Most Playlisted This Week
Bolder-faced names dominated the best new music playlists in Australia this week, with big new tracks from Amyl & The Sniffers, Thelma Plum, King Stingray (pictured), Mallrat, tiffi, and Alex The Astronaut. The excellent Nick Ward charged into the top three though to represent for the next gen of artists coming through.
🥇Amyl & The Sniffers, King Stingray, Thelma Plum
🥈tiffi
🥉 Alex the Astronaut, Mallrat, Nick Ward
🍟 Takeouts:
- Not remotely a surprise to see those three artists at the top of the pile – all are consistently well supported, and when they release tracks as strong as all three of them are, they were always going to be top of the pile
- tiffi only just missed the top spot though – in an average week, this would have been a list-topping level of support
- Mallrat and Alex the Astronaut both returned with new music for the first time in a while, but it’s clear their support based among tastemakers remains rock solid
- It was a standout performance this week from Nick Ward though – his latest excellent track ‘Control‘ managed to keep pace in a week with a particularly strong slate, a loud signal of the high regard he’s held in. He’s playing SXSW Sydney in a couple of months, just after his debut album is released, which has surely got to be one of the showcases you’ll want to catch as he takes it to the next level.
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📸 Photo credit: me, shot at The Vanguard, Mar 2022
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