Over the past year Washington has been dropping nostalgia filled and synth layered tracks with vulnerable thoughts and slick hooks. The distinct directional shift started in 2017 with a premiere performance at BigSound of her new material followed by some orchestral shows. Since then the Brisbane based singer-songwriter dropped the dreamy single ‘Claws’ and ‘American…
SINGLE REVIEW: Charli XCX feat. Lizzo – Blame It On Your Love
Earlier this week Charli XCX and Lizzo announced that they were coming to save pop music and we all believed them. After all, a collaboration between these two pop music innovators could only be thought as epic. Instead what they deliver is severely disappointing. ‘Blame It On Your Love’ is a glorified, water downed. reggaeton…
SINGLE REVIEW: Graace – Have Fun At Your Party
Over the course of the past year, she has made you dance with ‘Kissing Boys’, she has made you cry during ‘Last Night’ and she’s made you reflect on some of your darkest insecurities through ‘Sorry In Advance’. GRAACE is an exciting newcomer with a whole lot of promise. The Sydney based singer-songwriter wowed audiences…
SINGLE REVIEW: Adam Lambert – New Eyes
If you’ve been following Adam Lambert’s journey from the beginning you will know that he’s always loved game rock. His debut album ‘For Your Entertainment’ heard him dabbling with the glam rock themes whilst adding a pop polish. Now fronting the iconic band Queen, the singer-songwriter is heading further towards his roots for his forthcoming…
INTERVIEW: Dennis Lloyd
It’s Dennis Lloyd’s first tour of Australia after releasing music for four years and the humble singer-songwriter is still shocked and excited that people from across the world want to see him live. Walking into his dressing room before his Brisbane headline show at 256 Wickham, he calmly sits on a couch playing FIFA with…
INTERVIEW: Carlie Hanson
Later this year Wisconsin teenager Carlie Hanson will head to Australia for the first time to play some massive shows alongside viral favourite LAUV. The two are no strangers to success through streaming services and are really leading the way with the current re-modelling the music industry is going through. Her debut singles ‘Why Did…
SINGLE REVIEW: Benee – Evil Spider
Bene is back and apparently she’s an evil spider. The New Zealand singer-songwriter had the world feeling a particular way with her groovy single ‘Soaked’ which dominated radio and streaming platforms with it’s infectious hook. After hitting the road for a run of headline shows she’s back with another moody little banger. ‘Evil Spider’ is…
ALBUM REVIEW: Ciara – Beauty Marks
In retrospective this is the strongest promotional lead up to an album that Ciara has had in a long time. From the viral success of ‘Level Up’ to her countless televised performances and her massive 2019 Billboard Music Awards performance which gained massive praise, Ciara is a name that everyone is talking about again. ‘Beauty…
EP REVIEW: Aly & AJ – Sanctuary
80’s synths will forever be one of my favourite sounds. There is just something about that production styling that can make you want to dance and cry at the same time and that’s such a powerful thing. And that’s the direction that Aly & AJ have shifted towards since their exciting comeback in 2017. They…
SINGLE REVIEW: Ed Sheeran feat. Justin Bieber – I Don’t Care
Look, it was only in due time that this collaboration was going to happen one way or another. So the way I look at it is, let’s get it over and done with now and then we don’t have to revisit it. The idea of Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber doing a song together is…
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