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Fever Ray
Live Review: Fever Ray, Mo'Ju @ Hamer Hall, Melbourne
soul, and R&B influences, which seemingly all melted into a lusciously warm sound that wrapped itself around the hall like a hug. There is a buzz of excitement ... project, but much to the disappointment of their followers, Dreijer has never toured Australia until now. Their band congregates under a dimly lit streetlight in the middle of the stage
Industry / News
Andrew McVitty & Lee Simon
Late-Night Music TV Director Andrew McVitty Dies
Simon . At the time, the arrival of commercial FM radio in Australia tapped into a ‘rock’ audience that wanted to dig deeper into an act’s music through album tracks ... lengthy interviews, rather than the ‘singles’ concept of Countdown and Sounds . In 1977, GTV9 made the 30-minute Soundcheck program hosted by radio’s Greg Evans , while Ten screened Thank
Features / List
Regurgitator's Pogogo Show, Teeny Tiny Stevies, Dan Sultan, Emma Donovan
Eight Adult-Friendly Kids Albums: Regurgitator, Emma Donovan, Dan Sultan & More
Play School and Giggle And Hoot and has been featured on The Wiggles track Australia – from 2018’s Wiggle Pop! album – as well. To announce his Wiggles collab, Sultan hilariously ... utilising a broad instrumental palette (including double bass, mandolin, ukulele and music box), animal sound effects and many children’s voices.  Some songs are built around words that
News / Music
The Offspring
The Offspring Announce New Album 'SUPERCHARGED'
everything came out awesome. “I feel like this is the best we have ever sounded! We’ve been rocking out and headbanging to it for months ... first album in almost ten years. In December 2022, The Offspring  returned to Australia with Sum 41  on their  Let The Good Times  Roll tour
Reviews / Live
Good Morning
Live Review: Good Morning, Cool Sounds @ Melbourne Recital Centre
great coups of this year's Rising Festival was luring Australia’s most internationally hyped indie band of 2024 back home for a one-off performance. Fresh ... greatest album live, early-comers are treated to a deft set from Cool Sounds . For some bands, playing a venue like the Melbourne Recital Centre is the gig equivalent
Features / Music
Black Milk
Black Milk Dives Into His Favourite Songs Ahead Of Vivid Sydney Performance
Detroit artist Black Milk (real name Curtis Eugene Cross ) is heading to Australia for Vivid Sydney , performing at Machine Hall on Tuesday, 11 June. Known for his tendency ... with special guest Mali Jo$e – is set to be “a night of fresh sounds and human stories”. To celebrate his performance at Vivid Sydney, we caught up with Black
News / Music
Confidence Man
Confidence Man Announce Third Album '3AM (LA LA LA)'
eventually shifted their sights to classic UK rave. “We wanted to revisit those sounds and then add pop hooks and vocals to them,” Janet Planet and Sugar Bones wrote ... noted by Bones, “All those classic UK rave acts have always been popular in Australia. Prodigy were my fave band growing up when I was in my early teens.” Planet
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LIFECYCLE Recording Grants
NATSIMO & Music Australia To Support First Nations Artists With $240,000 LIFECYCLE Grant Program
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music Office (NATSIMO) have partnered with Music Australia and APRA AMCOS to launch the first round of LIFECYCLE recording grants, investing $240,000 into ... often isn’t affordable to bring together a group of musicians in a beautiful sounding live room to record all day and night, and pay creatives a fair wage
Features / Interviews
Xzibit
Xzibit: 'I Love What Hip-Hop's Done For My Life, But I Don't Want Hip-Hop To Consume My Life' 
excited about coming," Joiner enthuses. "I always have a good time in Australia." Is hitting the road with peers competitive or like a party? "Well, I mean, we're there ... wanna get a glimpse of what that new music sounds like, come to these shows." Hip-hop was once regarded as youth culture but, defying generationalism, the Wu-Tang Clan
Industry / News
Woman laying with a radio
Axing Radio's Royalty Caps Could Have Significant Benefits For Aus Music Industry
Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) has today (June 5) released its Radio Fair Play report, laying out the significant benefits the Australian music industry could see if the government ... well out of line with comparable jurisdictions” – while Australia pays just 0.4 percent in broadcast revenue on royalties for sound recordings, other countries (such as Canada, the UK and Germany
News / Music
Superchunk
Superchunk Plot 'Foolish' 30th Anniversary Australian Tour
American indie rock band Superchunk are returning to Australia for the first time in 11 years, celebrating the 30th anniversary of their seminal 1994 LP, Foolish . Released in April ... always more of the giddy thrill of hearing a group of friends who sound  like they're having a blast playing together, even if they're also pushing themselves
Features / Music
Concert crowd
The Dark Side Of The Music Industry: Common Scams To Look Out For
hackers while you’re in the process of buying fake (or real) tickets. Sounds fun, right? It’s not. Isabella Brown knows that firsthand ... only one targeted by scammers during high ticketing periods. When Taylor Swift came to Australia earlier this year, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) warned punters of scams