Photograph: Shari Rose @_sharirose Alice Ruby offers so much more than your average indie-pop artist. An extremely impressive background in violin provides a small explanation for the ethereal sound the Naarm/Melbourne singer has designed and mastered. Her exceptional classical musical education (not only in the stringed instrument, but also holding a double bachelor's degree in music composition and film) tastefully complements a contrasting influence of modern pop music, Ru

Photo: @lu.med1a Naarm/Melbournian trio Violet are on a roll with their single lineup this year so far, with their fourth tune, “Poster Boy”, blending the sound they have refined so early on in their career. Just shy of four-and-a-half minutes, “Poster Boy” is yet another insight into the band’s unrestrained approach to the art form. From the band’s appearance in Djilang/Geelong’s scene in 2021, they have quickly become prominent figures in Melbourne’s underground music scen

Brighton rock band BIGHEAD give an insight on some inspirations, new music and a exclusive playlist of songs

Melbourne duo, The Heart Shaped Aces are future indie royalty; a statement only concreted further with the release of their latest song and title track of their upcoming EP out on May 22nd, sidewalks. Photographed by @madiso______n Being practically the capital of the genre, claiming a new Melbournian band to be the next “big thing” in the indie scene is virtually the equivalent of small talk about the city’s dreary weather each new day, with no following substance. In the c

The explosion of AI, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the world shut down and then reopened again due to the COVID-19 pandemic; that is just a few things that have happened since The Strokes released their last album, The New Abnormal, in 2020. After many online teasers, the New York City band have finally announced their 7th studio album, Reality Awaits, out June 26th, along with the lead single, 'Going Shopping'. Immediately, it is clear that this album is something differ

Ian Laidlaw The year 2000 might have been nearing three decades ago, but Pulp sure can make a crowd of 13,000 disco like it is. The Britpop legends lit up Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl on a very grey Tuesday in March. For the first Australian tour in 15 years, the group did not disappoint, launching into “Sorted For E’s & Wizz”, as the crowd echoed the iconic, anthemic line, “Oh, is this the way they say the future's meant to feel? Or just twenty thousand people standing

British rock legends Oasis are kicking it off in Melbourne this Friday for the first time in 20 years to play the first of their five-show sold-out Australian tour. Get your bucket hats and Adidas ready, because here is your ultimate guide for the Australian leg of the Oasis Live ‘25 tour. Before the gig For a reunion tour as iconic as this, the concert doesn't start when the band hits the stage, but from the second you wake up, so here's your guide to having the most obnoxio

It’s the year of bucket hats, Adidas and Mancunian accents. With Britpop stars Oasis back, music lovers all over the globe are being hit with a monumental wave of 90s nostalgia; whether that means arguing over if, “Country House” or “Roll With It” was the better song, or rocking 30-year-old football jerseys. With this revolution being led by the Gallagher brothers, the news sources are stating it's a Britpop summer. However, reminiscing on the 90s Britpop scene, it is impossi

In April, Irish band Fontaines D.C. released the lead single of what is now their most successful record, Romance. The hit song “Starburster” takes an unexpected route and revisits a new Trip-Hop sound we had briefly seen in previous songs, such as the title track of their third studio album, Skinty Fia, and various features. Although the band has not gone in-depth on the line-by-line meaning of the song, frontman Grian Chatten has stated in multiple interviews that it was a

Assuming you are a regular social media user, you have probably heard the term “nepo baby.” This title is being used to describe the children of celebrities who use their relatives’ connections to get into similar business fields. Although nepotism has always been recognised in fields such as acting, it has recently been pointed out that this generation's wave of musical artists seems to have all shared those same connections. But what really is so bad about nepotism? Nepoti