Hailing from Portland, the gorgeous Charlie Hilton has recently shared a new cut from her forthcoming solo album, Palana. “100 Million” is a dreamy offer of a single, demonstrating a veer towards playing around with different sounds and textures – it’s light, acoustic and endearing. For “100 Million”, Hilton (who you may know for her…
In This Issue: The year is just about over, Summer is well and truly in and there’s probably a dozen festival timetables strewn across your room so why not add these new releases to your holiday playlist! Another short and sweet december issue sees some EPs and LPs from rock to accoustic. Savages Savages second…
Seven and a half years is a long time to do anything. OK, I’m rounding up slightly – but 7 1/3 years doesn’t quite have the same ring to it. That’s longer than you’re at High School for. Longer than a University Degree (unless you realllly drag that sucker out). And that’s as long as I’ve…
Dragon are rock royalty in this country, and I recently got to chat to Todd Hunter from the group about their upcoming Countdown Years tour around the country. We talk about the shows, their memories of Molly and Countdown, longevity in the industry and more… This tour is all about the Countdown Years, which is…
Australia’s sweetheart Troye Sivan has finally unleashed his talents into the stratosphere with his debut record Blue Neighbourhood. Primarily known for his YouTube channel, Sivan is not just another vlogger who earns an income from doing the Chubby Bunny challenge – he has expressed his personal journey into adulthood in a collection of songs that prove the…
This is actually not a drill. Nor is it some internet hoax. The Wu-Tang Clan are coming to Australia. They’re coming to tour soon. Of course, theirs is a hip-hop career that has been littered with equal parts success and controversies that has elevated the collective to a slight mythological status with some fans. Since…
R.W Grace has continued to be one of Australia’s most interesting performers and in 2015, her profile has only continued to reach more people. I first saw her perform a few years ago supporting Matt Corby, back then she was performing as Grace Woodroofe. Immediately struck by her stage presence, a deep and intense vocal…
Angsty pop-punk isn’t a new thing. It isn’t a bad thing. It will always have a place within the lives of adolescents trying to find something to connect with. And frankly, I’m not ashamed to admit that some of my favourite times listening to music now is when I revisit the music I listened to…
Sydney hospitality juggernaut Merivale have teamed up with Corona Extra to bring in the new year with a packed program of live music featuring some of Australians best established and rising talent across three of the group’s waterside venues. A total of 39 Aussie (and some international guests) artists will be taking part in this…
Soutbound is set to turn the hell up next year, with new additions to the WA festival being rolled out even now, mere weeks out from it kicking off in 2016. Southbound 2016 is going to be accommodating their punters like no other year, with the addition of the already-announced Big Top set to provide…
Okay, hold up. This girl is 18 years old. Let’s have that in our heads before you click play on the below video. Teischa hails from Perth and has a voice that hits hard. Sitting well in that alt-soul, contemporary pop realm that has been littered with talented voices but ultimately forgettable faces this year,…
We’re under two weeks out from one of our favourite times of the year, aside from gorging ourselves on Christmas lunch leftovers, the Falls Festival. Again, the team have delivered a line up that speaks to those who are looking to get away and party hard into 2016, those who are keen to see some…
She took out the WA Live Voice of the Year award at our AU Live Music Awards last week, not to mention also being up for the Best Live Roots Act, and now Ruby Boots continues spurring the good momentum in announcing a huge run of tour dates for next year! The Americana artist out…
Yes, that time of the year is here where we look back at our favourite songs from all around the world. Every day for the rest of the week we’ll be bringing you 10 more tracks to complete our collection of the 40 best songs of the year, as voted by our contributors. Here we…
Midas.Gold has dropped a piece of attention grabbing rap in “00000” – it’s fast paced, backed by an addictive beat and is delivery with a quick fire punch. Midas.Gold has been getting some due props this year touring with both Ivan Ooze and Hau and it looks like 2016 is only looking to be another…
The Tongue has just made history with the music video for his latest single “Never Going Down”, taken from his currently available fourth album Hard Feelings. The veteran Elefant Traks emcee has become the first ever Australian artist to make use of the technology necessary to produce a 360 degree video, joining the likes of…
The response to the first Australian dates by London duo Oh Wonder was overwhelming, with tickets selling out within 48 hours of going on sale. As a result, both shows were upgraded – with Sydney subsequently selling out, and Melbourne soon to follow. Supporting them at their Melbourne show at the iconic Corner Hotel will be…
The music line-up has been announced for the Spectrum Now Festival @ The Domain, the much-anticipated event that forms the beating heart of The Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum Now Festival presented by ANZ. This 11-day outdoor fiesta will come alive with music, art, performance, food, drink and a reimagined vintage circus vibe. Running from March…
In our 98th instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we meet Sloom from Sydney, and chat about forming a band with friends, NYE and their forthcoming EP. Band Name: Sloom Website / Social Media: Facebook / Bandcamp Genre: Garage Rock, Blues Members & their roles: Cristian – guitar vocals Chris – guitar vocals Jamie – drums vocals…
There are two things to love about today’s single of the day. Firstly, it’s a cover and covers are great; and secondly it’s by a band who have named themselves after the timeless Pokémon Pikachu, and that’s great too. The covered song in question is Pat Benatar’s “Love Is A Battlefield”, a classic that few…
Channeling Matt Corby is today’s music video of the day: “Clay” from Jack Biilmann. The setting of the video, and abandoned wares building in a forest, serves as backdrop for this acoustic track detailing a man’s rediscovery and road to working out who he is, rather than what he’s been lately. It’s a solid track…
Corona’s tagline of …From where you’d rather be doesn’t ring truer than when attached to this magnificent little line up of a festival they’ve got set up for Perth next month! Headlined by Flight Facilities, the Corona SunSets Festival is taking place down at South Beach in Fremantle on January 16th. Any excuse to get your…
Some of Sydney’s favourite sons are getting on the road for a long awaited national tour next year. Palms have come out of the shadows of making new music with a new record in Crazy Rack and come March, the boys will be coming to a venue near you with the album primed and ready…
“We should be celebrating our live music scene. Not shitting on it every fucking chance we get.” Last week at the 2nd Annual AU Live Music Awards in Sydney, the AU review’s editor-in-chief Larry Heath delivered a passionate speech supporting the live music industry in Australia, criticising the practise of major media in Australia to…
Tonight, the GoodGod Small Club will be opening its doors for one final party that is sure to leave many Sydneysiders feeling bittersweet and hungover the next morning. The venue itself has seen some amazing local and visiting talent on its stage in its history and has grown into one of the most popular clubs…
It’s been a fairly solid year for Bad//Dreems – as I write this, the boys prepare for a festival set at Port Macquarie’s Festival of the Sun. Last night, however, they performed their final headline show of the year to one of the more ruthless crowds I’ve been a part of in some time. Hosting…
Singer-songwriter Katie Noonan has created a song named “United In Sound” to celebrate Woodford Folk Festival’s 30th Anniversary. Noonan will be performing the song at Woodford’s Welcome Ceremony on December 27th, accompanied by a 40 person orchestra chosen from the Sunshine Coast Region by local musician and composer Andrew Vievers. Evocative lyrics fill the track as…
The second single from the new lineup of Bloc Party is showing the new band finding their sound once again. “The Good News” is a slower and less dance-y track than their last single, and feels a little like Blur in its undeniably cool, yet simple groove. Bloc Party will be in the country for…
Banoffee‘s minimal R&B tinged sounds culminated into the stunning Do I Make You Nervous? EP, and the most recently single “Body Suit” has just received the video treatment. Speaking of the video, Banoffee says “We wanted to create a story about the subjective nature of performance. Not to specifically point at any industry but to show the…
Joshua Tillman aka J. Tillman aka Father John Misty is a lyrical genius. I’m a bit of a fan. But I’ve been let down by the man before. Genius or not, we all have our off days. Lollapalooza in Chicago, earlier this year, was certainly one of them. But this night – Father John Misty’s Opera…
