Album of the Week - Offical Live Music Videos (plus new Dive video)

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - BIRDS OF TOKYO – {Human Design}

Sunday Spotlight: The Smith Street Band

Wil Wagner, Lee Hartney, Michael "Fitzy" Fitzgerald, Jess Locke, Lucy Wilson and Matt Bodiam make up The Smith Street Band from Melbourne, Victoria. Smith Street of their name can be found.

The Smith Street Band have released five EP's and five studio albums, No One Gets Lost Anymore (2011), Sunshine and Technology (2012), Throw Me in the River (2014), More Scared of You than You Are of Me (2017) and  recently Don't Waste Your Anger (2020).

You a Smith Street Band song when you hear the very distinct Wil Wagner vocals. Since 2011 the band have gathered a large following.

You can stream the new record Don't Waste Your Anger below plus check out some of their previous biggest hits.

Next week we are going to take a deep dive into the wonderful Fiona Apple. Tomorrow on my other blog, Randy Andy's Weak in Review, this week's feature album artists on Triple J, Sorry we get a (Mini) Monday Spotlight. Last week we shone the spotlight on Canadian Jessie Reyez.

Due to COVID-19 the (Mini) Monday Spotlight will take a break, however the Sunday Spotlight remains with some of Australia as well as the world's biggest acts.

So today, get your ears around Australia's number one album right now. Yes Don't Waste Your Anger debuted at number one last night, well done crew!

Streaming... NOW! | Key ANZAC 2020 Releases

It's ANZAC day so let's feature two great new Australian album releases. First up it's WA's Birds Of Tokyo with their sixth record, Human Design. The album will also double as my feature record all next week. Come by during the week for a few features from Birds of Tokyo.

Secondly it's Melbourne's RVG with the post punk record, Feral. Stream it now!


And it wouldn't be a look at the week's key releases with this week's big new singles.

Jake Bugg – Saviours Of The City

Camelphat & ArtBat ftg. Rhodes – For A Feeling

Cassian – Laps

Doolie – Dark Waters

Duck Sauce – I Don’t Mind

In Hearts Wake – Son Of A Witch

Jimmy Eat World feat. Bethany – Call To Love

Juice WRLD – Righteous

Paul Kelly – Hummin’ To Myself

Alicia Keys – Good Job

Khalid x Disclosure ftg. Davido & Tems – Know Your Worth

The Killers – Fire In Bone

Maluma – ADMV

Nicole Millar – I Should Probably Go To Therapy

Octavian X Take A Daytrip X Obongjayar – Poison

Kira Puru – Idiot

Regard & Raye – Secrets

Travis Scott & Kid Cudi – The Scotts

Yungblud – Weird!

Fresh Friday Countdown #207 - Friday 24 April, 2020

20 - Tash Sultana - Pretty Lady
19 - Florence + The Machine - Light of Love
18 - Meduza, Becky Hill & GOODBOYS - Lose Control
17 - Tones and I - Never Seen the Rain
16 - Young T & Bugsey - Don't Rush {Feat. Headie One}
15 - Birds of Tokyo - Two of Us
14 - Post Malone - Circles
13 - Billie Eilish - bad guy
12 - The Weeknd - In Your Eyes
11 - Doja Cat - Boss Bitch
10 - Regard - Ride It
9 - BENEE - Supalonely {Feat. Gus Dapperton}
8 - Drake - Toosie Slide
7 - Halsey - you should be sad
6 - Doja Cat - Say So
5 - Tones and I - Dance Monkey
4 - Powfu - Death Bed {Feat. beabadoobee}
3 - Tones and I - Bad Child
2 - SAINt JHN - Roses (Imanbek Remix)
1 - The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - DUKE DUMONT – {Duality}

Sunday Spotlight: Methyl Ethel

Jake Webb, Thom Stewart, Chris Wright, Jacob Diamond and Lyndon Blue make up Methyl Ethel. The group from Perth just released their third EP Hurts to Laugh, featuring the great tune Majestic AF.

In 2013, Methyl Ethel released their debut EP, Guts whilst in 2015, Methyl Ethel released their debut album Oh Inhuman Spectacle.

In 2017, Methyl Ethel released their second album Everything Is Forgotten, the album peaked at number 16 on the ARIA charts.

In 2019, Methyl Ethel released their third studio album Triage, which peaked at number 11 slightly higher than previous release Everything Is Forgotten.

Concluding my EP Easter feature week in 2020, Methyl Ethel released Hurts to Laugh. The EP is made up of songs which didn’t make their third album, Triage.

So with less than a week to ANZAC day, it's time to celebrate another great local group. Next week I will keep it local with a feature on The Smith Street Band. For now, get amongst some Methyl Ethel. Great band name hey!

Streaming... NOW! | Key Friday 17 April, 2020 Releases

This week we kick off with a new Aussie release. It's The Smith Street Band back with their fifth studio record Don't Waste Your Anger.

An early introduction to next week's feature album, it's Duke Dumont long awaited debut album, Duality. With huge singles you all know like The Power, Ocean Drive (classic) and one of the latest tunes, Love Song.

Wrapping up a huge week (and a bit) of Easter EP week, a solid three new EP's were released yesterday.

First up Eurovision 2020 entry, Jaguar Jonze with her Diamonds & Liquid Gold EP. From Germany
Milky Chance gave us the Stay Home Sessions EP and finally Love Fame Tragedy (Matthew Murphy of the Wombats fame) gave us his debut EP Live From SIR, Hollywood.

The world may be in lock down, however check out all the hot new singles this week!

Allday - OTT

CLYPSO feat. Raave Tapes – Down To The Wire

Diplo & Blanco Brown – Do Si Do

DMA’s – The Glow

Dillon Francis & BabyJake – Touch

French Montana – That’s A Fact

Oliver Heldens feat. Boy Matthews – Details

Hockey Dad – In This State

Lauren Jauregui – 50 Feet

JaySounds & WOAK – Hold Me Now

Joji – Gimme Love

Y2K & The Kid Laroi – Go Dumb

The Kid Laroi & Lil Tjay – Fade Away

Last Dinosaurs – Flying

Lime Cordiale – On Our Own

Powfu – I’m Used To It

Playboi Carti – @MEH

Josh Pyke – Doubting Thomas

Jamie xx – Idontknow

Yours Truly – Composure

Fresh Friday Countdown #206 - Friday 17 April, 2020

20 - Tones and I - Never Seen the Rain
19 - Tash Sultana - Pretty Lady
18 - Billie Eilish - everything i wanted
17 - Meduza, Becky Hill & GOODBOYS - Lose Control
16 - Birds of Tokyo - Two of Us
15 - Post Malone - Circles
14 - Billie Eilish - bad guy
13 - Doja Cat - Boss Bitch
12 - Florence + The Machine - Light of Love
11 - The Weeknd - In Your Eyes
10 - Halsey - you should be sad
9 - BENEE - Supalonely {Feat. Gus Dapperton}
8 - Regard - Ride It
7 - Powfu - Death Bed {Feat. beabadoobee}
6 - Drake - Toosie Slide
5 - Doja Cat - Say So
4 - Tones and I - Dance Monkey
3 - Tones and I - Bad Child
2 - SAINt JHN - Roses (Imanbek Remix)
1 - The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

Midweek EP of the Easter Weekend/Week after Videos

Easter Tuesday EP - WILLARIS K – Lustre

With a couple of guests along for the ride Willaris. K is here with a new EP, Lustre.

Featuring Tom Snowdon and Gordi on two of the six tracks. Willaris. K AKA Jack William McAllister from NSW has also promised a second EP Full Noise later in 2020.

After remixing Rufus Du Sol's Underwater last year, Willaris. K is really making a name for  himself.

The six tracks are as follows below. Stream for yourself or check out some of the visualizer videos below.

5 O’CLOCK
GET WITH MY LIGHT (with Tom Snowdon)
COBAKI SKY
INDIFFERENT (with Gordi)
DETACH
PAST LIGHT

Easter Monday Spotlight: Purity Ring

Purity Ring AKA Megan James (lead vocals) & Corin Roddick (instruments, production) from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Purity Ring released their debut album Shrines in 2012, after forming in 2010.

Album number two was Another Eternity in 2015 no comes their third album, Womb, which was released on April 3, 2020.

The group have given us Begin Again, Push Pull and recently Peacefall. Whilst assisting on production for Chance the Rapper, Katy Perry, Ab-Soul and remixing the likes of Lady Gaga, Disclosure, Katy Perry and more.

The album was last week's feature record on Triple J.

I hope everyone is having a great at home Easter long weekender. Womb is the perfect record to bunker down with and chill.

Easter Sunday EP - VLOSSOM – My Friend

Happy Easter Sunday, come by tomorrow for a profile on Purity Ring. For now we continue the Easter EP features.

Today it's time to learn a little more about Vlossom.

Who is Vlossom you ask? Well it's Nick Littlemore (PNAU, Empire of the Sun) and Alister Wright (Cloud Control).

The duo have just released the masterful debut EP My Friend, featuring tracks Catch Your Breath and My Friend.

Coming onto the radio in late 2019 with debut single ‘Catch Your Breath’, Vlossom’s have teased out tracks from the six tracks.

This is a perfect EP to get you dancing. It's a long weekend so why not discover a brand new artist. Well new act which could be considered a super team up with PNAU, Empire of the Sun coming together with Cloud Control!

Easter Saturday EP - SAN CISCO - Flaws

Flaws is the latest release from WA indie stars San Cisco. Following three fan favourite albums, San Cisco have delivered a catchy four track EP.

Following Reasons and the title track Flaws the EP landed at the end of March 2020.

San Cisco have given us many sing-a-longs live Awkward, Fred Astaire, Too Much Time Together and more since 2010. So in this strange time, this overly long #STAYHOME Easter 2020 we all need some San Cisco in our lives.

Yes this Easter and into next week I will be sharing a number of recent EP's that really slay. Friday we started things off with Maribelle and yesterday you got a taste of fellow WA indie favourites Methyl Ethel.

I will bring you some more tasty EP treats over the coming days whilst Monday the Sunday Spotlight moves to Easter Monday. Canadian duo Purity Ring will bring us some electronic vibes to soothe our home bodies.

Until then, stay safe, stay calm.

Streaming... NOW! | Key Good Friday 2020 Releases

It's Easter EP feature week, so why not kick off the new releases with a brand new EP. It's Methyl Ethel with his new five track release Hurts To Laugh.


Active Child have released a super chilled out release. Patrick James Grossi aka Active Child, justb released In Another Life. A perfect record for the time we are in.

Laura Marling is back with her seventh studio record, Song For Our Daughter. Take a listen to one of the tunes from it, below.

The Strokes from New York, New York have released a new with a title to match this uncertain times. It's The New Abnormal. Fingers crossed for all our New York music lovers.

Now to finish off this Good Friday post, here are this week's essential singles. Take a listen below.

The Beths – Dying To Believe

E^ST – Maybe It’s Me

Milan Ring – Are Your Friends Alright?

Tash Sultana – Pretty Lady

Briggs - HouseFyre {Feat. Tim Minchin}

Running Touch - Meet Me

Diplo & Wax Motif - Love to the World

Nina Las Vega - Impossible {Feat Thai Chi Rose}

BOI - Look at me Now

Gracie Abrams - I miss you, I'm sorry

Charli XCX - Forever

Easter EP Feature Week Incoming!

Easter is just around the corner kids, well it's Good Friday Eve. So it's time to pack away our current feature record from Brisbane boys Violent Soho. However you can still support them as part of the Sound of Silence campaign.

But now for the next few days it's Easter 2020 EP Feature week!

Good news too, the Sunday Spotlight will move to Easter Monday. This coming Monday it's all about Canadian duo, Purity Ring.

First up it's Vetta Borne with her Violeta EP. Vetta Borne is actually a new project for Maribelle.

The five track EP features the opener, ‘Hey’ and the recent single ‘Girls’.

If you like SZA, Kaytranada or The Internet you are sure to like Vetta Borne, stream below now!

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - VIOLENT SOHO – {Everything Is A-OK}

Sunday Spotlight: Little Dragon

Easter 2017, Season Hight was released, back then I featured Little Dragon HERE.

After releasing singles like “Hold On” and “Are You Feeling Sad?” featuring Kali Uchis, Swedish group Little Dragon has now returned with their sixth record, New Me, Same Us.

11 tracks tunes clocking in at 44 minutes, New Me, Same Us sees vocalist Yukimi Nagano joins bandmates Håkan Wirenstarnd, Fredrik Wallin, and Erik Bodin.

I can't believe the group first popped up in 2006/2007. Little Dragon have copped a whole lot of play on my devices over the years.

I was obsessed with the tune Wildfire with SBTRKT back in 2011, since then Little Dragon have worked with Tinashe, Little Simz and Flying Lotus.

You can stream the while new album below, go back in time above and see where the group was at in 2017. Below some hits and highlights. The world we live in right now, we need groups like Little Dragon.

Next Sunday is Easter Sunday so there will be a delayed Sunday Spotlight. There will be an Easter Monday spotlight instead. Focused on Canadian crew Purity Ring. See you tomorrow for a brand new local feature album.

Streaming... NOW! | Key Friday April 3, 2020 Releases

Despite everything going on, there were still a pile of new releases yesterday. Let's start off with a US artist who has worked with Aussie producer Kito on one of the best jams of late last year, Wild Girl. Whilst recently teaming up with Banoffee for Tennis Fan. It's Empress Of and her third record I’m Your Empress Of.

Kerser gets zero airplay but seems to roar up the charts. His latest release is here and it's called Roll The Dice.

Mystery Jets are back! Who I totally forgot about them! They have a new album, surprise, it's called A Billion Heartbeats

Purity Ring released their third album Womb yesterday. On Easter Monday they will be your Monday Spotlight.

Thundercat has a few guests along for the ride on his latest album, It Is What It Is.

Violent Soho are back! Four long years since their last record, Waco, Everything Is A-OK dropped yesterday. It's also my feature album all next week!

Yaeji's What We Drew 우리가 그려왔던 is out now! I will do a feature on my other blog Randy Andy's Weak in Review Monday. Yaeji will join the likes of Mild Minds, Duke Dumont and  Stevie Jean as part of my (Mini) Monday Spotlight series.

We got four exceptional local EP's this week too. Wow the tunes just keep on coming! Take a listen below, all four are most likely to get you up and moving!

Fisher gives us his Freaks EP

Willaris K is back with his Lustre EP

Vlossom has a some PNAU flavours on the My Friend EP

Vetta Borne is one to watch, here is a cute from her Violeta EP

And finally here are this week's big singles! What a week of new music. I know what I will be doing this weekend. #StayHome #NewMusicFriday

Alex The Astronaut – Split The Sky

Drake – Tootsie Slide

Fluir – Make Me Feel

Dillon Francis & BabyJake – You Do You

Here is a four play from Headie One x Fred Again!

Headie One x Fred Again – Gang

Headie One x Fred Again ftg. FKA Twigs – Judge Me

Headie One x Fred Again ftg. Jamie xx – Smoke

Headie One x Fred Again ftg. Sampha – Soldiers

Alice Ivy feat. Imbi & BIO – Don’t Sleep

Love Regenerator feat. Eli Brown & Calvin Harris – Moving

NIKI – Switchblade

Troye Sivan – Take Yourself Home

Something For Kate – Situation Room

Triple One – Handyman

Tropical Fuck Storm feat. Amy Taylor – This Perfect Day

Fresh Friday Countdown #205 - Friday 3 April, 2020

20 - Meduza, Becky Hill & GOODBOYS - Lose Control
19 - Post Malone - Circles
18 - Tones and I - Never Seen the Rain
17 - Doja Cat - Boss Bitch
16 - The Killers - Caution
15 - Billie Eilish - everything i wanted
14 - Billie Eilish - bad guy
13 - Regard - Ride It
12 - BENEE - Supalonely {Feat. Gus Dapperton}
11 - The Weeknd - In Your Eyes
10 - Troye Sivan - Take Yourself Home
9 - Something for Kate - Situation Room
8 - Birds of Tokyo - Two of Us
7 - Powfu - Death Bed {Feat. beabadoobee}
6 - Doja Cat - Say So
5 - Halsey - you should be sad
4 - Tones and I - Dance Monkey
3 - Tones and I - Bad Child
2 - SAINt JHN - Roses (Imanbek Remix)
1 - The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

Album of the Year Nomination #3 - The Weeknd - After Hours

Coming in at number 71 in Triple J's Hottest 100 last year, The Weeknd's Blinding Lights was a huge success. The song was only released days (29 November) before voting opened, already the Triple J listeners had made up their mind, Blinding Lights was a hit!

Heartless was the first single from the album, followed by Blinding Lights and late last month single number three arrived, In Your Eyes.

The Weeknd has been a favourite in Australia for sometime now. His 2016 album Starboy was a huge hit whilst Beauty in the Madness (his second album) was a major breakthrough.

The Canadian superstar continues to slay. He has appeared live on a number of late night US shows with tracks from this album and topped the charts with the album in many countries thus far.

On Saturday the album made it to number one in Australia. Joining Belgium, Italy, Ireland, Sweden, the USA, The UK and of course Canada.

Joining Tame Impala and Halsey in the race for the 2020 Album of the Year, it's The Weeknd, with After Hours. Stream the album below and get amongst it!