Sydney five-piece Borneo have announced an east coast tour, which will see them play locations in Byron Bay and Queensland. Describing their sound as “disco influenced rainbow Rock’n’Roll”, their laid back yet infectious sound is not one that you want to miss, especially in a live setting. Their latest single “Eating Animals” gained the band…
This week in the music industry, AIR, Sounds Australia and PPCA have announced the 12 Australian independent record labels who will be attending the annual Indie Week conference in New York, applications for the National Indigenous Music Awards are open, Support Act to celebrate and honour Paul Kelly’s contributions to the industry and we bring you…
In this issue: A bunch of fresh debut album releases to check out this week, ranging from love songs to classic metal. Time to update the music library with these fresh of the plate albums! Boxer Rebellion Described as ‘an emotional sucker punch’, London quartet Boxer Rebellion are set to release their fifth record Waves…
Well, damn, this is sexy. George Maple has released the visuals for her tune with GoldLink in “Sticks and Horses” and it’s one hell of a decadent, smoky romp. The melody and production marry together flawlessly on this tune, as Maple harnesses some serious not-to-be-fucked-with vibes as the song’s narrative rolls out. The music video follows similar…
Flume‘s second LP Skin, set for release next month, is still building hype with its incredible run of singles. The latest release, “Say It”, juxtaposes distorted beats with the incredible vocals of Tove Lo. Along with the release of this single, Flume’s also announced the other guests set to feature on his record, including the likes…
Ah, Groovin’ the Moo. The one festival on the Australian live music calendar that offers city slickers an opportunity to ‘head regional’ (even if, in SA, this means a half hour drive up into the hills), underage music fans can thrive on copious amounts of Red Bull and whatever else for the day and everyone can enjoy…
Oscar Galt & The Eventual Somethings have been creating some killer music representative of a canny knack for fusing grunge with slacker tones and bluesy rock for a little while now and today, the band unleashes their latest collection of the above. Their brand new EP, Drift Away, premieres on the AU this morning – the…
Elefant Traks today unveil their latest artist welcomed into the family, Sydney songwriter and vocalist, OKENYO. Having been building a solid reputation for herself as a dynamic performer and creative mind for the last few years, OKENYO’s music fits in brilliantly alongside the other Elefant Traks artists she now can call label mates. Evocative and eclectic…
The release of Blastoma is edging closer and closer for NGAIIRE, her new album now confirmed for a June 10th release! The singer has been wowing crowds on this year’s Groovin’ the Moo tour over the past few weekends and with the final few festival dates still to come, NGAIIRE has found time to drop…
The Surry Hills Festival announced today that it will be returning for its 14th year on Saturday, September 24th. The much loved inner-city festival continues its celebration in 2016 highlighting Surry Hills’ history, colourful culture, diversity and community spirit. The funds raised on the day will go towards the vital community programs of the Surry…
Nominations for this year’s National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMA) opens tomorrow and this is an opportunity for people part of the Indigenous Music Industry to be recognised for their excellence, dedication, innovation and outstanding contribution for their work. The theme for this year’s NIMA is Protest Songs, due to the amount of milestones reached in the…
Canadian Music Week is days off from taking over Toronto for another year, with musicians from all over the world heading to the land of the Maple Leaf for a hectic music festival and conference series that will see new networks formed, new musical discoveries made and good times had all round. We’re getting to…
Toronto punk act PUP have recently had their latest tune premiered by Zane Lowe on Beats 1, “Doubts”. It’s a gritty and aggressive release from the band and one we’re digging on heaps this week. Taken from the forthcoming new PUP album, The Dream is Over (due out on May 27th), “Doubts” is as defiant as it is hard-hitting. Visceral…
NZ artist Eden Mulholland has been having quite the album campaign, bringing the lush sounds of Hunted Haunted to more and more ears off the back of successful headline dates and support gigs with Boy and Bear. Today, the Sunshine Coast-based pop musician debuts his new music video for “Singularity” with us – a little insight into what…
Ooh, now here’s one for the fans. The Used will be bringing a very special tour to Australia at the end of the year, encouraging fans to not only bath in some hectic nostalgia, but also to experience that unique joy of appreciating an album as a whole performed live. This November and December, the US band will be…
Celebrating the release of their breakthrough album, Shihad are touring the affectionately regarded The Fish Album around the Australian east coast this year! The album, the NZ band’s debut self-titled effort, turns 20 this year and is going to be seeing a special reissue on both vinyl and in digital formats. The tour will be the first for…
Byron Bay’s Parkway Drive have now added an additional show to their upcoming All Aussie Adventure tour which kicks off on Wednesday, June 15th. The extra show is planned for Chelsea Heights on July 4th at Chelsea Heights Hotel, the second show at the venue on the tour. The upcoming tour will be the first time in over…
After playing some of the world’s premier music festivals the LA-based collective The Internet will be returning to Australia this July. After their first show in Melbourne sold out almost immediately, The Internet have now added a second and final show in Melbourne and Sydney. Fronted by the seductive Syd tha Kyd, the 6-piece collective…
UK electronic-chill duo Snakehips are heading to Western Australia this July for a one-off performance at Villa nightclub. The pair will be in the country for Splendour in the Grass after a killer performance at the Coachella festival n LA. Presented by Wonderland, the worldwide acclaimed Snakehips are best known for the huge hit ‘All…
The last time I had the pleasure of having a bit of a groove in the moo was in Maitland, 2012, when the likes of Public Enemy, City and Colour, Kimbra, The Maccabees, Kaiser Chiefs and Andrew WK headlined, amongst a plethora of other guns. Even looking back on the line up now, I wish I could go back…
Alex Cameron has long been considered one of the country’s most intriguing songwriters and musicians and now, it would seem that we’re about to see a whole lot more of what the artist is planning on doing throughout 2016. The Seekae musician has released his new solo single in “She’s Mine” – as well as an…
With Feelin’ Kinda Free, the Drones have reasserted themselves as the enfant terribles of Australian music. They’re willing to go where others aren’t, and they bring an unmatched intensity to their music. Anticipation has been building for this release since “Taman Shud” dropped last year, a single that showed that this album was going to…
With the recent announcement that four-day, city-wide festival Red Bull Music Academy Weekender will be coming to Sydney, bringing 40 artists and 12 shows to multiple venues, anticipation has officially kicked off for the full line up which we should be seeing in June. While we wait, we do have an announcement of sorts on…
Tegan and Sara are the latest Splendour-bound artists to announce headline dates of their own, releasing details of the upcoming July dates in Melbourne and Sydney today. The sisters will be performing some long awaited shows at 170 Russell and the Metro Theatre, bringing their new material to Australian fans for the first time. We’ve…
It’s been a long time since a 15 year old Brandy stepped onto the scene with “I Wanna Be Down”, the lead single from her self-titled debut album. Since then the enduring R&B songstress has gone on to achieve massive success in both music and television (Moesha ran for six successful seasons), across an awarded…
Urthboy isn’t wasting time in ensuring longtime fans and newcomers alike know how much quality is on his recent album release The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heartbeat, with the release of his new music video. For “Daughter of the Light”, the Sydney hip hop vet linked up with one of the country’s underrated…
They drew strong numbers to their Groovin’ the Moo set at Oakbank last night and it would seem the good news keeps coming for The Rubens and their Adelaide fans. The band has listened to demand and have added a South Australian date to their national ‘Hold Me Back’ tour, stopping by HQ on June 17th….
Bring Me the Horizon are giving Melbourne fans one more chance to see them in town this September, adding a second date at Margaret Court Arena to their Australian tour. The news comes alongside that of the band’s support acts due to join them out on the road for their biggest Australian shows yet –…
It’s been two days since Beyoncé unleashed her latest visual album onto the world in the form of Lemonade. Two days since the visual component showed her strutting down a street, armed with a baseball bat and smashing in car windows with a reckless abandon of woman scorned. Two days since she further explored and embraced her Southern…
Brendan Maclean has never been an artist to curtail or reshape his original material in order to pander to a crowd or certain type of ‘accepted’ imagery that comes with being a widely successful pop artist. As we’ve seen with singles in “Tectonic” and “Hugs Not Drugs (Or Both)” recently, Maclean weaves some brilliant pop arrangements…
