Tracks are nice and everything, but albums are where it’s at. These are all the long-players released in April that I’ve caught so far by Australian emerging, independent, and DIY artists.
New Albums This Month: May 2025

Tracks are nice and everything, but albums are where it’s at. These are all the long-players released in April that I’ve caught so far by Australian emerging, independent, and DIY artists.
Each week, my robots scour the best Australian new music playlists to see which artists are getting the most support from critics and tastemakers. this week # Unique Tracks Added 501 – 18% # Unique Artists Added 462 – 15% vs last week # Playlists Updated 23 – 2 appeared on 30% of updated playlists […]
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 Terrys (appeared on 29% of updated playlists) 🥈Mikayla Pasterfield, Armlock (25%) 🥉Esha Tewari, The Vanns, Press Club, Carla Wehbe, Jem Cassar-Daley, […]
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: 🥇JACOTÉNE (appeared on 30% of updated playlists) 🥈Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird, Bakers Eddy, Vv Pete […]
Most Playlisted This Week The top two spots this week were taken by artists returning to the fray after a break, with some tough competition for the bronze medal. 🥇Letters To Lions (appeared on 32% of updated playlists) 🥈Ruby Fields (28%) 🥉Young Franco, Slowly Slowly, Floodlights, VV Pete (24%) 🏆 List-toppers this week were Letters […]
VV Pete‘s latest track “Jordan 1s” – a collab with UTILITY – was the most added track across the best Australian new music playlists this week, appearing on over a third of the playlists I track. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇VV Pete 🥈GUM 🥉Aodhan, BLESSED, Gretta Ray, Jack River, The Teskey Brothers GUM’s latest was […]
A strong performance from Liyah Knight saw her break just ahead of a heavyweight pack this week, gaining the most adds on the best Aussie new music playlists with “Play It Cool”. Most Playlisted This Week 🥇Liyah Knight 🥈Tkay Maidza, Jack River, Mo’Ju, Kira Puru, ENOLA, Vv Pete 🥉Vallis Alps, Speed, These New South Whales […]