The treasured Tara Simmons' posthumous album Show Me Spirit 'til the End, bursting with colour and courage, emulates Tara's bright energy and uncompromising approach to her craft. Co-produced with longtime collaborator and personal friend Yanto Browning, the album is a sonic journey containing both powerful emotion and a playful attitude, much like the... Read More...

This week in the charts, we have new debuts from Tones and I, Flume, Thando, Adam Brand, Fanny Lumsden, and Kingswood. ...  Tones and I debuts #1 and #4 with Bad Child and Can’t Be Happy All the Time on the Independent Singles chart while Flume debuts #6 with The Difference feat. Toro y Moi. Flume debuts #1 on the 100% Independent Singles chart with The Difference, and DJ... Read More...

Chimerical Melbourne singer-songwriter Fletcher Gull has unleashed his kaleidoscopic new EP ‘Remember That You’re Gone’, following the release of lead singles 'Hypothermia’ and ‘Deciduo’. Fletcher is a multi-faceted talent with a lust for literature and a fondness for following ideas down twisted rabbit holes, his music is at... Read More...

This week in the charts, we have new debuts from #1 Dads, Christie Lamb, Hooligan Hefs, Solkyri, Big Yawn and Earth Rot. ... Christie Lamb debuts #13 on the Independent Label Singles chart with Carry You With Me while Hooligan Hefs debuts #18 with Tell ‘Em I’m Doing Eestwa. On the 100% Independent Singles chart, Hefs debuts #6. ...   ... Everyone’s favourite dad,... Read More...

Melbourne’s Nat Vazer is excited to reveal her latest indie-pop crooner ‘Grateful’.Out now, ‘Grateful’ joins beloved 2019 latecomer ‘Like Demi’, to appear on Vazer’s forthcoming debut album arriving mid-year via Hotel Motel Records. The anticipated release follows in the wake... Read More...

This week in the charts, Slowly Slowly debut #1, Saviour debut #1 & #3, Sheppard debut #1 and #4, Jemima debuts #15 and Vanessa Perica Orchestra debut #2. ...   ... On the Independent Label Album charts, Slowly Slowly debuts #1 with Race Car Blues, Saviour debuts #3 with A Lunar Rose, and Rowland S. Howard debuts #4 and #20 with Teenage Snuff Film and Pop Crimes.On the 100%... Read More...

Jeremy Neale has released his new album We Were Trying To Make It Out. Since his 2017 debut album release, Neale took out the 2018 Queensland Music Award for Song of The Year for single Dancin’ & Romancin’, signed a global publishing deal with GAGA International / Rough Trade, received extensive play across US... Read More...

Soul Messin’ Records is Australia’s newest soul and jazz imprint and home to Australia’s premier artists including Cookin’ On 3 Burners, Jake Mason Trio and the Soul Messin’ Allstars. Specialising in quality vinyl releases for soul and jazz connoisseurs, the label records all of their titles in-house, creating a distinctive and unique catalogue, perfectly... Read More...

This week in the charts we have new debuts from Hillsong Young & Free, The Friends of David McComb, Traffik Island, Banoffee and Polaris. ... Polaris make their number 1 debut on the Independent Label Albums chart this week with last week’s feature album, The Death of Me, while Traffik Jam debut number 3 with Sweat Kollecta’s Peanut Butter Traffik Jam and Banoffee... Read More...

When it came time to make their new album, The Death Of Me, Polaris knew they had a tall order on their hands. Its predecessor, 2017 debut The Mortal Coil, was an ARIA-nominated, Top 10 hit in Australia, introducing the group to legions of fans around the country and, thanks to an extensive international touring schedule, the world.  ... Indeed in the two years since The... Read More...

This week in the charts we have new debuts from Katie Noonan, Violent Soho, Hayley Mary, The Beautiful Girls, Jack River, Fred Smith, Horatio Luna, and Dunn D. ... Violent Soho debut #12 on the 100% Independent Singles chart with Lying on the Floor while Hayley Mary debuts #17 with Like a Woman Should. ... Over on the Independent Label Albums charts, The Beautiful Girls debut #5 with... Read More...

The premiere vinyl release of one of Australia's most prominent Indigenous songwriters, Frank Yamma, is out now through Wantok Musik.Tjukurpa: The Story celebrates the career of the respected singer and guitarist whose voice and stories have touched audiences across Australia and globally. This compilation of Frank Yamma’s most beloved works gives audiences the chance to hear... Read More...