Post Holiday Recap

After two new Album of the year nominations and a lot of Feature Album active I am back from the USA and looked through the latest music news to give you a one stop shop with music festival news and more:

1. So Bluesfest have a third announcement including the classic hip hop outfit Jurassic 5.



2.The Falls Festival is sold out in Victoria and NSW, tickets are still available in Tassy, but hurry with Shore Thing cancelled in NSW (Bondi) their is an extreme lack of NYE events this year.

3. Future Music Festival dropped it's big 2015 line up including Avicii, Drake, The Prodigy, Nero, Example & more. Not the extremely OMG line up they were promising buy hey.



4. Sydney Festival has again unveiled a less than spectacular well Festival but the 40 years of Triple J gig feels a little like Homebake coming one month late. In January the Domain will be overtaken by some of Australians finest. For all the details, line up and how to get tickets head here. It really should be a truly wonderful event, the highlight of Sydney Festival and a good replacement for the now down and out Homebake.

Musically their has been a wonderful amount of album releases and single releases whilst I have been away. I will do a new music Saturday wrap up Saturday AM.

Until then hope you're enjoying this week's feature album from Sydney's finest Bertie Blackman.

Feature Album Wednesday

Album of the Week - BERTIE BLACKMAN {The Dash}

Missing Holiday Countdown - Sun 19 October 2014‏

20 - Flight Facilities - Two Bodies {Feat. Emma Louise}

19 - Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars 

18 - Charli XCX - Break the Rules

17 - Kendrick Lamar - I

16 - Sia - Chandelier

15 - Pharrell Williams - Happy

14 - Milky Chance - Stolen Dance

13 - Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat

12 - Ed Sheeran - Don't

11 - Calvin Harris - Slow Acid

10 - Fences - Arrows {Feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis}

9 - Lily Wood & Robin Schulz - Prayer in C 

8 - Peking Duk - Take Me Over {Feat. Safia}

7 - Klingande - Jubel

6 - Hilltop Hoods - Cosby Sweater

5 - Calvin Harris - Blame {Feat. John Newman}

4 - Foo Fighters - Something from Nothing

3 - Avicii - These Days

2 - Echosmith - Cool Kids

1 - Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

BNE -> SYD Countdown - Sun 26 October 2014‏

20 - Calvin Harris - Slow Acid

19 - Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars 

18 - Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat

17 - Sia - Chandelier

16 - Milky Chance - Stolen Dance

15 - Foo Fighters - Something from Nothing

14 - Fences - Arrows {Feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis}

13 - Charli XCX - Break the Rules

12 - San Cisco - Run

11 - Ed Sheeran - Don't

10 - Peking Duk - Take Me Over {Feat. Safia}

9 - Foo Fighters - The Feast & Famine

8 - Lily Wood & Robin Schulz - Prayer in C 

7 - Klingande - Jubel

6 - Calvin Harris - Blame {Feat. John Newman}

5 - Avicii - These Days

4 - Hilltop Hoods - Cosby Sweater

3 - Calvin Harris - Outside {Feat. Ellie Goulding}

2 - Echosmith - Cool Kids

1 - Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

Feature Album Friday

Feature Album Thursday

Feature Album Wednesday

Album of the Week - FLIGHT FACILITIES {Down to Earth}

Spring Music List #6

Laneway 11 acts who have shaped one of Australia's BEST festivals...

20 - Peter Bjorn & John (2007)
19 - Temper Trap (2006), (2007), (2009)
18 - Feist (2008, 2012)
17 - Two Door Cinema Club (2011)
16 - M83 (2012)
15 - MS MR (2013)
14 - Little Dragon (2015)
13 - The Gossip (2006)
12 - SBTKRT (2012) 
11 - Mumford & Sons (2010)
10 - Tame Impala (2009)
9 - alt-J (2013)
8 - Chet Faker (2013)
7 - Flume (2013)
6 - Courtney Barnett (2015)
5 - Lorde (2014)
4 - Girl Talk (2009)
3 - Goyte (2008, 2014)
2 - The Avalanches (2005, 2006)
1 - Haim (2014)

Feature Album Saturday

Feature Album Friday

Album of the Year Nomination #4 - Vance Joy - Dream Your Life Away

First let's do some fast facts on this fourth Album of the Year Nomination for 2014:

1. Debuted at Number One on the ARIA charts
2. Peaked in the Top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart
3. Features the 5 x Platinum single "Riptide" (that's 350,000 SOLD copies of this single)
4. "Riptide" also was the number one song on the JJJ Hottest 100 for 2013
5. "Riptide" was also my Blog's number 3 song for 2013 behind Lorde & Daft Punk

The album is a 13 track instant Australian classic, featuring 5 truly recognisable singles. Of course "Riptide" has been the biggest but "Mess is Mine" has also be a surprise hit for Joy (real name James Keogh).

This album is a solid debut, a real achievement and I am sure this young man will also scoop the ARIA's for the male category (unless Chet Faker takes the crown - it's a tough year for the men in 2014) as SIA totally has the female category all to her own.

Speaking of SIA and Chet Faker, Vance Joy joins them and Pharrell Williams in the running for the almighty Album of the Year for 2014. Not only this week does Vance Joy join my list of nominations but another album will also join this list tomorrow, so bookmark, hit refresh, it's going to be one hell of an album.

Now some insane cuts from this extremely wonderful debut Australian record:

Album of the Year Nomination #5 - The Preatures - Blue Planet Eyes

After announcing the wonderful Vance Joy "Dream Your Life Away" album yesterday and previously Sia's "1,000 Forms of Fear", Pharrell Williams "G I R L" & Chet Faker "Built on Glass" it's time for nomination number five.

Out of Sydney it's the fantastic (on record and live) The Preatures. The band has released hit after hit over the past couple of years and after 2 years it is time for their debut album to drop.

Blue Planet Eyes is a ten track dream debut from the Sydney group. I ranked "Is this How You Feel" (undoubtedly their biggest hit to date) at number 7 in my 200 biggest hits of 2013. Their latest track "Somebody's Talking" is another instant smash hit.

This album is nothing short of a must have for fans of Australian music. A group I believe like Vance Joy will surely do extremely well at this year's ARIA awards. Even stepping/crossing over a little bit to the Adult Contemporary market this group is destined for good things.

Now for some of the great tracks that make up this 10 track sublime debut, The Preatures are now in the running for the Album of the Year for 2014 prize. The winner will be announced on Boxing Day along with 200-101 songs of 2014.

Album of the Week - JANE TYRRELL {Echoes in the Aviary}

Spring Music List #5

Top 20 Albums of the half decade (2010-2014) Thus Far...


20 - Washington - I Believe You Liar
19 - Jay Z/Kanye West - Watch the Throne / Kanye West - Yeezus
18 - Disclosure - Settle
17 - Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
16 - Haim - Days are Gone
15 - Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way
14 - The Black Keys - El Camino
13 - Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
12 - Flume - Flume
11 - Pharrell Williams - G I R L
10 - Tame Impala - Innerspeaker / Tame Impala - Lonerism
9 - Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials
8 - Lorde - Pure Heroine
7 - Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
6 - Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear
5 - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist
4 - Gotye - Making Mirrors
3 - Arctic Monkeys - AM
2 - Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
1 - Adele - 21

USA Tomorrow Countdown - Sun 12 October 2014‏

20 - Vance Joy - Mess Is Mine

19 - Charli XCX - Boom Clap

18 - Kendrick Lamar - I

17 - Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars 

16 - Tove Lo - Stay High {Feat. Hippie Sabotage} {Habits Remix}

15 - Sia - Chandelier

14 - Pharrell Williams - Happy

13 - Charli XCX - Break the Rules

12 - Milky Chance - Stolen Dance

11 - Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat

10 - Ed Sheeran - Don't

9 - Fences - Arrows {Feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis}

8 - Hilltop Hoods - Cosby Sweater

7 - Lily Wood & Robin Schulz - Prayer in C 

6 - Klingande - Jubel

5 - Avicii - These Days

4 - Peking Duk - Take Me Over {Feat. Safia}

3 - Calvin Harris - Blame {Feat. John Newman}

2 - Echosmith - Cool Kids

1 - Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

Feature Album - Full Stream {KELE - TRICK}

For the full stream - click here 

Calvin Harris loves Guests

After his monster smash record "18 Months" next month Calvin Harris will drop his next disc

Featuring the already in the bag hits:

Under Control



Blame



Summer



And now he has announced the below guests:

Ellie Goulding (Remember their former smash - "I Need Your Love")
Haim
Big Sean
Gwen Stefani

& more....

This album promises to be a massive Christmas/Summer record and Calvin Harris is no stranger to bringing the hits.

Stay tuned to Flashing off the Record for more new music from Calvin Harris in coming months.

ARIA 2014 Nominations | Winners | Predictions

Nominations below and my predictions Red & Bold. Artisan awards, nominations and winners further below. As predicted Sia and Chet Faker lead the race to the ARIA's and stay tuned for more tributes to Australian Music in the lead up to the 2014 ARIA Awards.

ARIA Awards 2014 Nominees

Album Of The Year
Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)
Dan Sultan - Blackbird (Liberation Music)
Jessica Mauboy - Beautiful (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sheppard - Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)
Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear (Inertia Recordings)

Best Adult Contemporary Album
Gossling - Harvest Of Gold (Dew Process)
Kate Miller - Heidke - O Vertigo! (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Neil Finn & Paul Kelly - Goin' Your Way (EMI)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live From KCRW (Kobalt Label Services)
Tina Arena - Reset (EMI)

Best Dance Release:
Flume & Chet Faker - Drop The Game (Future Classic)
Nicky Night Time - Everybody Together (ONELOVE/Xelon)
Peking Duk feat. Nicole Millar - High (Vicious Bitch/Universal)
RÜFÜS - Sundream (Sweat It Out/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
The Presets - No Fun (Modular/Universal)

Best Female Artist
Adalita - All Day Venus (Liberation Music)
Iggy Azalea - The New Classic (Virgin/Universal Music Australia)
Jessica Mauboy - Beautiful (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Kasey Chambers - Bittersweet (Essence Group)
Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear (Inertia Recordings)

Best Group
5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer (EMI)
Hilltop Hoods - Walking Under Stars (Golden Era Records/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
RÜFÜS - Sundream (Sweat It Out/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sheppard - Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music)
Violent Soho - Saramona Said (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
DZ Deathrays - Black Rat (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)
High Tension - Death Beat (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Shihad - FVEY (Warner Music NZ)
Sleepmakeswaves - Love Of Cartography (Bird's Robe Records/MGM)
The Amity Affliction - Let the Ocean Take Me (Roadrunner Records Inc)

Best Independent Release
Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)
Dan Sultan - Blackbird (Liberation Music)
Sheppard - Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)
Vance Joy - Mess Is Mine (Liberation Music)
Violent Soho - Saramona Said (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)

Best Male Artist
Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)
Dan Sultan - Blackbird (Liberation Music)
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Gurrumul and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra: His Life And Music (ABC Music/UMA)
Guy Sebastian - Come Home With Me (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Vance Joy - Mess Is Mine (Liberation Music)

Best Pop Release
5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer (EMI)
Andy Bull - Sea Of Approval (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Justice Crew - Que Sera (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sheppard - Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)
Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear (Inertia Recordings)

Best Rock Album
Angus & Julia Stone - Angus & Julia Stone (EMI)
Ball Park Music - Puddinghead (Stop Start Music)
Dan Sultan - Blackbird (Liberation Music)
Jimmy Barnes - 30:30 Hindsight (Liberation Music)
Kingswood - Microscopic Wars (Dew Process)

Best Urban Album
360 - Utopia (Forthwrite/EMI)
Hilltop Hoods - Walking Under Stars (Golden Era Records/(Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Iggy Azalea - The New Classic (Virgin/Universal Music Australia)
Illy - Cinematic (Warner Music Australia)
Thundamentals - So We Can Remember (Obese Records)

Breakthrough Artist
5 Seconds Of Summer - 5 Seconds Of Summer (Capitol/EMI)
Andy Bull - Sea Of Approval (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)
Iggy Azalea - The New Classic (Virgin/Universal Music Australia)
The Kite String Tangle - Vessel EP (Warner Music Australia)

Best Blues And Roots Album
Harry Hookey - Misdiagnosed (Essence Group)
John Butler Trio - Flesh & Blood (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Russell Morris - Van Diemen's Land (Fanfare Records/EMI)
The Audreys - 'Til My Tears Roll Away (ABC Music/UMA)
The Bamboos - Fever In The Road (Pacific Theatre/Inertia)

Publicly Voted Awards: 
Best Australian Live Act
Boy & Bear (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Dan Sultan (Liberation Music)
John Butler Trio (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Keith Urban (EMI)
Melbourne SKA Orchestra (ABC Music/UMA)
RÜFÜS (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Tame Impala (Universal Music Australia)
The Preatures (Mercury Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
The Presets (Modular/Universal)
Violent Soho (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)

Best International Artist
Avicii - True (PM:AM/Universal Music Australia)
Beyonce - Beyonce (Columbia)
Coldplay - Ghost Stories (Parlophone)
Ed Sheeran - X (Atlantic UK)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Interscope Geffen/Universal Music Australia)
Jason Derulo - Tattoos (Warner Bros US)
Katy Perry - Prism (EMI)
Lorde - Pure Heroine (Universal Music NZ/Universal Music Australia)
One Direction - Midnight Memories (Syco Music)
Pharrell Williams - G I R L (Columbia)

Best Video
Ben Young for John Butler Trio - Only One (Jarrah Records/MGM)
Charlie Ford for Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener (Milk! Records/Inertia)
Dan Graetz for Violent Soho - Covered In Chrome (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)
Sia Furler and Daniel Askill for Sia - Chandelier (Inertia Recordings)
Lawrence Lim for Jessica Mauboy - Never Be The Same (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Lawrence Lim for Justice Crew - Que Sera (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Renny Wijeyamohan for Busby Marou - My Second Mistake (Warner Music Australia)
Christian J Henrich & Nicholas Rabone for Bluejuice - SOS (Dew Process)
Toby & Pete for Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap (Future Classic)
Toby Morris for Sheppard - Geronimo (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)

Song of the Year
5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect (EMI)
Guy Sebastian - Like A Drum (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Havana Brown - Warrior (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX - Fancy (Virgin/Universal Music Australia)
Joel Fletcher feat. Savage - Swing (Hustle Recordings/Ministry of Sound)
Justice Crew - Que Sera (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Nathaniel - You (DNA Songs/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Sheppard - Geronimo (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)
Sia - Chandelier (Inertia Recordings)
Taylor Henderson - Borrow My Heart (Sony Music Entertainment Australia) 

ARIA Awards 2014 Fine Arts & Artisan Winners

Engineer of the Year:
Winner: Eric J Dubowsky for Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)

Dustin Tebbutt for Dustin Tebbutt - Bones EP (Eleven: a music company Pty Ltd/UMA)
Matthew Lambert and Barry Francis for Hilltop Hoods - Walking Under Stars (Golden Era Records/Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Nicholas Wilson and Dann Hume for Sticky Fingers - Land Of Pleasure (Sureshaker/MGM)
Paul McKercher for Andy Bull - Sea Of Approval (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Virginia Read for Simon Tedeschi, James Morrison, Sarah McKenzie - Gershwin: Take Two (ABC Jazz/UMA)

Producer of the Year: 
Winner: Nicholas Murphy for Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)

Alex JL Hiew and SLUMS for Troye Sivan - TRXYE (EMI)
Dann Hume for Sticky Fingers - Land Of Pleasure (Sureshaker/MGM)
John Castle and Josh Pyke for Josh Pyke - The Beginning and the End of Everything (Ivy League Records)
Stuart Stuart for Sheppard - Bombs Away (Empire of Song/Chugg Music/MGM Distribution)

Best Cover Art:
Winner: Tin & Ed for Chet Faker - Built On Glass (Future Classic)

Angus & Julia Stone for Angus & Julia Stone - Angus & Julia Stone (EMI)
Celeste Potter for DZ Deathrays - Black Rat (I Oh You/Illusive/UMA)
Sia for Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear (Inertia Recordings)
The Leonard Brothers for 360 - Utopia (Forthwrite/EMI)

Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Album:
Winner: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu / Sydney Symphony Orchestra - Gurrumul : His Life And Music (ABC Music/UMA)

Glenn Shorrock & Brian Cadd - The Story of Sharky and The Caddman (FANFARE CLASSIC/EMI)
Katie Noonan - Fierce Hearts (Kin Music/Universal Music Australia)
Various Artists - Spirit Of Akasha (Warner Music Australia)
Various Artists - triple j's One Night Stand: Mildura (ABC Music/UMA)

Feature Album Tuesday

Album of the Week - KELE {Trick}

Tony Abbott BOO'd on stage at the NRL Grand Final #LOVERABBITOHSFANS! Countdown - Sun 5 October 2014‏

20 - Vance Joy - Mess Is Mine

19 - ZHU - Faded

18 - Tove Lo - Stay High {Feat. Hippie Sabotage} {Habits Remix}

17 - Kendrick Lamar - I

16 - Charli XCX - Boom Clap

15 - Mr. Probz - Waves

14 - Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars 

13 - Hilltop Hoods - Cosby Sweater

12 - Avicii - These Days

11 - Pharrell Williams - Happy

10 - Sia - Chandelier

9 - Milky Chance - Stolen Dance

8 - Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat

7 - Fences - Arrows {Feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis}

6 - Ed Sheeran - Don't

5 - Lily Wood & Robin Schulz - Prayer in C 

4 - Calvin Harris - Blame {Feat. John Newman}

3 - Klingande - Jubel

2 - Echosmith - Cool Kids

1 - Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

New Music Saturday

Laneway 2015 - A Friday Mixtape

Free Thursday w/ Lisa Mitchell

Mid Week Feature Week