money! Having recently been wowing crowds around the country with the likes of Little May and Japanese Wallpaper, it’s time for E^ST to emerge further into that solo spotlight as she gears up to take headline status with this collection of material that’s no doubt…

Conner Youngblood has come out of Nashville in the last year or so brandishing a talent that has been raved about and rightly so. An exciting singer and songwriter to be keeping an eye on, Youngblood’s latest single “Sulphur Springs” has definitely caught our eye. His early influences of Sufjan Stevens and Elliott Smith can still…

Across the last two days in Singapore, the All That Matters conference has added Marketing, Digital, Sports and Sync streams to its event to join the Music Matters focus that kicked off the festival on Tuesday morning. Today, as the city gets ready for the F1 to kick off tomorrow, Music Matters came to an…

We caught up with Jess Cerro, better known as Montaigne, to talk about the hard work and determination that went into her music to reach those Glorious Heights of her recent debut album release and upcoming national tour, and to generally sit in awe of the well spoken motivation behind the works. Okay first up, when your latest…

Melbourne artist LANKS returned to Brisbane for BIGSOUND this year with a brand new single in “Holla” ready to be brandished and a debut EP in Viet Rose ready to be hyped. Ahead of his showcase, Larry sat down with LANKS (aka Will Cuming) to chat about the development of his music and his live show since this project began. “I…

Day One of All That Matters in Singapore brought the music industry together at the Marina Bay Sands. Now in its 11th year, the 2016 event saw a lot of changes to the iconic conference and festival, with the event merging with their Sports Matters stream to coincide with the annual F1 race in the…

In its 13th year in 2017, the St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival returns with some names that have graced its stages before breaking out overseas, some names who will be making their Laneway debut and some names that come with a solid whack of international hype backing them. We already knew that A.B. Original and Nick Murphy (FKA Chet Faker) would be on…

Sampa The Great continues to be celebrated (and rightly so), with the artist being named the recipient of the inaugural Corner Award! The award, presented by the iconic Melbourne live music venue, will see Sampa perform a special headlining show at The Corner on November 4th, with the first 150 ticket purchases set to receive a…

Okay, so last year, the crew at 5/4 Entertainment threw one hell of a party within the hallowed walls of the Freemasons Hall in Adelaide. It was raucous, featuring some amazing local rock and punk talent and it was quite obvious that it was setting a high bar for any similar event to follow. This weekend,…

If you followed our recent coverage of BIGSOUND or the NT Song of the Year awards this year, Apakatjah is a name that would have popped up a few times. The Alice Springs duo proved themselves to be a highlight discovery for us when we travelled to the Top End and again, in Brisbane last week. Fusing traditional…

Alex Lahey went into BIGSOUND this year as one of the festival’s most talked about artists and came away from it as one of the acts people continued to buzz about. Understandably, the hype is justified – after her B-Grade University EP brought her widespread acclaim, not to mention shows around the country and Splendour in recent…

A large part of me feels like there’s little point in writing a review like this. Tim Freedman and The Whitlams have had a command of live music in Australia for so long now that I do sometimes wonder, “why bother?” I mean people don’t read reviews of Whitlams shows to find out if they’re…

Melbourne Music Week has begun teasing us with some gems ahead of the event’s full program announcement in October with news of key headliners and the new festival hub today. Melbourne’s Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, has announced that one of the city’s iconic sites, the historic State Library Victoria, will be the Hub for MMW this year, the…

Meet Petrol Girls. The South East London four piece have been making waves with their own brand of feminist post-hardcore music and in their latest single, “Phallocentric”, they’ve gone and laid it all out on the table once more. The music video features bodies and paint – hooked yet? The song, taking the symbol of the…

Melbourne group Maefire are currently in Singapore showcasing at Music Matters but back here on the homefront, we’ve been digging their latest tune in “Crawling”. Continuing to flesh out their alt-rock stylings off the back of the successful release of “Without You” earlier this year, Maefire have crafted another catchy single that’s bound to stick with you after…

The Jam was a band of immense talent which did something most others never manage: splitting at the height of its power and fame and leaving fans wanting more. Quintessentially English, yet able to find audiences far beyond its native shores, the band’s singles list reads like a best-of of English rock from the last…

Now that the BIGSOUND dust has settled and the industry has returned to some sense of normal; our on-ground team have been going back through notes jotted down on phones, ‘Definitely check out…’ style messages sent back and forth, in determining the selection of bands who stood out as strong winners across the board. With many of these…

The few days we spend at BIGSOUND in Brisbane is best described as an annual escapade into a fine slice of the best in Australian music – a sample of what’s been round the traps recently, what’s returned after some time away and what’s coming next. Across the three nights of live music – two official…

While in Sydney recently, Larry caught up with Ben and Harry ahead of SAFIA‘s debut album release of Internal. Chatting about the album and it’s creation, particularly the material that had been road tested live already, the boys open up about some of the challenges they were met with. “There’s one song that we’ve been playing for a long time, which…

Julia Jacklin isn’t planning on stopping when she returns home from an impressive round of international tour dates this November. The Blue Mountains native has already had a stellar 2016 off the back of single releases and showcase festival dates at both SXSW and The Great Escape that had then led to the inking of…

Running Touch, mate. His new single “Aubrey” has seen the Melbourne producer link up with Ira Horace for a pounding dance jam that’s been rattling around in my ahead since I was directed to it only a few days ago. The addition of Horace’s raps in amongst Running Touch’s fast-paced beats and production doesn’t drop in energy…

BIGSOUND brought some great names to Brisbane last week and we were stoked to have scored some time ahead of the showcases with them! Erica and Sally aka one of our new favourite hip hop acts in Coda Conduct, sat down with Larry on Wednesday to chat about how far they’ve come since their first show in a warehouse, to being…

Directed by Grey Ghost, 21 year old dynamo performer Maribelle indulges in some brilliant 90’s throwback vibes on her new music video for “Shout”. The tune, taken from her debut EP Overtake (out now!), is catchy as hell and the visuals are equally as engaging. From the choreography to the set design itself which is a delight for the…

Brilliant. Just brilliant. To ensure that our 2017 is off to a well and truly prosperous start, The Boss is coming back. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be back in Australia and New Zealand next January and February for a huge summer tour that will see them joined by the likes of Jet, Diesel and Marlon Williams and The Yarra…

Believe it or not, Cass McCombs just outdid himself with his latest album, Mangy Love. Cass McCombs might have eight albums under his belt already, but Mangy Love fits into the shoegaze vibe with a little bit of New York paranoia punk and Philly soul that sets itself from its counterparts. Cass McCombs will be…

The Black Sorrows will release new album The Faithful Satellite on September 16th, their 20th release to date. On the back of that they will also head out on tour, playing a massive 50 dates between September and December. As if we needed more reasons to call Joe Camilleri the hardest working man in Australian…

A raucous six piece from Melbourne, Northeast Party House have been making indie party rock for just over six years. Their first LP, Any Given Weekend, received critical acclaim, and has seen the band touring across Australia and the globe, with a second LP Dare on the way. We caught up with guitarist Mitch Ansell to…