3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (539+ words) Kiwis moving to Melbourne is hardly a new phenomenon. Split Enz did it, Betchadupa followed, and more recently DARTZ and Bakers Eddy have made the trip across the ditch. Stepping out of the Aotearoa backyard and landing in Melbourne feels…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1828+ words) While the music industry tends to reward constant movement, the Sydney-based songwriter, guitarist and producer found that some of her best work came from getting away from it all – retreating to farms and remote pockets of regional Australia to write,…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (368+ words) It’s refreshing to hear a song that’s genuinely introspective without making a whole performance out of being introspective. ‘Pain and Change’ understands something pretty simple: sometimes change hurts, but staying exactly where you are can hurt more. Thomas Skalicky’s latest…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1005+ words) The track emerged from a home studio session earlier this year when JONE was deeply inspired by Mk.gee’s signature guitar tones. What started as an experimental beat quickly became something more when Jacey heard the track and insisted they…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1870+ words) There’s something pretty great about an artist reaching a point in their career where the catalogue is big enough to start digging through the forgotten corners. For Vince Charming, that meant revisiting six “orphaned” songs that had been sitting around…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (584+ words) If you have a creative vision and skills to magically wield a range of instruments, but lack the resources and infrastructure of the music industry, then the D.I.Y. alt scene is just the place to be. From grassroots resourcefulness, unconventional performance…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (334+ words) More than a decade after its 2013 release, Hungry Ghost – the third album by Australian alternative rock band Violent Soho – has officially gone Platinum. The Brisbane band’s breakthrough album has achieved ARIA Platinum status – being presented with plaques backstage at last…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1276+ words) Sydney-born, New York-based rocker Ariane Campbell is the kind of artist who wears her influences on her leather-clad sleeve, equal parts Joan Jett and PJ Harvey. A longtime resident of Manhattan’s SoHo, she has carved a path through the grit…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (169+ words) Jimi The Kween joined us at BIGSOUND for a chat about club culture, new music and their upcoming mixtape Pretty Club Girl. The Melbourne artist has spent the year moving between drag, DJing, clubs and festival stages, with new music…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (102+ words) happymag.tv We caught up with Sidney Phillips at BIGSOUND. The Morayfield-born, Meanjin-connected rapper describes what she makes as “adlay pluggnb”, pulling from cloud rap, digicore, Minecraft, Wicca Phase, The Beatles and, somehow, catching the train. We talked about the…...