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New Albums This Month: October 2025

Tracks are nice and everything, but albums are where it’s at. These are all the long-players I’ve caught across the month by Australian emerging, independent, and DIY artists.

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By The Numbers #010: 8th Sep 2025

Every week, I take a look at the best playlists in Australia and the biggest playlists in the world and analyse the artists appearing on them. All of these playlists focus on newly-released tracks – what this means is that these lists can be seen as the bets that critics and tastemakers are making on […]

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By The Numbers #004: 28th Jul 2025

Every week, I take a look at the best playlists in Australia and the biggest playlists in the world and analyse the artists appearing on them. All of these playlists focus on newly-released tracks – what this means is that these lists can be seen as the bets that critics and tastemakers are making on […]

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Most Playlisted: The Rions

Most Playlisted This Week Each week, my robots scour the best Australian new music playlists and look for who is getting the love from the most critics and tastemakers. This week’s podium finishers: 🥇The Rions (appeared on 36% of updated playlists) 🥈Old Mervs, The Terrys, Oscar The Wild (27%) 🥉Lithe, Floodlights, Deep Sea Arcade, The […]

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Most Playlisted: A.Swayze & The Ghosts

Most Playlisted This Week An absolutely storming victory for A.Swayze & The Ghosts (pictured) this week, crashing into the list in the top spot, with ‘Tell You All The Time‘ bagging more slots on more of the best Australian new music playlists than any other artist. 🥇A.Swayze & The Ghosts 🥈annie hamilton, Barkaa (ft MINTY), […]

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Most Playlisted: 1300, The Rions

Most Playlisted This Week 1300 and The Rions shared the top spot this week for the most adds on the best new music playlists in Oz, the former for tracks from their second album ‘GEORGE’, the latter for their ‘Sweet Cocoon’ single. 🥇1300, The Rions 🥈Becca Hatch, Kobie Dee 🥉Eves Karydas, Milan Ring, Nick Ward, […]

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Most Playlisted: Genesis Owusu, MAY-A, Tia Gostelow, Teenage Joans

With new releases, Genesis Owusu, MAY-A, and Tia Gostelow all made it to the top of the playlisters’ preferences this week. Teenage Joans though managed to make it to the very top for the second week in a row, with their latest ‘Candy Apple’ getting a slew of week two adds. That’s really rare, and […]

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Most Playlisted: Teenage Joans

Teenage Joans came out on top as playlisters’ choice, gaining the most adds on the best Australian new music lists this week with their latest ‘Candy Apple’. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Teenage Joans 🥈Mickey Kojak, Saint Lane, The Belair Lip Bombs, JACOTÉNE 🥉filous, Anna Lunoe, Motez, The Rions, South Summit, Elizabeth, Annie Hamilton It was […]

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Most Playlisted: The Rions

The Rions latest shiny blast “Scary Movies” got the most spots on the most credible Australian new music playlists this week, taking up space on over a third of them. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇The Rions 🥈Body Type, Milku, dust 🥉Aodhan, RVG, The Teskey Brothers The always-excellent Body Type were hot on their heels though, […]