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Tuesday November 9, 2021 Fanfickk’s self-produced debut track, Shreds (2016), was instigated by mistakenly bragging to someone that she was working on an EP when she wasn’t. This white lie was the catalyst for more tracks, and the subsequent release of her debut EP Stay Shy. Multiple collaborations, singles, remixes, and another EP followed, with several songs attracting…
Tuesday November 2, 2021 Melbourne based indie-pop band, The Blue Hotel, has released Let You Down, the follow-up to Silence, the single from earlier this year that established the band and its eclectic contemporary pop style. The trio of Jenna Roubos (vocal/piano/synths), Nathan Thomas (guitar/vocal/synths), and Benjamin O’Brien (drums/beats/percussion) have once again created a genre-defying hybrid that…
Wednesday October 27, 2021 Born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, Mac Summer’s eclectic production style— ranging from soothing late-night trance to liquid drum and bass—has attracted worldwide interest. With extensive production experience, including—as Malcolm Welsford— recording and producing three Shihad albums, fans and critics have compared Mac Summer’s art to The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Netsky and…
Wednesday October 27, 2021 After a series of indie-pop releases, including Smile and Can I Have This Dance, all generating nationwide airplay, healthy streaming numbers, and a loyal fanbase, the Saba boys have emerged from lockdown and recorded a considerably different kind of record. You Should Probably Go is the first single in two years for the Sydney based…
Wednesday October 21, 2021 Establishing a music artist in this age of social media supremacy to some might appear to be akin to ploughing the sands, so launching a virtual artist, a comprehensive pseudonym for a sentient music producer, might have its challenges. The pressure for artists to collect likes and streams and views and…
Wednesday October 21, 2021 Australian hard rock band The Dreadful Tides has released House of Pain, the follow-up to their 2021 debut Crazy. Just as their first single revealed, the Melbourne based group’s brand of rock is a fusion of old school classic 70s à la Black Sabbath, Kiss and Mötley Crüe blended with the 90s rock…
Wedensday October 20, 2021 In some instances, the COVID lockdowns, and undoubtedly the virus itself, have forced—or compelled in a more measured way—a reassessment. This might be the significant kind of rethinking that usually occurs after a traumatic event or some other dramatic occurrence. And if it hasn’t caused a notable reappraisal, it has undoubtedly…
Thursday October 14, 2021 Music artist Marc Hess has released Book of Life, a captivating country pop-rock track with an atypically thoughtful and probing lyric. The Austrian singer-songwriter has had many successful releases, including the debut solo album Because I’m Crazy (2014) and the single Mile By Mile (2019). His solo album was a semi-finalist in the United Kingdom Songwriting…
Thursday October 14, 2021 Some songs are best left alone. How many times have you heard that? Numerous. I’ve been known to say that. Pick a tune, a classic tune, or even one that’s not necessarily considered a veritable classic, say in the Bowie Heroes way but one that has seeped into the culture and managed to…
Thursday October 14, 2021 After leaving a long corporate career and beginning formal music studies, Ben Walker decided on a career change—and so far, so good. The Australian singer-songwriter has now released Castles, the first taste of his debut EP Time to Go. The new track follows the success of three singles released in 2020, Playing Alone, Money in the Jar and Smiles….