Midnight Oil
Back in December, Midnight Oil announced a bunch of outdoor concerts set to take place across February and March. The shows are centred around the band’s latest record, The Makarrata Project; the band’s first record in almost two decades. Today, the band have announced a stacked lineup of First Nations collaborators who will be joining them […]
We’ve said it countless times, but 2020 was just an absolute shitshow from start to finish. Australia started the year up in smoke and is ending it in the midst of a once-in-a-century global pandemic. The pandemic meant that the music industry – both here and overseas – was largely unable to operate as per […]
Midnight Oil have announced a handful of outdoor concerts for early 2021, centred around their latest release, The Makarrata Project, and each featuring a lineup of First Nation collaborators joining them. The Makarrata Live shows will see the band and their collaborators perform music from the recent mini-album, along with other songs of reconciliation from throughout […]
Midnight Oil bassist and vocalist Wayne Stevens, more commonly known as Bones Hillman has died today. Aged 62, he passed away in his Milwaukee home after battling cancer. The band confirmed the news today via Twitter. Paying tribute to Bones they wrote, “We’re grieving the loss of our brother Bones Hillman, who has passed away […]
After season 2 of The Sound smashed back onto our screens last weekend with Midnight Oil, Kylie Minogue & more, we’re getting another equally stacked lineup for episode 2. To coincide with the start of NAIDOC Week (which begins this Sunday, 8th November), your favourite music-based tele show will be delivering an ep choc full […]
Earlier this month, it was revealed that a second season of ABC’s live music television series The Sound would be hitting our screens on Sunday, 1st November. Now, the show have shared the enormous lineup for their first episode back, including heavyweights such as Kylie bloody Minogue, Midnight Oil and much, much more. PB = PB […]
Aussie rock legends Midnight Oil have dished the details on their first longform release in almost 20 years. Dubbed The Makarrata Project, the mini album will feature seven feature-stacked new tracks, including previously released single ‘Gadagal Land’, all produced by long-time collaborator Warne Livesey (who also helmed Midnight Oil albums Diesel & Dust, Blue Sky […]
Last week, Midnight Oil returned with their first new single since 2003, ‘Gadigal Land’, a collaboration with Dan Sultan, Kaleena Briggs, Bunna Lawrie and poet Joel Davidson. The track – which is, sonically speaking, classic Oils – takes its title from the traditional name for so-called Sydney, running from the CBD plus areas from South Head through […]
We finally have the first new single from Midnight Oil since 2002. It’s called ‘Gadigal Land’ and it features Dan Sultan along with Kaleena Briggs, Joel Davison, and Bunna Lawrie. There’s no compromising the Oil’s trademark sound, nor their commitment to fighting injustice – read all about their discography here. The song takes its name […]
Midnight Oil have always been a hard band to categorise. Forming in Sydney in the mid-1970s, they’ve long been lumped under the “pub-rock” banner. But this tag doesn’t give you a sense of the band’s left-wing politics and anti-racist messaging, which are as essential to the Midnight Oil DNA as angular electric guitars and Peter […]
