Thousands of miles from home on a hot August night in the middle of the United States, Broods and Jarryd James had a night they won’t soon forget. Three hours before the show and right after Broods’ soundcheck, a thunderstorm hit the downtown Omaha, Nebraska area and wiped out the power of three city blocks. Unfortunately,…
In 2013, two young men from Ohio took the stage in a small Kansas college town, in a small venue with a capacity of just over 1,000 people. The small band on this small stage, in a small city, brought one of the biggest shows I had ever seen. The crowd, mostly of college students…
Margy Noble caught up with Alex Wilson, bassist of massive Australian post-rock outfit sleepmakeswaves, to chat about their epic ‘traced in constellations’ tour, what their future holds, and bromance. How was your gig in Wollongong last night? I’m still recovering from seeing you on Sunday at the Corner Hotel. It was really good – it…
Once again, the Meredith Music Festival has dropped a killer line up of artists that’ll have people rolling out to the ‘Sup in strong numbers this December! The 26th edition of the event now has its ticket ballot also open for everyone to get involved in via their website – you have until 10:26pm, August 16th to get…
The good news keeps coming today, now with Jordie Lane announcing he’s back with a new album and new tour dates to boot. Thank you, Thursday. His new album, GLASSELLLAND, is coming in September – Lane’s first studio album release in five years. Having returned from the US with the record, Lane is ready to get…
We knew Travis Scott was coming down under in September for Listen Out, but fans in Melbourne and Sydney won’t have to settle for that as their only opportunity to see the hip-hop star, with two additional headline shows announced for late September. Scott will perform at 170 Russell in Melbourne on September 27th, and the Metro Theatre…
It’s a sprawling five day event that takes over a whole city, and it’s on again from October 19th-23rd this year. MoVement Sydney will this year feature a comprehensive and very impressive list of dance music performers. Featuring Sebastien Tellier, Daniel Stricker and John Kirby making their exclusive worldwide debut performance as MIND GAMERS, MoVement also has lined up the likes…
We can’t wait to see more from LANKS in coming months and with his latest single, “Bitter Leaf”, the writer is continuing to impress. Today, we’re digging the music video for his single, a clip that has seen LANK work with a great team in LA to bring this one together. With choreographer Leona Morimune, the multi-instrumentalist also…
To follow on from her recent signing deal with Native Tongue Music Publishing, Alex Lahey has announced her debut headline tour for September and October! Already slated to play BIGSOUND and Adelaide’s Stonecutters Festival in September, Lahey will be hitting venues with her EP B-Grade University in Victoria and NSW while also appearing at Rottofest in WA. A huge…
The Visions brand has grown from being a curated club night of live music in Sydney, now launching a monthly event in Melbourne and curating a stage of their own as part of Sydney’s King Street Crawl next month! The King Street Crawl has also grown in popularity and notoriety over the last few years, with over 30,000…
Melbourne singer and songwriter Alex Watts will be releasing his debut solo album, Another Step in the Dark, this month after the last few years of touring, writing and preparing music with the Foreign Tongue led him to this point – branching out from EP territory. Ahead of the August 20th release of Another Step in the Dark, Watts…
It might only be Wednesday, but Vaudeville Smash have brought a slice of pop/funk through to bring you out of any midweek frump. New single “Laura” is glossy, a total embrace of everything vivacious and colourful when it comes to feeling the funk. Taken from the band’s new album, The Gift, “Laura” goes in on the irresistible…
The NYE on the Hill crew have delivered once more for their 2016 event, positioning The Preatures and the Pierce Brothers at the top of their line up announcement, unveiled today. Known for celebrating emerging and some of our favourite established touring bands, the festival has curated a diverse line up rich in talent another year running. The three day, two night…
Sydney group Tenderfoot released their debut EP Beginnings last Friday, a culmination of a lengthy process for the group of musos, having worked on this particular project for the past few years. Now that Beginnings is finally out and able to breathe somewhat, frontman and songwriter John Vella is stoked for more people to take the music in and experience…
Emma Louise and Supercry continues to take strides forward as one of the Australian artists/albums of 2016; she nailed her Splendour in the Grass appearance last month and as her sophomore album is still reaping in acclaim and love from long time supporters and newcomers alike, the Brisbane songstress has shown no signs of slowing down any time soon….
Sally and Erica, aka Sydney-via-Canberra hip hop duo Coda Conduct, just keep on getting better. Since the release of their debut EP Butter Side Up last year, the duo’s dextrous rhyming ability and flow, coupled with sharp lyricism and the ability to mix humour in with fiery and captivating lyrics near on damn flawlessly, has continued to evolve and bring them…
It’s been 16 years since Killing Heidi dropped their acclaimed debut album Reflector, and 20 years since Ella and Jesse Hooper branched out from their folk pop song origins on “Kettle” and embraced late 90’s/early 00’s Aussie indie rock glory. Celebrating their 20th anniversary and the digital release of Reflector, Killing Heidi will be appearing at the Queenscliff Music Festival for a special set….
Jinja Safari have revealed details of their final album release, coming in the form of a two-part record series titled Crescent Head. The band announced that they were calling time on their career back in January and in this final collection of music, the band are gifting fans with a special thank you of an album….
It’s not the first or the last time Hey Geronimo‘s music will be synonymous with the Beach Boys. Catchy lyrics about guys, girls and fun times with a quirky vibe seem to be the signature of Hey Geronimo’s new album, Crashing Into The Sun. The feeling of nostalgia was even more present the final stopover of…
Brissy group The Belligerents have come through once again with new single “Caroline”. Taken from their debut album Science Fiction (coming this November), The Belligerents continue to play with psych and some bloody great pop before taking a sharp turn toward some dance-party inciting sounds before winding out – “Caroline” is colourful, textured and definitely an exciting indicator…
22 year old songwriter and performer from Sydney, Carla Wehbe, has been capturing much attention recently with her new music. The pop artist has been amassing the followers online since the release of her debut single “Caught in a Lie”, though her social media presence over the last few years has been growing considerably off the back…
Beyond the Valley has revealed their first round of artists confirmed for their 2016/2017 event, with Chance the Rapper leading a stellar group of international and Australian artists up at the Lardner Park New Year’s celebration. Chano’s Australian visit continues to garner hope as fingers are crossed tightly for some headline dates while he’s out here but for…
Melbourne. Home of great coffee. Impressive architecture. Decent beers. Riotous punk bands. Clowns. Not the best segue I could have made but still, the point is, is that some of our favourite rock bands have been coming out of Victoria recently and Clowns are definitely ranking high up there when it comes to all out energy…
Lukas Graham fans in Melbourne and Sydney who were hoping to check him out next week have been met with some bad news, with the US singer having to cancel both gigs due to severe exhaustion. Graham was supposed to perform at Max Watt’s and the Metro Theatre respectively along with Xavier Dunn, but has had to…
The Tambourine Girls today unveil the visuals for their latest single, the almost eponymous “The Tambourine Girl” – the second single release from the Sydney band’s debut album. Directed by James Kates (The Pinheads, Shining Bird), the music video shoot took the band to The Royal National Park, a place that’s held special memories for the group. Says frontman Simon…
Independent Sydney record label TEEF recently released a special album curated and collaborated on by some of Australia’s best and innovative new talent. Titled Imperium In Imperio II (or, ‘Empire Within an Empire’), the title is in reference to this group of artists surging forward and creating something huge of their own within the wider Australian music…
The 2016 SA Music Awards is taking on a bit of a different format this year, switching things up from last year’s ceremony and after party, instead opting for a more formal soiree. Celebrating SA music and the talent surging ahead and making an impact nationally and in some cases, abroad, the second annual SA…
Thompson’s Bay on Rottnest Island is going to be drawing out boatloads of music fans this December, as the Castaway Festival returns for its fifth year! We couldn’t think of any better way to spend a Sunday this Summer than by taking in some gorgeous ocean views and soaking up some good-time energy that comes…
Ahead of their BIGSOUND appearance next month, Adelaide’s West Thebarton Brothel Party have given us a taste of what to be expecting in the way of new music, with their latest single “Dolewave”. Another strong tune to add to their steadily growing arsenal of chaos-inciting slacker anthems, the single takes aims at the labels applied to…
In a special concert series, The Stone Roses will be performing at the Sydney Opera House this December! The Manchester icons will take to the Concert Hall Stage to end their world tour, a run of shows that has already taken The Stone Roses to the likes of Madison Square Garden in New York, Marlay Park…
