Alongside their rapid growth, critic support for Royel Otis is certainly not fading, with a whopping 38% of the playlists I track adding ‘Fried Rice’ this week, more than any other artist. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Royel Otis 🥈Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers 🥉1300, Alex Lahey Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers released their […]
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New tracks from Genesis Owusu, Saint Lane, and San Cisco were the most added artists across the best Australian new music playlists this week, with Saint Lane’s achievement also making them the Story Of The Week for doing so ahead of some far more established acts. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Genesis Owusu, Saint Lane, San […]
With 844 different tracks added to the best Australian new music playlists this week (the 3rd largest amount this year), it was a really busy week and incredibly difficult to stand out. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Alex Lahey, Babe Rainbow, DICE, Skeleten, Teenage Joans A handful of artists just (only just!) nudged ahead of the […]
Alex Lahey – The Sky Is Melting
“A Californian golden hour lights this deeply contented track, happily stuffed to the gills with nature and, I’m guessing, fistfuls of edibles. A normal everyday tale of getting high as a paper kite in the desert to Michael Bolton – but make it epic enough for a sea of swaying phone lights 🤳”
Fanzine #02 | Feb 2023
This month’s fanzine edition features Chloe Dadd on the cover, just one of a bunch of killer live shows captured in February, along with Jet City Sports Club, Platonic Sex, The Tin Knees, The Great Awake, and tons more. There are also reviews of the very best new music from DIY, independent, and emerging Australian […]
Most Playlisted: WILSN
With the release of her full length debut, WILSN proved that her top spot two weeks ago was no fluke, with over a third of the best new music playlists in Australia adding tracks from “Those Days Are Over”. This is no small achievement and super-strong support for an artist certain to make more waves […]
Alex Lahey – Good Time
“Alex Lahey returns, taking a faint impression of Sheryl Crow’s “All I Wanna Do” and forcing it into this century. Lahey’s combo punch of laconic wit and fuck-it joie de vivre shines, another crazy-bright roadsign pointing directly to fun 🪧”
It was a tough run at the top of the list this week, with Alex Lahey, Big Scary, and Elizabeth M. Drummond all sharing top honours. 🥇Alex Lahey, Big Scary, Elizabeth M. Drummond 🥈Julia Jacklin 🥉 KANADA THE LOOP, Lola Scott, Royel Otis, Vetta Borne For me, Alex Lahey wins the race this week because […]
Alex Lahey @ Hudson Ballroom, 12th May
“Alex Lahey hasn’t been back to Sydney since October, and the room’s busting at the seams with those of us who’ve missed her. Previewing tracks from the upcoming album, and dropping some of belters from last year’s EP, the crowd is jumping and giddy and grinning from the off, tearing into every song with abandon. […]