Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Year Nomination #7 - Lil Nas X - Montero

Following last months brilliant Planet Her from Doja Cat, it's time now for the seventh Album of the Year Nomination for 2021. By chance Doja Cat is also a guest on this record, the debut from Lil Nas X, Montero.

Featuring a stunning amount of diverse guests from Doja Cat to Miley Cyrus, Elton John to Megan Thee Stallion. Jack Harlow also features on the monster single, Industry Baby.

The album went to number one in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Sweden, Norway and number two in the UK.

The record has had solid reviews from critics whilst setting records on Apple Music. Its a diverse record to our collection of Album of the Year nominations thus far.

With the Album of the Year due to be released on New Years Eve!

Former Album of the Year Nomination posts below - 

Doja Cat - Planet Her

the Kid Laroi - Fuck Love 3: Over You

Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

Tones and I - Welcome To The Madhouse

Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR

Amy Shark - Cry Forever

 

Album of the Week - RUBY FIELDS {Been Doin’ It For A Bit}

 

Sunday Spotlight: Lady Gaga

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is Lady Gaga.

It's superstars month(s) as the final Sunday Spotlight is set for late November, we are two months out from the final edition. So tonight, it's a MASSIVE superstar, Lady Gaga. Gaga began performing as a teenager, singing at open mic nights, and acting in school plays. 

Germanotta studied at Collaborative Arts Project 21, through New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, before dropping out to pursue a career in music. 

After Def Jam Recordings canceled her contract, she worked as a songwriter for Sony/ATV Music Publishing, where she signed a joint deal with Interscope Records and Akon's label, KonLive Distribution, in 2007. 

Lady Gaga rose to prominence the following year with her debut studio album, The Fame, featuring singles, Just Dance & Poker Face. 

The album was later reissued to include the EP The Fame Monster in 2009. Featuring successful singles like Bad Romance, Telephone & Alejandro.

Gaga's five succeeding studio albums all debuted atop the US Billboard 200. 

Her second full-length album, Born This Way (in 2011), sold more than one million copies in its first week. The title track became the fastest-selling song on the iTunes Store, with over one million downloads in less than a week. 

Following her EDM-influenced third album, Artpop (in 2013), and its lead single "Applause", Gaga released the jazz album Cheek to Cheek (in 2014) with Tony Bennett.

In 2016 Gaga gave us Joanne. Following Joanne, Gaga ventured into acting, playing leading roles in the miniseries American Horror Story: Hotel. Germanotta received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, and the critically acclaimed musical drama film A Star Is Born in 2018. 

Her contributions to the latter's soundtrack, which spawned the chart-topping single Shallow, made her the first woman to win an Academy, Grammy, BAFTA, and Golden Globe Award in one year. 

Lady Gaga returned to her dance-pop roots with her sixth studio album, Chromatica in lockdown year, 2020. The album yielded the number-one single Rain on Me along with 911, Stupid Love and Sour Candy with BLACKPINK.

Gaga's accolades include 12 Grammy Awards, 18 MTV Video Music Awards, 16 Guinness World Records, awards from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and recognition as Billboard's Artist of the Year (2010) and Woman of the Year (2015). 

Lady Gaga's philanthropy and activism focus on mental health awareness and LGBT rights; in 2012, she founded the Born This Way Foundation, a non-profit organization aiming to empower youth, improve mental health, and prevent bullying.

So with her second Tony Bennett collaboration record out this Friday along with Dawn of Chromatica (the remix sister album to Chromatica) streaming now. Love for Sale lands ahead of the long weekend. So usually we rest the Sunday Spotlights for the long weekend, however next Sunday, I have another superstar or super group coming your way. Until then Ruby Fields will be your new feature record from tomorrow. See you then!

Streaming... NOW! | Key Friday 24 September, 2021

Kicking off this week we go to Angels And Airwaves. Featuring Tom DeLonge of Blink 182 the group have just released, Lifeforms.

Boys Noize AKA Alexander Ridha has just given us record number eight, +/-

Ruby Fields will be your feature star all next week with Been Doin’ It For A Bit. Following a string of EP's and singles, Ruby delivers a solid, fun record! Check in next week for more Ruby features!

My Central Coast soul sister, Natalie Imbruglia is back! Her latest record, Firebird hit the streaming services yesterday following a few singles here and there.

After season has passed, as So Fresh : The Hits Of Spring 2021 hits the shelves. Well iTunes store, not streaming services. However I am sure someone of Apple Music or Spotify has shared a So Fresh playlist.

One EP this week. From the fab Eves Karydas it's Reruns. Featuring a number of tracks you'll know and most likely love.

Another big week this week in the world of new music and singles this week. A few big team ups like Budjerah & MAY-A, Cookin’ On 3 Burners + Mantra & Jane Tyrrell, Whitney Houston x Clean Bandit & from Sydney Open Till L8 + Youngn Lipz.

alt-J – U&ME

Blanke – Breathe

Budjerah feat. MAY-A – Talk

CHAII – Get It Done

Cookin’ On 3 Burners feat. Mantra & Jane Tyrrell – The World Is Cold

Hein Cooper – Glory

Dope Lemon – Stingray Pete

Eels – Good Night On Earth

Whitney Houston x Clean Bandit – How Will I Know

Fergus James – Slow Separation

Just A Gent feat. JACKNIFE – Nova

Ben Lee feat. Sad13 – Born For This Bullshit

Lime Cordiale & Idris Elba – Apple Crumble

Tom Morello feat. Bring Me The Horizon – Let’s Get The Party Started

Ne-Yo – What If

Open Till L8 feat. Youngn Lipz – Nobody Gotta Know

Tay Oskee feat. Tia Gostelow – Blood Rush

Rüfüs Du Sol – On My Knees

Azure Ryder – Ladder To The Moon

Tones And I – Cloudy Day (acoustic)

Zoe Wees feat. 6LACK – That’s How It Goes

Matthew Young – Headcase

Fresh Friday Countdown #278 - Friday 24 September, 2021

20 - Lizzo & Cardi B - Rumors
19 - Doja Cat - Get Into It (Yuh)
18 - Tom Morello - Let's Get The Party Started {Feat. Bring Me The Horizon}
17 - Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
16 - Shouse & David Guetta - Love Tonight (David Guetta Remix)
15 - The Weeknd - Save Your Tears
14 - Bring Me The Horizon - DiE4u
13 - Riton & Nightcrawlers - Friday {Feat. Mufasa & Hypeman}
12 - Tiësto & Ty Dolla $ign - The Business, Pt. II
11 - Doja Cat - Kiss Me More {Feat. SZA}
10 - Rüfüs Du Sol - On My Knees
9 - Xavier Rudd - We Deserve to Dream
8 - Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - INDUSTRY BABY
7 - The Weeknd - Take My Breath
6 - Lil Nas X - THATS WHAT I WANT
5 - Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u
4 - Glass Animals - Heat Waves 
3 - Tones And I - Cloudy Day
2 - Vance Joy - Missing Piece
1 - The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - Stay

Montero - Guests

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - LIL NAS X {Montero}

Sunday Spotlight: Drake

Aubrey Drake Graham AKA simply Drake is today's Sunday Spotlight. Certified Lover Boy is already breaking streaming records worldwide. If you haven't heard it yet, you can stream it below.

Born October 24, 1986) in Toronto, Ontario, Drake got some serious attention featuring hit teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation. Following his TV appearance, Drake released his debut mixtape Room for Improvement in 2006. He followed up with the mixtapes Comeback Season in 2007 along with So Far Gone in 2009. He then signed to Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment.  Hence a number of Lil Wayne features on his tracks.

Drake released his debut studio album Thank Me Later in 2010, which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. He went on to achieve critical success with Take Care in 2011, featuring artists like Rihanna on the record.

Rihanna and Drake continued to work together across a number of their own tunes and others like NERD's Lemon. Too Good, What's Your Name and Work to name a few.

Nothing Was the Same in 2013 along with his first commercial mixtape If You're Reading This It's Too Late 2015 followed Take Care. Things were really heating up for Drake now.

With his fourth studio album Views, 2016, we got tracks like One Dance (huge), Too Good (as mentioned above) and Controlla. Hotline Bling was also added to the blockbuster 20 track album.

The album topped the Billboard 200 for 13 nonconsecutive weeks, becoming the first album by a male solo artist to do so in over a decade.

Marketed as a playlist, Drake's second solo commercial mixtape More Life, 2017 set multiple streaming records and received critical appraisal. We got a change in direction with some killer tracks like Passionfruit and Get it Together with Black Coffee and Jorja Smith.

In 2018, Drake went supersize with Scorpion. The double album produced three number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. 

Departing Young Money in 2018, Drake's third commercial mixtape Dark Lane Demo Tapes was released in 2020, and featured the Hot 100 number-one lead single Toosie Slide.

Among the world's best-selling music artists, with over 170 million records sold, Drake is ranked as the highest-certified digital singles artist in the United States by the RIAA.

He has won four Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, a record 27 Billboard Music Awards, two Brit Awards, and three Juno Awards, and holds several Billboard chart records; Drake has the most top 10 placements on the Billboard Hot 100, the most charted songs (231) ever on the Hot 100, the most simultaneously charted Hot 100 songs in one week (27), the most continuous time on the Hot 100 (431 weeks), and the most Hot 100 debuts in one week (22). He also has the most number-one singles on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Rap Songs, and Rhythmic Airplay charts.

Certified Lover Boy is just the next chapter in Drake's monster career to date. Its been a huge few weeks of Sunday Spotlights, so return next week for another killer Sunday Spotlight!

Streaming... NOW! | Key Friday 17 September, 2021

The Beths rock, Auckland, New Zealand, back in 2020. Live music. What a way to start the key releases from yesterday. Hopefully NSW will return to "some" live music next week!

It's time to chill. José González is back with his latest record, Local Valley. This will make a perfect Sunday listen tomorrow. Unless you want to come back tomorrow for a Drake Sunday Spotligh.

Lil Nas X has dropped his monster debut album, Montero. Welcome Lil Nas X will be next week's feature album! So many guests, so many favourites already! Check out Montero all week, right here on Flashing off the Record.

Jordan Rakei has an incredible voice. Like José González, this could be the perfect record to throw on tomorrow. What We Call Life is streaming on your favourite platform right now!

Strange Talk have been away for a while. They are back with their latest record, Speech Therapy. Take a listen to a cut now.

A couple of new EP's this week. Check em out below!

Asha Jefferies – The Pinnacle

Metronomy – Posse Volume 1

New singles this week can be heard from Bring Me The Horizon, Hatchie, Kučka covering PJ Harvey along with Wave Racer getting ready to release his new record.

Banoffee – Never Get To Fuck Any1

Birds Of Tokyo feat. Stand Atlantic – Superglue

Bring Me The Horizon – DiE4u

Andy Bull – It’s All Connected (original demo)

Casisdead feat. La Roux – Park Assist

Iann Dior feat. Lil Uzi Vert – V12

Hatchie – This Enchanted

Paul Kelly – Every Step Of The Way

Kučka – Down By The Water

Pete Murray – Hold Me Steady

My Morning Jacket – Love Love Love

Parcels – Somethinggreater

Wave Racer – Dreaming

Fresh Friday Countdown #277 - Friday 17 September, 2021

20 - Drake - Way 2 Sexy {Feat. Future & Young Thug}
19 - Doja Cat - Woman
18 - Doja Cat - Kiss Me More {Feat. SZA}
17 - Doja Cat - Need to Know
16 - Rain Radio & DJ Craig Gorman - Talk About
15 - Shouse & David Guetta - Love Tonight (David Guetta Remix)
14 - Lizzo & Cardi B - Rumors
13 - Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
12 - Riton & Nightcrawlers - Friday {Feat. Mufasa & Hypeman}
11 - Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - INDUSTRY BABY
10 - The Weeknd - Take My Breath
9 - The Weeknd - Save Your Tears
8 - Bring Me The Horizon - DiE4u
7 - Tiësto & Ty Dolla $ign - The Business, Pt. II
6 - Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u
5 - Glass Animals - Heat Waves 
4 - Vance Joy - Missing Piece
3 - The Amity Affliction - Like Love
2 - Tones And I - Cloudy Day
1 - The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - Stay

Album of the Week - Offical Music Video/Audio

Streaming... NOW! | Key Friday 10 September, 2021

Do you remember Drapht? Years back he was a Triple J darling with hits like Jimmy Recard, Bali Party and Rapunzel. In 2021 Drapht gives us his seventh studio album, Shadows And Shinings.

박혜진 Park Hye Jin is this week's feature album. Return tomorrow for the music videos behind, Before I Die. This is her debut album. Last year in July I feature her as part of my 2020 (Mini) Monday Spotlight series.

Melbourne's Loser are back with their second record, All The Rage.

Manic Street Preachers also delivered us their new record last Friday, The Ultra Vivid Lament.

Former Youth Group frontman Toby Martin has delivered us another solo record, I Felt The Valley Lifting.

Masked Wolf has had a few huge months. So it's exciting the Astronomical Mixtape has now dropped!

Metallica have a number of guests covering their famous tunes on the Black Album (Expanded Edition).

Pist Idiots have one of the best band names, EVER! Idiocracy is their latest record, streaming now!

The Vaccines are back with Back In Love City. Their name is a little hard to Google now, given our current situation.

Triple J's feature album, is a rocking good time this week with Amyl and the Sniffers. Comfort to Me is their second record.

One local EP this week, its Odette –with the Offcuts EP.

Some interesting new singles from last Friday. From Logic 1000 to Sophie Monk, even some new Josh Pyke.

BADBADNOTGOOD – Beside April

Glass Animals – I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance)

Ash Grunwald – I Want You To Know

Holly Humberstone – Scarlett

Kwame – H I G H E R

Lior & Domini – Gloria

Logic1000 feat. Yunè Pinky – What You Like

Moaning Lisa – Too Many

Sophie Monk – Nice To Meet You

Muna feat. Phoebe Bridgers – Silk Chiffon

Nooky feat. Jamel – Jet

Papa Roach – Kill The Noise

Josh Pyke – Your Heart Won’t Always Weigh A Tonne

Jack River – We Are The Youth

Ed Sheeran – SHIVERS

Troye Sivan – Angel Baby

Triple One – Blood Rave

Album of the Week - 박혜진 PARK HYE JIN {Before I Die}

Sunday Spotlight: Kanye West

Kanye Omari West has just released his highly anticipated tenth album, Donda. Featuring a stack of guests following a series of delays for the offical release, it's time for Kanye to get the Sunday Spotlight treatment.

Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West released his debut album, The College Dropout in 2004, to critical and commercial success. He also founded the record label GOOD Music. 

We all remember the big records that followed, Late Registration in 2005, followed by Graduation in 2007 and then the more experimental 808s & Heartbreak in 2008. 

Kanye's fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010 and sixth album Yeezus in 2013 were two of Kanye's most critical and commercial successes. 

West started going rogue The Life of Pablo in 2016 followed by Ye in  2018.

Kanye found in god, therefore explored Christian music on Jesus Is King in 2019. 

Kanye also has two full-length collaborative albums under his belt. The huge Watch the Throne in 2011 with Jay-Z and Kids See Ghosts in 2018 with Kid Cudi.

Along with Kanye's music, in 2020, he ran an independent presidential campaign that advocated for a consistent life ethic. His Christian faith, as well as his marriage to television personality Kim Kardashian, have also been sources of media attention.

As a fashion designer, he has collaborated with Nike, Louis Vuitton, and A.P.C. on both clothing and footwear, and have most prominently resulted in the Yeezy collaboration with Adidas beginning in 2013. 

West is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with more than 160 million records sold worldwide.

He has won a total of 22 Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all time.

Among his other awards are the Billboard Artist Achievement Award, a joint-record three Brit Awards for Best International Male Solo Artist and the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.

So why not listen to Donda now along with some classic videos below. Until next week.

Fresh Friday Countdown #276 - Friday 10 September, 2021

20 - Doja Cat - Woman
19 - Drake - Fair Trade {Feat. Travis Scott}
18 - Lana Del Rey - Arcadia
17 - FISHER - Just Feels Tight
16 - Shouse & David Guetta - Love Tonight (David Guetta Remix)
15 - The Weeknd - Save Your Tears
14 - Charli XCX - Good Ones
13 - Dean Lewis - Falling Up 
12 - Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - INDUSTRY BABY
11 - Doja Cat - Kiss Me More {Feat. SZA}
10 - Rain Radio & DJ Craig Gorman - Talk About
9 - Eddie Vedder - Long Way
8 - Riton & Nightcrawlers - Friday {Feat. Mufasa & Hypeman}
7 - Tiësto & Ty Dolla $ign - The Business, Pt. II
6 - The Weeknd - Take My Breath
5 - Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u
4 - Glass Animals - Heat Waves 
3 - Tones And I - Cloudy Day
2 - Vance Joy - Missing Piece
1 - The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - Stay

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - LITTLE SIMZ {Sometimes I Might Be Introvert}

Winters Biggest Bangers | 2021

20 - Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
19 - Lorde - Solar Power
18 - Gang of Youths - the angel of 8th ave.
17 - Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - INDUSTRY BABY
16 - Olivia Rodrigo - deja vu
15 - Amy Shark - Worst Day of My Life
14 - Tones And I - Fly Away
13 - Travis Scott/HVME - Goosebumps (Remix)
12 - Amy Shark - Love Songs Ain't For Us {Feat. Keith Urban}
11 - The Kid LAROI - Without You
10 - Tones And I - Cloudy Day
9 - Glass Animals - Heat Waves 
8 - Riton & Nightcrawlers - Friday {Feat. Mufasa & Hypeman}
7 - Doja Cat - Kiss Me More {Feat. SZA}
6 - The Weeknd - Save Your Tears
5 - Dean Lewis - Falling Up 
4 - The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - Stay
3 - Tiësto & Ty Dolla $ign - The Business, Pt. II
2 - Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u
1 - Vance Joy - Missing Piece

Streaming... NOW! | Key Friday 3 September, 2021

Kicking off this week with someone clearly inspired by a 90's TV series, its DJ Seinfeld. Otherwise known as Armand Jakobsson, we get a new dance record, Mirrors.

Lady Gaga gives us a remix album, Dawn Of Chromatica. Hopefully we can dance away our lockdown blues NSW, ACT & VIC. Plus I'm fully vaxxed baby!

Meet this week's feature record, it's the latest from UK sensation, Little Simz. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert is the British artists fourth studio record.

Rudimental are ready to fire up those dance floors with Ground Control. Guests a plenty!

Last we have one four track EP this week, from Ásgeir. The Sky Is Painted Gray Today is streaming now.

Wild week for new singles this week. G Flip delivers another team up, Eves Karydas has a new tune and ABBA are back! Yes Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, two new ABBA tunes!

ABBA – I Still Have Faith In You and Don’t Shut Me Down

Damon Albarn – Particles

Bipolar Sunshine – Answers

Broods – piece of my mind

The Buoys – Lie To Me Again

Maya Jane Coles – Night Creature / Survival Mode

Example feat. What So Not & Lucy Lucy – Every Single Time

Finneas – The 90s

G Flip & renforshort – Waiting Game

Just A Gent feat. SADBOii – Know

Eves Karydas feat. Hauskey – Cardboard Box

Masked Wolf feat. X Ambassadors – Razors Edge

Methyl Ethel – Matters

Jordan Rakei – Unguarded

Tobiahs – Touch

WAAX – Most Hated Girl

Charli XCX – Good Ones

Fresh Friday Countdown #275 - Friday 3 September, 2021

20 - Lizzo & Cardi B - Rumours
19 - The Weeknd - Save Your Tears
18 - Doja Cat - Woman
17 - FISHER - Just Feels Tight
16 - G Flip & renforshort - Waiting Game
15 - Halsey - I am not a woman, I'm a god
14 - Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - INDUSTRY BABY
13 - Rain Radio & DJ Craig Gorman - Talk About
12 - Doja Cat - Kiss Me More {Feat. SZA}
11 - Shouse & David Guetta - Love Tonight (David Guetta Remix)
10 - Dean Lewis - Falling Up 
9 - Riton & Nightcrawlers - Friday {Feat. Mufasa & Hypeman}
8 - Tiësto & Ty Dolla $ign - The Business, Pt. II
7 - Glass Animals - Heat Waves 
6 - The Weeknd - Take My Breath
5 - Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u
4 - Charli XCX - Good Ones
3 - Tones And I - Cloudy Day
2 - Vance Joy - Missing Piece
1 - The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - Stay

Streaming... NOW! | Key Releases, Friday 27 August, 2021

Better late than never, here is last Friday's Key Releases. Lets kick off with Bliss N Eso with their seventh studio album, The Sun.

Children Collide, remember them. They actually have a new album, it's called Time Itself. It's streaming now, so take a listen to a cut below.

No doubt you have taken a listen to this week's pop perfection release from CHVRCHES. Screen Violence is streaming now and the feature record until close of business on Sunday.

Halsey was this week's Sunday Spotlight. Her killer new album is streaming everywhere now. If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power is all about Halsey's experience with the joys and horrors of pregnancy & childbirth.

Ngaiire has delivered her third record, titled, well 3.

Gretta Ray scored the Triple J feature album this week. Begin To Look Around is her debut album. Gretta has come along way since Drive.

Shihad have been out it for years. A new album has just landed, Old Gods.

It was more about the full length records this past Friday. There are still some solid new singles from Banks, Purple Disco Machine & Young Franco.

Banks – Skinnydipped

Caribou – You Can Do It

Kobie Dee – About A Girl

Selena Gomez feat. Camilo – 999

merci, mercy – Winnie Crush

My Morning Jacket – Regularly Scheduled Programming

Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine

The Vaccines – El Paso

Young Franco feat. Golden Vessel – Underneath