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Video: Oracle Sisters Share New Video for 'Ruby On The Run'
by Michael Major - August 30, 2023 “Ruby On The Run” showcases Oracle Sisters’ now trademark penchant for gorgeously cinematic music videos - shot on location in Morocco. The track prominently features drummer Julia’s stunning vocals, underpinned by Latin rhythms and lush strings, it truly highlights the band’s formidability across m...
Oracle Sisters Share New Single 'Cigale Song'
by Michael Major - July 06, 2023 Oracle Sisters release a new video for “Cigale Song.” The video comes ahead of two intimate headline shows; Paris Galliera and a unique London Ladbroke Hall show accompanied by a string quartet (sold-out), with the band also set to support Pulp at Scarborough Open Air Theatre this Sunday (9th)....
Terrible Sons Announces New Album 'The Raft Is Not The Shore'
by Michael Major - February 21, 2023 Terrible Sons, feat. husband-and-wife Lauren and Matt Barus, will share their anticipated debut album The Raft Is Not The Shore. The record was recorded in their home studio, with producer Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, Marlon Williams, Nadia Reid) featuring a host of exceptional Ōtautahi musicians: Jo Baru...
Jen Cloher Shares New Single 'My Witch'
by Michael Major - February 01, 2023 Recorded between Aotearoa (NZ) and Naarm (Melbourne) with producers Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, Marlon Williams), Anika Ostendorf (Hachiku) and Cloher’s longtime drummer Jen Sholakis; the album brings in trailblazing artists including Emma Donovan (Gumbaynggirr, Yamatji), Kylie Auldist, Liz Stringer, Te ...
Zoe Sky Jordan Shares 'Just Fine' & 'Achievement of Youth'
by Michael Major - December 05, 2022 The title track, 'Selfish', kicks in with echoey, haunting piano and synths trailing a diary style confession which reveals a main plotline of Zoe Sky Jordan’s new album. Penned during the pandemic, which saw Zoe and her husband move in with her parents for seven months, the album is reflective, in...
Australian Troubadour Paul Kelly Adds 'Maybe This Christmas' to the Digital Release of 'Christmas Train'
by Michael Major - November 22, 2022 As an added bonus to the digital version only of his recently released PAUL KELLY’S CHRISTMAS TRAIN which was also released on vinyl and CD, his new interpretation retains the festiveness that the original carried and augments it with gorgeous harmonies from Melbourne musician and one half of celebr...
Terrible Sons Share New Single 'Tomorrow Always Comes'
by Michael Major - November 11, 2022 The song is expressed throughout a solid rhythmic bed that clicks and clacks in an unrelenting time signature. It features long-term friends and collaborators Jo McCullum (Nadia Reid, The Veils) on drums and percussion, Jo Barus (Dave Dobbyn) on bass, and Tom Healey (Tiny Ruins, Marlon Williams, Nad...
Singer-Songwriter Paul Kelly Releases 22-Track CHRISTMAS TRAIN Collection
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 23, 2021 Paul Kelly has released an extraordinary 22-song double album that travels across the centuries, from a Latin hymn to well-known carols, from a traditional Irish folk ballad to songs with an unmistakable local flavor, and more. ...
Reb Fountain Shares New Single 'Lacuna'
by TV News Desk - August 02, 2021 This attracted the attention of prestigious New Zealand label Flying Nun Records, who signed the songwriter and released her self-titled debut in March 2020, produced by Neil Finn....
Reb Fountain Premieres New Single 'Beastie'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 29, 2021 This attracted the attention of prestigious New Zealand label Flying Nun Records, who signed the songwriter and released her self-titled debut in March 2020 produced by Neil Finn....
Merk Debuts 'But She Loves You' Single
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 05, 2021 Infinite Youth is a record that thrives on a certain simplicity of rhythm, melody, and lyric, and is compelled by contrast: pop songs influenced by art music, an album about adulthood that reflects heavily on what it is to be young, and a sonic world that is both expansive and deeply intimate....
Merk Announces Debut Global Album 'Infinite Youth'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 24, 2021 Merk is the musical moniker of Auckland, New Zealand artist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Mark Perkins who began his career as a touring member of Tom Lark and Fazerdaze. Merk’s recent singles “H.N.Y.B” and “GOD” have already earned critical acclaim spanning SPIN Magazine and BBC Radio 6....
Nick Waterhouse Debuts 'Very Blue' & 'Medicine'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 11, 2021 In his musical and lyrical world, blue is a refraction of his life and memories — evoking the highs and lows of success he’s experienced in his decade-long career; conjuring romances that were doomed, loves that lingered, and hope for future days of parity and partnership; summoning spirits of peopl...
Merk Unveils Utopian Indie-Pop 'GOD' Single
by Sarah Jae Leiber - January 27, 2021 Merk is the musical moniker of Auckland, New Zealand artist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Mark Perkins who began his career as a touring member of Tom Lark and Fazerdaze before releasing his debut album Swordfish in 2017....
Devendra Banhart Celebrates 45th Anniversary of The Grateful Dead's 'Blues for Allah'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 03, 2020 Today, Devendra Banhart released an Amazon Original cover of The Grateful Dead’s 'Franklin’s Tower,' available to stream and purchase only on Amazon Music....
Courtney Barnett's 'MTV Unplugged Live in Melbourne' Out Today on CD & Vinyl
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 21, 2020 MTV Unplugged Live In Melbourne is out physically today, February 21st. 2020 on CD and aqua blue vinyl, order here. Stream here now and watch full video playlist here. ...
Marinho Unveils New Video, 'Joni,' in Celebration of Joni Mitchell's Birthday
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 07, 2019 Portuguese alternative folk-rock artist, Marinho, has released a new live video for “Joni,” in celebration of Joni Mitchell's birthday. Marinho was inspired to write the song about “a woman, an artist, a painter, an amazing human being that I never met… but feels like we already met,” after watching...
Jess Ribeiro Shares New Single DYLAN, Third LP Out 4/12
by Tori Hartshorn - April 03, 2019 With just over a week before the release of her third studio album, LOVE HATE, Jess Ribeiro has shared a hypnotic new track “Dylan”. “Dylan is about disorder. Change. Being in limbo, in-between your old life and the new one,” says Ribeiro. It once again shows just how masterful Ribeiro is as a perf...
Jess Ribeiro Releases New Single CHAIR STARE, Announces Third LP
by Tori Hartshorn - March 05, 2019 Australian songwriter Jess Ribeiro releases the brand-new track “Chair Stare”, premiering via Double J radio plus a video premiering Pilerats – share via YouTube. “Chair Stare' is the third single from Jess's highly anticipated new album LOVE HATE, announced today to be released April 12 via Barely ...
Jess Ribeiro Shares Video For New Single STRANGER
by Tori Hartshorn - January 24, 2019 Australian songwriter Jess Ribeiro has shared a video for her new single, “Stranger”, out today via Barely Dressed Records – share via YouTube. Produced by Ben Edwards (Aldous Harding/Marlon Williams/Julia Jacklin) and recorded as a 3-piece Dave Mudie (Courtney Barnett) and Jade Imagine, 'Stranger'...
Billboard Premieres New Video from Boydos
by Tori Hartshorn - August 23, 2018 Sydney's Boydos has premiered 'a wonderfully chaotic visual' for his debut single 'Plans' at Billboard. The man behind the indie rock madness - Eddie Boyd - says the song is about 'telling yourself you're going to get your shit together but not really going out of your way to do anything about it.' ...
2018 Art of Music Announces Performers and Artworks!
by Tori Hartshorn - May 09, 2018 Jenny Morris and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy? have today announced the details of the 2018 Art of Music Collection to be auctioned at Sydney's most unique and dynamic fundraising event, Art of Music, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Saturday, 23 June, 2018....
All Our Exes Live in Texas Announce Headline National Tour
by Macon Prickett - April 24, 2018 All Our Exes Live In Texas will be headlining an upcoming US tour, announced today, as their return to North America. This follows the group's winning of the 2017 ARIA—effectively Australia's Grammy—for Best Roots & Blues Album, as well as their appearance on Kesha's megahit 'Praying.' Last summer, ...
30 New Songs Added to Valentine's Day Amazon Original Playlists LOVE ME and LOVE ME NOT
by Macon Prickett - February 09, 2018 Today, February 9, Amazon Music adds 30 new songs to the Amazon Original playlists “Love Me,” and “Love Me Not.” Each playlist offers original songs and covers from artists of various genres to help satisfy the lovers and the haters this Valentine's Day. The pair of playlists, available on Amazon Mu...
All Our Exes Live In Texas Reveal New Video, Ft. On Kesha's 'Praying' + US Dates
by Caryn Robbins - September 01, 2017 On the heels of the release of their infectious debut LP When We Fall, Sydney, Australia's all-female folk foursome All Our Exes Live In Texas return to the US for shows in New York, Los Angeles, and multiple performances in Nashville, TN at AMERICANAFEST... |