Album of the Long Weekend - JORJA SMITH - {Falling or Flying}

Album of the Year Nomination #4 - Doja Cat - Scarlet

The Album of the Year journey continues with Scarlet. The fourth studio album by Doja Cat. 

Doja Cat was disillusioned with pop music and dissatisfied with music critics questioning her status as a rapper, Doja Cat felt inspired to create a "masculine" follow-up to her third studio album, Planet Her. Which was our Album of the Year in 2021. 

The album has no features, with a monster lead single, Paint the Town Red. Which is currently sitting pretty at number one on the Australian singles chart.

This also marked Doja Cat's first solo number-one on the US Billboard Hot 100, the UK Singles Chart, the Billboard Global 200.

The latest single is Agora Hills, following promotional singles Attention, Demons and Balut. 

To support the album, Doja Cat will embark on the Scarlet Tour in October 2023, her first arena tour as a headliner. 

Scarlet joins G Flip, Genesis Owusu and Olivia Rodrigo. With a large number of records dropping in October. 2023 maybe the year with the most nominations to date! It was a slow start to the year but things are really picking up now!

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

Album of the Week - DOJA CAT {Scarlet}

 

 

ARIA 2023 Nominations | Predictions

Sorry was exhausted last night, so missed posted this the day off. However with the help of the incoming daylight savings I'm again up early LOL

Here are my picks/predictions/guesses in red and bold as below. ARIA Awards ceremony is hosted at Sydney's iconic Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday 15 November. Not long to wait now!

Album of the Year

DMA'S — How Many Dreams? (I OH YOU/Mushroom)

G Flip — DRUMMER (Future Classic)

Genesis Owusu — STRUGGLER (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)

Matt Corby — Everything's Fine (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

The Teskey Brothers — The Winding Way (Ivy League Records/Mushroom Group)

Best Solo Artist

Budjerah — '2step' by Ed Sheeran (Feat. Budjerah) (Warner Music Australia)

Dan Sultan — Dan Sultan (Liberation Records)

Dom Dolla — 'Eat Your Man' ft. Nelly Furtado (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)

G Flip — DRUMMER (Future Classic)

Genesis Owusu — STRUGGLER (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)

Jen Cloher — I Am The River, The River Is Me (Milk! Records/Remote Control Records)

Kylie Minogue — 'Padam Padam' (Liberator Music/Mushroom)

Meg Mac — Matter Of Time (EMI Music Australia)

The Kid LAROI — 'Love Again' (Columbia/Sony Music)

Troye Sivan — 'Rush' (EMI Music Australia)

Best Group

Cub Sport — Jesus At The Gay Bar (BLVE/RKT)

DMA'S — How Many Dreams? (I OH YOU/Mushroom)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth… (Virgin Music Australia)

Parkway Drive — Darker Still (Parkway Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia)

The Teskey Brothers — The Winding Way (Ivy League Records/Mushroom Group)

Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist

Charley — TIMEBOMBS (EMI Music Australia)

grentperez — When We Were Younger (Fast Friends/AWAL Records)

Pacific Avenue — Flowers (BMG)

Royel Otis — Sofa Kings (OURNESS)

Teenage Dads — Midnight Driving (Chugg Music/MGM)

Best Pop Release

Amy Shark — 'Can I Shower At Yours' (Sony Music)

Budjerah — 'Therapy' (Warner Music Australia)

Kylie Minogue — 'Padam Padam' (Liberator Music/Mushroom)

Peach PRC — 'Perfect For You' (Republic Records & Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Troye Sivan — 'Rush' (EMI Music Australia)

Best Dance / Electronic Release

FISHER & Aatig — 'Take It Off' (etcetc Music)

Golden Features — Sisyphus (Warner Music Australia)

Lastlings — Perfect World (Liberation Records)

MK and Dom Dolla — 'Rhyme Dust' (Area 10/Big On Blue/Sony Music UK)

PNAU and Troye Sivan — 'You Know What I Need' (etcetc Music)

Best Hip Hop / Rap Release

Genesis Owusu — STRUGGLER (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)

KAHUKX — 'NOTHING TO SOMETHING' (AURA Entertainment/ADA)

Kerser — A Gift & A Kers (ABK Records/ADA)

ONEFOUR Feat. CG — 'Comma's' (Independent Releases/Tunecore (AU/NZ)/Ditto (ROW)

Tkay Maidza and Flume — 'Silent Assassin' (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)

Best Soul / R&B Release

Chanel Loren — 'Rollin' (Sony Music)

Forest Claudette — 'Mess Around' (feat. EARTHGANG) (Sony Music)

Jada Weazel — 'Skin' (EMI Music Australia)

KYE — 'Ribena' (Sony Music)

PANIA — 'P STANDS 4 PLAYA' (Say Less)

Best Independent Release

Cub Sport — Jesus At The Gay Bar (BLVE/RKT)

Dan Sultan — Dan Sultan (Liberation Records)

G Flip — DRUMMER (Future Classic)

Genesis Owusu — STRUGGLER (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)

Kylie Minogue — 'Padam Padam' (Liberator Music/Mushroom)

Best Rock Album

Bad//Dreems — Hoo Ha! (BMG/ADA)

DMA'S — How Many Dreams? (I OH YOU/Mushroom)

G Flip — DRUMMER (Future Classic)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushroom and Lava (Virgin Music Australia)

Pacific Avenue — Flowers (BMG)

Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album

DZ Deathrays — R.I.F.F (DZ Worldwide/The Orchard)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard — PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth… (Virgin Music Australia)

Parkway Drive — Darker Still (Parkway Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia)

The Amity Affliction — Not Without My Ghosts (Warner Music Australia)

These New South Whales — TNSW (Damaged Records/Inertia Music)

Best Adult Contemporary Album

Alex Lahey — The Answer Is Always Yes (Liberation Records)

Dan Sultan — Dan Sultan (Liberation Records)

Kate Ceberano — My Life Is A Symphony (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Mo'Ju — ORO, PLATA, MATA (Virgin Music Australia)

Tina Arena — Love Saves (Positive Dream/ADA)

Best Blues & Roots Album

Cash Savage and The Last Drinks — So This Is Love (Mistletone)

Katie Wighton — The End (ABC Music/The Orchard)

The Bamboos — Live At Hamer Hall With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (BMG/ADA)

The Teskey Brothers — The Winding Way (Ivy League Records/Mushroom Group)

Ziggy Alberts — DANCING IN THE DARK (Commonfolk Records/Ingrooves)

Best Country Album

Brad Cox — Acres (Sony Music)

Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley — Up, Down & Sideways (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Fanny Lumsden — Hey Dawn (Cooking Vinyl Australia/The Orchard)

Henry Wagons — South Of Everywhere (Cheatin' Hearts Records/Spunk Records)

The Wolfe Brothers — Livin' The Dream (BMG/ADA)

Best Children's Album

Emma Memma — Emma Memma (GYROstream)

Peter Combe — Planet Earth 3rd From The Sun (Universal Music Australia)

Play School — Very Jazzy Street Party (ABC Music/The Orchard)

The Wiggles — Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (ABC Music/The Orchard)

Whistle & Trick — Bananas And Other Delicious Things (ABC Kids/The Orchard)

PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS

Best Video

Can I Shower At Yours — Amy Shark, Mitch Green (Sony Music)

Everybody's Saying Thursday's The Weekend — DMA'S, Joel Burrows (I OH YOU/Mushroom)

Gila Monster — King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Spod (Virgin Music Australia)

Give You Love — Jessica Mauboy (feat. Jason Derulo), Rowena Rasmussen; Joel Rasmussen (Warner Music Australia)

Good Enough — G Flip, Kyle Caulfield (Future Classic)

LOLA — MAY-A, Murli Dhir (Arcadia Music, Sony Music)

Lookin' Out — King Stingray, Sam Brumby (Cooking Vinyl Australia, The Orchard)

Manic Dream Pixie — Peaches PRC, Kyle Caulfield (Republic Records and Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Stay Blessed — Genesis Owusu, Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore (OURNESS/AWAL RECORDINGS)

Therapy — Budjerah, Murli Dhir, Made In Katana Studios (Warner Music Australia)

Best Australian Live Act

Baker Boy — Regional Vic Tour (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Brad Cox — ACRES TOUR (Sony Music)

Budjerah — Budjerah Australian Tour (Warner Music Australia)

DMA'S — DMA'S Live at Falls Festival (I OH YOU/Mushroom)

Dom Dolla — Dom Dolla Australian Summer Festival Tour (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)

G Flip — DRUMMER Australian Tour (Future Classic)

Julia Jacklin — PRE PLEASURE TOUR (Liberation Records)

King Stingray — That's Where I Wanna Be Tour (Cooking Vinyl Australia/The Orchard)

RÜFÜS DU SOL – RUFUS DU SOL AUSTRALIAN 2022 TOUR (Rose Avenue Records/Warner Music)

Tame Impala — Slow Rush Tour (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Song of the Year

Budjerah — 'Therapy' (Warner Music Australia)

Day1 feat. KAHUKX — 'MBAPPÉ' (db Music/Warner Music Australia)

Dean Lewis — 'How Do I Say Goodbye' (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Joji — 'Die For You' (88rising/Warner Records)

Kylie Minogue — 'Padam Padam' (Liberator Music/Mushroom)

Luude and Mattafix — 'Big City Life' (Sweat It Out/Warner Music Australia)

MK and Dom Dolla — 'Rhyme Dust' (Area10/Big On Blue/Sony Music UK)

R3hab and Amy Shark — 'Sway My Way' (Wonderlick/Kobalt Music Publishing)

The Kid LAROI — 'Love Again' (Columbia/Sony Music)

Troye Sivan — 'Rush' (EMI Music Australia)

Most Popular International Artist

Beyoncé — Renaissance (Columbia/Sony Music)

Drake and 21 Savage — Her Loss (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)

Ed Sheeran — - (Atlantic UK/Warner Music Australia)

Luke Combs — Gettin' Old (Columbia Nashville/Sony Music)

Metro Boomin — Heroes & Villains (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)

Morgan Wallen — One Thing At A Time (Mercury Nashville/Universal Music Australia)

Nicki Minaj — Queens Radio (Universal Records USA/Universal Music Australia)

P!NK — Trustfall (RCA/Sony Music)

SZA — SOS (RCA/Sony Music)

Taylor Swift — Midnights (Universal Records USA/Universal Music Australia)

Flashing off the Record back NOW!

Huge New Music Friday incoming.... New Doja Cat, new Kylie, maybe new Drake (?), locally new Holy Holy, Safia along with the filthy new record from Slayyyter. Fresh from her Groovin the Moo visit. 

See you back her soon for more Album of the Year nominations, new feature records and music videos galore. Check these videos out ahead of new music Friday!

Album of the Week - Offical Music Videos

You can find this weeks feature album - https://randyandy24.blogspot.com/

With all posts moving over HERE until Spring 2023. Stream the new record right HERE

September - Return

So over on my other BLOG I have been posting the week's feature albums, whilst (here) on Flashing off the Record I have launched (a little later than normal) the Album of the Year for 2023 race.

I'm sure more Album of the Year nominations will start rolling in soon, with new records from Kylie, Doja Cat and Drake all on the way!

So to celebrate some upcoming albums in coming here are a few cuts from these records.

Stay tuned for more posts incoming mid-late next week.

Morgan Evans

Morgan John Evans or just Morgan Evans is hot. Wait! This was my first ever country music concert. At the Sydney Opera House no less.

Australian country music singer and songwriter, released a self-titled debut studio album in March 2014, which peaked at number 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart. He also won an ARIA Award for Best Country Album for his second studio album, Things That We Drink To.

This year, Evans performed “long live the Newcastle Knights” live at the home NRL Finals game. You can take the boy out of Newcastle, but you can never take Newcastle out of the boy! He may also be the most famous Newcastle Knights fan!

Evans also filmed the show last night, whilst getting guests Kita Alexander and John Williamson on stage! Yes that John Williamson, true blue!

OK so it was a big show as part of his Life Upside Down Tour. His track with Kita Alexander Date Night was a highlight for me. As Kita has really branched out. A duet with a country star, then the next single with DJ/producer, Fisher. What a change of gears.

Day Drunk was a massive moment before a 1.5/2 song encore. Why I say half is I Still Call Australia Home was rather short. Actually most of his songs are short.

So my first ever country gig. Thoughts? Loved it! Were you expecting that?

I saw older folks tapping their feet, clapping away, fixed on this handsome young Newcastle born artist.

He is extremely impressive interacting with the sold out crowd. The set list was a great mix of break up songs, songs about being young and dumb and songs of loss. It was a wild range of emotions. I never listened to a single song ahead of the concert. Going in blind was bliss. Row M in the middle of the Concert Hall at Sydney's Opera House was heaven.

Now some related audio. Get into this young man right now. He is sexy AF, with a damn fine, commanding voice. Listen up!

Album of the Year Nomination #3 - Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS

Well the Album of the Year race is really on now! GUTS is the second studio album by Olivia Rodrigo. It is the third Album of the Year Nomination for 2023!

Released on September 8, 2023, this week's feature record, following the lead single, Vampire.

Vampire debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, scoring Rodrigo her third number-one single in the United States. 

Then came Bad Idea Right?, which was released mid-August. Reaching the top 10 in the US and UK.

So following G Flip and Genesis Owusu, this marks the first international record in the race for the BIG Album of the Year event. Going down, announced New Year's Eve, who will take out the Album of 2023?

Get Him Back! is set to be the album's third single from the 12 track release. Just under 40 minutes this album is a lot of fun, an easy listen with plenty of sing-a-long anthems. Only two short years ago we got the debut album, SOUR. Yes this was an Album of the Year Nomination too. Losing out to Doja Cat back in 2021.

Now the scary thing is, Doja Cat has a new record out later this month. Will history repeat itself? SCARY! anyway you can stream the full album right here. For now here are some live cuts from the album.

You can find this weeks feature album - https://randyandy24.blogspot.com/

With all posts moving over HERE until Spring 2023. Stream the new record right HERE

Post 100, 2023

There have been a few breaks this year, however new posts are coming in a few weeks. Exact date September 23, in line with the USA going into Fall, our Spring really kicking in (Australia), however winter was warm AF! Shorts, thongs and t-shirts, WHAT! What a winter retailers selling puffer jackets gonna do????

So lets celebrate post 100 for 2023 with a love letter to Laneway 2024. I went to the new Sydney site earlier this year. You can view the full line up HERE or here is a little Laneway MixTape!

You can find this weeks feature album - https://randyandy24.blogspot.com/

With all posts moving over HERE until Spring 2023. Stream the new record right HERE