THE MOTION BELOW RELEASE SOARING SINGLE "DEAD ENDS" AS THE FIRST IN A TWO-PART SERIES
The Motion Below are back with a vengeance with their brand new single "Dead Ends", the first of a two-part story about a man lost within himself. The Motion Below have given fans a few weeks to get acquainted with their first release of 2020 before they unleash it in a live setting at Summer Shutdown alongside Suspyria, Druid, and Seddon on February 29!
HOLY HOLY ANNOUNCE APRIL REGIONAL TOUR + TWO TRACKS IN THE TRIPLE J HOTTEST 100 + TRUE LOVERS CERTIFIED PLATINUM
Following on from legendary performances at Falls Festival this summer and two places in the triple j hottest 100 (Maybe You Know #61 and Teach Me About Dying #50), HOLY HOLY today announces a regional tour of Australia this April.
UNI/VS RELEASE "HELLHOUND" SINGLE AND ANNOUNCE EAST COAST TOUR
Brisbane's UNI/VS hit the ground running in 2017 and have wasted no time between solidifying themselves as ones to watch not only in Brisbane, but the Australian heavy scene. Today the melodic hardcore trio are offering up "Hellhound" as their first drop of 2020 and are backing it up with an accompanying Hellhound East Coast Tour to boot!
COLD SLEEP RELEASE NEW SINGLE AHEAD OF TOUR IN SUPPORT OF BEYOND BLUE
Melbourne's Cold Sleep are back with their second single of 2020, "Stopping All Stations Except South Kensington" and will be heading out on their Rock For Mental Health Tour - starting next week!
MONASH UNIVERSITY'S LIVE MUSIC HOUSE, THE COUNT’S, ANNOUNCE AUTUMN SERIES; THANDO, FULTON STREET & ALMA ZYGIER
Presenting live acts each week in the South East of Melbourne, Monash University’s new state-of-the-art live music house, The Count's, today announce their Autumn Series.
GRAMPIANS MUSIC FESTIVAL UNVEILS FOOD AND BEVERAGE PROGRAM FOR 2020 EVENT
With just under one month to go, the Grampians Music Festival is preparing to roll out its special edition of live music and good vibes for 2020. Today, the festival shares details of its unique food and beverage partners for this year’s event.
WIN A CHANCE TO CLIMB ABOARD THE MEADOW 7 BAMBRA (NOT SO) EXPRESS! Twisty turns. Turny twists.
Regional Victorian music festival Meadow returns to Bambra from Friday 27 – Sunday 29 March 2020. With an audial feast of artists already announced to grace the Meadow stage including Angie McMahon, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Frankie Cosmos, Sheer Mag and more, Meadow is excited to finally reveal details surrounding the mysterious Bambra (Not So) Express.
AUS HIPHOP LEGENDS BUTTERFINGERS ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE 'DANCING (TO THE BEAT OF MY OWN DRUM)' + FIRST ALBUM IN 14 YRS 'BAD NEWS' + TOUR
Australias favourite musical misfits and auteurs of Aussie hip hop, Butterfingers are back, breaking hearts and bones (mostly their own) with a killer new single, Dancing (To The Beat Of My Own Drum), out January 30. Confident and with more ecstatic energy and sharp lyrical wit than ever before, Dancing (To The Beat Of My Own Drum) is classic Butterfingers.
TAME IMPALA REVEALS OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘LOST IN YESTERDAY’ + FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM ‘THE SLOW RUSH’ OUT FRIDAY 14 FEBRUARY + TOURING AUSTRALIA THIS APRIL
Following the announcement of his biggest ever tour of Australia and New Zealand this April, Tame Impala aka Kevin Parker today reveals the perennial visual for Lost in Yesterday.
SAGE SHARES DEBUT SINGLE + VIDEO FROM DUST AHEAD OF FORTHCOMING EP TETHERED OUT FEBRUARY 27
Ethereal cellist and singer-songwriter Sage has today announced her debut single From Dust, a gorgeous, introspective meander made especially for soulmates, out February 3.
THE KITE STRING TANGLE ANNOUNCES SECOND ALBUM C()D3X + RELEASES NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO 'NORTH' + NATIONAL ALBUM TOUR SET FOR MAY/JUNE
2019 was a breakout year for The Kite String Tangle with a shift to a harder, darker, more electronic sound, a residency in Berlin, sold-out headline Australian shows and performances at some of Australia’s biggest regional Festivals. Now The Kite String Tangle jump-starts 2020 with new anthemic single ‘NORTH’ and the announcement of his forthcoming second studio album C()D3X dropping 20 March.
DUNE RATS RELEASE NEW SONG & VIDEO FOR 'STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES (FEAT. K.FLAY)'
Today Brisbane trio Dune Rats share their new single 'Stupid Is As Stupid Does (feat. K.Flay)' and release their long-awaited third LP, Hurry Up And Wait, out now via Ratbag Records / BMG.
THE FACTION ANNOUNCES HARDEST 100 OF 2019 COUNTDOWN & VOTING OPEN! VOTING OPEN NOW. LIVE COUNTDOWN ON AIR
2019 was a watershed year for heavy music in Australia and indeed, the world. A titanium-strength year for releases worldwide, multiple Australian heavy music festivals stormed the scene, successful tour after successful tour destroyed venues all over the country - and the scene galvanised more than ever!
DIDIRRI RELEASES REFLECTIVE NEW SINGLE ‘RAW STUFF’ AND POIGNANT VIDEO SHOT IN RURAL VICTORIA
In the lead up to his much-anticipated appearance on Eurovision: Australia Decides on February 8th, Didirri has kicked off the new year with new single and video for "Raw Stuff", and announces a run of tour dates starting in April, and taking the Melbourne songwriter up and down the East Coast of Australia through to May.
BOATS SHARE SINGLE AND VIDEO FOR ‘VAN DIEMENS LAND’ + ANNOUNCE TIME TO OPEN THE MACHINE EP - OUT MARCH 2
Melbourne-based multi-instrumentalist Boats, aka Blake Paterson, follows up the recent KEXP supported single ‘Falling Off Rainbows' with a new single and video for ‘Van Diemens Land’. Detailing Blake’s experience of becoming lost in the Tasmanian wilderness, the single is the second track lifted from the impending Time To Open The Machine EP, due for release on Monday 2 March.
TORA'S CAN'T BUY THE MOOD DELUXE ALBUM OUT TODAY + NATIONAL TOUR STARTS NEXT WEEK + TWO ANOTHER REMIX THE TITLE TRACK
Today sees the release of the deluxe album edition of Tora’s richly-textured second album Can't Buy The Mood. The deluxe version contains two added B-Sides as well as a raft of carefully-curated remixes from producers around the world including Sydney’s Two Another who have re-worked the album title track with lush house vibes. Full tracklist is below.
RACKETT’S ‘OXYTOXIC’ ADDED TO TRIPLE J UNEARTHED ROTATION
RACKETT’S ‘Oxytoxic’ has been added to Triple J Unearthed rotation, as well as set of single launch gigs in Sydney and Melbourne
NICK BATTERHAM AND JOSH MEADOWS INTRODUCE THE BELL STREETS WITH DEBUT SINGLE ‘FRAGILE’ TAKEN FROM UPCOMING LP MONUMENT
Fledgling Melbourne and Castlemaine act The Bell Streets make their debut with the first of 10 songs to be released in 2020, the slick bedroom pop number, ‘Fragile’. Birthed from the somewhat inevitable partnership of Nick Batterham (The Earthmen, Blindside, Cordrazine) and Josh Meadows (The Sugargliders, The Steinbecks), The Bell Streets started writing songs toge…
MELBS BB ANNOUNCES NEW SINGLE + VIDEO + MELBOURNE LAUNCH SHOW FEBRUARY 27
Dreamy singer-songwriter Melbs bb has today announced her new single Astrology (clothesline), a catchy pastel fantasy with a dark, edgy underside, out January 22. The artist has also released a sharp, self-made video to accompany the song, lovingly poking fun at the stereotypes of the signs of the zodiac.