Sydney quartet Jet City Sports Club recently released the dreamy “Green Thumb”, further embedding their status as one of the exciting indie-pop groups to keep an eye out for. The title is a handy metaphor for expressing the need to keep nurturing existing relationships, and not letting them wilt. Lilla, on lead vocals gives some…
Jarrod Jeremiah is yet another example of the talent coming from Western Australia. The Perth-based singer and producer is about to drop “THROWAWAY”, his third single for the year, and we are stoked to be premiering it ahead of its release tomorrow. The track follows on from “Stop Talking To You” and “Chilli Chips” which…
The inaugural BODFest will be held in Sydney’s Paddington Town Hall on October 8 and aims to “celebrate women that turn up the volume on body positivity, a social movement advocating to embrace and accept all definitions of beauty and body standards.” “The event will feature live streamed interviews, panel discussions, all-inclusive fashion shows, interactive…
The 21st edition of BIGSOUND, Australia’s most significant music conference kicks off next Tuesday in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley. The facts and figures are astounding. There are over one hundred and eighty artists, across twenty venues in Fortitude Valley. There will be 345 artist showcases, 20+ Official Bigsound parties, and 16,000 Festival attendees. The Conference has…
Perth indie-pop quintet Little Guilt have shared with us their dreamy new single “Nowhere”, along with news of their single launch shows. This latest offering is the first taste of the band’s forthcoming debut EP I Do Everything Around the House, out on 13th of September. Thrumming acoustic guitar keeps the track grounded, while shimmering…
The pandemic has seen some brilliant comebacks in the global music scene and Brisbane hard rock legends The Butterfly Effect are down for the ride. After releasing the latest single “Visiting Hours” from their fourth album IV (out 2 September), the band’s first album in 14 years is shaping up to be worth the wait….
KISS are on their End Of The Road World Tour and they brought out the glam, the horror, the pyrotechnics and all their rock and roll hits to Sydney at QUDOS Bank Arena last night. Paul Stanley (Starchild), Gene Simmons (the Demon), Tommy Thayer (Spaceman) and Eric Singer (the Catman) were all dressed in their classic…
One of our local indie favourites is the fabulous Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird, and we are particularly excited today because it’s release day, for their third studio album, Smiles of Earth. The band is well known for its genre-hopping across and within tracks, yet this album has a cohesiveness across the ten songs with…
Spring in Australia is just around the corner, and this week we’ve added ten more tracks to our Discovery Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music. Our featured Track of the Week is “Young Guns”, the boppy new single with a serious message from Sydney’s Salarymen. “Young Guns” was written in the days following the…
Brisbane hardcore quartet Headwreck have gone from strength to strength since dropping their debut EP Glamorise Demise last year. The promising newcomers have now returned with Glamorise Demise Reimagined, featuring different takes on four tracks from the original project – out today. The new EP – with reimagined versions of “Empty Space”, “Eulogy”, “The End…
bbno$ (“Baby No Money”) is the Canadian rapper behind huge tracks like the TikTok viral ‘edamame’ with Rich Brian and ‘Lalala’ with Y2K, as well as his early collaboration EP with Yung Gravy called Baby Gravy. Last year, he dropped his third LP, Eat Ya Veggies, revered for its playful word-smithing that sent him into…
While many would have been cozy at home on a cold Tuesday night in August, the Forum hosted a packed house for the first of Spacey Jane’s five shows in Melbourne on their Here Comes Everybody tour. Even though this opening show was for an underage crowd, Spacey Jane, I Am Leopard and Teenage Dads…
Spacey Jane‘s opening show was one to remember with the band and guests I Know Leopard and Teenage Dads putting on three stellar performances for the all-ages crowd on Tuesday night. Dan was there to bring you these images.
At just 18 years old, Californian singer-songwriter morgen has had a striking start to her burgeoning music career. Today, her latest single “Hammock” has dropped and will have you swinging through your problems with no worries at all. As a teenager in a global pandemic, the step into adulthood has been a big and confusing…
Eora/Sydney-based indie-pop band Honey Nothings are unveiling “Talk to Me”, a brilliant 80s-inspired slice of nostalgia pop. We’re thrilled to have the premiere of the track ahead of its release tomorrow. With fabulous 80s-style synths and vocals that sparkle, the instrumentation builds and mirrors the angst of a relationship that is floundering. There’s an upbeat urgency…
Celebrate the end of 2022 and kick off the New Year with some great music, and a warm embrace of self-care at the Lost Paradise festival in Glenworth Valley. The festival will run from the 28th of December until the 1st of January 2023. This festival has always been a favourite of mine. Glenworth Valley…
Justin Vernon‘s incredible debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago, under the Bon Iver moniker, scooped many album-of-the-year awards in 2008, and he has never looked back. Exciting news has dropped today that Bon Iver will be returning to Australian shores next February and March. Personally, I’m super excited. I first saw them at the Sydney…
Over two days, Sat 19 and Sun 20 November at Rymill Park in Adelaide, Harvest Rock is presenting the only Australian show for legendary Jack White. Joining him on the bill will be Crowded House, The Black Crowes, Khruangbin, Groove Armada, Sam Fender, The Lumineers, Tones and I, The Avalanches and much more. Taking over…
The Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide’s newest state-of-the-art live music venue, will open its doors for the first time on Thursday September 15, celebrating with an incredible line-up that includes DMA’S, West Thebarton, Wafia, and Jess Day, all hosted by South Australia’s kings of radio, Ben and Liam. Previously known as HQ in Hindley Street,…
Local heavy fans are still buzzing from the announcement of a national co-headline tour with Brisbane hardcore outfit Deadlights and Gippsland metalcore act Mirrors earlier this month. The Ego’s Valley tour will stop at six cities this November, supported by Sydney’s Inertia, for a triumphant return to the stage after first performing together on Thornhill’s…
The third and final day of the Mundi Mundi Bash opened with a world-record attempt at doing the “Nutbush City Limits” dance for over five minutes. However, the numbers were just shy of the 4084 number set at the Birdsville Bash in July. Participation via registration for the Nutbush raised more than $55,000 for the…
Perth indie-rock five-piece The Deenys prove they have hit their stride and are having fun with it in new single “Lonely Paradise”, out tomorrow. Each member is originally from the UK and Ireland, drawing influence from British acts such as The Strokes, The Vaccines and The Wombats. Fervent instrumentation and catchy hooks and melodies bring…
After a successful season early in 2022, Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett returns to Sydney Fringe. We caught the show in February, and it was an absolute hoot. I hadn’t laughed so hard in months. I swear a dislodged a filling that night. The show is packed with laughs, it leaves you gasping and is definitely…
This Thursday, the 25th of August, the SOUND WEST conference day will be held at CommBank Stadium in Parramatta. The conference will bring a shining light on the hotbed of talent coming from Parramatta and Greater Western Sydney. Amongst the speakers will be the rapper Masked Wolf, Dylan Alcott AO, Fred Schebesta (founder of Finder),…
The second day of the Mundi Mundi Bash started with the traditional Undi Run. Outfits from mankinis to Nun outfits, with everything in between possibly imaginable. There were prizes for fastest runners and best “dressed.” The semi-finalist parade was something to see, with several dubious outfits. The Undi Run was followed by the Doggie Fashion…
When you first hear the idea, it seems unusual – a beachside music festival in winter? But imagine you’re at a packed New Orleans-style bar, warming wintery cocktail or red wine in hand, listening to Frank Sinatra classics – suddenly it makes sense. Pair that with stunning views across the ocean and you’ve got the…
While the Birdsville Bash has been running for some time, this is the second time the event has been held at Mundi Mundi, near Broken Hill in NSW. The three-day camping event started on Thursday with a stellar lineup of Australian acts. After introductions from the founder of the event, Greg Donovan and the Broken…
We’ve added ten more tracks to our Discovery Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music. Our featured Track of the Week is “Bang Bang”, the new single from AKOSIA. Ghanian-born, Australian artist AKOSIA continues to shift genres in this upbeat and floating feel-good banger. It’s the perfect track to send you bouncing into the weekend, with…
Caravãna Sun is very much a band on the up. If there was one Australian band at the Byron Bay Bluesfest this year that had plenty of hype around them, it was this one. They have a raucous energy and are all ridiculously gifted musicians. Watching them live, it’s difficult to know quite where to…
Sydney singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Luke Hansen is back with a new track, the contemplative and moving “Scream”. The track was recorded with his five-piece backing band at Studios 301 in Sydney. It will be on Luke’s debut album, The Air is Thin, which is slated to be released in April next year. A gifted musician,…
