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The Living End's Chris Cheney Announces Debut Solo Album

Cheney called home for nine years before the pandemic thrust him back to Melbourne. “Australia will always be home. We do have the best of everything here,” Cheney said ... Storm Before The Calm sees Cheney exploring his own unique sound for the first time. It offers an incredibly personal reflection from the singer-songwriter, capturing

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International Women’s Day 2022

supportive space”, showing that change and progress is slowly but surely happening in Australia. So in some of the toughest times this industry (as a whole) has seen ... today, be free of anyone demanding you name three songs. - Courtney Duka , Secret Sounds (Festival Operations), Eora Going to celebrate all the femme/nonbinary artists, especially the queer

Women Of Colour Dominated Boiler Room Sugar Mountain, We All Need To Pay Attention

quota, but to showcase the incredibly unique array of talent on offer in Australia. Local selector Darcy Justice opened the proceedings on the day. Known for her versatility ... hard. The set channeled emotive classics, alongside catchy melodies which moulded perfectly with the sounds, rhythms, melodies of her culture. She's the first First Nations artist to perform

Features / Interviews

Flight Facilities Chat Entering A New Era, Reinvigorating Sydney Night Life & More

Flight Facilities (made up of Jimmy Lyell and Hugo Gruzman) are one of Australia's most prestigious dance music brands. With over 12 years in the game, their distinct style ... would have been ridiculous to say we were doing this tour. It sounds insane, but somehow we are here. How did the roller coaster infiltrate your creative process

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Females In Focus: Aus Artists To Watch In 2022

Nairobi and originally hailing from the Nilotic tribes of Kenya before migrating to Australia at age seven, Adelaide-based artist Elsy Wameyo is far from a newcomer to the Australian ... race and police brutality and audibly, wouldn’t sound out of place alongside some of the best hip hop voices in Australia. DAMEEEELA Dameeeela is a powerhouse. A Yuggera woman

Features / Interviews

Cold Night For Alligators - the Hindsight Notes Interview

like a turn of phrase that he came upon, and he thought it sounded funny. He left the band after two months, so no one really remembers how it came ... listenable at the same time. Being a fairly unknown quantity to most listeners in Australia, Pederson is only too happy to give Aussie heavy music fans an insight into what

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Album Review: Cold Night For Alligators - 'The Hindsight Notes'

adventurous statement from an irresistibly forward-thinking Danish ensemble. Not a huge name in Australia (hopefully this record will change that), you can trace Cold Night For Alligators ' history back ... stops and left nothing in the tank to create something very special. With a sound that’s immensely difficult to pin down (their pressers describe them as ‘metalcore’, and they

Leon Bridges Returns To Australia For 'The Boundless Tour', Hitting Our Shores In September/October

Grammy winner and contemporary R&B star Leon Bridges is returning to Australia this September and October, returning Down Under for The Boundless tour. The Texan ... showcased by his two Grammy nominations for his newest full-length release, Gold-Diggers Sound. Tickets for The Boundless Tour go on sale Friday 11 March (11am local

Hardest 100 Winner Announced! The #1 Heavy Song of 2021 Revealed

featuring Canadian vocalist Courtney LaPlante, from Spiritbox . With over 60,000 votes from across Australia, the countdown now in its fifth year has once again showed the massive strength ... Style 57. Pridelands - Heavy Tongue 58. Stepson - Deeper Sleep 59. To Octavia - The Sound Of The Rain 60. RedHook - Kamikaze feat. Will King from Windwaker 61. Bullet For My Valentine

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Meet: Inkswel - Let it Grow feat. Talib Kweli, Baba Israel & Erin Buku

Madlib produced... I still listen to that on the regular. I know it sounds crazy but since the pandemic i've been putting a lot of emphasis ... also been heavily listening to the forthcoming beat tapes from my brother FUNKWIG (Australia's dopest beat maker) on my label Inner Tribe. Shameless Plug. One love. Let It Grow

Dua Lipa Sued By Reggae Band Over 'Levitating' Similarities

court after a case was filed this week by Floridian reggae band Artikal Sound System alleging that Lipa's global hit Levitating has been lifted from their own track Live ... achieved a not-too-shabby #5 position here in Australia's end of year ARIA list. Artikal Sound System allege they are owed profits from the song

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dumb fun is important, right?’ Right, indeed. Embedded Content POND - TOUR DATES AUSTRALIA - APRIL 2022 Thursday 7 April | The Triffid, Brisbane QLD* Friday 8 April | The Metro Theatre, Sydney ... JUNE 2022 Tuesday 31 May | Sala Moon, Valencia ES Thursday 2 June | Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona ES - SOLD OUT Saturday 4 June | Levitation France, Angers FR Sunday 5 June

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