Out now: Patrick Watson – Uh Oh

Patrick Watson releases Uh Oh, a deeply personal 11-track collection that investigates the idea of life as being a series of “uh ohs”: a little phrase uttered in response to everything from childhood accidents to our most overwhelming anxieties. The songs on this album were written during a period where Watson was experiencing his own career-threatening “uh oh” – he’d lost his voice. Unsure if he would ever sing again,…

Listen: Blawan – ‘Rabbit Hole’

Blawan – aka Jamie Roberts – returns with ‘Rabbit Hole,’ the next single from his highly anticipated forthcoming album SickElixir, out 10 October. Where the first single ‘NOS’ surged forward with a pulsing, vocal-led intensity, ‘Rabbit Hole’ takes a different path. Featuring vocals by Monstera Black alongside his own, it tunnels listeners inward, revealing a more vulnerable and restless side of Roberts’ writing and production. Crafted between Berlin, Leeds, Paris,…

Listen: Carla Geneve – ‘Ashamed’

Carla Geneve releases her new single ‘Ashamed’, the third single taken from her forthcoming album Don’t Be Afraid due Friday 17 October. The new single shows Geneve at her most reflective, with piano-led instrumentation framing her direct, intimate lyrics. Carla shares “This is another one of the tracks that we redid. This one was originally theatrical, grandiose. We never quite knew how to finish it off, it felt as though…

Watch: Yaeji – ‘booboo2 (ft. underscores and Aliyah’s Interlude)’

After a whirlwind summer of global festivals and her Asia headline tour, NYC-via-Seoul artist, producer, vocalist and DJ Yaeji is back with ‘booboo2’ – the playful sequel to her 2024 banger ‘booboo.’ This time around, she teamed up with hyper-pop-punk artist underscores and rising rapper influencer Aliyah’s Interlude to supercharge the track into a high-octane reinvention of the original. 2025 has been a transformative year for Yaeji. From her stand-alone…

Announced: Liz Stringer support acts + charity partners – Australian Tour

Ahead of her upcoming headline To Survive Australia Tour, Liz Stringer has revealed the local charities she’ll be supporting at each show. Representatives from these organisations will attend the concerts, and audience members will have the chance to donate directly throughout the evening via QR codes displayed around the venues. Donations and further information about all charity partners are already available on the To Survive Tour landing page on Liz’s…

Out now: Horsegirl – Julie In Twos

Earlier this year, Horsegirl released one of the year’s most lauded releases, Phonetics On and On. Produced by Cate Le Bon, the album has already landed on mid-year best of 2025 lists from major publications, including Esquire, Stereogum, The Ringer, UPROXX, FLOOD, Paste, Rolling Stone, and more. The band has been touring extensively since the release, recently returning from an entirely sold out, first-ever Japanese tour. Today, Horsegirl shine a…

Out now: Mouseatouille – Dj Set

Mouseatouille return with their third album DJ Set, out now on vinyl and all music platforms. This October, the band will take the new record on the road, bringing their intricate live show to headline stages in Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney – Tickets on sale now. Mouseatouille, the Melbourne nine-piece collective, has always sought comfort in numbers. There is a reassurance in the orchestra, the knowledge that a friend…

Announced: keiyaA – hooke’s law + ‘take it’

keiyaA announces her highly anticipated, sophomore album hooke’s law, out October 31st, and also shares the project’s second single ‘take it’, accompanied by a second self-co-directed music video with Caity Arthur, which follows last month’s ‘stupid prizes’. Written and produced over five years, hooke’s law is keiyaA’s document of survival through self-interrogation. The album deconstrusts and rebuilds her ego on her own terms, offering a safe space to process conflicting…

Watch: Sleaford Mods – ‘Megaton’

Sleaford Mods make an explosive return with brand new single ‘Megaton’, out now. Over an arc of rolling beats and atmospheric electronics, the track is peppered with acerbic bars digging out cultural mediocrity. A union of groove and guile, Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn are ruffling feathers and moving feet with their first new release as Sleaford Mods since 2023 album UK GRIM. Continuing the duo’s partnership with the charity…

Watch: bar italia – ‘rooster’

bar italia release new single and video ‘rooster’, the latest preview from their upcoming album Some Like It Hot, released October 17th. Flowing between sinuous groove and sinister guitar onslaughts, ‘rooster’ is another showcase of the new album’s union of the anthemic and unbridled. Some Like It Hot is a 1959 film starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon about a group of rogue musicians on the adventure path….

Announced: The Smith Street Band – Once I Was Wild + title-track

On the eve of kicking off a 24-date regional Australian tour, Melbourne punk rock icons The Smith Street Band have dropped a brand-new single and announced their seventh album Once I Was Wild, out Friday November 21. The album’s title track, ‘Once I Was Wild’, serves as its third single, following on from earlier releases ‘This Is It’ and ‘Star Child’. The new track captures a bittersweet nostalgia, as the…

Listen: Makaya McCraven – ‘Boom Bapped’, ‘The Beat Up’, ‘Dark Parks’, ‘Los Gatos’

Makaya McCraven releases four new singles, one from each of his four upcoming EPs – Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop – which will be released on October 31st. The new singles – ‘Boom Bapped (feat. Theon Cross & Ben LaMar Gay)’, ‘The Beat Up’, ‘Dark Parks (feat. Jeff Parker)’, ‘Los Gatos’ – and subsequent EPs are all compiled on a 2xLP and 2xCD physical release…

Out now: Tune-Yards – Tell The Future With Your Body EP

Tune-Yards release a new EP, Tell the Future With Your Body, off the back of their latest album Better Dreaming in May, which saw the duo deliver some of the grooviest music of their career so far. On this new EP, Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner expand on the loopy, homespun energy of their latest album with four more tracks of irresistible rhythms, basslines and melodies. The tracklisting offers three previously…

Announced: Pavement – Hecklers Choice: Big Gums and Heavy Lifters + PAVEMENTS OST

Today, we bring news of two ‘new’ Pavement releases. For the rookies: The brand-new best-of compilation Hecklers Choice: Big Gums and Heavy Lifters. And for the heads: the physical edition of the PAVEMENTS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Hard to believe we made it, but here we are. A sold-out reunion. Gold records. A critically-lauded feature film. Stockton, CA’s finest are once again seated atop the throne and Pavement is the…

Watch: Living Hour – ‘Best I Did It’

Living Hour return with their latest single ‘Best I Did It’, a cathartic blend of raw lyricism and distorted, shoegaze-infused alt-rock. It’s the third preview of their upcoming fourth album Internal Drone Infinity out October 17. Lead singer and lyricist Sam Sarty describes the song as an unflinching confrontation with depression, dissociation, and anxiety. “This song is about confronting intensely grey feelings,” Sarty shares. “In Winnipeg, during the winter and…

Listen: The Barr Brothers – ‘Naturally (feat. La Force)’

Montreal’s The Barr Brothers have released ‘Naturally,’ a heartfelt ode to personal growth and self-acceptance. Rooted in the tradition of classic American songwriting, the track evokes the melodic charm and lyrical depth of artists like Harry Nilsson and Paul Simon. ‘Naturally’ is the fourth glimpse into Let It Hiss, their long-awaited fourth studio album, arriving October 17. Unfolding gradually over a laid back groove, ‘Naturally’ features ethereal high harmonies from…

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