Highlighting the depth of Aussie talent

Australia's biggest music event BIGSOUND is set to go off next week, with a huge and diverse line up of exciting Aussie artists!

Looking for your next local fave? Here we're highlighting one BIGSOUND…

Thanks to Angie Kruger, From the Crowd

We invited Perth music scene expert Angie Kruger from From the Crowd to tell us which WA bands you should have your eyes and ears on. Here's what she said…

WEST ENVY

'With…

Three bands you need to know

Following on from our five fave post-punk bands story earlier this year, we delve into the genre's poppier sister to bring you three Aussie new wave bands you should know about.

SCREENSAVER

This Melbourne-based…

Your top picks!

We asked, you told us - which Australian artists you love and deserve a wider audience. We received heaps of great recommendations (thank-you everyone!), and here we highlight some of the most-mentioned!

R.EM.EDY

With music that blends…

Sonic and visual experimentation

Get ready for the upcoming full-length release from Blood Lotus with a dive into the atmospheric music videos for three singles taken from the album.

Blood Lotus is the musical project of Melbourne-based Hannah Wu, fusing…

Jazz by name, varied by genre

We love a chance to showcase artists who share similar names, and today it's our five favourites with JAZZ in their names - but not necessarily in their tunes…

JAZZPARTY

‘Late nights, sweaty bodies,…

Chuey moves into a new era

Take a peep at Sydney artist Chuey's body of work and you might just decide he's the king of reinvention.

From pop/funk EP Tableaux, to EDM/dubstep EP DIPTYCH, and from composing the soundtrack for…

The amazing Aussie artists on the regional tour

Next week Australian indie folk legends Boy & Bear will kick off their 2026 regional tour, playing 21 shows across the country - featuring some incredible Australian support acts! Here's who you…

The path to music is not always linear

She might have taken the long way to get there, but  Lucienne has finally found her place - as one of Sydney's most exciting new soul singer-songwriters. The release of her latest…

And they've just announced their forthcoming EP

Meet the current line up of FVNERAL, a trio of independent artists in their own right who you might just recognise!

FVNERAL consists of Madeleine Powers (also known as RAGEFLOWER) and Ben Siva…

We asked which artists you're loving right now

We posed the question on our socials last week and were blown away with the response!

Here are some of YOUR top picks of the moment:

KIRKLANDD

A Serbian-Australian artist from Canberra…

Our fave bands named after avenues!

Street names are a popular choice for bands, and today we take a look at our favourite artists who take their name from avenues…

COLLEEN AVE

Colleen Ave is a band comprised of friends…

Silliness never sounded better

Our first taste of Brisbane six-piece Greshka was The Australian Dream, a single from their new album MORE IS MORE. It was like nothing we'd heard before, and struggling to formulate an accurate description, we…

Similar names, different artists

It would be easy to confuse ALBI., ALBII, and Alibii by name alone, but once you've heard each artist's distinct sound, you'll never mix them up again! Here's your guide to these three fast-rising acts.

ALBI.

Five of our faves!

Discordant guitars, experimental effects, haunting soundscapes… the Australian post-punk scene is thriving right now, and here are five bands we've handpicked to highlight this elusive genre!

Kitty of the Valley

A Sydney-based band with a genre-merging…

Composing and performing with one ear

Prolific Australian artist Fletcher Babb's work is all the more remarkable when you consider he is totally deaf in one ear, having lost hearing in his right ear to a case of mumps at…

Our fave sibling bands

You simply can't go past the perfect harmonies of sibling voices! Allow us to introduce you to some of our favourite musical combinations of brothers and sisters - you won't regret it!

CLEWS

The guitar-driven indie…

Butter is the secret to great music!

What's in a name? Because we couldn't help noticing how many of our favourite artists' names begin with the word butter! In case you think we're exaggerating, here are six fantastic buttery Australian…

We catch up with 2026 Best of the Buskers winner Jessica Holbrok

From hundreds of artists registered to busk during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, only ten are chosen by public vote to perform in front of a crowd and…

Five artists to watch in Australia's Latin music scene

Latin music is having a moment around the world, and Australia is no exception. Here are five Australian-based Latin artists to keep an ear out for!

LAMIRA

Lamira is a Venezuelan-born…

Check out these early bloomers

They may have barely hit high school, but they're already delivering the goods when it comes to contemporary Australian hip-hop! Meet three young artists who are already making their voices heard.

Inkabee

Indigenous Perth prodigy…

The artist aiming for 52 releases in one year

Gippsland surf-punk CHEAP-SKATE has set himself a lofty goal for the year, pledging to release new music every single week of 2026 in a project dubbed 'CHEAP-YEAR.'

So far, he's on…

This is part six of a six-part series on the year in indie Aussie music. 

So many bands absolutely killed it this year - far more than we can mention here, but here are some of the highlights!

The Tullamarines…

This is part five of a six-part series on the year in indie Aussie music. 

This week we 're checking out some of the highlights of 2025 when it came to alternative music and and the hip-hop scene.

Worm Girlz…

This is part four of a six-part series on the year in indie Aussie music. 

Here we cover the year's highlights in jazz, funk, soul, reggae, and psychedelia - kicking things off with the ultimate break out of 2025, the…