Sydney producer Basenji is going to be hitting the road around the country next month, straight off the back of a North American tour with Flume this month – talk about a warm up run. September will see Basenji playing universities all around the country, presented by V MoVement, on the perfectly titled ‘Homework Tour’. The shows are…
Over the past few weeks, Sydney has seen dozens upon dozens of big name concerts, with guests from around the world in town thanks to Splendour in the Grass. On any given night, there have been half a dozen SOLD OUT signs around the city for any of these acts. Amidst all the negative talk…
Holy Holy this week slid back on to our radar (and no doubt, yours) with their new single, “Darwinism”. The first single from Oscar and Tim‘s highly anticipated sophomore album, this new piece of music is an exciting look ahead to this next chapter of the band’s creative output. With the original idea being further explored and…
Dark, broody and shimmery at the same time, Melbourne electronic trio RKDA have been fashioning themselves into a dynamic act to be watching. Following on from the release of their debut EP CS, the group have been building strength behind some meticulously produced and sharply executed pieces of haunting and gorgeously melancholic music. Their latest single “Frontline”…
After consistently showing fans and industry alike that her talent is one that extends far beyond a hot single here, a great support slot tour run there, Montaigne has gone and certified herself as an artist to be bloody well watching flourish (like we weren’t already) with her debut album, Glorious Heights. Released today, the album has seen…
This October, Melbourne and Sydney will be able to witness the live spectacle that is Archie Roach as he announces two very special shows. The shows will follow the release of his latest record, Let Love Rule, due out on 23rd September. From that LP, Archie Roach has just released a single titled “It’s Not…
This week in the music industry: Th Live Music Office launched their brand new online mapping tool specifically designed to help musicians on tour, the first round of artists to showcase at the 2016 Australian Music Week has been announced and the entry deadline for the 2016 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition has been extended. Live Music Map…
Sydney group Tenderfoot recently signed to international music company Audio Network, and today the first release of that new relationship has seen the light of day. The band’s debut EP Beginnings (an apt title if there ever was one) is now available, a record that features the single “The Balcony Tale”; the video of which…
We’re still waiting for Massive Attack to release the followup LP to their 2010 record Heligoland, but it’s looking like they might be choosing to release a string of EPs and singles instead. Following up from their Ritual Spirit 4-track EP released at the beginning of the year, they duo have just dropped a pair of new singles. One…
It’s really excited to see some of Australia’s best talents being appreciated overseas. A few of the talented artists doing their own thing, and getting recognised for it are Ta-ku and Wafia, hailing from Perth and Brisbane. They’ve just teamed up for an EP titled (m)edian, set for release this weekend and have given us another preview, the…
Omar Musa has been wearing many hats recently; the poet and author has been touring through the US, Asia, South America, Europe and across Australia with his debut novel Here Come The Dogs – a poignant and acclaimed piece of work that has seen him reach a wider audience. Now, he’s donned his musician hat, bringing…
Here’s something definitely a little different for your Thursday. What do you get when you take a world-renowned touring act and partner it with a borderline obsessive love for fermented Korean cabbage? Fremantle’s Formidable Vegetable Sound System and their new single, “Kimchi”, that’s what. Zany as hell and pretty much to the point, the group have released…
Pack your bags and head West this December, because Southbound has come in hot with a brand new artist announcement for their three day/night festival! Along with some great homegrown talent in San Cisco, Tired Lion, LUMBERJACK and Kučka, Southbound has dropped the news that some international visitors including Catfish and The Bottlemen, MSTRKRFT, Phantogram and more will also be hitting the stages in…
Times are only getting sweeter for Alex Lahey. First, she dominated her set at Splendour in the Grass. Then, she released her debut EP B-Grade University last week to a huge amount of love and praise. Now? Now, the Melbourne musician celebrates a freshly-inked worldwide publishing deal with Native Tongue Music Publishing (home to artists including APES, The Snowdroppers, Gin Wigmore, Marlon…
Brian McKnight is set to return out to our side of the globe in October, full live band in tow. With his previous Australian tours back in 2013 and 2011 selling out and reaping in praise, McKnight is now going to be returning with a new album in Better, as well as a swag of his…
If you’re a songwriter wanting to be in with a chance of winning a cut of a huge $65,000 cash prize, the Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition is the one for you. Offering the three winning songwriters prizes of $50,000, $10,000 and $5,000 respectively, the competition accepts entries from songwriters hailing from all over the world….
The pro’s of getting the chance to review a show announced the day it’s performed is that you don’t have to wait two hours in line, in the freezing wind and rain, to see one of Australia’s best live bands. Luckily for me, I was reviewing, so got to bypass the 50m long line and…
“Down Under, surfin’ on the Gold Coast. I’m looking for the truth in a blunt, and I ain’t got a home, let’s stunt…”, rhymed Childish Gambino on his 2014 tune “Retro [Rough]”. Since his appearance on the Big Day Out tour of 2013, the artist also known as Donald Glover has enjoyed a strong fan base out in Australia…
With his new album KING coming out this month, Mike Noga has announced a run of tour dates for September! The record, a concept outing based around George Büchner‘s 1830 play Woyzeck, KING has seen Noga work with Paul Dempsey on production and have actor Noah Taylor onboard as ‘The Narrator’. A story of a man’s descent into madness, KING is easily a collection of material that…
Never put it past Nick Cave to do things a bit differently. Stirring up the hype surrounding new music with news of a new Bad Seeds project in the works, some more details have been unveiled when it comes to the band’s new, sixteenth studio album, Skeleton Tree. Set to be released globally on September 9th, the only…
The Contemporary Music program of this year’s Melbourne Festival has been unveiled – another exciting and diverse range of shows pulled together to whet the appetites of music fans this October. Among the headline performances is a special tribute to David Bowie in David Bowie: Nothing Has Changed, featuring iOTA, Tim Rogers, Steve Kilbey, Adalita and Deborah Conway, backed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra….
Sticky Fingers have revealed details of the highly anticipated follow up album to their acclaimed Land of Pleasure, plus some national tour dates for later in the year! The boys’ new record, Westway (The Glitter & The Slums), will be released on September 30th, the result of a four week recording period/sojourn in Thailand at Karma Sounds Studios…
The first round of showcasing artists and speakers for Australian Music Week has been announced! 25 names have been locked down to perform at the music summit going down in Cronulla this November 2nd-4th. The applications for artists wanting to showcase at Australian Music Week have also been extended, closing on August 19th. If you want…
Horrorshow have finally given us some new material in their latest single, “If You Know What I Mean”! The Sydney duo have come through with some hot tour dates for October as well but in the meantime, let’s have a suss of Adit and Solo‘s new beat. As you’d expect from Horrorshow, the production on “If You Know…
Ezekiel Ox is soon to be on the road with his new EP, Proper Gander, this November! Hitting venues down the east coast later on this year, Ox is bringing an excellent band of musicians on tour to bring the new EP to life; Steven Smith (drums), Drew Goddard (guitar) and Sarox Martin (bass) all set to add their own flair….
Melbourne psych-folk pop group Cold Hands Warm Heart are the latest local artists to be featured in our Stumbled Upon series! Finding each other through uni and other bands, the group is currently gearing up for a special show at the Gasometer Hotel to launch their new music video for “Nightfall”. Learn some more about the…
Warpaint will be releasing their third album, Heads Up, come September 23rd and today, we’ve been loving their new single, the aptly titled “New Song”. The new tune marks the first piece of new Warpaint music in a little while, with the band members spending time outside Warpaint either exploring solo records or other creative projects….
The AU Review recently captured Australian artist Jack Carty performing his new track “I’m Not Sure I’m Here At All” in a park out the front of the famed Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The track is taken from Jack’s brand new record Home State, which is released tomorrow, on 5th August 2016. This…
Morrissey fans, take note. We all know by now that Moz is going to be on his way back to Australia for a run of headline shows in October (Sydney date still to be confirmed), but today we’ve gotten official word about ticket sales. If you’re a Frontier Member, you’ll have access to a special pre-sale…
Ahead of the 2016 Bush Bands Bash concert this month, there comes the Bush Bands Business skills development camp for the bands selected to participate in the Bush Bands Program. Run by MusicNT, the program has been running for seven years now in connecting musicians from different Aboriginal communities with visiting members of the industry over three days…
