After the massive success of ARIA-certified gold single 'Heavy Hearted’, The Jungle Giants are back with indie dance number ‘Sending Me Ur Loving’. With trademark jangly guitars and a beat that won’t let you sit still, ‘Sending Me Ur Loving’ was written and produced by the band’s lead singer Sam Hales. Over the next few months, The Jungle Giants will be sending some loving all around the world as they embark on one of their biggest tours yet, with da…

Kingswood are back, baby.  Following on from the release of singles ‘Say You Remember’ and ‘You Make It So Easy’ in 2019, the Melbourne four-piece kick off 2020 with the announcement of their long awaited third studio album Juveniles and the latest single, the intoxicating ‘Bittersweet’. Along with the reveal of new music,

It has been an absolutely huge 12 months for THE VANNS. With the release of their debut album Through The Walls, the South Coast band firmly cemented their identity as one of Australia’s most formidable names on the indie rock circuit. Now, with a new decade already kicking into gear, The VANNS announce they’re getting back out on the road this Autumn and to boot, they’re releasing a special new version of album track, ‘Jules Said’.

Returning vivacious and energetic as ever, RACKETT brings us a hectic single to kick off a new year of music in ‘OXYTOXIC’. Unveiling new pop-driven and experimental sounds last year with ‘Machinations’ and exploring new territory in the live arena in Australia and Japan, RACKETT continues to flourish with ‘Oxytoxic’ - a song focused on desire.

Building on undeniable melodies, soaring vocals and a breezy indie-rock vibe that makes it playlist-ready, Adelaide’s Venice Queens deliver their first tune for a new decade in ‘Punchdrunk’. A long time in the making, the single is drenched in sunkissed vibes and primed for live shows, taken from a new EP in the making.

Following on from the release of their 2019 track ‘Don’t Complicate It’, Sydney indie pop group Mesmeriser are back with another effortlessly catchy single in ‘Trigger’. The trio continue to thrive on well arranged harmonies and melodic progressions as they lean more into a garage rock direction for their first offering for 2020.

Off the back of a booked and busy 2019, rising indie singer-songwriter Oly Sherman returns, ready to tackle another massive year of music and shows. In his new single ‘Madness’, the Sydney artist delivers another serving of evocative music, created to instantly wrap the listener up in its warmth.

Dulcie are continuing to build off what proved to be a booked and busy 2019, announcing a brand new batch of Australian tour dates, kicking off this March! The Perth four piece, who quickly took to the Australian indie music scene with irresistible melodies, harmonies and charm, will be hitting venues right around the co...

‘Bass Jumpin’ is another warm and wavy offering from the 19-year-old artist who is outpacing a crowded field of competition by developing his own unmatched sound with each new release, pairing a raucous, sample-filled beat with Faraji’s quick-witted raps and impossible-to-hold-down flow. It’s a sound whose infectious appeal crosses lines of genre and taste amongst rap fans.

Meet the newest Music, Culture, Arts, Food and Drinks festival on the block: Kiwi Fest is an All-Ages annual one-day celebration of NEW ZEALAND culture, bringing together Melbourne’s Kiwi communities for a diverse festival of all things AOTEAROA. This week the festival will also be donating $10 from every ticket sold between 15 January – 19 January to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal.

Regional Victorian music festival Meadow returns to Bambra from Friday 27 – Sunday 29 March 2020. Melbourne’s own new-age raconteur, Angie McMahon, and frenetic guitar-pop dynamos; Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever will headline the 7th musical feast.

Fem Fantasy joins force with Midsumma Festival and Common Rooms to bring you an extravaganza like no other on Friday 24 January. Featuring live electronic music, dancers, drag queens and DJs spinning tunes well into the morning in a diverse and inclusive space filled with love and warmth. Come as you (whoever you are, however you identify) and feel free to beam out your truest expression! You are all welcome!!

It is with great pride that Pieater announce the third LP from #1 Dads - Golden Repair out 6 March 2020, paired with the new single ‘Freedom Fighter’. Listen HERE.
 
Every album Tom Iansek creates makes for a curious study: will he be flexing the production muscle; experimenting on the fringes of what’s pop; grappling with the human condition…?

Since the Lorne Falls Festival cancellation and the fundraiser shows that followed, many more shows are being organised and announced, and they just keep comin’! Keep tabs here for regular updates on new fundraiser gigs as they come.

Artists and venues across Melbourne are still pulling together more and more benefit shows as the fires rage on, and Smash Music Group are jumping on board with ‘Respire’, a co-headliner featuring Dogs Don’t Kiss and Loose Ends, including support from Smash Music artist Archer, local jazz-soul-pop combo Velvet Bloom, Zachary Leo, Bares, and Polyphoniq. Yep, seven local acts all playing one massive show for the fires.

Melbourne based songwriter, producer and self-confessed bedroom-pop addict Evan Klar today releases his brand-new single I Do. The track is the first official single to be lifted off a new EP which is expected to be released later this year.

Thursday the 16th of January will see The Teskey Brothers, Cash Savage and The Last Drinks, Grace Cummings and The Thornbury Theatre come together for a bushfire benefit with 100% of all proceeds being donated equally between The Australian Red Cross, Fire Relief Fund for First Nations Communities and Wildlife Victoria. 

Today Gold Coast-based rapper Saint Lane shares his latest single, ‘Hickeys,’ his first new music of 2020. Of the track, Lane says: “Hickeys is about moving in circles. Working the same job, going to the same bars and seeing the same people every weekend. Getting caught in the loop and wanting to break free. Seeing some people around you break that loop and seeing some people stay in it.” 

After their richly-textured second album Can't Buy The Mood received praise all round when it was released in August, today Tora announce the release of a deluxe album with added B-Sides and carefully curated remixes.

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