Great Ocean Odes: Three local releases on rotation according to K rock 95.5 Music Director and Workday Presenter, Chris Holland

Our Geelong and Surf Coast is a swirling sonic pool of talented musicians and bands. There’s a bunch of single,…

Kino Motel check-in to cinematic noir nooks on single ‘I’m Your Scene’

Since emerging in 2020, Kino Motel have carved a singular path between Melbourne and Berlin, crafting a sound they’ve dubbed…

Lana Karlay’s ‘Never Real’ Captures the Playful Heart of Teenage Yearning

Seventeen-year-old Australian pop artist Lana Karlay is back, and she’s shaking things up. Today sees the release of her new…

EASAE Dives Into Vulnerability With Her Haunting New Single ‘Where Do You Go’

EASAE, a Los Angeles–based artist born in Buffalo, New York, has long enchanted listeners with her ethereal-indie sound, a luminous…

BARAKA THE KID drops album ahead of Pako Festa performance

It’s a huge weekend of Geelong’s own BARAKA THE KID. The hip hop artist has today dropped his latest album IF…

In Verses is another masterful entry for Karnivool

Few bands inspire cult devotion quite like Karnivool, and In Verses reminds us exactly why. Karnivool – In Verses Release Date:…

Bendigo rockers Lost In The Past launch new single ‘Seat By The Fire’

Fast-rising Bendigo heavy rock/metal outfit Lost In The Past continue their momentum with the release of their second single, ‘Seat…

Boy & Bear build on their talent with Tripping Over Time

At six studio albums in, Boy & Bear find themselves at a place of comfort in their sonic skin. Sure,…

Perth’s Gap Year move in light on their latest record

Radiant, airy, and full of life; Perth quiet achievers Gap Year have made an album that sounds exactly like the…

Geelong’s Dirty Wasabi Drop Apocalyptic New Single End Of The World

Geelong alt-rock agitators Dirty Wasabi are closing out 2025 with a punch to the throat, delivering their thunderous new single…

How TAMS/N OTWAY owned her past, shaking it up as a Whiskey Sour

Content Warning: The following article has themes of abuse and trauma. Reader discretion advised. Move over Lana, Chappell and Billie…

The Devil Wears Prada stop to smell the roses with their latest album

When The Devil Wears Prada guitarist and clean vocalist Jeremy DePoyster prefaced Flowers with “This is us at our peak,…

Eleni Drake dares to be the next big name in sad-pop.

British/Greek singer, songwriter, producer Eleni Drake dazzles on debut LP, CHUCK. Eleni Drake – Chuck LABEL: MNRK RELEASE: 31 OCT Keep…

With their Good Things appearance approaching, it’s time to start talking about All Time Low

Everyone’s Talking! opens with an acoustic builder ‘[cold open]’, inviting the audience into the record made up of “a few…

Wolf Alice’s The Clearing is an academic account with cinematic scope

Wolf Alice have fast become my favourite active bands, with Blue Weekend sitting as my number one album of the…

Matt Corby drops new single ahead of Teddy Swims supporting national tour

Critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Matt Corby returns with the highly anticipated new single ‘Long and Short’.  Receiving…

Head under the surface of NO CIGAR’s third album

You would be forgiven if you thought you were listening to Fontaines DC when you hit play on New Zealand…

RinRin rips through debut record, The Nut House

The debut album for Filipino-born and Australian-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Qarin Hipe, known professionally as RinRin, The Nut House continues…

The Rasmus wear their WEIRDO title as a badge of honour

The day when The Rasmus infiltrated Australian airwaves is unforgettable. The vampiric 2003 single ‘In The Shadows’ stole our sunlight…

Lorde’s Virgin is still at the forefront of our minds

Pure Heroine was a groundbreaker. Melodrama was a masterpiece. Sadly Solar Power fell short, a lackluster body of work that…

In their first album in four years, Rise Against are impenetrable

It’s the first album in four years from Rise Against and they don’t waste time leaping into it with open…

Step into a world of serenity with Sophie Hutchings

On ARIA award-winning pianist and composer Sophie Hutchings’ latest offering, the drive has two destinations. Become The Sky is Hutchings’…

Melbourne Town Hall’s grand organ and the Federation Bells set foundation for Namazu’s latest project

Influenced deeply by location, Naarm-based ambient duo, Namazu, incorporates instrumentation specific to Melbourne for their latest album offering. Comprised of…

Acoustic Foxx makes a heart-breaking case for phoning loved ones on new single

What ifs and weighted wondering weave together as the threads of Melbourne songwriter, Acoustic Foxx’s, upcoming single, ‘A Little Time’….

 

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