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Before I talked with him, David Novak from Polish Club was a bit of a mystery to me. I knew that he had spent most of his life in Sydney, yet he spoke with what seemed to be an American accent. I had read that his mother was a musician and that he himself was […]
The Sydney sun is setting before 5pm, Andrew Thomas Huang’s Austral Flora Ballet adorns the Opera House sails and the Central Station clock tower has become a technicolour beacon. Vivid Sydney is in full swing. This year’s Vivid Music program is typically vast, ranging from international superstars like The Cure and Herbie Hancock to local […]
What happens when you combine emo and rap? You get Juice WRLD, and a string of multi-platinum singles. Blending the melancholy, introspective lyrics of the former with the flow and instrumentals of the latter, Jucie WRLD is someone to keep your eye on. With two full lengths albums under his belt — 2018’s Goodbye & […]
Since releasing his 2014 solo album, Sheplife, Briggs has become a celebrity. The album introduced the Yorta Yorta rapper to a much wider audience courtesy of the singles ‘Bad Apples’ and ‘The Hunt’. Briggs took that momentum into A.B. Original’s Reclaim Australia LP, which made an even greater impression. He’s subsequently become a voice of […]
Many of us can link a certain album to pivotal moments in our lives. Whether it’s the first record you bought with your own money, the chord you first learnt to play on guitar, the song that soundtracked your first kiss, the album that got you those awkward and painful pubescent years or the one […]
Many of us can link a certain album to pivotal moments in our lives. Whether it’s the first record you bought with your own money, the chord you first learnt to play on guitar, the song that soundtracked your first kiss, the album that got you those awkward and painful pubescent years or the one […]
Keeping with tradition, the fourth album by producer and rapper-drummer Anderson .Paak is dedicated to a city on the coastline of California: this time, the sleepy, surf haven Ventura. Named after an Italian Saint in the 18th century, it translates to ‘good fortune.’ “Good fortune, man,” Paak laughs after being asked what it means to […]
Hilltop Hoods have announced they will be heading on a mammoth 14-country tour later this year. The tour – titled ‘The Great Expanse World Tour’ – is in support of their recent album by the same name, with the hip-hop outfit returning for their Australian leg in August/September to play five headline shows across the […]
“I’m a big girl, I’ve seen some bad shit, I am not going to break.”– Amy Shark, The Sydney Morning Herald, June 2018 The first decade of Amy Billings’ career was not marked with incredible fortune. Soul-destroying covers gigs were her bread and butter, what seems like half the Australian music industry had turned her […]
It’s hard to believe Alex Lahey has been on the airwaves and at our festivals for a little over four years, because her talent, skill and undeniable charm make it feel like she’s a veteran. Lahey has marked her return with her second album The Best Of Luck Club, and it is packed to the rafters […]
