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Thursday April 3, 2025 With his latest offering, Are We Gonna, Anirban Jee skilfully situates himself within the intricate dance between pop immediacy and deeper emotional resonance. It’s the kind of track that manages to encapsulate the tension and exhilaration of a fleeting glance across a crowded room, turning a common moment into something rich, mysterious, and enduringly…
Friday March 28, 2025 Torrential Thrill’s You May Be Right is a cover that doesn’t feel like a cover. It feels like a reclamation, a reassertion of the wild, untamed spirit that rock and roll was always meant to embody. The Melbourne band takes Billy Joel’s classic—a song that, in its original form, was a polished, radio-friendly anthem—and…
Friday March 7, 2025 Pascoe releases new single CHARLIE AT THE BALLROOM. A coming-of-age story about being in your late twenties and one day waking up to a reality that doesn’t match the dreams and ambitions you once had. The protagonist ‘Charlie’ is a disillusioned, lonely millennial, working himself to the bone in a job…
Friday March 7, 2025 Envy Marshall’s Like A Man is a sonic grenade rolled into the complacent living room of gender norms, detonating with a force that leaves no cliché unscathed. The Melbourne-born rocker, with her voice like a serrated blade dipped in honey, delivers a track that is equal parts rebellion and revelation. It’s a song…
Tuesday February 4, 2025 Cuss The Black Dog is a raw, unfiltered jolt straight to the gut, the kind of track that grabs you by the collar and doesn’t let go. Darren Gillis has taken the weight of personal pain, universal struggle, and the invisible battle of mental health and turned it into a visceral musical experience that’s both deeply…
Tuesday February 4, 2025 Kristin Venae’s Still Here isn’t just a song—it’s a resurrection. It’s the sound of someone clawing their way back from the abyss, not just to survive, but to sing about it. Venae, a Sydney-based indie soul and pop powerhouse, has been through it—Stage 2 breast cancer, for crying out loud—and instead of retreating, she’s…
Thursday January 16, 2025 Heroes – a new studio project from Spotify Singles, now interpreted by the rock band Smash Into Pieces. Since the song Heroes by Måns Zelmerlöw won Eurovision in 2015, it has topped the charts in several countries outside Sweden and made a significant impact on Swedish music exports. “We loved Heroes…
Thursday January 9, 2025 Chasing Sunsets is the kind of track that sneaks into your brain like it owns the place, and before you know it, you’re humming it in the checkout line. Castle Hughes isn’t just writing songs here—she’s bottling those perfect, fleeting moments when everything feels right, and somehow making them last. Warm, radiant,…
Thursday January 9, 2025 Holy hell, this one doesn’t just hit—it practically body-slams you. Larger Than Life is the kind of track that grabs you by the collar, gives you a good shake, and says, ‘Wake up, you’re in for a ride!’ It’s not just a song; it’s a full-on sonic intervention, jolting you out of your routine and…
Sunday January 5, 2025 New Age’s Wisemen is a reminder of what rock music can achieve when it refuses to compromise. This Melbourne-based quartet has distilled decades of musical rebellion into a single track that’s as raw and raucous as it is meticulously crafted. It’s a song that demands attention, pulling listeners into its orbit from the…