The storied career of The Cat Empire receives a new chapter with the release of the brand new album Stolen Diamonds which is out on Two Shoes Records, Feb 15th.Captured over a fertile autumn recording session with long-time collaborator and producer Jan Skubiszewski just outside of Melbourne, Stolen Diamonds documents one of Australia’s most successful musical exports at the... Read More...

This week in the charts, Eurovision contestants Sheppard and Electric Fields debut on the charts with their entry singles – Sheppard at #1 on both singles charts, #3 on the Label Radio chart and #1 on the 100% Independent Radio chart with On My Way and Electric Fields debut #16 with 2000 and Whatever on the 100% Independent Radio chart. ... The Teskey Brothers debut #7 on the... Read More...

Following critically-acclaimed cuts 'Everybody Talks', 'Chaos' and 'If You Were My Hero', Brisbane-based artist Asha Jefferies last week released her anticipated six-track debut EP Hold Yourself Together.  ... Jefferies explains the release of her first body of work: "This EP took so long because I decided to value honesty... Read More...

This week in the charts Baker Boy debuts #5 on the Independent Label Singles chart, Ruby Fields debuts #4 and #1 with Septembers Dinosaurs on the Independent Label and 100% Independent Singles charts, and Ocean Alley jump to #1 with their first placing Hottest 100 track Confidence on the Independent Label Singles chart. ... Jimmy Barnes debuts with My Criminal Record on the 100%... Read More...

Hailing from Echuca in Victoria, Yorta Yorta singer/songwriter Benny Walker is the real deal. His love songs and epic tales are mixed with emotion and passion for the land, the people, summer vibes and deep grooves that reach the soul.Said to have one of the best voices in Australia Benny Walker has the drag and timbre of a natural soul man. His music is pure blues-rock, buoyed by... Read More...

This week in the charts – G Flip debuts with Drink Too Much on both singles, Cub Sport debut with their self titled album #1 on the 100% Independent Album chart and #2 on the Independent Label Albums chart, Planetshakers also debut #2 on the 100% and #7 on the independent Label albums chart with Rain pt.1. The Pigs debut #5 with Hillbilly Synthesiser. Re-entries this week... Read More...

Melbourne-based, Newcastle-raised producer and multi-instrumentalist James Crooks launches his debut body of work Blame My Soul on Friday, 18 January via Liberation Records. ... Blame My Soul consists of six songs finely constructed over the past two years. The EP features vocals from Tyne-James Organ, Paige IV, BOI (from L D R... Read More...

In anticipation of their long-awaited self-titled album, this week the charts see Cub Sport re-enter the 100% Independent Albums Charts with both This Is Our Vice and BATS. The late Chris Wilson makes his debut on our charts with his 1998 release, The Long Weekend, also on the 100% Albums chart.  ... Debuting this week is Hillsong United with the live version of Whole Heart (Hold... Read More...

'I DON'T THINK WE HAVE IT': a song about giving love the proper value it deserves."I’m a big fan of living life at full speed and it's so easy to get caught up in a moment. I recently learnt, that as exciting as that moment can be, real love is to always be treasured. It deserves to be valued and if someone is forcing you into a choice of 'now or never’, chances are... Read More...

We’re back in action after a month away on holidays, which mean we have four weeks of chart action to share this week. ... On Christmas Eve, Santa’s Comin’ Down the Chimney by Confidence Man debuted #14 on the Label Singles chart and jumped up a spot to #7 on the 100% Independent Singles chart, and William Singe debuts #13 on the 100% Independent Radio Chart with... Read More...

To celebrate the end of another incredible year for Australian Independent Music, the team here at AIR have compiled a playlist of the top 20 100% Independent Singles release from this year. You can listen to the Spotify playlist here and watch all the YouTube here.At #20, I Know Leopard stand strong with their August release Landmine. The Teskey... Read More...

This week in the charts, Willaris K. debuts #11 on the 100% Independent Singles chart with Natural Selection. Confidence Man have moved up from #12 to #8, just in time for the holidays, with Santa’s Comin’ Down the Chimney, and Wafia jumps from 10th to 6th with I’m Good. On the Independent Label Singles chart, Hillsong United debut #2 with Good Grace and Hilltop Hoods... Read More...