Cub Sport – Always Got The Love Cub Sport are Australia’s answer to immaculate transcendent pop. With every release they manage to tap into this vulnerably raw, but sonically ethereal and rich soundscape where they immediately captivate you and leave you in awe. Following the release of their 2020 fourth studio album ‘LIKE NIRVANA’, the…
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LIVE REVIEW: The Wombats – Riverstage
At this stage The Wombats are honorary Australians. I won’t take any arguments for this case as their fanfare every time they return to Australia is nothing short of extraordinary. It’s been a while in-between visits thanks to the global pandemic which hit pause on touring, but we are back in venues singing along together,…
GALLERY: Bliss N Eso + Brisbane Symphony Orchestra – Fortitude Music Hall
Fortitude Music Hall have been working on this unique series called Strings Attached where they bring together Australian musical favourites with the Brisbane Symphony Orchestra. So far they’ve had Vera Blue and The Smith Street Band, and they are ready to cross genres again into Hip-Hop with Bliss N Eso. Orchestra’s and Hip-Hop are something…
INTERVIEW: Tove Styrke
Tove Styrke’s mission is to make life and death pop. The sort of pop music that is bold and unapologetic. Pop music that isn’t completely flawless, and still has some grit attached to it. And with her fourth studio album ‘HARD’, she has successfully done that. Throughout the nine tracks on the album she takes you…
INTERVIEW: George Ezra
There is something that has always been so soothing about George Ezra’s vocals. He has this luscious tone that is immediately comforting, and will have you swooning as he poetically sings directly to your soul. Amidst the theatrical nature of the arrangements, and the many hits that comfortably sit in his discography, there is a…
INTERVIEW: Sasha Alex Sloan
Let’s just be real for a moment. There aren’t many good things to have come out from the global pandemic, but one of the good ones was Sasha Alex Sloan’s honest sophomore studio album, ‘I Blame The World’. Before the pandemic she was halfway through writing a new album. It was darker, more direct, and…
20 Years ago I bought my first album… and it was Avril Lavigne’s debut masterpiece ‘Let Go’
It was June 2002; the live-action Scooby Doo Movie was about to come out, my sisters were obsessed with Rapunzel Barbie, and I just started collecting Yu-Gi-Oh cards. I was eight years old, I was growing up in New Zealand, and I had already fallen in love with music, and knew somewhere deep down that…
LIVE REVIEW: The Kid LAROI – Riverstage
The Kid LAROI is one the biggest superstars in the world right now, and there’s no denying that fact. With two ARIA Music Aways, five Billboard Music Awards, an iHeartradio Music Award, and two Grammy Award nominations under his belt, his success has become a truly remarkable story of persistence and hard work from a…
WEEKLY NEW MUSIC WRAP UP: Demi Lovato, Khalid, Tove Styrke, MOTHICA, WAAX, Ivey & Hugo Basclain
Demi Lovato – Skin Of My Teeth Demi Lovato has returned to their pop-punk roots for their forthcoming eighth studio album ‘HOLY FVCK,’ which will be released on August 19. ‘Skin Of My Teeth’ is the first taste of what’s to come, and it’s a fiery and angsty driven track that will immediately light a…
SINGLE REVIEW: Lindsey Lomis – save your breath
Lindsey Lomis wants you to know that she’s found her voice, and that she’s ready to be your next musical obsession. Her new single ‘save your breath’ is taken from the Nashville based singer-songwriter’s forthcoming EP ‘Daydreaming’ which will be released on August 19, and it’s an absolute BANGER. Sonically reminiscent of Julia Michaels, the…
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