Taking place from 14th to 17th July at Henham Park in Suffolk, UK – read as beautiful countryside with rolling hills and a lake you can swim in – the iconic festival Latitude has some serious heavyweight headliners this year. International indie darlings The National take top spot on Saturday night whilst homegrown UK heroes…
Lisa Spencer is currently completing her tertiary studies out of Melbourne, where her focus is veterinary science. While uni takes up a fair amount of her time, Spencer has also thrown herself into her music, quickly making an entrance with some intensely effective sounds on early single “Medicine”. Writing and releasing music as AEORA, she’s further developed a talent for…
Local Natives announced their third LP Sunlit Youth a few weeks back, which is set for release in September, but in the meantime they’ve given us the third single from the record, “Fountain of Youth”. The new single has one of the biggest choruses we’ve ever heard from the LA based five-piece, and with the consistency…
Fourteen years ago, some fresh faced French Canadian upstarts from Montreal burst onto the offensively popular pop-punk scene in the US. Their first album, No Pads, No Helmets, Just Balls peaked at number 35 on the US Billboard 200. In time, it would spark a life-long love affair with Australia for Simple Plan. But it…
Having tipped the midway point of 2016, we asked our team to look back on what’s been a strong six months of new music releases already. Across the genres, there’ve been some stellar local and international albums dropping and drawing some heated conversation across fandoms. Whether it was in The Drones‘ release of arguably their…
Canadian group Half Moon Run are set to return to Australia next year for a quick east coast tour to some of the biggest crowds they’ve played to our here yet. January will see the band back in town with their latest album Sun Leads Me On, their second record, and one that has translated brilliantly to…
You didn’t think The Delta Riggs were done when their recent Aussie club tour wrapped up, did ya? Nope. The band have announced details of their new album, Active Galactic, as well as one hell of a national tour beginning in September! The band’s new album is set to be released on August 26th through Inertia and…
The 26th Meredith Music Festival is gearing up another strong celebration of live music and art this year, kicking off with the news that the ballot is now open again! First-time punters are encouraged to get involved early in particular, as tickets to Meredith become notoriously difficult to snag – hit up the website, HERE, to…
Sibling duo Lastlings have been working it recently, appearing on stage supporting Glass Animals recently, not to mention further developing the solid sounds delivered on their debut EP Unreality with the release of their latest single, “You”. The single now has a music video, directed by ORFN (“Hoops”, The Rubens), was shot across different locations in Tokyo, paying homage to Japanese…
After meeting up at a show in Melbourne last year, LUCIANBLOMKAMP and John Hassell of Seekae decided to get musical together and see what came from it…the result? “Strep” – the first single from their new project, Brutalist. Though they’re based on opposite sides of the globe, the work Brutalist have been able to do together so far has been…
High profile releases from the likes of Kanye, Drake, and Beyoncé, plus show-stealers from Chance the Rapper, Skepta, Anderson .Paak and dvsn have fleshed out what has been a very strong six months for hip hop and R&B. We’ve also seen emerging talents like Gallant and Joyner Lucas, comebacks from Fat Joe and Maxwell, and…
Bearfoot have been working toward the completion of their new EP Tribe over recent months and in new single “Dreamer”, we’ve been given another lil’ insight into the Sunshine Coast group’s latest laid back, reggae/roots direction. As a follow up to the band’s popular single “Impolite”, released late last year, “Dreamer” stays true to Bearfoot’s well-cultivated musical…
18 year old Melbourne producer Vincent Sole has charmed his way on to our radar with this lush single in “Don’t Waste My Time”. Coming through out of the triple j Unearthed High ranks recently, Vincent stepped things up after the success of breakout single “Instinct” by linking up with Grammy-nominated engineer Andrei Eremin on “Don’t Waste My…
Splendour in the Grass is mere weeks away and the buzz is certainly building for what is going to be one of the biggest years in the festival’s recent history. With the likes of The Strokes, At The Drive-In, Sigur Rós and The Cure set to perform some surefire phenomenal sets (three hours of The Cure!), the names further down on the festival…
With the recent release of his fourth studio album Blank Face, Black Hippy emcee ScHoolboy Q has announced that he’ll be touring Australia this spring, bringing his latest material and rich back catalogue to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Perth, and This That festival in Newcastle. Fresh off what is perhaps his best and most realised…
Today’s Single of the Day comes from Brisbane electronic duo Stevie. Their latest single “Decay” is a slice of pop gold, packed out with lush synths and vocals from Phoebe Imhoff from Go Violets. The sounds are reminiscent of Broods, or a more chilled out CHVRCHES, and it’s a total win in our book. Check out “Decay” here: Keep…
After supporting Vera Blue on her sold out tour this May, Matt Gresham today announces his debut headline tour this July, bringing his live show to intimate rooms around the country. Having sold out all shows on his west coast tour earlier this year, fans better act fast to avoid missing out. To celebrate the…
Sucks to be an Ellie Goulding fan in Adelaide and Perth, with news of the British singer cancelling both shows set up for October over the weekend. Due to a scheduling conflict, the final two Australian shows of Goulding’s ‘Delirium World Tour’ have had to be nixed, while all other gigs are to go ahead as normal….
Hayden James has been blazing through Europe and the States over the past year, recently capping off successful Euro festival sets at the likes of Glastonbury and Roskilde – two festivals in particular that should be on the bucket list for any artist and music fan. Today, with the release of his latest single, “Just A Lover”, James…
This is an astonishing record. A story is secreted among its dayglo pop detritus: girl ditches home, meets wannabe folkstar (who does shit his way) and somewhere around “Colours” they eat tabs or fuck or both. You can practically hear the lysergic acid splash against Wildflower‘s prefrontal cortex. But writing about it is risky. Why…
Hold on to your seats – talented singer and songwriter, not to mention utter dreamboat live performer, Ben Wright Smith, is coming to a venue near you over the next few months. Armed with new single “Sand Grabber” and a captivating live show, the APRA Award nominee is out on the road right through into October….
Get your Splendour bender off to a good start in a few weeks, with this hectic pre-party scheduled for The Northern in Byron Bay! On July 21st, the official Splendour in the Grass pre-party will take over the venue, with The Avalanches, The Kills, Methyl Ethel, Harts and KLLO (DJ set) all starring on the bill. Tickets are extremely limited for the…
Live Nation Australia has secured a long-term lease of Melbourne’s Palais Theatre, the beloved St. Kilda venue that has held long-term popularity with the music industry and the community. Michael Coppel, President and CEO of Live Nation Australia and NZ has recognised the importance of the Palais Theatre and has acknowledged the significance of the…
It might come as little surprise, but given how popularly KLP‘s recent shows around the country have been, the triple j House Party boss is hitting the road once again on a huge DJ party tour. Her inaugural KLParty shows last year were wild and the Sydney-based DJ, producer, vocalist and songwriter hasn’t stopped touring since…
Sydney’s Set Mo recently linked up with Melbourne producer Fractures on evocative deep electronic tune “Comfort You” and over the weekend we’ve been digging the accompanying music video! Themes of isolation and connection are explored, as Set Mo explains that the idea of the track, ‘…is about being there to help someone in a time of need….
As we gear up for another pilgrimage to North Byron Parklands for Splendour in the Grass the time has come to start frantically sifting through the official playing times to sketch out a rough schedule. Yes, there’s the expected – and dreaded – laundry list of clashes that will have you running around all day…
It’s no secret how much we love L-FRESH THE LION. His recent shows with Urthboy around the country have brought the Sydney rapper to the attention of many more first-timers who’d yet to see his electrifying live shows and now, we’ve got the exciting prospect of his own headline tour to look forward to! Out on…
SG Lewis has been killing it on the live front recently, locking down shows at Glastonbury and through the UK and Europe like it ain’t a damn thing. Recently, the producer has released a new music video for his single “Holding Back”, featuring fellow hotshot Gallant, directed by John Merizalde. The skate-themed short film centres on…
The recent conversation about funding cuts to community radio was met with much opposition. Much of the opposition came from the music community and bands, many of whom got their first radio play on community radio. It’s a pity that the cuts to community radio is such a real thing, because it’s bands like Brother…
The 2016 NT Song of the Year Awards were held in Darwin this evening, with upwards of 200 members of the industry and local music scene in attendance at the gorgeously set up Museum and Art Gallery of the NT. Of the 450 songs that were entered in this year’s competition, the entries were whittled down…
