Tomorrow, at exactly 11.11am on 11th August, Australian award winning songwriter Dan Hannaford will do something he has deliberately avoided for years. He will release a song, sending it out across the major streaming platforms, including Spotify. One song, one time, one very deliberate protest against Spotify, AI and an industry that has forgotten the artist. Pay […]
Polished and ready to go, Calico City’s upcoming single ‘Gotta Go’ delivers excitement in frivolous motion, due Friday, August 7, as the final single ahead of their upcoming EP, ‘Second In Line’, set for release Friday, September 18. Calico City, the Perth/Boorloo-based 6-piece alternative rock band originally formed in high school, has spent the past few years dissecting and harnessing […]
From the coastline of Sydney’s Northern Beaches to his hometown roots in Orange, NSW, Australian country-pop musician James Keith celebrates the realities of living the good life and embracing what surrounds you in his upcoming single, ‘This Life’, due for release Friday, July 24. The track serves as the final single ahead of his sophomore album, ‘I Call It Magic […]
Boorloo/Perth artists Goon and Daunt unite for their first full-length collaborative album, ‘COLD FRONT’, out Friday, July 24. Across 18 tracks, the hip hop, R&B and electronic concept album tackles heartbreak, toxic relationships and self-sabotage head-on, anchored by Daunt’s genre-blurring production and Goon’s introspective lyricism. Years in the making, ‘COLD FRONT’ marks a significant milestone for the pair, who spent two years building their own South Perth […]
There are artists who colour inside the lines, and then there’s Kwasi. A proud misfit, he thrives on pushing against expectations and bending the rules. Armed with distorted hip-hop grit with his ego-tripping stridency, the Naarm/Melbourne artist makes a ruckus with his new single, ‘Troublemaker’, out Wednesday, July 15. Nationally and internationally acclaimed with a stack of singles and […]
VERATIE (pronounced veh-ruh-tee) are an alt-rock / nu-metal band, based in Southeast Queensland. Formed in 2021 by lead singer-songwriter Sarah and guitarist-beatmaker Connor, and since joined by Pat on drums, VERATIE overlays evocative melodic and rap vocals over an intricate soundscape of synth, heavy guitars and relentless rhythm. They have already supported names such as […]
Embracing the emotional transience of love and loss, Sunshine Coast-based singer-songwriter Louella delicately ruminates on a relationship left behind with her debut pop single and accompanying music video, ‘Before I Go’, out Friday, July 10. The Australian singer-songwriter, who draws from folk, soul and R&B, is inspired to turn her personal journeys into vivid, honest, and emotionally driven musical […]
Sunshine Coast singer-songwriter Mayah returns with Broken Glass—a cinematic alternative pop single exploring the quiet aftermath of heartbreak and the journey of reclaiming yourself after loving someone who was never capable of loving you in the same way. Blending haunting melodies, intimate vocals and expansive cinematic production, Broken Glass sits within the world of alternative […]
As if it were a scene replaying through the flicker of an old projector, Nathan Coutts returns with ‘Movie Star’, a brooding and contemplative new single out Friday, July 3. Arriving ahead of his debut album ‘The Ordinary Instant’ (Out Friday, July 31), the track continues a story shaped by love, chance and reflection. For the unfamiliar, Nathan Coutts is a Naarm/Melbourne-based […]
Australia’s fastest-rising Neo-Surf Rock disruptors, Wave Raiders, are back with a new single, ‘Cage’. This hard hitting tune will knock your socks off! The Sunshine Coast trio are creating their own brand of Neo-Surf Rock Psychedelia. Last year, they became the youngest band to ever join the line-up of Good Things Festival in Brisbane, which […]