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After years of writing, recording, and performing Josh Orange has hit a creative peak with the release of their new track Midnight Lights the title track from their album due out on February 12th, 2021. As the band says, ‘We have learned how to record and get out of the way of a song’. And what stands out about Midnight…
Everytime is the new track from Australian music artist Adam Faybrem. The singer-songwriter enjoyed a UK chart-topping track in 2013 and followed that with a series of singles including his most recent There She Goes. This new one is from his forthcoming album Disco Galaxy. Everytime begins as just another EDM pop fest—cue the fade-in synth, the rigid machine groove,…
October 15, 2020 Melbourne based band Shotgun Mistress has returned with the follow-up to their recent track Glorious Machine. Collide is another taste of the band’s forthcoming debut album due out soon and features some of the same characteristics of their previous singles, including Save Me from Myself, which went to No1. on the iTunes…
October 15, 2020 Australian singer-songwriter Liam Rorke began his career in the music world at a very young age and then completed a degree in music before immersing himself in songwriting. His new single Will You Be Mine is from his newly released debut album Heart Returning, a set of piano-driven songs with a focus…
September 17, 2020 Harry Cleverdon, the singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Young, NSW may just be the best-kept secret in Australian music that will soon no longer be such a secret. Harry has had over a quarter of a million Spotify streams making him one of the most promising music artists of this year. Ever since…
– Book Review September 16, 2020 Melbourne author Tobias McCorkell spent the first 25 years of his life in Coburg. He has taught creative writing at the University of Melbourne and authored works of non-fiction including editing the upcoming Cop this Lot: writers on growing up class-conscious in Australia, an anthology of essays.In 2018 he appeared…
July 27, 2020 Wollongong Favourites, Hockey Dad’s highly anticipated third studio album, Brain Candy, features both ‘Itch’ and ‘I Missed Out’. The thirteen track album was produced, engineered and mixed by John Goodmanson at Robert Lang Studios (Bikini Kill, Blonde Redhead, Death Cab for Cutie, Los Campesinos) and was mastered by Troy Glessner (Alice in…
Live Review BY ALEC SMART 28/02/2020 Tony Hadley, ex-lead vocalist with chart-topping band Spandau Ballet, performed a selection of songs from his solo career interspersed with much-loved favourites from his former band at Metro Theatre in Sydney on Fri 28 Feb. He was supported on tour by Australian songstress Chloe Styler. Chloe Styler is a…
Live Review BY ALEC SMART 21/02/2020 February 27, 2020 Stiff Little Fingers, aka SLF, performed at Metro Theatre in Sydney on Fri 21 Feb, supported by veteran Sydney band Rocks and North Shore street-punkers Rust. SLF appeared in five capital cities in Australia before flying to New Zealand, as part of their Ignition Tour. The…
Live Review BY ALEC SMART 15/02/20 February 19, 2020 Sunnyboys performed at Taronga Zoo on 15 Feb, part of the Twilight at Taronga annual summer concert series, with support from Rocket Science. The fourth show in their 40th anniversary national tour, which has so far taken them to Torquay, Melbourne and Brisbane, the original line-up…