One of Australia’s most revered songwriter and producers Tom Iansek returns with his first music in five years as #1 Dads.  ... Iansek is one half of both Big Scary and No Mono - between them he’s released three albums since #1 Dads was last heard from, which was back in 2015 with the LP About Face.... Read More...

This week in the charts, Voyager debuts #1 on the 100% Independent Albums chart with Colours in the Sun and #7 on the Independent Label Albums chart while I Built the Sky debut #13 with The Zenith Rise.Archie Roach debuts #1 on the Independent Labels Albums chart with much anticipated album Tell Me Why. ... Over on the Independent Label Singles chat, Shannon Noll debuts #7 with Long... Read More...

Brisbane-based songwriter BANFF (Benjamin Forbes) has released his highly anticipated second EP, Mt Pleasant.It follows a period of tumult and renewal for the much-loved troubadour, for whom the past 18 months saw him leave his job, get married and build a custom recording studio in the back of his house, only to be walloped with a heavy dose of writer’s block.“I walked out... Read More...

This week in the charts, we have new debuts from Anthony Callea, DMA’S, Willaris K, Rachael Leahcar, Bobby Alu, Airbourne, and Mason Watts. ... Anthony Callea makes his independent debut with new single What’s Wrong With Me? debuting #5 and #3 on both singles charts, while DMA’s debut #9 and #5 on both Singles charts with Silver. Mason Watts follows at #20 on the... Read More...

Conceived on NSW’s South Coast, and now buried alive somewhere in Melbourne, Obscura Hail (Sean Conran, Tamara Issa & Steven West) are sneaking into Melbourne’s intimate spaces and filling strangers with relative truths. The somewhat serious themes of ontology, existentialism, love and loss are framed with sincerity by the lush, but gentle classical... Read More...

New debuts this week from Ali Barter Bobby Alu, Christie Lamb, Cub Sport, Flight Facilities, Horrorshow, Sheppard, and Thornhill. ... Horrorshow take the #1 spot with New Normal, and Christie Lamb debuts #2 on the Independent Labels Album chart with Broken Lines, Ali Barter debuts #5 with Hello, I’m Doing My Best, and Thornhill take #9 with The Dark Pool.Dead Kelly debut #1 on... Read More...

Sit back, relax and spend what Bobby Alu refers to as "forty minutes in a hammock", with his third studio album Flow.A labour of love over four years with key collaborator and producer Paulie Bromley (george, The Beautiful Girls), the album revolves around observing human beings in their natural state of flow: "When it’s good, when... Read More...

This week on the Independent Label Singles chart, Dom Dolla debuts #7 with San Frandisco. Hillsong Worship debut #1 with Awake on the Independent Label Albums chart while The Hard Ons debut #10 with So I Could Have Them Destroyed, Emma Jene debuts #12 with Erosion, and Youth Group debut with Australian Halloween at #13  ... Re-entries this week from Hermitude, King Gizzard, Play... Read More...

KG has released a new collection of music that presents a fleshed out and defined image of a hip-hop artist doing things his own way - the Doin’ Me EP.Having already introduced fans to the types of sounds featured on the record in ‘Change’, ‘Come Along’ feat Mirrah, and ‘Doin’ Me’ feat Francoistunes, KG takes the listener on a journey... Read More...

This week in the charts, Jack River debuts #4 and #14 on the Singles charts with Later Flight while Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds debut #1 on the Independent Label Albums charts with Ghosteen. We Lost The Sea debut #3 with Triumph & Disaster, Maundz debuts #4 with True North and Dyson Stringer Cloher debut #5 with their S/T album. ... Over on the 100% Independent, We Lost The Sea... Read More...

With it’s gutsy no-nonsense shout-out to the fearless females tuned into the sistahood,  emerging sis-hop outfit Oetha’s debut single Sista Girl captured the attention-line. Cruisin is their follow-up and as the name infers this time the ladies are laid back showing us that you’ve got to carve out the time to cut-loose and hang with your besties regardless of how... Read More...

Flume debuts #2 with Rushing Back feat. Vera Blue on the Independent Labels Singles chart this week while Johnny Ruffo makes his #7 debut with Broken Glass and Travis Collins debuts #14 with Make Up. Flume and Johnny Ruffo take #1 and #2 on the 100% Singles charts also. ... Over on the Independent Label Album charts, Complete debuts #1 with Death Rattle, Hermitude debut #3 with... Read More...