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Cate Le Bon's new album, Michelangelo Dying, was written in the wake of a painful break-up, one that Le Bon has describe...
25/09/2025

Cate Le Bon's new album, Michelangelo Dying, was written in the wake of a painful break-up, one that Le Bon has described as like an “amputation that you don’t really want, but you know will save you.”

It’s an album about finding yourself on the other side of a romantic entanglement that had long taken precedence over all other relationships. What belongs to you? And what belonged to the relationship?

Le Bon’s lyrics are more direct than they’ve ever been. Some of the vocal phrases feel like turning on a ceiling light in the middle of the night to check if there’s a spider under the covers. Panicked. Glaring. Necessary.

“I don’t wanna change,” Le Bon sings in “Heaven Is No Feeling.” And I think we’re all familiar with this stubborn refusal to move forward: you’re wallowing, miserable, hung up. But you like it there.

Read more via the link in the comments.

Lost Paradise promoters Finely Tuned will present The Works, a six-gig series at Eveleigh venue Carriageworks this Decem...
24/09/2025

Lost Paradise promoters Finely Tuned will present The Works, a six-gig series at Eveleigh venue Carriageworks this December and January.

Many artists on the Lost Paradise lineup will also perform at The Works, including highbrow ravers Underworld, who’ll headline the launch event on Monday 29 December.

The series program also features French industrial techno producer I Hate Models, crowd-pleasing tech house producer Ben Böhmer, YouTubing improviser Marc Rebillet, and A-Trak, whose Duck Sauce song “Barbra Streisand” came up at pub trivia last night.

Find all the details via the link in the comments.

What does an A&R person actually do? It’s one of music’s perennial puzzles, up there with the distinction between mixing...
23/09/2025

What does an A&R person actually do? It’s one of music’s perennial puzzles, up there with the distinction between mixing and mastering, and theories on how much time it takes to do “the things we never had.”

For Lau Frías, A&R director at Secretly Group, the role boils down to one core responsibility. “Helping artists feel seen and uplifted is by far the most meaningful part of my job,” Frías says.

FrĂ­as spoke to Hatchie about her taste in music, her favourite music city, and the highlights of her job. Read it via the link in the comments.

We've got three weekend double passes to give away to The Croxton Bandroom's tenth birthday block party, featuring Tropi...
12/09/2025

We've got three weekend double passes to give away to The Croxton Bandroom's tenth birthday block party, featuring Tropical F**k Storm, Spiderbait, Floodlights, Cash Savage, Party Dozen and more.

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After Hatchie released her last album, 2022’s Giving the World Away, the Brisbane via Melbourne musician needed a break....
09/09/2025

After Hatchie released her last album, 2022’s Giving the World Away, the Brisbane via Melbourne musician needed a break. “I found myself still so unsure of who I was or what I wanted to do with my life, so it was important for me to take some time away from performing and piece things together slowly,” says Hatchie’s Harriette Pilbeam.

Hatchie’s new single “Lose It Again” is the first taste of the dream pop artist’s upcoming third album, Liquorice, which is out in November. Secretly Canadian A&R director Lau Frías spoke to Hatchie about the album, working with producer Melina Duterte (aka Jay Som), and learning to cherish her own “unique set of abilities and parameters.”

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Underworld, Maribou State, Carl Cox, Glass Beams, Santigold, Confidence Man and loads more announced for Melbourne's new...
08/09/2025

Underworld, Maribou State, Carl Cox, Glass Beams, Santigold, Confidence Man and loads more announced for Melbourne's new 2-day New Year's festival.

Details via the link in the comments.

If Spotify really cares about Australian music, then why has it kindled a culture of fear?There was a rumour going aroun...
05/09/2025

If Spotify really cares about Australian music, then why has it kindled a culture of fear?

There was a rumour going around BIGSOUND that journalist Liz Pelly had been scheduled to speak at the conference, but her invitation was rescinded at the urging of Spotify, one of the event’s two presenting partners. Pelly’s new book, Mood Machine, is a sobering indictment of Spotify and the entire streaming model.

It was an unverified rumour, but even the fact that people were credulously discussing it tells you how normalised it is for music industry folks to fear Spotify and to believe the Swedish tech company has sweeping powers of influence.

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DJ Python played the odd club banger, as well as loose, raved-up edits of Smerz’s “Fiesty” and Tracey’s “Sex Life,” but ...
02/09/2025

DJ Python played the odd club banger, as well as loose, raved-up edits of Smerz’s “Fiesty” and Tracey’s “Sex Life,” but he showed complete contempt for the continuous mix format. His set was scattered to the point of being pranksterish, but no one could argue he didn’t take us on a journey.

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Journalist Liz Pelly confirms what we already know: Spotify friggin’ stinks.Pelly’s new book, Mood Machine: The Rise of ...
02/09/2025

Journalist Liz Pelly confirms what we already know: Spotify friggin’ stinks.

Pelly’s new book, Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, explores how Spotify has not only stitched up artists by paying what the United Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW) union have deemed “poverty wages,” but also how its algorithmic recommendation model has made music, and by extension culture, blander.

One of the themes of Pelly’s talk with Triple R’s Lauren Taylor at The Wheeler Centre – part of the Now or Never program – was that Spotify doesn’t really think music matters.

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Naarm-based foursome Birdsnake specialise in a percussive and psychedelic brand of downtempo electronica. They've descri...
29/08/2025

Naarm-based foursome Birdsnake specialise in a percussive and psychedelic brand of downtempo electronica. They've described their latest single, “Hydrostatic Pressure,” as a journey “into the depths of the ocean.”

"Hydrostatic Pressure" will appear on Birdsnake’s debut album, Biofilter, out in November. We spoke to Birdsnake about the aquatic journey that informed Biofilter, and how the record’s dubby, spacious productions draw on the strengths of all four band members.

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September is just around the corner. There'll be bumper Australian headline tours from Irish folkies The Mary Wallopers,...
26/08/2025

September is just around the corner. There'll be bumper Australian headline tours from Irish folkies The Mary Wallopers, US pop singer Anastacia, and Dr. Funkenstein himself, George Clinton.

Sarah Blasko is playing her first two albums in full; June Jones is touring behind her new EP Would that it were a fortress; Guy Blackman is launching his long-awaited solo album Out of Sight; Zion Garcia and Sollyy are teaming up for a dual headline run; and Eddy Current Suppression Ring are playing a one-off mega show at Fed Square.

Find all the details of every artist on tour in September via the link in the comments.

Tyler, The Creator writes pop songs about his failure to commit; alternative rap songs about how fame has caused him to ...
21/08/2025

Tyler, The Creator writes pop songs about his failure to commit; alternative rap songs about how fame has caused him to fear for his personal safety; soulful ballads that explore the uncomfortable possibility that he might resemble the father he’s spent so long despising; funk and R&B songs about chasing the things he once ran from.

But inside Rod Laver Arena, it was all party music. And forget about eroded attention spans and background-music-only listening habits – this was a crowd full of diehards drawn to Tyler’s style and humour, as well as his illumination that we all contain multitudes.

Full review via link in the comments.

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