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Album of the Week - MATT CORBY - {Rainbow Valley}

Sunday Spotlight: Robyn

Her first album was released in 1995, Swedish pop powerhouse Robyn is back with Honey!

38 singles, 7 studio albums, 5 EP's later Honey was released on Friday. After teasing us with the title track and Missing You, we finally have all nine pop-tastic tracks on whatever music streaming service you use.

I loved her Body Talk series and can't believe all the artists she has worked with or written songs for, that includes Australia's own Peter Andre! Yes she wrote his track What is Love in 2004.

Robyn is pop music at it's best, she makes a real dance floor filler and I cannot tell you how many times I have had a long drive screaming the lyrics to Dancing on My Own.

Other than NAO (featured on my other blog, HERE) I cannot think of an artist more worthy of a feature right now. Robyn is officially the queen of pop right now! Enjoy the below and dance away your Sunday!

Out on the Shelves... NOW! - Digital Single/EP Edition

Kicking off with two EP's I previewed on Thursday (full post - HERE) it's local ladies E^st & Graace!

After her dreamy collaboration with Halsey, Lauren Jauregui is her with a new track, Expectations

Joyride will release a new album on November 9, here is another taste from it, On The Level

Poolclvb teamed up with Reva DeVito, the result, Flying Away, YASS!

Rudimental ftg. Tom Walker – Walk Alone

Last but definitely not least, the fab Vera Blue is back to show not everyone sucked from The Voice, Australia. The new track All The Pretty Girls landed online yesterday!

Fresh Friday Countdown #137 - Friday 26 October 2018

20 - Drake - In My Feelings
19 - Amy Shark - I Said Hi
18 - Travis Scott - SICKO MODE
17 - Eminem - Killshot
16 - Bring Me the Horizon - Wonderful Life {Feat. Dani Filth}
15 - RUFUS DU SOL - Treat You Better
14 - Birds of Tokyo - Unbreakable
13 - Mumford & Sons - If I Say
12 - Eminem - Venom
11 - Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999
10 - Vera Blue - All The Pretty Girls
9 - Billie Eilish - when the party's over
8 - Post Malone - Better Now
7 - Martin Garrix - Ocean {Feat. Khalid}
6 - Amy Shark - All Loved Up
5 - Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower
4 - Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid - Eastside
3 - Halsey - Without Me
2 - Dean Lewis - Be Alight 
1 - Loud Luxury - Body {Feat. Brando}

Out on the Shelves... Tomorrow | Preview

Oh god, it's time for the careers of David Campbell, Jessie J and John Legend's to end with these respective Christmas albums Baby It’s Christmas, This Christmas Day & A Legendary Christmas.

Samantha Jade recently released a very luke warm disco album, her next release is a Christmas album, career officially over. Full disclosure I saw her live the other week and honestly she knows how to work a diverse room, however musically a few more sound decisions are required if she is in deed going to be Australia's next Pop Princess.

Now to some of tomorrow's biggest releases..

Deep Sea Arcade – Blacklight

Gang Of Youths – MTV Unplugged : Live In Melbourne

Nao – Saturn (Sunday's Mini Profile - HERE)

Robyn – Honey (Sunday's Spotlight - right here!)

Thom Yorke – Suspiria (Music For The Luca Guadagnino Film)

Black Eyed Peas – Masters Of The Sun

E^st – Life Isn’t Always Roses EP

Graace – Self Sabotage EP

Wednesday Release of the Week - Khalid Feature

Tuesday Release of the Week - Swick Feature

More info on the release HERE

Anything but Albums of the Week - SWICK's MixTape // KHALID's EP

Sunday Spotlight: Rufus Du Sol

Australian trio Rufus are back, this time as Rufus Du Sol. This Solace is their third studio record since 2013, following a couple of EP's in 2011 and 2012. This week the boys secured the Triple J album of the week.

They were due to be my feature next week, however something happened with Robyn's release Honey and I have done a swap. Tomorrow you get two exciting releases as the Releases of the week. A MixTape and and EP.

Now onto Rufus Du Sol, ARIA and AIR award winning crew from Sydney they are up for two ARIA's this year with No Place. Unfortunately the Dance Release category is extremely crowded with talent this year, PNAU, Alison Wonderland, Peking Duk, newcomer Fisher and of course Rufus Du Sol.

Solace has already had three hits from the nine track releases, so overall a great strike rate thus far.

Always a festival and live music favourite, Rufus Du Sol have a strong and solid fanbase, so here is to the future, international acclaim. Take a Sunday to embrace the brilliant Sydney trio, for me I am off to Cher tonight, If I Could Turn Back Time, LOL, bye.

Online/Streaming... NOW! - Wentworth By-Election Edition

Former Verve frontman and Bittersweet Symphony man, Richard Ashcroft has a new solo record, it kicks off this week's new releases, it's called Natural Rebel.

Tomorrow on my other BLOG when I am not talking about TV or movies, I feature a new(ish) artist every Sunday, tomorrow it's Empress Of focusing on the new record, Us.

Another massive week of new music and Hellions yesterday delivered us with Rue.

Major Lazer are about to call it quits, however before they do, Essentials was delivered yesterday with so many party favourites from over the years. So many guests, so many killer collaborations.

Major Lazer really have shaped the party music scene for the past number of years. Great job crew...

From Diplo, to muse Mø, her new record features IT girl Charli XCX and What So Not. The new record is out now, it's Forever Neverland, great title BTW.

Originally next week's feature release, now tomorrow's Sunday Spotlight, it's Rüfüs Du Sol. The new album Solace and their previous records will be feature tomorrow, right here! The nine track new release already has a few hits under it's belt, so take a deep dive with me tomorrow.

Now onto a hit new single from Antony & Cleopatra, get ready to party with Hurt Like Hell.

More party, pop dance music from Karen Harding, I like her and this song definitely does no overstay it's welcome, check out Picture below and on any streaming service.

A best of will be out just in time for Christmas from Missy Higgins, a new cut is out now and it's called Arrows. Hello stocking stuffer.

Post Malone & Swae Lee team up for Sunflower, it's out now and pretty dope. Even without the dreadlocks Post Malone is still kicking some musical goals.

Nothing But Thieves released a new EP yesterday, What Did You Think When You Made Me This Way. Here is a taste from it now.

I liked this, it's another EP, this time from Jessie Reyez, Being Human In Public. Take a listen anywhere you stream your tunes...

Troye Sivan is having a huge 2018. He deserves an ARIA or two this November and now he teams up with Jónsi for Revelation from the hugely anticipated film Boy Erased. Troye has worked with Ms Ariana Grande and Gordi this year on Bloom. The boy can really do no wrong!

Finally next week I will feature a Mixtape and an EP. Swick gave us Court Composer Mixtape yesterday and Khalid gave us a 7 track EP Suncity. Both will get equal coverage next week as we celebrate some of the best local and international tunes.

Fresh Friday Countdown #136 - Friday 19 October 2018

20 - Birds of Tokyo - Unbreakable
19 - Bad Bunny - MIA {Feat. Drake}
18 - King Princess - 1950
17 - Peking Duk - Fire
16 - Drake - In My Feelings
15 - Post Malone - Better Now
14 - Missy Higgins - Arrows
13 - Wafia - I'm Good
12 - Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999
11 - Amy Shark - I Said Hi
10 - Eminem - Killshot
9 - Martin Garrix - Ocean {Feat. Khalid}
8 - Eminem - Venom
7 - Amy Shark - All Loved Up
6 - Halsey - Without Me
5 - Billie Eilish - when the party's over
4 - Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower
3 - Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid - Eastside
2 - Dean Lewis - Be Alight 
1 - Loud Luxury - Body {Feat. Brando}

Thursday Album of the Week - Stream Now!

Mid Week Album of the Week

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Album of the Week - PARCELS - {Parcels}

Sunday Spotlight: Hands Like Houses

Canberra doesn't have a lot going for it right now, however Hands Like Houses are changing that. With album number four landing on Friday and landing Triple J's feature album this week things are really on the up and up for the five piece.

You can stream the entire fourth record Anon below and check out some impressive previous cuts below. It's get your Sunday started, Spring clean away and get the rain away type of stuff.

I heard a track on my drive today and the lyrics are really top notch on this new album, so don't waste anymore time, check it out NOW.

Parcels will get you through another week of rain from tomorrow morning, see you then....

Online/Streaming... NOW! - Week Full of Rain Edition

The rain hasn't stopped all week in Sydney and Paul Kelly has not stopped releasing music in decades, his latest Nature is out now.

Tom Morello formally of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave has a new solo record, The Atlas Underground.

The film Venom has had shocking reviews, however the soundtrack has landed and Eminem's comeback continues with the title track.

Meet this coming week's feature album Parcels and their self titled album!

Can you believe it's been 20 years since Powderfinger's Internationalist, so a 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is out now!

Perfect music for a wet weekend afternoon/evening, here is the latest from St Vincent it's called MassEducation.

After an album with multi 2018 ARIA nominated Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile is back with more new music, a full album full in fact, it's called Bottle It In.

Single and EP watch now, Django Django are back with the Winter’s Beach EP, whilst Sia and Meg Mac are simply slaying with new singles.

Last but not least Camouflage Rose released a tasty new EP, simple called Taste. A perfect soundtrack to your Saturday night, Sunday morning

Fresh Friday Countdown #135 - Friday 12 October 2018

20 - Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex
19 - Anderson .Paak - Tints {Feat. Kendrick Lamar}
18 - Khalid - Better
17 - Wafia - I'm Good
16 - Peking Duk - Fire
15 - Birds of Tokyo - Unbreakable
14 - Mumford & Sons - Guiding Light
13 - Bad Bunny - MIA {Feat. Drake}
12 - Meg Mac - Give Me My Name Back
11 - Drake - In My Feelings
10 - Eminem - Killshot
9 - Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999
8 - Post Malone - Better Now
7 - Eminem - Venom
6 - Amy Shark - I Said Hi
5 - Amy Shark - All Loved Up
4 - Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid - Eastside
3 - Halsey - Without Me
2 - Dean Lewis - Be Alight 
1 - Loud Luxury - Body {Feat. Brando}

ARIA 2018 Nominations | Predictions

My picks/predictions/guesses in red and bold as below. Award ceremony to be held Wednesday November 28...

APPLE MUSIC ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) (SFM/MGM)
Pnau – Changa (etcetc Music)
Amy Shark – Love Monster (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Troye Sivan – Bloom (EMI)

BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
Amy Shark – Love Monster (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Sia – Flames (What A Music Ltd, Under Exclusive Licence to Warner Music Group)
Tash Sultana – Flow State (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music)
Alison Wonderland – Awake (EMI)

BEST MALE ARTIST
Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) (SFM/MGM)
Vance Joy – Nation Of Two (Liberation Records)
Dean Lewis – Be Alright (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Troye Sivan – Bloom (EMI)
Dan Sultan – Killer Under A Blood Moon (Liberation Records)

BEST GROUP
5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood (Capitol UK/EMI)
DMA’S – For Now (I OH YOU)
Peking Duk – Fire (Sony Music)
Pnau – Go Bang (etcetc Music)
RÜFÜS DU SOL – No Place (Sony Music)

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Mojo Juju – Native Tongue (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Alex Lahey – I Love You Like A Brother (Nicky Boy Records/Caroline Australia)
Odette – To A Stranger (EMI)
Jack River – Sugar Mountain (I OH YOU)
Ruel – Dazed & Confused (RCA Records/Sony Music)

BEST POP RELEASE
5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood (Capitol UK/EMI)
Dean Lewis – Be Alright (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Jack River – Sugar Mountain (I OH YOU)
Amy Shark – Love Monster (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Troye Sivan – Bloom (EMI)

BEST DANCE RELEASE
Fisher – Losing It (etcetc Music)
Peking Duk – Fire (Sony Music)
Pnau – Go Bang (etcetc Music)
RÜFÜS DU SOL – No Place (Sony Music)
Alison Wonderland – Awake (EMI)

BEST URBAN RELEASE
360 – Vintage Modern (Forthwrite/EMI)
Esoterik – My Astral Plane (Flight Deck/Mushroom Group)
Hilltop Hoods – Clark Griswold (feat. Adrian Eagle) (Hilltop Hoods/Universal Music Australia)
Mojo Juju – Native Tongue (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Kerser – Engraved In The Game (ABK Records. Marketed & distributed by ADA, a division of Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)

BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Lotta Sea Lice (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
Missy Higgins – Solastalgia (Eleven: A Music Company/EMI Music)
Vance Joy – Nation Of Two (Liberation Records)
Odette – To A Stranger (EMI)
Dan Sultan – Killer Under A Blood Moon (Liberation Records)

BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
DMA’S – For Now (I OH YOU)
Gurrumul – Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) (SFM/MGM)
Pnau – Go Bang (etcetc Music)
Angus & Julia Stone – Snow (Angus & Julia Stone Pty Ltd/EMI)

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Kasey Chambers & The Fireside Disciples – Campfire (Essence Group Entertainment. Marketed and distributed by Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
Travis Collins – Brave & The Broken (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont – Adam & Brooke (Lost Highway Australia /Universal Music Australia)
Fanny Lumsden – Real Class Act (Red Dirt Road/AWAL)
The Wolfe Brothers – Country Heart (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)

BEST ROCK ALBUM
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
Luca Brasi – Stay (Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Camp Cope – How To Socialise & Make Friends (Poison City Records)
DMA’S – For Now (I OH YOU)
Middle Kids – Lost Friends (EMI)

BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALBUM
DZ Deathrays – Bloody Lovely (I OH YOU)
King Parrot – Ugly Produce (EVP Recordings/Rocket)
Parkway Drive – Reverence (Resist Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia)
Polaris – The Mortal Coil (Resist Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia)
West Thebarton – Different Beings Being Different (Domestic La La/Sony Music Entertainment)

BEST BLUES & ROOTS ALBUM
Ruby Boots – Don’t Talk About It (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Mama Kin Spender – Golden Magnetic (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Angus & Julia Stone – Snow (Angus & Julia Stone Pty Ltd/EMI)
Tash Sultana – Flow State (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music)
Emily Wurramara – Milyakburra (Wantok Musik/MGM)

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK OR MUSICAL THEATRE CAST ALBUM
Jimmy Barnes – Working Class Boy: The Soundtracks (BLOODLINES)
LIARS – 1/1 (Original Soundtrack) (Mute/Inertia)
Jessica Mauboy – The Secret Daughter Season Two (Songs for the Original 7 Series) (Sony Music)
Evelyn Ida Morris – Acute Misfortune (Original Soundtrack) (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Various Artists – Muriel’s Wedding: The Musical (The Original Cast Recording) (Global Creatures/Sony Music)

BEST CHILDRENS ALBUM
Justine Clarke – The Justine Clarke Show! (ABC KIDS/Universal Music Australia)
Lah-Lah – 10th Birthday Party (Stella Projects/Sony Music)
Sam Moran – Santa’s Coming! (Sony Music)
Teeny Tiny Stevies – Helpful Songs For Little People (ABC KIDS/Universal Music Australia)
The Wiggles – Wiggle Pop! (ABC KIDS/Universal Music Australia)

PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS

APPLE MUSIC SONG OF THE YEAR
5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood (Capitol UK/EMI)
Vance Joy – Lay It On Me (Liberation Records)
Dean Lewis – Be Alright (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Peking Duk – Fire/Reprisal (Sony Music)
Pnau – Go Bang (etcetc Music)
Conrad Sewell – Healing Hands (Sony Music)
Amy Shark – I Said Hi (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Sheppard – Coming Home (Chugg Music/MGM)
Troye Sivan – My My My! (EMI)
Angus & Julia Stone – Chateau (Angus & Julia Stone Pty Ltd/EMI)

BEST VIDEO
Courtney Barnett – Need A Little Time (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
Client Liaison – Survival In The City (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
Gang Of Youths – The Heart Is A Muscle (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)
Mojo Juju – Native Tongue (ABC Music/Universal Music Australia)
Dean Lewis – Be Alright (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Peking Duk – Fire (Sony Music)
Pnau – Go Bang (etcetc Music)
The Presets – Do What You Want (Modular/EMI)
Amy Shark – I Said Hi (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Tash Sultana – Salvation (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music)

BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT
5 Seconds Of Summer – Meet You There Tour (Capitol UK/EMI)
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel National Tour (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)
Client Liaison – Expo Liaison (Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd)
Gang Of Youths – 2017 National Tour (Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)
Paul Kelly – Life Is Fine Tour 2017 (EMI)
Dean Lewis – 2017 National Tour (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Peking Duk – The Wasted Tour (Sony Music)
Pnau – Pnau Changa Australian Tour (etcetc Music)
Amy Shark – Love Monster Tour (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Tash Sultana – Homecoming Tour (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music)

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
Camila Cabello – Camila (Syco/Epic/Sony Music)
Drake – Scorpion & More Life (Republic/Universal Music)
Eminem – Revival & Kamikaze (Interscope/Universal Music)
Imagine Dragons – Evolve (Interscope/Universal Music)
Khalid – American Teen (RCA/Sony Music)
P!nk – Beautiful Trauma (RCA/Sony Music)
Post Malone – Beerbongs & Bentleys & Stoney (Universal Music)
Ed Sheeran – ÷ (Warner Music)
Sam Smith – The Thrill Of It All (Capitol/EMI)
Taylor Swift – Reputation (Big Machine/Universal Music)

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Album of the Week - BLEEDING KNEES CLUB - {Fade The Hammer}

Sunday Spotlight: Last Dinosaurs

One of Brisbane's finest indie rock four pieces are back, Last Dinosaurs released their third studio record, Yumeno Garden on Friday.

Following two solid albums and a debut EP back in 2010 the group have released a number of solid singles, a heaps of air time on Triple J along with touring and playing on some of Australia's biggest festival line ups.

Lachlan Caskey, Sean Caskey, Dan Koyama and Michael Sloane make up the current line up of Last Dinosaurs,  a couple of brothers and mates, touring the world showcasing great Australian music, Last Dino's are really on the up and up.

Stream the new album in full below, check out some of their past music videos and hits and enjoy a wet (Sydney) Sunday of Last Dinosaurs, boys you rock, great stuff!

Online/Streaming... NOW! - Pre Daylight Savings Edition

Let's start local and reveal next week's loud feature album, with a slight line up change, Bleeding Knees Club are back and from Monday, it's time to Fade the Hammer.

Staying local and tomorrow Bootleg Rascal will feature as my (Mini) Sunday Profile over HERE. Anònimo was released yesterday and features this terrific cut Mercy which you may already know.

Bob Evans released his best of yesterday, Full Circle. From the early Jebediah days (my first all ages gig, way back in the 90's with Bodyjar and Red Jezebel) to now, Bob Evans AKA Kevin Mitchell is a living Aussie legend.

Last Dinosaurs will be tomorrow's Sunday Spotlight, so make sure to pop by tomorrow for a swag of Last Dinosaurs, in the meantime here is a cut from their new record.

Matt Corby continues to promote his new album with All That I See, the countdown is on till it's release and I for one cannot wait!

Halsey's new song is already a certified hit, Without Me is another moody smash from one of my favourite live acts in the past few years.

One of yesterday's best new tracks, easy Anderson .Paak teaming up with Kendrick, YASS! Hit!

Finally the best new song of yesterday goes to? Easy.... take a listen below, pure POP magic!

Due to a Long Weekend Feature Album last week, I didn't post last Friday's new releases here, however on my other blog I did. So if you want to catch up, take a listen/look HERE

Fresh Friday Countdown #134 - Friday 5 October 2018

20 - KIAN - Waiting
19 - Birds of Tokyo - Unbreakable
18 - FISHER - Losing It
17 - Wafia - I'm Good
16 - Ziggy Alberts - Stronger
15 - Khalid - Better
14 - The Rubens - Never Ever {Feat. Sarah}
13 - Amy Shark - I Said Hi
12 - Post Malone - Better Now
11 - Peking Duk - Fire
10 - Anderson .Paak - Tints {Feat. Kendrick Lamar}
9 - Drake - In My Feelings
8 - Eminem - Killshot
7 - Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - 1999
6 - Amy Shark - All Loved Up
5 - Martin Garrix - Oceans {Feat. Khalid}
4 - Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid - Eastside
3 - Dean Lewis - Be Alight 
2 - Halsey - Without Me
1 - Loud Luxury - Body {Feat. Brando}

Thursday Album of the Week - Stream Now | Title Track Video Bonus

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Album of the Short Week - JOHN BUTLER TRIO - {Home}

Album of the Long Weekend - Monday - Stream