australian artists
Live Review & Gallery: Night Lovell, Haarper, and Standout Opener MUDRAT – Liberty Hall, Eora Land/Sydney, 16.11.25
Night Lovell and Haarper playing the same show already felt like someone stacked the deck in any fan’s favour. Then I saw MUDRAT was opening, and honestly, that was the part I was most curious about. I have been trying to catch them live for ages. MUDRAT didn’t waste time. No big entrance, no drawn-out …
Live Review & Gallery: All Night at SXSW Sydney Day 3! 15.10.25, Eora/Sydney
By afternoon Day 3 at SXSW Sydney the schedule didn’t matter anymore, it was just venue to venue, whoever was playing next, whatever was happening and where is that sound coming from? I spent the whole night running. Chippo basement, then The Commons, back to Lansdowne, Lord Gladstone, up and down stairs and through alleys. …
News: Joan & the Giants find beauty in heartbreak on their greatest release yet, latest EP ‘The Five Stages of Grief’
Breakups are messy and never just one thing. Grief doesn’t arrive in a neat sequence, and Joan & the Giants’ new EP ‘The Five Stages of Grief‘ catches every jagged edge of that truth. Across six tracks, the Boorloo/Perth band chart the collapse of a nine-year relationship between frontwoman Gracie Newton-Wordsworth and the band’s now-former …
News: Royel Otis Announce National Tour Following Upcoming Album Release ‘hickey’ Next Month
Off the back of a sold-out run of international festival slots, Royel Otis are heading home for their biggest Australian shows to date. This October, they’ll play four huge events in support of their upcoming second album, ‘hickey’, out August 22 – including their very first arena show in Naarm/Melbourne AND another homecoming show at …
Track & News: Hilltop Hoods Release New Single ‘Never Coming Home’ ft. SIX60 Ahead of Upcoming UK/EU Tour and Ninth Studio Album Release
Hilltop Hoods are back with ‘Never Coming Home’, the first proper taste of their next album ‘Fall From The Light’, which lands August 1. The single features New Zealand’s SIX60 and arrives with a full-scale music video that ropes in some of the biggest names in Australian combat sports, including UFC world champ Alexander Volkanovski. …
Live Review & Gallery: Over Two Decades In, Bliss n Eso Are Still Taking It to the Moon – Enmore Theatre, Gadigal Land/Sydney 11.07.25
Bliss n Eso packed out the Enmore Theatre on Friday night, bringing with them a multi-generational crowd and a career-spanning show. From the opening moments, a cinematic, space-themed intro, to the final notes of 2010’s ‘Addicted’, the energy never waned. And with the scale and momentum of this mammoth national tour, I’d expect nothing less. …
News: Hilltop Hoods Prepare for their Biggest Tour Yet + Upcoming Album Announcement
Australia’s hip-hop heavyweights Hilltop Hoods are stepping back into the spotlight. Today, the Adelaide trio announced their Never Coming Home national arena tour, their first since 2022’s sold-out Show Business run. The tour lands in major Australian cities early next year, coinciding with the release of their anticipated eighth studio album, ‘Fall From the Light’, …
Live Review & Gallery: Short Stack’s Debut ‘Stack is the New Black’ Turns 15 and Yes, It Still Slaps – Roundhouse, Eora Land/Sydney, 07.06.25
I was never a scene kid, and I’ve accepted this as a huge loss on my part. I wasn’t allowed to hang out at a Westfield, nor was I on Myspace. I did, however, love my side fringe, and in 2010, I listened to Short Stack’s ‘Planets’ religiously on my mum’s hot pink iPod Shuffle. …
Live Review & Gallery: No Catch-Up Needed as Ball Park Music Return to Enmore Theatre in Full Swing – Gadigal Land/Sydney, 30.05.25
Seeing Ball Park Music feels like running into the oldest of friends, no awkward catch-up, just straight back into the rhythm. Timing still perfect. And that comfort kicked in before a single chord at Enmore Theatre last week. The Brisbane five-piece are on a mammoth, nearly two-month national tour celebrating their eighth studio album ‘Like …
