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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’, …
Premiere: My Chérie explores solitude and connection on reflective new single ‘Life is’
Adelaide-based artist My Chérie returns today with Life is, a new single shaped by the contours of distance, transience, and observation. Premiering on Backseat Mafia, the track is rooted in a formative three-month solo journey across Europe—written during a 30-hour flight home, as the experience was still settling into memory. Far from a typical travelogue, …
News: Lewis Capaldi Announces Long-Awaited Australia & NZ Tour
Lewis Capaldi is finally coming back to Aus + NZ
EP Review: Sand Brothers sweep elegantly into the world with the glorious ‘Shadows In The Square’ EP
It’s been a while since we heard from Sand Brothers and their album ‘Too Much Sky’ (see my review here) but in surprise announcement they are back with a new EP entitled ‘Shadows in The Square’ and it’s business as usual for these purveyors of the finest indie pop. These track didn’t make the original …
Album Review: Merpire immerses us in the beautiful tender embrace of ‘MILK POOL’.
It’s been four years since we reviewed Merpire‘s last official release, the album ‘Simulation Ride’, and the Naarm/Melbourne-based award-winning multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter (the nom-de-plume of Rhiannon Atkinson-Howatt) is back with her new album ‘MILK POOL’: a marvellous sonic journey that puts to the fore her immersive vocals and wry intelligent delivery. Merpire shares of the album: I …
Track: merci, mercy Shares New Single ‘Hold On You’, Announces Headline Tour and Debut Album
Alt-Pop Artist merci, mercy Shares Latest Single Ahead of Debut Album
News: Hothouse Flowers Announce First Australian Tour in Two Decades
First Aussie shows in 20 years — Hothouse Flowers return February 2026.