Fresh Finds: Class Of 2025 – Aussie Acts To Add To Your Playlist

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David Byrne
Remain In Light: After 50 Years, David Byrne Is Still Reinventing The Wheel
black belt at his craft, detailing everything from the ecological and architectural science of sound, a running history of technological music advances in recording gear and music players, detailed explanations ... brings some of those moves on tour. Embedded Content David Byrne will tour Australia in January 2026. Tickets are available via the Frontier Touring website . David Byrne
Features / Interviews
Yungblud
Yungblud On 'IDOLS,' Fan Connection & Making ‘Timeless’ Music: ‘Everything Feels Limitless’
steer away from any time that the drums sounded too now, or a lyric sounded too specific. I really wanted to test myself as a songwriter to create a sense ... headliner for the second year running, and plans to take the festival worldwide, including Australia. BLUDFEST is a music festival made for community. The festival arrived as Yungblud promoted
Industry / Feature
Historic Coca-Cola Mural in Kilgore, Texas
As Coca-Cola Launches Its Own Record Label, We Look At Its Long History With Music
change the recording to “cherry cola” and then flew back again that day. In Australia, Lola was initially banned because radio couldn’t cope with the canny line ... Sunrise but said no, so the company used an instrumental that sounded similar. HERE IN AUSTRALIA Originally imported at great cost from the US, Coca-Cola began manufacturing in Australia
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Melanie C
'The Voice' Unveils Teaser Spotlighting New Judge Melanie C
role earlier this year, “I am so incredibly excited to be joining The Voice Australia in 2025! “I have always cherished my trips down under over the years ... Melanie C headlined Brisbane's renowned LGBTQIA+ street festival , Big Gay Day , alongside Sneaky Sound System and Tall Paul . Embedded Content
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Lorde
Lorde Reveals Early Listening Parties For New Album 'Virgin'
listening parties here . Virgin will be released on Friday, 27 June, via EMI Music Australia and Universal Music New Zealand . The album has been preceded by the singles What ... LIKE BATHWATER, WINDOWS, ICE, SPIT. FULL TRANSPARENCY. THE LANGUAGE IS PLAIN AND UNSENTIMENTAL. THE SOUNDS ARE THE SAME WHEREVER POSSIBLE. I WAS TRYING TO SEE MYSELF, ALL THE WAY THROUGH
Reviews / Live
Night Mass: God Complex, Dark Mofo 2025
Live Review: Dark Mofo 2025
slogan, illuminated in giant red font. This one-of-a-kind highlight on Australia’s annual festival calendar is back, following a year’s hiatus, with a new Artistic Director ... beyond the barrier, it looked like a Mad Max set. What’s that noise? Sounds like a screeching velociraptor or something. A flame puffs into the sky like a fire
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The Curious Rendition Orchestra
'Anyone Can Get Involved': Make Music Day Returns This Week
participate online by tagging @makemusicaustralia or searching #makemusicday on social media. In South Australia, the City of Adelaide will spotlight its UNESCO City of Music status by hosting a Make ... Council will bring music-making activities to Victoria, such as a morning walk and sound listening experience, community drum circle, recording and production sessions, a public piano, and more. Also
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John Butler
John Butler Announces Massive 2025 Australian Tour
announced a massive tour of Australia this September and October. While Butler toured in Australia last year to support his most recent albums, he hasn’t toured nationwide with ... time bringing these new songs to life on stage, and the older songs are sounding BETTER THAN ever. Sorry, couldn’t help myself!” Presented by Double J and Jarrah Records
Industry / Feature
Bliss N Eso performing at Uni Bar Hobart
Will It Become A Nightmare For Aussie Musicians To Get Into The US?
York City-based Immigration attorneys Matthew Covey and Will Spitz reassured Australians during a Sounds Australia / Creative Australia webinar that there were no signs so far of any aggressive targeting ... hundreds of artist visa petitions a year and has worked for ten years with Sounds Australia.   A one-time rock musician and manager, he is also the Executive
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Al Jardine
Al Jardine And The Pet Sounds Band Plot 2025 Australian Tour
Original Beach Boys member Al Jardine will bring the iconic band's sounds to Australia this October, backed by the immensely talented The Pet Sounds Band . Featuring Brian Wilson
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Jerry 'Ijale' Agbinya
'I Just Want To Be World Class': Jerry Agbinya On Receiving The 2025 Fast Track Fellowship
Victorian Music Development Office ( VMDO ) and the Music Producer And Engineers’ Guild Of Australia ( MPEG ), the Fast Track Fellowship is an initiative which is vitally important in the current musical ... have different hats on," he ruminates. "I mean, I definitely made the bio sound good." But most importantly, it's a sense of validation in his career given a recent
Features / Music
Stereophonics
'We Take Pride In Making Sure We're The Best Live Band We Could Possibly Be': Stereophonics On Their Long-Awaited Australian Return
that's really humbling for me because I come from those places." Indeed, Australia does tend to mimic the 'work hard, play hard' ethos of the working class as Jones ... time on-ground. Having previously toured in support of 2017's Scream Above The Sounds , the group have been rather busy in the interim, releasing records such