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"Deadline is a song about being set up for failure at a young age and spending your whole life worrying about deadlines. We are all on a time limit with everything we do in life, including life itself being limited. So comes the second meaning of the song, implying we are all waiting in line for our inevitable death. Therefore, the track purposefully mixes genres and experiments with structure in order to mimic the twists and turns of life."

The emerging Perth/Boorloo based bedroom-pop muso walks us through his incredibly impressive debut EP, Music for Squares.

Record Store Day will celebrate its 15th year tomorrow and ahead of the main event, which will be another jam-packed day celebrating the indie record store, we caught up with some store owners to get their take on the vinyl boom, what exclusive releases they’re excited about and more.

We couldn't be a music site without being just a littttttle bit obsessed with lyrics - which is why The Music team are asking some of our favourite artists about their favourite lyrics in the series, 'Wax Lyrical'. To celebrate the release of her new album, ‘A Place To Fall Apart’, Lisa Mitchell shares lyrics that have stuck with her.

To celebrate the release of their new album ‘Obsidian’, Northlane guitarist Jonathon Deiley takes us through some of the songs that inspired the band during its creation.

"I think, if you just put one track out every few months, it's difficult to show everything that makes up your sound and your vibe."

No, it's NOT the C-Tier Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles villain - it's the EXCELLENT Perth punk/hardcore outfit RATKING! We are premiering their brand new single 'Panic Station' - and they are announcing their EP Nervous Nature!

"Saboteur was inspired through observation of a flawed part of the human condition - the desire to consciously and subconsciously self sabotage our lives when things become uncomfortable or foreign. Even when the change or situation is beneficial we sometimes seem to look for an out from responsibility, stress or power. It’s only when we hit rock bottom we seem to feel grounded."