LIVE REVIEW: Birds Of Tokyo – QPAC

Birds Of Tokyo are a band that don’t really need a introduction. With a career spanning over 15 years they’ve raked in 2 Aria Awards, 4 APRA Awards and 10 WAMi Awards, as well as soundtracked some key moments in Australian stories with their heartfelt alt-rock meets pop-rock fusion. Always looking at adapting, building and…

INTERVIEW: Claud

Rushing their debut album was something Claud knew they never wanted to do. Taking a creative journey through the release of their EP’s ‘Sideline Star’ and ‘Toast’, they were really searching for the messaging and direction to come to them that would steer the creative process where it should go. From taking that time, a…

INTERVIEW: AYA YVES

AYA YVES was the birth of a new creative project for Sydney based singer-songwriter Vendulka who has always used music to express her internal exploration. Finding herself under a newfound confident light, this project really allowed her to combine the candid vulnerability she found through a previous folk project, with her experimental leaning influences of…

INTERVIEW: Ryan Mack

“Contemplating whether I can keep my Netflix. My card declined today just tryna buy my breakfast” might just be one of the most relatable lyrics you’ll hear right now. Taken from Ryan Mack’s appropriately titled single ‘Broke’, the Irish singer-songwriter has turned his financial struggle during the ongoing COVID pandemic into a viral song. Blowing…

SINGLE REVIEW: Daya – Bad Girl

Daya is an artist who is no stranger to delivering straight-up bangers. Her discography is pretty much exclusively compiled of them with tracks like ‘Sit Still, Look Pretty’, ‘New’, ’Hide Away’, and her Grammy award winning collaboration with The Chainsmokers ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ highlighting that strong creative presence. As she heads into 2021, the…

INTERVIEW: Jeremy Zucker & Chelsea Cutler

Jeremy Zucker and Chelsea Cutler are both very vivid storytellers through and through. Their songwriting comes from an unfiltered place of honesty, vulnerability, and transparency with the hope of just wanting to connect. Last year their individual solo debut albums brought a voice to so many listeners who needed their candid reflections to feel not…

EP REVIEW: Nick Ward – Everything I Wish I Told You

There is a bit of a stigma surrounding the idea that an EP isn’t a fully-realised body of work, but Nick Ward is ready to prove that concept wrong with his cinematically inclined debut EP, ‘Everything I Wish I Told You’. The six track collection is a carefully executed piece of work that intertwines his…

EP REVIEW: Hope D – Cash Only

Hope D is an emerging artist who has rapidly built a fanbase that thoroughly understands her artistry and the message she wants to convey. The Brisbane based singer-songwriter has been building everything organically through independently releasing her music, and has already sold out headline shows with only four official singles out which is an impressive…

GALLERY: A Carry 4 Coins – Fortitude Music Hall

A Carry 4 Coins was an initiative launched in 2020 to act in aid to support the devastating 2019 Australian Bushfires. After the massive sold out success of the 2020 edition, they’ve officially launched an annual event to fundraise for social causes impacting communities that require support.  The 2021 edition is supporting Black Rainbow which…