Tuesday Album of the Week

Album of the Week - GEORGE MAPLE - {Lover}

Sunday Spotlight: 360

Born three days earlier than me, four years later, it's Melbourne MC 360 AKA Matthew James Colwell, born 12 July 1986.

Thanks Wikipedia.

Four albums in (Vintage Modern was released Friday) 360 is still one of Australia's most popular MC's. ARIA Award winning (back in 2012) and owner of two Top 20 singles and two Top 5 albums, it's exciting to feature 360 today as one of the final Sunday Spotlights for 2017.

Working with loads of exciting artists across his four studio records he has teamed up with Pez, Daniel Johns, Gossling, Josh Pyke and more.

LEt's take some time to get familiar with 360's new record as well as some instant classics in the Aussie hip hop genre.

Out on the Shelves... Now, digital singles

Changa lands so soon, and PNAU continue to bring the hits with Go Bang, this has got Summer Banga written all over it, YASS boys.

Call on Me, was massive, Starley returns with another single and here it is!

Get your Saturday dancing shoes on, Tyle Touche has dropped his baguette and provided us with another certified dance floor smash

Let's stay on the dance floor with new music from Armand Van Helden, all killer no filler.

And one more for your dancing shoes, Riton x MNEK and The House Gospel Choir

Fresh Friday Countdown #89 - Friday 27 October 2017

20 - East - Life Goes On
19 - Tash Sultana - Mystik
18 - Vallis Alps - Oceans
17 - Baker Boy - Marryuna {Feat. Yirrmal}
16 - Angus & Julia Stone - Chateau
15 - 360 - Yesterday {Feat. Hein Cooper}
14 - 360 - Way Out {Feat. Teischa}
13 - The Rubens - Million Man
12 - Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE. 
11 - Dean Lewis - Waves
10 - Peking Duk - Let You Down {Feat. Icona Pop}
9 - Vance Joy - Lay it on Me
8 - Calvin Harris - Feels {Feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean}
7 - French Montana - Unforgettable {Feat. Swae Lee}
6 - Post Malone - I Fall Apart
5 - Marshmello - Silence {Feat. Khalid}
4 - Dean Lewis - Lose My Mind
3 - Macklemore - Glorious {Feat. Skylar Grey}
2 - Portugal. the Man - Feel it Still
1 - Khalid - Young Dumb & Broke

Next Week's Album of the Week | GEORGE MAPLE | ReMiXeD

I'm unveiling next weeks feature record a little early this time around. I'm unveiling it a little early with a bag full of remixes of tracks from the album.

George Maple has been around for sometime now, I remember when I first heard Talk Talk (later remixed and charting thanks to DJ Snake) I knew we had a star. Now it's time after a number of collaborations, singles and tracks here and there for a full sexy as fuck body of work.

Let's enjoy the remix before next week we get into the real deal.

Album on the shelves and online tomorrow plus the feature record from Monday!

Out on the Shelves... Friday

Coming a little early this week, but with some top notch releases coming out, early bird gets the worm.

360 has been a way for a wee while so it's great he is back with a whole stack of guests on board. 360 will also be this Sunday's spotlight artist.

Wow Weezer are back with a new record and here is a cut from the album ahead of it's release on Friday.

Look out for a special post around the remixes behind George Maple's long awaited debut long player tomorrow, but here is an album cut from Lover.

Tuesday Album of the Week - Soundcloud Stream

Album of the Week - NAI PALM - {Needle Paw}

Sunday Spotlight: Courtney Barnett

About to celebrate her birthday on November 3rd, three EP's in, one solo album and now a spilt album with Kurt Vile, Courtney Barnett is an Australian legend.

Multi ARIA award winner and Grammy nominated artist Barnett born in Sydney and now calling Melbourne home is on top of her game.

Lotta Sea Lice is the collaborative album with US singer songwriter Kurt Vile and it landed a couple of Friday's ago. So on Sunday, let's get on board with Courtney and Kurt and I'm not talk Cobain and Love.

Weekend Album of the Week

Fresh Friday Countdown #88 - Friday 20 October 2017

20 - Skrillex & Poo Bear - Would You Ever
19 - Tash Sultana - Mystik
18 - Baker Boy - Marryuna {Feat. Yirrmal}
17 - 360 - Coup de Grace {Feat. Seth Sentry & PEZ}
16 - Lorde - Homemade Dynamite (Remix) {Feat. Khalid, Post Malone & SZA}
15 - Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE. 
14 - Dean Lewis - Waves
13 - A Perfect Circle - The Doomed
12 - Lorde - Green Light
11 - Esoterik & James Crooks - Be Like You {Feat. ASTA}
10 - Post Malone - I Fall Apart
9 - Dean Lewis - Lose My Mind
8 - Calvin Harris - Feels {Feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean}
7 - French Montana - Unforgettable {Feat. Swae Lee}
6 - Vance Joy - Lay it on Me
5 - Marshmello - Silence {Feat. Khalid}
4 - Peking Duk - Let You Down {Feat. Icona Pop}
3 - Khalid - Young Dumb & Broke
2 - Macklemore - Glorious {Feat. Skylar Grey}
1 - Portugal. the Man - Feel it Still

Out on the Shelves... Tomorrow

So much new music tomorrow (well in 2 hours) and guess what it's ladies night, so much new amazing, diverse music fronted by all types of woman.

Get these new releases where you get music in 2017 or stream it wherever you do that....


Bully

Jess Locke

Jessie Ware

Ecca Vandal

Mid Week Album of the Week

Tuesday Album of the Week

Album of the Week - BECK - {Colors}

Sunday Spotlight: Marilyn Manson

Since 1994 Marilyn Manson has been raising hell, his music has been controversial and so indeed is Mr Manson himself.

Manson has recently released his 10th studio record Heaven Upside Down and recently had an accident whilst touring.

I remember seeing Manson live at a Big Day Out around the time of the more pop record Mechanical Animals in 1998.

I first discovered the anti Christ via a friend and his breakout hit Beautiful People, so on a usually religious Sunday lets hear a different point of view, Mr Manson's.

Freaky Friday Countdown #87 - Friday 13 October 2017

20 - Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE. 
19 - Gyroscope - Crooked Thought
18 - Lorde - Homemade Dynamite (Remix) {Feat. Khalid, Post Malone & SZA}
17 - Angus & Julia Stone - Chateau
16 - Hayden James - NUMB {Feat. GRAACE}
15 - Dean Lewis - Lose My Mind
14 - Post Malone - I Fall Apart
13 - Dean Lewis - Waves
12 - Tash Sultana - Mystik
11 - Peking Duk - Let You Down {Feat. Icona Pop}
10 - Marshmello - Silence {Feat. Khalid}
9 - Kris Wu - Deserve {Feat. Travis Scott}
8 - Esoterik & James Crooks - Be Like You {Feat. ASTA}
7 - French Montana - Unforgettable {Feat. Swae Lee}
6 - Calvin Harris - Feels {Feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean}
5 - Vance Joy - Lay it on Me
4 - Halsey & Dillion Francis - Bad at Love {Dillion Francis Remix}
3 - Khalid - Young Dumb & Broke
2 - Macklemore - Glorious {Feat. Skylar Grey}
1 - Portugal. the Man - Feel it Still

Out on the Shelves... Tomorrow

His back, Beck returns with Colors and it may be this blog's feature record all next weekend. Tune in next Monday morning to find out.

What happens when Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile and got together, sweet music that's what.

Twenty years ago I was listen to Green Day's Nimrod, it was a brilliant record back in the day and holds up to the test of time. Green Day's American Idiot musical will also make it's way to Sydney and other capital cities early 2018.

Also out tomorrow, Lenka has a new record and her is the cut, Heal.

Have you hear Dolly Parton on Miley's new album Younger? Well she has her own new album out tomorrow. Go Dolly, still one of the best live acts I have ever seen. Great stuff.

Talent local Wafia is set to release another stunning EP tomorrow, it features Bodies.

Another exceptional Australian release lands tomorrow, it is new music from Slum Sociable.

Mid Week Album of the Week goes Track by Track...

With Kelela, this Sunday Marilyn Manson is your Sunday Spotlight...

ARIA 2017 Nominations | Predictions

This years ARIA Awards are late November as per normal but this year they move to Channel Nine. As Channel Ten is broke as FUCK. Randomly some EP's get the nod for "Album" categories and Gang of Youths and A.B. Original could walk away with the line share of awards this year.

My predictions are bold in red below.

Album Of The Year
A.B. Original for  Reclaim Australia
Amy Shark for Night Thinker
Gang Of Youths for Go Farther In Lightness
Illy for Two Degrees
Paul Kelly for Life Is Fine

Best Male Artist
D.D Dumbo for Utopia Defeated
Dan Sultan for Killer
Illy for Two Degrees
Paul Kelly for Life Is Fine
Vance Joy for Lay It On Me

Best Female Artist
Amy Shark for Night Thinker
Jessica Mauboy The Secret Daughter (Songs from the Original TV Series)
Julia Jacklin Don’t Let The Kids Win
Meg Mac Low Blows
SIA 'The Greatest' feat. Kendrick Lamar

Best Dance Release
Dom Dolla & Torren Foot for 'Be Randy' 
Jagwar Ma for Every Now & Then
Peking Duk for 'Stranger (feat. Elliphant)'
Pnau for 'Chameleon' 
The Kite String Tangle for The Kite String Tangle

Best Group
A.B Original for “Reclaim Australia” 
Gang Of Youths for “Go Farther In Lightness” 
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard for “Flying Microtonal Banana”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds for “Skeleton Tree” 
Peking Duk for “Stranger (feat. Elliphant)”

Breakthrough Artist
A.B Original for “Reclaim Australia”
Amy Shark for “Night Thinker”
Dean Lewis for “Waves” 
Tash Sultana for “Notion” 
Tkay Maidza for “TKAY”

Best Pop Release
Amy Shark for “Night Thinker” 
Dean Lewis for “Waves” 
Jessica Mauboy for “Fallin’’ 
SIA for “The Greatest (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Vera Blue for “Perennial”

Best Urban Album
A.B Original for “Reclaim Australia” 
Illy for “Two Degrees
REMI for “Divas & Demons
Thundamentals for “Everyone We Know
Tkay Maidza for “TKAY

Best Independent Release
A.B Original for “Reclaim Australia”
Dan Sultan for “Killer”
SIA for “The Greatest (feat. Kendrick Lamar)”
Tash Sultana for “Notion”
Vance Joy for “Lay It On Me”

Best Rock Album
Dan Sultan for “Killer”
Dune Rats for “The Kids Will Know It’s Bullshit"
Gang Of Youths for “Go Farther In Lightness”
Polish Club for “Alrighty Alrighty”
The Preatures for “Girlhood”

Best Adult Contemporary Album
Bernard Fanning for “Brutal Dawn”
D.D Dumbo for “Utopia Defeated”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds for “Skeleton Tree”
Paul Kelly for “Life Is Fine”
Pete Murray for “Camacho”

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
Airbourne for “Breaking Outta Hell”
Frenzal Rhomb for “Hi-Vis High Tea”
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard for “Murder Of The Universe”
Northlane for “Mesmer”
Sleepmakeswaves for “Made of Breath Only”

Best Blues & Roots Album
All Our Exes Live In Texas for “When We Fall”
Archie Roach for “Let Love Rule”
Busby Marou for “Postcards From The Shell House”
Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen for “Death’s Dateless Night”
Tash Sultana for “Notion”

Album of the Week - KELELA - {Take Me Apart}

Sunday Spotlight: Macklemore

After the NRL grand final drama, Macklemore has proved his not just a musical superstar but he believes in everyone being treated equally. He also kicks hard against the old white pricks, which as Australians unfortunately we have to put up with.

Thrift Shop, Same Love, Can't Hold Us, Downtown and now his solo record Gemini, Macklemore is on top of his game.

If you haven't heard any of these tracks you must have been living under a rock. Macklemore is set to visit Australia to promote his new record which already has two certified hits.

Let's keep the Saturday party vibes going with some of Macklemore's biggest hits..

Fresh Friday Countdown #86 - Friday 6 October 2017

20 - Lorde - Green Light
19 - Peking Duk & AlunaGeorge - Fake Magic
18 - Nicole Millar - Blindfolded
17 - Skrillex & Poo Bear - Would You Ever
16 - Halsey & Dillion Francis - Bad at Love {Dillion Francis Remix}
15 - Angus & Julia Stone - Chateau
14 - Dean Lewis - Lose My Mind
13 - Dean Lewis - Waves
12 - Lorde - Homemade Dynamite (Remix) {Feat. Khalid, Post Malone & SZA}
11 - Post Malone - I Fall Apart
10 - Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE. 
9 - Marshmello - Silence {Feat. Khalid}
8 - Tash Sultana - Mystik
7 - French Montana - Unforgettable {Feat. Swae Lee}
6 - Calvin Harris - Feels {Feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean}
5 - Skrillex & Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.  {SKRILLEX REMIX}
4 - Vance Joy - Lay it on Me
3 - Portugal. the Man - Feel it Still
2 - Khalid - Young Dumb & Broke
1 - Macklemore - Glorious {Feat. Skylar Grey}

Out on the Shelves... Tomorrow

After a mixtape and an EP, Kelela finally releases her debut album, featuring this sexy as FUCK track LMK.

Another young lady releases her debut tomorrow, it's Triple J darling Ms Alex Lahey.

90's Aussie legends Custard are back! WTF, yes they are back!

Speaking of the 90's, Goth legend Marilyn Manson is fresh from his injury whilst performing live with a new record.

A much more down beat, chilled record this week from Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke, it's called Fatherland and it's his third solo record.

Jesus, Gwen Stefani, pop princess is releasing a Christmas album, why dear Jesus??? Why???

Another female Alex, it's Ms Alex the Astronaut with an EP See You Soon...

Mid Week Album of the Week

Album of the Week - ALEX LAHEY - {I Love You Like A Brother}

Album of the Long Weekend - Holiday Monday

Album of the Long Weekend - Sunday